AHPC9 - The end of the Challenge

This post has been sitting waiting for me to get my finger out and press that publish button for a few weeks now, so I thought I better press it!!

Sadly that's another Challenge all over and I was just getting on a roll. I hope I can keep up at least half of the effort I put in, for the rest of the year........can't see it happening though???
I've gotta admit I feel pretty pleased with myself, I've earned 2274 points placing me 8th in the Challenge, which is my third highest placing and third highest points total.

Here's my performance so far in all the Challenges
Challenge II  4940 points 1st
Challenge III 2586 points 4th
Challenge IV 1227 points 17th
Challenge V    691 points 37th
Challenge VI  681 points 36th
Challenge VII 1093 points 24th
Challenge VIII 662 points 40th
Challenge VIIII 2274 points 8th
Challenge X ????

So to the points......

I don't know if anyone noticed but the majority of my figures painted were for one set of rules

Donnybrook??? 

I painted :

1147 points of Donnybrook figures

587 points of other 25mm figures.

368 points of 15mm Beneath the Lily Banners figures (same period as Donnybrook!)
172 points of other 15mm figures

And I managed 2nd place in the Sport Bonus Round for my Lacrosse figures!!!

So a good Challenge for me all round!

AHPC - 25mm Boris & Nigel

My last post of this years Challenge...

And hear we have couple of Ass's

You may or may not know the names, If you're from the UK you certainly will.

I'm not sure what make they are, but Boris & Nigel are a right pair of  useless donkeys!

AHPC9 - Donnybrook - Berkley's Dragoons c1689

My penultimate post of the Challenge unless I really get my finger out and finish
 the unit I'm painting.

Can't see it happening though.

And yes it is more Donnybrook!!!!!

Here we have the 6 figures for the English regt Berkley's Dragoons

The figures are from Dixon minis, which are a real pleasure to paint, they almost
paint themselves!

"The Monmouth’s rebellion scared Parliament into forming the first standing Army in 1685, among it six regiments of horse and two of Dragoons. It was constituted of six troops, raised by the honourable John Berkeley and named after him as "Berkeley’s Dragoons" it’s recruiting area for all of the troops was Wessex. Berkeley married Barbera Villiers, an intimate friend of the King’s younger daughter, Princess Anne. Thus came about the first title of the Regiment "The Princess Anne of Denmark’s Regiment of Dragoons". In October Berkeley’s Dragoons rode into London to be inspected by the King, a critical Commander, who was nevertheless impressed with them. For the next three years the regiment came to annual summer camp on Hounslow Heath. In the glorious revolution of 1688, the Regiment performed the same role as most of the King’s Army changing to William of Oranges side when the Monarchs position became untenable."

"In 1689 Berkeley’s Dragoons saw their first action in Scotland fighting against those still loyal to King James. The following year Fitzhardinge took over the colonelcy from Berkeley and the title of Princess Anne’s Regiment fell into disuse. In 1692 the Regiment went to Flanders to fight against the French for six years, a tedious succession of marching and counter marching waiting to catch the enemy unawares. In 1692 they fought at Steenkirk, a badly orchestrated defeat in which Fitzardinge’s Dragoons lost 130 Killed, despite their conspicuous gallantry. The colonelcy changed again in 1693, when the Earl of Essex took over for almost twenty years. Two years later the Regiment helped to recapture the fortress of Namur. After the peace of Ryswick in 1697, Essex’s Dragoons returned to Yorkshire, a blooded Cavalry Regiment."

 There are also 6 dismounted Dragoons and a leader figure.

Here's the mounted version of the leader.

AHPC9 - 15mm Tents

I needed some tents for a Beneath the Lily Banners scenario I'm trying to get ready for.
I picked these up on ebay for a few quid.

I don't know their make? I wish I did so I could buy a few more!!
I undercoated them grey, dry-brushed a lighter grey, then dry-brushed white.
Simples!

