From JamesM: Necromunda Slave Ogryn Gang (42 points)

Hi folks,

Having sated my urges to paint 15mm trucks green, I returned to painting Necromunda figures this week. This time round aiming to complete my 'Slave Ogryn' gang, These abhumans, who come from high gravity worlds and are tolerated by the imperium as a stable strain of humanity, are used as labour throughout Necromunda. Given their loyalty and low levels of intelligence, these poor sods often ended up working as slaves - some of them, however, manage to break free and escape into the underhive. 

These six models have an average of 1.5 arms each (confusing, when several of the weapons options are technically two handed weapons). I decided they were big enough to warrant having two handed weapons in one hand, and I'll worry about game rule issues if they arise (like issues with injuries, etc). 

Stats wise in game, these figures are pretty strong and tough, decent in close combat and have practically no ranged weapons. The single one shown in the gang is a scratch built 'las cutter' with a very short range (2 inches). However, given their resilience the gangers are pretty expensive points wise, so at a push these 6 figures would form a 1000pt gang. Some of the gangers will have grenades, given the high strength throwing distance. 

4N0Y, equipped with a Club and an Arc Welding gauntlet. Shown here with an unpainted Escher to show how big these lads are. The Arc Welder can set victims on fire (tee hee). 

R08, with a two handed Hammer (and one arm...). He's a Lobo-slave, so immune to pinning as the bits of his brain that are left are too dumb to decide to take cover. 

8RUC3, with a converted Rock Saw. Another Lobo-slave, who only came about this predicament following the grafting of a cutting device into one hand. Rumour has it he had an itchy shoulder, and after his arm fell off he scratched his head in confusion. Hence one arm and half a brain. 

3MM4, with an Augmetic Fist and Spud-Jacker. 

N02, the Underboss (champion) with a Las Cutter and Spud-Jacker. 

OGRR, the Boss. With Paired Augmetic Fists. 

I used the new Vallejo Xpress paints for these guys, and was impressed. The yellows, oranges and reds were brilliant - although I hit the models with a thin black wash just to grub them up a bit. I tried to keep an industrial theme, and kept to a limited pallet, selection of colours. This included keeping the Lobo-slaves similar. 

These figures are over 40mm tall, so I will count them as 40mm infantry. Six of these will net me 42 points. 

Minion Miles: Necromunda looks like so much fun!

From FrederickC - For Gondor! (205 points)

 It has been a few weeks since my last post, and I have been struggling to complete my latest project due to a bout of ill health, and other commitments. After leaving Rohan, I opted to head south to Gondor and paint up some defenders of Minas Tirith, specifically a dozen old school Knights of Minas Tirith, a mounted banner, 3 spearmen and 3 bowmen of the Citadel Guard, Beregond, Pippin from the Heroes of the West boxed set, a set of resin Gondor Commanders, a mounted Boromir, and Boromir as a Captain of the White Tower, all by Games Workshop.

 

"For Gondor!"

 The Knights of Minas Tirith and the mounted banner are the early version of these figures consisting of metal riders and plastic horses. They are a bit different from the more recent release from Games Workshop which have the riders equipped with shields, and pennons on their lances. The plastic horses come in two poses, identical to those of the Riders of Rohan, but with a different style of chanfron. I painted the horses in three different shades of brown using craft paints, changing the colours of the mane or adding socks to produce some additional variety. They were then given a coat of Army Painter Strong Tone Quickshade. The riders' armour was painted with gunmetal followed by highlights of silver. 

 

Knights of Minas Tirith with mounted banner

 Next is a group of Citadel Guard of Minas Tirith consisting of two 3-figure blisters, one of guardsmen with spears, and one of guardsmen with longbows, Beregond, a minor hero who can act as a bodyguard, and Peregrin Took, Guard of the Citadel. The Citadel Guard now come as a 6-figure set with three spears and three bows, rather than as seperate blisters. All of these are metal miniatures that were painted much like the Knights of Minas Tirith but with added gold trim, and cloaks that I painted using Payne's Grey acrylic paint. To do the bases, I covered them with a layer of squares made of thin card to resemble flagstones. This required trimming the strip at the bottom of the figure that is supposed to fit into the slot of the base to form pegs that would fit into drilled holes.

 

Guards of the Citadel of Minas Tirith

 

Unlike all the preceding miniatures in this post, the next four are a relatively recent purchase and came as a set cast in resin. I can't say that I am a fan, especially when some of the poles, spears, or swords come out warped. They also required a lot of cleaning up, not just of mold lines, but all kinds of extra little wedge pieces that have to be carved away. The set is the Gondor Commanders box that consists of a warrior with a warhorn, a banner bearer, a Captain of Minas Tirith (stepping on a dead orc), and a Knight of the White Tower. They were painted using the same method as the rest of the figures. The bases for the warrior with warhorn, the banner bearer, and the captain are done up to resemble the rubble of Osgiliath or Minas Tirith during the siege.

