'Monstrous' PhillK: Bart and Jake; Sometimes It Is Good to Have Big Friends

Well, I finally have something finished again; life just got in the way, as it tends to do, but in a good way. I got a new job - a beyond-full-time position - and I have been trying to adjust to the whole "no free time" thing ever since.

I have been painting though. On my desk is no less than 70 miniatures that are a most of the way to finished, with more sitting in the wings undercoated and ready to go. I'll make my 500 points.

For now though, here is my Monstrous submission, if it isn't too late to do that. I honestly have lost track of time with this Challenge.

This is a model I have wanted to paint since it first graced the cover of Australia's White Dwarf magazine, something like 12 years ago. As a child I couldn't dream of affording it, but as an adult, I indulged my inner 14 year old and bought one from a local game store when it randomly turned up.

And then painted it almost two years later. I am not good at this.

But now, for better or worse, it is done, and I am mostly happy with how he came out. I painted it in one day - the first quiet day off I have had in a while.

Bart The Giant and Jake The Bird will be joining my Littlefolk army for games of Dragon Rampant and, possibly, Kings of War, should I ever amass enough Hobbits, Shortlings, Gnomes, and Dwarves.

I just wanted to say that I am once again awed by the brilliant standard and utterly incredible volumes of submissions I have seen during this Challenge. I look forward to seeing what everyone produces during the final stretch.

Phill

'Characters/Scene from' PhilipK: The Dúnedain

Hey everyone,

Its been a long, long time since I've submitted anything to the Challenge, but I am very glad to be back.

For this bonus round I've painted Strider. Finally. I've been collecting the Good/Free Peoples since the launch of the Two Towers strategy game, and this is the first Aragorn miniature I have ever had the opportunity to paint. Some how. So, this entry is both a welcome return to the competition and ticking off of a long overdue item on my hobby Bucket list. Or some kind of list with an extraordinary back log.

Below are the images of Mr King of Gondor, though dressed as a some sort of vagabond, or perhaps a Ranger from the North (not someone you'd bow to, at any rate).

Now, to say I have a lot of catching up to do is an understatement. I have set myself the personal Challenge of finishing a set of miniatures for each of my upcoming, rather eclectic in theme, projects.

Thank you for reading, and I wish everyone luck in this challenge and the closing weeks.

- PhillK

'East' from PhilipK: Samurai Archer

Here is a Samurai archer I happened to pick up at MOAB this year on an absolute whim.

'Armour' from PhilipK: Panzer IV

 I joined this Challenge to find the motivation to paint my Late War German Bolt Action army. And, thus far, I have followed that goal; six of what will be my Veteran Grenadier squad are painted. And then, with a month abroad looming, I thought I'd try and jump in early on the Armour challenge week with one of my Panzer IVs.