From DavidB: A Deacon and Two Priests Aim at a Bar (310 points)

 

 Dead South-In Hell I'll be in Good Company

These are all 3d prints available from Windham Graves at Thingiverse.

An armoured car...errr truck with a naval gun turret...I have not looked up the provenance of the Deacon but I am pretty certain that the British Admiralty and Army had an idea...

Even with the armoured cab, it would not be pleasant to be at the driver seat when the Deacon speaks.

When I first got my 3d printer this is one of many trucks I found that I had to print.

Built in America, the M7 howitzer motor carrier was dubbed the Priest by Commonwealth troops.  This is due to the machine gun cupola looking like a pulpit from church. It was primarily used by Canadian troops in Europe and in the later years was immediate support artillery for American infantry brigades.

I built two: one with a canvas weather top and the other one ready for action

There is a lot of detail including the wood plank floor and shell racks, even the driver seat has detailed gauges.

A small field howitzer. I shouldn't have stuck the crew down and maybe gave them individual bases, but i also do not see this being of much use in games unless with a very big table and larger forces. 

I added some additional crates to make the crew look busy. This is a Warlord kit and minis.

They will have "Old Ironsides" insignia soon. The Weasel behind them is their vehicle and is another 3d print.

The Weasel is an American machine based on, but larger than, a Bren carrier. Small howitzer- and mortar-teams used them to bring their guns and supplies forward to cover the infantry. Being smaller than the big Deuce-and-a-Half, they were able to go to places the big trucks could not reach and their spry size let support guns keep up with the advancing infantry.

A 3d print of a Zis in canary yellow

I have many trucks and tractors but I like the Zis being unobtrusive enough...and free to be table dressing in Italian campaign and pulp games. Just a nice truck a farmer had to abandon or militias confiscated. Should I ever start a Soviet force, they will have plenty of trucks too.

The bed is lopsided...but I can print more

There is a card stock flat of a Hanomag in the starter set, but panzergrenadiers need their very own trucks. The Fallschirmjagers I have to paint also commandeered their own vicks [vehicles - Minion D]. 

Open topped and enclosed Opel Blitzes in German grey.

I also painted up the Sd.Kfz 222 in a panzer grey to use it also in garrison and early war.

I plan on printing several of these, so at least one need the panzer grey for early war before I try out other camouflage schemes.

A Famo Sdkfz. 9...has been a favorite vehicle since seeing Dirty Dozen as a child.

This mover was painted as a seasoned veteran truck from North Africa now moving supplies in Italy.

A Hanomag and a recon/artillery half track with armored crew space

Ochres, browns, greens and lots of stippling

The Hanomag will move panzergrenadiers while the other truck is going to be staffed by HQ.

Some more German armored cars for recon with the panzergrenadiers.

I really do hate painting vehicles. I have been staring at infantry all while painting these. At least the different styles made the German vehicles go quick.

I still need decals to finish the trucks, then I can weather them completely. for now I am happy enough with some more vehicles for some proper games.

14 vehicles for 280 points

 

1 howitzer with 4 crew for 30 points

Squirrel- 40k white scars, fantasy orcs, allied infantry, axis infantry, allied vicks, axis vicks

skulls- 11

stompy robots of death- 0

Yikes! For someone who hates to paint vehicles you've dropped a tracked-and-wheeled points bomb here David - well done. I paticularly like the "ambush pattern" German vehicles. I assume that you've printed at 1/56 scale? Or did you go for 1/48? In any case this is great progress for you.

Three-hundred-and-ten points for your tally!

Dallas

From SteveA: Ultramarine Space Marines (30 points)

Sometimes the pile of shame demands attention over the logic of current gaming endeavors.  None of the top 10 miniature war games in my current list of games I am working towards preparing to field and play require any Space Marines, and yet, the Emperor plucks at my frayed spinal nerves like a drunken minstrel bothering an electric lute, reminding me of past passions and oaths almost lost to an aging mind.... 

Since I have been casually playing SPACE MARINE 2 the video game,  the grey and nearly forgotten Marines in my pile o'shame have been calling out "Paint Me!, Display Me!!"  and to Heck with the Armies for games you are actually aiming to play right now!

Thusly, I have thrust my hand deep into the heap of grey and pulled free these 6 mark 7 marines that had gathered naught but dust over 25 years, and here I now have painted as Ultra Marines, in denial of the forces for games I aim to field and play in the near coming years, but none the less welcome within my display shelves, as it was the Space Marines that did pull me into this fine mini painting hobby that both vexes and delights us! 

Perhaps now my mind and brush can be freed to paint more pressingly relevant things..

Total 30 Points:

30 pts = 6x5pts 28mm Foot figure  Space Marines

Squirrel: Switch up from previous post  10mm BlackPowder American Civil War Union to 28mm 40k Space Marines. . ** However, given blue is a predominate uniform color for both current and previous posts  I will endeavor to accept  Squirrel point submissions negated by my failing to escape blue shift between posts..

Skullz:   7  ( 7 human and alien Skullz decorating bases, I totally added skulls to these bases for ticking points on the AHPC skullz challege)

Well! These are some pretty nice Space Marines Steve. I've never painted Ultramarines myself but it looks to me like you've really nailed the blue armour here. It's always great to see models whose existence is measured in decades get that lick of paint to finish them!

Thirty points for you!

