From EdwinK - Dungeon Delvers (40 points)

Late to the game, I know, but I break my duck with half a dozen Dungeon Delvers, and some of the creatures they'll find there.

I particularly like the bald guy, who reminds me of Colonel Blimp

The D&D game I've been involved with over the last eight months is decidedly Old School:  no fancy classes or multi-classes; a trap is more likely to be a pit with spikes in the bottom than a portal to another plane; and you're much more likely to meet rats that flying eyeball monsters.  That being so, the guy with the ten-foot pole is probably the most usefully kitted-out!

All the figures are 28mm,  The humans are plastics (a mix of manufactures and bits from odd sprues, including Mantic, Northstar's Oathmark and a Frostgrave Cultist); the dwarf is a metal Oathmark champion; and the giant rats some second-hand lead I picked up.

Six 28mm figures:  30pt
Four 28mm animals: 10pts?? - over to Lee...

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A group of intrepid dungeon delvers and some rats...all quite normal in some households! I have a few rat models myself from my D&D days. I sold a lot of my other monster figures, but the rats remained...I wonder what that says about my mental state? Or maybe its just that the Giant Rats were so cool in The Princess Bride that I suddenly realised they weren't a joke monster after all. 

Six 28mm foot will earn you 30 points. The Rats probably ought to be scored as 15mm figures but I'll throw in a couple of bonus points (I'm giving them away like sweets today) to bring them up to 10. So a total of 30 points for this entry. 

From EdwinK: Terminator Crawlers (13 points)

A very quick and small submission today, but - hey! - they all count.

These Endoskeleton 'crawlers' are from the Warlord Games/River Horse Terminator Genysis miniatures game - the same set as the chaps I submitted for the BFG Bonus Round.  As with those, these'll serve me as generic killer robots.

I'm not sure I've done enough to distinguish them from the blasted post-apoc terrain on their bases, but let's pretend that I intend them to be sneaky types who grab your ankles when you can't see them ...

This completes the usable Terminator figures from the second-hand box I had.  I've also got a batch of Future Ressistance fighters, but I'm not sure that they'll appear during the Challenge.

Not sure on the scoring of these.  They're half 28mm figures, so is that 2.5 point each?  But there're also prone, so is there another 'penalty' for that?  Well this kind of hard decision is why Curt pays the Minions big money - over to you Ray!

5 (torso-only, prone) 28mm Terminators from Warlord Games -

From Ray

Great to have your first appearance proper into the Challenge, minus the Bonus rounds of course Edwin. I liked your Terminators in your previous post and these crawlers compliment them perfectly.
You said "I'm not sure I've done enough to distinguish them from the blasted post-apoc terrain on their bases". But if they been blown in half like these poor Arnies I suspect they'd get a bit grubby. So all in all some pretty clever and cool camo!

Your 2.5 points per figures sounds about right, but then you'd be on 12.5 points and that plays havoc with my mind let alone Miles' stats/excel/thingy files! So 13 points it is!

From EdwinK: 28mm Pilots (10 Points)

Here I am making my first submission just in time to avoid the great cull.  For your consideration I offer two 28mm pilots of differing generations.

The first is from Ironclad Miniature's splendid VSF range - the pilot from their steam helicopter.  I won't be submitting the helicopter itself as part of the Challenge, but include a picture of him in the (partially-finished) aircraft for context.

The pilot striding out to his Spitfire or Hurricane is from the ever-reliable Artizan - their Pilot Officer Reynolds.   I decided for khaki rather than RAF uniform as I'm likely to use him in a Pulp setting.

I can't remember the scoring scheme for unbased, seated figures and the aircraft was done before the Challenge started.  But as least I've broken my duck!

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Ahh, it's great to have you out with us again Edwin - welcome back to the Challenge!

These pilot figures are wonderful and perfectly convey that quintessential 1930's Pulpness (not sure if that's a word, but you know what I mean). I particularly like the goggles and grimace of the seated pilot, flying by the seat of his pants, no doubt. I hope we can see that steam helicopter later as it looks it will be magnificent bit of kit.

10 points for you Edwin. Good work, my good man!

