30 Days 30 Miniatures Painting Challenge - June 2021

Have been busy in the sidelines and there will be a round up picture from May's nearly completed 30 Days 30 Miniatures Painting Challenge. 

Will be starting another 30 Day Painting Challenge tomorrow.

For the 30 Days 30 Miniatures Painting Challenge there is no theme to this, just to paint and complete 30 miniatures regardless of their starting condition or size. 

The outline of the challenge is detailed below, however the main point being to have fun with your hobby.

• To paint 30 figures of all shapes and sizes in 30 days
• The figures can be partly painted at the start as the main point is to complete figures that have been forgotten
• Basing is not necessary to count as completed
• Any scale is good
• Too have fun
• The end date is set by your start date - 30th June will be the end date of this challenge
• To post updates as often as possible
• Lastly to show a round up post with a group picture of everything.

Hope that you will find this interesting.

Cheers for now

Last Argument of Kings

This is the first full post of the on the start of the Bavarian army for the Seven Years War. Shown here is the artillery battery ready to provide supporting fire for the poor infantry to follow. 

The figures are from Eureka Miniature's 18mm range and are actually Hungarians, no wait Austrians or is it Hungarians? No matter, the uniforms are in the colours of the Bavarian Artillery men as per Kronoskaf

The grey may be too dark after shading however its done now. 

Painted during the AHPC XI these have been waiting to shown here and as always time flies. 

In the side lines there is a unit of musketeers started however no decision taken yet on the colours to be represented. These however, will be for later in the year. 

Stay safe and cheers for now

Back to the Brushes 309

 Oh my God! Where did May disappear to? 

Just as well that there a few things painted for this month's challenge as there are only five days left of the month to complete. A quick pic that is poorly composed and not clearly focussed either; the shame!

From left to right there are

• 2 x 28mm single man sand bagged terrain features for WW2
• 7 x 15mm Gladiator Games Crusader crossbowmen
• 1 x 15mm Chicken shed from Hovels
• 1 x 28mm Dragon's teeth terrain feature for WW2

This give a running total of 11 miniatures painted from 30. 

Best get a move on and get the brushes out

Stay safe

Cheers for now

How far Jerusalem 3

Continuing on from the previous post for the How far Jerusalem thread here are the other Later Crusaders from Gripping Beast during the AHPC XI. 

These figures have been hiding in the lead pile for over a decade now. Purchase as part of a WAB army which has now been split into two Lion Rampant factions and the balance sold on to new Chapter Houses. 

The figures have been painted to represent Knights Hospitaller post the papal bull of 1259  that split the uniforms of Brother Knights and Brother Sergeants to red and black tabards.  It has been said that this decision was unpopular with the Order so there will be some quartered colours on the mounted figures just started to show both red and black tabards. This is purely artistic licence however, it does look good on the table. The decision was over turned and the whole order wore red in combat later in their history and black for higher duties. 

The shields are over painted Little Big Men transfers and when possible crosses will be added to some of the tabards if I can find suitable waterslide decals to do this.

The painted helms are artistic licence and purely to break up the uniformity of the figures. This was also done by using two different triads on the reds although it is hard to see this in these pics. 

The completed twelve knights that will be used as Men at Arms in groups of six in Lion Rampant and Hearth Guards in SAGA.  

Hope you found this interesting

Stay safe

30 Days 30 Miniatures Painting Challenge - April 2021 Round up

April has come and gone and there has been some painting done. Perhaps not as much as planned but then who would have thought the weather would have been so good?

A mixture of periods and scales were painted including the following:

16 x 15mm Arab or Muslim Cavalry including 12 Museum Miniatures (rear and middle rows) and 3 from Minifigs.

8 x 6mm Dark Ages infantry from Baccus for use in a Norman DBA army

5 x 15mm terrain pieces for ACW games from Hovels. The cludgie and hay piles with a barn, hen house and fencing to follow. 

1 x 25mm road block from Sarissa (think) in MDF with another 4 or 5 to follow.

This month has already started well with a few pieces of scatter terrain completed last night. Pics to  follow later in the week. 

Hope you found this interesting. 

Stay safe

How far Jerusalem 2

Painted this Crusader in the last AHPC XI as an entry for the Chambers of Challenge - the Pit and the Pendulum bonus round. 

Whilst the figure has no relevance to a pit or a pendulum the back swing on that wee sword has a momentum all of its own. It is an impressive chopper!!

For someone who professes to not enjoy painting red, there will be a lot of coming in the future and in a variety of shapes, sizes and timescales.

 Hope that you found this interesting.

Stay safe and cheers for now. 

30 Days 30 Miniatures Painting Challenge - May 2021

Have been busy in the sidelines and there will be a round up picture from April's 30 Days 30 Miniatures Painting Challenge. 

Will be starting another 30 Day Painting Challenge tonight alongside continuing last month's 20 Minutes a Day Challenge

For the 30 Days 30 Miniatures Painting Challenge there is no theme to this, just to paint and complete 30 miniatures regardless of their starting condition or size. 

The outline of the challenge is detailed below, however the main point being to have fun with your hobby.

• To paint 30 figures of all shapes and sizes in 30 days
• The figures can be partly painted at the start as the main point is to complete figures that have been forgotten
• Basing is not necessary to count as completed
• Any scale is good
• Too have fun
• The end date is set by your start date - 30th May will be the end date of this challenge
• To post updates as often as possible
• Lastly to show a round up post with a group picture of everything.

The 20 Minutes a Day Challenge is just that to paint a unit or batch of figures in sessions lasting not longer than 20 minutes and post progressives pictures of this unit as it develops. This will be for 28mm figures only and hoping to progress further with this in May than in April. 

Hope that you will find this interesting.

Cheers for now