From PeteF: AWI 33rd Foot - The Last Levy (138 points)

It was with a sense of relief tinged with disappointment that I realized last night that there was no way I would finish this battalion in the following 7 minutes (when it would be 12.01am Saskatchewan time). These were the last of the troops that I primed back in December. But then I noticed the countdown clock gave me 1 day and 7 minutes... I asked fellow challengers on Facebook if we did indeed have a few more hours. They said yes so this morning the race was on.

Detached  Grenadiers

The 33rd foot fought throughout the Revolutionary War - from the Battle of Sullivans Island in 1776 to Yorktown. I'm planning to run Wetzels Mill at an event later this year - a battle that was fought shortly after Cowpens. Thanks to the motivation of the Challenge I've got a good start on the Crown forces. The Perry brothers will be relieving me of a bit of cash in the next few months as I'll be needing a load of colonial militia and some cavalry for both sides.

The 33rd foot later became the Duke of Wellington's Regiment - the fictional Richard Sharpe joined them in India where they were part of the siege of Seringapatam. 

This was a bit of a speed painting job - I noticed quite a few corrections I need to do when I was photographing them - but they'll do for gaming. Didn't have quite enough time for the drummer - had trouble with the white coat. It's just the drummer and 3 gabions that didn't get completed.

All Warlord/Wargames Factory from the Liberty or Death Set. 

A Big Thank You to Curt and his minions for organizing and running the Challenge - and also to the many people who comment on the posts (I think Tamsin comments on all of them). Your encouragement is much appreciated and the Challenge would have had a big effect on my lead pile if I had prevented myself from adding to it over the last 3 months.

Cheers all - hope to be here next year.

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Haha! I'm delighted that my somewhat elastic sense of 'hard deadline' came through for you Pete.

These are great, especially for being done within a day - wow. I particularly like that second last image of the fellow pulling back on his hammer. Great figure that! 

I'm also very happy that you had a good time over the past three months. The Challenge is blessed with a great bunch of people, which makes the solitary chore of painting toy soldiers that much more social.

Hope to see you next season.
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