From KentG: 28mm ACW Confederate limber, pirates, peasants, science fiction romance, gift shop and Sarah's cart (points 216)

 Well surprise surprise another week has sped bye, as I write this.

It is the first of Feb and I almost wonder, is time passing fast simple because of the amount of painting we are doing?, as if we are turning the hands of time with each brush stroke in this post we have a few different figures which I really  enjoyed painting.

We start with a 28mm six horse Perry Miniatures Confederate the gun and Limber plus 3 figures by the gun are from their plastic artillery set the rest are metal. 

After doing the 6 horse limber for the union I was mad enough to decide lets make this one longer and add an artillery piece.

I don't know how often I say it but I do love painting Perry Minis.

Next up we have 4 figures from a peasant set 3D printed by Wargames Atlantic I'm entering these into romance section of the Library and Sarah's cart the Lady with the can of food is for Sarah's cart the rest are part of a love triangle but the green eye of envy has hit.

You cheeky wench you try and use food to steal my man from me well I won't have it, if I can't you you nobody will. I'll blow you and this piece of skirt into the next life Bang bang.

Now with the use of Sarah's cart I'll do the science fiction entry into the library.

We have a lone figure from the doctor who world 28mm Cyberman

We have another couple of pirates from Irregular Miniatures I hope to get a bunch more done before the end of the comp. I really enjoy these so full of character.

Lastly we have the first 3 x 40mm figures these will be entered into the  library under gift shop. They were a gift to me and once painted they will be an unexpected gift back.

There is almost the full set of these by Eureka Miniatures these are a real nostalgia moment, many years ago Eureka miniatures sent me one to paint and display, so when a friend gave these to me just before the comp I was like, I know these and was quite excited. It comes with tables and chairs and animals so should be very cool when they are all done. 

              Points

            1 Confederate limber 6 horse 6 figures 60pts

                                           1 limber               10pts

                                           1 cannon             10pts 

                                            Total                    80pts

            7 x 28mm foot  = 35pts

            3 x 40mm foot =  21pts    

                                                  Total 136pts

            Library points 

            Romance 20pts

            Gift shop 20pts

            Sarah's cart   20pts

            Science fiction 20pts

                                                    Total 80pts

            Grand Total of 216pts

From Millsy: What a weird and wonderful collection of stuff you've presented us with here Kent. It's great to see the Cyberman at last following our chats, and the limber is beautifully done BUT the pick for me is the WA peasants. They're both very well painted and the story you constructed around them actually made me laugh out loud.

From TomL: Romance, Library cart (55 points)

Flo MacShane

Leading us via the library cart to the Romance section is another Bob Murch sculpt from his "Daughters of the Empire" pack.  Flo is here to help these star crossed lovers decide if hanging out in an ash wasteland is really a great life choice.

Tank Girl & Booga

 

 

 

Sadly its all a wasteland.

Tank Girl and her nuclear enhanced main marsupial squeeze are doomed freedom loving fighters struggling against the man in all his self-serving ways. Booga and TG were sculpted for a charity event and sold via Frothers UK. The background is an actual coal ash waste area in Illinois. 

This rare second post of a week is for 55 points.

3 28mm figures for 15 points.

Library cart for 20

Romance for 20

From Millsy: A rare second post and certainly worth the effort Tom! I particularly like Booga who looks great in his Quadrophenia t-shirt. Bob Murch stuff is always fun to paint and the Frothers minis look great alongside. I'm fascinated by the background you chose too, really evocative and likely a first for the Challenge!

From KentG: 18mm Westphalian AB miniatures unbased (108pts)

 For this post we have more of the 18mm AB miniatures painted as Westphalian's. AB's are so nice to paint they almost paint themselves. I am now in the final stretch of this commission.

first up we have ADC's took a bit to find the right information

 on these and I'm still not quite sure I got it perfectly right

I used the same blue I use for my 28mm French which I think works.

we have 8 x Chevaleger

Next up 4 Guard Du Corps

and then 24 artillery crew and 6 guns

                    Points unbased figures

                   18 x cavalry 4pts each =72pts -(25%) = 54pts

                    24 x foot 2pts each = 48pts (-25%) = 36pts

                    6 x artillery 4pts each = 24pts (-25%) = 18pts

                        

                                                            Total 108pts

From Millsy: More lovely work in 18mm from you mate. I know you don't enjoy these from our discussions but you cannot argue with the quality of your work regardless. Cracking stuff and thanks for doing the math for me! 

From GeoffreyT: The west wing of the library (Art and Nature, 95 points)

 Hello Challengers.

This week I move through the west wing of the library.  In the Art section I peruse some medieval art.

I am very excited about this weeks post, as both these sets of miniatures appeal to me quite a lot.

These sculpts I made were inspired by Liber Monstrorum, ‘the book on monsters’ a medieval text, and by medieval marginalia, pictures drawn in the margins of illuminated books.  

First we have three examples inspired from medieval marginalia including two snail men and a devil using an arse trumpet.  These are all in 28mm.  There is much conjecture about the meaning of some medieval marginalia so I dare not suggest the meaning.  Snail men and arse trumpets are common themes, along with rabbits killing knights.

