A planned home renovation took about twice as long as expected but am back painting again. This is a 15mm Mummy from Blue Moon done with acrylics.
Mary Anning lived in Lyme Regis at the start of the 19th Century. Her family was extremely poor so Mary made a lving collecting and selling the huge numbers of fossils to be found in Lyme Regis sea cliffs and beaches.
She became very famous and although always poor people travelled to buy her seashells, to the point that the tongue twister in the title was written to celebrate her.
She has recently been rediscovered and lauded, to be honest she was famous in her day and was awarded a pension by her clients, but there are no famous geologists (name one without refering to Google I dare you ) so her fame slipped. There is a Hollywood film coming out about her called Ammonite but I'm not optimistic.
I am a fan and I found this figure from Antediluvian Minitatures of her and her dog Tray so I just had to paint them up.
One of the best things about the challenge is starting and finishing a whole project that you weren't planning on at all. This is the case with the Vietnam project. 150 figs, 3 APCs, 1 helicopter and some jungle in about 4 weeks. 1st game tomorrow to test the rules.
These are the last of the planned USMC and are brilliant figures as always.
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Dallas, I see that Mike has put forward a wonderful Warhound titan as a prize for your Adeptus Titanicus War Griffon's maniple. So, let's keep to theme and see another God-Engine added to your collection.
Once you get that bad boy built and painted you can claim your prize.
As my offering in the Snowlord's Treasury I present an Impetus baggage train stand as part of my Hundred Years War project. Nominally this is the English train but there is nothing to make it specifically so and it could be swapped with my similar French stand completed earlier this year.
Overall it's a small vignette comprising Perry metals (the mounted rich gentleman), Front Rank (the carts, horses and attendants) and Wargames Foundry (the other two standing figures). WF are notably smaller in scale than the others but still within the range of human stature for a vignette like this.
What I like about this is how well the different personalities came across. From the imperious treasurer himself to the quartermaster checking off the delivery (and no doubt benefiting from some kick backs if his ermine hat and gold rings are anything to go by). I see the other guy behind him as his bodyguard.
Technically it was mostly straightforward if a lot to work with in an enclosed space and a lot to assemble (for me). I liked adding rope ties to the wooden traces to the large cart -- these are simple thread knots superglued over at the end -- synthetic button thread is great stuff to work with and behaves very well with superglue, drying quickly and easy to trim. I added this right at the end and gave it a quick stain for colour.
There are lots of other hidden details that might be actually impossible to see now it's all assembled -- especially the gold rings on the two wealthy figures (a black line with a gold line within it, much easier than trying to outline a gold line, duh!). I also deviated from my usual basing by adding the muddy track but that seemed to suit the vignette.
Anyway I think that's about 75 points -- 20 for the challenge, 15 for three 28mm foot, 20 for two 28mm mounted and lets count the two carts as one 28mm vehicle for a final 20. Onwards to the Lair of the Great Beast and I have something substantial on the go for that!
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A lovely job indeed Simon! The posing is spot on and really brings them all together. Take a 5 point bonus
Cap'n Wednesday
HMAS Napier, Nestor, Nizam and Norman split their service between the Med and the Indian Ocean before heading to the Far East in 1944. I've tried my hand at period camo again, including a couple with a tan base which was effective against the North African coast. Nestor was sunk off Crete in 1942 and was the only RAN ship never to serve in Australian Waters. HMAS Nizam was named for the Last Nizam of Hyderabad who paid for her. That's how you roll when you're the richest man in the world.
ORP Piorun served both in the Atlantic and the Med. She was one of the destroyers who engaged the Bismarck at night prior to the Bismarcks' final battle. She is said to have sent the signal "I am a Pole" by signal lamp prior to engaging.
That is 6 hulls of 1/2400 scale ships for another 12 points, which also count in my Naval Side Duel. There are more ships to come but I'll have to join Mr Peabody in the Wayback machine to go back a few centuries.
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The Cap'n likes these, oh yes he does! In fact, there is a local memorial service for NIZAM in a few weeks time which I am attending. In her spirit I grant a bonus points for each RAN vessel you have delivered here today - 16 points for you Peter!
Cap'n Wednesday
Another couple of small projects finished. First up a group of 4 x 28mm Old Glory Swiss Pikemen. This is the start of a 12 man unit for Lion Rampant. First 4 samples as I wanted to try out the basing ideas inspired by David Sullivan's I Live with Cats blog. The unit will eventually consist of 1 x 3 man base, 3 x 2 man bases and 3 x 1 man bases allowing for all different configurations of casualty removal.
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Very nice Richard - I like the pike fellows especially. The 3-2-1 basing is useful I find, but does somewhat limit you to those rules. Next time I do it I might try the groupings on rectangular bases so I can also group them up for other systems.
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Tom, you've mentioned that you need to get another warband painted for your Warhammer Underworlds collection. Let's see, perhaps something Slaaneshi, all lascivious and tentacly? Get those done-up and you can claim your prize.
