Wednesday, 24 December 2025

From IanS. Merry Christmas Curt (5pts)

Dear All,  

I have retired this year, but only for one day and then back to same role within the NHS. So with part of my lump sum i decided to get a 3d printer and and a new laptop. Needless to say my vast IT skills (NOT) i am still trying to get to grips with my laptop. So no Idea how this post will work out. For the first time i am trying a new scale of 10mm for this Challenge and have a number of armies ready paint and base. 

For my first post for this years challenge i present a small diorama using Pendraken 10mm Christmas figures. Lets hope father Christmas will get to Curt's with presents before the challenge ends.
Santa being lead by Rudolf
Points: 5 x 10mm Foot Figures at 1pt each = 5pts

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Welcome back to the Challenge, Ian! 

Retired for a day? That hardly seems fair, I hope the payout was worth it (and I'm sure it was). Well, when you do finally hang up your spurs, you will have a new laptop and 3D printer to show for it.

10mm Christmas dioramas? How neat is that?!  I especially like the winter shrubs and gorse lining his frozen path to my house. Knowing how good I've been this year, that sack of treats he's carrying will be at 1:1 scale... No matter, I'll still offer him and his mates a thimble of rum and eggnog for their efforts! Lovely work Ian and Merry Christmas! 

- Curt

18 comments:

  1. A festive first entry, nice! And congratulations on your 'retirement'.

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  2. A great start. Nice to see this painted as I have cast a few up over the last few weeks at Pendraken

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    1. Hi ordered these and picked them up at the show in November.

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  3. Lovely christmas vignette!
    Best Iain

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  4. I had no idea they sold this set. I'll have to look for next year. Nice work on those tiny models. I like the diorama you built.

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  5. Excellent Xmas addition. Well done and fun.

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  6. Merry Christmas, Ian! That is certainly a fabulous little diorama! Besides the tiny brush work, the basework is outstanding especially for the scale you worked!

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  7. Love that diorama. I hope the NHS made unretiring worthwhile. Enjoy your new techno toys

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  8. That's a lot of fun packed into such a tiny diorama mate!

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  9. The oblong base to give a linear scene is perfect.

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  10. I was going to say welcome to the retired club, but you went back ! Great start to the Challenge 👍

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  11. A very fitting first post indeed!

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  12. Some more Christmas figures. Nice work on Leon's figures!
    Merry Christmas!

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