From BruceR: AWI Colonials (70 points)

This is my first post of the new year and I hope all have a great and prosperous new year.  I was away until the 2^nd so, I come to you from the middle of the prairie 3.5 hours from home and 45 minutes from any community, where my son manages, on his own, a cattle herd.  So, I try to help him out when I can.  As this is  slow time I’m spending the time feeding cows and making sure all is in order, while he takes some time off in the warmer parts of the US.

Relaxing, being alone, with 4 dog helpers and 3 horses, to compliment the 300+ angus.  I did manage to bring a mobile paint station, of course forgetting a couple of high-end items. Tufts for basing and reading glasses.  So, submitting without my usual grass and tufts, and painting with bifocals. 

Other than that, sitting in a fireplace heated room with 4 hounds around me painting, is not so bad.

I’m trying to work some of my backlog and this submission is a group of AWI colonials (ungrateful colonists to those across the pond) from Brigade Games.  I did some of these either last year or two challenges ago and as always didn’t paint them all.  Actually, they were primed.  There are 14 of them with 5 figures I’ll use as lights with the chain cap and round hat. I've chosen to use the standard blue jacket with red trim.  We use Sharp Practice 2 to play games and I've amassed to full forces for each.  

As mobile I hope you forgive the photos and lack of ground grass.   

A sampling of my charges

The group painted in relaxation.  Lighting is not the best.

I'm here until Sunday so imagine I'll get a couple of more figures done this week as it gets dark here around 4:30.    

Points:

14 28mm at 5 pts  =  70 points

TeemuL: That looks quite inspiring painting view, too bad you forgot your glasses and some other tools. Those colonials look very nice, without tufts they might be fighting in more arid environment, perhaps?