From AdamW: Get orf My Laaaand (15mm Boers) (Violence) (432pts)

My third and final entry for this week has taken me all week and the paint is barely dry :)

As Curt has said the Violence circle of hell is perfect for wargamers.  I have chosen a project I planned to get done for the challenge, rather than being taken off track by some new fun figures.

My take on the violence theme is farmers taking to arms to defend their lands.

These 15mm Boers were part of a job lot of figures I bought at a bargain price on ebay a while ago. They are to bolster the number of Boers we have in our group already, and will probably double as ACW confederates at some point.

As they were from a bulk purchase they are not a  balanced force, with more dismounted than mounted.  It also contains some prone chaps, which I have learned is not so good for the points score!

I have made up some horse holders with some odd altered figures and a load of horses that are a bit small and thin. Surprisingly those horses are actually nicely detailed.

I also have a few wagons, but they will have to wait for another time before they join the army.

The majority of models are old minifigs with a few odd figures from unknown manufacturers thrown in. I was pleasantly surprised how nicely the minifigs turned out with their limited poses in an irregular army.

I am claiming the following points:

30 x mounted 15mm @ 4pts = 120pts

12 x horse holders 15mm@ 2 pts = 24pts

24 x horses 15mm @ 2pts = 48pts

20 x prone 15mm@ 1pt = 20pts

100 x foot 15mm@2pts = 200pts

Violence bonus = 20pts

Total = 432pts.

Not only three posts today from you, but a veritable points bomb at the very end! If you had given me notice beforehand, I would have brought the sandbags out! It is good to see, however, that your quality does not suffer from your quantity. These Boers look the part, and I can see how they might double up as Confederates too. The horse holders are a nice touch. I like Minifigs, they have a distinct quality of their own, and though they might be rather simple figures, in large numbers they are very effective. Well done Adam, 432 points added to your score!

Martijn