From DavidB: Taking a walk...(148 points)

 

 Shinedown- Devil

Finally all is almost done...except here I am still typing...apologies to Curt or the Minion still editing!

Up first is a MULE truck from Mantic Games. It is supposed to be used by the corporate marines, but this one is going to 5150 New Hope City or any other Scifi skirmish game as a new civilian whip or bad guy technical. This was airbrushed with a metallic blue and will first be used by my new Goliath gang at Adepticon for racing in the desert...The Blue Bloods stole it from the Up-Hivers.

 all wheel drive with armored cabin with sporty orange stripes.

tailgate with stairs and extra seating with aircooled seats

A lone Cadian 7th Cav bannerman for scale.

He was a test figure to see how fast I could paint a 7th cav with speed paints and other new techniques. It turns out very fast as in less than an hour including acrylic highlights and detail.

These three were found in the leadpile and are now ready to wreck havoc with an Inquisitor.

They took full advantage of all the red and black paint left over during color changes.

A couple of Rogue Physkers for old Necromundia now to be used in almost any game and campaign.

Also a wiz kids steel golem dog with an added admech back pack. A 40k Cadian novel had a commander with a robotic K-9 given to him from a techpriest. He will be a good boy to have with my Cadians or a close combat servitor for an Inquisitor.

A Cyberpunk gang from Monster Fight Club that is based on likeness from the Project Red Team.

The bases are heavily weathered and like the rest of my adhoc groups, the waited to get colors from wet pallet color changes.

And this guy....Two weeks and the last two and half days.

This is how he looked this morning. The armored skeleton is vallejo color shift metal paint and goes from a navy blue to purple as the light shifts around him. The red panels where airbrushed from purple to orange. and the white panels were brought up from a mid grey. The grey body went from a dark grey to light then the speed paint grey from army painter was used as a wash....This was completed Sat morning then he was based after this photo.

While the base dried on the Knight... a quick gaslands rat-rod 

Vallejo olive green paints a triad for air then detail was picked out

I used the "dry" GW dawnstone for a drybrush of dust on the bottom for weathering.

Speaking of weathering.....

about 3.5 feet of barricades from GW resin.

brown, green and grey airbrush work as a test for airbrushing terrain. They got detailed and weathered as I waited for bits to dry on the titan including the gluing as it was all sub-assemblies.

Also completed today was this M577 for the coldwar duel. This is a solid chunk of resin airbrushed in the traitor planetary defense force camouflage of my traitor guard force.

" a nod to Greg"

Its original purpose was target identification model for military forward observers, field artillery, scouts, etc...

The M577 was intended as a command post vick. It did not last long as it is a pain to work in and set up and there is not enough room for everyone needed. Most commanders just used AFV or military trucks or even tanks(rank has privileges) As most commanders use a radio and like to see what their company/ regiment/battalion is doing the big all info TOCS are not on the front line and radio and movement is all the capable commanders need. American forces still have a few, but they are maintenance vehicles that are found in tanker and artillery units and still rare. NATO and some other countries still have them in service and some even use them as command vehicles although most NATO countries use them as the Americans do as a mobile garage repair.

Finally done as of 2100 Sunday night.

I will glue the hatch on as it will be forever lost if not placed. I could have built it open, but we all know the hatch would break off in the first battle. but the cockpit is entirely painted because I'm a masochist.

I will glue in the crusader helm, but I really dig the optics on the knight. If I get another kit, it will have a damaged helmet exposing the optics.

Sir Hekhtur of the Canis Rex. I'm pretty sure he is lugging an Imperium Approved boom-box for blasting songs like Golden Earring's "Radar Love" as he stomps around the battlefield.

He is all complete now except for decals which I am going to dread...I will watch some videos and get some cheat chemicals before I attempt to finish that part up!

The end of the effort from the challenge and the last 2.5 days. The titan, the tank, the car, and the barricades are all 50-75% airbrushed so I now have 2 points in my duel which is several to short to catch Lee and Curt! but thanks for spuring me on to use the tools. I have to get some killteam terrain done soon before Razor gets back from deployment. I learned a lot of airbrush tips like consistency and spray bottle airbrush cleaner between color changes and always mix small portions of paint in the cup. I also found out to keep your airbrush wet in a sonic cleaner( don't have one yet) or a tupperware container with distilled water mixed with 1/4 of airbrush cleaner... Of the tupperware, ask permission from the wife first before you abscond with a container....just a FYI!

