From MattW: Prussian Landwehr and skirmishers 200 points

 Prussian Napoleonic Landwehr and skirmishers

More additions to my Prussian army, a Silesian Landwehr battalion for my 1813 Prussian army collection along with a commander for my current WIP Landwehr regiment. Another regimental commander for next weeks entry another line regiment and finally some Prussian line skirmisher command which missed last week. The 28mm miniatures are from the elite miniatures range, as per most of my Prussian collection. 

 

Silesian Landwehr battalion, flag is somewhere in the post......

Landwehr regimental commander

Line battalion commander

line battalion skirmisher command

28mm miniatures x 36 foot @ 5 points =  180 points

28mm miniatures x 2 mounted @ 10 points = 20 points 

Total 200 points.

Cheers

Matt

Smashing work on these Landwehr and skirmishers, Matt. I'll look forward to next week's continuation of this project.

Tamsin

From SanderS: The last post! (190 points)

 Hoi,

Dear Challengers, if you do not fancy a sentimental post please skip this one, because it will get emotional.  This will be my last post this Challenge which is mainly due to two reasons: firstly I have to pack up my man-cave in order for a building crew to get going with our home renovation and secondly because my painting juices have drained after my Dad passed away. Last Saturday we laid him to rest and  while he was sick, Dad passed quite suddenly and even though I thought I would be able to keep painting as a distraction from it all, I find myself really tired and not able to find my mojo. Most figures shown here were already mostly finished and I only had to put the last strokes of the brush to them. 

Let's start with some 25mm Old School DnD figures.

 

My friend Martijn (main sponsor of miniatures and main beneficiary of this post) will get these to give away at the DnD sessions he's hosting at his shop to players who have no figures. These figures I obtained in a big lot from ebay that contained a lot of old fantasy figures amongst which were a lot of old metal GW figures.

  Specially for Greg, I have converted and painted one of my Horus Heresy Dark Angel Praetors, I am really happy with how he turned out. This is basically the Praetor with the double-handed weapon from the Age of Darkness boxed set which I gave a Terranic Greatsword and a pistol as well as a hooded head to tie in more with the Dark Angel esthetics. For the same reason I gave him a Scribor resin shoulderpad featuring a lion, making him a Calibanite Dark Angel.

 

 After these rather random figures it's time for one last stop in my Studio tour, I had rather liked to stay in a bit longer and visit more halls but it isn't to be. So I will visit the World Cinema with Stalingrad! This battle has been put on the big screen several times but the one I like best is the 1993 version.

These WW2 Russians from Warlord's Stalingrad set, are also for Martijn . I have painted them up as demo army for the store and these are the last of the Russians. A few Germans still remain undercoated till after the renovation. 

 

There's also a Panzer IV in the big box and I have painted it up to go along these chaps, you'll notice that it is lacking markings, this is mainly because I didn't have any but also because Martijn and myself still have to decide what unit the vehicle will belong to.

 

With this last post I am well shy of my 1000 points target, but that would always have been a problem this year due to the renovation. So I am happy with what I have finished this season and will strive to come back with a vengeance next year. As to the calculation of the points I calculate the following:

3 DnD figures 15 points

1 Praetor (4 skullz by the way) 5 points

22 Russians 110 points

1 vehicle 20 points

Studio bonus 20 points

Is 160 points total. 

Next year I will surely do some sort of tribute post for my Dad, but I can't do it just now it's a bit too fresh and I want to take my time to come up with something fitting and not hurry it. Have a good last few weeks everyone!

Cheers Sander

 

It's a shame we won't get to see more from you this year, Sander, but we all understand the reason. Your arithmetic was slightly off - the total comes to 170 points, and as the D&D figures are a gift for Martijn I'm going to give you the Gift Shop bonus points for them, so that's 190 points total for this post.

Tamsin

From Kerry T - Tirailleurs -Grenadiers of the Young Guard 15mm AB Figures( 114 points )

 Morning, afternoon & evening all

I thought I'd have a change from Italian Wars this week and also drop down a size and return to my first love 15mm Napoleonics

Before I do I thought I'd hitch another lift from Lady Sarah courtesy of Molly Miggins

A Blue Moon Figure

Its probably fitting that Molly's wearing a blue dress as she's a Blue Moon Figure from the Duelists pack, I hope to finish the rest of the pack for next week's entry.

