From DavidB: Pulp goodies (70 points)

Garford-Putilov was an armored car made by Russia in WW1. It had a top speed a little better than 10 miles an hour as is was pushing a lot of armor as well as 7.62 maxim machine guns with one in the rear turret and two side sponsons it also had a 76mm cannon on it's unique turret. Unique as the turret had the rear of the truck covered in a 270 degree arc. the gun also had a shroud, but more as a safety so the gunner couldn't get tunnel vision in battle and shoot the truck. 

For it's time it had a good record and was used in the Great War and the Russian Civil War. of the 50 or less trucks made there are no known to remain. 

I found this print on Thingiverse by Windham Graves and it was a truck that had enough quirks I had to print one. I read a little on it while it printed and I am tempted always to build an armored train from the period and I can see this truck being a good addition to a truck convoy or an ambushing force.

I did go overboard with the weathering on this truck. knowing the time and period, and it being a print with noticeable layer lines( before I figured that out) 

I used it to practice more weathering and I paid particular attention to where wear and tear would occur.

the gun tub especially is a good spot for water to gather.

I painted chip paint where the gun shroud would impact the truck.

I also painted scrapes on the turret and tub made by the turret rotation.

This truck is splendidly quirky enough to use in pulpy games or interwar shenanigans.

If only I had some troops to use with it......

A few years ago I found Bob Murch at Adepticon and bought his Germans for a purpose long forgotten. Probably from an idea on Lead Adventure forum... So my BBEG has an old Russian AC, maybe a few. He will need some capable hammer type minions to provide security and muscle for heists as he builds his zombie horde or stompy robots of death. What better sort of trouble for a plot armor clad hero than some Fallschirmjager led by a capable and fanatical officer! 

I think they were intended as Zeppelin troops, but I think I can find use for them in interwar skirmish as german troops getting hands on experience. I painted them entirely in fanatic paints using ochres, umbers, and some vibrant blue for a bright luftwaffe blue.

An officer and two NCOs lead... 

Four mauser equipped troops

and another three with machine guns

The tanks have five layers of ochre paint applied in lined highlights to give the tanks a used look to them. I used a reddish wash on the wood furniture of the weapons to give them a reddish wood look.

This should give a two fisted protagonist a spot of bother!

one truck for 20 points

and 10 infantry for 50 points....

and back to the desk to see if I can kick out another batch

TeemuL: More wonderful vehicles from you David, a pleasure to minion this one, too. I'm with you, vehicle like that should see a lot of action, so characterful and also something most people wouldn't believe to be true - so perfect for Pulp battles and more. The weathering, wear and tear, excellent! And you made some infantry to fight with it, well done.

From MikeW - Warhammer 40k Tau, Fantasy Savage Orcs and various 28mm Figures, Squirell & Skulls (125 Points)

 I've switched my focus back to the Tau as I have now completed 5 x trooopers, 1 x drone, 3 x Stealth Fighters and 2 x Crisis Battlesuits. All with the same white and Orange theme that I piloted in my first post of the challenge.

Two Tau Fighters in Crisis Suits,
large Sci-Fi mechs, with varied weapons load-outs 

Rear view of the same

Close-up of one of the Tau Mechs.

...and the other one.

The three Stealth Suit Fighters have benefited from being slightly larger models that the standard Tau Troopers, this made the pinlining of the armour panels much easier to do and I'm pleased with the results. Again these guys have the same white armour, painted in the same manner as previously described, with random orange panels, the only item that remains constant  is that all models will have a left knee pad that is orange.

Three Tau warriors in Stealth Suits,
these are similar is size to old school Space Marine Terminators

These guys each carry a heavy weapon in their left hand and have various load-outs on their back packs and antenna as required.

Reverse view of the Tau Stealth Warriors

The Crisis Suit Fighters are the smallest of the Tau 'Big Mechs' and these two were sourced from eBay and came pre-made with the load-outs that you can see. Again these figures were undercoated in a grey and then dry-brushed light grey and then white before applying several white glazes to bring out the highlights.

Business end of a Large Plasma Gun

Again the panel lining is easier due to their size but also due to their size tere are alot more panels to line! The black is done with GW Black Templar contrast paint, whlist the panel lines are GW Aggrax Earthshade.

Reverse side of the other Mech, with a combat Force Field shield

The weapons on each figure vary, I believe each can have upto 4 weapons attached to their 'hardpoints' but each has only three. (I may add more later as I build p a supply of spares).

Tau Droid to spport the additional Tau Troopers

Regarding Points, I have counted the Stealth Suit Warriors as regular 28mm figures, my logic being these are similar to Space Marine Terminators who get scored that way and also counted the drone as a regular figure as well. For the Crisis Suit figures I have counted these as 28mm vehicles, as they are considerably bigger than regular figures - I have seen similar in posts to older challengers but happy to be corrected if that oversteps the mark.

