From PaulSS: Barons ' War - 90pts

 

Greetings of the Season to you all.

My first entry for Challenge XVI and for those that follow my socials, it's probably unsurprisingly more Wargames Atlantic figures for the growing Barons' War collection.

Having no figures at all for this I picked up some at Partizan back in May and have been running a production line ever since, now stands at 400 figures strong, more than enough for two armies for our Midgard games set in the Second Barons' War.

Mounted Knights

Mounted Knights

I paint in batches of four figures and this post represents four batches so you'll see the same colour ways repeated a lot in this post, but once added to the rest of the force they blend into rest.

Foot Knights

Foot Knight

Mounted Serjeants

Mounted Serjeants

The standards are hand painted on sticker paper then plasticised with Mod Podge to give them a bit of life and durability.

Militia

Militia

The Wargames Atlantic sets are great for kit bashing, these Militia are bodies from the Peasants set with arms and some heads from the Serjeants set.

Sir Walter D'isney?

Sir Walter D'isney

The final figures is not a Wargames Atlantic, I'm pretty certain it's the Partizan 2024 figure for Sir Walter D'isney, but I may be mistaken. If you recognise it, please do let me know.

There are load of spare shields in the Wargames Atlantic sets, so I always paint a few more in each batch and use them as stamina markers in our Midgard games.

These figures represented the last of the Wargames Atlantic from my backlog, but family were very kind and more Foot Knights and Peasants were left under the tree.

To get my score rolling, four 28mm mounted and 10 28mm foot should put 90pts on the board.

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First, Paul, welcome back to the Painting Challenge!  

I admire your industriousness on this project. 400 figures completed since May is very impressive, especially at this level of quality.  This assortment you treat us with is lovely, displaying your signature clean brushwork and punchy colour palette. We look forward to your Christmas reinforcements in a future post! Well done!

- Curt

From AndrewG: Law, Order, and the Undertaker (15 points)

Tap, tap…is this thing on? Okay! Hi everyone, my name is Andrew and let me start by saying thank you very much to Curt et al., for the kind invitation to participate this year. This being my first time doing the challenge, I set my own bar relatively low with a modest 300 points goal.

My own painting objectives over this winter are twofold. First, complete some small warbands for various skirmish games as my local group tends to play a lot of these. Second, add some more units to my ongoing big battle projects, specifically the Battle of Northampton in 1460 (Wars of the Roses) and the Battle of Bunker Hill/Breed's Hill in 1775 (American War of Independence).

My first entry is a simple one and consists of a couple of 28mm Old West characters which I can use for skirmish games such as What a Cowboy or Dead Man’s Hand. I bought these over a decade ago at a show in the US, and they’ve been sitting in the pile of opportunity since then waiting patiently for the paintbrush.

 

 

From left to right – a Wargames Foundry character (Judge Guthrie Prentice dismounted), the 2012 Partizan Show figure (No.15) - ‘The Undertaker’ - sculpted by Mike Owen, and an Artizan Gunfighters figure representing ‘The Bad’ in the Good/Bad/Ugly set. These will form the core of my law-and-order folks, soon to be challenged by a couple of gangs which I’m currently working on.

I find Western figures a joy to paint – the colours are simple, yet small touches can add some nice variety to an otherwise dull palette. The Undertaker’s waistcoat for example done in purple betrays the fact that his business is booming and he can afford some nicer threads. For the other two, functionality is the key. Simple clothes that hide dirt and a long day’s work.

I painted the figures with a range of Vallejo and Army Painter paints. I started with a black primer and then worked up from there, using colour, washes, and quick highlights where appropriate. The bases are simple plastic 2mm thick rounds. The basing materials consist of tufts from Vallejo scenery and Quicksand basing paste from Legendary Paints, over which I add a highly complex mixture of the free sandy grit that collects at the end of my driveway every spring before the dust cleaners go by (if you live in Canada and suffer winter road conditions, you’ll immediately know what I’m referring to). Once dried, I gave it a wash of Army Painter Warpaints Soft Tone to bring it all together. A bit of Vallejo Flat Earth covers the base rim.

Finally, I do two coats of varnish to protect the miniature for play. Done and dusted and ready for the table!

Claiming 3x 28mm foot = 15 points to get things rolling.

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First off, welcome to the Challenge, Andrew! It's terrific to welcome new people into the fold of Challengeristas. 

These gunslingers look terrific and compliment each other wonderfully even though they are from different sculptors. Very neat and tidy brushwork, and your basing is equally on-point (what did we ever do without tufts?). 

This trio will give you 15 points to work towards your target. Well done! I look forward to your upcoming entries over the next three months. 

- Curt

From PaulSS: [Sarah the Sorceress] Princess Brenda (25pts)

Princess Elizabeth c.1945 was the freebie given away at Partizan 2012 and it's been shamefully sat in my backlog ever since.

But, I've managed to navigate my way across the dungeon from The Aquifier through to The Hall of Traps and now need to get to The Larder pronto. "Brenda" is offered up in exchange for a swift transit across the dungeon.

I think, like the majority of Partizan figures the sculptor is most probably Martin Baker.

For those interested in the colours used, her hat and battledress tunic and hat are from a base of VMC English Uniform, the skirt, shirt and tie are from VMC Khaki.

A single 28mm figure and the Sarah the Sorceress bonus will add 25 points to my total.