From KentG: Temple guards and command figures (80pts)

This week could be my last as life is about to get very busy

Might get something else up but if not I’ve had a great time

It’s been a absolute joy to be part of the challenge, an so much fun 

To paint my own figures except a few

Decided to do a few temple guard and command figures

The temple guards are from Grey for now games

These guys are resin and from fireforge games

Resin is never my favourite but turned out pretty good I think

Points 

Foot 12 x 5pts = 60pts

Cavalry 2 x 10pts = 20 pts 

Total = 80pts

From Millsy:

In a rush with real life so I don't have the time to say something pertinent I'm afraid! Nice work mate, especially the mounted dudes.

Cheers,
Millsy

From MattW - Napoleonic, ACW, Roman’s and Aliens oh my! (140 points)

 Napoleonic, ACW, Roman’s and Aliens 

Finally back from our 10 week vacation in Australia, I was keen to hit the painting desk and have been really productive over the last 14 days getting a lot painted. I missed last Friday’s  deadline as I went to wargames and forgot to take photos…..

First up eight Perry Plastic dismounted Dragoons, these have been in my stash for over 10 years now, great to finally get them completed. 

8 Napoleonic figures @ 5 points = 40 points 

I also painted some  ACW bits, a Confederate band and a farrier from Dixon minatures range. 

9 ACW figures @5 points  = 45

Back to my neglected Roman’s for my Gangs of Rome project, I still have a lot more to do with this collection, including buildings. The figure will be able to be a civilian, slaver or a gang member, and two camels. 

Three 28mm figures @ 5 points = 15 poinrs

Finally for Christmas I received the Aliens another glorious day for the corps board-game, I decided to paint the Xenomorph’s first, I elected for a green blue colour on my first batch, quite happy with the result. 

8 x 28mm figures  @ 5 points = 40 points

Totals 

Twenty eight 28mm foot figures @5 points  = 140 points 

Squirrel 4 points 

Napoleonic 

ACW

Roman’s 

Aliens 

Cheers

MattW

From Millsy:

In a rush with real life so I don't have the time to say something pertinent I'm afraid! Nice work mate, especially the dismounted dragoons.

Cheers,

Millsy

From SteveG: Carthage and The naughty Gallic boy (145 points)

 1st up are some very nice "Punic Citizens Cavalry"    3D prints by Resin Warfare. 28mm 

Then comes the tale of a naughty Gallic boy. One night he crept into the local Roman Camp and painted some shields with white paint.  Discovered at the end of his escapade  he flees for his life past unimpressed women folk and farmers. His brother looks on hoping he wont be blamed.  The town dogs show varying levels of interest. The irate Romans approach the town chief whilst some  Gallic warrior, alarmed at all the commotion, prepare for the worst.   

where is that little swine ?  

Wotgivesarix hopes to placate the Romans with roast pork and mead. It's always worked before! 

otherwise his stunted bodyguard may be needed.  

so points  ....

4 x cav = 40 

16x humans and dogs = 80 

oxen and cart w rooster  = 15 points 

so  150 I guess ? [145 after I adjusted the cart score - Millsy]

From Millsy:

Another jam packed submission of ancient goodness mate!

The cart in particular (scored as a vehicle - 10 points) is really flavourful and the timber effect is spot on. I also noted what looks like one of those new fangled patterned cloaks made from real fabric on the driver. Is that right?

145 more points is a great haul for this late on when the enthusiasm is starting to ebb. Nice work.

Cheers,

Millsy

From GeoffT: Aliens, fantasy and pirates (76 points)

Hello challengers,

I have a mixture here this week.

The first image is two alien monstrosities for Stargrave.  We have an Ursoric, a giant bear like creature with scorpion tails protruding from its shoulders.  Next is an Arsendryder, an intelligent arsenic based life form, that appears like a camel without a hump, long front legs and short back legs and a rocky skin.  These monsters are made from cutting up cheap plastic toys to match the description in the rules supplement called bold endeavour.  They appear in one scenario with a less than 50% chance of turning up.  I expect they are there for people who like making things.  With the author’s propensity to describe camel, scorpion and hyena hybrids, those plastic toys are always on my shopping list.

These are hobgoblins but citadel miniatures, from the mid 1980s.  Rescued from a second hand collection.

Next are two more second hand minis.  On the left is a very old miniature of unknown origins, probably a necromancer as she has a thigh bone in one hand and a curved dagger in the other.  The one on the right is a complete adventurer from reaper bones.

More pirates, seven of them and a ships wheel.

This weeks minis together for scale.  As you can see the monsters are quite big. About 50mm tall each.

Total points, there are 11 x  28mm foot for 5 points each, two monsters around 54mm for 10 points each and a ships wheel mini, which was pretty minimal effort to paint, so maybe 1 point for an estimated total of 76 points.

From Millsy:

Nice to see someone else giving some classic lead a bit of love mate. There's a clear scale discrepancy between the necromancer and adventurer but your top paint job and matched basing, plus a little cunning thinker base work means it's not really that noticeable if you are not looking for it.

The pirates are once again a great mob and added to your efforts thus far mean you really do have a significant collection now. Nice work!

76 more gold doubloons for your total Geoff. Love em.

Cheers,

Millsy

From Barks: More Underhive denizens (30 points)

My painting time has really stalled out this Challenge, but I forced myself to get some figures done. These are a variety of beings you may find in the Underhive.

The malstrain is a corrupted genestealer. I slightly trimmed back and toned down the excess spikes of the original sculpt, as I thought they were a bit much even for me. I've got more of these to paint but its a slow fiddly process. He's a big boy on a 40mm base. I've gone for a severe cataract eye. The pustules remind me of the original plastic 'stealers.

