From JamieM - Cult of Personality (87 Points)

Greetings fellow Island Explorers!  What a jolly good idea the challenge island is, so much so that I knew I had to check myself into exploration from the first post.....the only problem is that I chose Sander's Sand Dunes to start and it's very crowded here having seen all the posts who've also arrived at the same place!  It is great to be back again and seeing so many smashing entries in the first week bodes well for the rest of the winter.

I took the opportunity to use the challenge to paint one of the things I've had lying around for years - the cult of S.H.I.V.A. for 7TV.  I bought these as 7TV looked like jolly good fun and these looked like proper evil doers.  For those who aren't aware, 7TV is essentially a parody of 60's and 70's spy films and TV series' and the game plays out on the set of an episode.  It's miniature agnostic, so you can use whatever you already have, but I wanted the official figures for the most part and so I bought some..... and they sat on the shelf.... until now!  Here's a group shot of the whole gang.

First up, the fellas in the team.  These are "The Guru", who heads up S.H.I.V.A. (you can tell he'ds the boss as he's striking a dramatic pose using one of his underlings as a prop) and 4 bog standard cultist types.

And as every right thinking cultist dresses in red, they were perfect for this island location.

Next up, the ladies.  The good/bad thing about games like 7TV is that they give you an excuse to buy those little figure ranges you find and really like, but might not otherwise have a use for.  This happened with these figures who come from "Harwood Hobbies", who do a delightful little range of Sinbad inspired figures.

These ladies will be the characters of the force, and be Co-stars and specialists on the basis the figures are nicer than the generic cultists.  Nasty looking green weapons all around to make sure the viewers are in no doubt that they are the baddies.

The Muscle of the force is provided by this brilliant figure, the Avatar of Kali, also from Harwood Hobbies.

She's a little larger than the rest and is on a 40mm base.  Dead simple job for her as I wanted her to look like that staple of film & TV, an animated statue.

Really rather good fun and now I need to get some of the goodies done to fight against them.

So that's 10 28mm figures and 1 40mm figure, so 87 points I think with the Challenge Island 30 point bonus?

Next up, a trip on the balloon beckons to get me to my next location!

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First, welcome back to the Challenge, Jamie! It's great to have you with us as we strike deeper inland into Challenge Island.

I love these 7TV models as they have that quintessential over-the-top pop culture look about them (the minion overlord cracks me up). I also appreciate your colour-coding the baddies: Red cultists, nasty eldritch flashing green blades and (my favourite) the creepy multi-armed gold over-fiend - it makes them very easy to spot (and enjoy) on the tabletop. Wonderful work. We've had similar movie-set games using homegrown rules and this post makes me want to dream up another Silver Screen extravaganza.

This lot will give you 80 points for your debut, Jamie. Well done! I'll notify Sarah that she may be getting some bookings on Challenge Island Air soon. :)