From MattW: Caesarian Roman additions (220 points)

Roman additions

Then the real start of my Republican Romans, coming up over the next few weeks I intend to commence the sixth then the 7th legion who both fought locally to me fighting the Aulerci tribes in the west. We have two identified battlefield locations within 30 Klm and 6 including two sieges within 200 klm.

The romans needed to breakdown the stone and timber gaulois oppidums of the west, with that in mind I have built some siege engines to achieve that! Miniatures and pieces are from Warlord Games.

Ballista, built two of these so far

Onager

and finally two scorpions one pair for each legion

7 x 28mm Artillery pieces @ 10 points = 70 points

17 x 28mm Roman artillerists @ 5 points = 85 points

Caesarian casualties, completed for now, although missing one who will join the hospital diorama to come. 

13 x 28mm roman casualties @ 5 points = 65 points 

Total Points Romans =  220 points

cheers

Matt

Is there no end to your Romans, Matt? Those artillery pieces will certainly give your legions an extra bit of punch against the Gallic and Germanic tribes they encounter.

Tamsin

From Curt: Turnip28 'Welp' Light Cavalry - The Davekon Radish Light Dragoons (40 Points)

Hi All,

As Dave recently declared that Tuesday should be kept 'Turnip Free', I thought it best to send in a tuber torpedo with these 'Davekon Radish Light Dragoons'. ;P

These motley fellows represent the light cavalry, or 'the Welps' in Turnip parlance. The base models are from Knucklebones Miniatures, with a few modifications involving head-swaps, etc. I quite like these figures as they have sort of a Ralph Bakshi 'Wizards' vibe going on.

This one I did up with a bicorne as his pose reminds me of David's famous painting of Napoleon crossing the Alps.

For the standard bearer, I removed the musket and replaced it with a brass rod. I then made up a flag for the pole, freehanding a heraldic device.

I liked the morion helmet on this mook.

...and the bearskin on this fella.

As to scoring, these four cavalry figures should give me 40 points.

Thanks for dropping in! Have a great week!

- Curt

It's always good to have the Show Lord himself drop by. When I saw the title, I thought "Welp" might be a reference to the noise DaveD will make when he sees this post appear on a Tuesday, followed closely by "wibble, wibble".

These cavalry and their "mounts" look very, well, bizarre. Great painting and basing, Curt.

Tamsin

From MattW: Germanic tribesmen (275 points)

 Germania 

The real business has started with my Germanic Tribesmen, 120 odd to paint over the coming weeks. A lot on the desk at the moment but fitting things on the 60x60 bases has been a hassle with the warlord poses. I have had to make up models for specific spots so no rubbing with the bases either side or overhanging spears. 

First unit are my Woden sanctuary protectors with the totem matching my original opening entry. A mix of Foundry, warlord and some Victrix bits. 

18 x 28mm Germanic tribesmen @ 5 points = 90 points 

Second unit are the Hase (Hares) a decal from a Greek shield for the banner man, the majority of the shields are LBM, the runes on the wicker shield were an idea I had, they are symbols pf Woden

18 x 28mm Germanic tribesmen @ 5 points = 90 points 

Einherjar Harii tribesmen worshipers of the Woden cult and associated with the wild hunt. I have decorated them  with black painted wicker shields and black warpainted bodies as described by Tacitus. Figures from Warlord games range. 

7 x 28mm Germanic tribesmen @ 5 points = 35 points

 

Finally some individually based figures for skirmish gaming also or can rank up behind the larger bases. 

12 x 28mm German tribesmen @ 5 points = 60 points 

Total points 275

Cheers

Matt

Fantastic work, Matt! Do we get the other 65 next week?

Tamsin

Yes I plan too, plus I have another box to build so I can match and fit the other bases, plus archers and slingers too

Cheers 

From DaveD - Nam USMC LVT’s and RR’s (120 points)

 Back to the ‘Nam which of course is the main focus for this challenge . This time it’s more kit for the Marines .

Some transport Landing Vehicle Tracked so the Marines can storm the beaches .They are properly large. I picked these up as resin 3D prints from Butlers Printed Models - not cheap but one offs ,  so just got to suck it up .

One LVT5 . These things are capable of carrying 30+ marines so are a great way of hitting the beach or crossing those rivers . Mind I can understand wanting be on the outside!. There are plenty of pictures from the time with sandbags around the top so I have modelled as such . It used a full pack of terracotta milliput to make them . I then added a 50 cal and gunner along with a guy firing an M60 . I’ve ordered a few more kneeling figures to go in as well at some point . I will also add a driver/  commander when  Full Metal have them back in stock. I would love one of these modelled with the door open - who knows in due course one may get made . 

The dismounted guys are for effect and scale 

Can’t you just hear The Halls of Mintezume ringing in your ears right now?

 

The LVT6H - is the support element with a big gun! They just filled it with ammo . Well  you need an amphibious unit with a big gun obviously. 

