The Awards for Challenge XVI

 

Like so many prizes, it's the anticipation of the unwrapping that's so exciting...

Ahem. Speaking of prizes, welcome to the wrap-up of the 16th edition of the Analogue Hobbies Painting Challenge!

We're all dialed-in with the tabulation of the votes for Challengers' Choice, Sarah with her choice of a female figure, and myself for Snowlord's Choice. 

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We had an excellent turnout for the Challengers' Choice poll, with 28 nominees and 43 people casting their votes. Below are the top ten placings chosen by our participants (with several tied places). We used weighted scoring, where 3 points are given for 1st pick, 2 points for 2nd, and 1 point for 3rd pick.

1. KerryT 'Body of Work' 

2. DaveD 'Bolsheviks' 

3. AdamC ‘WWII Naval Project' 

4. ChristopherS 'Pyrric Epirote Phalangite'

4. BruceR 'Once More Into the Breach'

5. RayR 'Finnish Medics'

6. PaulOG 'Galactic Gals'

7. GregB 'Dogs of War' 

8. Curt 'Banksy' 

8. Martin 'Body of Work' 

8. Martin 'Sigurd Fafnir's Bane' 

8. LeeH 'Winter War Soviets' 

9. Curt '30K Kill Team' 

10. MartinN 'Fallshirmjaeger and Firefly' 

10. BruceR 'Warmaster 10mm Project'

10. BruceR 'Black Coach'  

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AHPC XVI Challengers's Choice

Third Place

AdamC with his excellent collection of WWII ships.

Adam, for your talented efforts I'm sure you will enjoy a gift certificate from your fellow Challenger ByronM at 'Northern Lights Terrain'!

Second Place

DaveD for his beautiful Bolsheviks. 

Dave, I'm happy to award you a gift certificate from 'The French Wargames Holiday Centre'!

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...and the Challengers' Choice for AHPC XVI goes to...

KerryT for his fantastic body of work over the course of the Challenge!

Congratulations for your well-deserved win, Kerry! Your prize is a gift certificate from Martin and Diane over at 'Warbases'! 

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AHPC XVI Sarah’s Choice

Hello Everyone!

It’s the time of year for the Analogue Hobbies Painting Challenge wrap up and time to make the selection for Sarah’s Choice … an increasingly difficult task!

I’m always amazed at the cool figures presented and often the background stories included are soo interesting.


Honourable Mentions

Paul O’Grady: 'Galactic Gals'

Love the Power Ranger colours and the badass “grrrl power” vibe. I came upon this quote and it’s most apt for these ladies

“She wasn’t looking for a knight, she was looking for a sword”

ErikP: Farm Ladies from 'Horse & Musket Civilians in the Fields'

Anyone who includes a Pride & Prejudice quote about mud & petticoats gets my attention and fully deserves to be included in the Sarah’s Choice write up.

Well done Erik… the farm lass with the buckets is fabulous and her work worn clothes do indicate “an abominable sort of conceited independence, a most country - town indifference to decorum!”

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Sarah’s Choice for Challenge XVI

PeteB. 'The Little Lady and the Cat'

I love everyone about this entry… the realistic cobblestone and stonework, the lavender blue of the shutters, her green dress and her whimsical daydreaming pose at the window. Who or what is she waiting for for? I look forward to seeing the additions to the vignette next year.

Pete, I'm delighted to award you a gift certificate from Kawe over at Westfalia Miniatures. Enjoy!!

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Snowlord's Choice

For Snowlord's Choice, I often like to spotlight fresh faces coming into the Challenge as these people will become the torchbearers for our hobby in the years to come. So in this vein this year the Snowlord's Choice goes to QuinnM.

I very much enjoyed all your entries Quinn. From the White Scars to Turnip28, and then on to The Walking Dead, your work exhibited a bold grasp of colour and the use of lighting effects that I quite enjoyed.

I was particularly impressed with your Tree Lord. Such lovely brushwork on that imposing figure.

For your great work this year I'm delighted to award you with a gift certificate from Goblin King Games (makers of 'Moonstone'). I look forward to seeing what you do with their figures!

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My thanks to all the nominees for sharing your wonderful work with us. For those lucky prize winners, please email me to work out the details for getting your prizes. 

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As Challenge XVI formally concludes, I’d like to thank again our brilliant Minions for all their hard work in herding the hundreds of entries, wrangling with the Spreadsheet of Doom and generally keeping everything cruising along smoothly. Hats off to Barks for keeping track of our skull-count and Stuart with those distracting squirrels. I also wish to thank our Challenge Sponsors for their generous support of the event.  If you have a free moment please visit their sites via the banners on the left sidebar and see if something strikes your fancy.  

In closing, I bid you all a very fond farewell. Enjoy the next eight months until we get together again for the next run.

Cheers!

- Curt

From TimP -Challenge XVI wrap up and Thank you!

