From ReillyO'G: Broodlord of Hive Fleet Charybdis(10 points)

 

Quick sidetrack from the planned schedule (though frankly who doesnt during these chellenges eh?), a quick Broodlord for our personal Tyranid collection as motivated by the latest announcement of their 9th ed codex,.

Nothing too fancy as our genestealer scheme calls for mostly greys and blacks with some bone chitin but was fun to paint nonetheless, especially painting all those terminator helmets as Brother Noctis or Brother Leon from Space Hulk to pay homage from this model's original boxset.

As a 50mm model head to base calling for 10pts for this lad.

Happy Painting!

- Reilly 'Right Stuff' O'G

Late again? Luckily for you I've got a very soft spot for Space Hulk, genestealers and tyranids- not to mention that skullicious pile.

Barks

From KenR: 28mm Garibaldi - The Dunne Battalion (120 points)

 

A little bit of a change this week from the usual redshirts as I present one of the many wonderful units that made up the Garibaldi Army during the Italian Wars of Independence.

The unit itself was formed by British Officers in Palermo who raised the unit from local volunteers. It was well funded and believed to use British Enfield Rifles. The uniform is quite distinctive with its green facings and Red Kilmarnock hats.

The figures I've used are from the Perrys British Intervention Force range and are a bit of a "painting conversion", there should be a blanket roll over the left shoulder but the figure didn't have one, the belts were quite wide so I just painted them grey and from a distance you can't tell. The rivet counters will have a bit of a moment and yes I could of green stuffed the blanket rolls but those who knew how bad I am at modelling will know why I just painted over them !

Points wise I would say, another pint of my usual please 😀  24 28mm figs at 5 a piece is 120.

I'm a bit late with this post so no History this week, I hope to be back next week with some Bersaglieri 

Both the Reillys being tardy this week. Luckily for them a small spot has opened up in my schedule. I appreciate your 'paintversion' for the blankets, and it certainly holds up at arms length.

Barks

From DallasE: LotR and Otherworld City Guardsman on Arda (35 points)

Having missed last week I really wanted to keep some momentum going with my painting, so I cranked out some fantasy figures for a trip to Arda (fantasy, Tolkienesque) - I figure they score on all counts.

Of course the models in the centre and right of the photo are Armoured Pippin and Merry from the GW Lord of the Rings range. The model at left is a City Guardsman from Otherworld Miniatures. 

Anyway here's Pippin, painted pretty much as seen on the GW website.

Quite a nice little model all dressed in Gondorian battle kit.

The other half of the set is Merry, equipped as a warrior of Rohan.

Another very nice model, again painted per the GW website.

Here's the Otherworld City Guardsman - a superb model that's sure to come in handy in any urban fantasy setting. I really like this sculpt.

So there's three models for the fantasy/Tolkien theme. Fun and easy to paint.

Points:

3x 28mm models = 15 points

Arda bonus = 20 points

Total = 35 points

Cheers!

Very nice, Dallas. The guard does look the part, and your hobbits are spot-on. After much consideration, I'll allow this for Arda.

Barks

From GeoffreyT: X is for Xanthodontous (Vulcan) (25 points)

Hello,

I was painting this fellow for the letter X, when I conveniently observed he has pointy ears as well, so suitable to claim planet Vulcan.

He is the 28mm hobgoblin that you got with the Silver Bayonet pre-order deal from Northstar miniatures.

As you can see, he is Xanthodontous

He has quite a characterful face, I hadn't really noticed that until I painted him.

This next picture is oblique, so the pointy ears may be verified.

And finally, the obligatory rear shot.

Nasty mould line over his shoulders, I should have scraped that off. 

One 28mm hobgoblin = 5 points

Bonus for vulcan = +20 points

The letter X for Xanthodontous in the alphabet soup challenge.

It has been a busy week from me, but that I think will be the end of it.

Geoff

The benefits of a classical education! Well done in knocking out pointy ears and the letter X with this chap. I like his confident skin tone. The rear shot leaves nothing to the imagination. Thanks for all your posts today, they've been a varied tour!

Barks

From SimonM: "FoW" Germans, Battlefleet Gothic & "Catalyst Games Lab" Battletech (32 Points)

For my seventh post I thought I’d step away from visiting any new worlds, and instead simply submit an eclectic mixture of miniatures I’ve been painting as test pieces for a variety of projects I currently have ‘on the go’. I find a variety of subjects really helps keep my hobby motivation high, and I always like to get a single base/stand sorted before ploughing full steam ahead.

