MarkH - 15mm WWII German Tanks (30 Points)

Hi Guys

Busy painting week this week but not a lot got finished. There is lots of stuff on the table including 4x 24 man Confederate ACW units (which may be done by next week). Several other 15mm Flames of War units and 21x 28mm Samurai Bandits. (I seem to have the dreaded finishing disease at the moment...)

So this weeks submission is 5x 15mm Tanks

3 Jadpanthers and 2 Panther G's

I've done them with a bit of wear and tear and used filters and streaking effects similar to last weeks submission with the Panzer III in 28mm. The effect isn't quite as good in 15mm but they stand out well on the table top.

Left and right side of Jadpanther 212.

Left and right side of Jadpanther 213.

Left and right side of Jadpanther 214.

I used a mixture of Tamiya and Vallejo Paints and Ak interactive enamel washes.

Left and right side of Panther 420.

Left and right side of Panther 421.

No idea what a 15mm large tank is worth in points but at least i finished something.  

Mark

:)

'Interactive enamel washes'? What is this heretical sorcery? I'm barely interactive when I'm at my hobby desk and certainly don't like the idea of being upstaged by my paint. Seriously though, these are beautiful looking tanks Mark - the camo looks brilliant and so does the weathering.

These five will give you 30 points, but your description of your painting queue sounds very impressive and I sense an impending points bomb on the horizon.  Now, back to work! 

From TamsinP - I'll Be Max (10 Points)

When I got back from my Christmas break away from London, I decided I wanted to get a few more points in before I set to work on my 6mm Confederates. So I decided to paint up a couple of (post?) apocalyptic character figures, and what better pair than these?

Getting the pallid, greyish skin tone wasn't easy, but I think I pulled it off OK. I'm not so sure about the blue-green tinge I gave to the bruised lumps on his face though.

With both wearing so much "black" leather, I had to go to take drastic action to create some differences between the different clothing items, using different basecoats washed with black, then mixing various greys and browns into the black for the layered highlights.

Once again, the smooth transitions from the layering doesn't show up that well in the pics compared to the reality. Sorry, but there isn't a lot I can do about that I'm afraid.

These two are both 28mm from Hasslefree. They don't seem to be showing in the web catalogue at the moment though.

That should give me 10 points towards my target. I am slightly behind, but then again I haven't done any points bombs yet!

"I'll be back!"

Nice work Tamsin. I like what you've achieved with the fleshtone on Arnie - you can especially see it in the last image when compared to that of the Road Warrior. Best of luck with your upcoming Rebs!

From JamieM - Time Spent in Recce (50 Points)

This is my second Painting Challenge and I have started it just like I did my first one..... Lots of excitement, masses of stuff started and nothing finished! So, instead of getting disheartened I decided to get a couple of simple things done to get some points on the board...... I remembered I had some 15mm soviet scouts and BA-64s that were based and undercoated that shouldn't take too long.

First up are the scouts, with unfortunate German prisoners.... I shamelessly "took inspiration from" the Model Dads blog who did this first. The surrendered Germans are from Peter pig and the thing I like most about scales smaller than 28mm are the fact you can make little dioramas on the bases like these.

These unfortunate "tongues" have been snatched and are being taken for de-briefing.....

The dark amoeba pattern that I tried to paint on the scouts has largely been lost in the brown wash, but such is the way of things!

Next up are 4 BA-64s.

Not the most inspired sculpts by battlefront, with the same chap poking out of the top of all 4, but they were nice and easy to get together and paint up.

I'm never sure how to add decals to Soviet WW2 vehicles as it seems to have been pretty randomly applied in reality, but I like the fact they add some interest to the mono colour vehicles, so add them I did.

Sadly these add exactly zero points to my 30k challenge, but they get me started and should (hopefully) give me the encouragement I need to get my other plans moving.

It's good to see you on the scoreboard Jamie! These Soviets looks great and I especially like the prisoner vignette - simple yet chillingly evocative. 

Welcome aboard and I look forward to your next entry (no pressure). :)

From EricMc - 28mm WWI Germans---Finally on the board! (100 Points)

Like most things, I am running a little behind.  Here is my first entry for the Painting Challenge. This is to adding to my WWI collection.   These are 1916-18 German Stosstruppen.  There is a mix of riflemen with a few trench raider types scattered in. 

The figures are a mix of Old Glory and Great War Miniatures.  I am a long time Old Glory fan but this is not the strongest range they make.  Great War make some beautiful figures. They are a bit taller and much more well fed than the Old Glory.  

  

I love the Gas Mask look.  One of my favorite figures is the guy in a gas mask carrying the Spandau. Its a little Hollywood in my opinion but its so fun.

  

I am still struggling with what the basing should look like.  I would love it to be dark and muddy but that really dulls down the already dull figures.   Its a work in progress and I would love any suggestions you have. 

 

20 total 28mm figures = 100points.   I think.  More to come very shortly!

 

Fantastic stuff Eric! I love seeing some WWI stuff in the Challenge. I really like your trench raiders. Which manufacturer makes the figure of the MG08/15 gunner? I need one of those. In regards to your basing, frankly I think its very good - evocative without overpowering the figure (and I can attest to the hex base for the officers - I use it as well - it makes them easy to spot on the tabletop).  

Well done Eric and welcome to the Challenge!

