From StuartL - Lizard Lord - Casting Couch - 70 Points

Hello all,

Last week, I left off with a limo ride to the Casting Couch area of the AHPC Studios, so it is from here that I will pick up this week. 

Last year, I started to paint up a Lizardman army, first with a post for Noel's Comet, then for the Challenge Star and finally in my last post of the challenge. Needless to say, I have done absolutely nothing with the army since then. When I got to the theme of the Casting Couch, I saw a great opportunity to make some more progress with the army and get one of the centrepiece models out of the way. 

While I already have a general in the form of an old Slann Mage-Priest, I wanted something with a little more bite to it for a more melee focussed force, and you can't get much bitier than a giant dinosaur being ridden by another dinosaur.

This model is a Saurus Old-blood mounted on a Carnosaur* by Games Workshop. It is a fully plastic kit, but I added a resin ruin to its base to help stabilise the model as all of the weight is on its back leg. The resin terrain comes from Green Stuff World if memory serves.

As well as being an awesome model in and of itself, it also comes with a couple of skulls to add to my tally for that side duel. The total for the monster and the rider should be enough for one Squirrel.

And because I have a tendency to paint several things at the same time, here are some Gnolls from the Reaper Bones range.

These were first undercoated in brown, and given rough drybrushes of various colours followed by an all-over brown wash. Fast, simple and suitably bestial. Three of the models are identical, but since they will probably just be meat-shields and mooks to be killed by various heroes, that is fine. Five models should also net me a Squirrel here.

So, the final scores for this post:

6x28mm infantry (5 Gnolls and the Dino-rider) = 30 Points

1x28mm monster = 20 Points

Casting Couch = 20 Points

Total = 70 Points

My side duels:

Squirrels +2 = 17

Anglo-Saxons, Vikings, Dwarves, Fire Giants, WW2 Polish, Daemons, Viridians, Vasa, Junkers, Turnips, Necrons, Tau, Genestealers, WW2 Japanese, Teutonics, Lizardmen, Gnolls

Skulls +2 = 188 

Turnips +0 = 85 Points

I abslutely love lizardmen, and have vast army. Loving the dinosaur and rider

From MilesR: WW2 Marines, WW1 Vehicles and some Dinosaurs (115 Points)

 Coming down to the last dregs on my workbench so it's a very eclectic post this morning.

First up are 12 28mm US Marines and their ride - a LVTP amphibious vehicle.

 The minis and LVTP are all fro Warlord - I picked two extra plastic spurs (6 figs each) to finish out my Marine force.  The LVTP just screamed "buy-me" and somehow got into the check out cart.  The figures are really easy to build and paint up.

 A close up of the left six marines and then

the right six.

Next up are two WW1 vehicles from Trenchworx first Kickstarter a German AV7 tank and a Rolls Royce armored car.  As with the other Trenchworx stuff these are really superb models.

 These two will be finding their way to Curt as a down payment for my Curtgeld as my plans fell through

 A close up of the AV7 - essentially an armored box car with lot's of guns.

 and the Rolls Royce - really suitable for a lot of scenarios.

 Lastly, a pair of 28mm scaled dinosaurs from Acheson Creations.  A baby T-rex and a Utah-Raptor.

I'm really getting down to the bottom of the lead pile and will need to restock after taking a break from painting a few weeks.

This Challenge has been a blast.  I may have one more post left in my but don't hold your breath.

As for pointage:

12 28mm figures = 60 points
3 28mm Vehicles = 45 points
2 28mm dino's = 10 points (while bigger than an infantry figure the level of effort was the same)

Total Points for this submission = 115 points

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Ahh, and look was was tucked in amongst the 20 or so other entries... Why, another one from Miles!

Dinosaurs? Check. WWII US Marines? Check. WWI vehicles? Check. A very tightly themed entry, to be sure (love that Rolls).  Also, it gives Mr. R. another 115 points, putting him in the lead in the last 12 hours of the Challenge. Well done Miles. 

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