From TimP -Challenge XVI wrap up and Thank you!

A hearty thanks once again to everyone involved especially

Curt, Sarah, DaveD and the minions for other days.

Really enjoyed it, and not wanting to repeat too much from my last post, it's helped get me back painting. It's amazing how the pressure of a totally voluntary target and posting day deadlines can ensure figures are produced and finished. Normally I'm surrounded by projects that are 95-99% done.

Didn't manage a Squirrel or any side duel - maybe I'll manage that next time.

All the figures.

Lower angle shot showing the SOCO at the front.

Next steps, get the Saxon standard bearer finished, and finish the buildings I didn't get done in time for his time. 

Here's looking forward to next year.  

TimP

From DavidB: Part 2 The Wolf Spiders (195 points)

 

38 Van-saar gangers being the last big purchase of GW models. I am blaming them on both Hive secondus (space hulk like necromundia game) and my interest in some new cheap Sci-Fi skirmish games. They easily make a platoon so besides Necro, they will be great in 5150, Stargrave, and a score of other Sci-Fi games I have. they can easily be a cyberpunk spec ops team too.

My first try a few challenges ago was to make them a turquoise with bright orange optics, but the jade paints looked greener and suddenly I had the classic Van-saar look and lost a lot of my painting mojo working on them. Those models have done okay in the necromundia games, but not my favorite as I am not happy with the look of them. This time I decided since I wanted the weapons and lights to be the focus, I would aim for more neutral tones on the figures and decided a pale blue grey and black body suits would make the optics more noticeable. I really liked the look and with the pale blue-grey I now have the Wolf Spiders ready to rumble.

They came out rather well.

Van-saar are not known for close combat, but a plasma pistol and energy shield is their style.

I do not know my starting roster yet, but this one will be in the starting crew.

hand flamer weapons are a great weapon to give to the new fighters and level them up to ganger quick.

I really like their helmets and only used a few bare heads for flavor, but all have masks and helms on their person.

I have not decided on the leader yet, all four have nice weapon loadouts, but may change to get the troops in the roster.

I am leaning to the camo cloak leader with power knife and las as his cloak was purposefully painted purple for the look at me. either he will be targeted as a boss or left alone where I can use him to snipe targets. I figure him to be a vain leader using the cloak in a more flamboyant color shift than camouflage

The mainstays of the roster will be lasguns, las carbines, and the van-saar version of a shotgun being the suppression laser.

a multi melta, plasma cannon, and rad cannon being either an anchor for my gang or an anchor in depleting points better spent on something else.

I made sure to make at least one model for every special weapon available. I want choices for support weapons and will need something to take down high toughness and high wound targets.

The red target optics really pop with the blue lenses.

there were only nine skulls with this big gang, and all were on the knife sheaths or energy shields. they are more tech and less grim dark until we get to the medic from the hive Secundus set with the big honking servo arm needle and chainsaw bone saw.  The medic is accompanied by communication tech

A weaponsmith and sniper

a proper camo cloak for the sniper.

Two more hive secudus tech hunters and will be used in a game with my friends at Adepticon. I haven't played that particular game yet, but since necromundia and space hulk are favorite games, I will have fun.

some up armored heavy weapon gunners one with a rad gun and the other with something that is part flame weapon and part mancatcher...

Everything from the past few days off....

An ammo priest for trench crusade that somehow was with the Cawdor gangers, so I finished him up before typing this post and he is the last model for this challenge.

I was "Lucky" in I had a VA doc appointment and had a day off work since it was when I should've been sleeping for work. I will be off to work tonight so my brushes are now down for this winter. I will have a tally of the big stompy robots of death soon as I have vacation beginning on Monday. 

38 van-saar gangers and one trench crusade ammo monk for 195 points

squirrels- White Scars, Fantasy orcs, WW2 US, WW2 Germans, Battletech, wood elves, stormtoopers, Iron Snakes, Deathguard, Modern US inf, WW1 French, Trench Pilgrims, New Antioch, Carnevale Doctors, Van-Saar gangers.

skulls- 111 skulls adding the few not so grim dark gangers

stompy robots of death- 17 machines

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Wow, 38 Van-Saar gangers? In Necromunda terms this is not a 'gang', but a freakin' 'horde'! Lovely work David, and I really like your new re-dux colour scheme. They definitely look more hi-tek compared to the usual Necromunda offerings - quite patrician. As you say, the larger force will allow you to use them in a variety of rules systems. Very nice and a great conclusion to your Challenge this year. Bravo!

