From Barks - WW1 German support weapons (72 points)

After last week's austere post, here's a bit of a meatier effort. This is the remaining 15mm WW1 German forces from PSC's Great War, comprising three MG-08s, three 7.58cm Minenwerfers, and their crews.

I found myself whistling Blackadder whilst setting this up

Now I have completed the 'core set' of Tommies and Germans for The Great War, and will be moving on to other, lighter projects for the remainder of the Challenge. I've still got another nine artillery pieces to go, if I get bored they may yet come out!

Furthermore, this week I suffered for my art. I was intently focused on painting some fine detail when I burnt my forehead against my lamp! Eheu!

What is it with pics of people's heads this week? This is the second in as many posts! Mine is pretty ordinary but at least it wasn't sporting a rather nasty looking burn. I know you work hard at the paint desk Barks but please, safety first mate! On the plus side you've give us a relative War and Peace compared to last week's erudite background so maybe there is an upside to overheating your noggin after all... 

All that aside, these are once again a very well executed batch of support weapons and their attendant German crew. The more I look at these as you roll them out the more I find it hard not to think they're 28s given the detail you pack in. All up this batch is worth a tidy 72 points. Well done! Cheers, Millsy

From Barks - 15mm WW1 Tommies (102 points)

Here are some WW1 Tommies from Plastic Soldier Company's The Great War. These are plastic, and I've individually based them on 15mm washers.

I'm not yet sold on the basing colour. The Great War has quite a red-brown mud colour on the game board, which I haven't quite matched. However, I always see WW1 as a grey-brown muddy hell, so I may yet re-do these.

There's 51 figures here, and more to come before the challenge ends!

Aha, it seems we have a first entry for the estimable Mr Barks! Knocking out 51 miniatures in one batch is a great start and I like very much how you've painted them. To my relatively untutored WWI eye the colours are spot on and despite the limited palette you've managed to get in loads of contrast to keep them interesting. 102 points for your total mate, and welcome to the scoreboard! Cheers, Millsy.

From MilesR: 28mm Scale WW1 Rolls Royce Armored Car (15 Points)

Submission #4 is a 28mm Scale Rolls Royce Armored Car from TrenchWorx.  I picked up this kit (along with way too many others) from a Kickstarter that was recently run by the Trenchworx guys.  These models are resin casts  made from 3D printed masters.  Both the details and casting quality are amazing and I highly recommend their products.

This particular model was painted up in a fairly generic way and has no nationality markerings.  I'll be using it for inter-war pulp (skirmish) gaming and it may even see it's way into a Bolt Action game or two.

The stowage in the back are custom cast by your's truly and are hold overs from my model railroading days.  They're actually HO scale (1/87) but seem to look good in a 28mm (or 1/56) scale vehicle.  The casting are pretty horrid and only work where I can hide some aspects of them.  One of the great benefits of the Challenge is it does force one to use old inventories of modeling supplies!

You can see in the background one of my next projects for the Challenge - a 36 figure Napoleonic French infantry battalion (Perry plastics).  After doing loads of American Civil War figures, I forgot how intricate Nappy uniforms are.

I think the Rolls Royce Armored Car should net me 15 points towards my tally!

From Curt:

Beautiful work Miles on one of the most elegant armoured cars of the period. I too just received my parcel from the Trenchworx Kickstarter and hope to have at least one of their models up for the Challenge in the coming months. I agree with you: the quality and detail of the models is really top-notch. I fiddled about and did some dry-fitting of the models and everything fit together seamlessly - very impressive. My only caveat to the models is their price, which is a bit eye-watering. 

In regards to your Rolls I love the base sand colour you went with as it really helps to make the rivets, plate-seams and creases pop. I also really like the stowage you added as it really adds character to the model. My only suggestion would be to dirty up the tires, undercarriage and running boards, as from seeing photos from the period, these buggies would get incredibly filthy in the field. 

Top shelf stuff Miles!