From EdwardG - More SAGA minis (170 points)

 Hej hej all!

Yikes!!! A whole month, I didn't realise I'd been silent for so long. It's been a very busy/ sickly February sadly. The whole family caught the flu and work decided we should do our yearly target setting in Feb and not June as we normally do. Crazy times. 

But I'm happy to say, while I've been silent, I've not been idle. 

I have gotten caught up in the 28mm bug, despite my plan for this challenge. I had thought to paint the Swiss and then switch to my 6mm projects. But those have stayed in the tin and instead I've built more minis for SAGA and large scale DBA. I'm still basing the DBA troops, so they'll have to wait for next week. But here are the SAGA minis.

They're a mix of plastic Perry minis and Claymore miniatures (I think!). All painted to be reasonably generic for any faction. The ones that are un-based, are painted for a friend who will be basing them to match his other minis. They'll only be delivered after the challenge, so i hope it's OK to post them here in their current state. Their colour scheme is inspired by some minis by Capt. Blood on the LAF. 

Points totals:

34 x 28mm foot figures = 34 x 5pts (-12 points) = 170 158 pts

Keep up the amazing painting! And see you all sooner than 4 weeks! 

Best, 

Ed

P.s. people were very kind in wishing me luck in the SAGA competition. I can report that the Swiss are more paper than tiger, at least in my ham-fisted hands. I lost all 3 games, vs a French and two Scottish warbands. I'm certain better players can do well with them, and I am really looking forward to getting them on the table again to trial a few different permutations. Here are some photos of the Swiss in action.

Good to see you back to the fray, Edward! These saga minis look great, and I like how you gave each unit different colours to distinguish them. It's always very good to have some versatile troop types at hand to be employed in whichever role or nationality you need them! I am sorry to hear that your Swiss did not acquit themselves too well in the tournament, but at least they made it safely through airport security and back, and as long as you had fun playing losing is not too bad, surely. Judging from the photos it was a great event, so let's take an optimistic view and say that there is room for improvement!  As for your unbased figures, in se it is okay to post them, but I am afraid that the Challenge Rules dictate that they cannot count at full value. Traditionally, unbased 28mm figures have had a point deducted if unbased, so I'll shave off 12 points to still leave you with a healthy total of 158. Well done!

Martijn