From SylvainR: 28mm Horde Monsters for D&D (185 points)

There are only 4 weeks left to the Challenge and it would be great if I could finish my D&D project before the end. With some extra effort, I was able to finish 3 batches of horde monsters for this week.

First, we have three Myconids (or "Shroom People" as my daughter would say) and 3 weird monsters.

These two "mouths", I realized it later, were in fact the two parts of the same monster. Oh well, I guess it gives me two monsters for the price of one. But I will count these two as only 1x 28mm figurine for 5 points.

It took me a while to find this very alien looking creature in the Reaper catalog. It's called a "stone lurker" and is known as a "roper" in the "Monster Manual". Dwelling in caves, it mimics stalagmites and feeds on heroes (like any decent monster).

These guys were a blast to paint. The "papa shroom" is supposed to be a king according to the Reaper catalog. I like how these mushrooms are covered with mushrooms. It's like a recursive structure ("mise en abyme") in literature.

 

 

 Next, we have a bunch of seven classic orcs. I painted their skin green, in the GW tradition.

These orcs are quite tall, but not tall enough to be considered 40mm. Above is the orc boss, who seems to have collected the clothes of defeated enemies. Originally, his shield was covered with hands and body parts cut from his enemies, but I scrape those off because I would like young crowds to play with these minis. Instead, I painted a "scary face" on the shield.

I assume that orcs don't take good care of their weapons, so I added lots of rust on them and on their armor as well. The rust creates a nice contrast with the green skin.

The big guy in the center might have been sculpted as a zombie orc (or orc zombie?), because his body is covered with gushig wounds that I ignored. Anyway, I painted him as if he was "normal" to complete the war band.

 

The final batch is a clan made up of various "beast-men". I decided to paint them together with similar techniques, to save time.

All these "beast-men" are quite big and I would like to count them as 40mm figurines, if allowed by Minion PeterD.

First, we have three of the "goat-kind". 

Then three of the "bull-kind", or minotaurs.

Next, we have a beast-troll (Reaper lists it as an "Ice Troll") and a man-bat (batman!). The troll is 60mm tall to the top of the horns and will be claimed as a 54mm figurine.

Two brave centaurs that will be claimed as 28mm cavalry.

A bunch of 5 identical bugbears.

And three more bugbears to complete the clan.

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Before signing off, a quick battle report about the first game of the Gabbiano-class corvette and MAS boats I painted last week.

The mission was to escort two freighters and a tanker across the Mediterranean Sea, leaving Naples to resupply and refuel the Afrika Korps. Captain PeterD was in charge of the protective squadron.

 

In no time, enemy torpedoes came a-plenty from five British Vospers. With some clever dodging, the corvette survived, but many "eels" hit the ships behind, putting in jeopardy Rommel's conquest of Egypt. It was a fun game, packed with action, but we could definitely use more playing surface. Heck, the table's width was exactly the length of five freighters!

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Points claimed:

3x Myconids (28mm foot at 5 points each) = 15 points

3 2x weird monsters (28mm foot at 5 points each) = 10 15 points

[Note that the two "mouths" are counted as one]

7x Orcs (28mm foot at 5 points each) = 35 points

3x Goat-kind (40mm foot at 7 points each) = 21 points

3x Minotaurs (40mm foot at 7 points each) = 21 points

2x Centaurs (28mm cavalry at 10 points each) = 20 points

8x Bugbears (40mm foot at 7 points each) = 56 points 

TOTAL =     183 178 points

Thanks for reading!

 

A fantastic bunch of monsters Sylvain.  I concur with Sophie on the Shroom people, easier to say and spell and suits them way better.   I get kind of a Seven Dwarves vibe from them, as if they're singing Hi Ho as off to work they go.  

I will count the two mouths as two monsters, since that's how you painted them.  I'll also agree with counting the larger critters as 40mm and the centaurs as cavalry.  Toss in a coup e points for the fine details on the Shroom people and I make it 185 points.  I assume that the scantily clad young lady was there for scale purposes.

Thanks for posting the AAR photos from our recent game.  I enjoyed taking the convoy role, even if I did feel like. sitting duck in a shooting gallery.