From PaulSS - Cold War T-62 company - 60pts

 

The will to paint has been weak these past few months so I was looking forwards to the challenge to get that mojo back on track.

I set the alarm for 0530 this morning and bleary eyed, with a cup of coffee in hand I slapped a coat of Russian Green on these chaps and base-coated the bases with some dull brown emulsion. Then, off to a couple of work meetings, boring! 

Fortunately, I had booked a half day off to kick off the challenge and just before lunch was able to pick up a brush again.

A bit of black on the machine guns and tracks followed by some mud splatters then a light dry brush before lunch - mushroom pate on toast with a side salad for those of an inquisitive nature!

Finally, a coat of Military Shade and then left to dry, while some base-coats were slapped on my upcoming entry, a Napoleonic Dutch artillery battery.

Once all was done I was able to get the bases finished with tufts, bushes and grass and then a coat of dull cote.

Victoria and I went out to the solstice celebrations at Paoli and on our return took a few snaps of the tanks for this post.

The tanks are 3D prints that chum Drew printed for me on his Elegoo Mars. These will add a whole new option of cheaper tanks to my Seven Days to the River Rhine Soviet force that currently fields the much more up to date and expensive T-64B.

Ten 12mm vehicles at 6pts each gets me off to a start on 60pts.

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Welcome back to the Challenge, Paul! 

These T-62s look excellent as was your culinary indulgences for the day. Well done!

- Curt

From StuartL - Shh! - New Acquisitions (30 Points)

Hello all,

Just a quick first post to get myself onto the scoreboard.

A friend of mine has been printing up some 3D parts for me and recently I purchased some files for a new Warhammer 30K army. As a Christmas gift, he printed up one of the minis for me and gave it to me last Sunday. (So it is less than a week old, qualifying for the new acquisitions area I think). 

The model is a jetbike for the Sisters of Silence army for Warhammer 30,000. GW have written rules for it, but they don't actually produce any suitable models for it.

The 3D Stl comes from DivergingRealm on MyMiniFactory and really looks the part. The main body of the bike is hollow so it is pretty light and doesn't use too much resin.

So for a 28mm model on a mount, that should be 10 points. Add on another 20 for the Library area and that gives me a nice 30 Points for my first entry. 

Looking forwards to seeing what everyone else posts up over the next few days.

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Welcome back to the Challenge, Stuart!

This Sisters of Silence jetbike provides an excellent dash forward on your campaign up the points chart (and a lovely gift as well). Well done!

- Curt 

Socials - “Painting Alone - Together” - a reminder

Over the years the Challenge has become a a real community event linking people around the globe. The creation of painted armies is by its nature a solitary activity with us beavering away at our paint desk. This year we have decided to try something new to enable challengers to interact together more.

A few of us challenge old hands run online "Paint and Chat" sessions where we have audio, and visual contact direct from our painting desks. These are run via our Zoom account facility (if you don’t know what zoom is where we’re during the great Pamdemic ?) 

We talk through a range of hobby related topics while wielding our brushes - times fly 

These are co-ordinated either via the  AHPC Facebook page for those of you who don’t use FB we also have a Discord server ( Click to join here  ) , that is more of traditional forum style .  .Just stick a request in to join one or both groups and one of the old sweats will sort your membership out. The groups are closed and moderated. We publish on the community pages when someone is on (or plans to be) the  chat link so people know and can jump on as well. These sites are also a place for further interaction and "banter".

You can join the Paint &Chat  via a mobile or tablet device by installing the Zoom app - you don’t need a paid account For a PC you will need to install the appropriate plug in. You need around a minimum 2.5-3Mb speed for your connection to work well. 

From Curt: The First Post of Challenge XIV - The Rosetta Stone (21 Points)

Welcome to fourteenth edition of the Analogue Hobbies Painting Challenge!

This year's theme focuses on libraries, and so I wanted to make sure I made my first entry about reading, specifically the words and symbols that we use to communicate out thoughts and ideas. 

Here is a small vignette depicting a group of Napoleonic soldiers and French academic savants examining the Rosetta Stone (perhaps only a few hours before it became a  British trophy). 

The Rosetta Stone was discovered by the French in 1799 during their ill-fated Egyptian campaign near the town of Rashid ('Rosetta') in the Nile Delta. 

As many know, the Rosetta Stone's importance stems from it providing the linguistic links between Egyptian and Greek, and three writing systems, hieroglyphics, demotic script (a cursive form of Egyptian hieroglyphics), and the Greek alphabet. The Stone provided a definitive key to translating Egyptian hieroglyphic writing.

The Rosetta Stone was later taken by the British as a war trophy, part of the Capitulation of Alexandria in 1801, resulting from their victory over the French in 1800. The Stone has been part of the British Museum's collection ever since, and is in fact their most viewed object. The Egyptian government has made requests for the Stone to be repatriated, but there has been little movement on this matter. With an increasing number of cultural objects being returned to their traditional owners, it will be interesting to see what the future holds for the Rosetta Stone, the Elgin Marbles and other priceless objects held in foreign repositories. 

I got the Rosetta Stone as a STL file from MyminiFactory. It's very cool in the sense that the file is from a scan of the original artefact. I simply reduced it down to scale to fit with 28mm figures. The assorted minis shown here are a conceit, coming from a previous Challenge years ago (and so will not be scored), but I thought it might be a bit of fun to have a scene depicting French scholars madly taking some sketches before the heathen British arrive to despoil their discovery.

As to points, the stone itself is hardly worth scoring, say 1 point. BUT I will be cheeky and claim the New Acquisition Topic on the map as the Rosetta stone was a new acquisition to both the French (briefly), and the British.

So, 21 points for me!

Just so everybody knows, I'll be handling the posting and scoring until January 1st where I will then pass on this weighty responsibility to our wonderful, merry band of Minions. As it's just me in the cockpit for these next few days, please be patient with me as I, like many of you, are contending with work, family and festive responsibilities (and, yes, mad hobbying). 

Again, welcome to the Challenge! Now, let the fun begin!

- Curt