From SebastianR Lock 'em down, round 'em up

I feel like I reached my emotional denouement in the final paragraphs of my last post. I was probably surfing a wave of post challenge exhaustion as I squeezed more yellow onto a Banana Knight (do doo do do do) that refused to stop showing the undercoat.

Without further ado:

The two versions of Atticus (the 3D printed techslinger) isn't in the above picture as he's currently in lockdown at my GMs house.

Once again, the high bonus points strategy pays off for the canny lazy hobbyist! My contribution may be modest, but I've come to see the challenge as a valuable tool for putting pressure on myself to power through one of the aspects of wargaming I find most painful.

I'm really looking forwards to whatever lockdown challenge pops up here, as every part of my social life that cant be digitised has been cancelled, I can see my painting output ramping up significantly.

To everyones health, and to the next challenge! Cheers!

From KenR : Challenge X Round Up - Tankfest 2020

Welcome to the final output shot for Challenge X and as promised it's a bit of a tank fest, not as big a tank fest as I had planned but a tank fest all the same.

There are some 28mm German Tanks for 1941 desert action and a big load of 15mm Kursk Russians and Germans which didn't get touched due to the production delay of flakegate, but now I can bore you all to death with them in the Quarantine Challenge 😂

I only managed one non-tank unit and the Challenge entry fee figure (off in the post to it's new owner soon).

The Italian Job

The Caunter odds and sods

The clean cut Crusaders

A Regiment of Stuart's.

Thanks again to Curt for another wonderful challenge, thanks to everyone who took time to leave kind comments and encouragement during the last three months. As for Blitzkrieg Miniatures well hmmm....... nuff said.

From EvanH - The Challenge X Round-Up

Greetings Challengers and Challenge Fans!

Well, one Challenge is over, and another one looks like it might be just around the corner...

Lurking well below all the Stakhanovites topping the table, I played things a little more sedately. Pity I didn't manage to meet my 400 points, but what the hey, if I was doing it like it was a job, it wouldn't be fun anymore! I can only stand amazed at the quality and quantity of work produced by my fellow Challengers; all of you have shown superb dedication under what can only be described as highly unusual and stressful circumstances.

So here is my output for Challenge X; as usual, it's small enough to fit on a tea tray.

That's most of it anyway - there was one more figure who missed out on the group shot because he's now at his new home; it's Millsy's Birthday Giant!

This was one of the three giants I painted for this year's Challenge, and while it doesn't qualify me as a member of the League of Painting Giants, it should at least qualify me as a member of the League of... Giant Painters? Is there such a thing? Maybe there is now...!

On a side note, it was a huge thrill to see my Frost Giant mini from two years ago getting another outing as the personification of the Snowlord; the big blue guy is still one of my faves!

My own high points for this Challenge? The Fertility Goddess and her worshippers were definitely up there;

And the Orc Boss for Sander's Sand Dunes; he was a lot of fun!

The vignette for Awdry's Atoll, The Riddle of the Sphinx, was another one I'm especially happy with.

A bit of conversion, some serious thought given to composition, and it all paid off quite nicely.

Things I would have liked to have completed include a bunch of Thracian peltasts, more of the Foundry Bronze Age figures, and another detachment of Sun Dome pikemen for Gloranthan gaming. These were all completed to undercoat stage, but missed the final bell.

So we'll leave it there, for now at least. It's been a great few months, and a real antidote to the twists and turns of the wider world. The Quarantine Challenge promises to help us through what is frankly shaping up to be a pretty awful few months.  Thanks to Curt for organising this wonderful opportunity for us to support one another and stay sane!

So everyone, be safe, and I'll see you all again in the not-too-distant future.

Stay tuned...!

Ev
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from RayR - Challenge Round Up!

Sadly the Analogue Hobbies Painting Challenge has come to an end for another year. But what a great few months its been, I find it such a motivational experience, I'm sure we all do really? Usually it wipes out my painting for the rest of the year, but with this horrid Corona Virus keeping nearly everyone in lockdown, what else is there to do but paint more.  In Challenge X I planned on painting up 1600 worth of figures, which I just managed to pass in the last week. 

I painted up

162 x 25mm figures

10 x various terrain/vehicle pieces

90 x 15mm figures

96 x 10mm figures

I always plan (ok hope?) for a top 20 finish, if I make the top 10 its a great bonus, this year I finished 11th, which I'm extremely pleased with. Somehow I forget to post 3 25mm figures I painted up, I bought 9 painted figures at a show and needed another 3 to make up the unit to 12. They'll now appear later on my blog, Anyhow........

Here's my performance so far in all the Challenges

Challenge II        4940 points 1st

Challenge III       2586 points 4th

Challenge IV      1227 points 17th

Challenge V        691 points 37th

Challenge VI      681 points 36th

Challenge VII    1093 points 24th

Challenge VIII   662 points 40th

Challenge IX      2274 points 8th

Challenge X       1687 points 11th

So finally a massive thank you has to go to Curt, Sarah and all the Minions for all their hard work and thanks to all the other Challengers who pushed me forward with their competition and all the great comments!

Vive la Challenge!!!!