From JohnS: "When The Dwarf In Front of You Is Killed (Again)..." (140 points)

The Krautian Flesched Legion are the re-animated Krautian Landwehr that were part of Ferach force that invaded the Witchlands. Those battles didn't go so well and left behind piles of prime zombie making material for the Dark Czar to use.

Slaughterloo Undead units are 28 figures strong, mainly to allow the Kommisar to re-slay a couple when needed, to encourage the others to perform as required.

The unit is lead by a vampyre who uses his mesmeric powers to control the undead dwarves.

The unit Kommisar makes sure the zombie Krautians understand the importance of their role in the great effort to repel the invaders from the Witchlands. Stirring speeches and instructions such as "When the dwarf in front of you is killed (again), pick up his musket and attack". Of course, they're zombies so retention of instruction is not their strong suit. 

The Vampyre and Kommisar

Points:

28 x 25mm figures @ 5 = 140 points

Skullz for the Skull Duel (which I will now enter) @ 2 per Legionnaire + 1 for Kommisar = 53

Skull total so far is 63

From Millsy:

My first thought was that I should spell check this post. Then I looked at how many "made up words" it contained and gave up in favour of the delightful chaos of Slaughterloo spelling.

Two cracking additions to your Slaughterloo collection mate. I especially like the Kommisar who's face is enough to inspire loyalty and fear in equal amounts no matter the situation.

140 more points for your tally and a hefty skullz count too.

Cheers,
Millsy

From JohnS: A Speck of Slaughterloo Uhlans (110 points)

Next up in my All Slaughterloo Challenge Cavalcade are these Krautian Uhlan Lancers accompanied by a Krautian Staff Officer.

Uhlan Lancers and Officer

Mounted on savage boars, the Krautian Uhlans are the pride of the Dwarf Cavalry and their Death's Head badge strike fear into the enemies of Blooka's Children (as the inhabitants of the Krautian nation are proud to call themselves.)

An officer knows that hydration is key

The Krautian Staff Officer is mounted on a fine fat farm bred pig as this reflects his more genteel upbringing. In keeping with Dwarven tradition the Officer always has a frosty stein of bier handy to ward off the rigours of dehydration. Officering is thirsty work.

Standard Bearer, Line Officer and Staff Officer.

The Officers inspect the troops.

Armed with lances and dwarf muskets the pitiless Light Cavalry rove the battlefields of Valon at will, displaying their superior boarsmanship and charging home when least expected.

The lances aren't just for warfare. They make a handy tool for spit-roasting any mounts that don't make the grade. After salting and smoking, of course. Delicious when washed down with a stein or two of Krautian Schwarzenbier.

This was another fun paint and a good diversion from preparation for Cancon (Australia's largest games convention) which is next weekend. I was helped along by a couple of great paint and chat sessions too.

11 x 28mm Mounted Figures  @ 10 = 110 points

From Millsy:

"Boarsmanship" is my word of the week now. Everything about this submission made me laugh and think I am really missing out on something through not having played or painted any Slaughterloo over the years.

These fine fellow have real presence and look more like heavy cavalry with their chunky dwarf bodies on chunky boar mounts. I really like you choice of blue and gold which pairs nicely with their beards, something that seems very appropriate for a uhlan for whom sartorial style is a must have. They even have a slightly piratical look about them which is what being a light cavalry man dwarf is all about!

Cracking work mate and a very well earned 110 points.

Cheers,
Millsy

From JohnS - Slaughterloo Undead Todoroni - (125 points)

Hello Challengers! I'm so happy to be back, and painting again. I have missed the last couple of Challenges due to work pressure among other things. You would think that running a games retail business would be all fun...anyhow, since I have a tendency towards workaholicism, the AHPC is a brilliant way for me to switch my brain to a related but relaxing activity.

To that end I present my first entry, the Undead Todoroni from my favourite silly game, Slaughterloo. Longtime challengers will remember my fascination with the Fantasy Napoleonic world of Valon, Alternative Armies' setting for Flintloque skirmish and Slaughterloo mass battles games.

"Slap me with a mouldy flipper, it's the Undead Todoroni!"

Every Napoleonic nation has an analogue in the world of Slaughterloo. From the BritOrcs of Albion, the Ferach Elves of the Emperor Mordred and the Undead armies of the Dark Czar of the frozen Witchlands, plus many more. The Todoroni are from the Nepolise client state of the Ferach Empire. Giant toads, they are great singers, fantastic cooks but not the greatest soldiers.

