From StuartL - Everyone Knows Me - Statue of a Famous Person + Library Cart - 100 Points

Hello again,

    My second post for today is for the Statue of a Famous Person section, or in this case, a statue of a  famous anthropomorphized concept. Looking through my various boxes at the start of the challenge, I came across this piece of terrain by Reaper that I thought would fit the theme, a statue of death. Since everyone who ever has or ever will exist, will eventually meet death, I think it counts as being pretty famous. It also adds 1 skull for my total. 

 

    At the same time I painted the statue, I also painted a second piece of terrain, a Japanese o-haka, or a grave in English. In Japan they don't really bury their dead, nor do they fully cremate them. Instead they burn the bodies until only the bones remain. Then, the family select some of the bones and place them inside a specially prepared box. This box is then placed inside the o-haka. Once a year, during August, they believe that the spirits of their ancestors and departed family members return to their homes. Families go back to their hometowns, clean up the o-haka and pray for the souls of the dead. It is a good way to remember those who have left us and it gathers the whole family together. 

    If you have been following the news about Japan recently, we have had a pretty awful start to the year with a big earthquake in the prefecture of Ishikawa, followed by a plane crash in Tokyo. I have in-laws who live near Ishikawa (who are thankfully, all safe and fine), but this has been quite a worrying time for us all. Japan lies atop several major fault lines and big earthquakes are a constant risk unfortunately. It is a wonderful country to live in, but at times it can be terrifying.

    On a rather more positive (and miniatures) related note, as well as the statue above, I also have some Anglo-Saxons that I painted up on a whim.

    The figures are all from Gripping Beast's plastic range and are fairly simple and straightforward to assemble and paint. 

    And to pay for my trip on the library cart, I have another Reaper mini, a rather grim and gritty looking axewoman. This should pay for my jaunt over to the Maritime area.

For scoring:

11x 28mm minis = 55 points

2x small terrain pieces = 5 points (because I hate math and it seems right - Millsy)

Statue of a Famous Person = 20 points

Sarah's Library Cart = 20 points

TOTAL = 100 Points

For my duels:

Skulls +1 = 33 Skulls

Legions +0 = 140 Points

From Millsy: A fine second entry for the day Stuart. You may be the first person to ever use the words "Anglo-saxons" and "on a whim" in the same sentence but I have no proof of that so you will have to just trust I am right because I am a minion and we're never wrong :-P. You gave yourself a measly 1 point for the terrain which seems daft so I upgraded you to 5. What's not to like about a 500% increase?