From DavidB: Models and Memories (215 points)

  Shinedown- Dead Don't Die

Yes, I do have almost as many painted models as those that do lie in the Mountain of Neglect. Above are the poorly painted Goliath gang Jersey Boyz and yes the leader is named "Situation" They spend their downtime pumping iron and slamming Jaeger Bombs while using crude pick up lines at downhive bars. I was so proud of their camouflage and red and flesh tones, but they are rather dated now.

These are the War Dawgs. I only adjusted the flesh-tones on these guys, but they were the last crew I ran in the old Necromundia.

I have improved a little bit...besides not sloshing paint on bases!

I tweaked the fleshtones on the old gang so they wouldn't look outdated with these guys. They were customized with new war-gear scavenged and bought in the game. They were white primer.

The last of the old plastic goliaths in War Dawg colors.

"new" War Dog gangers to represent the promoted Juves.

The fourth Juve now with pigment and a shotgun ganger and heavy with a heavy bolter.

The War Dawgs are now roster accurate with WYSIWYG. They do sub as chaos cultists for cultists leaning towards Khorne Blood-for-the-Blood-God variety.

Now some new Goliaths from the new game. These are the Blue Bloods.

They are a lot larger than the older sculpts and still have the same design cues.

I do like these a lot more, but am still getting used to the rules.

I will be playing them for the first time with my gaming group at Adepticon on the freeplay tables.

Bases were primed in gloss black then painted in acrylic. I used an eraser to chip them up then painted P3 pig iron in the "chip areas" leaving black outlines. Then I weathered the holy heck out of them.

Also introducing the Death Korps of Krieg 215th Jaegers for Kill Team. I have two boxes of them for building all the options and also have plans for them in 40k, inquisimundia, 5150, Stargrave, ....

Sgts, melee, and veteran guardsmen.

Special weapon troopers...a thumper with grenade launcher, flametrooper, plasma gunner and a boltgun.

Plenty of bog standard guard troopers.

Medics on the flanks surrounding the zealot reading from the Tome of Sgt Bromley"...If I can't make you smart, I will make you strong. You will do push-ups till Sgt Bromley is tired of drinking coffee." Also the commo specialist with flares and a map or Opord.

 A spotter and a sniper.

My favorite of the Jaegers, an EOD tech with up armored chest plate and a skull on his mask getting ready to use something that probably involves the serious putty.

I really like everything about this model. he is well equipped for his job including wire cutters.

The kit had a loose mine that I absolutely had to make a marker for.

The Hospitaler for Sisters of Battle ready to assume medical duties with an Agent of the Imperium. She is pretty clean and soft spoken, She will be used for a ride in Sarah's Limo service. I am running outta time to get those rides in!

The K-9 is the doggo that was missing from last years challenge he turned up in the necromunda box of all places....Probably was finding contraband that the gangers were using/making/selling. He is a very good boy and hopefully will give me a start on the cold war with 5 points! he is a very good boy!

11 old Skool Goliaths for 55 points with 25 skulls

10 goliaths for 50 points and 23 skulls with fabulous blue hair.

20 jaegers from Krieg for 100 points and 74 skulls

A very nice sister for fixing wounds not making them 5 points

and a very good boy- 5 points

215 points and 132 skulls. new skull tally is 506 noggins.

Friday Minion: Welcome back David! I would congratulate you for the week off, but this was last week's posts and I know you're cooking up another whopper for us. 

Great work on this batch, love the comparison between the old school Necromunda Goliaths and the chunky new sculpts. But my true love is those Death Korps of Krieg, nice choice of green overcoats. I had loads of Astra Militarum Imperial Guard back in the day, it's no great surprise I ended up a historical gamer in the end. 

215 points for your tally, and you're so close to your 2000 target.

 

From HerrRobert - Cutting the Camel Budget [Under Construction] - 95 points

 

Warned yet again that the studio executives were meeting to discuss budgets, and rumors that cuts, redundancies and the like were all possible, I rushed to finish yet another under construction project.

With the prospect of a camel corps in the offing, headquarters desperately needed an expert in the ways, care and feeding of camels, and Major Docherty was their man! Along with his trusty batman, Corporal Millsy, the good major booked passage on a fast steamer for Cairo in Egypt. There, he could use his knowledge to ensure the forces of the Queen only received the finest, most biddable, highest quality camelflesh. He found himself dining alongside a passenger returning from Afghanistan, the good Doctor John Watson, late from the battlefields of Maiwand and Kandahar.

