From FrederickC - The Battle of Waterloo, and the Hero's Journey [World Cinema] [Fantasy] (121 points)

 We are going to take the long walk eastward to the World Cinema studio for the production of 'Waterloo' which was definitely a world cinema event involving British, Canadian, French, Italian and Soviet actors, directors, and producers, plus 17,000 soldiers of the Soviet Army to act as extras in the battle scenes. The figures are old school Miniature Figurines which I have painted up as the 23rd Royal Welch Fusiliers and the 79th Cameron Highlanders. The Fusiliers were a gift from a student who had gone to England on holiday and brought back a box of 'toy soldiers'. The paint job was pretty sketchy, including painting the drummer in reversed colours, something that 'Royal' regiments didn't do. The Highlanders were picked up at Keystone Hobbies in Winnipeg back in the early 1980s, and at one point I thought I would do a small diorama with them. So the sketchy paint job got stripped off, and then all twelve minis were primed black with an airbrush before painting them with Vallejo acrylics. The Fusiliers were quite easy compared to painting 'Cameron of Erracht' tartan and diced hose on the Highlanders. Once they were painted, I mounted them on 40mm x 60mm pieces of Masonite and completed the ground work.

Waterloo from 1970

 

Part of Wellington's Army

23rd Regiment of Foot, 4th Brigade, 4th Division

23rd Regiment of Foot, 4th Brigade, 4th Division

79th Regiment of Foot, 8th Brigade, 5th Division

79th Regiment of Foot, 8th Brigade, 5th Division

'Yours truly' at Waterloo 200

 That completes the sixth green studio, and we will now move on to the blue studios with our first stop being Fantasy. We give you 'The Hero's Journey' starring Aragorn as he progresses from Ranger to Captain, and finally to King in 'The Lord of the Rings - The Return of the King'. The figures are three different versions of Aragorn done by Games Workshop depicting him in the Attack at Weathertop, at his encounter with the Army of the Dead, and before the Black Gate.

 

The Return of the King from 2003

 

The Ranger, the Captain, and the King

Strider the Ranger

Aragorn the Captain

Elessar the King

The points being claimed are as follows:

14 x 28mm foot figures @ 5 points = 70 points 

1 x 28mm mounted figure @ 10 points = 10 points

2 x Studio lots @ 20 points = 40 points

 

We had arrived at the Blue Studios

Minion Miles: As a Napoleonic Francophile, I feel the urge to deduct 1,000 points for the side you chose at "Waterloo 200" but, apparently, the Minion rules manual prohibits me from being an overt jerk - covert is fine but overt is strictly forbidden.  Your discretion aside, these are some wonderful minis and I'm giving you a bonus point for the kilts.  Superb work.  Of course, if they were Imperial Guard it would have been 1,000 bonus points.....