And this is how I fuel myself for painting....music and coffee.

Mule truck- 20 points

40k troops- 7 for 35 and 23 skulls

cyberpunk project red- 5 for 25 points

gaslands car- 8 points

M577- 20 points and  4 skulls

barricades for 10 points (1/2 cube) and 18 skulls

and one knight titan for 20 points plus 10 for the pilots and 2 skulls

148 points and 47 skulls. sideduels skull duel is 697 skulls, 2 points for the airbrush, and the coldwar duel...Dave won, but my M577 is pretty cool!

It was a lot of fun this time. Big thank you to Curt and Lady Sarah for the opportunity to play and the minions (Including Tamsin and Miles) for the extra work. There was a lot of sweet miniature eye-candy this year. Hopefully I won't be too distracted at Adepticon and will keep to planned purchases! I don't think there will be any Turnips though as my wife is already irritated at the purloined tupperware. I have to replace those containers first!

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Dave, your last-minute industry is truly amazing, my friend. There is so much to admire here, from the MULE truck to the stonking Knight, but I think I have to say that my favourites are the Cyberpunk crew and the planetary defence M577, with the 'Horus Lives' tag. Genius. Greg would love that. :)

It's always great to have you with us David. Personally, I'm very happy that you're on 'civvy street', keeping out of trouble, painting toys for you and your kids. 'This is the way.' :)

- Curt

From KerryT: The final cut -The Baron Munchausen - for the Director's chair (55 points)

 Morning afternoon & evening all

This will be my final post for the challenge and having rushed home from work today I tried to get a  few more things finished but failed. One consistent aspect of this challenge for me has been the unreasonable expectation I placed on myself each and every week to get things completed in an insufficiently allotted time frame. I'm definitely a slow learner.

Wikipedia quote- "Baron Munchausen's Narrative of his Marvellous Travels and Campaigns in Russia is a 1785 novel about a fictional German nobleman written by the German writer Rudolf Erich Raspe". These are a series of ridiculously exaggerated tales of his exploits

Eureka Miniatures produced a  lovely model of the Baron Munchausen a few years ago and I painted one up using him to led my imaginary 18th century forces of Silverfernia.

This first model depicted the Baron watering his horse after making an escape from his foes during which his horse's rear end  was sliced off when a closing portcullis severed this. The Baron apparently did not notice until water gushed out from his half an horse when drinking from a fountain.

The original Baron painted in 2012

This is my avatar

My recollection of the tale is that then undaunted, the two ends of the horse were sutured together using some nearby tree saplings allowing the Baron to carry on with his exploits. To stretch an even longer tale further it then appears that not only did the sapling successfully unite the two ends of the severed horse but it subsequently took root and grew into a tree. This of course allowed the Baron to continue his travels in the comfort of his own personal patch of shade!

This story is depicted in a second and later sculpt produced by Eureka and one that I finished today for my submission to the Director's chair having been tasked by Curt to....

"Do you have something in your collection that you've been avoiding due to complexity, size, etc? Or perhaps you have something that you've been wanting to do, but it always seems to get pushed to the back of the queue? If any of these resonate with you then lets see if we can blitz to get it done!"

I've had this model for perhaps as long as 10 years but decided it might be time to finish it off

I also decided it would be nice to have a final ride in Lady Sarah's Limousine and intended to ask her to take me to the Swords & Sandals studio but I failed to complete the requisite figures in time. I though I might just still have a little trip around the block courtesy of my last female miniature a Steampunk figure given out to attendees of the Salute show of 2016.

In summary

1 x28 mm Mounted and 1 foot figure = 15 points

Lady Sarah's Limousine @ 20 points

Director's chair ? 20 points

Many thanks and best wishes to all, hope to see you next year!

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While the steampunk lass is marvellous (though perhaps a bit over accessorised), what a triumph to have Baron Munchausen as both your Director's Chair submission and your final entry. Absolutely lovely brushwork, Kerry. I didn't know that Eureka did these figures (not surprising, considering their criminally impenetrable website), but they are really superb, especially highlighted by your fine work. I love the riot of colour that makes up Munchausen's pelisse, dolman, shako and horse furniture. A tailor's delight, or nightmare, I don't know which. No matter, it's all fabulous stuff. 

