From JamesM: 10mm Fantasy (Sarah's Balloon) (42 pts)

Hi folks,

Having dipped in to Bromley's Butte, it' time to dip out quickly again.

As I refuse to walk anywhere, another Balloon trip is in order, this time to distant Cooke's Crevase.  You'd have thought I'd have seen enough of this place in that hotel room in Paris.

Still, could be worse. Whenever we play games there are regular calls of 'Trousers, Dave!'. Someone even wrote a blog post about that incident.

Anyway, on with the ritual summoning of the Balloon.

This time, I offer up... yet another 10mm female mage. Another follower of the Lady of the Lake, but this time on foot and escorted by King Joshua, As they are finished, I've also included some evil undead in opposition. No extra points this time, but the obligatory glass of something fizzy to make the afternoon's painting all the more interesting.

The lady in question is a 10mm figure, again from Polar Fox Studios. She is accompanied by a piper and standard bearer, which came from a fantasy command set from Magister Militum.

As an escort, she has with her the king and leader of my own imagination contribution to the forces of good, King Joshua. Again, model is from Polar Fox Studios.

King Joshua rides a big beastie (a Hippogriff, I believe).

I tried to keep the wings interesting by copying the style and colours of some bird of prey images I found. The King himself wears magical gold armour and is bedecked in his own colours - red and green. Blue also has a place, in honour of the Lady of the Lake.

In opposition, we have two units of 10mm Pendraken Undead figures. Some Ballistae:

And a unit of Chariots, which feature an archer each as well:

As mentioned in previous posts, contributions to the forces of good (or evil) are more than welcome from anyone who wished to contribute!

Total scores for these:

10mm foot figures: 22 (1 for the king, 3 for the mage, 12 for the Ballistae, 6 for the chariots) (22pts)
10mm vehicles: 2 (6 points)
10mm crew served weapons (Ballistae): 4 (8 points)

Total: 36 points + whatever the beastie counts for.

I throw myself at the mercy of the hostess with the mostess in order to determine points for the big beastie, as 10mm large monsters are not a category! I'd say it is on par with a 28mm figure, however.

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Great work James, these are awesome little models that look really good here.  I love the bright colours used for the mage and her entourage, and the painting on the griffin is great.

What I especially love though, is the excellent ground work on these bases, they really set the scene for your army.

I look forward to seeing more of these very cool 10mm figures as you journey around the island.

- ByronM