The Analogue Hobbies Painting Challenge

Welcome to the Painting Challenge. Here you will find the fabulous, fevered work of miniature painters from around the world. While participants come from every ethnicity, gender, age and nationality, they have three things in common: they love miniatures, they enjoy a supportive community, and they want to set themselves against the Challenge. This site features the current year's event along with the archives of past Painting Challenges. Enjoy your visit and remember to come back soon.

Tuesday, 25 December 2018

From: Sander and Arthur: The Road Goes Ever On (20 Points)

Hoi There,

The Challenge has come again, the eagerly awaited painting extravaganza that binds us all together, we very few and lucky underlings of the Snowlord's Domain.

Both Arthur and myself will be joining, but this time without a set plan that is bound to fail. I have some loose ideas of what I want to paint, mainly these are my GW boxed games, amongst which are Necromunda, Blackstone Fortress and Blood Bowl. Heroquest figures will surely enter into the fray but that's only to be expected with the school-club still going strong.

Usually I would have put up a Challenge Prep post up on my blog far earlier but you know sh*t happens. So it should be up right now and you can see it HERE if you would like to.

Arthur has a small amount of figures he wanted to paint for this year's Challenge which are mainly historical miniatures. That said, my recent GW obsession has led to him painting some Space Marines in a self designed paint scheme, which is suitably '80's themed ;-)

So without further ado here's Arthur's first space marine:

And for myself, since time has been lacking somewhat I only have a few figures I can enter for this first post but I do have to post something to be allowed to stay in the Challenge right?

So what did I paint up? Well diehard Heroquest fans will know about Sir Ragnar, an Empire knight who needs saving in the Questbook included in the core box. Zealot Miniatures make this brilliant bound and free figure of him.

The sword and shield on the free figure is an addition by me of course.

Also finished in time for this post is the Necromunda equivalent of the Lurker in the Dark (sorry no puns intended Fran).

While not the most demanding figure in the boxed set I am rather happy with how it ended up.

Well pointswise Arthur has 5 points to his name now and I will have at least 10. What the Lurker is worth I'll leave up to Curt.

Rest assured that my next post will be more seizable indeed. Thanks for dropping in!

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Ah, this post hits many highlights. We have both Arthur and Sander (the 'van Straeten Boyz'), tentacles and the first Challenge Tune. Bravo!

Arthur, I like your blue Space Marine, especially the two-tone armour and his red eye lenses. Good one. Tell your dad that we need another pic of you guys painting - I really liked the last one but suspect you've grown quite a bit since then.

Sander, it's good to see you continuing on your Heroquest additions, especially with these fancy versions of Sir Ragnar - the modification of adding of the sword and shield are well chosen and wonderfully executed. AND what's a dank dungeon without an icky tentacle coming out of a sewer grate (really, much the same could be said for London as well). ;)

Well done lads!

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