From TomS: More 28mm Koreans, Japanese and Burmese! [History][Art][Sarah's Book Cart] (415 points)

It may have been a few weeks but hi again!

This week im posting my collective work since my last post, and its very delayed mostly down to to drive to want to paint more models rather than actually base up what I have (I've still got some painted but unbased ready for, hopefully next week). 

First things first, the rest of my Lion Rampant Korean army, if you remember my handgunners from the 18th of Jan, and to mark this occasion I thought I would claim those 20points for history as it, like my Japanese represent forces for the Mongol/Goryeo occupation of Tsushima in 1274. 

 

Nothing too special here just 12 Korean archers hoping to stay out of harms way on the table, Like my last post I decided to keep the colour palette the same across the whole army to give it a sense of disunited uniformity, and again some snowy/autumnal bases as the invasion was in November and I couldn't pass up some pretty/different bases. 

and keeping those archers safe we have some 'Hyup-Do' wielders which I'm led to believe means "Spear Sword" usually only 4ft long and seemingly used somewhat like a sword rather than the polearmy spear it may resemble (but shhh don't tell anyone I play against as I'm using the models for a spear unit)

The first of my two heavy cavalry units, is predominately armed with bows although they can still pack a punch in melee! Painting these I was mildly surprised how much fun I was having painting horses in 28mm, something that I utterly despise in my native 15mm. These sculpts from Perry Miniatures were very detailed on the musculature of the horse allowing a painters best friend, Washes, to highlight the depth of the model. 

The final unit for my Korean warband plus their General sporting a (I hope) pretty fan that we'll get to later. Now I'm sure youve spotted the fact that these guys are dual wielding swords on horseback! and while this was very uncommon, it does seem to be a practise that the Koreans used and even had a name Masang ssanggeom, like the Hyup-Do this comes from the Muyedobotongji a book on Korean swords and their techniques written in 1790 based on an early text known as the Muyesinbo.

This Picture illustrating the technique from the Muyedobotongji.

The General for this force is loosely based on one of the Korean commanders during the attack on Tsushima but due to lack of artwork that I could find on most of them I have decided not to claim any real famous person reference, instead focusing on his fan to try an emulate some of the beautiful decorative fans of the region that I would never be able to come close to properly copying! 

I used a green for the hand hold as I had already got a few light browns on the model and didn't want it to blend in with his arm guard. The artwork itself is trying to be cherry blossoms falling off a branch in the foreground and flowing in the wind, while some birds fly in the background, drawn obviously in the easy childhood fashion of a swooped v. It didn't come out perfect nor could I get a good enough photo of it but I blame that on the small surface area and it being covered in grooves! 

but yeah, that's the Koreans a project I had no idea I would start even in early to mid December but now in February the full force is based and painted!

We're somehow not done yet! next is the start of Japanese warband and also my bookcart to get me from room 2(which I will get onto later) to the room with art and literature!

10 female archers using warlord Onna-bugeisha models that I just adore and could not pass up painting! from the reading I have done these will be based on the Onna-musha common in the Sengoku era. Whilst my army is not in this era, I thought that it would make sense to theme my army based on the survivors/guerillesque forces left on tsushima to protect temples homes or villages before the Mongols and Koreans left some days or weeks after the invasion commenced. Each set of colours is meant to represent a family and i will hopefully try to mimic this in the small Samurai contingent of the warband to tie it all together, although ultimately they will all fall under the banner of the So Clan. 

And finally, gosh this has gone on for a while. A surprise entry even to me, a 28mm Burmese elephant for my WIP Nanzhao army purchased  by my Fiancee as an early valentines present, which I thought would make a lovely model for the romance section!

For historical context, I have not been able to find much at all linking the army of Nanzhao to having elephants, let alone the platformed ones of Burma. But due to the proximity of both states and historical nations love for mercenaries I have been harping on about this model for a good week or two which is why I would assume my Fiancee purchased it for me! Whilst not being massive in size, the side platforms allow this elephant to carry a whooping 8 archers as well as the Mahout allowing it to be used in a completely different way to how Elephants in wargamming are often viewed, massive killing machines, and more of a somewhat mobile but tanky archer unit.

I look forward in the coming weeks to hopefully finish off the Japanese and Nanzhao warbands and if there is time I may be able to sneak in my Tibetans as well! 

(Library so far, if I've done this right, I had already unlocked room 2, then used the book cart to pop into the art room)

So Points claimed:
12 28mm Cavalry - 120pts
34 28mm infantry - 170pts
1 28mm Elephant with 9 crew - 56pts (Im led to believe its 20pts for the elephant and 4pts for each crew?)

Romance, history, Book Cart and Art - 80pts  

so 426 overall! not too bad for 3 weeks of painting considering my target was 300pts :) 

TeemuL: Always difficult to predit the points target, especially for the first timers. Would you like to change your target in order to have some challenge for the rest of the Challenge? Your colourful basing really catches the eye and your artistic fan is a great emulation of the real thing in 28mm scale. I really am en elephant person and the one you received from you fiance is a great animal and nicely painted (and I counted it as a 28mm vehicle as done in the past and given full 5 points for each crew), but even though the miniature is a romantic gift, I am expecting a bit more for the location. I'm looking for something romantic in the miniatures itself, if you understand what I mean. The total points value is thus 415, a hefty amount still.

From MartinC: Some Napoleonic Action [History] (135pts points)

So I've been away wargaming or a week in sorry York and bleak Scarborough playing Napoleonics. Fun but tiring, so not much painting done.

Quick peak at the main battle that was fought. We fought Waterloo for 4 days

10mm on a 24ftx6ft table. Thousands of figures. I was the allies given the task of holding Hougemont.