Dallas

From DavidB: German Panzer Grenadiers (90 points)

 

 canned heat- going up the country

Now that I am retired from military service, I work security for a nuclear power plant. It is the night shift, but since both day and night are 12 hour shifts, I like the nights better since I can wake at 2pm better than 2am. The only issue is I work Wednesday to every other Saturday. If I did not make good headway on my off days, it is easy to fall behind. Like the secure military installations, nuclear plants limit website and wifi so Blogspot has been denied as is most shopping. For some reason I can access YouTube and watch a familiar face from our AHPC (Big Lee and his Miniature Adventures) as well as how not to blow up your airbrush compressor.

Last week I finished painting some Panzer Grenadiers after finishing work. An Arctic blast delivered 3-5 feet of snow that made work interesting for the perimeter zones and also made home interesting too as the 50MPH gusts blew in one of the basement windows. I had JUST finished taking photographs and was asked   ordered to check the window out and make repairs. No problem, the boys wanted to go out especially the Saint Bernard, Roger. Snow drifts, excited dogs and sub zero temperatures gave the infamous gremlin Murphy all the pieces needed.

the last photo taken with my phone before disaster.

I shoveled out a place for my buddy Nova to take his constitutions without snow touching his rear and shoveled a path to the window to get a good look. Roger is infantry and loves to dig when bored. With pie plate sized paws, he digs trenches and foxholes fast. Frozen snow when shoveled can conceal such hazards. I found his latest creation when stepped upto my hip in it. I have no idea where my coffee cup went, my missing shoe went across the street to a neighbors home who brought it by the next day. My phone was absolutely crushed, but we didn't find out how bad until the rice bowl had absorbed all the snow and melt from it....being more exhausted rooster than spring chicken, I needed a few days to recover. Roger and Nova were first responders and although enthusiastic, they made things worse. Roger goes straight to CPR compressions and being 200 lbs, it is very noticeable! ;)

I have a new phone now, It was actually sheer bliss not having one for week. I am only concerned with how much (all data) was recovered from a dead ,crushed ,powerless phone. at least there is no video of Roger doing CPR on an uncooperative victim of his crimes.

These are from Warlord Games and the starter set that also gave me the Rangers. My friends and the Warlord booth crew at Adepticon even gave me extra sprues. I took my time looking for the right greenish grey. As they all are wearing different uniform styles and gear, I leaned into that and gave them a mish mash of camouflage pants and blouses to match the camouflage smocks some have. Some have darker grey uniforms while others have the green grey as well.

The platoon leader flanked by his NCOs all equipped with smgs

I can take three in the squad, but settled for two with antitank . there was plenty of rifles to make sure everybody had one.

Two squad support MG teams

It was not until I painted them I realized I used all the running bodies here.

I really like the options on the kit and it was very easy to make them look like hard bitten veterans slowing Allied advances in Italy.

I will definitely get a full kit to make a larger force of Panzer Grenadiers. I plan on using these as more QRF or Reconnaissance by Force with German Armor.

18 gives me plenty of options for a squad at present.

So now a week late 18 Germans for 90 points and squirrel

squirrels- 40k white scars, fantasy orcs, allied infantry, axis infantry

skulls- 11

stompy robots of death- 0

Wow David that's quite a lot to take in! Lost phone, snow and dogs aside, the Panzergrenadiers look very nice, and 18 of 'em makes a nice variety to equip your force. Late-war Heer infantry could certainly be a rag-tag bunch and your mix of uniform colours and camo bits is quite appropriate. Ninety points for you!

Dallas

From RobH - All Things Greek (165 points)

 My local club has a focus this year of sharing the Saga Age of Magic night with Saga Ages of Hannibal/Alexander. I have been trying to finish some Greeks I purchased in order to play both these books as well as have another faction for Clash of Spears. Since my first posting for this years challenge I have been work on all things Greek, well almost.

1) First up is a 28mm figure of the Goddess Athena. I am not sure of the source of the figure.

2) The second offering are 12 Companian Cavalry. I had another 24 figures of the same pose based to WRG/DBX standards as part of my Ancient Greeks and that was the same fate that awaited them until I started playing SAGA. 

3) I believe that this was the old Aventine Hellenistic/Carthaginian elephant before they made the switch to resin. I finished painting the elephant and howdah early last year when I first received the Greek Warband. However the 4 crewmen have sat around gathering dust. Since I put on the push for the Greeks I went to work on these 4 figures.

4) My final offering this post was a set of ruins I received last year. This is not Greek. Not sure where I ordered them from but they were a filler to help make sense to me for the shipping expense. Hard to quantify the points. Total footprint is roughly 5 inch x 3 inch x 2 inch. One figure include to show scale only.

A set of ruins for Pillage/SAGA.

12 X 25mm Campanian Cavalry @ 10 points each is 120 Points

1 Goddess. Not sure of the points but she towers above the 25mm figures. 7 points

4 x 25mm crewmen @ 5 points each for 20 points.

A set of ruins ??

Total 150?? points

Rob, excellent stuff here. Athena is cool and will be a nice deus ex machina for a magical Saga game. The Companions are quite colourful and should be great on the table. I always liked the idea of war elephants and I love that you've finished the crew. 

The ruins look to me like the equivalent of three 28mm figures and I'll allow 15 points for those. Rounding up we get 165 points for your tally.

Dallas