AHPC XII 13th & 14th Entries - Papuan Porters & Time Traveling Troopers

 I had two small submissions published yesterday. We're now in the final week and it is "free fire" and I could in theory submit stuff and have it published every day. I do have five more posts, but they will all end up being posted next weekend as I am waiting on a vehicle to arrive and the SciFi terrain needed for two posts will take me a few days to finish up.

13th Entry - Papuan Porters

Oscar encountered these chaps in his latest adventure: linky-link

14th Entry - Operation Rescue Oscar Part 2

In which Curt and I test out the modified time travel device and go in search of Oscar. linky-link

AHPC X Day 84 - Twenty-Fourth Submission - Pulp Ladies

Another day, another submission has been posted: [link]

The figures above are from Eureka Miniatures and were very nice to paint. They were also the last of my collection of pulp era figures which were ready for painting. Don't worry though - I have more in stock that still need to be made ready for painting. Oh and at some point later this year I should be receiving even more from a Kickstarter I backed.


This afternoon I started work on the last of my Strontium Dog miniatures:

I expect to finish painting them tomorrow or early on Sunday. They are the last of the miniatures I had lined up for this year's Challenge, so I'll have to find something else from the backlog to paint for the final five days.

AHPC X Day 82 - Twenty-Third Submission and Wednesday Workbench 11 March

Oh, poo! I just spotted that I'd saved this post to drafts rather than publishing it. Well, it's still Wednesday somewhere I guess.


My twenty-third submission got posted this afternoon. I'd finished painting them last night, leaving just the varnishing and tufting to do this morning. And here they are: [link]

On the workbench right now are some more pulp ladies:

I should be able to finish them tomorrow, leaving me free to start work on the last few Strontium Dog figures.

AHPC X Day 65 - Sixteenth Entry - Doyle's Dockers

It appears that my sixteenth entry got posted late last night: [link]

Just the four figures, but I needed a bit more palette cleansing between batches of barbarians.

Finished: 28mm WW2 Aussie Additions

OK, that's it. No more additions to my WW2 Australians...

Engineers (Brigade Games)

Flamethrower team

Mine clearance team

These figures are a touch smaller than the other Aussies in my collection, but not too badly. Luckily, I don't need to add any more. The two chaps with Owen guns can also be used as infantry (as if I don't have enough already!).


Forward Observer Team (Warlord Games)

As I only need to represent the FOO in CoC, I based the other two figures separately so that I can use them as additional crew figures for support weapons.


Papuan Infantry and Porters (Brigade Games)

The sculpts for these aren't as nice as the ones from Warlord and Eureka. They're also a touch smaller, but that isn't a problem.


Kangaroos (Eureka Miniatures)

 

I chanced upon these figures while browsing for other animals and just had to buy them to use as CoC jump off points for my Aussies. Or as wildlife for games set in Australia, should I ever play any. I particularly liked the female with the Joey in her pouch:

Looking at the close-up pics, I think they might benefit from a light grey wash to smooth out the final bit of brown-grey stippling I did.

Not bad for less than a week's output.

Finished: 28mm WW2 Aussie Jungle Fighters #8

It was a bit of a push, but I did manage to get the two batches of Aussies based, varnished and tufted in time to post today. And here they are:


Tommy Guns

These are all Wargames Foundry "Chindit" figures.


Owen Guns

These are all Eureka figures.


Rifles

These are all Eureka figures.


Boys Anti-Tank Rifle

This team is from Warlord Games.



I've done a count up of all the figures painted so far and I've actually got enough to field two platoons plus supports. With the figures I still have left to paint, I'll be able to field a 20-man commando section plus supports, and an under-strength Papuan platoon. I'm tempted to buy a couple more Matildas so that I can field an armoured troop as well for "Big CoC" games.

Aussies On Parade

I decided to spend some time this morning adding tufts to the bases of all the Aussies that I've painted so far. And then to take a bunch of photos of them all. So, here you are - a bit of a photo dump!

Squaddies with rifles:

Junior Leaders with SMGs:

Junior Leaders with Rifles:

Bren guns:

Squaddies with Owen guns:

Squaddies with Thompson guns:

Senior Leaders:

The chap with the carbine is Major Lumley from The Assault Group.

Medic:

2" Mortar teams:

3" Mortar team:

Vickers MMG team:

PIAT team:

Sniper team:

Radio Operator:

Flamethrower:

Papuan stretcher team:

Papuan troops with rifles:

Papuan troops with Owen guns:

Papuan Bren gun team:

Independent Company squaddies with Owen guns:

Independent Company sniper and squaddies with rifles:

Independent Company Bren team:

Independent Company senior leader:

Two village huts from Sarissa Precision:

For those that haven't been following my posts, the figures are a mix of Aussies from Warlord Games, Eureka Miniatures, Artizan Designs and Wartime Miniatures, with a few Chnidits from The Assault Group and Wargames Foundry.