From DallasE: Tauntauns and Riders for Star Wars Legion on Coruscant (48 points)

Coming in hot for the deadline with some last posts. First up here are two Star Wars: Legion Rebel tauntaun riders. These are awesome models and definitely a must for my Hoth project.

The two riders are lightly armed with blaster pistols, but I can see them coming in handy by riding around the Imperial flanks and lighting up a command squad or heavy blaster crew. 

The models themselves are really well done too - with one tauntaun galloping forward and the other reined in with its rider taking a cross-body shot.

Painting was pretty easy too - the tauntauns were shaded up from Mechanicus Standard Grey up to light Corax White. The horns and faces were just tinted with Agrax Earthshade (faces and pads of the paws) and Agrax Earthshade/Reikland Fleshshade (horns). 

The riders were done just like my horde of other Hoth Rebels - Rakarth Flesh for the caps and sleeves, Steel Legion Drab for the pants, Mournfang Brown/Skrag Brown for the vests, and XV-88 for the boots. The whole mess is washed with Agrax then highlighted back up.

There's some cool saddlery too - a couple tarps or something rolled up to ward off the cold.

I'm taking these lads over to Coruscant for the Good/Evil theme - of course Coruscant is the capital city of the Galactic Empire in the Star Wars universe, so these good guys from Star Wars should corral the points bonus nicely.

Points:

2x 40mm (?) mounted models = 28 points

Coruscant bonus = 20 points

One more post and that'll be it!

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Oh man, these are so cool (literally)! Terrific work Dallas. I love the muted tones on their uniforms and tack, and you've done a great job on the snow as well. Really, they look like movie stills from the set of 'Empire'.

Great work!

- Curt

From DougM - Lightning Elephants- Corsucant (sic) - (76 Points)

Not exactly a points bomb, and I am sure no surprise after my 1/200 Japanese WW2 aircraft...  this very versatile hex mat is no longer Kent, it is in fact, paddy fields on Asian islands. 

So first some Army Lightnings. The hard part was finding ways to make a very dull colour scheme a little bit interesting. 

And the Navy is here... F4F Wildcats. As usual, I didn't make them for a particular squadron, but kept them generic. 

Finally, you know when you think an 'army' is finished, and you spot something? Well, it doesn't come much more 'Imperial' conflict than the Indian Mutiny, and who could resist a splendid (and very well priced) AW Miniatures Elephant drawn limber? I think this will be my Deployment Point for Sharp Practice.

That's my 'Imperial' for Coruscant planet bonus, making a total of:

12 x 10mm 'vehicles' @3 each = 36

1 x 28mm 'vehicle' @20 = 20

Planet Bonus = 20 for a total of 76 points. 

Hopefully more to come this week... 

And Squirrels..  now up to 10 I think.

• 1/200 WW2 Japanese Aircraft
• 1/200 WW2 US Aircraft
• 1/200 WW2 British Aircraft
• 1/200 WW2 German Aircraft
• 1/144 WW1 British Aircraft (not quite enough for WW1 German Aircraft (doh!))
• 28mm German Armour
• 28mm 12th SS Panzer infantry
• 28mm Indian Mutiny Sepoys
• 28mm Dr Who
• 28mm Austrian Napoleonics

I was curious about the content of this post based on the title.  I was kind of expecting Incendiary Pigs or some other Anti-elephant ploy that used to exist on the WRG army lists.  However I am well satisfied with what you've presented Doug.  Love the aircraft and that Elephant is just the bees' knees.  Really good work on the saddle blanket and mahout. 

From BruceR, FIW Kings Own, Mediterranean Farm, European Townhomes, Coruscant (160 points)

A busy, yet productive week.  I was to travel out of town for work and was stranded at home with a blizzard.  Ha, more hobby up.  Instead of not getting anything done I had a whole extra day on the front end.  I also forgot the head of the war department (she who will not be named) was out of town for the weekend.  Me, the dog, and the hobby, a good weekend.  

I've shifted from AWI to FIW.  Both are fairly similar with my game of choice Sharp Practice.  These are again my favorite, Front Rank miniatures.  I love the bandages on some and gives the campaign look to the unit.

Here are 8 of King George's own with an NCO leading them into the wilderness.

