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The Early Imperial Romans are still struggling forward in rough ground; typical deployment error with heavy infantry here - drawn towards the mud and seldom get out.  The Legionnaires are from Plastic Soldier Company

The rear rank have been completed as a part of the AHPC XIII and have been based in support of their command group. 

The shield transfers are from Little Big Men and whilst fiddly at this scale are worth the time and effort to set a unit off. 

Auxilia archers are an option in ADLG  for legions so as there are figures spare...decided to paint them for this very purpose. They'll also double as additional light infantry archers if needed. The auxilia archers are from Essex miniatures are slightly finer in scale than the PSC figures. 

Currently working on more Roman archers to complete the full array of options in the list - basically more units of the same. 

Cheers for now. 

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Pushed on through the veil of a cold to continue with two very different sets of Romans:

Republican Roman Triarii from Gripping Beast for Age of Hannibal and 15mm Early Imperial Romans from Plastic Soldier Company and Essex Miniatures for ADLG.

Still really like the Gripping Beast Republicans although many now prefer Victrix and Aventine for this period. 

The temporary hold - shields and transfers - on the EIR has now been resolved and will be looking to get some progress on these this week for future AHPC XII posts.

Cheers for now.

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Another quick up date and another three Arab archers from Essex Miniatures.

Day 15 - 11 figures completed

More to follow shortly.

Cheers for now.

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Been a hectic the last few days of this week and as a result the updates have slowed down.

So here is a quick post to change that:

Three 15mm Arab archers from Essex Miniatures.

A few more of these to follow shortly.

Day 11 - 8 figures completed

Cheers for now.

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This 30 days 30 miniatures painting challenge has come to an end. Below are the last figures painted for this challenge; a solitary Norman from Foundry and 18 Arabs from Essex.

Two different scals and two very different painting styles. The 15mm figures are painted using block and wash whilst the 28mm figure is layered from base colour to highlight.

Will post a full review of this challenge shortly.

Day 30

Figures painted: 30

Cheers for now

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Six days into this 30days30miniatures painting challenge and so far only three figures have been completed.

This time another stand of archers for the  Ayyubid Arab army in 15mm.

The figures are from Essex Miniatures and paint well.

Hope to have a good painting session over the next few nights to increase the tally of completed figures.

Day 6

Figures completed 3

Cheers for now

#30days30miniatures painting challenge - summing up

Thirty days have come and gone and the painting challenge has been a great motivation to complete a good number of figures that have been gathering dust on the painting table.

Overall, the total number of figures completed came in at 55 broken down as follows:

6mm -  20 cavalry

15mm - 21 foot

28mm - 14 foot

The 6mm figures were all started and completed during the challenge. The 15mm was a mixture of part painted and unpainted figures and all of the 28mm figures had previously been started.

Here is the painting desk at the start, midway and at the finish.

Then past half way

At the finish line

This last picture shows all the painted figures together in a group shot. More detailed pictures will follow on themed posts shortly. 

The main motivator in this challenge has been to clear some figures from the painting table. However, as you can see there are still many more figures to complete; so what next? Well continue the 30days30miniatures painting challenge this time however there will be both a theme and a personal challenge. This is one in the same thing here as the challenge this time will be to complete - not necessarily base - 30 pieces of cavalry in various scales. The reason why? I dread painting horses and yet when finished they are so rewarding. 

So take up your brushes, pick a theme and paint 30 figures in 30 days! You know that you want to.

Cheers for now

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The 30 days have passed and the #30days30miniatures painting challenge is finished.

Last figures painted yesterday night are shown below, a few more archers for the Ayyubid ADG army in 15mm.

Will do full round up of the last 30 days over the weekend. 

Cheers for now

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Day 29 has now been and gone and currently on the home stretch of the #30days30miniatures painting challenge.

Completed as day 29 ended is another stand of Ayyubid light archers for ADG. Figures from Essex and are good easy and clean scuplts to paint.

Day 29

Figures completed 50

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Days 12 and 13 of the #30days30miniatures painting challenge have passed and the following have been completed.

Firstly, the mid level Ranger from Citadel's AD&D range from the mid eighties.

This figure was originally started as a part of the 7th Analogue Hobbies painting challenge and just never got finished. Still need to complete the high level figure to finish the set.

Next up are two stands of Arab spearmen in 15mm for ADG. The figures are from Essex and paint up quickly.

These finish off the core infantry in an Ayyubids army for ADG or just about any Muslim army if you aren't being too pedantic about historical accuracy.

Day 12

Figures completed 25

Day 13

Figures completed 33

More to follow shortly.

Cheers for now

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So near yet so far.

This stand of peltasts stalled the other afternoon due to a rare occurrence - it was too hot to paint comfortably. Yes, it's hard to believe but it would seem that there is a summer in Scotland after all.

Not to be put off by some sunny weather; managed to clean, then glue to painting stands the following horses for the Arab cavalry for the 15mm ADG army that has restarted.

Not sure if this has been mentioned before but not a fan of painting horses, hence the varied colours of undercoat being used. The horses with yellow saddles etc were already painted prior to basing.

A few other figures were under coated at the same time but more of that later.

Cheers for now

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Once again a stalled project restarts, this time to begin rebasing from 80mm fronts to 40mm fronts. 

The reasoning behind this is fewer and fewer people in the local area are playing Impetus or Basic Impetus. On the upside more people are playing ADG in 15mm which uses the basing standards of DBA.

Rebasing is a process that many painters and gamers dread; its time consuming, there is the risk of damage and there is no guarantee that you won't have to do it again in the future.

The process used involves steeping the old bases in cold water for 24 hours or more. If the figures have been glued to their base with PVA then this time will be reduced. 

After the water bath carefully shuck the figures off their now soaked base - if card or MDF the base will be pliable - set aside to dry, then clean the underside of the base allowing you to rebase.

Here you have it five bases rebased on to twelve bases with 40mm fronts allowing a wider range of systems to be played if required. 

Whilst on the subject of basing will be changing the frontage of bases for 28mm figures to 60mm unless the figure itself is too large. 

The bases as always are from Warbases.

Cheers for now.

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Yet more 15 mm Undead as recently submitted to the Analogue Hobbies Painting Challenge. The figures are from Alternative Armies except the stand of 6 wraiths from Essex Miniatures.

Cheers for now

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A variety of pictures of work in progress at present as the Painting Challenge reaches its 6th week.

The painting table at present, from top left to bottom right:

• Finished awaiting varnishing and photographing
• Citadel C01 fighter
• Foundry Peltasts
• Various Citadel preslotta figures including the second solitary elf
• Six groups of 15mm undead from Alternative Armies including a chariot and camp base with most to be primed this weekend

The window cill providing additional figures in the form of Dixon Ninjas, Gripping Beast Arthurians,  Redoubt Sea Peoples and Mycenaeans.

The undead move closer to seeing the table and those below await priming this weekend.

A camp base for Basic Impetus Fantasticus  comprising of figures from Alternative Armies and tomb stones from Essex. 

A retro figures moves closer to completion and the first figure ever painted awaits repainting below. Originally this figure was painted in enamels and oils, changed days now although the oils are still here somewhere.

Below a Gripping Beast Arthurian is blocked to start a warband for SAGA with Romano Brits.