From PeterB - The Power of the Evil Horde! - 60 points

 And so we come full circle to a project I was working on at the beginning of the AHPC. During the challenge the next Wave of miniatures from Archon Studios was released for their Masters of the Universe - Battlegrounds game (That is a mouthful). So, I of course I ordered them, constructed and undercoated them during the challenge and got the set finished today.

This set is a new faction for the game, the Evil Horde. They may not be familiar to some, if at all to any of you. They are in fact the bad guys from the planet Etheria where Adora lived after being kidnapped by their leader Hordak. Adora of course being He-Mans twin sister known to most as She-Ra. (Fingers crossed Archon eventually release a model of She-Ra atop her winged unicorn Swiftwind)

Shadow Weaver and Hordak

A previous enquiry asked what the strange white bits on the front of the bases were of these models. They are a facing indicator as the rules take into account which way the model is facing at any one time. I therefore wanted to make them nice a clear in a clean white.

Horde Troopers

As per before, I have painted the models quite loyal to their original colour schemes, which as they were toys (and cheap filmation characters) are in a limited palette. I have shaded and highlighted a bit as otherwise they really do look dull.

Horde Wraiths

Catra and Grizzlor

The set also came with two pairs of matching trees for extra terrain pieces in the game. These were painted up with some simple layering of browns, highlighting up to a final tip of white to try and make them look like dead wood to match the aesthetic of the Evil Horde.

So, to the points,

That is 8 x 28mm characters - 5 x 8 = 40 pts

The trees take up the same space as 4 characters, but they aren't complicated to paint, so 10 points each? So another 40pts

Total = 80 points. (Maybe 60)

Minion Miles:  Those trees are pretty nice but they seem like terrain to me and I'm guessing they fill out a 6 inch cube so 20 points for them - sorry

From SanderS: Entering the AHPC Studios GmbH (40 points)

 Hoi,

Just exactly how many posts I am able to get done this Challenge is a question I can't yet answer since in a few weeks time I will have to start disabling the entire groundfloor of our home for a major home renovation including my man-cave. 

Anyway, concerning the Studios entries for this year, I have decided  to try and paint figures that are actually derived from movies or TV series. For the SCI-FI entry point I have chosen 4 figures from the Masters of the Universe She-Ra series. They are modelled after the early 80's cartoon, not the more recent and anime-ish version. 

This quartet shows the most famous characters from the series: She-ra, Glimmer, Catra and Hordak.

I simply loved painting these outrageous vibrant colours, they just pop don't they? 

 

Arthur and I had a bowl putting the tufts on the bases, I decided early on that wanted to do a purple ground surface depicted one of the more alien areas of Eternia and these tufts just put the dot on the i. 

4 figures in 28mm will get me 20 points and together with the 20 of the bonus, that will be another 40.

Cheers Sander 

I'm not sure if I ever watched the series when I was younger, but I was aware of it. Lovely work on these figures, Sander. Hopefully the building works won't prove to be too disruptive to your hobbying.

Tamsin