When the Nepolise troops joined Mordred's Grande Armee du Norde they were decimated by the Dark Czar's army. The Dark Czar is never one to waste a good source of zombies so the Undead Todoroni were umm, born? re-born? Animated!

 

 

 

 

Lead by a Vampire Officer, with discipline provided by the Kommisariat Graviski Bureov (KGB) Liche, they stumble into battle under their tattered flag, trying to keep time to the unearthly squealing of the company accordion player (to be honest his playing only seems to have improved with his death), perhaps with the taste of their last delicious meal in the ghost of their memories.

Todoroni come in two sizes, imaginatively known as Big Todoroni and Little Todoroni and generally serve in different units but the Dark Czar has lumped them all into the 777th Croaked Line.

The rare Undead Big Todoroni

The more numerous Undead Little Todoroni

The most commonly viewed aspect of Undead Todoroni. They're not brave.

This was a fun unit to paint using the DaveChop method (like SlapChop but taught to me by Dave) which gave me a really great effect in a very reasonable amount of time. In fact these figures triple my entire 2024 painted figure output.

24 x 28mm figures @ 5 = 120 points

2  x 28mm prone figures @ 2.5 = 5 points

Total Points Claimed 125

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Welcome back to the Challenge John! It's wonderful to have you return to us from your busy work life so we can see what you've been up to. Slaughterloo is one of those games that has always eluded me but you've done a magnificent job on these Nepolise Undead Todoroni (giant dead frogs, ewww). Your interpretation of the DaveChop has served you well and I love to hear that you've tripled your 2024 output. That's what the Challenge is all about! I look forward to seeing what else you produce for us over these next few months.

- Curt

From PhilH: Historical Drama feat. 'Slapchop' (100 Points)

 Well, what's more historical drama than 'the shot heard around the world', and all the kerfuffle that followed? Plucky settlers taking up arms against the 'tyranny' of their King and heavens forbid, taxes to of course replace it with republican  Democracy and....taxes. Alas, American Revolution movies seem to be lacking in bringing this fascinating era to the silver screen: looking at you, Mel Gibson and The Patriot. 

One of my aims this challenge was to try some new approaches to paint quicker, and thus get more done. Especially after last challenge, which was a bit of a damp squib in terms of output. One of those I wanted to try was 'slapchop', the stupid name for a drybrushed variant of the old masters' 'grisaille' method of underpainting, then highly pigmented washes to try to skip time-consuming highlighting. Dreamed up with catchy slogans like 'slay the grey', and the subject of many excitable/raging YouTube videos late last year, debating whether its the best thing since sliced bread, or a load of old cobblers. 

Anyway, because I'm a hobby madlad at times, here's me seeing if it works on historicals: in this case Perry Continental plastics. These are two groups for Sharp Practice of the brown coated, red faced 4th Connecticut regiment (or Pennsylvania Associators/12th Mass. at a stretch). Why this regiment? Errrr, I fancied some brown-coated continentals, I already had Wyldwood and Blood Angels Red Contrast paints, red facings are natty and I'd stuck these together with round hats rather than tricornes. Squinting at the ever-useful Perry uniform guide from that opening position, 4th Connecticut it is. 

These aren't true Slapchop, there's a fair bit of traditional method on them after the Contrast were applied: faces, turnbacks, stockings, a highlight on the muskets, metallics, piping on the hats etc.

Is this the method for me to cruise though the pile of potential? Mmmmmm, I’m not convinced, while the test mini went well and was finished in an evening, with this a sizeable batch, I rapidly came to dislike the process. So much so that I started them on 21 December, parked them in mid-January completely, before the end of the Challenge became pressing enough for me to dig them out to finish off. 

Alas, I've a firmly established method, where I lay down basecoats, then tidy up the mess I make as I highlight them up. Making a mess with Contrast puts me in a right pickle. I feel my work on the WWII French - also rapid, using drybrushing to save work and time - was much more enjoyable approach, and came out with a better finish (though in fairness, a much simpler colour scheme)

Don't get me wrong, it's horses for courses and if approaches like Slap-chopping help hobbyists get stuff on their paint desk, that's awesome in my book. For me, Contrast paints still have their uses, like picking out little details that would be barely noticed, like boots.

Sixteen 28mm miniatures, as the leader was the test model and painted before the Challenge. 20 points for the Studio bonus is another 100 for my tally (two 100-pointers in one Challenge, look at me go!) Over 600 now and cruising towards what I suspect might be an all-time high score for me.

So this is weird, I've posted this and then it reverted to draft. Will try again. Love the figures by the way