From KentG: 28mm English Civil War Parliamentarian cavalry (240pts)

Well I didn’t think I was going to get anything else completed

This week, foolishly instead of completing a set of Napoleonic cav I 

Had already started on I started a bunch of ecw cav instead

Stayed up till 12 pm last night and the got back up at 5.30am 

This morning to try and finish them, here is three of the 4 regiments of

Parliamentarian cavalry

Some light cav to start with, all the cav are 28mm 

Warlord games figures

The cuirassiers are one of my favourite s in this batch

They are metals figures on plastic horses

The dragoons are also metals on plastic horses

Whoever sculpted these just didn’t know where to stop with 

All the extra stowage

Points

24 x 28mm cavalry =240pts

From Millsy: Quite the force of cavalry you have here Kent and although they are Parliamentarian and are therefore the "bad guys" I still love them. The horses are just wonderful, right down to the details like socks and muzzles, and the rich red of the coats on the dragoons really pop against the blue facings. Great work mate and a decent sized addition to your points tally.

From TomL: Sci-Fi on the Cart (60 points)

 

Bringing us to the Sci-Fi section is a undercover officer I have named Lightning in my pulp scenario (Thunder will be along shortly).  This Angel of Justice is a Crooked Dice miniature and no doubt pays homage to another great TV series I have never seen.

Speaking of TV series we have our Sci-Fi entry with Robo Minions!

Follow me! Wait. They are still taking pictures.

These dangerous formerly living human minions now serve the evil genius Dr Ulysses Argo from Crooked Dice’s Argonauts line.  These were painted with Reaper, Foundry, Two Thin Coats and Vallejo metallic acrylic paints. They too will be making an appearance in my pulp scenario.

4 28 MM figures @5 = 20.
Library SCi-Fi section -  20.
Sarah’s cart - 20 points.

From Millsy: More lovely character figs from you Tom. The Robo Minions are pretty cool and I can't help but think the one on the left is inspired by the Cybermen from Dr Who. Nice work!

From GeoffreyT: A very big recalcitrant book and other monsters (Oversized books, Self help, autobiography, 85 points)

Hello Challengers,

This week I have only a few miniatures, but quite a few bonus points.  This will be tempered in future weeks when all the bonus points are gone.

The first is a home sculpt of the Agrippa, which is an oversized book.  

According to "A book of creatures" website, it is from folklore of Brittany.  It is a malevolent grimoire the height of a man, which must be beaten and fought by the reader or it will not reveal its secrets and will just show blank pages.  I made it from two bits of plasticard and some milliput between them. 

The sculpt is 30+ mm tall, as shown next to its mates.

For the Autobiography section we have a Tasmanian Devil, by Grenadier Miniatures, sculpted in the 80's.  I too am from Tasmania where I was born and bred, although I no longer live there. Indeed the reason I have not much painted this week was I was down in Tasmania visiting relatives.

And next we go to the Self Help section, where I browse through books on painting and sculpting of monsters.

My interest in miniatures is primarily derived from the Hobby Art aspect of the genre, gaming is mostly a social outlet for my hobby.  I have enough miniatures for the games I like, but I still do like to create.  I find it quite relaxing and calming.  In particular I like monsters.  These two below are home-sculpts inspired from fantasy gaming art.

An 'Axebeak', a large flightless bird with an axe like beak and a goblin with a moon shaped head, moon shaped glaive and moon shape on his shield.  The former is more a D&D style monster, and the latter more in keeping with Warhammer.

The library map update

So this week we have:

4 x 28mm miniatures = 20 points

3 x library sections = 60 points

Total = 80 points.

Kind Regards

Geoff.

From Millsy: There's just so much to enjoy here I almost don't know where to start Geoff. Your sculpting skills clearly exceed mine and the book of creatures is a really cool choice of subject for the Library theme. The clasp and embossed cover motif are brilliant and really give it a feeling both of something that shouldn't be messed with! The Tassie Devil is also a great mini and very evocative of the Looney Toons incarnation. Have another 5 points for your sculpting efforts. Awesome work mate!

