The Analogue Hobbies Painting Challenge

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Tuesday, 8 January 2019

From FranL - Near Future/Sci-Fi US Force (124 Points)

This before you is the future of US forces in our near future (maybe not that near) to defend against alien incursions or to take the fight to the stars maybe..........

15mm figures from White Dragon Miniatures, GZG and Khurasan Miniatures.

Recon Mechs......

Standard infantry.....

Heavy Mech, SEAL Team and Synthetics.......

Heavy Assault Infantry.....

Synthetics are the future........

Casualties........

The force is made up of 44 figures plus 4 Recon Mechs plus 1 Heavy Mech.

More near future sci-fi loveliness. None of that frilly lace and sheep were getting from the Donnybrook Kid... It has to be said your painting output is prodigious, but as a Mud Farmer I guess you have a lot of time on your hands at this time of year? Seriously though I really like these, particularly the Mechs.

I can only count 42 infantry (unless you have crew inside the Heavy Mech!?) so they'll get you 84 points. The four Recon Mechs looks to be about the equivalent of 28mm infantry so I'll award five apiece, so 20 in total for these. Now the Heavy Mech is a monster of a vehicle. I'll start with base points for a 15mm vehicle which is 8 but award another 8 bonus points for its sheer size. That brings the total up to 120 points.

UPDATE: Fran kindly pointed out the two missing infantrymen I couldn't find (hiding, bold as brass in that last photo!!), so I've added another 4 points for these.