Tau Trooper section with a Gue'Vesa on the left 

Size comparison of Crisis Suit, Stealth Suit and regular Tau Trooper

The other items that I have been working on are a first batch of Savage Orcs, the first six figures of a twenty strong unit, which I'll hopeflly finish in the next week or so.

First six Savage Orcs, of a twety strong nit that I'm working on!

These guys were again sourced on eBay and they were a ready made totally unpainted unit with a few figures needing a bit of TLC to either complete their construction or put back together where they had broken. 

Close-up od three of the Savage Orcs

These are essentially wild Orcs, with very few clothes on them except for the skins of various beasts that they have slain. These figures are heavy on bone weapons and body ornamentation and again disappointinly sparce on skulls, only two in this first batch!

The painting method was essentially the same as in my last post bit with the lack of clothing to distract the eye, the skin has appeared to retain a very vivid green hue. I have offset the skin with alot of attention to the bone and this was achieved with an ivory paint job, washed with GW Skeleton Horde and the highlighted with more Ivory and then White.

The remaining three, just 2 skulls between them all!

I opted for the Lizard skin clothing to be blue, so this is an Army Painter Blue Speed paint, then dry brushed with a sky blue before being washed with a dark blue ink to pull the colours together.

Finally I have also completed a few 28mm figures for some of my historical interests. Of these I have 5 x Interwar British Infantry, these are Wargames Atlantic plastics, built to represent a faction in a proposed Very British Civil War (VBCW) collection that I'll put together. Some older readers may remember I have done VBCW figures in 20mm previously - but I have decided to go big and swap to 28mm for future figures.

Five Man Infantry Squad, Lewis Gunner on left,
next to his No.2, then two riflemen and an officer.

There is an officer, 3 riflemen and a Lewis Gunner, these guys were undercoated in white, painted with a watered down khaki and webbing and packs in a light brown. I'll claim a Squirrel point for these guys! Hopefully I'll find time to do some more as the challenge progresses.

Another view of the Interwar Infantrymen

Last figure this week is a Polish Late17th Century Foot Officer, armed with a two handed sword, he is destined to command a Polish infantry regiment in my Siege of Vienna collection.

Polish Officer, with two handed sword,
ready to lead a his nit

POINTS

9 x Tau Figures (Stealth, Drone & Troopers) @ 5 Points ea            45 Points

2 x Tau Crisis Suits @ 10 Points ea                                                      20 Points

6 x Savage Orcs @ 5 Points ea                                                              30 Points

6 x 28mm Infantry @ 5 Points ea                                                         30 Points

TOTAL                                                                                                   125 Points 

2 x Skulls

 

Sylvain: The pattern you choose on your Tau unit is very clean and also evocative of Japanese anime. Good job on the pin wash, it really provides depth and definition to your miniatures. After  searching for precedents, I counted your Crisis suits as "mounted figures" for 10 points each. I would be curious to see all your Tau units together, as well as all you have collected so far for your "Siege of Vienna". Joli travail! 

 

 

From AlanD - Inter-War Armoured Cars for Under Construction (120 Points)

I've had a break from painting turnips this week with a group of inter-war armoured cars.

It seems like I only seem to work on my inter-war projects during the Painting Challenge, so I'm claiming these for the Under Construction bonus. I was looking back over past Challenges, and saw that I first started painting things for the German Revolution back in 2016. I added some more bits last year, and here we are again.

This beast, a Garford-Putilov, will join the Freikorps I painted in 2016.

A year or so ago I also painted a bunch of Poles for the Polish-Soviet War of 1920, and the next two armoured cars will give them a bit of punch. The diminutive Ford with its colourful camouflage was a Polish design, hastily thrown together in 1920. The Austin-Putilov is based on a well-known photo of a Red Army vehicle that was captured in May 1920. The Poles retained the original Bolshevik vehicle name, cheekily adding their own with the date of capture.

Finally, here are a couple of vehicles for the Red Army in 1920. I don't have any other figures for that particular army yet, but I'm sure that can be remedied at some point! The hal-track is an Austin Kegresse, and it's joined by a Izhorsky-Fiat. I've deliberately left it without markings so I can use it for a few different armies.

I was trying to remember who made these models. The Polish Ford and Austin-Putilov are from Company B. I think the others are from Brigade Games, but I could well be wrong.  Hope you like them! five vehicles plus the Under Construction bonus should give me 120 points for the week. Thank you Tamsin!

That's a great set of armoured cars, Alan. Good to see you return to your inter-war stuff.

Tamsin