 

Warhorn, Banner, Captain, and Knight of the White Tower

 The last two figures are different versions of Boromir, the first as a Captain of the White Tower in armour, and a mounted version dressed as he was for the journey to Rivendell. Both of these are metal miniatures, and they are still available from Games Workshop, although the version as a Captain of the White Tower comes as a three figure set that includes two models of Boromir on foot – one carrying a shield, the other with the famed banner of the White City – both of which are clad in heavy armour. The mounted version is also bedecked in heavy armour and comes with the option to assemble him with sword or banner held aloft. I bought mine as blisters many years ago when you could still get them separately. The armoured version of Boromir was painted much the same as the Gondor Commanders, while the mounted version used a lot of browns and washes on his fur cloak, and I tried to match the colours of earlier versions of Boromir that I had painted.

 

Boromir, son of Denethor

 This will likely be my last post for the general challenge. With only twelve days left, I need to focus on my "Director's Chair" task. 

The points being claimed are as follows:

13 x 28mm foot figures @ 5 points = 65 points 

14 x 28mm mounted figure @ 10 points = 140 points

Minion Miles: Is it just me or does there seem to be a LOT of LOTR stuff this year - who cares when their as nicely painted as these!

From SimonM: Gigerian Royal Brood Warriors by "Papsikels Miniatures" (25 Points)

These five 32mm scale Gigerian Royal Brood Warriors are produced by "Papsikels Miniatures" and can be downloaded for free as part of a set of STL (Standard Triangle Language) files from their "Patreon" subscription service. Based upon a species of H.R.Giger's infamous deadly aliens, the figures were produced using "Elegoo" Water Washable Resin on a Mars 3 Pro 3D Printer.

Due to these sculpts looking somewhat different to the other Xenomorphs I've pigmented for the Analogue Hobbies Painting Challenge I decided to go with a different palette than the predominantly brown one I've used in the past. Resultantly, whilst the quintet were all still primed in Doom Death Black by "Duncan Rhodes Two Thin Coats", they were then dry-brushed in Cold Corpse Blue before being drowned in Oblivion Black Wash.

I next (re)dry-brushed the miniatures with (more) Cold Corpse Blue, before applying a light highlight of Gravestone Blue across all their raised areas. Finally, to help blend all the different blues together, I enthusiastically showered them in Drakenhof Nightshade. This left me just needing to 'pick out' all the aliens' metal teeth with a combination of Sir Coates Silver and Oblivion Black Wash, as well as apply a coat of Doom Death Black across their silky-smooth foreheads.

To be honest these sculpts gave me quite a headache to base on account of their sweeping tails making their 'footprint' much more circular than the Cheetah-based variants I've previously housed upon "Citadel" 60mm oval bases. In the end I opted to super-glue each Xenomorph on a 50mm round stand. But even at this size their tails slope over the edge for a significant distance - and doubtless will end up getting broken at some point in the future whilst wargaming. Furthermore, the move has completed exhausted my supply of that particular base just when "Games Workshop" have frustratingly announced that they ("temporarily") have no more in stock online and I have other miniatures waiting to be painted which require that size.

Minion Miles: Even more creepy Aliens

From BruceR; Limo lift; Fantasy Studio; Random bits and bobs (90 pts)

Without a project starring me in the face, I've again grabbed minis that have been languishing on the shelf of opportunity for a long, long, time.

There should be a random studio.  Ha.

First, I've summoned the Limo from Lady Sara again to move from the Books studio to Fantasy.  As my fee I've painted a couple of Victoria sci-fi miniatures with one being a female raider.

The first is Captain Laura Swift.  Both of these will work with my Stargrave band to include my Ogre brute done earlier in the Challenge.   I did my DIY basing again to keep them in the grimy tunnel/bulkhead motif.   These are Victoria miniatures I picked up from Trenchworx.  

Colonel Ash Ironside:

 

The Fantasy Studio is easily satisfied.  

My first fantasy submission is GW Demigryph knights.    Before the Old World exploded we played a fair amount of WHFB.  I had purchased Demigryph knights and painted up the mounts.  Being points based armies and having a rather large collection of Empire I simply mounted other knights from other units on the beasts and never bothered to paint the knights for the Demigryphs.  So another little victory for some miniatures lying about unpainted.  

Here are the knights ready to mount their trusty steads and head into battle for the Emperor Karl Franz.  The mounts were previously painted so only the riders count for the Challenge.  

Next in my little pile of opportunity are a few dwarf miniatures that must have caught my eye.  The First two are Long Drong's pirate's figures.  

Hard fighting, hard drinking pirates of the Old World.

I actually do not have the foggiest idea where this next miniature came from.  I don't remember having the box set, but who knows.  Scouring the web I discover he is "The Baron" from an old Citadel set produced by the Perry brothers.  

Fun and Nostalgic Stuff.

That's my week.  We did play bolt action this past Sunday during our most recent snowmagedden (Nov to March) is a long snow year.  The game got me to prep the last of my winter Italians and a couple of vehicles.   Time to get busy.  

Almost forgot I did throw together two pieces of smallish terrain for my pirate scenario.

The "Luck" tent and some goodies for pirate island.  I figured 5 pts for the tent and veggie table.

Have a good week everybody and stay warm (if you are in the never-ending winter hemisphere) and safe.  

I forgot, the gratuitous CSM Loki pic, who came in and needed a scratch while I typed.  

Points:

Lady Sarah's Limo     20 pts

Fantasy Studio           20 pts

9 28mm                      45 pts

Terrain                          5 pts

Total                            90 pts

  Minion Miles: SciFi, Fantasy AND a dog in the same post!  That's a winner in my book