My opening figures are the first of four (planned) sMG34 Machine-Gun Teams for my “Flames Of War” German Beach Defence Company. Unlike my other “FoW” German soldiers, the NCO was the only model initially super-glued onto wooden strips, as I wanted both the gunner and reloaded in position on their actual medium-sized base before I primed them all in “Vallejo” German Fieldgrey WWII.

The “Battlefront Miniatures” were then shaded using “Citadel” Nuln Oil, and dry-brushed with (more) “Vallejo” German Fieldgrey WWII. Their details were later ‘picked out’ predominantly using “Vallejo” Heavy Sienna, Gunmetal, Buff, German Camouflage Dark Green, Heavy Brown and a series of “Citadel” Shades. Lastly, I pigmented the sMG34 Machine-Gun using a combination of “Vallejo” Gunmetal and “Citadel” Nuln Oil.

Next up is a single space vessel I bought as part of a £30 job lot from my local wargaming store. They were sold as being “Battlefleet Gothic” models by “Games Workshop”. However, upon close examination they are clearly 3D printed imitations – with there being not a single Aquila in sight on any of them. All of the ships were roughly airbrushed to a tabletop standard (unless you looked underneath them), and several (such as this one) had snapped off their all-too brittle resin stands.

Due to their being enough miniatures to field two rather sizeable Imperial fleets, I have decided to paint half as Dark Angels and the other as Space Wolves. These two Adeptus Astartes chapters have a history of in-fighting and miscommunication, so I figured I could have them battling one another to begin with and then uniting against a common foe later on – should I decide to purchase some more vessels in the future.

This (not) Space Marine Nova-Class Frigate is 40mm in length and took quite a while to prepare for its “Vallejo” Dark Green re-prime due to my needing to drill out its broken stem first. Luckily, after the application of a small ball of green-stuff and some super-glue, I was able to permanently attach one of the widgets sold for the new “Dropzone Commander” flight-stands to its underbelly. The craft was then washed with “Citadel” Nuln Oil, dry-brushed with (more) “Vallejo” Dark Green and highlighted with Heavy Green.

To add some additional colour, and interest to the vessel I applied a mixture of “Vallejo” Gunmetal and “Citadel” Nuln Oil to its weaponry/engines, and some “Vallejo” Gold and “Citadel” Agrax Earthshade to its side emblem. I also gave the Frigate’s widget a couple of coats of “Citadel” Abaddon Black too, so as to better hide it on my Deep Space “Hotz” mat.

Lastly, I’ve finished three more 1:285 plastic “Battletech” Mechs by “Catalyst Game Labs”, and a couple of accompanying infantry stands too. All of these models will be used for a Weird War Two campaign I’m about to embark upon, which will start with an alternative invasion of Poland in 1939 by a combined forced of German Luftwaffe and Soviet war walkers. The Polish will field some pretty low-level technology – much of which will be infantry.

The Pather and the Wolfhound are both 40mm in height, and were primed using two layers of “Vallejo” Luftwaffe Uniform WWII before being shaded in “Citadel” Nuln Oil. Later on they were dry-brushed using (more) “Vallejo” Luftwaffe Uniform WWII with a softly-bristled make-up blusher brush. In order to add a bit of interest I decided to apply a coat of “Vallejo” Gunmetal to the duo’s gun-arms, chest-housed missile/laser system, vents and jets. These areas were subsequently washed with “Citadel” Nuln Oil. I also pulled out a German cross or two and some insignia from my collection of decals and managed to squeeze them onto some of the flatter areas of armour plating.

The Jenner is 31mm tall, and was undercoated in “Vallejo” Heavy Brown. It then shaded using “Citadel” Agrax Earthshade, dry-brushed with (more) “Vallejo” Heavy Brown and had its weaponry/air vents ‘picked out’ using a combination of “Vallejo” Gunmetal and “Citadel” Nuln Oil. In addition, I applied a mixture of “Vallejo” Heavy Bluegrey and “Citadel” Nuln Oil to its cockpit hatchway, and added a couple of Polish emblems to its torso.

The Elemental battle-armoured infantry are all 6mm in height, and were painted using the self-same colours as the Jenner. I did however, apply some “Vallejo” Sombre Grey to the super-soldiers’ smoke trails, before washing them with “Citadel” Nuln Oil. The jet-streams were then dry-brushed with (more) “Vallejo” Sombre Grey and some White too. 

Hopefully this latest AHPC entry will provide:

3 x 15mm FoW Infantry – 6 Points

1 x escorts sized ship (15mm gun equivalent) as per previous Battlefleet Gothic posts = 4 points?

2 x 40mm Mechs as per previous Battletech posts = 14 points?

1 x 28mm Mech as per previous Battletech posts = 5 Points?

