From MartinN: Hairy arsed Barbarians (70 pts.)

For my penultimate post for this year I've got a bunch of hairy arsed Barbarians for you to enjoy. The figures are a mix of Victrix and Footsore Miniatures and were a lot of fun to paint. They're based on my usual 10x5 cm bases for use with Midgard Heroic Battles by James Morris. As I couldn't be arsed to hand paint all the different shield patterns I decided to use LBM (nowadays available through Victrix) decals instead. Backdrop is by Handiwork Games as ever

Points wise we have 14 miniatures for a total of 70 points

Lovely looking barbarians Nick, although I’m a tad disappointed that they are fully clothed given the title of your post.  I envy painters who can achieve those rugby shirt stripes on tunics.  Your transfers work well, and mark these guys as veterans of Roman units.  Love the basing and backdrop.

Peterd

From SteveG: Ancient Germanic Cavalry (70 points)

German Cavalry 28mm metal mostly by Warlord Games.   Love the riders.  Chock full of personality.  Sadly their horses are emaciated nags, so I’ve swapped a few out for the excellent plastic “light horses” by Wargames Atlantic.   Much better proportioned and lively looking steeds!

Warlord Rider, Wargames Atlantic horse 

OG Warlord Games 

 Also shown below is a very much inferior plastic old Wargames Factory Germanic Cavalry. To be avoided unless you’re paid to take them  IMHO  😊.    

Wargames Factory

Victrix- slightly modded

Warlord Rider, WA horse

Steve G 
7 x 28mm cavalry = ? 70 points 

From Millsy:

I'm so glad you've joined us this year Steve and that I have the privilege of minioning your posts. I find myself looking for them each Friday when I start processing posts. There's just something about your style that really floats my hobby boat.

Maybe it's your choice of subject matter, or your brushwork, or your amazing basing. Ultimately I think it's a mix of all of them and a bunch of other stuff too.

Good call swapping out some of the horses. Such brave looking warriors deserve a mount of equal robustness.

70 more points added to your tally mate. Can't wait for next week!

Cheers,

Millsy

BrianC: Germanic Tribes, Trucks, Mad Scientists, and More! (211 points)

 Okay. This entry is a little of everything! I enjoy painting a variety of miniatures. I have Warlord Games Germanic Tribes, Team Yankee, 40K, a 3D-printed Mad Scientists, and more! Here we go!

Let's start with Dante's Circles. Here is a Zombicide Black Plague Fatty Zombie who had a little too much brains? Gluttony.

A Black Scorpion Skeleton Pirate Miniature is a good example of the fourth circle: Greed.

Something shouty, eh? Well, how about a Warhammer 40K Ork! I believe that will be a great example of the fifth circle: Wrath.

Ok, I'm done with the circles for now. Next, I have painted some Warlord Games Germanic Tribes(21)

I finished painting 2 Team Yankee 15mm Militia Trucks.

A couple of 3D Resin printed Mad Scientists I can use as NPC's or objectives for a future tabletop miniature game.

Lastly, a good ol' 28mm Redneck from Battle Valor miniatures.

 

Many more minis are on the way!

27 x 28mm = 135pts.

3 x Circles = 60pts.

2 x 15mm Vehicles = 16pts

TOTAL = 211pts

 

 Sylvain: What a great diversity of models! Every genre is well executed and the colors are bright, giving a clean definition of the volumes of the figurines. Excellent work!

From MattW: Hairy Germanics (255 points)

 After 80 days on Holiday in Australia in the sun I have returned to France and based up some of the figures I completed whilst being away. I had a small shopping spree at Cancon Australias largest Wargames convention around 25 thousand people over 4 days playing tabletop games plus general public. It was great to catch up with a few of the mates, look at some great looking tables and games and help my unpainted pile grow a little where I clocked the business class baggage allowance by

2kg…..! 

AHPC Aussie “bad batch” with my first purchase French guard cavalry 

I brought these Germanics with me on holidays in Oz, where they travelled the east coast for 1300klm, every  now and then I managed to get quite a few painted when there was wet weather or we were not visiting friends. I failed in my planning bring enough transfers to complete all of the painted ones. So now ordered and hopefully they will arrive some time this week. 

The figures are a mix of Warlord Germanics, Foundry Germanics and some hand painted and decal shields. 

28mm Warband One

28mm warband two

Archer unit one 

Archer unit two

Slinger unit one

Slinger two

Slinger three 

28mm Warband 16 figures 
28mm Warband 15 figures 
28mm Archers 4 figures 
28mm Archers 4 figures 
28mm Slingers 4 figures
28mm Slingers 4 figures
28mm Slingers  4 figures 
Total Fifty One 28mm miniatures @ 5 points 

255 Total points 

Cheers
Matt

"80 days on Holiday..." - that's not a holiday mate, that's temporary retirement. But good on you for taking some painting along to help fill in the time. Great looking models here Matt, as you know I have a certain affinity for hairy German tribesmen having painted a bunch for this Challenge myself. Yours look great - it's always a challenge with warbands to maintain some individuality to the models while keeping cohesion in the "look" - and you've done a great job at that. I also like your idea with the wicker shields and the runic insignia, they look super too. Makes me want to get back at my own tribesmen!

255 points for you!

Dallas