From SebastianR: Tanks! (88 points)

Part 2 of my, "look I did actually paint something" posts, a bunch of 6mm vehicles for Team Yankee.

10 Abrams

2 Carnations and a Carnation proxy

2 Shilkas

2 Gophers

2 Spartans for blowpipe teams

6 FV432s for a mech platoon

7 T72's and definitely T72's honest guv

6 T72's in what one blog calls MERDCski camo

8 BMP1s for a mech platoon

 As always flocking will be done once temperatures allow varnishing.

That's 44 6mm vehicles for a total of 88pts

That's all from me this year. I'm away for the rest of the challenge time. I wish I'd managed to get more done and stick to my plan, but best laid schemes and all. Hopefully see you all next year where I can be more productive.

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Sebastian - On behalf of the Benevolent Snow Lord (tm), his Divine Lady (tm) and my gang of scurrilous Minions, thank you for being part of AHPC XV! We all wish we can paint more, and it is that wish that will keep us all going! 

This parting post of mechanized might is lovely - nothing like a bunch of tanks racing around and shooting each other on the gaming table, right? These are very nice, well done. 

88 points for you!

GregB

From SylvainR: 28mm "Tao" Bikes for Grim Dark (50 points)

 

 

The D&D cleric went through some sort of warp gate and ended up in a grim dark world, far in the future, where there is only war... The truth is that I ran out of prepared and primed D&D figurines to work on and it's still too cold outside to spray primer. But I found in my "to do" boxes these nice "Tao" bikes lying around that JeremyM gifted me some time ago and I thought it was time to finish them.

These 3D printed minis are from cults3d and I don't recall there was ever an "official" speed bike model for the faction of the "Greater Good". So these are not canon but their look contributes to the "greater cool" (1.5 on the DJS (Dad Joke Scale)).

I can't wait for JeremyM to organize another Grim Dark game in his garage. I will send these bikes zipping around the battlefield and watch them die too soon in a fiery ball of fire traveling way above the speed limit...

I used the same color pattern that I adopted for my Tau army 9 years ago. I thought that the Citadel "Liche Purple" I used back then was supposed to be the exact same color, but somehow the purple on these newly painted models turned out a lot darker. A different batch? The effect of time? Anyway, they look similar enough and they will all be firing at a same enemies.

There are two patterns of speed bikes. The one below looks more in line with the design of models currently offered by GW(tm). However, I prefer the pattern above with a big gun at the front and the head of the rider barely showing above the "hood". It says: "speed"  all over the design.

Points claimed:

5 x 28mm "mounted" figurines at 10 points each = 50 points

Total = 50 points

Thanks for reading!

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Brilliant stuff Sylvain. I hear you on GW's paints...I have experienced on a number of occasions how the same paint looks different when coming out of different bottles. I have often wished I could kick the GW paints to the curb for many reasons, but the fact remains they are the simplest and easiest to access in terms of supply...and my OCD compels me to consistency, even though some @sshole accountant at GW will surely tell them to slightly alter any paint formula if it can save five cents...

I have had occasion to try "Grim Dark" and it is indeed great(er good) fun! I am sure these fellows will zoom into some manner of entertaining oblivion on the table for you! Good hunting!

GregB 

From BruceR - Fire Giant towards the end; Reaper Bones; (10 points)

I was off on vacation week before and when I returned, age has caught up with me.  My back acted up and I could not sit to paint.  So, some projects might not get done.  I'm on the mend and I had been doing some brush work on this last Reaper Bones Giant I had.  This is a King and will go well with my previous Queen or Princess.  We have played alot of Frostgrave in the past and might have to break it out again with  the addition  of these giants.  I believe a friend has even created a scenario for ACon in the past which was published in the Frostgrave magazine. 

I base coated in white and gave it a dark wash.  I used a combo of speed paints and acrylics to complete base layers.  Another lighter wash and some highlights.  I did add a little blood spot from smashing some annoying adventurer.  Not a ton of different colors used, but enough to make him seem regal and fierce at the same time.

I went with the coal like skin again.

I thought his cloak green (Green Dragon?) would
contrast the other colors and I liked it.

A size comparison  with a Rangers
 of Shadow deep figure I submitted earlier.

Thats it for this week.  Hopefully a few more odds and ends for the finale up coming.  Hope you like this beastie.

He stands over 54mm so I would submit 10 points for a single figure.

Total 10 Points?

Take care.  Bruce

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The end of Challenge XV looms - the back aches (and other aches) are coming for all of us, I'm afraid...well done to soldier on and get this colorful fire giant done. Your results show the importance of good preparation and base coating in order to get the best results with speed-type paints (often a reason I can never use them!) and it is quite striking on a figure such as this one with the great assortment of detail.

And looking at that sword...I sure feel bad for whichever character became the blood stain...

10 points it shall be!

Greg

From SebastianR: Rats! (100pts)

Balls have well and truly been dropped. I was doing great for the first month of the year, but the final weeks of the challenge are upon us and I'm not going to get to the challenge filler pieces. So no bonus points for me. Only rats.

An attempt at weirdstone

I had to make a bunch of wooden floor bases out of greenstuff and milliput to match the ones I already had. Probably not worth the effort, but still happy with them.

These guys will be my gang for the long promised 3rd season of our ongoing Mordheim campaign.

That's 20 28mm figures for 100pts

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Rats it shall be! The distractions from our hobby goals can, at times, be as challenging as our hobby distractions - if that makes any sense...? All this to say is that I expect many will relate to not quite meeting our Challenge goals - certainly I can! I had so much stuff I was going to get done...

But rats are one way to get a nice 100 point pop! And full marks - even now, you are taking a trickier road by messing around with milliput to make wood-plank bases. Well done!