I was a little burnt out on figures as I had hit it pretty hard prior to the challenge so needed a change.   I looked and I had a number of Sarissa Precision kits to build.  I've not done terrain in the Challenge so I figured give it a try.  I purchased this farm for use with "Infamy Infamy" and figured it would work for WWII Italy as well.  The Roman citizens of last week will likely reside here until the hordes evict them.  The kits are fairly easy to build.  I built the kit and gave it a rattle can of light tan.  Added the stone around the compound.  I than used the airbrush to  paint the courtyard and the roof of the buildings.  I use a little black to make the roof have a sort of 3d weathered look.  I did make all the roof components removable as we like to occupy buildings in our games.  As I usually host I inevitably have hostages left behind by other players.   I did give a dry brush with a purloined makeup brush and did the same inside the rooms of the compound.  The farm is 12" x 12" and 3" high.  I figure 2 6" cubes will be filled by this offer.  If not accurate, no worries.

A drunken shaman pilfering the stores.

One went to together so why not two more.  The next builds are listed as Sarissa Precision Destroyed European Townhouse - Dormer and 3 Storey.  These were a little different to piece together.  They are three levels and built in 6 sections.

Here you can see the different tiers.  

After constructing them I gave it a black rattle can and the inside a light-colored spray trying to keep some black to denote soot or blast marks.  I hand brushed the wooden floors and then used the airbrush again to hit the lower brick and the upper levels.  This turned out to be too smooth even though I again tried to leave some black showing.  I decided to dry brush some highlights and liked the end product.  These are each are 6" x 71/2 " x 7.  Each building fills a 6" cube and I'd be happy with that if approved.  

Here is the Dormer.  

Here is the 3 Storey

Inside half

Both forming the start of the block.  I have one more of each to build.

For the finale this week I jumped into the Warp Maelstrom last week into the middle ring and Greg shot me to Coruscant.  Hmm, good v. evil, or imperial.  Well primed from some time ago is an Italian officer from the Empress Miniature Range.  I had painted the tribal lads for my FFL force in Africa and never returned to the officer.  Well, the Kingdom of Italy in the Abyssinian Conflict should work for imperial.   

Tally for the week.

9 28mm King Georges men         = 45 pts

Mediterranean Farm 2 cubes        = 40 pts

Townhouse Dormer    1 cube       = 20 pts

Townhouse 3 Storey    1cube       = 20 pts

28mm Italian Abyssinian officer  =  5 pts

Planet Corsucant (via Maelstrom)= 30 pts 

Total                                             =160 pts

Sorry if the post is somewhat disjointed.  World events has me slightly discombobulated.  Able to grind out hobby, not so to formulate story.

Stay safe and well.

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Great work here Bruce. I have to agree, Front Rank are tremendous sculpts, and a joy to paint. Well done on those. I also salute your terrain efforts - I can almost never bring myself to paint terrain, or to faff around with those prickly Sarissa kits. But your efforts show great results! How awesome to have that terrain available for your gaming, and it looks great. Finally, your Italian officer is spot on for the theme at Coruscant!

Great entry today, well done. 

GregB

From PeteF Ill Buono, Ill Brutto, Ill Cattivo (35 points)

These are gift for my sister, who was and is a top fan of the Man With No Name. I can remember watching all the Spaghetti Westerns with her (BBC 2 reruns) - the music, the tension, the extras. Iconic moments abound - Clint striking a match on Klaus Kinsky's hump (For a Few Dollars More), the cemetery showdown (The Good, The Bad & The Ugly), the Stranger who for some reason won't die when shot in the heart (Fistful of Dollars)....

Clint Eastwood as the "Good" Man With No Name and Lee Van Cleef as the "Evil" dude - always for some reason being mean to helpless extras - with Eli Wallach along for the ride - are my entry for Coruscant - completing the Middle Ring. Time for a Warp Maelstrom journey to the central ring in a desperate attempt to catch up and complete the quadrant quest before winter has gone!

The figures are from Artizan Designs - after I'd started painting them I found that they're not the cleanest casts - especially poor old il Cattivo whose 2 halves didn't quite go together in his mold. Nothing that a bit of paint can't mostly hide. 

Although this is a squirrelly project at only 15 points won't be worth a Squirrel Point. At least for now.

