From JamesM: Helot Cult Chaos Spawn (Sci-Fi studio)(30 points)

Hi folks,

Apologise for the multiple entries this week, but previous challenges required individual entries for the map, and I'm not sure if that rule has changed!

Having jumped out of Lady Sarah's Limo at the Sci-Fi studio, my entry here is a rather large 28mm infantry/monster figure in the form of a Chaos Spawn - really, a larger model on a 40mm base from the GW 'Accursed Cultist' set. I've counted this figure as 'mounted'. Nothing says Sci-Fi to me like the 40k universe. 

In Necromunda, Chaos Cult gangs can make attempts to convert 'volunteers' or captured enemy fighters into Chaos Spawn. Basically, summoned deamons which cause the host to mutate in horrible and violent ways. One of the interesting things is that when you create a spawn, the stats are randomly generated. However, after each game used, there is a chance the spawn runs off into the underhive - hopefully never to be seen again!

This figure is suitable grim, with the possession still ongoing and the poor 'volunteer' along for the ride. Thankfully, someone provided him with some pointy stilts so that he can still feel involved in the whole process of eating others flesh and souls. 

I spent a lot of time thinking about what model to use to represent this option in my games, before spotting this set and settling on this figure. Thankfully Ebay allows the purchase of individual models from sets!

Again, this model was painting using the 'slap chop' method and Army Painter Speedpaints. I did use some regular vallejo colours to highlight up his scales and horns. I tried mixing some of the speedpaints to show the merging of deamon and human flesh, but kept a similar colour scheme to my Chaos Cultists. The mix of red and blue should also mean that this model can be used to represent Chaos Spawn from any of my chaos gangs. 

A single 28mm mounted model comes in at 10 points, with a further 20 from the studio (30 points total).  This also (hopefully) makes my fourth green level entry. 

Minion Miles: In the future you can combine your submissions so there is one for your allotted day.  However this is such a nice figure it does deserve it's own special mention!

From BenitoV: Dark Age Warriors ... and Your Father (87 points)

Back to the early Middle Ages from the 2WW era last week. Continuing with one of my different Saga warbands, today I have a unit of 12  Dark Age archers. These are usually classed as Levy in the Saga books, the cost is 1 point in terms or armies configurations and must have at least 12 models.

These are in principle to be part of and Anglo-Danish army. But the truth is that the models are so generic that can be used for any type of warband i starting around 400 AD;  and in my opinion, they could also pass the check nicely in my future Reconquista/El Cid unit.

As in my first entry to the Challenge this year, these are Gripping Beast 28 mm plastic multipose models from the Dark Age Archers box. You may remember a few  models were used to beefup my Arab/Sarracen archers unit, providing more variety to that unit simply by using arab heads.

Now back to the future... the second part of the post today is the "father" of many of us "of a certain age", who were teenagers in the late 70s and very early 80s.

 

This is a resin 3D printed model, a gift from one of my club friends trying to lure me into a StarWars project, but I have no idea about the brand. Despite being a fan of the movies saga since November 1977 when it was released in Spain's theaters, I'm still resisting hard to get hooked in this period (... but we'll see for how long).

 

This Darth Vader is a towering 45 mm height model,  using as a painting guide some films' screenshots found in Internet. 

 

The model will score in the SciFi studio (Green Pass) of the Challenge Studios. With this entry I have already checked in three of the four needed Green Pass studios before getting my access to the Blue Pass.

If my maths are correct I should be adding 87 to my Challenge Scoring:

12 x 28mm Archers @5 points = 60

1 x 45mm Darth Vader @7 points = 7

Bonus Sci Fi Studio = 20 points

Total = 87 points 

I also score 1 point in The Squirrel duel for the Dark Age Archers

        

Nice set of levy archers, Benito. As you note, they could be used for pretty much any army over quite a long era. Nice model of Anakin too.

Tamsin