From KatrinaS. Commissar Annaka Sage - Sarah's Balloon (40pts)

This week was slow going for me. I have been solo parenting and still have another week to go. I still found a little time for myself to paint and prep for upcoming projects.
 This was the first time painting a Victoria Miniatures model and I can see myself doing more in the future the detail is top notch. I picked her up while at LVO last weekend specifically for this challenge. I completed this single 28 mm Commissar Annaka Sage miniature up last night and based this morning. I will be using Annaka to ride Sarah's Balloon across the Island to O'Grady's Gultch.
 

I opened and finished a bottle of bubbles (in a plastic Skye cup) the first night of painting. Which may or may not of contributed to being so slow.

 That power stance is so great!

I again worked on non metallic metals, I don't think I am there yet but it is looking better, for some reason I am scared of too bright. I felt like I was struggling with her skin tone but now that she is all finished I like the pale complextion.

 The detail on this miniature is like I said earlier amazing! 

Points:

28mm: 5 pts.

Sarah's Balloon: 30 pts.

Bottle of Bubbles: 5 pts.

Total: 40 pts.



That's a very nice Commissar - I love the uniform colours and that's some nice highlighting on the sweeping folds of the coat.

TamsinP

From KatrinaS: 28mm '92 Eldar Warlock Burch's Bluffs (35 Points)

I was unsure on how to proceed with the map so I just moved to the next location which was Burch's Bluffs. To be honest with all of you, I don't really game much more than a quick historical skirmish, so this Warhammer 30K/40K universe stuff is a bit over my head.

I showed my husband the map and he quickly disappeared into our miniature room and returned with a single Eldar Warlock with a Force Staff. He said "I must have been saving this for you". He purchased the miniature back in 1992 (he was 7) from Book and Game in Bend, Oregon (which is no longer around) and held onto it for all these years.

Since I am not well versed with the Warhammer 30K/40K universe, I am going to argue from what I have read that because of how ancient the Eldar are, living more than a thousand years, and their advanced neurological system in turn possessing far superior technological advancements to the rest of the Imperium, it is possible for the Eldar/Aeldari to be present during the Horus Heresy. Although much of the lore has the Eldar relatively uninvolved in the Heresy, players of 30K seem to accept the idea of Eldar participating as Xenos factions in games. Therefore, this Eldar Warlock could as easily fit in the 30K universe as the 40K universe.

Because LVO was happening this weekend I took a little longer than I had intended, but none the less he is completed for the Burch's Bluffs space on Challenge Island.

So here he is...

I ended making his cloak the same color as the original box art but was not digging the bright red mask so I went with black and added contrasting eyes.

I also added contrasting teal to the gun, force staff and gems.

 

I attempted a non metallic approach to the armor and think it turned out okay.

 

I ended up using a new pigment on the base and think it fits the theme well and the color scheme. 

 

Here is what I started with. Do you notice the oval shaped solid metal base? Not a normal GW mold but it being from 1992 could be the reason. 

Katrina S. 

Points: 5pts= 28mm 30pts= Burch's Bluffs?  35pts?

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Hi Katrina - fine brushwork, on a classic metal GW figure! I painted one of these myself, back in the late 1990s/early 2000s.  It is a lovely casting, and your fine brush skills have done it justice here.  Great colour selection...I can easily see an entire Guardian Warrior section painted up in matching colours, fine stuff.

You are correct, the Eldar don't typically pop up in 30k gaming - most of us 30k-types are more interested in the civil war aspect of the story, which pits the human(ish) loyalist and rebel forces against each other.  But the Heresy spans the entire galaxy, including all of the various alien races. Your reasoning is dead-on, the Eldar were of course present during the entire Horus Heresy - watching the whole thing from the sidelines, trying to work out how to impact things for their own benefit, and as such your figure is more than fitting to ascend Burch's Bluffs. 

A reminder - remember to use the labels on your post - since I was shot-gunning some Coke Zero I had the excess energy needed to cover it off this time - I'm sure you'll cover it on your next posting :)

Well done, that will be 35 points for you!

GregB

From KatrinaS: Octopus for Reidy's Reef (10 Points)

Hello everyone I'm late to the challenge but none the less going to give it my best, I hope to speed up my painting process with whats left of the challenge by catching up with all of you and your fabulous work. 

I honestly decided to start at Reidy's Reef because well my daughter loves picking out the most random minis while at various shops around town so I have a assortment of animals and her most recent pick happened to be a 28 mm (deep cut) Giant Octopus from WizK!ds. 

Never have I ever attempted to do a ocean floor base so here is my best attempt, with the addition of bleached coral.

I really enjoyed this quick warm up and for me I got him completed relatively quick maybe 5 hours over 2 evenings.

Giant Octopus 28mm= 5 pts ?

using as Prize Figure

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First, Katrina, welcome to the Challenge!

Everyone, this is KatrinaS. She found out about the Challenge through her husband who heard us mentioned in a recent WS&S podcast (thanks Guy and Jasper!). As many of you know, I usually close the gates upon last call in late November, but in the desire to have a wider representation in the Challenge I was happy to accept Katrina's request to join.

Anyway, on to Katrina's entry.

Wow!! This is absolutely beautiful work, Katrina. So much to compliment here. The colour palette, the colour gradations, the highlighting, the base-work... all of them are tremendously well done. I especially like how your ocean floor sets up the soft magenta tones of the octopus. Beautiful.

As to points, I'm going to place this as the mass equivalent as a horse and rider. So, with that 10 points added to the 30 of Reidy's Reef AND the 25 for being a prize figure will give a grand total of 65 points. A nice points haul for your first entry!

Well done Katrina, and again welcome to our merry band of brush jockeys.

-Curt