100 points it is!

GregB

From GregB - Braganza's Besiegers (65 points)

Braganza's Besiegers, ready to hold the line!

Another Painting Challenge is nearly complete...at this stage one looks around at the rather large pile of "oh, I'll do that during the Challenge!" stuff, realizes that simply will not happen, and instead (a little desperately) tries to focus on at least one or two items to get them done...with that in mind, may I present another Regiment of Renown for my Dogs of War project...here we have Braganza's Besiegers! These are lovely (and hefty!) 28mm metal castings from GW. 

Luka Braganza shouting instructions to his company.

Hailing from the fair city of Miragliano, Luka Braganza and his company are a widely feared bunch, seen at famous sieges in Tilea and other places around the Old World - and always on the winning side! Clad in heavy armour, bearing swords and crossbows and protected by large pavisse-type shields, the Besiegers can hold just about any position, come what may...

Pavisse providing plenty of protection...

A view of some of the Besiegers.

These old Dogs of War miniatures really are great fun to paint - I know I've already said that, but it bears repeating one more time! The sculpts have lovely detail, stunning character and crisp lines that only proper metal figures can have! I'll be the first to concede that these fellow did not fit all that well on to their 20mm square bases - and you can see in the photo that keeping the ranks tight is not really workable due to all the kit. But I just love this group of figures and I'm really pleased with how they turned out. 

Musician close up. Even he is heavily armoured!

Captain Luka Braganza. Love the pistol strapped to his chest!

Bannerman is ready to hold the line as well.

The Dogs of War were just so unique - the Besiegers were no exception. This combination of weapons and armour is just not very common on Warhammer gaming tables, and opponents struggled to deal with Braganza and his lads. Often your missile troops are lightly armoured and equipped, with little expectation they would last in a melee...

The ranks don't quite fit close together...but it still works out nicely.

But that is not the case with Braganza's Besiegers! When charged they could unleash a volley of crossbow fire - as any missile unit might. But thanks to their heavy armour and pavisses, they are really difficult to bring down. As such you had the flexibility of placing this missile unit in the part of your battle line where you might expect the heaviest contact to take place, knowing they will give your opponent some heartburn as they struggle with the riddle of heavy missile troops.

"Take careful aim..."

Scoring wise we have 12 figures here, all 28mm sized, so that should work out to 60 points. 

That is all for this post - although I hope not all for this edition of the Challenge. Hope to be back with at least one more post before the dust settles...thanks for reading!

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Another great old-school regiment! Wethere or not this is your last entry, its certainly been a treat to see all those Regiments of Renown get the love and attention they deserve Greg!

These guys look like a tough line to crack - It would be fun to launch my Beastman Minobus at them and see what happens! Great job and take some bonus points for the flags and details

- Paul

From MikeF - Imperial Guard Vehicles (40 Points)

Moving on for my cyberpunk project, I completed two vehicles for my imperial guard army. This army is a constant work in progress and over the years I’ve continued to add new units and models to it. The new additions for this challenge include a Hellhound tank and a Chimera transport. The Hellhound is actually a resin model from Models and Minis which specialized in 40k equivalent, resin vehicles. Unfortunately, the company appears to no longer be in business. They had some very nice models, and I was fortunate enough to pick up a few of them when they were still trading. I magnetized the three different weapon options for the Hellhound which include the classic flame tank, the chemical tank and the melta version of the vehicle. The Chimera is the standard 40K kit. Both vehicles are painted in the classic Russian olive green colour scheme. It’s simple, looks good and is easily replicable for new units being added years later.

2 x 28mm vehicles for 20 points each for 40 points.

Thanks for visiting!

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Always good additions to any Guard army Mike! The double-Flammenwerfer looks particularly nasty but I'm sure in true GW fashion it manages to explode fiery death onto your own troops almost as often as the enemy! :-) All the extra details and colours you've added really help break up all that green well. Nice!

- Paul

TomL, The Just Rulers, Stompy Robots, Contemplative thinker & Pulp (115 Points)

Visiting the Sixth Sphere: The Just Rulers
Keeping with what seems to be my preference for old TV shows this challenge, I submit from Space 1999 - Commander John Koenig & his brave crew.  

Commander Koenig calmly and carefully guides his resilient crew through 2 seasons of unexpected crisis after crisis,  meeting with and escaping multiple humanoid civilizations their runaway moon just happens to pass nearby.  These are Crooked Dice miniatures (Arc Crew 1 & 2) and were painted in TTC acrylics with a tint or two of contrast paint.  These figures plus the ones used in the Limbo entry complete a pulp game project I started in 2020.  Now to attempt to get a game in... 

 I painted more of the new Catalyst Battletech miniatures for a friend who requested the colours of “Olson's Raiders”.

These were base painted with my airbrush using a few Vallejo Game Colour Air purples and black.  Dry brushed with Titan Bluff and washed with my ancient GW purple wash. Bases are Secret Weapon concrete.  

Leading us to the Seventh Sphere where The Contemplatives rest is another young woman from the Pulp Figures Dangerous Dames pack:

This lady prefers a rational thinking man who can see the bigger picture, so we are here to visit with Albert Einstein

 

 

I suspect Albert would not have liked Space 1999’s concept of a nuclear explosion accidentally powering the runaway moon through space as opposed to destroying it.  Perhaps he would have reused his quote, “God does not play dice with the universe” or maybe he would just accuse the writers of being really lazy.  This fun to paint Boarshead miniature and our dangerous dame were completed with TTC & Foundry acrylics.   


15 28 mm figures * 5 points = 75 points.
Just rulers & Contemplatives * 20 points each for 40 points

For a total of 115 points.

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Another eclectic mix of models this week Tom!

- Paul