Curt

From EdwinK: The Third Doctor (5pts)

Some of you have commented on my submissions to the challenge being 'Dr Who' heavy.  They've been a lot of fun to do, and those posts have attracted a lot of positive comments.

So it seems reasonable that for my final submission to the Challenge I should feature the Old Gallifreyan himself - as produced by Crooked Dice in 28mm.

This is the Third Doctor (Jon Pertwee) in a typically dynamic pose*.  For me, Pertwee captures the sense of fun and adventure I got from the programme as a child, and for that reason he remains my favorite incarnation.

* It was after all, the Third Doctor who introduced us to Venusian Ju-Jitsu.

From Minion Tamsin:
Superb work Edwin - you've definitely captured the look of him with your painting. And no need to apologise for having been Dr Who heavy with your entries - they've been good fun.
That's another 5 points in the bag.

From EdwinK - Curtgeld (20 Points)

 

As this if my fee piece for Curt I won't enter into any backstory in presenting him.

Suffice it to say that as I was painting him, I say him as a Miami Beach bail bondsman who made his livelihood gambling that those small-time criminals he paid bail would turn up to court.  If not, well, he became the risk-taker who had to hunt them down.  That was until Z-Day, of course, when his talents found a new avenue...

He's a 28mm resin piece from Pigeon Guard Games by the name of Big T (surely Tony) and very nice he is too.  I won him in a competition and he seemed the obvious choice to represent this year's theme.

A huge thanks to Curt and the Minions (in my case PeterD) for running the Challenge so smoothly.  Thanks also to them and the other challengers for making this such a fun place to be.

The Minions assemble for their end-of-competition drink...

Haha! 'Big T' is a wonderful risk taker Edwin. The leisure suite trousers and his gold watch just scream 'Miami made man'. I love his backstory as well - I'll have to design a card for Tony for our Zombiecide games. :) Thanks very much Edwin and thank you again for your generosity in sponsoring the Challenge.

From EdwinK: Frostgrave Soldiers and Spellcasters (45pts)

It had been my intention to use the Painting Challenge to concentrate on building up a couple of Frostgrave warbands and a compliment of baddies and beasties for them to tackle.  Here were are, near the beginning of the end, and not a Frostgrave figure has been seen!

Well, better late than never.

First up are the spell fodder...

Who would hire this rabble?

As some of you will instantly recognise these are from Northstar's sprue of Frostgrave soldiers (though I can't swear there's not some cultist thrown in there).  As many have already said, this is a very nice pack, with some wonderful detail and character.

I've decided that this jovial chap was a mass murderer before
deciding to chance his luck in Felstad

The spellcasters on the other hand are from Midlam Miniatures.

The rest of the group call the apprentice 'Smiler' when the
spellcasters aren't around.

I haven't attempted to make the wizards school-specific, preferring to have a pool of figures I can choose from when I play.  Equally, I've not been too particular about what arms and equipment the soldiers have - today's Thug might be tomorrow's Thief. 

These were a very pleasant surprise Edwin - a second post this week and a first post in the Frostgrave theme!  There's a lot to like here.  It's a simple but effective paint job and your faces have come out very nicely.  Curt and I were chatting about your posts Friday night, as it would often be nice to see them in better lighting (I also have this problem FYI).  However, the muted light in these pictures gives a sepia tone and really seems to suit the wintery light that we get in the depths of winter.  Also well done with the basing.

From EdwinK: More 28mm Ice Warriors (10points)

A couple of weeks ago I submitted a group of Ice Warriors - Dr Who villains from Mars.  At the time I couldn't face any more green (how do you WWII types manage?!) so left their commanders, the Ice Lords, for another time.

Well here they are.

To be fair to Black Tree Design their monotonous green and lack of features isn't their fault - that's how Martin Baugh designed them for the BBC back in 1967 - fiberglass helmets and green wellies.

I bought these figures second-hand, and it wasn't until I got them unpacked that I realised that the previous owner had done some conversion work to them - the figure above on the right has had new arms and some embellishment to his helmet, whereas the figure on the left has had his belt removed.  For such small mercies, I am grateful. 