A hearty thanks once again to everyone involved especially

Curt, Sarah, DaveD and the minions for other days.

Really enjoyed it, and not wanting to repeat too much from my last post, it's helped get me back painting. It's amazing how the pressure of a totally voluntary target and posting day deadlines can ensure figures are produced and finished. Normally I'm surrounded by projects that are 95-99% done.

Didn't manage a Squirrel or any side duel - maybe I'll manage that next time.

All the figures.

Lower angle shot showing the SOCO at the front.

Next steps, get the Saxon standard bearer finished, and finish the buildings I didn't get done in time for his time. 

Here's looking forward to next year.  

TimP

From PaulSS: Challenge XVI wrap up and next steps!

I've really had a really productive time for Challenge XVI, the Barons' War collection got a significant boost with not only combatants.

But also lots of townsfolks and vignettes.

Plus a load of period terrain pieces.

An unexpected addition to the ACW forces landed in late February when I ran out of Medievals.

The first two Bonus Rounds saw a few more 5mm Napoleonic French to add to last years and a Hot wheels for Gaslands.

The third bonus round saw an entirely new project with a 10mm Vampire force for Midgard.

This undead force bloomed in the final weeks of the challenge and saw me as a late comer to the Skull Duel overtaking the established order and taking the skull!

With the challenge over it was time to clean the gunk off the brushes and give them a bath!

They did not get to rest for long, I wrapped up the last few units of undead and added some themed terrain for them.

The 10mm Midgard adventure continues, needing an opponent for the undead I've now started on an Imperial  force!

Really happy how Challenge XVI panned out for me.

The Nominations and Voting Poll for AHPC XVI's Challengers' Choice!

Hi All!

Below are the nominations (in alphabetical order) for Challenge XVI's Challengers' Choice. Feel free to follow links to view the nominee's source submission (or body of work). Afterwards, please visit the voting poll to submit your top three choices in order of preference. 

AdamC: WWII Naval Project

BruceR: Once more into the Breach

BruceR: Black Coach Vampire Lord

BruceR: Warmaster 10mm Project

ChristopherS: Pyrrhic Epirote Phalangite

Curt: 30K Kill Team

Curt: Banksy's Resistance in Greyscale

Curt: Villains for Devilry Afoot

DaveD: Bolsheviks

GregB: Axehole 2.0

GregB: Onward to Orleans

GregB: Dogs of War Entries

KenR: Obwalden & the Rear Rankers, Swiss Pike

KerryT: Body of Work

LeeH: Winter War Soviet BA10

LeeH: Winter War Soviets are Ready

MarkG: Russian Civil War Armoured Train

MartinN: Fallshirmjager and Firefly

MartinN: Sigurd Fafnir's Bane

MartinN: Body of Work

PaulOG: Galactic Gals

PaulSS: The Danse Macabre Marches On

QuinnM: Tree Lord

RafaelO: Warmaster Lizardmen

RaulM: Black Seas HMS Indefatigable

 

RayR: Finnish Medics

RayR: Polish Winged Hussars

RichardM: 6mm Spanish Napoleonics

Voting will be open until midnight Friday April 17th and we will announce the results for the roundup that Sunday (19th).

Thank you!

- Curt

From PeterA: AHPC XVI Wrap Up

AHPC XVI Production

I've finally got to posting up my AHPC XVI production, the main delay being I've kept painting stuff! After a pretty barren 2025 painting-wise, the Challenge really got me enthused and painting again, and that has kept being the case since the end of the Challenge, so a big, big thank you to Curt!

I started with some ECW Dragoons from Bloody Miniatures; I had hoped to get more done, but got sidetracked!

Then we have the start of the Irish War of Independence project - a mixture of Footsore Miniatures and Gripping Beast.

Next up was the Cartel project for Haywire - a mixture of 3d prints from Black Hills Games, Combat Octopus and Turnbase Miniatures, plus a couple of die cast toy Land Rovers.

Last of all in 28mm were some old Zombiecide minis for Haywire: Outbreak.

Then in 15mm there were some Modern NATO infantry (3d prints from WarDaddy Studios) and two Russian AFVs from Flames of War.

And to round it all off, 3 Dreadnaughts for The Horus Heresy  in 15mm-ish; these are all 3d prints.

So, a grand total of 110 miniatures:

92x 28mm figures

10x 15mm figures

3x 28mm vehicles

2x 15mm vehicles

3x 15mm Dreadnaughts

Which means the challenge for AHPC XVII has to be to paint at least 100x 28mm figures!

Once again a massive thank you to Curt, Sarah, Dave the Sunday Minion, and fellow participants for their companionship, encouragement and kind comments; AHPC XVI was a real joy thanks to you all.

All the best for the rest of 2026 - stay safe and well and I hope to see you again on Dec 20 2026 - only 257 more sleeps!