From JamieM - Rumbleslam figures (30 points)

My first post in a while, but I’ve managed to do the thing I always do and start 74 projects at the same time, get them each 95% done and then wander off to the next one. Great fun, but not so great for snagging points in a painting challenge!

Anyway, this week I did manage to finish this Rumbleslam team. Rumbleslam is a game of crazy wrestling, think WWE meets any fantasy or sci-fi trope that you can think of. A couple of mates started talking about it and I expressed a vague interest…so when one of them was buying himself a team he picked me one up too and presented it to me!

I always like to get gifts painted up. So I dived right in and did these. And they were great fun to paint.

The team appear to be part of a Mexican inspired casino, I’ll admit to knowing nothing else about them other than that.

I went with contrast paints to make them nice and bright and I’m pleased how they came out.

The big fella is drinking beer…. Which is then escaping through his ribs. The “half full bottle” effect that I went for is almost completely indistinguishable, so one to work on next time.

The next two are normal sized and are a dancing couple. They’d be cute is it wasn’t for all of the bones…. Wait a second….. they look romantic…. Any chance of a bonus?

 

And finally, a couple of halfling skeletons. I’m looking forward to seeing what they do in the ring, but my mate hasn’t even got his team out of their box yet, so I feel pretty virtuous for turning them around so quickly!

 

They’re big figures, so I’ll score them as 28mm for the four normal ones and big one as a 40mm figure please, for 27 points in total.

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I am pretty sure 95% of the Challenge participants will relate to starting 74 projects, getting them 95% done, and then wandering on to something else. This is, to coin a phrase of our era, a "safe space" for such hobbyists! These look great Jamie, and you have earned the bonus of painting your gift figures before your friend, so you get a touch of enjoyment out of that I'm sure!

Now for the points. Let's run through the checklist. We have the words "rumble" AND "slam". We have a Mexican casino theme, PLUS drinking...and lot's of amazing colours, AND implied romance! I think we can definitely toss a few bonus points in for that - goodness knows the "Romance" here would be much clearer than some of the other claims seen in the Challenge :)

Let's round it up to 30 points shall we? Excellent work! Now, go finish another project...wait...who am I kidding...time to start something new. Have I shared with you how awesome 30k is in 15mm...?

GregB

From Curt - Figures for 'Forbidden Psalm' and 'Kill. Sample. Process.' (45 Points)

Hey there!

Though I've been a little quiet of late I've not neglected my brushes entirely - like Bilbo with toast and butter, I'm just spread too thinly over too many submissions (typical). 

While translating all this distraction into completed work has been a bit of a struggle, I do have a few things to show for my efforts with this small group of fantasy figures that I did up for a recent 'Forbidden Psalm' game, and a rather odd pantalooned chap for the sci-fi rules, 'Kill. Sample. Process.'

Morka Porkas are fairly common beasties in both 'Mork Borg' and 'Forbidden Psalm'. I find them kind of hilarious and thought I'd do up a few for a recent game with the guys.

While they are rather ferocious, they can be tamed, but at a steep price. A 'lost limb condition' typically sets you up with one of these cuddly fellas as a steed. Most find it's just easier to simply climb a tall tree and let them rumble past. 3d prints from Tytan Troll Miniatures.

This big chap is 'The Feasting Wendigo', another wandering horror for 'Forbidden Psalm'. 

The original 50mm print was a little small for my tastes, so I have him here as a much more imposing 85mm. Design from Yasashi Kyojin Studio.

Finally, here is a super characterful mini from Knucklebone Miniatures. He'll be a member of my crew for 'Kill. Sample. Process.' which is the sci-fi version of 'Forbidden Psalm'. His cube head cracks me up and I really like the various textures and surfaces of his clothes, cybernetics and gear. Very fun to paint.

That being said, he's been sitting on my hobby desk for the past few months while I pondered on how to paint him. Inspiration finally came to me at work the other day when I saw a colour test pattern on a video editing machine. Bingo. 

I'm calling him 'NoSignal'. 

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So, as to points:

We have three 28mm Morka Porkas @ 5 each for 15 points.

'The Feasting Wendigo' (85mm) for, say, 15 points?

