From BruceR, All Good Things Come to an End, AHPC XII in the Books

In my second year of the Challenge I had another superb time.  I thoroughly enjoy paging through the numerous posts and "attempting" to comment on as many as I can.   I want to thank everybody for comments on my posts and to apologize to those I did not get to in commenting.  The feedback is a boost when read and keeps the juices flowing.  

Spring is here and time to move outside.  Though, right now it is snowing here in ND once again.  So I can write this.    

I've done it already, yet I want to thank Curt and Sarah once again for the opportunity to engage with so many like-minded hobbyists.  A big salute to the minions for their hard work and contribution to the hobby.  

I'm shrugging off  my trip to Adepticon, where I played games with multiple great folk and had a marvelous time.  I reloaded the paint pile.  

Proof of Adepticon.  Here is me............ with some bloke I met in Chicago.

Here is the fruits of my AHPC XII labor.

Some action shots from a themed Sharp Practice event at ACon with 4 of us bringing our forces and playing away all day Saturday.  A blast.  The new wee men did as usual and won some, lost some.  Fabulous time.

Rocking some SAGA.

A rear shot of my AHPC Warlord moving up on a band of Irish, who needs bodyguards....

Again, be well, be safe, and be happy.  

Cheers all.

Bruce

From DaveD - the wrap up - or want wrong post!

 Well that’s another challenge completed - that’s my 11th altogether. It really did feel hard work this year as I was hit with a few health issues in January and March that really took the wind out of my sails . In terms of painting I physically could not do any for  at least half the challenge so I guess getting to 650 points is not too bad . At least it gives me some “stash” for next year - when hopefully the injury I am carrying has improved enough for more sustained painting .

I enjoyed my minion time as ever - always happy to help out . We also had some great Paint and Chat sessions with a number of the new joiners this year participating . We still be doing these through the year.

Unfortunately I have had to pack the painted stash away as we are embarking on some home improvements and my den is being used for storage at the moment. 

My favourite entry was the mahoosive 1/48th Chinhook - I really enjoy doing that one . I was pleased to get the VC forces and Anzacs completed too .

Then a revisit to Normandy as well with terrain and soft skins .

Both of these projects still have legs .there is also a new one in the wings too with JamesM .

Anyway that’s it for this year .

from RayR - Challenge Wrap up

First of all, I do apologise for the dodgy picture, this was the best of a very bad bunch! I think my wife was waiting for me to blink or pull an even more stoopid face than this one, and that's me being normal too!!!

Anyway enough with me, this post is about what I managed to get painted after all.

When I put all the figures out on the table they looked a lot, but not so in the photo?

Challenge XII was a first for me, it was the first challenge were I painted exclusively 25-28mm figures. Not s 15mm figure in sight this year?

I did participate in the bonus rounds in the Challenge Quadrant and even finished at the centre. It always helps knock your points total up. Luckily most of the bonus round figures can fit into my onging projects. There were only 9 figures that don't, they will live in the box of doom, never to be seen again, or maybe I'll give them away??

I concentrated on 2 projects this year, the Haitian Revolution above, were I painted up a Spanish unit, a Spanish Militia unit and some more dastardly rebels, as well as some Spanish commanders and Haitian Voodoo priests.

Last year it was the Ottomans, this year it was some of their foe for my Vienna 1683 project.

I painted up some Polish Winged Hussars, Pancerni, Polish Cossacks, three Haiduk regts and some commanders. Also for the Imperialists I painted up a unit of Militia, Cuirassiers and artillery.

The Ottomans did get in on the act receiving some extra commanders and their long awaited artillery.

My main aim like most challengers is to get as much painted as humanly possible, I set myself a goal of 1200 points and hoped for a top 20 finish. The 1200 mark was soon passed and changed up to 2000 points, thinking I might be able to get a top 10 finish this year round? 

I did manage to pass the 2k mark late on, but ran out of time and steam and reached a total of 2168, I did late on try to beat my total last year of 2260, but it wasn't to be. But I did get my highest placing of 7th, since Challenge III in 2012/13 where I finished 4th. So I was well chuffed with that.

So all in all I painted up

227 x 25mm foot figures

57 x 25mm Cavalry figures

Total of 344 figures last year it was (231)

Various terrain pieces and buildings

5 Boxes

Torture Cage

5 Artillery pieces

a BBQ!

a Forge

a Table

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

Challenge XI       2260 points 8th

Challenge XII      2168 points 7th

I've said it before and everyone's already said it, a massive thanks to Curt, Sarah, all the Minions and all the rest of you Challengers, for all their hard work it running the challenge,  putting it all together and for pulling me along in 3 months of madness! Its been a blast and I'm already looking forward to it all starting again in 9 months!

Cheers

Ray