From RayR AHPC 13 - Spanish Infantry Davila's Brigade 21pts

 

For today's second post I've stuck with Spanish infantry.

Davila's brigade fought in the 2nd line of centre of the French and Spanish lines.

The regiments in Davila's Brigade were Cordova in green coats, Bajeles in blue coats, Zamora in white and de la Armada also in green coats.

The Spanish were certainly a colourful army.

For the points, it's 5 pts per infantry regt and 1/2 point for the Brigadier.

So a total of 20.5 points

Yet more colourful and tiny troops for your army. In terms of figure output you must be at the top of the leaderboard for the challenge. With only about 5 weeks left, I'm wondering if we will see this project completed before the end of AHPC 13.

Point-a-logical Machinations: An Announcement of Staggering Importance for 10mm

 

We have recently concluded the secret mid-challenge "Conclave of the Minions", which was held at the Four Seasons in St Kitts & Nevis.  While this meeting is closed to the public and no records are made of the discourse, you can trust me that we only make decisions that are in the best interests of the challenge.*

This years debate was the most spirited and we were able to hire a court reporter to make this image of Curt handing out inducements for one of his many proposals.  I think the one was that we all must adopt the Maple Leaf as our personal standards.  It was narrowly defeated.

One proposal where there was agreement on is a change to how we score miniatures in the 10mm category.  I shall summarize the points as follows.  Please read the next section aloud and in your most officious voice:

From this day into eternity, the 10mm scale category will now be referred to as 10-12mm and shall incorporate all miniatures said scales including the infernal Warlord Epic Scale plastic strips.   Please note we have no comment on the rumors of Warlords new line of "REALLY EPIC" 8.78mm scale minis.

Further more the points for each miniature in said category shall now henceforth be

Infantry 1 point per figure (no change, because the poor bloody infantry gets nor respect)

Cavalry & Guns: 3 points per figure - an increase of 1 vs their prior point level of 2

Vehicles: 6 points per figure, an increase of 3 over their prior scoring mark of 3

These changes have been applied retroactively for all of challenge XIII.  Under the cover of darkness and when you were not looking, I made these changes to the holy spreadsheet.  The impact increased the total points (as of Friday Night) for challenge XIII from 46,125 to 46,450 - a net increase of 325 points.  I did the math for you, you're welcome.

So let it be written, so let it be done.

This minion would like to point out that the recent prioritization change in their painting queue of moving up a primed 10mm Mongol army in no way influenced my decision on this momentous matter.  You have my word on that as I am a financial services professional *  

Sincerely

Minion Miles

* Terms and Conditions apply

From JohnE - 28mm Gothic Horror - (25 Points)

Note from Tamsin: It seems that Minion Miles accidentally scheduled this to post on the 3rd, rather than the 10th which means that people might miss it. I've rescheduled it to appear in today's (11th) list. 

My son and I have finally started playing The Silver Bayonet, so why not throw more monsters in the mix? Here are some offerings from Bad Squiddo and North Star.

First up are some vampire brides from Bad Squiddo. I used Scale75 Instant Colors to give them a washed-out undead vibe.

 

Next we have some living scarecrows from North Star. Standard technique of acrylics and washes.

 

 

Points Summary:

5x 28mm foot @ 5 points = 25 points

Total = 25 points

Minion Miles: Yes there's even more form JohnE who really needs to learn to combine his posts, I'll be sending him a editing bill!  :)

From Barks: The time of the orc has come (255 points)

I had some mandatory time off work due to COVID, so finished off another 48 orcs to accompany my earlier dozen. I got to join some of the AHPC Zoom chats as well.

I also did their leader, Gothmog, in foot and mounted poses. In the novel, he's not described in any detail as either orc, man or wraith. Peter Jackson made him a memorable and charismatic orc. There's an engaging rumour the prosthetics were based on Harvey Weinstein.

Definitely a boy warg

49x 28mm figures: 245 points

1x mounted 28mm: 10 points

This is not the last we will see of Gothmog!