Each Warbases base measures 5 x 8 and to be honest there was more work on the base
than on the tents!

AHPC9 - Donnybrook 25mm Hanged Man

Still posting some of my entries from the Analogue Hobbies Painting Challenge, not many
 more left I promise!!

 It's bit Macabre I know, its just a piece of scenery though for my Donnybrook Shenanigans!

The figure is from Black Tree designs, bought to paint up in AHPC8, along with 

quite a few similar bits and bobs. Sir Michael Awdry posted loads of these in
 last years Challenge and mine got pushed to the bottom of the leadpile.

Not much more I can really say about the figure really?

AHPC9 Donnybrook - Reiver Castings Militia

 Oh look, yet more Donnybrook!!!!

I do like it when you can have versatile figures, and that's exactly what these are.

The figures are from Reiver Castings, and can be purchased here.

For the princely sum of £11

 They can and hopefully will be used in the following armies.

Monmouth's Rebels

King Phillip's War Militia

&

Irish Rapparees

These 10  bad boys were worth 5 points each so earned me 50 points.

AHPC9 Donnybrook - NYW Prisoners, Guard & Wagon

More Donnybrook goodness!

This time its back to Col Bill's with a little help from Foundry.

The figures are from Col Bill's Depot Battalion range and are named,

17th Century Prisoners and Guard. and cost £6.

I've swapped the original Guard figure over with an Infantry figure from Foundry

rather than convert the figure.

The wagon is also from Col Bill's, although I can't seem to find it on their website?

I decided to have it as a piece of scenery, so left one wheel off.

So as for the points it should be....

4 x Foot = 20 points

1 x Wagon = 20 points

AHPC9 Donnybrook - Highlander Master of Hounds & Bard

Yes I know.....more Donnybrook!

But you can never have enough of a good thing....right?

In the Highlander army list in Donnybrook, one of the characters you may use is

"The Master of Hounds"

The Scots figure is a standard bearer from pack SKU : JFR20 in Reiver Castings Jacobite range.

With his left arm chopped off a repositioned.

I wasn't sure how and what to use for the dogs lead or whether or not to have one at all.

In the end I went with some plane and simple fuse wire.

Which I think works pretty well?

The Hounds are from Gripping Beast pack PCT14 Pict pack Master & Hounds

"The Master of Hounds controls a pack of hunting dogs bred by the Clan. He is armed with a short sword and controls 3 dogs. When they attack the player rolls a d3. The result is the number of dogs who lunge that turn. Add the Master to the attack. So at full strength there will be 4 attacks, while the minimum is 2. The dogs do not check morale when taking casualties and fight to the death. If the Master loses all his dogs he fights on alone.
When attacking, any dog throwing a 1 has gone wild and turns on its own side. If a Unit or Character other than the Master is withing 12 inches in immediately attacks the them. If none are present the dog turns on the Master. Enemy characters attacked by the hounds must throw a 6+ on their activation die to fight back as they may be terrified by the beast. Shooting at the dogs from any distance further than 6 inches can be done as normal but shooters re roll any hits. Dogs are a fast moving and a low profile target. Shooting at dogs within 6 inches requires the 6+ score to overcome the proximity fear but there are no "to hit" minuses. Dogs have the same ability as their Master."

From Donnybrook by Clarence Harrison & Barry Hilton

The only trouble is he looks a little lost without the dogs!

Another character in the Highlander list is the Bard.

"The Bard inspires the clan through his recording and retelling of their incredible deeds and heroism. He recites before during and after the action in verse and song. He must be attached to a unit. It moves up one Ability die type (e.g: Recruit are d8 instead of d6). If the enhanced Unit fails a morale check it reverts to its original Ability level. The Bard's gifts do not affect other Characters. The Bard is armed with a sgian dubh, a silver tongue and a melodious timbre!"

