AHPC XII 18th & 19th Entries - Barbarians and Pulp Adventures

 My final two posts got published yesterday.

18th Entry - Oscar And The Barbarians

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19th Entry - Operation Rescue Oscar Part 5

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I've been taking things easy today. The only workbench stuff I have done is to clean my paintbrushes and airbrushes. Tomorrow my plan is to get everything out on the table to take some group photos.

AHPC X Day 77 - Twentieth Submission - Barbarian Tiggers

In between minion duties today, I managed to varnish and flock the figures for my twentieth entry, which was posted this afternoon: [link]

And so, the tease is no more - the mystery of the twenty-second barbarian rider is answered. He's not riding a horse, he's riding a giant tiger!

The other six beasties will be fielded as a lesser/greater warbeast unit to accompany the barbarians; the tigger with rider will be fielded as a single-figure warbeast-hero unit.


I've also begun work on my next entry and have made good progress. You'll get to see them in tomorrow's Paint Table Saturday post.

AHPC X Day 73 - Seventeenth Entry - Mounted Barbarians

I submitted my barbarian cavalry as my seventeenth entry yesterday and they have been published this evening (there are a lot of posts in the queue - I guess lots of participants have projects coming to a conclusion right now) : [link]

Right now I'm working on my next two submissions, some more pulp characters:

I should have the painting finished tomorrow, but will probably have to do the varnishing on Wednesday morning.

After these, my plan is to work on the final figures for my barbarian warband. There are only seven figures, so they should be done quite quickly and I can put you out of your misery.

AHPC X Day 71 - Paint Table Saturday 29 February

I have finally finished painting the barbarian riders late this afternoon. Above is a pic with the 21 horses - with a small leap* of imagination I'm sure you can imagine them on their horses. Part from one...

Below is a closer-up pic of the riders:

Tomorrow I will be varnishing them. I'm going to keep the horses and riders separate until I've flocked the bases (it will be much easier without the riders attached). If all goes well, I should have them completed and the post submitted by the end of play tomorrow.

I'll be taking a short break from this project to paint something else before I start work on the final "secret" unit.




* I had to get that in somehow - it's only once every four years that I have the chance!

AHPC X Day 68 - Wednesday Workbench 26 February

As you can see, I have made a decent start on the barbarian riders, although I have realised that I won't have finished them until some time this weekend.

The eagle-eyed amongst you may have spotted that there are twenty two riders, but only twenty one horses. There is a reason for that...




...and, no, I'm not going to tell you what it is...




...just yet.

AHPC X Day 64 - Fifteenth Entry and Paint Table Saturday 22 February

I finished and submitted my 15th entry yesterday and it got posted this afternoon: [link]

This entry leaves me just 101 points shy of my original 1300 point target with 4 weeks left to go. I will be raising my target shortly to account for all the bonus points I've earned - that should make it a bit tougher for me!

Yesterday I painted another four figures for my pulp collection. They got varnished today and have just been submitted. I also started work on the horses for my mounted barbarians, airbrushing on the base colours for their coats.

This afternoon I have been highlighting the horseflesh using the airbrush. The thirteen on the left have been highlighted; the eight on the right will get done tomorrow. Once that's done I've probably got another day or two of work to get them finished. And then onto their riders...

Today I have most

AHPCX Day 61 - Fourteenth Entry and Wednesday Workbench 19 February

I finished the barbarians yesterday and they were posted as my fourteenth submission this morning: [link]

Today I started work on my next entry - some 15mm security bots:

The base colours are all down. Tomorrow I'll be highlighting, dry-brushing the base, gloss varnishing, panel-lining using a wash and then matt varnishing.

After these, I'll probably do a few pulp figures before returning to the barbarians - I still have the mounted and the special unit to do for that project.

AHPC X Day 57 - Paint Table Saturday 15 February

Today has been quite productive. All the fur, hide, leather and cloth areas have been washed, hair has been painted (auburn for the female champion and 13 different shades for the remainder - it started off as 10, but a couple looked wrong so I darkened them and I added grey streaks into the brown on one of the chaps); wood has been basecoated and all the metal bits have been blacked.

First task tomorrow will be washes on the hair and wood, then it's onto the metal parts. I had thought about doing NMM, but with this many figures that would be too much like hard work. When the metals are done, I'll give the furs a light drybrush to highlight them then it's onto the detailing including painting symbols on the standards.

AHPC X Day 56 - Friday Update 14 February

I ended up taking a day off from painting yesterday as I was out for most of the morning and a good chunk of the afternoon. I'd also managed to strain a muscle near my right armpit while coughing.

Luckily the muscle strain had eased off by this morning so I was able to paint. My productivity has also been helped by not have many Challenge posts to "minion".

First off I added final flesh highlights to all the figures, then sorted them into groups for the next steps - painting cloth, furs, skins and leather. The cloth (apart from Khaki on a handful of figures) has been highlighted; the furs, skins and leather have only had basecoats done so far.

Tomorrow I'll be applying washes to furs/skins/leather as job #1. After that it is probably basecoats for the metals, then hair, then wood. Provided I don't get too distracted, I should get all the painting finished this weekend, but will almost certainly have to do the varnishing and basing on Monday.

