The Analogue Hobbies Painting Challenge

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Sunday, 12 March 2023

From DallasE: Afrika Korps and a Few Normans More (55 points)

Just a few models to post this weekend before the "free-fire zone" that is the last week of the Challenge. A couple days ago my order from Perry Miniatures (placed in mid-January) arrived, apparently it was postponed by a UK postal disruption.

In any event, I've started in on the models. First up was this six-man crew set for my Sdkfz. 7 8-ton semi-track, also completed for the Challenge.

The crew figures are really good, typical Perry which says it all. But they are small!

They do look good in the vehicle though. I really like the dude with his legs crossed, talking to his buddy. So much character in these models.

Next I've got "a few Normans more" for the game with GregB coming up this week. Greg said he had some crossbowmen he would bring so I quickly painted my last four unpainted Normans with crossbows.

They went up quite quickly too. Hopefully there will be a space for them in the game.

There was one more spearman to paint as well.

He was originally going to be a standard-bearer but in looking through the ranks I saw that I had two Crusader Miniatures standard-bearers painted but lacking banners, so I printed some out and rectified that deficiency!