Some last minute painting for Cold Wars next week.  I had forgotten that I borrowed some Union troops the last time I ran "Sink the Tennessee" at a convention so am filling out the ranks now.  I'm very lucky that (i) the Perry Brothers have very fast mail order delivery and (ii) I didn't discover this shortfall while packing up the day before the con.

That last point has happened for other games.

More Analogues Hobbies Stuff

 Two different groups of troops this time.  First up are some reinforcements for my DAK armies in the form of DAK infantry, some FJ's and armor.

 A Rubicon plastic Panzer IV - really can't recommend Rubicon models any more highly.

 My second box of plastic Perry DAK infantry

 A Panzer II from Warlord

 Warlords plastic FJ's - really like this box also

 An Italian armored car - I still need to paint up some Italian Paratroopres

 And a SKDz 222 also from Warlord

 The next submission is more fantasy oriented with 20 crewman from the new Ghost Archipelago Box set

 And 5 plastic Barbarians from Frostgrave

The whole group

AHPC VII: A few more posts of stuff I painted

 The following are a set of pics of the stuff I finished in the last weeks of the Challenge, excluding the last weekend

12 SAS troopers (Perry minis)

 A British Sherman without any decals

 A US infantry regiment from the War of 1812 (Brigade games)

 Some insurgents and modern Aussies from Empress miniatures

AHPC VII: WW2 Italians, LRDG Infantry and Allied Transport

 Next up for the Challenge is a nice sized Italian force, some LRDG infantry and 2 Allied transports.

 The Italians are all Perry miniatures with the exception of the M13/40 tank which is from Blitzkrieg Miniatures

Half of the Italians are in desert uniforms and half regular to give me a little flexibility on the table top.

 I really like how the tank came out.

 The CV-35 Tankette is a metal cast from Perry.  It really wasn't that effective in the field but it will be fun to zoom around on the table.

 It really is small!

An Elephantino light AT gun

 Some Aliied transport - these are from Trenchworx and are superb kits

 Lastly a group of 12 Dismounted LRDG troopers.  The A rePerry metals

As fate would have it, my wargaming "Secret Santa" sent me another 2 boxes of these dudes so they will soon be joined by 12 other compatriots.

Mummies, Afghans, LRDG, Big Monsters - More Challenge entries

Another big photo dump from the Challenge

Some dungeon baddies

The mummies are Reaper Bones figures and I really can't recommend them - way to bendy

Modern Afghans from Empress Miniatures - superb figures

LRDG vehicles from Perry

Dungeon monters - these are reaper figures also but much more fun to paint.  The Bones material works very well with larger figures.

Frostgrave Demons

Action shot - you might see something like this as Historicon 2017