From MattW - LOTR, Ancients, Medieval, Dredd, DR Who and Bloodbowl 85 points

A few bits of the table in the last week, a mixed lot 

Not sure where the figure is from maybe salute? Perseus with medusas head 

Cyberman, not sure where it is from possibly citadel? 

Medieval Bishop/Priest from gripping beast 

Alamani German putting a Roman to the sword Foundry, a marker for my games 

Two Judges for Judge Dredd games from Warlord miniatures 

The beginnings of my halfling Bloodbowl team from GW 

Tree-beard Mary and Pippin 

Fifteen 28mm foot @ 5 = 75 points 
One mounted @ 10 points 
 Total points 85 points 

Squirrels 
Ancients 1

Dark Age 1
Medieval 1
Dr Who 1
Bloodbowl 1 
Lotr 1
Total squirrels 6

Cheers
Matt

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Very fine brushwork, Matt! I especially like the rock-throwing hobbits and Perseus. Great stuff. 

- Curt

From MattT - Serbian Nobles ( 55 points )

Another small addition to my slowly growing Ottoman army. This time its some Serbian Nobles. Figures are from Claymore Castings with a couple of head swaps to make the unit look a little more eastern. 

I am in awe of people who manage to paint freehand heraldry. While I'm very happy with my standard of painted miniatures I know my freehand could improve. Surprisingly I am happy with the two headed eagle but I struggled to get the shapes of the helmet correct, and I gave up on a bow and arrow design. I just couldn't get the lines fine enough. More practice required before a tackle the 100YW.

5 x 28mm cavalry = 50pts

From DaveD . Lovely clean work there Matt. Freehand work on heraldry is not to be undertaken taken lightly . I think you have done a fine job here . 55 for you .

From EdwardG - More SAGA minis (170 points)

 Hej hej all!

Yikes!!! A whole month, I didn't realise I'd been silent for so long. It's been a very busy/ sickly February sadly. The whole family caught the flu and work decided we should do our yearly target setting in Feb and not June as we normally do. Crazy times. 

But I'm happy to say, while I've been silent, I've not been idle. 

I have gotten caught up in the 28mm bug, despite my plan for this challenge. I had thought to paint the Swiss and then switch to my 6mm projects. But those have stayed in the tin and instead I've built more minis for SAGA and large scale DBA. I'm still basing the DBA troops, so they'll have to wait for next week. But here are the SAGA minis.

They're a mix of plastic Perry minis and Claymore miniatures (I think!). All painted to be reasonably generic for any faction. The ones that are un-based, are painted for a friend who will be basing them to match his other minis. They'll only be delivered after the challenge, so i hope it's OK to post them here in their current state. Their colour scheme is inspired by some minis by Capt. Blood on the LAF. 

Points totals:

34 x 28mm foot figures = 34 x 5pts (-12 points) = 170 158 pts

Keep up the amazing painting! And see you all sooner than 4 weeks! 

Best, 

Ed

P.s. people were very kind in wishing me luck in the SAGA competition. I can report that the Swiss are more paper than tiger, at least in my ham-fisted hands. I lost all 3 games, vs a French and two Scottish warbands. I'm certain better players can do well with them, and I am really looking forward to getting them on the table again to trial a few different permutations. Here are some photos of the Swiss in action.

Good to see you back to the fray, Edward! These saga minis look great, and I like how you gave each unit different colours to distinguish them. It's always very good to have some versatile troop types at hand to be employed in whichever role or nationality you need them! I am sorry to hear that your Swiss did not acquit themselves too well in the tournament, but at least they made it safely through airport security and back, and as long as you had fun playing losing is not too bad, surely. Judging from the photos it was a great event, so let's take an optimistic view and say that there is room for improvement!  As for your unbased figures, in se it is okay to post them, but I am afraid that the Challenge Rules dictate that they cannot count at full value. Traditionally, unbased 28mm figures have had a point deducted if unbased, so I'll shave off 12 points to still leave you with a healthy total of 158. Well done!

Martijn

The First Entry of Challenge XV - Dante Alighieri, author of 'The Divine Comedy' (25 Points)

Hello!

Welcome to the fifteenth edition of the Analogue Hobbies Painting Challenge!

Following tradition, I scramble to welcome all the participants of the Challenge with the first entry. This year our theme is Dante's 'Divine Comedy' and so I thought it only proper to open the way into the Abyss with the man himself.

This is a 3d print from the talented folks at Claymore Miniatures. It's a nice rendition of Dante based on the painting by Domenico di Michelino. 

I started blocking in the colours a few days ago and so I will shamelessly claim the 'Limbo' theme for this entry as a previously started project. Still, I apologize for the rather impressionistic brushwork but as I was on the clock today with other tasks and so I was moving fast to get it completed.

As to points, this is a 28mm figure, so that's 5 points PLUS 20 for the Limbo theme location, making grand total of  25 to put me on the board. I have a sneaking suspicion this is going to be a long slog to 800 points...

Also, as a reminder, participants are free to submit entries whenever they wish until January 1st. I'll be holding down the fort during this time and as the Main Minion I'm eager to see what people come up with over the next few days. 

Happy Holidays! 

Again, welcome to the Challenge!

- Curt