From TimP: Another 28mm modern figure (7 points) and an apology!

First of all...

in my rush to submit on my first day I seriously underestimated the level of care and attention that people put into their postings. Without even reviewing other's postings I dashed off the briefest and most lack-lustre post to submit my first miniature. For that, I apologise, I hope I haven't blotted my copy book too badly.... 

I am now aiming to match the enthusiasm and hard work put in by other Challengers and of course, the hard work put in by Curt and all the minions. I know it's not a competition - it's a challenge against your own target - but the quality of others work and the environment of positive encouragement is really great to see.

So... Take 2.

This is my first Challenge and I'm already hooked. Checking out all the amazing submissions has really helped lift the pall of ennui that had fallen over my hobby, particularly the painting side. I had bought and undercoated quite a bit over the last year (though must admit I had been favouring board gaming over miniatures gaming for a variety of reasons - ease of access, mostly).

However, I still hankered after "getting some miniatures on the table" - I am, primarily a miniatures gamer at heart. Though reviewing my list of games from 2025* apart from a couple of games of Zombicide and Dead Man's Hand the only miniature gaming I had done was playing a few participation games at wargames shows around the country** - everything else was board games. Need to change that.

*I maintain a list based on a New Years Resolution from a few years back to play at least 52 games in a year. I found I wasn't getting anywhere near that - one game a week, surely not too much to aspire to. I have since joined Norwich Aftermath Gaming Club which meet weekly and have 4 all-day sessions a year, so hopefully that should give me a baseline of 56 games per year.

**I do my best to attend most of the shows in reasonable driving distance from Norfolk and even managed to get up to Claymore in Edinburgh as I was holidaying there near that time - a great show and one I might plan to visit again this year.

And talking of keeping track - a quiet afternoon at work allowed me to create a tracking spreadsheet for the Challenge. Based on solely 28mm figures or if i venture into my 15mm WWI pile of shame opportunity it tracks what I need to hit the target in time.

Hopefully this will help, rather than hinder!

Threat Level: Emergency Response - SOCO figure 28mm

The figure is a 3D printed Forensics Officer from Pandyman Entertainment - who publish the rules Threat Level: Emergency Response as well as their WWI game Trench Offensive. I need to do a few touch-ups around the evidence markers (which only just noticed while processing the photos).

Process

White undercoat (GW White Scar rattle can. Then I started with giving the whole figure a wash with Army Painter Blue Tone to get into all the creases and crevices of the overalls. While they are white, i wanted to get a blue tinge in as these often have pale blue seams. I then sponged up with Vallejo Dead White and plastered it on quite thick to actually get some texture to the overall. Finished off with some brushwork on the inaccessible chest and underarms.

Then rewashed the disposable slippers with the Blue Tone, which i think gives a really good colour approximation of those items.

Gloves were Vallejo X Color 00.000 Ultramarine which again really matches the colour of disposable gloves.

Camera body was a midgrey GW??? and Vallejo X Color 00.000 Sand Brown for the strap.
Basing is a 25mm x 3mm plywood disc (the Threat Level figs come unbased) coated on top with GW Technical Astrogranite which is consistent across the range for this game.

I wanted something to give the base a bit of a lift, so decided to have a go at making some evidence tags as seen in most police shows. I filed a 3.2mm square styrene rod off roughly to create a triangular prism. 
Cut it to length (caught two and only pinged one into space while cutting). Colour is Vallejo 00.000 Fluro Yellow and the numbers cut from the decal sheet of an Esci 1:72 M48 from the decal pile.

Pleased with the outcome.
I thought just one was a bit stingy, so added another to give more context

I'm also doing Dry January, so the beer is alcohol free - which helps the painting accuracy.

Had hoped to have some WWI 15mm vehicles, but they have taken a little longer than planned to prep and assemble. Maybe next week…

From DaveD. Top marks this week Tim, good to hear you are hooked and are now showing off your skills as well . A target to get games in for the year sounds good . Hopefully you get along to the Battleground show near me this year too. That’s an interesting figure alright if pretty niche . Your idea for evidence markers is top notch and of course yes adding more is even better . They look pretty fiddly to me so it’s 7 points to you .