From PaulSS - El Cid Bretheren for Hawkins' Hill (75 points)

"Ah, those poor forgotten miniatures. Here's one for you: Submit something you prepared for Challenge 7 or earlier (or something from at least three years ago if you weren’t a Challenger at that time). "

Well these chaps could tell a story....

Many years ago - probably about 2013 - at the height of my quest to field some huge El Cid forces I put out a request on the Lead Adventure Forum for any old Perry Miniatures First Crusade figures that anybody had and was not painting.

Well a chap who had these Hospitaliers and had primed them and done a bit of basecoating. I got them in the Dettol, stripped them down and primed them again. They were put to one side, then put into a box and bought to the US with me where they languished these past four years and this week they finally got painted. 

They likely count as twice forgotten miniatures.

It's quite a milestone though, as the first month of the Analogue Hobbies Painting Challenge now sees every unpainted figure I had for the El Cid collection painted. The collection now runs to eight "Really Useful Boxes" each one holding about 120 infantry or 50 mounted, that's a weighty amount of painted lead I can now throw at a table.

Points wise I think it should be:

• 4 x 28mm mounted 40pts
• Banner and pennant 2pts
• Bonus for Hawkins' Hill 30pts

For a total of 72pts

Nice brethren Paul. And congrats on finishing painting all your El Cid figures - that's quite a collection. I reckon that completing* the collection surely warrants a further 3 bonus points.

TamsinP