From BillaA - NEEEERRRRDDDDSSSSS (15 pts)

It's been really great to return to the AHPC, and my productivity has exceeded anything I anticipated accomplishing. Did I necessarily finish everything I'd set out to? Nnnnnno. I have, I guess, 14 more Mayans to paint (four of whom are very ornately dressed), plus quite a bit of terrain for them that hasn't even been started. But, more importantly, I painted a lot of figures and made a big dent in my leadpile, which is what really matters. So to conclude this year's AHPC, I have one last post. And it's a bunch of nerds.

Or rather, a bunch of geeks. This is Reaper Miniatures' "Townsfolk: Geeks" from their Chronoscope line of pulp, scifi, modern and miscellaneous non-fantasy miniatures, sculpted by Gene Van Horne. They're pretty simple and straight-forward sculpts in non-dramatic poses but they've got a lot of personality to them and were entertaining to paint.

My favorite is the big guy in the middle of the group photo. I think the sculpt was probably influenced by the Simpsons' "Comic Book Guy," with his bulk, shorts and ponytail. I opted for some different color choices, with khaki cargo shorts and a white T-shirt inspired by one the president of my college's anime club wore when I was a student. I've also painted the bottle in his hand as Mountain Dew. The figure's face was large and open enough for me to paint his eyes. 

It's like looking in a mirror.

Up next is a small man in glasses and a short-sleeved button down shirt; I'm realizing now he's supposed to have a beard to go with that mustache and I just didn't paint it. I'll fix that. He's got a pouch in his left hand that I've interpreted as a classic Crown Royal bag full of dice.

Finally, the female member of the trio; she was the hardest for me, actually. I'd painted her face first and then started filling in the hair around it, only for the base turquoise shade to go on really thin and flow, wash-like, on to her face. I had a few choice words for that bottle of paint! Once the hair was finished I went in and redid her face, but it resulted in some of the definition of the sculpt being lost. 

Three more 28mm figures on foot yields another 15 points. Thank you to the Snowlord for welcoming me back after too many years absent, and thank you everyone for the kind words and encouragement on every post! 

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Fabulous final post Bill! I love the little details that you put in, like the Mountain Dew bottle, Crown Royal dice bag and the fandom blue hair. A wonderfully geeky trio that we can all identify with. It was great to have you back this year and I hope we see you out for Challenge XVII!

- Curt