6 x 6mm Infantry = 3 Points

Total – 32 Points

I think we all understand having a variety of disparate projects on the go. The gunners look great. I wouldn't have known that wasn't an 'official' BFG ship- good work on saving the flight stand. I really like all your mechs, but my favourites are the flying power armour troops! Your alternative WW2 campaign sounds fun.

Barks

From GeoffreyT: Low Budget Doctor Who monsters (Babylon 5) (45 points)

Scooting back into the outer ring from Coruscant, we glide into Babylon 5 for low budget fun.

I have been looking forward to reaching this destination, because it is fun.

When it comes to low budget fun, the BBC took it to a new level with Doctor Who.  As a youth, the low budget costumes for the baddies were quite plausible, due to lavish application of imagination.  In retrospect now, they look rather funny.

Here I have four of the harlequin miniatures licensed releases from the 80's as well as one of the earlier citadel models.  All in 28mm of course. 

Hilariously, both these ranges sculpted the monsters true to the costumes as shown in the TV shows.  There appears to have been no attempt to make them look plausible in the mode the costume designer would have imagined them, they are just plain straight up true to the costume as made.

In chronological order, we start with a Monoid from 1966 (harlequin range).  This poor monoid has lost his psychic communicator so can only wave his hands.  From the era of Patrick Troughton, the second doctor.  Monoids were slaves to the human race who were abandoning earth in an Ark because it is going to crash into the sun.

"Im thinking really loudly at you"

I probably should have painted him in greyscale, as these series were B+W only.  They were quite dark outfits, but no clarity as to if they were green or brown or green-brown.

Next we have a Citadel miniature, representing the fabulously menacing Roger Delgado as the master.  he played this role from 1971 to 1973 in the Jon Pertwee third doctor era.  As such a terrific actor, he was very scary as the Master in my childhood days.  Worthy of hiding from behind the couch.

In TV lore, the Doctor and the Master were old friends who had walked different paths.   In a real life parallel, Jon Pertwee and Roger Delgado were close friends, with Jon encouraging Roger to join the show.  When Roger Delgado passed away in 1973, it was a catalyst for Jon Pertwee to retire from the role.

Back suit and black hair makes for bland viewing in 28mm

Roger and Jon together again. (Jon already claimed in week 1)

"My Tardis is better than your clapped out piece of junk", "Whoah Master, take it easy on the old girl"

For the next three baddies, we move forward to 1978.  All three of these are from Harlequin range.  Season 16 in 1978 features a season long theme, linking together the usual four part stories into a continuous story line now known as "The Key of Time".  This was the time of fourth doctor, Tom Baker.

In the first four part serial "The Ribos Affair". The Doctor encounters a shady used planet salesman named Garron.  he is trying to sell a Russian themed icy world.  It also features one of the most unconvincing monsters of all time, a reptile called the Shrivenzale.  On TV it was in a dark corridor and you didn't get a good look at the whole beast (fortunately), mainly its roaring mouth.

Above and below, we have Garron and the Shrivenzale.  I love how the Shrivenzale's rear legs look like a guy in a costume crouching.

Finally for this post, again from 1978, we have the Cailleach.  An ancient space criminal disguised herself as a Celtic goddess "the Cailleach" and was living in Cornwall.  Apparently it is a safe haven for ancient space criminals.

"Worship me, you foolish humans"

In her 'natural form' she is a lady painted silver. But here she is covered in feathers and a bronze mask.

Somewhere I am sure I had 'Vervoid advancing', but disappointingly I cannot find it.  I don't have any gaming use for these guys, but they are very collectable in my eyes.  It was also fun researching the more obscure monsters that I had only a vague recollection of, and laughing at the old footage.

***

In total, I have 5 x 28mm miniatures for 25 points

The Babylon 5 bonus for +20

A squirrel for 28mm Doctor Who baddies.

Kind Regards

Geoff.

Is 'low budget Dr Who monsters' an oxymoron? This is a perfect fit for Babylon 5. Your Master is a great representation of the actor, and the monsters... well, they're screen accurate! I hope they bring a lot of melodrama to your table!

Barks

From AngusW: US Cavalry Troopers and Infantry (Pendraken) (40 pts.)

If you have loads of cavalry you need some horse holders! For now, these horse holders and their dismounted troopers are the last of the US Cavalry for my Pony Wars project. 

Next, I have 60 Indians started, it has taken me three nights to paint horses. As usual, when painting cavalry I lose the will to live painting horses various shades of brown.

20 @ 10mm Infantry @1pts each = 20pts.