AHPC X Day 54 - Wednesday Workbench 12 February

In my post yesterday I said that my next project was a biggie - 51 fantasy barbarians! I've finished the flesh on the two female figures and have got most of the way with the 49 chaps - just a wash and final highlight to go. I've possibly gone a little bit OTT on the flesh tones, but with so much on display I think it's justified. The rest of the painting will be much easier - base, wash, highlight. I should have them finished this weekend.

'Tis the Night Before Challenge

Curt Campbell did gush,
So wipe down that workbench
And clean out that brush
You can begin painting
In a few hours time
Not figures you've started
Unless they're just primed


By the time this drivel is posted there will be 10 hours left before the kick-off of AHPC X. All my prep is done and only one batch of figures (the Judge Dredd minis) hasn't been primed yet.

My workbench has been wiped down and I've got it ready for painting my first submissions:

Taking a bit of a risk, I am going to try out my new wet palette tomorrow I've also got a new set of brushes out (my last pair of series 7 brushes have taken a heavy hammering over the past few months).


Here's a photo of the figures I definitely intend to paint:

What? You want close ups of the boards? Oh, go on then!

Strontium Dog minis

15mm robots and 10mm lizardmen

28mm characters and 15mm SYW Russians

28mm WW2 British Airborne

28mm Pulp

28mm Barbarians

Barbarian skirmishes, command, shamen and beasts

Barbarian swordsmen and axemen

Barbarian cavalry riders

Barbarian cavalry mounts

Besides the Judge Dredd figures, there is a lot more that's prepped and primed in the wings if I finish these early. I might also be making up some terrain.


Before I go, I would just like to wish all my fellow participants in this year's Analogue Hobbies Painting Challenge the best of luck in achieving their targets, winning their side duels but above all I hope that they will have good fun over the next three months.

Finished - 28mm WW2 British Airborne Jeeps, Bikes and Carts

After much delay, I have finally finished these. And that's the last of the Airborne for now, although (as I'm sure you know) I do have a few more figures that haven't been prepped and primed yet.


Hand Carts

Motorbikes

Two Wellbikes and one 350cc Matchless bike

Woah! One of them has switched bikes!

I've left him separate so that he can be used with either bike

Signals Jeep

I will be adding radio antennae at some point

Recce Jeep with Trailer

Everything apart from the "proper" motorbike is from Warlord, the motorbike is from Foundry.


There have been some purchases...

I took advantage of  Warlord's Black Friday sale to buy the last three packs from the Strontium Dog range; I also bought their Airborne 75mm pack howitzer, 17 pounder and Polsten gun.

On Wednesday I did a little bit of shopping in town - the two Judge Dredd packs that I didn't buy initially, some acrylic paint pens, white ink and a couple of paints, a couple of portable daylight lamps, a couple of Series 7 brushes, superglue and activator, some tree armatures, some matchsticks and some triangular plastic strip.

Apart from finishing the jeeps etc today I have been doing some prep:

The horses for my barbarian warband have been glued onto bases, as have the figures for a special unit.

I've also prepped the resin Judge Dredd figures. Dredd's Daystick broke at the mid point, so I removed it at the handle and fitted a length of paperclip; I also had to pin another Judge at the ankle - I'll need to do a little bit of greenstuff work on them. I'm still debating how to do the basing - I'm considering mounting them on acrylic bases, but I'm wary about cutting them off their integral bases.

Tomorrow I'll be prepping the metal JD figures and maybe some of the recent Airborne acquisitions. I'll also be assembling the barbarian riders.

Wednesday Workbench 30 October

Progress has been grindingly slow over the past few days as this lurgy keeps coming and going. I've also had to spend a fair bit of time visiting various pharmacies to see if they are able to get hold of one of my prescriptions - without joy as it seems that none of the suppliers have any in stock for them to order in. I'm currently waiting for my GP to get in touch about amending my prescription; hopefully they won't take too long as I'll be running out in less than two weeks.

However, I was able to combine my search with a bit of shopping and found these chaps in Poundland:

They should make some useful terrain for fantasy or pirate games.

But back to the workbench!

I've finally finished painting the support weapons for my Paras; I'll be doing the varnishing tomorrow and gluing the Vickers MMGs onto the gunners' bases:

I've also textured the bases of the Foundry Paras I had bought at SELWG, assembled the hand carts, added some extra details to the jeeps and trailer and a 2" mortar to one of the paras:

Hmm, seems I missed a bit of mould-line on the beret...

Here's a slightly better look at the dragoons, lizardmen and combat droids:

I've also finished prepping the barbarian horde. The infantry and one mount have been glued onto bases:

A couple of the infantry needed pinning. The cavalry are also prepped, but I need to order some 60x30mm oval bases for them as they are slightly too big to go on 50x25mm ones. I've also ordered a few more figures to make up the units to the correct numbers for Dragon Rampant - I should end up with plenty of options for games.

As I have the spray booth out to do the varnishing tomorrow, I'll probably leave it up afterwards and get  all of these primed.