- Curt

IainW 28mm - Late Roman shieldwall unit (50 points)

 Last Late Roman shieldwall unit, like the other units second hand black tree design figures, nice to paint, although being second hand I now realise upon painting them that there are a couple of later dark age types with longer hair, no belt and a slightly different dress, but with the same shield, spangleheim helmet, mail and spear I think theyll do, no doubt Goths press ganged . Speaking of the hand painted shield, I only realised it was a cavalry design after Id painted it,whoops!

Like the other infantry units,all individualy mounted on 1p pieces and sabot based in a warbases 120mm mdf base, still got to finish an archer unit then this little army is complete.

10  x 5 gives me 50 points

Last post, I'd like to thank Greg , Curt and all the team, its been great fun as always and I forgot to mention the charity I contributed to in December is for Refugees which are no doubt even busier in the eastern Mediterranean now.

All the best 

Iain

From Millsy:

Good to see another Late Roman post in this Challenge. Seeing your work and that of others like JohnS has kept the fire alive for my own efforts, so thanks for that.

You've done a smashing job on these, particularly the lorica sclamata which I have a hankering to add some of myself. I'm tempted by the BTD stuff and might dip my toe in there. If they come out as well as yours have it'll be worth the effort.

50 more points racked up. Great choice of charity too BTW. Nice one mate.

Cheers,
Millsy

FROM: JohnB: Tuesday Terrors: The Garden Rescue Elf: Games Workshop: (5 points)

At last a squirrel NOT - still squirrelite! I was digging a lot in the garden last year and apart from the odd "green army" man I found this guy.

I took pity on him and later gave him a clean in the dishwasher.

Not sure if that was why his base warped or was it a garden accident?

Anyway I took to my contrast paint collection to test out some colour combinations.

TOTAL POINTS = 1 x 5 points for a single 28mm ELF.

Hilarious backstory John!  Lovely work on this rescue.  5 points it is.

JezT - 28mm Venetian Standard Bearer from TAG (10 points)

 Hi All 

This is a simple single figure follow on from my last post, when I started down a "rabbit hole" of re-touching up and re-basing my old Gendarme figures. My new plan is using my very best Gendarme figures to intermix across different armies on individual sabot bases and have specific national army standard bearers. 

This has proved quite tricky as I have been fiddling around with a lot of old lead that is now quite fragile. Cant believe that my old Wargames Foundry Gendarme figures are now over 35 years old!!

Anyway just presenting a single newly painted The Assault Group Spanish Genitor figure. I have  painted it up to be a Venetian standard bearer though - the flag is from Pete's flag.

Painted in red and white as Venetian colours

So just a simple single cavalry figure 10 points for the Challenge but very pleased with the final look of the re-touched up figures. 

Cheers Jez

That's a good looking gendarme standard bearer there Jez! I like the idea of sabot basing, allowing you to use the same model in mass battle and skirmish games. Goof for you for getting paint on this model that's older than some painters here in the Challenge!

Ten points for you.

Dallas

From: MarkE Orc BloodBowl Team 28mm (60 points)

 We had some balls, now we add orcs, orcs with RED highlights because.....Da go fasta!

I continued with using mainly paints from the Armory Speedpaint line.  They are different to work with much more like using inks or washes than paints in most ways.  One coat coverage for all these models, so I can't complain.  I ended up not liking the coverage of speedpaint for the bases.  I was looking for that '80's classic GW base look so went with AK Alga Green since I found my prized 20+ year old pot of Goblin Green had finally succumbed to time and dried up.

Da Throwers

Da Catchers

Da Black Orc Blitzers

Closeup of a couple of the Linemen

Da Line

And here's a shot of the entire team together.

Sad orcs waiting on a team to play stomp!

Scoring wise:

                        12 x 28mm figs @5pts/model = 60 points

        Cheers!

        MarkE

Wow Mark, what a blast from the past! Those old figures have really benefitted from your love and care with the paintbrush for sure. I do like how the skin tones really resemble the old Goblin Green, I have some of those really old pots somewhere too but  fear they will have dried up as well as yours. Anyway a great addition to the Grid Iron!

 

Cheers Sander