From RayR: Donnybrook - Polish High Command 65pts

 

My very last post for Challenge XII and not a badger or sandbag in sight!

A big thank you has got to go to Curt, Sarah and all the excellent minions, especially Greg, the Wednesday Minion. And a big congrats to all my fellow Challengers for helping pull me along during the challenge with all your works of art and comments.

Thank you everyone!

For my last post I have a selection of Polish High Command figures.

All based up on 50mm round bases.

Both these figures are from The Assault Group and come from the Janusz "the black" Radziwill, Grand Hetman of Lithuanian, pack

The flag comes from the website of Alex Pil, which for some reason I can't find anymore???

They shall be used as the Hero and Standard Bearer in Donnybrook.

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They both painted up pretty easily and cleaned up very nice, unlike the infantry.

Rear shot

One last pic!

Of both of them.

Now the other 3 figures.

All are from Essex Miniatures

This Commander isn't really a commander, he's actually a Kettle Drummer minus the drums.

I thought he'd make a great looking commander and I think I'm right?

This isn't a commander either, he's a King!

King Wladyslaw IV 1595-1648 in fact.

So truthfully he's a little early, but he's still a great looking figure and fits in perfect.

My least favourite of all the command figures, but we can't all look good can we?

He's a Polish Mounted Colonel

And the rear of the year award goes to......

Two great horse on the left and middle, But the right hand horse doesn't really go with the rider, in my opinion? But that's all I had.

Also we have 3 foot leaders.

The first figure on the left is from the same pack as the 2 mounted TAG figures above.

The other 2 figures are from Essex Miniatures. These 3 will be spare leaders and/or will be command figures, if I ever get anything else painted up.

50pts for the 5 mounted figures

15 points for the 3 foot figures

Makes a total of 65 points.

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Yet more wonderful Poles for your collection, Ray. I love all the vibrant colours you have happening with these figures all contrasted nicely by your excellent basing. I also think the use of the kettle drummer as a commander is simple, but brilliant addition to your command component. My only regret is not being able to task you with having an actual game with them as I did last year. ;P 

It's been a pleasure to have you with us again Mr. Rousell. November next year? I hope so.

- Curt

From RayR: Donnybrook - Guard Haiduk's (55pts)

  

Its not long to go, I can't believe its gonna be the end of the Challenge soon, where did the time go? 

For this entry I'm posting my last unit for my Polish/Imperialist army for the siege of Vienna in 1683,

Here we have the 8 figure Guard Haiduk regt, along with a commander and two standard bearers.

All figures are from The Assault Group, apart from the Commander on the left, he's a figure from Essex Miniatures. You may notice the lack of muskets?

Who needs a gun when you can have a massive chopper?

The Guards carried halberds instead.

Rear pic, just encase I only painted the front of the figures.

The flag on the right comes from the same source as I've previously copied in and the flag on the left is from Alex Pil's flag site that I can't find anymore?

11 figures @5pts

55 points!

Excellent guards, Ray! I must admit to being a great fan of those bonkersly huge flags!

Tamsin

From RayR: Donnybrook - Polish Haiduk No2 (95pts)

For this post I've painted up my second Polish Haiduk regt for my Vienna 1683 project.

The figures are from The Assault Group.

And were a pleasure to paint up, a little too much flash, most of which I only noticed while painting the bleeders up!

I matched the infantry unit to the colours on the flag.

The command, a boy, Officer and Standard Bearer.

Like the last Haiduk regt I painted, the flags come free online

here.

Apparently, Officer didn't wear the same as men in there unit?

Rear shot

2 units of 8 figures 80 points

3 Command 15 points

Makes a total of 95 points!

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Terrific brushwork on these Poles, Ray! I love the sculpts from The Assault Group - so wonderfully chunky and characterful. I like the pale grey-blue of the troops juxtaposed against the vibrant colours of the officers. Another brilliant unit for your Siege of Vienna project done! Bravo! 

- Curt

 

from RayR - Planet Curt - The Centre of the Challenge Universe. 140 points

  

From GregB
"Ray has successfully navigated the perilous interstellar shoals of the Challenge 12 Quadrant, arriving at the very core of this complex set of worlds. Thus he has earned a final Challenge from the Snowlord!"

"Ray, I love your Siege of Vienna project, and I think it needs a further boost! We know what prodigious, sandbag-levels of painting you are capable of...therefore, to appease the Great and All-Knowing Snowlord, you shall paint TWO more units for this project - one for the Ottoman side, and one for the defenders of Vienna!
Good luck Ray!"

