From JamesM: 10mm Lady Mage (Sarah's Balloon) (37 points)

Someone once told me a joke about hot air balloons.

But I think it went over my head....

Now you have an appropriate sinking feeling, I have decided after much contemplation and discussions with the Lady of the Lake (yes, yes, Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of navigation…), that my initial foray onto the island should be via airborne assault. 

After all, it worked so well at Arnhem... a plan so cunning it could not possibly fail twice.  

As such, my first entry to Challenge Island is a single 10mm female spell caster representing on the battlefield the power of the Lady of the Lake - a model from Polar Fox Studios 'Aquitania' range. She is mounted on a horse and wielding both a sword and a staff (which has a knob on the end, as the Pratchett joke goes). Bedecked in the kings colours of green and red (more on that in another post), with the Lady of the Lake's blue featuring prominently as well. 

Standard size D6 for size reference!

She is based on a 25mm mdf base complete with 7mm dice holder, for use in some as yet to be decided system. She represents my first challenge entry for my 'For Joshua' project, and as such is destined to be raffled off (as part of a full set of twinned opposing armies) in order to raise money for both 4louis and my local NHS Charity. This is being done in honour of my little boy Joshua, who was very sadly stillborn in September last year, aged 34 weeks and 2 days. 

More information on the project, so generously supported so far by Curt, DaveD, MartinC, Adam and Ray as well as others not taking part in the challenge, can be found here. 

More 10mm fantasy will follow! I've a few different bits on the go at the same time. 

In the meantime, in the true spirit of obtaining as many points as possible Ballooning, I offer a token glass of something bubbly in order to further attract the pilots attention. 

Lady Sarah might take some pleasure in knowing that my request as to whether we owned such a thing as a champagne glass, and could I 'borrow' it, has to rank amongst the most random thing I have asked my lady wife regarding my hobby. And she's put up with me buying denture cleaning brushes (for cleaning minis - I have no dentures), wooden floor polish (for magic wash, we have no wooden floors), Dettol (for stripping miniatures, I don't even know what else you use Dettol for), tongue depressors (...), corks (...), pipe cleaners, etc, etc. 

I would like to hitch a lift on the Balloon to Bromley's Butte, where I can insert myself. From the Balloon. Via rope. Or somesuch. 

Points for this entry: 2 points for a single mounted 10mm figure. 5 Points for the bubbly. 30 points for the Challenge Island Entry. 5 points for how hard maths is after the bubbly. Total of 37 points!

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By Paul - Airborne Assault is indeed an entirely feasible approach. I see this less as an Arnhem type assault and more the surgical precision strike of the Germans upon Fort Eben-Emael in 1940 - entirely successful! 

I trust that your random request to your good lady wife was repaid by allowing her to enjoy the contents of said glass...