Does my bum look big in this?

Molly has directed the chauffeur to my 4th Blue studio so she can show a leg and try and catch the eye of heartthrob Colonel Joshua Chamberlain of 20th Maine fame. Clearly Colonel Chamberlain, otherwise know as Jeff Daniels intends to single handedly charge the 15th Alabama and chase them from the field at Gettysburg.

He has to charge alone because he's the only 28mm ACW figure I think I have

As you can see, success there's not a rebel in sight (I don't have any!)

Decorum prevents the showing of any subsequent liaison between Molly and her man. For the record, JC was a free figure giveaway at an UK show a few years ago, not sure who sculpted him but I have a feeling he's a Perry Miniature 

Next up some 15mm AB figures, a battalion of Young Guard Tirailleurs-Grenadiers

Purists will spot at least 2 mistakes

Any ideas? Any Napoleonic Fan(ions) out there?

Look at me mum, I'm outside Hougoumont

Clue 2 Nice Uniforms -Set the standard?

Ok I'll come clean

The big mistake is the flag, it needs to be changed - its wrong but too late for the entry though.

The flag carried is that of the Fusilier Grenadier Regiment of the Middle Guard not the Tirailleurs-Grenadiers- oops! I'll have to order a replacement from GMB Flag Designs. I only realised this after I took the pictures

The second mistake is the setting. The unit is painted up in the 1809 regimental uniform and would not have been present at Waterloo as they became the 1st & 2nd Tirailleurs in 1810. They have a different uniform

At Waterloo the Young Guard Division consisted of the 1st and 3rd Tirailleurs and 1st & 3rd Voltigeurs. Even then the Young Guard  would not have been anywhere near Hougoumont but were sent to reinforce Plancenoit So much for historical accuracy but I plead Wargamers' and war film director's licence.😀

Anyone interested in painting the or collecting the Young Guard would be best looking at this superb blog by the very knowledgeable R Mark Davies http://www.jemimafawr.co.uk/2019/08/26/la-garde-au-feu-my-15mm-french-imperial-guard-part-4-the-young-guard-uniforms-and-painting/

Its a brilliant resource.

A Young Guard division is a great Napoleonic asset and I often use them in a game and will vary their morale as needed from Elite to conscript depending on the scenario

My studio visits to date

So in summary then

2 x 28mm figures@ 5 points = 10

Lady Sarah's Limousine & Wild West studio = 40 points

32 x 15mm figures @ 2 points = 64 points

Total 114 points 

1 Squirrel

Even with the errors, those Tirailleurs of the Young Guard look excellent, as do Molly and JC.

Tamsin

From Curt: 'Brutes' for Turnip28 (30 Points)

 

Hey Everyone!

Though I have not posted much these past few weeks I have been steadily working on several projects all at once (yes, I know, no surprises there). With Dave raising his standard on keeping Tuesday 'Turnip Free' I couldn't resist pressing on with this root vegetable entry to mess with his lofty edict. :)

For this year's Challenge I wanted to see if I could complete two baseline forces for Turnip28. They're not quite there yet, but I am inching ever closer. I've managed to finish the line infantry ('Fodder'), light infantry ('Chaff'), the light cavalry ('Welps') and the artillery ('Stump Guns' and Bombard). So, for this entry I have a contingent of the heavy infantry, 'The Brutes'.

In game terms, Brutes are both more resilient and somewhat better skilled (less bad?) than their fellow foot sloggers. Not as numerous as the Fodder, being composed of only 6 figures, Brutes still make a valuable storm group to help take down nastier targets.

Like most of my Turnip stuff, these guys are from Knucklebones Miniatures. I quite like the brutal, inelegant, slabbed trench armour they're sporting. It makes them imposingly bulky, and fairly easy to identify on the tabletop. Again, I've laid on heavy with the rust, and festooned them with mushrooms and flora all in the fun of it.

I have another group primed-up and ready to go, but I'm not sure if I'll get them done in time as I'm trying to get some other stuff across the finish line first.

Anyway, these six armoured knuckledraggers should give me 30 Points. 

Next up will be the objective markers.

