For Monday - From PatG 8 28mm Mounted Martian Askaris (80 points)

After some issues last week with glue failure and primer not sticking, I finally have 8 mounted Martian askaris (or is that askarii?).  Editor's note the OED lists the plural as Askari (like fish) or Askaris.

These were a last minute purchase arriving after the competition started.  They mark a couple of bitter sweet moments. At 80 points, they bring my total to 620, well above my target of 500. More importantly, they mark the end of the figures and painting side of my Space 1889 project. Well - almost there is another unit in the queue but they are a re-paint and of course there are always bits and pieces that can be added to project, but after this unit, anything else is an indulgence.

Thanks to everyone in the challenge for the directly or indirectly pushing me across this particular finish line.  While work is about to get very busy, I'll be seeing if I can push my total a bit higher before the Challenge wraps up.

Pat I am continuing to love the old school Rafm wonders that you keep rolling out.  I am rather disappointed that you've almost run out of figures to paint, but pleased for you on hitting your two goals.  Do you wish to formally up your target, or just keep it as is and see where you end up?