My forces were the Dutch, Belgians and Brunswickers under the command of Prince of Orange (whose best command rating was inept). I didn't get the guard so all my troops were the bottom 3 grades out of 6 levels. 

I held Hougemont for almost no time at all against veteran French Legere and the French just rolled us up. This is the end of the battle, me is squares facing the Old Guard! Nobody else on my side did any better

Where did my men go. Well to the matching table behind where they set of for Brussels asap.

Aside over, I have done some painting. 

28mm Russian Napoleonic Jager Battalion

These are Perry Miniatures

I've been painting Russians all summer so they have friends

8 infantry battalions, 4 jager battalions, 3 grenadier battalions, 3 dragoon regiments, 3 cossack regiments and plenty of artillery. I have 3 more grenadier battalions to paint, 2 Uhlan regiments and a Hussar regiment, plus a large general staff stand. Should keep me busy.

Scores on the doors

21 infantry = 105

1 mtd colonel = 10

Historical book section = 20

total = 135. 

Now I need a palette cleanser

TeemuL: If there is an excuse for not painting minis, I guess you have the perfect one. What a nice table and game there. Every now and then, when I used to play Age of Sigmar in our local group, and someone wanted just to try something new and wanted to have just 1000 points on 4x4 table, maybe something narrative, some of the "real players" were jokingly mocking them as "kiddie games" and 2000 points on a big 6x4 table is the only solution, with Matched Play rules of course. I'd like to see how they react to games like those you have. :)

And you were painting some minis, too. Excellent. I guess the Perry models are always a pleasure to paint and you have done them justice. And I expect to see more of them during the Challenge. 135 points it is, not bad result for being a week away...

From JP: Carry On Up The Khyber (55 points)

Firstly, note to self... do not, do not ... try to learn how to paint kilts in any scale during the Analogue Painting Challenge. Four attempts and a very frustrating time... mind you, I remember a scene from Carry On Up The Khyber where the regiment defeats a howling charge with a deft maneuvre ... that might have been easier to paint... nah, would be unpublishable...

The figurines are Foundry 25mm Northwest Frontier and the Lady Sarah is an Artizan 28mm NWF character - great strappin' lass even next to Artizan figs...  There are another 6 kilties to come, if my eyes can survive it, as the figurines are for The Sword And The Flame, reduced unit size games.

Without further ado:

So, for points:

Six 25-28mm figs:        60 points

Historical:                     20 points

Lady Sarah:                  20 points

Total:                            100 points

And now for a blast from the past. This is my last bottle of The Armory paint bought in 1986... still kicking, just. These and Ral Partha were the best I ever encountered, even if I am a big fan of Foundry paints.

And yes - that's the other damned Scotsmen peeking from behind...

Happy New Year to one and all!

JP

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Happy New Year to you as well JP - thanks for this tremendous submission. A great number of Challenge participants bear the psychological scars of attempting to paint kilts and other similar bizarre cultural objects bearing the so-called "tartan" - the hobby suffering is tremendous, but the results look great in the end, and your efforts here are no exception. Great work on these fantastic Highlanders, they enhance every table on which they appear!

In terms of points, a slight adjustment for you. Painted 28mm figures (even ones who torture you with tartan) are worth five points each. The Lady Sarah figure (which is wonderful) does not, in itself, get you bonus points unless you are travelling somewhere else in the library on the cart. So for now, this will be worth the points of a 28mm painted figure (although, named Sarah, we know the true worth is one beyond mere "points"). So we have seven 28mm figures and one Challenge Bonus location, in all giving you 55 points. 

We look forward to that next round of Scotsmen on the painting table...

Greg 

From SimonG: Premier Post of Praetors (50 points, Legions duel)

It's wonderful to be back again and finally have my first submission ready. I have at least managed to prepare this time around and have dozens of Chinese restaurant plastic trays full of assembled and undercoated miniatures ready to go including a brand new project and context.

First up however is a continuation and extension of my Jewish Wars project -- after doing a series of skirmish figures I discovered that there is a set of army lists for Impetus for this conflict so I'm starting on an Impetus based set of armies for the first Jewish Revolt. In addition to exploring this period I will also have a early imperial Roman army that can be put up against all manner of other opponents.

The first submission of this project is a trio of Roman leader figures. They are all Victrix plastics assembled straight up -- nice characterful figures, maybe the horses are a bit too chunky but they look cute!

I've also finally (after four years) discovered how to expand depth of field in macro photography (long exposures on a timer, duh!) so have been able to do away with the time and complexity of focus stacking.

One thing I really like is painting horses -- every one is a chance to explore a new coat and combination of markings and I'm particularly pleased with these two, and the spots on the gray really make it come to life (although it does look as if it belongs on a carousel!)

My thanks as always to Curt and the minions and the theme of library is really positive -- donation was made to Multnomah County libraries in Portland, OR where we used to live and my wife was a volunteer -- unfortunately the libraries here in the UK are in a dire state. It also strikes me that what we are doing with our painting and gaming is telling stories as well -- each miniature encapsulates its own tale and I really like thinking about what the character might have been up to to end up looking this way -- looking forward to sharing more stories with you all.

Points wise it's three 28mm mounted figures plus a 20 point Historic AHPC Library bonus for 50 in total plus my first contribution to the Legions and their auxilia duel.

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Welcome back and wonderful work, Simon! 

This trio of mounted Romans look fabulous. I love how you picked out the details of their armour, barding and musculature - really excellent work and fine additions to your marvellous Jewish Revolt project. Also, thank you for donating to the libraries in Multnomah County. That's wonderful to hear and I'm sure much appreciated by them.

Oh, and if you haven't already, remember to notify Paul to your points for the Legion duel. You can use the link on the right sidebar to let him know.

- Curt