Doing these has seen me eye up the WW2 LVT’s I have in the stash and the box of Marines . Now if only I was playing in Miles’s Pelilieu game at Historicon.. oh wait I will be ! Now I just need to persuade the arch butterfly MartinC of this parish that he needs some Japanese and we can go island hopping as we already have all the terrain we need  - any excuse to buy a battleship … tune in next challenge … 

Next is more firepower in the form of recoilless rifles sets  Lovely figure combo from Full Metal Miniatures - just a bit of a bitch to put together as they all have separate arms.  There is one set up firing with a couple of guys hauling an ammo box , and then 4 guys straining to man haul one - they do have that look on their faces 

2 x 28mm massive vehicles = 40 points and anything you may to award for all the damn sandbags - hell I even added a pile of spent 50cal casings too . 

2 full crew and 50 cal (Crew served) 15 points 

8 Marines = 40 points 

2 guns = 20 points 

Total 115 points for the total and Never Ending Cold War 

I will need to sort out more VC and NVA at this rate . 

Next up is mostly likely more green stuff ! I have even made a start on the “bonkers” thing 😂😂😂 which is like Ken building the Bismark , then destroying it and putting it on the seabed - just it’s even bigger . Mwwwaaahaaha!. While  researching for this I came across various VC commando raids into Thailand where at times these were based . That would make a fun game I reckon.

Wingspan 32 inches, length 28 inches  ! That’s as far away as I could hold it .

Well, I'm certainly looking forward to seeing that bonkers B52 - but will you be naming it after one of the band? 

Great work on the LVTs and the RR teams. I've added on a few points for the sandbags and the extra large LVT, to round you up to 120.

Tamsin

From KerryT: Italian Wars Gendarmes (165 points & 1 squirrel)

 Morning, afternoon & evening all

I hadn't expected to be posting anything this week as we were meant to be off to the beach to stay. Unfortunately the place where we were meant to be staying is still inaccessible after the cyclone and we had to cancel. I admired the optimism of the agent who was hoping we'd still get there - this little Bach (holiday home/rental) is right on the beachfront and a gentle 20 metre walk from the sea - we stayed there last year -its a bit more difficult now with sand obviously having been washed away - she said "I've put down a ladder so you can access the beach easily!"

Its my birthday today and I decided to still have my week off but we'll visit the local beach later and go out for lunch. Before I go I'll have to finish some basing and take some pictures though.

This is later!

Once more I've painted up a female figure so I can hitch a ride from Lady Sarah and plan on visiting the Arthouse studio my 3rd Blue studio

My ride is courtesy of Lady Diana Mosley a ferocious looking woman from Footsore's VBCW range

God I can't paint feminine faces, she looks like she's got a 'tash!

I'm going to suggest I can claim the Arthouse bonus with these French Gendarmes from the Wargames Foundry Italian Wars range. 

(Studio Quote -From miniatures created out of bottle-tops, to hair-roller armies. Everything artistic is welcome here - whether the art is visual, or just a pose. Want to paint a miniature in just pink paint? Obsessed with Carroburg Crimson ink? This is the Studio for you! Welcome to the location for the quirky, arty and the downright strange. )

They may not be all in pink but like all Gendarmes they are self important, certainly a bit gaudy and arty-farty I think and there's another thing -another arty farty word - "avante-garde"

I hadn't intended to group the colours together when basing

Why are they avante-garde? Why early camouflage of course. Despite being bright and colourful they could still remain hidden and jump out in ambush

I can unequivocally reinforce this claim by proving evidence of early camouflage techniques. Where do you think German WWII Pea-dot camouflage designs originated? I take it you've all head of Leonardo de Vinci, Michelangelo , Raphael and Botticelli....

Well I tell you it was in the Renaissance era and the pioneering work of Leonardo de Jardiniere (otherwise known as Bayleaf the Gardner)

I'm showing my age now

Here is evidence of early Renaissance camouflage  that allowed these elite horsemen to stay hidden in shrubberies

Pete's flag is a dead give away though, they need to roll that up when trying to hide

Now shut your eyes, block out the flag in your mind and open them again and hey presto ...

Where are they? Bet you can't see them now, see what I mean😀

Seriously though, I found these figures quite hard work to complete in the end and have only managed to complete 12 of the remaining 21 that I have. I do wonder if the multicoloured spiraled lances so beloved of wargamers were ever used in the field of battle as opposed to plain wooden lances. Painting those in a single colour or base wood would have saved a lot of time

One would expect these to be single one off weapons that would splinter in in the charge,. Still I suppose there seems to be a plethora of painters in this era and they couldn't all have been employed painting ceilings!

Talking of camouflage this is my final entry, these are my15mm WWII desert armies..... 

That Cammo is just so realistic

... and also my WWII Allied Normandy Armada 

Look at that fleet, more ships than Ken has painted and the Cammo is sublime

As you might be able to see if you squint really hard there are farsands of them but the cammo is so good you're going to have to take my word for it. So that will be another few thousand points please in addition to...

Lady Diana Mosley and Lady Sarah's Limousine - 25 points

12 Mounted Italian Wars French Gendarmes - 120 points for a total of 145

1 Squirrel

Codpiece & Ostrich feathers 120 points

Best wishes

Lovely painting and with such a bravado masterclass in shoehorning, you deserve the Arthouse bonus points, damn you!

Tamsin