Tuesday, November 18, 2014

Here We Go Again!

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Thanks to a timely email from Curt, I was reminded of the approaching advent of the 5th Annual Analogue Hobbies Painting Challenge. For some reason I had missed his post inviting all comers to this annual internet frenzy of painting. Thanks for the electronic nudge, Curt!

This year the theme is Anti-Heroes and with 72 entrants from 13 countries, it really is a behemoth of global proportions! I can see the possibility of Ned Kelly featuring as a particular Antipodean Anti-Hero! I may have to try my hand at a little conversion work...

This time I don't have the looming deadline of the annual January game as we will be fighting Waterloo for the second time (the first time was the year before I joined the club), so the required figures are all ready to go.

Even though I don't have a big project to power through, I do still have some things on the go like my Wurrtembergers.

So my plan for the Challenge will be to paint:

  • 6 9-figure battalions of Napoleonic Wurrtemberg infantry
  • 2 8-figure regiments of Napoleonic Wurrtemberg cavalry
  • 2 batteries of Napoleonic Wurrtemberg artillery
  • 1 8-figure regiment of Napoleonic French Cuirrassiers
  • 3 8-figure bases of Late Antiquity Gothic heavy infantry
  • 1 3-figure base of Late Antiquity Gothic skirmish infantry
  • Various WWII Soviet infantry which I still need to finish for the worlds' longest running commission! 
I have put my name down for a target of 400 points, and have no idea whether or not this will be too ambitious a target or not! I suppose I could just do a little bit of maths...........Nah! Why break the habit of a lifetime? I'll just wing it and see how it goes!



4 comments:

  1. That lot should keep you busy Ben, best of luck Sir.

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  2. Nice to have you on board. Good luck with your list !

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  3. Nice! We will be representing the 1:72 plastics together! See you there and good luck.

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