That last picture is truly horrifying, you should have a warning on that. These orcs look great, Barks. Very grim and gritty, following the 'realistic' look of the movies over the more fantastical styles of other fantasy settings. Your Gothmog figure is really well done and quite a bit more handsome than his real world inspiration.

From Millsy: 28mm Red Dragon (40 points)

G'day All,

Having said I was going to be painting historicals this week I ended up also painting this wee beasty...

He/she/they is a "juvenile" red dragon for use in RPGs and fantasy gaming, specifically Oathmark but would do for anything else including an adult dragon for 15mm games. I've always wanted a "generic" dragon in my collection (by which I mean no rider or obvious game system affiliation) but it's one of those thing you put off because you don't really need one til you need one and they ain't cheap right?

The miniature is actually a discontinued plastic toy from German manufacturer Schleich. It previously belonged to my son (he collects dragons) but he made the mistake of leaving it behind when he moved out a few years back. Possession being 9/10 of the law, etc. It was green but I *really* like red, so now its red. It's like a car getting pinched and run through a chop shop. But the car has teeth. And wings.

All but the wings are made from a nice sturdy, opaque plastic that takes paint well. The wings are made of horrible bendy, transparent plastic which I believe is called "mastic" and which hates paint like nothing else. Even the primer I use on absolutely everything took nearly a week to cure properly.

Anyway, around 4 hours of painting, painting again, painting the wings five more times etc. and it has turned out like this. I'm pretty happy with it overall but it'll need careful handling not to damage the paint on the wings at the very least. Certainly it looks better than it did originally and the size is good for the table top.

I'm calling it "juvenile" partly because it is a small one for 28mm but also because an enduring memory of my early RPG gaming is Horror on the Hill, a Basic D&D adventure for low-level characters which featured a juvenile red dragon as the final encounter. And that's where I am getting my somewhat tenuous APHC Studios "High Adventure" bonus from hopefully(!).

Points-wise previous similar submissions have garnered 30 points which seems about right. Add another 20 for the bonus and that's 50 more me my total taking me past the 1000 point mark at last.

Thanks for looking!

Cheers,
Millsy

Great looking Red Dragon, and a nice way to repurpose an old and discarded (???) toy. The colours really pop and the bright red contrasts nicely with the pale colour of the chest and spine. Unfortunately you haven't really given me anything to go by scale wise, saying that it would fit as an adult dragon for 15mm or a juvenile for 28mm, neither of which is a hard and fast measurement. As such, I am going to score it as a 28mm monster/vehicle and award you 20 points. I'm sorry if you feel a bit cheated, but this should still get you over the 1000 point mark.

From ChrisW Pax Dwarven [500 POINTS]

This week we take a nostalgic ride to the late 1980's to some figures that I bought back then from RAFM. So, for 33 years, more or less, these have been languishing in a M&M box. Oh they have emerged from time to time had a limited amount of paint slapped on them (all vestiges being removed prior to this challenge), but really they have been out of site, though never entirely out of mind.

Limo ride 

She should pay for this ride. She is an Alternative armies 28mm Dwarf rogue. You are allowed one rogue in your Fantastic Battles army.

[1 x 28mm Dwarf rogue]

 

1980's retro studio [81 x 28mm dwarf warriors]

Recently, a few of us have started to play Fantastic Battles. The game uses multi figure bases with no figure removal for casualties. So far I have been using my WH based figures on 60mm by 60mm movement trays. However I decided it my be nice to have purpose based figures and I thought about these guys. They are markedly different from any other Dwarf figures that I own and were not likely to ever grace a WH table. Therefor affixing them to proper bases is not likely to cause future problems.

They are straightforward figures, not a lot of extra or extraneous details. This was really my first attempt to just sit down and paint 'regulars', three sets of 24 figures plus command. It went better than I thought it would, I manage to stay on topic, I did not get distracted just kept plugging away. Maybe I really could actually try my hand at painting more rank and file troops of a more historical nature.

So I now have 18 bases of Dwarf Roman style troops in 3 different styles/colours. In the game, a unit is composed of from 1 to 4 bases, so there is some flexibility in each of the groups of 6 bases. There are 24 rank and file, and 3 command figures per style/colour.