From Donnybrook by Clarence Harrison & Barry Hilton

The figure is also from the same pack as the dogs, he is infact a Pict Master of Hounds!!
But I thought he'd fit the Bard character better, as he looks unarmed and doesn't look the
warrior type??

Points wise.......2 x 25mm figures is 10 points and whatever our luvvly Minon wants to give me for the 3 Hounds plus a little conversion work????

AHPC9 Fellowship Bonus Round Gandalf

Can't believe the Challenge is over for another year???

This being the final Bonus Round " Fellowship"

As soon as I read the name Fellowship I knew my entry would have to be from

Lord of the Rings. I've got a box with all sorts of odds and ends from Games Workshop's range.

Gandulf here was still sitting in his red backed blister pack begging to be painted up!

To be honest he was originally bought to be painted up and sold on ebay

many years ago, but I never got around to it.

Another reason for painting up Gandulf was he was quite an easy paint, being all white!!

But the most important was he was the defacto leader of the Fellowship in LotR

and if our defacto leader the SnowLord, Curt himself put on a white wig, he could be Gandulf!!

This entry will be winging its way over the Atlantic soon as my Curtgeld

so a few more points will come my way.

AHPC9 BLB - NYW Spanish brigade 1692

Back down to 15mm for my next Painting Challenge entry.

I've been promising myself that I'd paint a Spanish brigade for my Beneath the

 Lily Banners rules for a few years now. well 5 years to be exact, where'd that time go??

I bought a copy of The Spanish Armies of the League of Augsberg, here, after winning a competition which got the juices flowing.....

So here we are!

There are 4 units of infantry, 4 artillery pieces, a stand of Grenadiers

and 3 commanders. All the figures are from Donnington, which are not my usual 

goto company for my NYW figures. I bought 98% of this on ebay for  a bargain price.

Then had to top up a few bits and bobs. They are a little larger than Essex, but hey ho

beggars can't be choosers!

A pic from the back

Tercio Sevilla or old Violet’s (Morados viejos)

Maestros de Campo : (1685) D. Thomas de los Cobos y Luna, (1695) D. Francisco Antonio Diaz Pimienta 

Tercio Cordova or old Green’s (Verdes viejos)

Maestros de Campo : (1682) D. Carlos de Eguia, (1691) D. Juan Vasquez de Acuña, (october 1694) D. Esteban de Olalla

Tercio Valladolid or old Yellow’s (Amarillos viejos)

Maestros de campo : (1677) D. Antonio Serrano, (1689) D. Pedro Tolesano y Velasco, 

(1695) D. Fernando Davila Bravo de Laguna.

Tercio de Aragon

Maestros de Campo : (1678-1691) Artal de Azlor, conde de Guara,

 (1692) Guillén Ramon de Moncada, marqués de Aytona, (1693) D. Geronimo Pérez de Nueros y Pueyo

1 Heavy, 2 Medium & 1 Light artillery piece

1 Base of Grenadiers

Governor General and Captain General of Flanders

03/01/1686-December 1691 D. Francisco Antonio de Agurto, Marqués de Gastañaga.

D. Juan Vasquez de Acuña

D. Pedro Tolesano y Velasco

Spanish flags are a right pain, there were a quite a number captured at various battles

But we don't know which flag belongs to which regiment, with the exception of 

Tercio Aragon on the left. So I picked the ones I liked and added them to the regts.

All flags are taken from the book previously mentioned,

The Spanish Armies in the War of the League of Augsberg 1688-97

by Giancarlo Boeri, Josè Luis Mirecki and Josè Palau with Artwork by Robert Hall

available from The Pike & Shot Society

So by my calculations we have
4 x 21 figure units =  168
6 x Grenadiers = 12
12 x Artillerymen = 24
4 x Artillery pieces = 16
6 x Commanders = 24
For a total of 244 points!!
But Minion Lee awarded me a few bonus points taking me up to 250 points
and cementing me in 8th place in the Challenge.