Wednesday 8 March 2023

From BruceR; Limo lift; Fantasy Studio; Random bits and bobs (90 pts)

Without a project starring me in the face, I've again grabbed minis that have been languishing on the shelf of opportunity for a long, long, time.

There should be a random studio.  Ha.

First, I've summoned the Limo from Lady Sara again to move from the Books studio to Fantasy.  As my fee I've painted a couple of Victoria sci-fi miniatures with one being a female raider.

The first is Captain Laura Swift.  Both of these will work with my Stargrave band to include my Ogre brute done earlier in the Challenge.   I did my DIY basing again to keep them in the grimy tunnel/bulkhead motif.   These are Victoria miniatures I picked up from Trenchworx.  










Colonel Ash Ironside:











 

The Fantasy Studio is easily satisfied.  

My first fantasy submission is GW Demigryph knights.    Before the Old World exploded we played a fair amount of WHFB.  I had purchased Demigryph knights and painted up the mounts.  Being points based armies and having a rather large collection of Empire I simply mounted other knights from other units on the beasts and never bothered to paint the knights for the Demigryphs.  So another little victory for some miniatures lying about unpainted.  

Here are the knights ready to mount their trusty steads and head into battle for the Emperor Karl Franz.  The mounts were previously painted so only the riders count for the Challenge.  





















Next in my little pile of opportunity are a few dwarf miniatures that must have caught my eye.  The First two are Long Drong's pirate's figures.  

Hard fighting, hard drinking pirates of the Old World.






I actually do not have the foggiest idea where this next miniature came from.  I don't remember having the box set, but who knows.  Scouring the web I discover he is "The Baron" from an old Citadel set produced by the Perry brothers.  

Fun and Nostalgic Stuff.














That's my week.  We did play bolt action this past Sunday during our most recent snowmagedden (Nov to March) is a long snow year.  The game got me to prep the last of my winter Italians and a couple of vehicles.   Time to get busy.  

Almost forgot I did throw together two pieces of smallish terrain for my pirate scenario.

The "Luck" tent and some goodies for pirate island.  I figured 5 pts for the tent and veggie table.






Have a good week everybody and stay warm (if you are in the never-ending winter hemisphere) and safe.  

I forgot, the gratuitous CSM Loki pic, who came in and needed a scratch while I typed.  




Points:

Lady Sarah's Limo     20 pts
Fantasy Studio           20 pts
9 28mm                      45 pts
Terrain                          5 pts

Total                            90 pts


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12 comments:

  1. Those are so good Bruce, stunning painting

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  2. These are some lovely models Bruce. I especially like the two ladies.

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  3. Great painting - remember the Dwarf Lords boxed set and brings back memories.
    Cheers JezT

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  4. Nice work. Really like those terrain bits

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  5. Loving these old school models! Well done!

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  6. Great post Bruce! They are all great but that dwarf lord is really quite excellent, well done.

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  7. Wonderful work Bruce. Love that Renaissance Dwarf. Gosh, I miss the Old World...

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  8. Wow some great brushwork there Bruce

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  9. Nice work, Bruce! I like the Tallarn hero very much, Victoria makes some nice models and you did a wonderful treatment of her! Those gryph-knights are pretty cool too, but I really like those classic dwarves!

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  10. Wonderful stuff, Bruce! The entry just got better and better - and I was drooling already on the first batch! :)

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