Waaaay back in the old days I had planned them to be three separate colour coded units: red, blue and green. These days I saw no reason to revise that plan. I did change the shields a bit, as they were originally going to match the uniform and while the red unit does the others do not so much.

 

At any rate I am quite happy that they are done. This was a Monday to Friday project that by Friday had become much more of a chore than a fun time. Thankfully that thrill of nearing completion reinvigorated me so that I could tackle the basing. A note on the basing, I am still working out how I want the bases to look, so for now they have just been flocked. I think some outcrops of rock, some loose stones and of course tufts will get added, just have to decide what style to use.

So I was going to leave it at that for this weeks entry, a focused entry with only one topic. However, I finished painting them early Friday afternoon and being who I am I just had to try to finish off a few more items. I started on some scuba figures, but found that after a week of painting those Dwarfs I just could not bring myself to start another project. So, I went to my grouping of done/nearly done figures. One figure, Otis, had actually been painted in week one, but I wanted to place him in a group of like minded figures. At any rate here is some more lunacy from me...

FREE RANGE CRAZIES [5 x 28mm escapees ranging freely]

That's Otis in the back center.

I believe they are mostly West wind figures, though I do not know where Otis came from, maybe RAFM. So, last week I  posted up some institutionalized inmates, this week some escapees will grace my post. It may seem odd that I have so many crazy figures (maybe it does not seem that odd) but I should add that these are not the only figures I have in straitjackets, that is  probably a bad thing..

HATCHET WIELDING MANIACS [5 x 28mm figures]

There is a theme to my posts of late. There were times this week that these figures really spoke to me, perhaps I should rephrase that...😕 A mix of figures here, 1 West wind, 2 RAFM and the guy in plaid is from a board game, maybe Mansions of Madness. It was my first time trying plaid, I think the best I can say is that one gets the sense of plaid.

Points total this time

• 20 points for the Limo ride
• 20 points for the Studio 
  
• 405 points for 81 x 28mm foot 
• 5 points for Dwarf rogue
• 25 points for 5 x 28mm roving lunatics
• 25 points for 5 x 28mm hatchet wielding crazies

Total of  500 points

Oh yes almost forgot, how does the directors chair assignment work? 

Squirrels this time around [+3]

1. Dwarf Roman style troops
2. Hatchet/axe wielding maniacs
3. Free range lunatics
   

 New squirrel total 35.

 Previous squirrels

1. Back of Beyond
   
2. Mad figures (Top hat toffs and companions)
3. Greek skeletons
4. Sisters of Sigmar
5. Ancient Germanic women
6. ECW cuirassiers
   
7. Monsters large
8. Post apocalypse
9. Tekumel Palanquin
10. Empire Pike
11. Jazz Band
    
12. French Cuirassiers on Mars
13. Court of Dr Koo
14. Movie makers
15. Gothic/movie Vampires 
16. Gladiators
17. Women rocket corp
18. Supers
    
19. Forest scenery
20. Robin Hood
21. Gorillas 
22. Dr and his pets
    
23. Nuns
24. The flying squad 
25. Mechanical spiders from Mars 
26. The Gorgons
    
27. Cthulhu creatures
28. Mad gardeners and their plants
29. Pulp mummies
30. Pulp Egyptian skeletons
31. Jason and the Argonauts
32. Asylum residents
    

So far we have had: 'Mad people in hats,' 'Mad doctor making mad monsters,' 'Monsters of Madness' 'Mad people in a garden,' 'Mad people inside an asylum,' 'Mad people outside an asylum' and 'Mad people with axes.' I don't want to read too much into this but....

Great work on the dwarven force. Speaking as someone who really prefers batch painting to doing lots of individuals, you would probably have found it less of a drag if you had done one unit per week rather than trying to do them all at once. Batch painting 80 or so figures would feel like a chore for even the maddest among us.

As for the director's chair, I suggest that you get in touch with the studio head himself. The show lord will give you your assignment as you have finished enough of the studio to qualify.