From PeterA: 28mm Medraut, Lust & 15mm Imperial Fist Breachers (65 points)

My second entry is a bit of a mix. First up, is my entry for the Second Circle of the Abyss - Lust. Earlier this year, TFL released Midgard Heroic Battles, a set of rules for fighting "Historical, legendary and fantasy battles in an age of heroic deeds", perfect for fighting battles in the Age of Arthur. One of my aims during the Challenge is to complete some Romano-British and Saxon units for Midgard, but in the meantime I have painted up Medraut, or Mordred, whose lust for power led to the strife of Camlann and the ruin of Arthur's Britain (or so Bernard Cromwell would have us believe!). As such, he seemed a perfect candidate for the Second Circle. I have actually used the Welsh spelling from Patrick McCormack's books - The Last Companion, The White Phantom & The Lame Dancer - which are fantastic re-tellings of the Arthurian story, taking more inspiration from Welsh legends and tales. Well worth a read!

The figure is actually a Victrix plastic Saxon from their Early Saxon Armoured Warriors box set. Victrix also do a Late Roman set which I am using for the Romano-British, but I wanted a less 'Roman' looking figure for Medraut (and I wanted to use the fancy 'Sutton Hoo' style helmet!). Hence a round rather than an oval shield as well. Each figure comes with several options for weapons; I have opted for a sword and a couple of javelins. The shield is decorated with a Little Big Man transfer - I take my hat off to those who hand paint shields but that is way beyond my skill level!

Painted using mostly AK 3G paints, although his red tunic was painted using a red from the newish Army Painter Fanatic range, which I am finding very nice indeed.

Part two are 20 Imperial Fists Breachers for the Horus Heresy. I have loved this setting since Epic Space Marine came out in 1989, but 6mm (or whatever scale GW's Legions Imperialis is) is too small for me these days, so these are 3d prints scaled up and printed out at 15mm for me by my son. These are in Mk III armour, the sexiest type of Space Marine armour! They are quickly painted mainly using Contrast paints: white primer, a wash of GW Aggaros Dunes to add some shading and then a coat of GW Imperial Fist Yellow - nice and quick, as I am going for the mass ranked effect rather than trying to paint each one as if they were 28mm figures. Having said that, I did try and paint a muzzle burn effect on the melta guns! The shields could do with the Legion symbol on them but see my comment above about me and hand painting heraldry - maybe I will get some of GW's transfers at some point in the future.

The figures are individually based on coins and they are then mounted on an MDF movement base which has magnetic sheet stuck on it - this way I can remove individual casualties if needs be, moving the unit is nice and quick and I can also use the figures for smaller size skirmishes.

Points wise, I think this works out as 65 points:

- 1x 28mm figure (5) 

- Lust theme bonus (20)

- 20x 15mm figures (40) - this also gets me up and running in the Horus Heresy side duel, although I have some way to go given the rate at which GregB is churning our amazing figures!

I hope everyone is enjoying the festive season and a Happy New Year to all when it gets here!

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Mordred (Medraut) is a fabulous entry for the 'Lust' theme. Good one Peter. I love the mini you've chosen and you've really done him justice with your brushwork. Great photos and background too!

I also really like your 15mm Imperial Fist Breachers. Many of the guys here in the Canadian Prairies have been doing 30K in 15mm for a few years now. It's such a great scale for the 'period' with the ranges and vehicles looking more 'right' on the tabletop. And you're absolutely right, the MkIII armour is the best. :)

Happy New Year!

- Curt