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| Altar of the SnowLord (brought to you by the kids of Kinsmen Park South) |
Scott enters the frozen chamber of the Altar of the SnowLord, scratching his head in wonder.
'Gee, I guess only dorks would get this.
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Scott, I know you have a 1:48 scale (yes, the proper 28mm vehicle scale) helicopter that has been waiting patiently in your to-do pile. Let's see you get that bird done-up and then you can claim your prize.
To continue with my airbrush kick I have painted up my Atst (which has been on my shelf of potential for about 2 years, staring at me longingly in grey primer) and my Gav occupier tank, which is only about 6months old. In either case I have grown more conifent with my airbrushing and having purchased an Iwata eclipse hp-cs I felt more confident to do smaller areas. [previously only owned a badger patriot 0.5mm].
I'll claim 30pts for the Atst as Byron did previously and 25 for the Gav for a total of 55pts. One day, we might even have an At-St Duel!
Very nicely painted vehicles for the Imperials. I'll go along with your suggested points and trust that they are what Byron was awarded.
Tamsin
As some of you may remember, I recently completed some AZW figures for a large game of Fistful of Lead focused around the Hospital at Rorke’s Drift. Alongside the Brits, I was painting Zulus, although their painting took slightly longer due to the higher number of figures and addition of shields. These figures are Old Glory, and they match the Perry figures for scale delightfully! The bases are done in one fell swoop using the fast drying basing glue and Arid Grasslands base ready mix. I finished the shields up this week, and am happy to present you the finished results!
These unmarried Zulus are painted(mainly their shields distinguishing) as the iNdluyengwe impi, who traditionally were marked by a white mark on the bottom half of their shields. For ease of recognition on the field during games of Fistful of Lead, I have gone with three distinct groups, with a mark on the low left, low right, or both. Each group has a leader with a club, as well as the large gentleman on the left side to replace one of the grunt groups from his player’s force. In any case, keep checking for more updates on progress on the hospital and I their parts of the engagement.
I believe these 28 figures contribute an additional 140 posts to my total! Now all I need to do is figure out what that darn snow lord needs from me.
Happy Painting!
Hello everyone!
I have finally completed my ACW Union infantry and cavalry elements to begin playing Altar of Freedom! Having scaled the figures down from the recommended 6mm to 2mm, I have rescaled the maps by half, meaning a series of 2x2 cloth mats work well! I can’t wait to jump in on them.
But without further ado, my union forces(and the two union and confederate test pieces I forgot about last post)!
Here one can observe 16 infantry units and 10 cavalry, as well as the two two-stand units I originally painted to test the colors and paints! I can’t wait to get these onto the table and start gaming!
My points for the last installment of 26 bases resulted in 60pts, or approximately 2.3/stand. As such, the additional four stands would bring me up to just over 69pts. 69 being one of the more hilarious numbers around suits me just fine!
Happy painting, look for some Zulus coming soon!
"Silence! King is here!" Somehow Shellington understood bits of the strange language he was hearing, low grunting voices, very similar to those voices in the previous room. "Oh, I thought I had seen last of those small people", he sighed. He vaguely remembered something about a distant land, where there lived short people, pygmies or something, could these be them? If they had a king and they were visiting his highly reputable university, it would all make some sense, at least for... Well, something. Nevertheless, despite being the professor of Chemistry, Uggla decided that this was not a proper situation to meet a king of some far away country, especially when those ceremonial axes were swinging here and there. S.N Owl-Ord quietly continued and slipped into the shadows. Where in the heck was he and where was that principal's office, who on Earth could help him?
Nothing special here, a quick and short post today, so I can continue Uggla's travels tomorrow. I'm behind my schedule on the Chambers, but now I have finished four rooms on level 2, so I just need to find a way down. And the third level is all planned as well, so I hope to enter the bottom of this Challenge early March, so I have enough time for the cunning requests of the Snowlord. S.N.Owl-Ord out.
20 points for the room
5 room bonus points for the king the guards are guarding
45 points in total, 0 skulls
This is my final post of the day (out of painted figures, but give me an hour). These are the final planned Vietnamese to complete the NVA platoon
This one was always going to be tough. I have no greenskins and don't want any. I search through the bits box found this figure. This came in a job lot I bought for £10 from the market.
I was sure I'd already posted this but it's not on my blog roll so I'll try again.
The best sort is guard is one who never sleeps, can withstand all conditions and doesn't need paying
This is my grandfather John Wallace and three of his pals.
John Wallace volunteered for the military in September 1914. Leaving with the rank of Colour Sgt, he served with the 18th Yorkshire Regiment. This battalion never left Britain, it's thanks to John Wallace and his comrades that the North East Coast and Margate were defended.
These 28mm figures are from Footsore and were absolutely lovely to paint.
x4 Soldiers (20pts), + Gallery of Ancestor (20pts)
A long while back I was casting around for some 6mm buildings for use with my Ancients collections. I wanted some roundhouses and I think I got these from Timecast (happy to be corrected). They're nice little models although the integral cast resin base is really very thick. I think I bought these ahead of Challenge IX and although I had primmed them I never got round to actually painting them.
The roundhouse is a simple structure made from wattle and daube with a timber frame and a thatch roof. The result is a structure that rarely leaves any physical remains and can only be identified from circles of postholes and the remains of drainage ditches and hearths. Anyone that has ever watched the excellent Time Team archaeology series will know these structures are ephemeral at best and perfectly epitomise why the period in which they were most common came to be known as the Dark Ages.
I think I may be making a punt for the least amount of points given out in a single entry in Challenge XI (or maybe all time?). The dimension of these three bases is only 4.5" x 2.5" x 1.5" so a total of 16.87 square inches... a little over a tenth of a terrain cube, rounded down is 2 points. I'm happy with that, especially as these models have sat primed and waiting for my attention for close to three years!
(Scoring - 1/10th Terrain Cube = 2 Points)