Thanks for dropping in for a look, and HAPPY TURNIP TUESDAY!!

- Curt

See what you've done, Dave? I did warn you that your taunts would provoke him to submit Turnip stuff for posting on Tuesdays, but would you listen?

Lovely but bonkers stuff, Curt!

Tamsin

From BenitoV: More German Motorbikes (20 points)

As a continuation with the topic of my submission of last week, I bring for this Tuesday more German Early War goodies, in the form of a motorbike with sidecar, to be used as the LMG support for my motorized unit.

 

I have a second model in store but I could not finish basing the model in time. Actually the support unit was supposed to be a total of three of these bikes with sidecars ... but it seems that I forgot to print the third file and unfortunately I have the printer in my family's vacation house (closed until Spring).

 

As with the motorbikes presented last week, this is a Eskice model. Nice detail and very dynamic poses as usual, although the face sculpting is slightly cartoonie.

 

So small addition to my Challenge score this week: after requesting clarification from the minion-in-charge, I was told this model will be worth 20 points, as it comprises two vehicles with two riders (each 10 points)  

That's a nice looking motorcycle combo, Benito. It's a shame you missed printing the third file and can't access your 3D printer at the moment.

Tamsin

From SimonG: Death to George Clooney -- the Revenge of the Goats (36.5 points)

For our final stop in the AHPC XIII Challenge Studios we're stopping off at tha Art House for a remake/revision of George Clooney's 2009 black comedy "The Men Who Stare at Goats" -- but this time it's "The Goats Who Stare at Men"!

The Stars of this epic are six thespian bovidae who in real life will be populating the slopes of the temple mount when I finish my Jewish Wars monster scenery (which should be with you next week). So in the mean time to fill things in I’m submitting these six 28mm Eureka miniatures goats -- which are really nice figures.

They are very well sculpted with individual character in each face -- well deserving a bit of time and attention with my new OptiVISOR offering a great close up view for detail work (going all the way with the 3.5x magnification)

However the goats need something to eat (while they're waiting for the arrival of all the promised turnips) so what better then some nice pear trees?

These are MP pear trees in IronGate scenery 3D printed planters. While the trees are lovely I'm no great fan of 3D printing -- the layer marks to me are unsightly and the way they take paint is peculiar -- still at a distance they work out pretty well.

Also from IronGate are a couple of Roman braziers -- again 3D and the bowl really shows the limitations of this approach. Apologies for the poor effort at a marble finish 🤪.

The braziers are actually wired for LED candle lights so I of course had to install that! Not sure how often this will get used -- maybe for the interior of my Roman temple?

The final piece you might have seen in the background is a small water feature I made out of remnants from the eight Sarissa aqueducts I had to purchase to construct two large walkways as part of the temple complex (which you'll see next week). The trailing flower detailing is again from MP (and is a bear to work with) and I also experimented with resin water effects for the first time -- although kicking myself for not including a mosaic underneath the water, I'll do that on another water feature when I make it.

And to give a feel for it all together here they are along with some of my 28mm Jewish fighters

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Points wise my reckoning is 36.5 points

• 6 goats at 2 points each (they're about 10mm tall and 15mm long) - 12 points
• 4.5 points for terrain -- 48.7 cubic inches or 22.5% of a cube
• Water feature is 12"x1.5"x1.75" for 31.5 cubic inches
• Small planters are 0.75"x0.75"x2" for 1.125 each or 4.5 for four
• Large planters are 1.6" diameter by 4" tall or 8.0 cubic inches for two
• Braziers at 1.25" square by 1.5" tall or 4.7 cubic inches for two
• 20 points for the Art House bonus

And with this being my third location on the Blue Sector I have completed enough to ask for the Snow Lord's suggestion -- although given where we are on time not sure I'll get to it!

I look forward to giving you 16 square feet of terrain across multiple levels next week -- so until then happy painting!

Those goats are so cute, I'm going to let you shoehorn them in for "Arthouse". Nice work on the terrain.
Quick tip that I've recently discovered for hiding layer lines on 3D prints - apply a coat or two of matt Mod Podge before priming; it's self-leveling so will fill the recesses on its own. This tip can also be used for filling gaps in models - much cheaper and easier than using greenstuff and its ilk.

Tamsin