The Analogue Hobbies Painting Challenge

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Monday, 15 February 2021

Bi-weekly Duel Update - Games Workshop Minis Duel - Update #4

We're now 8 weeks in to the challenge and the end is drawing nearer. Brushes are whizzing, paint is flying and challengers around the world are desperately trying to complete miniatures in all shapes and sizes. Nowhere is that more true than among the crazed duelists in the GW minis side duel. Or not, I'm pretty much guessing at all of this to be honest.

From the previous update:
Barks - 320
Codsticker - 40
DrQ - 300
GregB - 5
Paul O'G - 208
PaulS - 184
Reilly O'G - 450
StuartL - 666
TeemuL - 197

After two more weeks of painting, the current scores are now:

Barks - 355 Points

Since the previous update, Barks has done some terrain and this massive LotR Fell Beast and it's Nazgul rider. The entry was given some bonus points due to it's size, which I have included in the total above.

Codsticker - 55 Points

Having narrowly missed the last update with his entry last time around, Codsticker has a few more points on his total thanks to some great looking minis from Blackstone Fortress.

DrQ - 375 Points

Maintaining a steady painting pace, DrQ has been adding regular top ups to his score. The Dr's Ork Waaagh has continued to expand and he has added more AoS minis to the finished pile. After the spooky wraiths from the last update, DrQ has finished off some even spookier Banshees.

GregB - 5 Points

Greg seems happy to be painting up some historic minis for the time being. Lots of Franco-Prussian War minis have been posted over the past few weeks and are well worth a look.

Paul O'G - 308 Points

Keeping with his theme of expanding his Beastman army, Paul has added a large mob of Ungor infantry to his tally of painted minis.

PaulS - 219 Points

Paul's group of Skeletons for Warhammer Underworlds are his offering for this update. For models with no facial expressions possible, they seem very characterful. Hopefully we will be seeing some Necromunda figures in the near future, something to look forward too.

Reilly O'G - 503 Points

Reilly has added some very wet and sticky looking Trolls to his Goblin army and a Beastman tribute for his Curtgeld payment. Reilly mentioned a painting dry spell in his last post, but fingers crossed he can move past that and continue to wow us with his WFB minis.

StuartL - 806 Points

Oh no, not this guy again. Every time he seems to have found some way of racking up his points through some nefarious, underhanded trickery. Is he just posting the same models over and over using a photoshop colour filter to change the images slightly? Disgraceful. Anyway, here are some marines he "painted" recently.

TeemuL - 227 Points

Teemu has done a marvelous looking Halfling Hot Pot catapult, but what really caught my eye was this gorgeous LotR eagle figure, painted purely with Contrast paints.

And that is about it for this update. There are still a few weeks left, so I hope that our various duelists still have something left in the tank for that final push. As always, if you feel that I have miscounted or made an error somewhere, please comment below. See you all again in 2 weeks.