I'm delighted you had a good Challenge, Kerry, and I hope to see you with us for the 14th edition.

- Curt

From Barks: The bitter end (27 points)

Here's the last odds and sods as I gaze at my distant points target. First, some movement trays from Knights of Dice. These hold either three or five 25mm round bases. The mdf remains are interesting negative spaces, maybe I should save these for swamp terrain?

Next, a wasteland robot. It's the non-seasonal version of the Xmas-o-tron I submitted way way back at the start of AHPC XIII. It's a free stl from Imitation of Life.

Some battlefield stakes, with Middle-earthlings for scale. 3D prints from Asgard Rising. I struggled with warping, even after softening with heat, over-bending and dumping in ice-cold water.

Next, a lone squig.

Penultimately, a sausage dog from Eureka. I have a weird relationship with dachshunds: they're annoyingly yappy but such a humorous shape! The Skirt Swisher & I get points for how many sausages we spot on a given day.* So, I couldn't pass up the opportunity for this little chap. I'd like it to become a pet for a Rogue Trader or Inquisitor, snapping angrily at the heels of eldritch horrors etc. If it's a boy, Fritz. A girl, Heidi.

Finally, I was unable to avoid the Call of the Turnip. I failed to get a proper unit up of Lord Barkington's Brownjackets, the tuber-worshipping tirailleurs. Instead, here are their mascots, the vicious spudlings. Again, 3D prints from IoL.

• Bases: 5"x3"x3" thus 4 points
• Stakes: 10x 4"x1"x1" thus 4 points
• Robot: 1x28mm figures: 5 points
• Sausage/ potatoes/ squig: I'm counting them as 15mm so 7x2 points: 14 points
• Turnip28 Side Duel: 10 points

Thanks, everyone! See you at the wrap-up.

*Current record: 5. It was a pentasausage day.

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Haha! A scattershot wrap-up, Barks! All of these are excellent (though the bases are a bit of a stretch), but I especially like the wasteland robot and the vicious spudlings (checking out that designer after sign-off...).

It's always a pleasure, Barks. Thank you for overseeing the Skull Duel and I hope we can count on your noggin for the next edition of the Challenge. Cheers mate!

- Curt 

From DaveV: Sedition Wars Vanguard Strategic Points - 35 Points

For my final entry, I offer another set of models from Sedition Wars: Battle for Alabaster.

Some of these Vanguard "strategic points" come from the previously mentioned Terrain Pack Kickstarter stretch goal. From that box, I painted up the following, which perform various in-game effects:

• 1 x Auto-Doc (heals wounds and cures infection)
• 1 x Security Terminal (gives Tactics)
• 1 x Life Support Terminal (removes Nano clouds)
• 1 x Teleport Control (allows use of Teleport pad)

Upon reflection, the stock Auto-Doc looks a little small to hold a human patient. Also, the kit came with a couple of "Havoc" defense gun emplacements that looked way too large (like a Vulcan autocannon). I replaced all three items with 3D prints I found on Etsy from Majestic Miniatures:

• 1 x Cryopd (as Auto-Doc above)
• 2 x Alien Sci-fi Sentry Guns (Vanguard fixed position heavy weapons)

The Alien Sentry Gun models are particularly nice. They are modelled on the Weyland-Yutani weapons used in the Aliens franchise. 

After priming with GW Chaos Black, I used rattle can GW Corax White  downward at about a 60 degree angle for zenithal highlights. The Sentry Guns were glazed with GW Biel-Tan Green. The grey of the various terminals was a thinned glaze of Peach Black oil paint mixed with Winsor & Newton Liquin Medium. The glass and screens of the Terminals, Auto-Doc, and Cryopod were painted in various blue and white acrylics. Some detailing was done on the models with oils. The bases were glazed with Vallejo Rust and Secret Weapon Stone washes, then finished off with weathering powders.

Below, some Vanguard and Strain Strategic Points, seen in-game action:

With seven 28mm models = 35 points.

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Great looking objective markers, Dave. I especially like the cryo-pod and the not-Weyland-Yutani Sentry Guns. Even better, they look terrific in-use on your tabletop - game on!

- Curt