3x28mm foot = 15 points plus 20 for Coruscant = 35 Total

Squirrel +0 (Total 6) (+4 incomplete squirrel points)

Skulz +0 (Total 1)

Excellent work on these classic characters!  Really like the faces on these sculpts.  Well done.  

From JohnE - 28mm French Veteran Hunter and Hobgoblin - [Corsucant] - (30 Points)

Trying to continue my voyage around the Middle Ring with a good vs. evil submission. This French Veteran Hunter and Hobgoblin are from the North Star The Silver Bayonet range, a game I am looking very forward to playing.

Points Summary: 

2 x 28mm foot @ 5 points = 10 points

Corsucant (Middle Ring) bonus = 20 points

Total = 30 points

 

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You continue to whisk your way around the Quadrant. I must say I am a touch intrigued at a game where these two figures would somehow appear together...reading up about "Silver Bayonet" should give me something to do during my next Zoom call...fine brushwork as always John. 

 

Again, just a little reminder to folks to please include the planet you are "visiting" in the label section of the posting. Cheers.

GregB

From JamieM - A whistle stop tour of the middle ring (136 points)

I had to leave this post until today’s minion had imbibed his first coffee (or other suitable morning beverage) of the day, as I didn’t want to chance him spitting it out as he read the "Supermarket Sweep" style bonus points gathering about to occur in this post…… let’s go wild in the aisles!

Anyway, first up - Coruscant. I’ve gone with “Good vs. Evil” here, with some more carnevale figures 

Here we see the Good Capo of the Guild (in the red) facing off against the evil Rashaar worshippers. The Rashaar are an evil race of fish people who want to take over Venice and some silly humans worship them. Here we have two such people and a lesser hybrid, although the less guessed about how hybrids come about, the better…..

The Capo is a leader in the Guild and this is an alternate female sculpt that ttcombat do which is brilliantly dynamic.

Next up, a trip to Perelandra and an Oceanic theme. This is a Barchyura also for Carnevale, which is a large crab beastie who wants to nip your toes as you go paddling in rock pools.

Ttcombat don’t do a figure for this yet, so this is an OOP figure from the Wrath of Kings range which I rather like, so I’m pleased to have found him a home.

For some reason, he has a belt of bags around his waist…. Perhaps his fellow Rashaar worry about thieves in Venice? In fairness, you wouldn’t want to pickpocket this fella….

After our stop at Perelendara, it’s off on Sarah’s Space Yacht we go for the first time and this is my offering for such purpose - a female Magi Rashaar

She’s a leader character for the Rashaar and is again an alternate sculpt with bags of dynamism.

She’s a mage, so is using the water to carry her as she delves into her magical bag of tricks. I tried to make the staff feel like coral, not sure how successful I was.

Anyway, we’ll be dropped off at LV426 I’m order to show these aliens off

These two are from Mantic games and will be used for Deadzone, a sci-fi skirmish game fought on a gridded table which looks ace but that I haven’t been able to try yet. These are a Judwan medic and a large fella (converted from a Dreadball figure) who will be an “Alpha Simian” in the game. His job is to run up and punch people with extreme prejudice.

I tried to make his armour look battered and chipped, but as ever I’ve been too heavy handed so the black parts look like metal….. but that’s ok as long as he duffs up plenty of his enemies.

So, to the scoring! As a recap, here they all are

There are:

5x 28mm figures = 25

3x 40mm figures = 21

One planetary visit through the warp maelstrom = 30 points?

Two further planets at 20 points each = 40

One space yacht visit = 20 points

For a grand total of 136 by my count. And I’m positively dripping in bonus points!

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Well, Paul Ray Jamie, this is some fine painting here. "Carnevale" looks to be a very entertaining setting, and it must be a great feeling to get more characters - even if they ARE fish-worshippers - ready for a game. Barchyura - does he do canal rides? I assume the packs are for all of the tips he collects?

Very nice sci-fi figures. I enjoy any large sci-fi creature who has the job of running up and punching enemies with extreme prejudice. Awesome.

You certainly managed a fair bit of bonus points leverage on this one. Not quite Enron levels, mind you, but I was half expecting to see a blacksmith here for LV246 while you claimed "all of the space technology is alien to him"...nonetheless, it's all within the rules, and as inflation eats our economy alive, why not let our own version of modern monetary theory run wild in the Challenge scoring as well?

Fine brush work here Jamie! 136 points for you...

GregB