Next we have creatures from Liber Monstrorum.  I have two Sciapods one standing and one shading himself with his foot, as they were reputed to do.  One Blemmaye stands impassively.  I first read about Sciapods in 'Voyage of the Dawntreader' by CS Lewis, the series of books that sparked my life-long enthusiasm for fantasy monster art and miniatures.  

On the Nature shelf I find four elementals, animated forces of nature; Earth, Air, Fire and Water.  They also have a brazier from which the fire elemental can be summoned.  They are 28mm models from Grenadier models, sometime in the 1980s.  They are very evocative sculpts and are reminiscent of the drawings on the margins of old maps.  There is supposed to be a bowl of water with this set too, but the pack was broken open in store and the bowl lost.

The library Map as of current status

For points:

11 x 28mm miniatures = 55 points

They are all different sizes, so I did some measuring and recalculating and still end up with 55 points, so is easier for the spreadsheet to just call them all 28's.

2 x library sections = 40 points

Total = 95 points.

Kind regards

Geoff.

From Millsy: What a wonderfully eclectic and characterful collection of miniatures Geoff! I'm particularly impressed by the medieval weirdness, especially the Blemmaye which is one of those things that just makes you shake your head. Averaging everything out to equivalents of 28mm makes good sense and with the two library visits that's a creditable 95 points added to your tally. Nice!

From TomL: Maritime & Sarah's Library Cart, 70 points

 

Heading away from the dark fantasy, Captain Marilyn, leader of a staunch no nonsense merchant marine vessel for hire, will lead us to the maritime section of the library.

A short family history segue…My great grandfather was deported from Ireland around his 14^th birthday. In Australia, his 6’ 7” frame earned him work in various merchant marine boiler rooms for two years.  He walked off a ship in Chicago, eventually married and became a Chicago police officer.  My grandfather picked up his love of the sea and joined the USN (and eventually the CPD).  My father waited until he was 16 to join the USN during WWII, was discharged at the end of the war and he too joined the CPD. Bypassing all that history, I went to college for computer science. In an amusing ironic turn to some members of my family, I went to work for NAVAIR on various military bases on and off for 6 years. So, you could say maritime ran in my family for a while. 

Here we have a captain and members of his crew.  These figures, as well as Marilyn above, were sculpted by Bob Murch of Pulp Figures. 

For points we have 70.

6 * 28mm = 30 points.

Maritime - 20 points.

Library cart - 20 points.

From Millsy: That's a fascinating bit of family history Tom and yet more proof (as if that was needed) that Australia just makes people and things better :-P. Lovely brushwork all around mate and well worth the 70 points added to your tally!

Heck Yes, its Friday!

G'day All!

It's been pretty quiet down under of late. The weather is horribly hot and humid and the holidays have worn off well and truly. Even so a small cadre of antipodean stalwarts have twirled the brushes and shared their work. This week...

• TomL shares some family maritime history
• GeoffT visit the library and shows off some medieval marginalia
• KentG shares some lovely Napoleonics and a range of cracking characters

...and maybe one or two more. Enjoy!

Cheers,
Millsy

From BruceR: Zulu (88 points)

Greetings on Thorsday, kept in line by Teemu and his delightful culinary Finnish descriptions. 

I find myself done with my FIW project, due to starting some units prior to the challenge, and not being prepared for the next. Oh well, always plenty of opportunity in the game cave.

I started a Zulu themed project two challenges ago and decided to grab them up again.  We intend to try The Men Who Would be Kings for this project and see how it goes. From the previous start I have 18 Zulus and 12 Brit’s. A friend has the bulk of the forces and is a long way back in the painting line for him. I’ll have to get enough done to try out some games. 

I pulled a bag of what I believe are married warriors from their hair. They are 15mm and from Old Glory 15’s. The first hurdle is the shields, not attached and getting them on is a slight chore. As I’m using sabo bases we are basing the figures individually. I’m used to painting 28mm and usually like to do 8-10 figures to be able to accomplish little victories. I decided to paint the 39 figures together and it went pretty smoothly. I base coated them in ebony flesh with the airbrush. I than blocked in the colors, gave them a wash of Riekland flesh, highlighted skin and shields, done (with some basing work). 

Overhead of the whole group

half the group

backsides

how they look on the bases

Points:

39 15mm foot @ 2 =  78 points

Total 78 points

A new and strange phenomenon.  I primed outside yesterday.  What you say?  The northern prairie saw above 50 (F) degrees.  Doggo got a walk as well.  Be well.

Bruce

TeemuL: 39 minis in batch is worthfile task, even in 15mm world. So you had 18 before and now have 39 more? What size is the individual base? Nevertheless, they look great on sabot bases, not too tight or not too spread out. I'll give you ten extra points for the hand painted shields, that seem appropiate regarding the size of them. You seem to be quite close to your points target, but don't let that stop you! I haven't primed outside yet, but luckily I have a corner in a semi-warm garage, where I can prime and varnish.