AHPC XIII update

So, no second post yet, but good progress on overloading my table with many, many projects! Part of my strategy is to always have a lot on the go, in part so that I am not waiting for things to dry, also it keeps me from getting board with one topic. 

So 'on my table' right now are:

• 1 unit of 20 Empire pike [100]
  
• 1 unit of 20 Empire halberds [100]
  
• 1 large 28mm Indiana Jones tank [20]
  
• 1 unit of 12 FPW French cuirassiers [120]
  
• 1 unit of 12 FPW Prussian lancers [120]
  
• 1 unit of 12 ECW cuirassiers [120]
  
• 12 or so assorted pulp figures [60]
  
• 1 group of 4 film crew [20]
  
• 1 TV camera operator [10]
• 10 'Greek' skeletons [50]
  
• 2 large VSF robots  [20]
• 1 really large pulp robot [?]
  

So potential of about 720 points 

Squirrels 8

Cod piece challenge 40 figures

On the back burner:

• 12 mounted Norman knights [120]
  
• 20 gladiators [100]
  
• 20 skeletons [100]
  
• 30 Argonauts [150]
  
• 3 ladies pushing carriages [15]
• 1 guy with wheelbarrow [5]
  
• 1 large palanquin [50]
  
• 1 small palanquin [15]
  
• 2 more 20 man empire foot units [200]

So another possible 755 points

AHPC XIII first entry, a small one to start

 

 So a meager 45 points to start off with, 20 points for the under construction theme and 25 points for the 28mm figures. Last year my first post was around 145 points, but was not posted until December 28th, so I am ahead of last year for posting. I do have a number of projects that I am working on for later this week and now that Christmas has come and gone maybe I can get some of them done.

I gotta say, that is one creepy baby.

The theme comes from the idea of completing some project (an impossible thing), in my case it was painting up aunt Lucy (the lady with the cane) to 'complete' the road gang of Bob, Bing and Dorothy. I kind of thought she looked like Bob Hope in drag when he was the spirit of aunt Lucy.

 

 

My colourized version of the AHPC XIII studio map

  

Since I will have to go through four (4) green studios before moving on to the blue studios and then four(4) blue studios to get to the red directors chair I figured colour coding the various studios might be in order, so here it is, pretty crudely done, but done.

Did this while feeling ill, fighting off a cold no strength to prime anything or do much more prep work, but this I could sort of focus on... Might go back and fix the lettering it kind of gets lost in the colours.

 

 

AHPC XIII Alphabet challenge

 To be filled in as the challenge progresses.

So, a few ideas, some carried over from last year, some new ideas. X is a tough one but thankfully I have more aliens to paint this year. I did not paint zombies last year so that's okay, but A, B, D, R, T and U are repeats, I would prefer to be original, but then I also would prefer to complete this task.

Top secret plans for Analogue Hobbies Painting Challenge XIII [AHPC XIII]

The bonus theme has been revealed for this years challenge and it is centered around a massive movie studio with smaller individual studios and Sarah's limo service. A limo ride will cost me one painted female figure and the limo will take me to any studio for which I have a pass. Each small studio grants  me 20 bonus points when I have completed the challenge associated with the studio. 

 

Now the map has not yet been coloured but when it is it will show blue and green studios. I will need to complete 4 green studio in order to get a blue pass so that I can enter the blue studios. Once 4 blue studios have been completed I will receive a red pass that grants me access to the big cheese who will then assign me a final challenge. 

So, what will I paint for this challenge? I have set a target of 3000 points which will be a challenge as I will miss at least 1 week due to a trip and I expect other interruptions since we are not in quarantine and therefore I suspect I will encounter social activities. 

Bonus round plans (in no order) and possible items to paint

• Westerns                      Lots of these
  
• Historical drama          Rome vs Germans
  
• Fantasy                        Dragons
  
• World cinema             
  
• Casting couch              Pulp figures
  
• Art house                   
  
• Sword and sandal         Gladiators
  
• High adventure             Far north adventurers           
  
• 1980's                           UNIT, spies, Dr Who
  
• Superhero                     Lots of those
  
• Sci fi                             AQMF, 15mm Sci fi, aliens and marines
  
• Black and white            Space marine bust
  
• Books                            Frankenstein/Dracula  
  
• Under construction       
  

As for the limo rides, well after painting 107 female figures last year I still have, maybe at least, double that left not painted, so that will not be a problem.

Just a rough outline for now, more clarity once the challenge starts!