'No Signal' (54mm) for 10 points.

Hmm, 40 Points total? I leave it to our worthy Wednesday Minion to provide final adjudication.

Thanks for popping in!

- Curt

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I know many Challenges will relate to the tribulations of getting the "figures started to figures completed ratio" fine tuned. Even so, you continue to impress and amaze with your brushwork my friend, on a variety of unique and interesting figures and games. These are all fascinating sculpts - while the "Morka Porkas" certainly look the fear part, they also cause me to crave BBQ pork chops, so I see that as positive. The leopard-style spots on the pelts (?) are really well done.

As for "No Signal", not only is that a hilarious sculpt - brilliantly painted - but I just see that figure and name as a perfect symbol for so much of our current political moment...

That leaves "The Feasting Wendingo", which looks utterly terrifying, and I'm sure will not, in any way, show up in anyone's dreams offering a walk in the forest...I love/am horrified by how the varying flesh/skin/bark(?) tones come together from the different angles, really accenting the horror, and how whatever Psalm this thing is associated with should absolutely remain forbidden.

For points, I think Wendingo should step up a little bit more, to 20 points, just for the size, the sheer terror factor, and the fantastic paint job. Plus, I'm hoping the extra points will keep it away from me! 45 points for you!

Great work as always dude.

GregB

From DaveD - Back to the ‘Nam (115 points)

Ok as I said before , most of my collections are getting some love this  year. The ‘Nam top up for the season is 3xM60 teams , 3xmortar teams , a 50 cal for the fire base set up  , and a couple of singleton figures I missed when I did last years top up, 

All of the figures are by my manufacturer of choice for Nam - “Gringo40s” thought they are of course 28’s . Ged from there just keeps releasing great miniatures that even if I don’t  need I actually really , really just want - hell you know the way….

This completes a top up for my Marines for thus . year 

3 M60 teams and a 50cal 

3 81mm Mortar teams 

A couple of extra grunts .

All the sandbags for the 50 cal base are hand made from milliput - that killed and hour or two! 

And here they are added to all the previous USMC fire support completed over previous challenges.

Lots of bang for your boom! 

15 x 28mm figures = 75

3 Mortars, and Crew served Weapon the 50 cal = 40 points 

Total 115 

This should take me to my challenge target - Huzzah!  And to add to the modern things challenge , I have one other significant entry planned before challenge end , after that I am back on with 10mm Old Guard commission.

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"Miniatures that I don't need, but I just want" - that is the basis for like 98% of my collection, and I am sure is the same for many others. Great painting here as usual Dave, matched by a huge pace of output. These fellows certainly look ready to fight their way into/toward Hue, or the Ia Drang, or even hold out at Khe Sanh!

115 points for you!

GregB 

From GrahameH: 15mm Italian Wars and Swiss Burgundian Wars - Essex Miniatures (996 Points )

Decided I needed a break from painting Cold War green (not quite true I am just half away through the basing of another Battlegroup) so had a look at to see what I could paint for my Italian Wars. As I mentioned in a previous post, I am completing my large Italian Wars armies and coming to the realisation that it couldn't fit on a 6" X 4" table. So I decided to split it up and have smaller armies representing each of the warring powers (MADNESS!!!). Having completed the army list it seems to need to paint even more figures, and having some pikemen left over I decided to start painting my Swiss for the Swiss Burgundian War. 

So first up are some Pike Blocks for Venice. Figures are Essex and Flags are from Petes Flags on Ebay. 3 blocks, each made up of 48 figures

The Swiss - Again 15mm Essex and Petes Flags. Each block consist of 48 figures, portraying the Zug, Obwalden and Zurich Cantons 

More Pike painted as the Soluthurn and Berne Cantons

Then three blocks of 32 fig halberds. Appenzell, Glarus and Obwalden Cantons

Finally some artillery

That it for this submission.

Total 

3 Guns = 12pts

144 Venice Pike = 288

240 Swiss Pike = 480

96 Swiss Halberds = 192

12 Swiss Artillery Crew = 24

Total = 996 pts

 

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Well, nothing says "taking a break" like painting 400 pike men...?

