Friday 9 January 2015

From SanderS - 20mm Seven Years War 87th Highlanders (89 Points)

Dear Ladies and Gentlemen,

Let's bring you another 1:72 plastic contribution today. These miniatures from Redbox depict Jacobite Highlanders, but I tend to use them for my 7YW armies as well. At the moment I have about 3 regiments to be painted and had to decide which ones to paint. My first call for reference is the excellent Kronoskaf Project SYW page, this is one of the most complete Military History sites on the web I know of. It has OOB's for all Battles in the 7YW included heaps of articles on almost all regiments of almost ALL countries involved including uniform colour references.

Anyway I chose the 87th Keith's Highlanders for this regiment. I took two liberties in the scheme: I painted in an yellow line in the tartans because the black and blue lines that were actually used made for a very drab kilt and I made the claymore scabbards brown and belts white instead of black for the same reasons.

Here are the pictures:






Now, 22 figures x 4pts = 88 points. With the Bengal Lancers (80 points) and the Prussian guns (80 points) that makes a total of 246 points in 1:72 plastics. So if Ben doesn't drop a huge points bomb before this posting; I might just have won our little side duel... oh well I guess that's up to Curt to decide.

Cheers Sander

From Curt:

Very nice Sander! I'm not familiar with The Red Box figures. I just checked them out on the web and it looks like they have a good selection of ranges/periods available. Very cool! Sander, are they fairly rigid plastic or soft? By the look of them they seem to have good proportions and a variety of interesting poses.

Your painting on them is excellent - clean, distinct and vivid and I like your artistic license on the kilts. The choice of a yellow line really helps to make them stand out (actually it looks sort of like a Campbell tartan...).

With this entry you've indeed achieved your 200 points target in your 1/72nd duel with Ben. Congratulations! Both of you treated us to many beautiful models in this scale - well done.  Sander, I also notice that you are closing in on your points target so you'll have to think about a new one to take you into March. 



From PeterB - First Entry: 6mm Napoleonic Russians (54 points)


Well, I finally managed to get some time to set up my camera and get some photo's of my first entry.  These are 6mm Napoleonic Russian heavy artillery from Baccus (2x12pdr Cannons and 1x10pdr Howitzer per battery).  I actually managed to complete these just after Christmas so I'm well into the next block of figures (light batteries and horse batteries) and these should be ready over the weekend.  I think this gives me 54 points and gets me off the mark.




My plan now is to continue with the 6mm Napoleonic figures until mid February and then switch to 28mm for the remainder of the competition.



I'll post a full description of these on my blog in a day or two.


From Curt:

There was a bit of a stutter-step on the posting of this entry but we're up and running now. :)

Great job Peter! It's nice to see another Challenger working in 6mm. These look very good and I especially like your basework (which I often think is critical in these smaller scales). What rules system are you using them for?

AND...Welcome to the Challenge!

From ScottB - Knights of Minas Tirith (55 Points)

Well I finally managed to complete the remaining 5 Knights of Minas Tirith, that were meant to accompany the single Knight I submitted to the Mount and Rider Bonus Theme round. But as probably many of you found, things got a little busy on the domestic and work fronts around that due date...

But no matter, I got one done in time for then, and can offer to you, the rest now...

I wont go on further as I fleshed out that post with a little prose...

Suffice to say, these Knights were sent, to recapture Osgiliath, in the movie; Return of the King, and there they met their 'Agincourt'...



I can't recall now whether such knights featured in the novel, ...



but I am glad PJ put them in the movie, as it meant...



GW gave us the figures to play the game :)



And one final shot of all 6 together as they should have appeared...




From Curt:

Absolutely beautiful work Scott. I knew when I saw your first 'test' model in the theme round that we were going to be treated to something very nice when these were all arrayed and you did not disappoint. As usual your painting is smooth and clean (especially on the flags and shields for which I've given a few extra points) and its further complimented by the wonderfully verdant groundwork. A worthy addition to your collection. Bravo!

Bonus Points Awards for the 'Rider(s) & Mount(s)' Theme Round


Please find below a chart outlining the allocation of bonus points for the 'Rider(s) & Mount(s)' Them Round along with the new point totals.

As a result of this bonus round we have a few people who've met their Challenge Points Targets (marked below in colour). Congratulations to MarkO and AaronH! Well done lads. 

This round also sees StefanoS introduced onto the roster with is wonderful unit of Wurttemburg Chevaux Legere cavalry. Welcome aboard Stefano, great to see you with us again this year!

Finally, as a remember, this Saturday night is the deadline for submitting your submission for the 'Victorian' theme round so mark that in your calendar.

Thanks everyone!


Challenger
Points Target
‘Riders & Mounts’ Bonus Points Award
New Points Total
1.               
Millsy
2000
95
1598
2.               
MilesR
2000
70
1357
3.               
DaveD
2250
70
1349
4.               
MartinC
1000
2000
90
1107
5.               
MarkO
1000
2500
110
1011
6.               
IanW
1000
80
764
7.               
AlanD
1500
110
734
8.               
JohnM
1000
90
671
9.               
TamsinP
1500

655
10.            
AaronH
650
110
653
11.            
AdamC
1000
100
624
12.            
ByronM
1000
55
606
13.            
GregB
300
1500

593
14.            
GillesW
1000

496
15.            
ClintB
1250

471
16.            
BrendonW
1000
80
420
17.            
PaulS
500
60
419
18.            
SamuliS
1000
74
415
19.            
SanderS
500
80
390
20.            
MartinN
400
135
364
21.            
Curt
750
120
360
22.            
DavidB
750

334
23.            
JamesR
750
80
315
24.            
JaccoK
500
60
314
25.            
JamieM
500
90
274
26.            
MikeP
500

259
27.            
MichaelF
501

256
28.            
DavidL
750
65
252
29.            
ScottB
600
61
238
30.            
RichardC
500
62
237
31.            
MarkG
750
110
235
32.            
JuanM
500
60
232
33.            
BrianB
500
97
236
34.            
PeterT
500

222
35.            
SeanS
1000
90
213
36.            
BurkhardS
1000
140
210
37.            
RobP
500

208
38.            
StefanK
750
120
205
39.            
SimonM
500

198
40.            
RoyW
750
54
187
41.            
PhilH
500
81
180
42.            
TeemuL
500
60
180
43.            
KevinH
300
60
179
44.            
PeterD
1000
62
173
45.            
StefanoS
300
171
171
46.            
MichaelA
1000
110
170
47.            
AnneO
500
60
160
48.            
VincentC
500

160
49.            
SteH
750

160
50.            
RayR
300
60
155
51.            
TobiP
500

132
52.            
EdwinK
1000

105
53.            
RichardM
700

100
54.            
BenG
400

93
55.            
IannickM
600
65
75
56.            
RossM
500

54
57.            
ChristopherS
500

54
58.            
Evan&GrantH
200


59.            
FranL
600


60.            
JeremyM
300


61.            
Kawe
200


62.            
KevinS
500


63.            
MarkE
500


64.            
PeterB
1000


65.            
RobH
200


66.            
SebG
500


67.            
ScottS
1000


68.            
SidneyR
750


69.            
StacyS
300


70.            
SteveM
800


71.            
SylvainR
300