From TeemuL: Zealots (15 points)

Here's my second entry for the Challenge and just in time for the Free Fire period - so I need to paint something new for Sunday.

These three are old Games Workshop Zealots for Mordheim Witchhunter warband. I primed these year ago for the previous Challenge, having a far fetched idea to use the guy in the middle as "food" entry - he has fish in his hand. But I managed to something else, so the plan was dropped. But since I try to get my hobby butterfly a bit under control, I'm trying to clean my queue and not just add there.

These three all wear the red and white with green pouches and packs (and fishes) and they are apparently quite new to this business, since their clothing is rather clean and bright. Something to expect from 90s minis from GW.

They painted up rather fast and easy, not too many details to pick up, but I still took some shortcuts. Very nice metal minis and soon I'll have minis enough to actually play with this group.

Here they are with their Flagellant friends, painted some 20 years ago

Something else to wrap up this post. I have managed to play a total of 5 miniature games this year. I'd like to play more next year. Anyway, yesterday we built a board with my son to play "Analogue Fortnite" or something like that. The board contains lots of different terrain and we spent some time work damage tables for guns and such like and then played a quick game today. The rules might need some tinkering, the game play was real time (because Fortnite is), and that might cause problems if we play this more (for apparent reasons). Anyway, the planning is part of the fun and it was great to spend some father-and-son time with miniatures again. My son (now 9 years old) used to paint some minis couple of years ago, but video games have now moved at the top of the priority list. Hence by covert operation of let's play Fortnite on board. :)

Most of the terrain is plastic GW terrain for 40k or AoS, some old GW trees and some scratch built. And a die cast Ferrari.

Crooked Dice has nice minis for this kind of games

Ok, that will be 15 points, 3 28mm minis. The flagellants were painted earlier. These zealots could have been useful in Heaven, but no bonus points in the Abyss. The puppet has a skull face, so 1 skull to open that duel for me. Let's see what I can finish by Sunday, I have lots of primed minis, but nothing started nor any actual plans...

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Great work on these zealots, Teemu (though as you say, you should have kept them back for a later theme, but I'm sure you have more). I love those old metal castings from GW - such great character (and heft!). I LOVE your Analogue Fortnite game setup too. Real-time tabletop gaming?! I think that's terrific. Such a great idea and a wonderful way to lure your son away from the video games. Well done!

- Curt