Thursday 17 March 2016

From JohnSe - Gripping Beast Monks (20 points)



The Analogue Hobbies Painting Challenge is winding down and while I did beat my personal goal of 400 points, I'm trying to push through to an even 500. I've wracked up a few more points and I'm sitting at 477. Searching my lead pile I found a pack of Gripping Beast monks that I've been putting off painting for a while, but will certainly get me closer to my goal.


These weren't the most challenging figures to paint up, but they'll make good bystanders or objectives for a variety of dark ages or medieval battles.


These four monks should give me an additional 20 points, putting me at 497, just one Curtgeld short of 500!

These monks are just great John. As you say, they are such versatile figures and really could be used right into the 20th century. In that last pic they remind me of a scene from 'The Name of the Rose'. Good work and just one small push to go...

18 comments:

  1. Monks can come in handy on the table top. Hostages, objectives, inspiring etc. They look good. cheers

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  2. Nicer Sulk of Friars John (I got a book on plural nouns for Xmas and this is the correct one). I have several brothers on Han for my El Cid armies, they are. Must have.

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    1. Haha a Sulk of Friars! That's great! Thanks Peter for the compliments and the addition to my vocabulary :)

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  3. Nice job with these and best wishes on getting to 500!

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  4. Always good to have some Monks about. It's good for the soul. I was tempted to do some for the challenge but time got away from me! Nice to see someone do better than me in this regard.

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  5. Excellent work - it's nice to see a fellow Marylander contributing to the paint tally!

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    1. Thanks Miles! I was in awe of your beautiful ship model. Hoping to see it in action at Cold wars!

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  6. Nice work I have been meaning to pick somethign like these up for a while.

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  7. Very nice, these are on my radar.

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  8. they are way too cool... i dont need them , but i do want them!

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    1. Doooo eeet! An inexpensive little pack of monks, quick to paint up and useful for so many games.

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  9. I've been impressed with the amount of civvies painted in this challenge, they do make a tabletop look more impressive, especially when nicely painted like these!

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  10. Lol sulking monks! That's the way I'd like to see 'em! Anyway nice painting and well done on the basing as well!

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  11. Great monks! I'm sure they'll come in handy in a lot of scenarios.

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  12. They do look very nice! Lots of places they can be used as stage dressing even in more modern settings too. ;)

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