From Dave S - Demons Run - Skaro - 83pts

Thank you for everyone who wished me well.  The covid is more of an inconvenience to me than a sever illness, although it has left me tired all the time, and feeling guilty at staying away from the hospital at a time when things are starting to ramp up again.

What it has done is left me with lots of time to paint, which is why I have a second post in 24 hours.

The "Strange Doctors" theme led me to the big sack of Dr. Who miniatures from Warlord games that have been sat in the cupboard of shame for a few years.  I recently rewatched all of the new series, and I really enjoyed the "Demons Run" story arc.  To that end, I decided that I would paint up some of the forces that were in the episode.  Demons run, when a good man goes to war (or starts to paint toy soldiers).

First up, we have three Headless Monks.  These appear in several of the episodes, and are a good, mysterious bad guys.

Next, we have the Silence.  These are easily one of the most creative bad guys in all of the new episodes.  For those who haven't seen them, they are bad guys who erase themselves from your memory when you are not looking at them.  This causes no end of confusion and stress for our heroes.

By my calculation, that makes

9x40mm Figures - 72pts (provided that the Silence don't erase themselves from Curt's memory)

Skaro Bonus - 20pts

For a total of 92 points.

All of this has served as a distraction from my planned main projects for the Challenge (some armies for Basic Impetus 2)  Next up, will either be the start of some HYW French, or more participants in the Battle of Devils Run.

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Great work Dave, you've been very industrious! I particularly 'like' those Silence figures. Now, for the life of me I can remember why... Anyway, I'm sure they were great, um, whatever they were. 

Your math is a bit off as the 40mm figures come to 63 points. So, 83 points total. :) 

I look forward to seeing your upcoming Impetus 2 projects!

- Curt

From JonathanO: Paint something in greyscale. "You will obey!" (The Chamber of Darkness) 25 points

In The Chamber of Darkness there awaits a murderous, emotionless, time travelling monster:

 

A Dalek!

Daleks look more scary on black and white TV, don't you think?

This is a Warlord plastic Dalek. 

That should be 25 points:  5 points for the Dalek plus 20 for the Chamber of Darkness bonus.

Having escaped the Chamber of Darkness, I'll move on to my next challenge.

From JonathanO: Cybermen (120 points)

I have a lot of figures in progress, but not much finished.  I suppose I had better make a small contribution to the points total before it is too late!

There have been quite a few Doctor Who themed entries in this challenge.  My contribution consists of 24 Cybermen (28mm) by Warlord Games.  It seems a bit much to get 5 points each as they are so easy to paint.  At least I got something done. 

Well done everyone and thanks for so many fantastic entries.  Maybe if I had spent more time painting and less admiring everyone's work, then I would have got more completed.  Oh well!

Cheers
Jonathan

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Better a little late than not at all Jonathan, and, besides, if the Challenge prompted you to get nothing done except for these great looking Cybermen then you're still ahead of the game! 

120 points to you for these creepy cyborgs - well done!

- Curt

From Rob Hingley - Have TARDIS, Will Travel (95 Points)

This is my first submission to the IX painting challenge.  It consists of 1 vehicle (The Tardis) and 15 x 28mm figures for a total of 90 points (See below, Rob - you may be pleasantly surprised - Ev).

Doctor Who is a favorite Sci-Fi choice for many gamers I know to watch. I believe we choose our favorite Doctor to be the one(s) to whom we were introduced in childhood.  Mine were the first two, which aired in Canada on the CBC in the mid-1960s.

I wasn't introduced to the Tom Baker years until sometime in the mid 1980s as re-runs on PBS.

As I wrote my introduction was to the first two doctors. A simple presentation of
a Tardis, based upon photos from the original series, with the simple word POLICE in black lettering above the door.

The TARDIS was a Constabulary Communications Cabinet produced by Ainsty Castings as part of their Professor What line. They are a great source of resin terrain pieces.

Three figures, two in homage to the first Doctor, played by William Hartnell, Richard Hurndall and David Bradley. The third figure represents the 2nd Doctor played by Patrick Troughton. I believe the figures were produced by Crooked Dice as part of their Temporal Traveler Series which I think is no longer available.

The First Doctor

The Second Doctor

(Note: In the comments the Doctors were identified as being from Black Tree Design's Dr Who range. Black Tree is definitely one of my go to sources for miniatures.)

Next is a group of 12 Scary Scarecrow figures from the episode Family of Blood which aired in 2007. These figures were purchased from the Woodbine Design Company through Gripping Beast.

I wanted to keep these figures drab using various earth tones, but in the end decided to add just a splash of colour to a few of the figures.

The light was not the best this morning 45 mins after sunrise. I had hoped to take the photos yesterday but I spent the best part of the sun either on Skype or the phone. Happy New Year to one and all.

Note: I was able to get a couple of photos taken before I left for the office and have replaced the earlier ones of the Scarecrows.
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Cracking work on this assemblage of figs, Rob, though as a 28mm vehicle, the TARDIS now scores 20 points. The fact that the TARDIS is much bigger on the inside can have no bearing on the final score (hey, I don't make the rules...).

As a long-time Doctor Who fan, I can only approve of this submission. The Family of Blood two-parter was one of my absolute faves, and the scarecrows were a wonderfully chilling addition to the roster of bad guys in the Whoniverse.

So that's an opening salvo of 95 points, well done that man!

Ev