From KentG: 28mm Canterbury tales Eureka miniatures figures (115pts)

This week has been crazy busy very hard to find time to paint

But still a great week

The miniatures this week come from Eureka miniatures 

This set has not been released yet and come from the

Canterbury tales pilgrams it a 15th century story from what I could 

Find out.

The miniatures are amazing they are full of character

I was surprised at how heavy some of the figures were

The fat priest is one of my favourites 

Check out the puppy the cute factor is way over the top

I was surprised how much I liked this sculpt I think it’s the detail in the face that

That makes this figure pop

As far as horses are this one is beautiful crisp and clean sculpt

Also love this little donkey the details 

Are so very good the detail on the blanket is actually in the model

I decided to fill the cup with a purple wash and then put a little whit into parts of it 

Thought it looked cool

11 x 28mm mounted minis = 110pts

1 x 28mm foot mini = 5pts

From Millsy:

What an absolutely wonderful collection of miniatures.

Eureka deserve a wealth of kudos for these but there's plenty deserved for yourself too Kent.

These are absolutely amazing and such a unique set. I have almost no use for these whatsoever and find myself wanting them the minute I saw your efforts.

Bravo mate, one of my favourite posts to date!

Cheers,

Millsy

From GeoffT: A mixed bag (55 points)

Hello Challengers,

This week I have a mixed bag of miniatures.  11 x 28mm foot.

Three pulp figures, looks like gangsters.  One has a pig under his arm for some reason.  Six cave men for primeval Cro-Magnon faction, and two pygmies with blowpipes for Ghost Archipelago.

 

Figures with blowpipes were surprisingly scarce.  These ones from eureka.  Cavemen from slave2gaming.  Pulp miniatures from pulp miniatures oddly enough.

11 x 28mm infantry = 55 points, and a squirrel for the Cro-magnon faction.

Kind regards

Geoff.

From Millsy:

This is certainly a mixed bag Geoff!

A gangster, a pygmie and a caveman sounds like the start of some sort of weird joke but there's nothing funny about the quality of your work. That saturated blue is amazing and just the thing for your more dapper mob boss to step out in. Please tell me you have plans to run games using all these miniatures together!

55 cracking points added to your total mate.

Cheers,
Millsy

From AlanD: The Grahams! (100 points)

The start of this year has been even busier than expected, so it has taken me about 4 weeks to finally get this entry finished. I was starting to think the figures were cursed - every time I sat down to paint something there was some sort of interruption, including a power failure when I was looking forward to two solid hours of painting.

Anyway, here they are at last. I've continued working through my lovely Kickstarter stash of Border Reivers From Flags of War. The mounted figures are the Grahams, off to pillage sheep or burn something. The family vignette is particularly charming, I think, with mum and dad looking a bit Northumbrian Gothic. I particularly love the kids, riding their hobby horses with sticks in their hands and a cooking pot on the head, with not a mobile device or Minecraft game to be seen.

8 mounted and 4 foot should earn me 100 points. Thanks Millsy!

From Millsy:

Alan! I was starting to wonder if you'd fallen off the face of the earth and yet here you are mate.

Great to see another addition to your growing Border Reivers collection. They are such a unique looking bunch with their mix of Spanish style equipment and Scots bonnets. I think you've nailed the grey for the bonnets BTW.

The civilians are a nice touch and in skirmish games where so much of the focus can be on scenarios and interacting with NPCs these really add to the fun. Lovely brushwork too!

100 more points it is!

Cheers,
Millsy

From RichardM: Unusual Soldiers of the Queen (330 points)

The Sudan adventure continues this week with a number of the more unusual British and Empire units.

Firstly we have a few batteries of Gatling guns with their Naval crews.

Keeping with the naval theme, I have then done the Royal Marine Light Infantry (RMLI) battalion with their grey serge uniforms and white helmets and webbing.

And for even more naval action there is a battalion from the Naval Brigade in their sailor uniforms with the straw boater.  I bought these as a battalion when ordering from Pendraken, but from my reading so far it appears as though they were actually used to man the Gatling and Maxim guns and were not fielded as a formed battalion.  In any case, they look good, are different and are always seen in 28mm Sudan armies as a formed unit - so I am having them.

Next up is a unit of dismounted Camel Regiment troops to go with the mounted camels (a few who are accompanying them for flavour - but painted earlier) that I put up as one of my early entries.  These are a smaller unit to match the number of figures in the mounted regiment.

Lastly we have a regiment of Indian Lancers.  Both the 9th and 13th Bengal Lancers served in the Sudan campaign.  However, as I could not find much description of their field uniform I have loosely followed a picture in Mike Snook's Go Strong Into the Desert.  If anyone is interested in the 1885 campaign this is a wonderful book.  

For points, I reckon they work out as:

Gatling guns - 3 per gun and 3 crew so 6 * 6 = 36

RMLI - 60 foot figures = 60

Naval Brigade - 60 foot figures = 60

Dismounted Camel Regiment - 42 foot figures = 42

Bengal Lancers - 44 mounted = 132

Total = 330 points

From Millsy:

Crikey, a second POINTS BOMB in one week. There should be some sort of limiting factor to prevent Minion burn out!

Yet another gorgeous collection of Sudanese goodness mate. The blue is really striking and the sheer number of cavalry just bumps the wow factor even higher.

Loving the RMLI too which you don't often see, and Naval Brigade in sennet hats are iconic. The battery of Gatling guns is something else too. Do you have any Gardner guns as well?

330 brilliant points on your tally!

Cheers,
Millsy