From TomL: Manga (55 points)

 

Bringing us to the manga stacks is the other Angel of Justice from Crooked Dice, Thunder. In my pulp adventure they are one of the most feared vaguely undercover detective teams on the street.  Keeping the new Mod Dance bar scene safe once dance floor at a time.  

For my entry in the manga section I am going old school with a WWII era Captain America & his plucky sidekick Bucky.  This is the WWII version of this dynamic violent duo are armed to the teeth and not accepting nonsense from anyone.

I picked up these figures through a post on LAF long ago. I don’t believe they are in print anymore. These were painted with Foundry, Vallejo metal color and Two Thin Coat acrylics.

Points - 55.
3 28 MM figures @5 = 15.
Library Manga section -  20.
Sarah’s cart - 20 points. 

My therapy exercises seems to be keeping my previous nerve issues at bay so I'm hoping to reach many of the remaining rooms before we run out of time. I think my points goal should increase to 1000. 

From Millsy: Disco clearly isn't dead and it's gonna shoot you if you disagree! Wow that's bright Tom and super cool too. Captain America & his plucky sidekick are also very well executed. Nice work all round.

From ReillyOG: Goblin Shaman and Howdah (75 points)

Whats scarier that a giant Man killing spider? A giant man killing spider with a Goblin howdah crew slinging spears and firing arrows at you while their Shaman boss throws magic spells! The Spider was painted before the challenge, but the howdah, shaman, goblin crew and all the basing was done for this submission.

The third and final of my Arachnarok trio, this time with the Archbishop in Da Church of Da 'Ate Legged Wuns. The crew and howdah are always a lot of fun to paint, even the third time round. Lots of little details like webbed up skulls and quivers webbed onto the howdah itself, and spiders crawling all over. 

The Shaman 'imself was a model I was incredibly excited to paint its the most on theme model I could dream of for a force like mine, and I enjoyed just going to down blending all the skin and giving him way too many highlights. 

"Dat wun was mine!"
"woz not"

Lastly, I thoroughly enjoyed my first foray into proper water feature effects with the base. I'm loving how it came out with all the ripples around the tufts and skulls in the shallow puddle.

The view seen by enemy troops!

Now when you think of Childrens' books, most think of whimsical adventures with magic and fun... but usually theres always some kind of creepy crawly they come into contact with in their adventures. This is that monster! See for examples: Aragog the Acromantula who dwelled in the Forbidden Forest near Hogwarts Castle, Shelob the last daughter of the Demon Ungoliant from Lord of the Rings, and Charlotte the Barn Spider from Charlotte's Web (but here she found some goblins for friends instead of Wilbur the pig)

That goblin underneath the great beast is having second 
thoughts about volunteering to be a sacrifice

Overall thats 9 x 28mm figs (45 points), the very detailed howdah and shrine as terrain are approximately a quarter standard terrain cube (5 points), and Children's Book bonus takes it to a 70 point submission.

And there are 39 Skullz liberally scattered across this submission!

Happy Painting,
"Right Stuff" Reilly

From Millsy: It's been a while since we've seen a monster arachnid and it's been worth the wait! What an absolute beast of a thing is Reilly, resplendent in purple and bone and bristling with teeth and spikes.

The way you have feathered the purple at the joints is really nice technique and gives the limbs a lot more volume. The crew(?) are pretty cool too and really pop with their green skins contrasting against the purple. The base really finishes the model off for me and I love the way you've used all that space to create a mini diorama effect underneath when you could easily have ignored it - 5 extra gold for that.

[Edit Millsy] Apologies Reilly, my COVID addled brain missed that you'd already painted the spider itself so I have adjusted your score accordingly mate, but I have added 5 points for you just cause I'm an idiot!. An awesome effort mate and one of my favourite posts this Challenge!