Warriors Reunited

More delightful, 60s era sci-fi Edwin.  Your figures are every bit as cheesy as the original.  Also the bath towel (I am assuming here) that you used to pose the figures would also work for BBC vintage production.  I can imagine the prop staff pulling up to an end of the rolls carpeting warehouse and asking for the lot on the most hideous deep pile shag available.   10 points well earned!

From EdwinK - 258mm Dr Who Ice Warriors (35 points)

Carrying on with my series of classic 'Doctor Who' aliens, I come to these chaps - 

Ice Warriors

For the uninitiated, they are an ancient race of  reptilian humanoids who ruled Mars until it became uninhabitable.  At various times they've been shown trying to transform Earth or other planets to their own requirements, as 'obvious baddies' who turn out to be much maligned or, in a double-bluff as goodies turning out to be baddies.

As their name suggests, they are a militaristic race, with their own complex hierarchies and a sense of bushido (useful in the typical trope - "Hey the green, scaly aliens are more honorable than the humans!")

So, these are seven 28mm figures from Black Tree Design.  The beauty of the old Dr Who aliens is they are never terribly complex paint-jobs.  If the BBC can spray-paint bubble-wrap green, who am I to aspire to much more?

I do have a couple of the officer-class, but they will have to wait for another time.

Another post that's brought a smile to my face Edwin.  I don't recall the original Ice Warrior story line, but I seem to recall that they reappeared in a recent reboot form.  Regardless both BTD and you have brilliantly captured cheap cheesy 1970s sci-fi looniness.  I do like the red eyes and well done on the bases.

From EdwinK - Nosferatu (15 points)

Nosferatu can be best described as NOT-Dracula.  When the film was made (1921) a few details were changed to make it different from Bram Stoker's story - not enough though!  In a very early example of intellectual property rights being applied to the cinema, Stoker's estate sued.  The studio went bankrupt and all prints of the film were ordered to be destroyed.   Fortunately some survived, and the film is now recognised as a masterpiece of German Expressionism as well as having provided some genre-defining images.

Max Schreck, 1921

Kinski, 1979

The film was remade by Werner Herzog in 1979 as Nosferatu the Vampyre, with Klaus Kinksi in the title role and there was even a very funny 'making-of' film Shadow of the Vampire made in 2000, featuring Jonn Makovich, Willem Dafoe and Eddie Izzard.

Defoe, 2000

These three films are among my wife's favourites, so when I spotted a pack of Nosferatu at a recent show I snapped it up.  They're 28mm from West Wind and come as a pack of four (I've just realised that, and need to find the fourth!).

So, in true genre fashion, I've left the big reveal until quite late...

Bonus Edwin, we get minis and film history.  I'll have to check out the Dafoe/Izzard film.  Those are some creepy looking Nosferatus (Nosferatii?) but nothing is as creepy as the first still that you posted.  

I always look forward to your posts, they are so varied and interesting.  Well done with these fellas and I like the use of sepia tones.

From EdwinK - 'Dr Who' Critters (25 points)

Not the points bomb I was hoping for, but a sweep-up of a few misc 'Dr Who' figures I had lying around.

First up, three Black Tree Design Yetis.

A quite simple paint-job, with dry-brushing in various shades of brown.  With the bases, I wanted to represent their origins in the wild Snowdonian Tibetan valleys.  Not being able to find any rhododendron leaves to scale, I instead went for bleak tufts and heather.  I'm not sure it works.

The 'proper' colour scheme

Secondly, a stray Cyberman who escaped the bunch I submitted for the Nostalgia Round.  He too is from BTD.

And finally one of the ever-popular Weeping Angels.  This was one of a bag of mixed figures I picked up in a charity shop.  I think they were freebies with Doctor Who Monthly.  The Angels were an odd soft plastic which didn't take paint particularly well.

Welcome back to posting Edwin, it's been a few weeks.  What a lovely bunch of critters.   The "Yetis" have captured that cheesy early 70s B&W TV fearing wonderfully.  They look like shambling hayricks, which based on the photo is absolutely perfect!  Great looking cyberman, love the details on his chest plate.  And I like the way the Weeping Angels turned out, plastic issues aside.  The original Weeping Angles episode with David Tennant may be my all time favourite Dr Who episode  ("the angles have my phone box").