Drawing a hard bargain in the streets and souks of the Old Quarter of Cairo, our hero manages to acquire another five camels for the baggage train. Loaded with supplies, goods, chests, and old terracotta amphorae, only the final arrangements with the camel herders must be made, to ensure they make their way to the Nile. 

Escorting the beasts is a detachment of the 2nd Essex Regiment, commanded by the redoubtable Captain Henry Percy, Baronet. Having packed away his purple facings and donned a tunic of less fashionable but more practicable gray serge, the 2nd Essex is mustering to travel to lands south.

It has been a very busy and hectic December/January, what with work, California trying to drown us all, power outages and both plumbing and roof leaks, so I have not had the energy to paint much. Not getting in under the wire was a serious possibility. 

My first entry for Challenge XIII is my own take on the long-running Major Docherty and Corporal Millsy vignettes. I'd planned for this to be my capstone for Challenge XII, but circumstances intervened, and they sat the entire year on the painting bench. Major Docherty is The Professor from North Star's Steampunk line, with a natty dressing gown and fez. Dr. Watson is also from that line, the Medical Officer. Corporal Millsy is a Foundry figure from the Zulu Line that has been sitting in the lead pile for a good twenty years. The camel herders/merchants are MENA Civilians - Foxtrot from Spectre Miniatures. These five figures were complete except for grassing the bases, so I am not claiming any points for these.

The camels are Camel w/ Pack from Reaper Miniatures. While I do like Reaper miniatures and have painted several for the challenge, I'm not terribly thrilled with the material they use for their Bones line. The camels suffer from the usual problems many Bones miniatures do; the legs are thin, and so they bend. The camel miniatures thus sway, as you can see in the photos above. I painted them in Army Painter Skeleton Bone, then washed with Citadel Contrast Aggaros Dunes. To get a lot of variety from the same sculpt, I painted the baggage in different colors.  The camels and the cargo frame was prepped for Challenge XII, and I finished up all of the baggage since.

Captain H. Percy and his detachment are Perry Miniatures. Captain Percy, Sergeant Hoge and Drummer Fred Lamb are from SB4 British Infantry command advancing, while Privates Clovis Goslan and Chris Gibb are from SB7 Infantry advancing. They were originally a much darker gray, but that didn't really fit the descriptions of gray (or is it grey?) serge. So I repainted them using Reaper Miniatures stone triad over Delta Ceramicoat Charcoal and Hippo Gray. Unfortunately, they're washed out in the photos, but it's a nice gray otherwise.

Starting our tour at Under Construction

 

I'm not very happy with the photos, despite a new photo booth, but I was a bit rushed on the photographs, so just used my phone. They don't do the figures justice, the photos are too washed out, but it gets the point across. Photography of my miniatures has always left something to be desired, but hopefully they will improve.

Here's the score:

• 5 x 25mm mounted @ 5 points per (I don't think the baggage counts as a full rider, but won't argue if others do) = 25 points
• 5 x 25mm infantry @ 5 points per = 25 points
• Under Construction (Green Pass) studio bonus = 20 points
• Total = 70 points.

I'm also claiming two squirrel points, one for the camels (since they can be used for almost any period), and one for the infantry. 

Obligatory group overhead shot

 

On to High Adventure!

Great post, and just in time. Generally we give full points for pack animals, so that is 95 in total, and you made the final directors cut

From ScottC: World Cinema - Insurgents and Hero figure (115pts)

Off to the World Cinema!

I decided to paint some unrelated but relevant figures to complete some projects that I have had lingering for some time.

First up is Reptilian Overlords 3d printed Commander Ze who I purchased not only to represent such a historical modern hero but all proceeds went to support the country's Red Cross.

Next up are my insurgents designed by Quartermaster 3d and 3d printed. These were included in his modern kickstarter a year or two back and have been waiting for a paint job. They've finally been given some justice!

A personal favorite: The Shopper

Some figures designed to go in the back of vehicles

A Canadian Armed Forces medic unit, (metal) bought from Assault Group

    

And lastly, two middle eastern police units, purchased from Spectre Miniatures (metal)

Admittedly, it has been an absolute blast jumping from genre to genre, looking forward to the next project!

Points: 

9x 28mm foot infantry = 45 pts

2x 28mm "mounted" infantry = 20 pts

Challenge bonus = 20 pts

Total pts = 80 pts

From TeemuL: Second post from Scott today and brilliant painting continues. It is stunning, but I still think my math is correct. I can see only 8 foot infantry, but I'll count the second rider as one, since there is only one "mount." So 9 infantry and 1 "cavalry". Then there are 4 crew served guns, worth 10 points a piece. And then the Challenge bonus, so it will be 115 points.