From GrahameH: More 15mm Dixon Samurai (698 points)

This is the second army made up from my old 15mm Dixon Miniatures. Again the infantry units are 16 figures strong and the cavalry either 10 riders or 9. 

General (14 Pts)

Samurai (32pts)

Ashigaru Unit (32pts)

Ashigaru Unit with Yari (32pts)

Ashigaru Bow Unit (32pts)

Artillery Unit (20pts)

Samurai Bowmen (12pts)

Samurai Unit (32pts)

Ashigaru Unit (32pts)

Ashigaru Tippon Unit (32pts)

First Command = 270 Pts

Sub General (10pts)

Samurai Unit (32pts)

Mounted Samurai Unit (9 mounted figures 36pts)

Ashigaru Unit (32pts)

Ashigaru Tippo Unit (32 pts)

And another Ashigaru unit (32pts)

And another Ashigaru Tippo Unit (32pts)

Second Command = 206 Pts

Sub General (8pts)

 Mounted Samurai (10 mounted figures 40pts)

Foot Samurai (32pts)

Ashigaru with Yari (32pts)

Ashigaru Tippo Unit (32pts)

yet another Ashigaru Unit (32pts)

The final Ashigaru Unit (32pts) (although that might not be true)

Third Command = 208 Pts

That's it the second Samurai Army finished. I do have some odd and ends, figures left over, some monks, civilians and baggage which I will do next.

So total for the second Samurai Army = 621pts 

Then I found 5 Ninjas which I had to do as there were no dots to paint (10pts)

Grand Total 631 pts, a painful neck and very sore eyes.

TeemuL: Another busy week from you, Grahame! I feel sorry for your neck and eyes, and I'm little bit worried about your maths, too. Spreadsheet says 698 points. A group shot would have been nice, but given the amount you paint, I'm not asking anything more from you, :) You already have two armies and five ninjas done, some extras on the pipeline. I do hope you some nice side projects to keep you sane.

From RayR: The Retreat from Moscow meets The Silver Bayonet (42 points)

 

For my second entry of the day I've gone all silver Bayonet on ya! I've no real interest in the game Silver Bayonet, but I've been a long admirer of the figures produced for the rules, they're so full of character. So I took full advantage of the recent offer from North Star, where you could buy the figures individually, rather than the unit boxes they usually sell in.

I managed to get this unit finished in time to take some pics and post it up. Sitting them on a radiator to help them dry quicker did help!

I painted the figures at the back first, the chap back o the left was supposed to be for my Haitian project, but Haiti's too hot for him,

The figure on the left, has a greenstuff cloak added

as does the Cuirassier on the right, all the others are as they came in the post. Which is a shame, they're both really nice figures and I've hidden all that wonderful detail under a cloak!!

I'm not sure if these will become a unit of stragglers or command figures if I'm being honest, they'll probably be a bit of both in the end.

Points mean prizes and these bad boys will give me 40 points.

8 figures@ 5pts each. 

Plus anything Teemu wants to give me for the conversion work ;0)

TeemuL: More winter minis, well done Ray! As before, you have found a nice recipe for snow and frost on minis. Green stuff cloaks are worth couple of points, when asked nicely. And they seem to be nice minis by themselves, it would be nice to see them next to the other parts of your army. They will add some spice to your units, that's for sure.

KenR: 1/700 Z22 Anton Schmitt German Destroyer (40 points)

Second entry of the week and I've managed to keep up with my planned ship a week. This time its Destroyer number 8 of 10 for the Germans at Narvik

The ship is a 1/700 scale model from Trumpeter, I'm very impressed with these kits which are full of detail without being ridiculously difficult to put together. After the excitement of the red Turrets last week, I've turned down the heat with a plain light grey ship with aerial recognition flags front and rear, maybe next week I'll have some coloured Turrets 😉

The model represents Z22 Anton Schmitt which was a Type 1936 Destroyer named after a German Sailor who was the last man on the last gun operating on the German Light Cruiser Frauenlob at the battle of Jutland, he went down with the ship. She was sunk in the initial British attack on Narvik whilst still in port. 50 crew were lost, the remaining men joined the ad hoc German Naval Infantry units in the land campaign.

So that's another 40 points towards my total, to keep me on course towards my 1500 points total for the Challenge. At the moment I've got the next German Destroyer being built and some Spanish Italian Wars Cavalry hopefully ready for next week. Until then here is a group shot of the ships to date.

TeemuL: Big ships, what's there not to like? Excellent quality once a again and I like your athmospheric photos, too. 40 points to your tally and expecting two posts next week. :)

From PeteB: Stronghold Terrain - Richard - 28 mm (5 points)

I wanted to finish more figures this week but I could only manage to finish this lovely figure from Stronghold Terrain that I bought on the last CRISIS. People who know me and my avatar will understand why I had to paint this figure. 

I hope you like him and thanks for watching.

Points: 1 x 28 mm Foot Figure = 5 Points

TeemuL: Lovely mini, great pose and colours. Very neat and excellent base. But I think you tease us a bit, at least those of us who don't know you. So what's the story behind your avatar and you? 5 points for you anyway.

From DaveD: Panzer in the mist and various non scoring stuff (10 points)

I have continued the work on the winter table this week completing a lot of the terrain work. I have started on some of the troops and have finished a first Panther for my Panzer Lehr units . 

All new terrain in the pictures too. 

Think this was a Plastic Soldier one - but it’s been in the stash for while so maybe not

It’s a basic Dunkelgelb paint job with light camo and then “whitewash” coat applied using a white enamel paint - nice bit of old school .

Other things that have been made this week are :-

20 feet of winter hedges 

12 feet of winter solid fences.

A frozen pond

Icy patches 

A cushions worth of mist - bet you are glad you don’t need to score that .🤣🤣.

Maybe I should have put some lights in this claimed a Will O The Wisp !

20 feet of hedges - gone in a jiffy - need more sometime .

12 feet of fences all used - will be adding another 12 of wire fences

Frozen pond 

Icy patches scatter - made using an empty heated laminate pouch with some homemade tufts .

The table is currently starting to fill my permanent 8x4 , though it will need to go to 12x6 in due course 

It’s  getting there .

The terrain work that is left :-

Wire fences to make up 

Stream 

Building baseboards and gardens 

Find the box of base deciduous tree armatures and do some of them .

I think I am finally starting to come through the latter stages of The lurgy at least now so it’s getting easier to hold a brush without all the cough and splutter going on .

Score - 1 x 15mm vehicle - 8 pts .

Something with less white next week I think .

TeemuL: Another excellent project to follow, Dave! Winter wars seem to ge a strong focus point this year in the Challenge. The Panther looks nice, fits very well your wintery board. So good, that I'll grant you 2 bonus points, just to give some credit for your work this week. I just wish there would be that much snow here in Finland, too...