A little snack to keep one going during the last 24 hours of the Challenge. There were three bonus rounds this year, I had a clear and cunning plan for one of them (Resistance) from the beginning. The other two I managed to invent something during the course, but the one I planned never made it! I was too busy hunting squirrels and skulls, that once I realized the Resistance deadline was close, I already knew I couldn't make it. But here's something I planned for that round, finally somewhat finished.
These two are modular map pieces from the Mighty Empires campaign set Games Workshop released several years ago. I bought one second hand a few years ago and even painted some of them during the previous AHPC (curiously the previous AHPC was named AHPC X: Previously painted map tiles). I'm quite sure these would have seen much more action, if they were coloured cardboard hexes like Settlers of Catan, but sometimes everything is made from plastic. I used Contrast colours on these again, simple and bold colours, something you expect to see from a map for example. They are double sided and of course the one with the mountain range doesn't look too good when turned over (the ocean). One more reason for cardboard tiles, I guess.
And what do these have to do with resistance, then? Well, I'm taking this to the meta level and this entry resists the lack of map for theme rounds. There are pros and cons, but naturally there is some level of resistance and this entry keeps that voice alive. I might not be personally resisting the lack of map, but this entry does - in a same way as our armies on the tables don't always match our own ideologies or agendas. Another level of resistance of this entry is that both of these were partially started before the Challenge, the greens on the first picture were already painted years ago, but then I run out of the Green Contrast paint and forgot these. For couple of years there has been a bonus theme for finishing previously started minis during the Challenge, and this entry resists that, too - in a same way as it resists the lack of map. Scoring these would be difficult, but since they were already started, they count for zero points - simple!
P.S. I was planning to paint more of these for the Bonus round and use tiles which were not started, but then I got too deep in all the levels of Resistance, that I couldn't resist any longer. I hope this post has at least bought a grin on your face, if not laugh. :)
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When reading this I resisted not to laugh, but failed. I find your meta-level reasoning entertaining, Teemu AND I also really like these tiles, with their bold colours and contrasting hex-edge. I have something similar that I 3d printed, but I still really like the design of these Mighty Empire tiles. I hope you return to them for a future Challenge to show us an entire map!
The Map is Dead - Long Live the Map! ;)
- Curt