Challengers' Choice of AHPC VII

Enjoy the gallery and remember to vote for your favourtites!


AdamC: 17th/18th Century Civilians

AlexS: Magna Graecia

AnthonyO: US Airborne

Barks: Jabba and Retinue

BenF: Sharpe and the Sweeps

ByronM: Arena Rex Beasts 

ByronM: Steampunk Mary & Bert

ChristoperS & MartinN: Russo-Japanese Medic and Casualty

Curt: 'Francis I at Pavia'

Curt: 'Spanish Rodeleros'

Curt: 'Exploding Rebel Ships' 

Curt: Landsknechts

DaveD: Viva Zapata!

DaveD: Sudan Royal Engineers 

GregB: Epic 30K

GregB: Warmaster Empire Knights

IanW: Russian Napoleonic Infantry

IannickM: Halflings 

IsobelS: Ghosty Goos 

JuanM: Sci-Fi Civilians

KyleC: 65mm Afro Samurai

KyleC: Dwarf Alchemist

MartinN (Nick): 'Balbus the Disfigured'

MartinN (Nick): 'If Walls Could Talk'

MartinN (Nick): SCW Legion

MichaelA: 'Who You 'Gonna Call?'

MichaelA: 'Home is Where the Tusk Is'

MichaelA: 'Maori Artillery' 

MichaelA: 'Grail Knights'

MilesR: LRDG

MilesR: Winter Themed German Army

MilesR: JadgTiger in Winter

MilesR: Blood Bowl Skaven 

PaulO: Red Skull 

PeterD: SYW British Light Dragoons

RodF: 'Whompers of 1st Royal Regiment of Hoppers'

SanderS: Carolingian Cavalry

SidneyR: 'Hugo of Laarden' 

SidneyR: Graf Ulrich von Ben and Grigory Sedenko

SidneyR: Don Fernando

StefanK: Napoleonic British Rowing Boat

TamsinP: Chosin Korean Regulars

TamsinP: SYW Russian Army

'Characters/Scene from' AdamC: Drizzt and Guenhwyvar

For the Character from book or movie I decided to do one of my favorite characters from a contemporary fantasy novel Drizzt Do'Urden and his magical extra dimensional cat Guenhwyvar 

This is one of my newest figures and one of my oldest figures.  Guenhwyvar is the Snow leopard from Northstar and Drizzt is one of a set of Miniatures licensed by TSR (or Wizards of the Coast, I'm not sure which) I believe it was sculpted by Ral Partha but I can't swear to that.  The figure is clearly inspired by the image a the top.

I changed the colors around a bit mostly because I didn't want too much black.

 I also did his skin in the inky black described by the book rather than the more "african" look in the illustration at the top.  I did give him the signature violate eyes from the book but this was the best picture I could get of them.

 Drizzt will make an excellent Treasure hunter or tunnel fighter for frostgrave

Guenhwyvar was true challenge to give the right look because the Northstar figure doesn't really have any fur texture in the sculpt.  I used black and german gray to try and give it some shading. I do think it came out really well.

Both Figures are 25mm so they should be worth 5 points each in addition to the 50 for the bonus round.  I have to say the Drizzt has not for me aged well but I do have a certain nostalgic feelings about the early books. 

'Characters/Scene from' AlanD: 'True Grit'

Just a little entry for this week's bonus round, thanks to a big pile of marking. However, it did give me the excuse to paint up this nice pair of figures I have had lying around from Gorgon Studios. Gorgon's small but beautiful range of Old West figures are all clearly 'inspired by' the main characters from the 2010 movie True Grit, directed by the Cohen Brothers. A far superior remake of the 1969 film starring John Wayne, True Grit follows the story of 14 year old Mattie Ross, played by Hailee Steinfeld, as she seeks revenge for her father's death accompanied by the drunken and washed up marshall Rooster Cogburn (Jeff Bridges)

All the characters from Gorgon Studios have mounted and dismounted versions. I painted my Rooster Cogburn figure in the Challenge a couple of years ago, but now he is joined by Mattie. 

'Characters/Scene from' AledC: Boromir

Here we have Boromir from the Lord of the Rings, modelled on the performance by Sean Bean in the Peter Jackson trilogy, from Games Workshop.

These were really lovely models to paint and are the last part of what I have currently for my Dragon Rampant force.

The model on the right, Horn of Gondor in hand, is from the early parts of the Fellowship before they receive their Elven Cloaks. The left of the two is obviously from the scene where Boromir is shot and killed, by Lurtz, as he defends merry and Pippin from the Uruk-Hai.

This marks my return to painting after the move, not much longer to go let's see how I do :D

Cheers,
Aled.

'Characters/Scene from' AlexS: Astérix et Obélix

Even last year, I stole from my children two miniatures of the eggs with a surprise. But then I have not found the time to paint, and they were almost a year on my shelf. But now they were just unnecessary. I present to you Asterix and Obelix - the pride and glory of Gaul!

And yet - the overall picture of all the miniatures, which took part in the bonus topics. I thank Curt for his bonus themes - they awakened my association and given a chance to think.