From AdamC - Five Soldiers and a Hound (30 Points)

That's right more Frostgrave (don't worry I am working on some other figures I promise) this time some some soldiers to escort an enterprising wizard.  All of these are Northstar figures (though they have some parts from my bits box thrown in) 4 of them are plastic and two are metal.

The first metal figure is the bonus Templar from the Lich Lord Nickstarter.  A fearsome warrior with a massive hammer worthy of Thor.  I've named this intrepid warrior Martel (from the French word for Hammer)

I like the fact that this guy despite being a wealthy warrior with full mail harness he carries his own gear.

Martel is a bit bigger than his plastic brothers in arms but only in the way one man is particularly big not out of scale.

I've named this soldier Senvuf for no particular reason.  This guy makes a good Man-At-Arms or a knight (his armor would be under his winter clothing).

 The horn was an add on that came from a Wargames Factory box that provided lots of troops for last challenge and lots of bits for my bits box.

Next up is a soldier named Berold a hardened warrior looking for treasure in the dark corners of Frosgrave. His sword a clipped end sort of like a "sax" I wish that showed better in the picture but this entry is picture heavy already.

The shield is another Wargames Factory cast off and its presence lets me make this guy a thug or Man-at-arms... or even a knight (all soldier types in the Frosgrave game).

 This fierce looking fellow with the halberd shall be called Mathies and he works quite well for an infantry man a Frosgrave soldier with a two handed weapon.

I wanted to suggest he's in a uniform of some sort hence the regular colors of dark gray set off with green and the red sash.

The last of the humans is the Mule, a Frostgrave soldier with the special ability of carrying up to three special items (usually magical). I am naming him Odo after one of two "typical" medieval peasant a teacher(Dr. Zupko) of mine used as comic relief characters in his lectures.  I had to modify the torch since they so it would fit in a right hand, a common problem with a number of times form the Northstar plastic set.

The Quiver is the final addition from my bits box and is also from the Wargames Factory.

 Last of all we have the faithful war hound, these guys aren't the best fighters but they are fast and cheep so every new wizard should have one in my opinion.

I'm calling this fellow Rould in honor of the arctic explorer who owed much of his success to his use of dogs. I was going for an English Mastiff look and I got close fur is hard to do when the miniature is smooth

If you think he looks big your right, here he is next to a Gripping Beast Irish Wolfhound and he dwarfs that figure I can only assume that the Wizards of the Frostgrave world are doing things to to dogs to make them bigger.

All told we have 6 figures here for another 30 points, assuming full points for the Dog.  When trying to come up with names (something I do for all frostgrave soldiers, as it keeps them form being pure spell fodder in my mind) I used http://fantasynamegenerators.com/ when my own imagination is coming up short.

Great work Adam! I like that you've given names and personalities to all your warband - it really bring them to life. I particularly like 'Mule'.  The effect of the burning torch is very good.

 

From SylvainR - 28mm Bretons for Saga (230 Points)

My first entry is a Breton warband for SAGA. The miniatures are all from the convenient Gripping Beast starter set.

First, there are twelve levies armed with javelins. I tried a peasant look, but some of the colors, especially the green, turned out a bit too "neon" for my taste. Or maybe is it because they look too much "Robin Hood". If you look closely, you will find that I attached all the javelins to the figurines with fine metal wiring. The idea is that if a javelin breaks off, it will stay attached and I can simply use a drop of contact glue to fix it. We'll see out it works. I've tried to blend the wiring with the clothes and poles.

 

Next are eight warriors, all mounted and armed with javelins. For these and for the heartguards, I used an identical shield pattern to create unity. However, after I went back to the documentation, I realized that each shield should have been different, as each warrior is different.

Eight heartguards to protect the warlord.

And the warlord. I painted on his shield the "hermine", the symbol of Bretagne also visible on the current flag, the "Gween ha du". I like the pose of this miniature. Gripping Beast figurines were really top notch.

Finally, a Japanese samurai not to be counted in my tally. All I can tell about the maker is that it says "(copyright) AEG" on the base. As I was painting my Breton warband, my eight year old daughter wanted to paint beside me. To keep her busy, I provided her with a figurine and some advice and the "Golden Samurai" became her first masterpiece. I'm sure some will comment that she paints better than her dad :-).

 

A blistering first entry Sylvain, bravo! I like the idea of using wire to mitigate the hassle of breakage. I'll test your concept when we get together for our next SAGA game. ;) Also, Sophie did a fabulous job on that samurai figure. A great first effort in my opinion. I'll say nothing more other than I think you need to put her to work. :)

From GillesW - Suspicious Mind or My Entry Fee of the 6th Challenge (20 Points)

Hi,

The 6th challenge is the 3rd challenge for me ( yes I' m difficult to follow sometimes ;-)).

As usual I begin my submissions with the Entry fee to be sure that I'll pay the price of my vainglory.

The figure is from 1st Corps painted with the foundry paint triads.

I took the pictures when he was suspicious of what Caius Julius was doing in front of the Rubicon.

The basing is minimalist to allow Curt to finish it like his Ceasar's vignette, just in case he'll need one subordinate general one day or another.

Be seeing you;-)

How did this figure get past my search when I was looking for an appropriate Caesar figure? It's perfect! Thanks so much Gilles! You've done a wonderful job on him, especially capturing that pensive look. Excellent work and welcome aboard!