GregB

After a lot of thought I decided on the two units I'd paint up for my trip to the centre of the Challenge Universe. I've been painting up loads of Poles, for my Siege of Vienna project, BUT , the Poles came to the recue of the Austrians holed up in Vienna and did not defend the walls.

So I chose a unit of Austrian's, I do have a unit of infantry I want to paint up, but there's at least 20 figures in that unit, so I chose a smaller unit of Austrian town Militia. A small 8 figure unit with 4 command figures, all from Dixon Miniatures.

The Austrians loved their grey, so the only colour other than grey is their red neckerchief.

Officers could wear whatever they fancied!

So I painted him up in the same kinda blue as is on the flag, which I found online.

Rear shot!

I do like that flag!

And now for the Ottomans!

I didn't actually have any Ottomans ready or planned to paint anymore during this Challenge.

I did have the artillery, previously posted, but I'd already started painting them at the time.

So I delved into the big box of figures I bought from fellow blogger Dave Crook, he was selling them as part of a collection of his friend Eric who passed away.

In said box were 8 Old Glory archers and 8 Dixon archers.

So I mixed them together, to make a unit of 12 archers to represent some of the lighter Seyman Peasant Militia conscripted by the Ottomans from their provinces such as Anatolia, Judea, Egypt, Armenia or Capadocia, where these fine fellow are from.

The Dixon figures are pretty small up against the Old Glory figures and are not that animated either

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But double basing them brings them up to roughly the same height..

So there we have it...

2 units one for each side for the Siege of Vienna 1683!!!

Austrians x 12 figures 60 points

Ottoman x 12 figures 60 points

& a bonus  for making it to the centre.

From DaveD - hey Ray , you managed to squeeze some Donnybrook into the centre of the universe good lad. A fine job has been completed indeed - but where are the sandbags my friend . I will go with a 20 point centre bonus for you Ray. Thanks for your company on the chats this year too Ray . 

From RayR - Femme Fatale (10pts)

 

Tamsin usually finds herself  blessed being my Minion each year during the Challenge, but it wasn't to be this year. So, as she's minioning today I thought I stick a small post on for her as a pressie. Here we have 2 x Femme Fatale's

I've had these figures for many moons and painted them up just in case I needed any more lifts on Sarah's Star Yacht. That ship has now sailed. So these luvvly ladies are going spare.

The lady on the left is the Governor's Daughter and is a resin model, I can't for the life of me remember the manufacturer??? The hatted lady on the right is another of the civvies from North Star's 1672 range.

I still working on other figures, hopefully I'll have more posts to sneak in??

10 point please Tamsin? Unless you wanna give me any bonus points which I know you won't?

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Awww, you're so kind! Ermm, this is Ray! OK, so what dastardly scheme is it you're plotting that you feel the need to butter me up? 😏

Those two ladies look very nice, and neither is a bear that you're trying to claim as female for Sarah's Choice! 

No bonus points though!

Tamsin

From RayR - Donnybrook - Last of the Mohicans (30 points)

 

Back in Challenge 8 in 2018 I painted up the Warlord Figures pack Last of the Mohicans here

Mainly to use as command figures for my Natives for King Philip's War/Bacon's Rebellion.

Around about the same time I bought the Redoubt Enterprises version of the same figures, Although there's no Magua, instead we have the ill fated Major Duncan Heyward.

These will also go into the Native Command box of doom. The ladies will go into the civilian box,

and poor Maj Heywood will go into the what the hell I'm I gonna do with you box!

I think I prefer these figures to the Warlord ones?

Bit blurry I know.

Cora Munro, Alice Munro, Chingachgook, Uncas

Alice, Chingachgook, Uncas, Hawkeye (in his famous, chasing after Magua pose)  and Maj Heyward

Originally I was just going to paint up Cora and Alice, just in case I needed them for Sarah Star ship, but before I knew it I'd cleaned up the pack and stuck them on sticks and lets face it, they're a pretty easy paint job.

This fine looking bunch of 6 x 25mm figures will earn me another 30 points, which leaves me just 9 points shy of Miles in 6th place.

 

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Hi Ray - great brushwork as always, some interesting figures and a wonderful setting. Another 30 points for you! And I think we all have a "What The Hell Am I Gonna Do With You Box"...

GregB