From GregB - Borgio The Besieger (10 points)

Borgio the Besieger, ready to lead a mercenary army on a Warhammer Fantasy Battle table!

Welcome all to AHPC XVI. Great to be back with so many veterans - and also nice to see a number of new participants joining us this year! I am very much looking forward to sharing the next three months painting with all of you! For my part, I open this edition of the AHPC with a character figure that will join a project I commenced in AHPC XV - an old-school Dogs of War army from the distant days of the fourth edition of GW's Warhammer Fantasy Battle. This is Borgio the Besieger, and he is here to wreck your sh*t. 

Yet another classic 28mm sculpt from the Perry brothers. The Dogs of War were one of the best ranges GW ever released.

Borgio is a military legend in Tilea, a veteran of a great many military campaigns, nearly all of them successful. He rose to lead the Principality of Miragliano, and ruled "rather tyrannically". He was popular with his mercenary soldiers, but disliked by his many rivals among the noble classes, although was notoriously difficult to kill. Multiple assassination attempts ended in tears - for the assassin - until one day he was finally stabbed while in the bath. Such a fitting end to a Tilean legend.

Close up of Borgio's giant mace - fashioned from a cannonball that "nearly" killed him during a siege at Remas!

His battlefield kit speaks to this reputation. That huge mace? Apparently fashioned from a cannon ball which nearly killed him. I suppose he resorts to smashing people with it AFTER he has run enemies down with that lance? His "Monstrous Mask" helm causes fear among his enemies, and his glorious armour brushes aside even the worst blows - even those, it would appear, which arrive courtesy of cannons!

Massive mace AND a lance. Because of course!

I made a decent start on my Dogs of War force in the last Challenge, and this year I am hoping to really fill it out. I've been working through the fall to get the models based and primed, and over the next couple of months I am planning to bring more Regiments of Renown into the battle line!

You can run...but you can't hide...

For scoring purposes, we have a single 28mm mounted figure, good for 10 points, and a chance to get on the board!

GregB

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Greg, it's fabulous to welcome back a Challenge grognard AND one of our daily Minions. 

This is a suitable opening to your Challenge this year as I know you have loads of vintage Dogs of War models waiting in the wings. Borgio was a titan of the Warhammer Fantasy lore and you've done a magnificent job on him here. I really like how you've done his gilded armour and glowering face - the very picture of a successful mercenary general. 

I have very fond memories of your original DoW army as that is how we first crossed paths many years ago! So it's wonderful to see you doing a reprise of that storied force for us to all enjoy. Well done dude. I very much look forward to seeing the next famous unit from Tilea emerge from your hobby desk!

 - Curt