From FrederickC - A Phalanx of Hoplites, A Gunslinger, and a File of Riflemen [Swords & Sandals] [Westerns] [Books] (176 points)

  From our last stop at the Fantasy studio, we are going to continue along the Blue pathway to the Swords and Sandals studio for the production of '300' with a 15mm Spartan De Bellis Antiquitatis army consisting of 12 stands of Spear and an optional stand of Psiloi. If I recall correctly these are from Falcon Miniatures that are now no longer in production. They were cleaned up and primed a quarter century ago, and have been sitting in the pending box ever since. Once again, the Special Challenges has cleared a project from the 'To Do' list. They were painted using Army Painter Warpaints Tannned Flesh for all the skin areas, Partha Paints Bronze Metallic for the helmets, greaves, and shields, and Vallejo acrylics for everything else. They were mounted on metal bases of the appropriate DBA dimensions that I still have in my storage boxes, and the groundwork completed. The temple in the background is one I built for a scenario that Curt hosted back in the early days of the Fawcett Avenue Conscripts. 

 

'300' from 2006

 

This is Sparta!

 

Spartan hoplites

Shields emblazoned with Lambdas

The General's stand

The lone stand of Psiloi

 

  Before carrying on, we will make a quick stop at the studio cafeteria for some refreshments in the form of a tall glass of Spartan Brewery 'Swords & Sandals' Session IPA. 😁

 

 Moving further along the Blue pathway we arrive at Westerns for the production of 'The Quick and the Dead'. Okay, it's not Sharon Stone as 'The Lady', but Alex Kingston as 'River Song' in the Doctor Who episode called 'The Impossible Astronaut', but she's wearing jeans and packing a big iron on her hip. That says Gunslinger to me. This figure was a freebie that came with my order from Warlord Games back in December. Just the thing for the Westerns studio.

 

The Quick and the Dead from 1995

 

River Song, Gunslinger (front view)

River Song, Gunslinger (rear view)

  

 And now we arrive at the fourth stop on the Blue pathway, the Books studio. If my wearing of a British uniform at Waterloo 200 raised Minion Miles's ire, my book choice will really be twisting the Minion's tail. Nearly 50 years before Bernard Cornwell wrote the first Sharpe novel, C.S. Forester wrote 'Death to the French' (also known as 'Rifleman Dodd'), one of two stories he wrote taking place during the Peninsular War. His second book was 'The Gun', that was made into a movie in 1957 called 'The Pride and the Passion', but we had to wait until the 'Sharpe' TV series to see riflemen on the small screen. Cornwell gave a shout out to Forester's character by naming one of Sharpe's men Matthew Dodd. 

 The figures I have are two Perry Miniatures plastic 95th Riflemen that were another freebie with an issue of Wargames Illustrated that sat in storage until now. They are very nice minis with lots of detail, easy to assemble with minimal cleaning of mold lines. Their rifle green uniforms were painted using Vallejo Luftwaffe Camouflage Green, followed by a wash of Citadel Nuln Oil. 

 

'Death to the French' from 1932

 

Riflemen Dodd and Harris (front view)

Riflemen Dodd and Harris (3/4 Profile view)

Riflemen Dodd and Harris (rear view)

The points being claimed are as follows:

50 x 15mm foot figures @ 2 points = 100 points 

2 x 28mm foot figure @ 5 points = 10 points 

1 x 34mm foot figure @ 6 points = 6 points

3 x Studio lots @ 20 points = 60 points

(Since the 34mm figure is halfway between 28mm and 40mm, I split the difference between 5 points and 7 points)

 

We are ready to try the Director's Chair on for size

Minion Miles:  Mr Fredrick - Another wonderful submission but there really isn't a 34mm category so its 28mm - I'm just too lazy to adjust the spreadsheet :). I do like the rocks on the Riflemen so a bonus point for that but this is probably the last time

Greetings, Minion Miles. I did some further research into the Warlord Games Doctor Who range of minis to try and determine their scale. Obviously it was not possible to make that assessment from just one figure, especially given a shorter than average character. It appears that they are 1/48 scale. The Star Wars Legion minis are apparently 1/47 scale and are rated as 40mm figures. Just sayin'.  ;^)