From MartinC - Endings, Beginnings and Something Weird (180 Points)

It's always nice to come to the end of an army. Obviously armies are never completed but the drawer is full and so I will consciously stop buying figs for my Norman army, bargains excluded. My last unit was these crossbowmen.

They are Foundry (I think)

I like painting chainmail, undercoat with black and then dry brush with metal colour. Nothing fancier than that but it makes them just shiny enough.

As the Challenge started I realised 2 things: I'm coming to the end of my lead mountain and could think of no new projects to start. I had enough figures for the challenge but then I was pretty much dry.

I did have 4 late Roman cavalry figures, Northstar Lucky Bag - I miss lucky bags, and so I painted them up.

2 armoured and 2 unarmoured. Late Roman shield designs are ridiculous and these were the simplest I could paint.

Nice Figs

Then I had a Damascene moment (I do like the word Damascene... Damascene). I had loads of Picts - absolutely loads and Stig and Stu from the club were painting up some Late Romans and Footsore were having a sale.

So 4 cataphracts. Very nice and menacing on black horses with black tack.

Red and black always work well and random gold plates onthe armour is always fab.

Armoured Cavalry - chi rho design on the shields.

So obviously I bought loads of others, mainly from Ebor Miniatures as they are nice figs and less than £1 each if you by a unit. Still need loads more but I have a new project.

Finally the weird. DaveD has bought Gaslands and so I went toy shopping and bought some toy cars for £1 each - toy cars are a bargain. I've added guns to most of them and have yet to paint them but for 1 I went weird. There is is terrible movie called Monster Trucks about octopus-like creatures that live on oil and help the hero beat the evil oil company by becoming one with his beaten up truck and making it fab. So i had tentacles and I had a truck.

Told you it was weird. Think it will have a grapple attack - is there a grapple attack in Gaslands?

Failing that I will stick oil drums in the back and the rear tentacles can throw them at people. This isn't the weirdest vehicles i have planned

8x28mm foot = 40

12x28mm cav = 120

1x20mm truck with tentacles = 15mm

Total = 175pts plus handpainted shield bonus

Right I have some Romans to paint.

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Well, that's one way to take on "big oil", I suppose.  Thanks Martin for this very eclectic submission, this is very nicely done.  I do love the look of those Footsore figure, particularly their Late Romans. Romans are so cool - why am I not painting Romans yet? 

Thanks Martin for kicking us off this morning, very nice.  I'll toss in a few extra points for the shields, and you continue to add to your impressive points tally. 

GregB