From TeemuL: Librarian Witch [Sarah's Library Cart] (25 points)

It's good to be back, this is my tenth official Challenge, but I also participated in some of unofficial covid-Challenges. And to complete the painted picture of me, here's something I did during the last 9 months.

Challenge 13 parts 2, 3 and 4, each done in their own 3 month periods...

As you might guess, all this foolishness has left be a bit soft in my head, so I also volunteered to minion this year on Thursdays. And I also need some help with the library map, so the first thing I painted was this female witch, who will help me around the library.

This miniature is a Grenadier Witch 5601 from 1991 and what a characterful character she is.

Huge amulet around her neck, nice staff, bag full of mysterious components, red boots, some flashy makeup and a yellowish cat. So many details on such a small miniature, but she still manages to look simple - something GW nowadays doesn't manage.

I imagine this witch finds herself home at swamps and other similar places when not guiding visitors in the library, so I chose quite dark, natural and even dirty colours for her. Yes, that's basically browns and yellow under flesh wash and couple of gentle highlights.

In some ways I find her as a companion/mirror model of this Ral Partha necromancer from 1979, which I painted earlier this year. Maybe it is just the similar colours and my imagination, but these could be siblings for example.

And here is the most important Challenge Map and I hope the good witch guides me to the Overdues and Returns, because I have some unfinished business...

I ask 5 points for this 25mm miniature and 20 points for the location, you will get the cat free, because most of you are dog people anyway. :) Merry Christmas and I hope to be back before New Year's Eve.

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Welcome back Teemu and thanks again for agreeing to be our Thursday Minion for another tour of duty. Fabulous witch here. Geez, those old Grenadier models are so characterful - I think it's the cat rubbing against the back of her legs that clinches it. Excellent brushwork on them both.

- Curt

From DallasE - Sisters Repentia (New Acquisitions - 55 points)

Breaking the duck for Challenge 14 with these old (but newly acquired) Sisters Repentia for my old Sisters of Battle army. There's nine here, two painted before the Challenge, but seven after the Challenge period started. So I'm counting 35 points for seven 28mm models plus 20 for the location - New Acquisitions.

These Repentia are really neat models cut straight from the old GW "BDSM lite" mold. The Repentia are Sisters of Battle who have transgressed in some way (retreated from battle? forgot the backup promethium canister? lip-synced instead of actually sung the hymn? who knows) and who have taken the Vow of Repentance. They're kicked out of their unit, given some rags to wear, and handed a massive Eviscerator chainsword and then it's look out, traitors and heretics!

Great models eh? Well GW sure doesn't make 'em like this anymore. Great metal models and a fun way to start the Challenge. Away we go!

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Great work on these wonderful gems, Dallas! As you say, they still hold up so well, even against the newer sculpts out today (and they're in wonderful metal). It's funny, as I have a squad of these very same castings sitting on the side of my table, so your fine examples will be great impetus to get mine done.