With an untrimmed figure

Next, I have some winged figures- two caryatids and a cherub. Caryatids are nearly mythical figures to underhivers, and are associated with good luck. The smaller metal figure is a very limited sculpt associated with Colony 87- read more here. He's on a 20mm base, and is definitely a 'he'.

This cherub had a goatee and hair
but I trimmed it back to be more Churchillian.

Somewhere in this medic servoskull is a skull!

I really like this underseer sculpt. It nails the bizarre bodies and mechadendrites of the tech-priests.

Postscript: I was bullied/peer-pressured into painting some patches onto flight suits and trying to get a mirrorshades effect onto Ferro's aviators. Are you happy now?

Six figures of varying sizes... 25 points?

+1 skull for the skull challenge (total 45)

From Millsy:

Any submission that makes use of the term "denizen" is a winner in my books! These are all superb mate but I am particularly impressed and at the same time a bit disturbed by the underseer. I have little idea what mechadendrites are but I suspect I'm better off that way.

Kudos for your efforts on the mirrrorshades and patches. I've awarded a bonus five points because I resist every temptation to revisit something so if you can be bothered it should pay off.

Cracking stuff Barks. 30 more underhive credits for you.

Cheers,

Millsy

From RichardM: Confederation of the Rhine dump and a few cavalry regiments (166 points)

A big dump of remaining Confederation of the Rhine units and the last of the British /KGL cavalry.  

As I come to the end of painting units from the Confederation of the Rhine a word on the madness of my hobby is perhaps warranted.  The units that I have painted were primarily engaged in small skirmishes, convoy protection and action against the Spanish guerillas - although some were in larger battles, particularly early in the war.  At the scale I play, few of their actions are likely to see the tabletop.  However, after I read about the units in the wonderful series of books by Digby Smith, I was taken by their variety both in origin and uniform.  Hence I decided to add them to my forces.  If they do not see the table in many historical refights, I expect I will bring them to the table when playing some what-if actions.   

Onto this week's contribution.  

First up is the 4th Regiment of the Confederation of the Rhine - three battalions composed of contributions from five Saxon states.  The 3rd battalion being a light battalion is dressed in green.  There is some uniform variation within the battalions given their mixed origins.  I was unable to find any information on colours used and given the numerous states there may not have been battalion colours.  So to outfit these battalions, I have used flags from states that comprise the battalions - Sachsen-Gotha for the 1st and 2nd Battalions and Sachsen-Weimar for the 3rd.  

3rd Light Battalion on the right

Next is the 6th Regiment of the Confederation of the Rhine - two battalions, with the 1st from Schwarburg and the 2nd from Waldeck and Reuss.   Again we have uniforms that vary by contingent and colours that I have added from the states of origin.   

Then we have the Princes' Battalion.  This was raised from six different small states of Thuringia whereby each house was to provide a company, consequently there is some variation in uniforms worn in the battalion.  They were ordered to the Peninsular in January 1809 where they were engaged in small actions and, like many other units, worn down to eventually become ineffective.  In 1810, the remaining troops were absorbed into the 5th and 6th Regiments (shown above).  They are unlikely to have had a battalion colour so I have used one from the House of Rudolstadt who provided the 2nd Company.

The next is the Frankfurt Battalion.  This entered the Peninsular in late 1808 after being mobilised by order of Napoleon in August 1808.  I have painted it in the white uniform that it entered the Peninsular with - it it believed to have changed to blue coats after the Battle of Medellin in March 1809.  There is also very little evidence or information on the colour that they carried so I searched for a Frankfurt colour that was used at another time. 

This cavalry unit fits the category of why do I bother.  It is the Nassau Chasseurs a Cheval and only ever had two squadrons in Spain.  I know this now that I have done some research on it - but at the time of purchasing the figures a few years ago I didn't look to see how many squadrons were raised - I just saw a regiment listed so purchased enough to do the four squadrons.  It was also only involved in skirmishes and small actions - but I am a completist and as I had the figures I painted them.  They did not carry a colour into the Peninsular - but that wasn't stopping me. 

Lastly there is the one additional Light Dragoon regiment for the British / KGL troops.  This is the 1st KGL Light Dragoons which are uniformed essentially the same as the two British Light Dragoon regiments I painted a few weeks ago.  This ends the Light Cavalry I need for the Allies in the Peninsular with three regiments in total.

Points

4th Regiment - three battalions each of 36 figures @ 0.5 points per figure = 54 points

6th Regiment - two battalions each of 36 figures @ 0.5 points per figure = 36 points

Princes' Battalion of 36 figures @ 0.5 points per figure = 18 points

Frankfurt Battalion of 36 figures @ 0.5 points per figure = 18 points

Nassua Chasseurs of 20 mounted figures @ 1 point per figure = 20 points 

1st KGL Light Dragoons of 20 mounted figures @1 point per figure = 20 points 

Total = 166 points

From Millsy:

Like you Richard I've always been captivated by the minor nations and allies in the armies of Napoleon. So often maligned they did an awful lot of the dirty work and received little credit for their contributions. My own "French" armies have always included a healthy number of Confederation, Saxon or Bavarian troops.

Their uniforms are interesting and diverse and depending on scale you can even mix uniforms in the same units because some contingents were simply too small to operate on their own as your Thuringians demonstrate.

I've thoroughly enjoyed your deep dive into these rarely seen units. It'd be great too see them all together in single photo if that's possible.

Great work as always mate and another 166 points added to your considerable tally.

Cheers,

Millsy