From PaulOG: Allied Gallic Cavalry (132 points)

These two units are Crossing the Rubicon for me - I just don't do units of cavalry for any period, so these took some working up to. But at last, here are my Allied (Mercenary) Tribal Cavalry to fight for Caesar.

Gallic Cavalry with attached General and retinue

Having procrastinated for years, these brought me real joy and I did the models in a weekend, including hand painting all the shields. These aren't anything special, but they are special for me - I even tried a dappled grey for the Chieftain as a stretch goal. To be honest, it took a few goes.

Look at those great Gallic moustaches!

I've done something a bit different with the basing too - I wanted to depict them as a thundering mass of terrifying horse flesh bearing down on the trembling legionaries of Pompey Magnus. So they are on deeper bases to give them space for dynamic placement, and I chunked one of them up with even more figures to depict the attached General and his retinue.

I bought the figs second hand, and while I'm certain the Command figs are Crusader models, I'm not sure about the rest.  All are metal though, so these bases have a very satisfying heft when you pick them up :-)

So there they are - a dozen 28mm mounted figs for 120 points, pending any hand painted shield bonuses. If AHPC is about pushing oneself, either in productivity or new styles, then these Cavalry models have certainly taken me out of my comfort zone and helped me round out this Army project. Thanks for the encouragement!

From Millsy: I'm really pleased to hear you've enjoyed painting these Paul given how much you dislike cavalry as a general rule. Sometimes once you start enjoying something it sticks so maybe in future mounted minis won't present such an obstacle. Your end product here is absolutely smashing I have to say and if mine had come out so well I'd have been equally pleased. Beautiful work especially the shields which I'm awarding an extra point each. Cracking effort mate!

From AlanD - Gallic Cavalry (55 points)

Pompey's army for To the Strongest! continues to grow this week with a unit of Gallic cavalry.

Figures are from Wargames Factory (donated by Paul OG - thanks!) They aren't too bad, although the detail is very soft in places.

Shields are hand painted, which was fun, but did not make me want to paint a whole army of Gauls!

From Millsy: Absolutely wonderful brushwork mate! There's so much to like about these, especially the plaid and the basing but the shields are the real show stopper. I've painted enough checks myself over the years to know how frustrating it can be but the results speak for themselves. Bloody beautiful and worth another point apiece I reckon.

From TamsinP: 15mm Gallic Cavalry (60 points)

 

In my submission last week I mentioned that there were some Gallic cavalry that I had skipped painting to go with the Numidians and Romans because I then wouldn't have had time to get the basing done on everything. Well, here they are one week later.

Again, these are 15mm figures from Lancashire Games. They'll form the start of an allied contingent for my Romans and ancient Germans (yes, I will have to order some more figures for that...)

For Scoring

15 x 15mm cavalry @ 4 = 60 points

Total = 60 points

Friday Minion: Aha, these noble Gallic cavalry look lovely: I like them flaunting their wealth with some colour, as well as the striking patterns on their shields. 

60 points to your tally, keep it up, Tamsin!

From MattW: Lady Sarah, Fantasy, Swords and Sandals, Yellow Brick Road, Gift Shop (302 points)

 Lady Sarah Limo, Fantasy, Swords and Sandals, Yellow Brick Road, Giftshop

A busy week at the desk, almost 5 days with 8 hours a day, getting sick of painting Romans, but I have nearly broken their back…never again attempt 80 miniatures at once rather than batchs… so a break next week after I post the remainder and a change of gears to ww2. I have completed the Green studios so I am heading into the Blue for a turn about. 

Lady Sarah

First up up A ride in Lady Sarah’s limousine if possible from Under Construction to Fantasy, I offer one cranky german…”my wife found out I purchased more models” ..miniature from the Foundry Germanic range. 

28mm Female Miniature 5 points,

Lady Sarah limo ride 20 points

Fantasy Studio 

I think this is the second Gandalf GW I have painted, the first is dismounted in my sons collection and this is where this one will end up also. A lovely sculpt, although the Shadowfax miniature may sag with weight  as time goes on. 

Mounted 28mm miniatures 10 points

Fantasy studio 20 points  

Swords and Sandals Studio

What is more epic than a Roman units in a  story…..

Maximus Mounted with Bob, again I am not a fan of this sculpt, very small compared to the rest of the Warlord range, I think I will gift this to one of my gaming mates 

28mm Mounted figure and Bob 15 points

A Roman Ballista again from Warlord games

3 28mm figures figs artillery piece 25 points 

Four scorpions from Warlord Games 

12 28mm figures and four artillery 100 points

An Onager again from Warlord Games 

3 28mm figures and artillery piece 25 points 

Sword and Sandals Studio 20 Points

Points for Swords and Sandals studio

28mm Roman’s 165 points

Studio 20 points 

Yellow brick road

Then a stroll down the yellow brick road, a repainted matchbox car ready for car wars

20mm vehicle 1x 20mm figures 15 points + 4 points figure 

Yellow Brick Road  20 points 

Gift Shop

A visit to the Gift shop, a fine gift for my online Scottish fellow red headed friend JamesM, 

I hear he is a fan of Spear Chuckers (lol) so I thought a fitting figure for his collection! 

28mm A fine Red Haired Germanic Chieftain miniature 5 points 

Gift Shop 20 points 

Total points

Lady Sarah Limousine                                                    25 points

Fantasy studio                                                                 30 points

Swords and Sandals                                                      185 points

Yellow Brick Road.                                                        39 points

Gift Shop                                                                        25 Points

Total Points.                                                                 304 points

Side  Duel

SPQR total points                                                        165 points

Cheers

Matt

Well, those Romans are the star of this show, Matt! Lovely artillery. Just one little correction to your points claim - the driver of that "carrocodile" is a half figure and gets half points.

Tamsin

Challenge XII Round up MattW

 Round Up Matt W

Another end of a challenge, thank you again to Curt and the minions for conducting a fabulous event once again.

 I set a big lofty goal this year of 1200 points and come running out of the gate opening with Napoleonics as my main focus, followed by some medieval, ancients. and entered the blog challenge quadrant for the first time.

I then ended up with a little hiccup part way through.............. In early January we travelled back to Australia to settle my Father in Laws estate, this become a but of a saga that I will not go into, but I am still in Australia as I type this. So no more progress was made except for my first 218 points.

I am returning to France in mid April to l'hotel de Hercé, getting prepared for a successful year at French Wargame Holidays after two years of Covid (with bookings now full for late April and June, for the first time since 2018). I hope to get some of my projects done during the year and you will find my updates on my projects on my blog at Storm and Conquest. 

I enjoyed the chats with everyone online, facebook and video link up chats. I am looking forward to the next challenge and hopefully Curtis will be insane enough to keep this up!

My 28mm Napoleonic Mamelukes from Foundry, really loved doing these

12 Mamelukes of the Imperial Guard

 28mm Front Rank Austrian Command, both these are divisional commanders, one Infantry division commander and one Hussar Cavalry division general stand.  

Austrian Hussar General

 Gaulois Chieftain Virdovix, chief of the Uenelli tribe

The plastic kit is Revell 1/285th scale Sith Infiltrator

 

cheers

Matt