From Richard P - WSS Front Rank British (270 Points)

Finally managing to get some progress. Another 3 units completed for our early 18th Century games which include WSS and the fictional Indian Ocean island chain of The Woebetides. 

As usual for this project all figured are Front Rank (Gripping Beast) and are painted in units of 18 figures. There are always 16 foot plus a couple of Officer/Sergeant types so they can be used in Sharp Practice games as well as Beneath the Lily Banner games. I intend to add some flags at some point.

Anyway I have now completed 2 x 18 man Guard Infantry units plus 18 foot that eventually will have the rest of the figures added to complete another 2 units. Just on the painting table are the remaining figures including the officers etc. I also have some more Bavarians and the beginnings of the Dutch on the painting table that hopefully i'll get finished before the end of the Challenge.

As always I really enjoy painting Front Rank figures. Thanks for looking!

So that's 54 x 28mm Figures @ 5 points per figure = 270 Points

Those early redcoats look glorious, Richard! I'm looking forward to seeing more of this project before the Challenge ends.

Tamsin

From RichardP - 28mm Victrix Iberian Cavalry (120 Points)

It's been slow progress for this years challenge but I'm happy to say that the paint desk is starting to fill up nicely with WIP ready to be completed and submitted.

So without further ado may I present 12 x Victrix Iberian Cavalry just completed. Really enjoyed painting these. Not painted much Victrix stuff in the past but will definitely be adding some more in the future.

So that's 12 x 28mm Cavalry @ 10 Points each = 120 Points.

Nice looking Spaniards, Richard!

Tamsin

From Richard P: 28mm Italian Wars or I blame Ken Reilly! (155 Points)

 Ok we are off and running! I had hoped to get this ready for last week but I didn't finish the bases in time. 

It's all the fault of that Yarkshire Gamer, posting pictures of his wonderful Italian Wars collection a while back. Anyway a while ago I picked up a bargain which included a few boxes of Perry plastic War of the Roses & European Mercenaries, way more than I would ever need for my War of the Roses plans so I decided to embark on an Italian Wars project with the rest. Honestly I wasn't sure where this was going to lead as I just fancied painting some pike! But it seems that Simon Miller, author of the To the Strongest ruleset, has announced that he hopes to release his Renaissance version of the rules sometime in 2022. As I really enjoy To the Strongest I decided to base them as I base them in the same way as I base my Dark Age stuff using the 'Bat Bases' from Simon Millers Big Red Bat shop. 

So first up is a unit of 24 Pikemen, 4 Bow and a Command Stand of 2 figures makes a total of 30. All Perrys plastics with a few metal heads also from Perrys. There are also a couple of Arab heads mixed in to add a bit of variation plus some Landsknecht heads and arms from the Warlord Games box.

It's been great looking at everyone's wonderful work and I hope everyone stays safe and well.

I blame Ken R for a lot of things too, but I got myself into this one (Curt however, can blame me)!  I am also a big fan of the Perry plastic ranges that you've used for this post, and the add on heads that they sell.  Lovely crisp paint work, birth colours and nice basing.  What's not to love.

Well done.  I've added a few discretionary points for the big flags.

Richard P - OOOPS!!!!!! (Nil Points :-))

Just looking back over the last three months and I have realised that I completely forgot to post my Entry gift for Sean (aka Gods Own Scale)! A thousand apologies!!!! 

Anyway as Sean is planning an Antietam game in 6mm I thought I would sort out a 6mm Dunker Church for him.

Nil Points for being so very late!!!!! (LOL)

Richard P - 28mm Woebetideus Tribesmen & Totem (272 Points)

Probably my final submission for this years event. As mentioned in previous posts we were planning to hold a big weekend Sharp Practice 2 game in April (proper Yarkshire Gamer size games :-)) set in the 18th Century on the fictional Indian Ocean island chain of the Woebetides. The event has now been postponed to September. These figures represent the Monkey Tribe that inhabit the Central Highlands.  Three groups of 12 Tribesmen, two groups of 6 Skirmishers plus Leaders on the individual bases. The Tribesmen and Skirmishers are based using Warbases zombie bases and the Leaders are on bases from Supreme Littleness Designs. These are great as they have areas to write details such as leaders names.

The figures are from various sources including Warlord Games Natal Native Contingent plastic box set, Perrys Zulu plastic box set and a Wargames Factory Zulu set I got off eBay. Also mixed in are some Victrix Numidian bodies and Gripping Beast Arabs as well as bits from sprues from Warlord Games AWI and War of the Spanish Succession ranges. The idea was to make them look tribal without looking completely like Zulus. Shields are a mix from various sources, some Arab, some Zulu and some Ancient.

The Totem was an eBay purchase and will either be an objective for the enemy forces or a deployment point.

Richard P - 10mm Battlescale Buildings, Walls and Hedges (30 Points)

So the mad dash begins to get things finished before the 21st. Unfortunately I will get nowhere near my original points target due to illness and other real life issues but I hope to complete a big chunk of stuff over the next couple of days.

First up is a collection of 10mm Battlescale buildings, walls and hedges for use in various parts of the world and in various periods.

Total: 16 x Buildings, 36 x Wall Sections, 12 Vineyard Sections and 40 x Hedge Sections

3 x timber framed buildings including Merchants house and Gatehouse

2 x Timber framed buildings plus Covered Well

2 x European houses

2 x European houses

3 x timber buildings

Bridge and Church

Mill

20 x straight wall sections, 8 x corner wall sections, 4 x gate wall sections and 4 x collapsed wall sections

12 x vineyard sections

24 x straight hedge sections

8 x corner hedge sections, 4 x T hedge sections, 4 x gate hedge sections

Theres a lot of stuff hear that is superbly painted - I'm going with 30 points!

Miles