 

That's another entire-Challenge's-worth-of-painting for your total Grahame.

 

GregB 

Zombicide, Greeks, Fallout, terrain, and Trucks! (446 points)

Hello! Hello! This is another Mish Mash of miniatures painted. I will begin in Section One with the "Children's Books" topic. I painted a metal Reaper miniature, The Magician. It looks like the old comic, Mandrake The Magician. The comic strip began in 1934 and ran until 2013.

I made my way to Section Two and made a stop at the Local History topic for some research on the O.K. Corral in Tombstone, Arizona. There are quite a few characters to read about such as Wyatt Earp and the Earp brothers, The McLaury brothers, Big Nose Kate, Sheriff Stilwell, Doc Holliday and so much more! Doc Holliday was a gambler, gunfighter, and dentist. Below is Zombicide Undead or Alive miniature of Doc in the movie "Tombstone" sculpt. 

Afterward, I moved on down to  Section 4 The Rotunda. I stopped by the Literature Topic and picked up a very cool Star Wars Novel by Timothy Zahn. He is responsible for The Star Wars Thrawn series(3 books). Very well written and anyone into the Star Wars lore will have a blast reading his books. I painted the Star Wars Imperial Assault Grand Admiral Thrawn miniature. Of course, this miniature game ended in 2019, but the miniatures are still available.

I was feeling crafty so I stopped in the DIY topic and began to build some easy-to-make miniature wargaming "mountains" I cut up insulation foam, which you can find at any hardware store. Shaped them up to my liking and glued them together. I added drywall spackle for texture. Primed them up and added the color. Dry brushed them and added some tufts. Done! 

Before:

After:

 

I used the "cube" rule for scoring. I put "Robb" (32mm) next to the terrain for size comparison. But, I will leave this up to you, Greg.

I would sacrifice "Janie," a Zombicide Undead or Alive Survivor for using The Library Cart. I would skip over to Section 3 and check out the Saguaros of Arizona in the Nature" topic. I love my State 48! 

The cacti were printed from my Elegoo Neptune Pro 3D Printer. I figure they can also be scored as scatter terrain. 

Ok. I will end my tour of the Library there! Next are the miniatures I painted during the 3 weeks from my last turn-in.

 

The Great Zanzibar from Zombicide Black Plague. Aka Freddy Mercury of one of the best rock bands of all time, Queen!

Mitch from Zombicide Rue Morgue, has seen it all. I wonder if he ever met Negan?

Please welcome, Rob(aka Kevin Costner from the movie Open Range) from Zombicide Undead or Alive.

Ok, next I painted up some Fallout Wasteland miniatures. I introduce to you, Moira Brown, Three Dog, and Lucas Sims!

Moira Brown

Three Dog!!!!

Lucas Sims

I always like to change the pace when painting minis. So I painted this Footsore miniature from the Mortal Gods game, Phatis, Athenian Promachos. 

Next are more Greeks!!!! I have here 14 Greeks. I am only 5 Greek minis away from completing the Warlord Games Greek Starter Army!!! I admit this is fun, but also a lot of work!

I have finally completed all the Zombicide Toxic City zombies(17)! Thanks to this cool paint challenge! Here is the rest of them! Yay!

A close-up of the Abomination

I finished 8 more Zombicide Undead or Alive "Runners"

I live in Arizona and I will admit this beast would be a nightmare to deal with! I painted a Zombicide Undead or Alive Abomination, The Cactus Queen. This mini stands well over 54mm! Check it out!

Next, I painted 2 15mm trucks from Team Yankee. 

SCORING:

28/32mm x 47 = 235pts.

15mm Vehicles = 16pts.

54mm(Cactus Queen) x 1 = 10pts.

Children's Book Topic = 20pts.

Local History Topic = 20pts.

Literature Topic = 20pts.

DIY Topic = 20pts.

Library Cart = 20pts.

Nature Topic = 20pts.

Cacti Scatter terrain = 5pts.

Mountain Scatter Terrain x 3 = 60pts? (20pts each terrain. They roughly fill a 6" square cube)

Total = 446pts?

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I guess it is, indeed, 446 points. 

 

GregB