16 Horses & 4 Holders @ 10mm @1pts each = 20pts

Losing the will to live is character building. We're just jealous you're only losing it 10mm at a time. I do hope the end result was worth it! I do like your horse-holder mini vignettes.

Barks

From GeoffreyT: Citadel Miniatures Imperial foot Knights and the letter F (Coruscant) (30 points)

From Istvaan V, I deviate into the middle ring to visit Coruscant, where I tackle the theme 'Imperial'.

Since the 1980's I have slowly accumulated a Warhammer Fantasy Battles army for "The Empire".  It consists predominantly of 2nd/ 3rd Edition slotta base 28mm Citadel miniatures from the Fighters and Ogres "C series" released in the mid 1980's.  I supplemented this with some 5th edn dogs of war units from the 1990's and some oddities I have collected along the way.  The Citadel "C series" fighters and ogres are some of my favourite figures of all time.  The nostalgia ramps them up a notch too.

I collected these two from a private bring and buy miniatures swap-meet in October.  They are a small, but perfect addition to my collection.  

Each one I have in my 80's citadel collection is painted differently, as was the fashion in the era.  It makes it easy to add to the army, as I can just use old school painting and basing techniques and they fit right in.  Here the armour is simply done in two layers of metallics.  This will match stuff I painted decades ago.

For this claim I have

2 x 28mm figures = 10 points

+20 points for Coruscant

Alphabet soup challenge: F is for Fantasy Foot Knights

Just the last three letters to chase now, X, Y and Z.

That odd sound you can hear is Millsy dissolving in delight. I like the colours on the axeman and the determination on the bareheaded champion. It's great that you can slot these in to your venerable collection.

Barks

From AlanD: Covenanter Lancers (60 points)

It has been a full and interesting week, so a pretty small entry this time. I have nearly finished my Covenanters for Pikeman's Lament, and the penultimate unit is a group of lancers. The figures are from Warlord, and they are OK, although ideally I'd like the Scots horses to be a bit more scrawny... The Scots were unusual in using lances during the ECW, as they tried to compensate for their inferior horses and comparative lack of pistols.

60 points for six cavalry gets me past the 1000 point barrier. Yay!

Very nice work again, Dux. Your pictures show the interesting effects of warm and cool tones! It is a slippery slope of detail when we start insisting on appropriately emaciated horses... Congratulations on reaching the big M!

Barks

From GeoffreyT: Muskets and Tomahawks (Istvaan V) (56 points)

This week I will start by presenting six 28mm highlander light infantry from Northstar's Muskets and Tomahawks range.  The are a component of a slow grow collection of figures I have for FIW and AWI era gaming using Toofatlardies Sharp Practice rule set.  I have about 200 foot now, but still need some cavalry to finish the collection.  The collection includes French, Indians, Continentals and of course British.  Being not so fussed by uniform details, these two eras blend together quite well for my purposes.

The tartan I did using a new technique I thought of.  Rather than painting the whole pattern, I added some flecks of coloured paint on green back ground to look like an indistinct pattern you cant see.  Seems OK, at least no worse that my previous attempts at tartan, but much quicker.  

The bonnie blue bonnets look like the wrong kind of blue.   I probably have the uniforms all wrong on these as I didn't research them.  If they are bad enough people will tell me and I can modify them. Probably should shade more between the different white straps, then are not distinct enough.  I should have started the base coat on straps with tan or the white contrast paint instead of cream.  However, they will be fine for bulk troops.

I have done the troops on 20mm bases for this collection.  We have played napoleonic sharp practice with 15mm figs on 10mm frontage, and 28mm figs on 25mm bases, in each case the game was radically different with extremes of mobility, due to amount a block can wheel.  The width of the block frontage also affects how much area they can control with musket fire.  Remembering in sharp practice, movement distances are same regardless of basing convention.  I'm hoping this 20mm size makes for a happy medium.

For Istvaan V bonus, I'll be painting a loyalist.

The Loyalist is a 28mm British line infantry officer, also from Northstar's Muskets and Tomahawks range.  I am calling him a loyalist, as I will be using him Toofatlardies Marion the Swamp Fox campaign, where he will be loyal to the crown fighting against the patriots.

For the 'big-men' I am using 25mm bases to distinguish them.  I have some more from this range that may appear later in the challenge if the urge takes me.

All up, there is 7 x 28mm miniatures = 35 points

+20 bonus for Istvaan V

A squirrel for 28mm FIW british

And in the all important alphabet soup challenge:

K is for Kilts

Kind Regards

Geoff.

Very nice work- I think your tartan is super and deserves an extra point. Basing is an eternal dilemma, and I'm glad you've found your solution. I would like to see more from this from you if we can!

Barks