The Analogue Hobbies Painting Challenge XIV

 

So, here is the map for this years challenge, it has taken me a while to study it and to make it more legible (some of the labels were a bit faint for my eyes. Once again, it is a nicely done event with plenty of choices and a few areas that pose a problem for me. The big problem areas for me are local history, art and a statue of a famous person. There are a few other challenging locations...

So far I have been kind of fixated on 15mm sci-fi so I have yet to branch out. My next entry will stick with that theme and therefor I will continue to stay at the front desk.

My plans for the various areas:

• Front desk                 Already done a grav ambulance
  
• History                      WWII Geemans
  
• Overdues & returns  15mm Sci-fi tanks from decades ago
  
• Fantasy                     Animated Terracotta warriors
  
• Children's books       The pied piper of Hamelin
  
• Maritime                   28mm sailing ship or gun boat
  
• True crime                28mm Jack the Ripper
  
• Cookery                    GW Halfling Hot pot artillery
  
• Nature                       28mm animals
• Sci-fi                          plenty of choices
• Manga                        28mm freebie figure from Alternative armies 
• Travel                        London-Victorian
  
• DIY                           Shuttlecrafts
  
• Literature                  Sherlock Holmes
  
• Art                             Director and film crew
  
• Oversize books
• Cafe/shop
• Local History            Native American (Pulp Figures figure)
  
• Self help                     Cat lady and cats
  
• Romance                    Knight defending a lady against a Dragon
  
• Famous person          Queen Victoria
  
• Rare/antique books    This will be the final challenge picked by the head librarian

Now, I do not need to do all of them they are meant to inspire me to do old stuff that has been hanging around. I am tempted to not bother collecting any bonus points, as really this challenge is about painting not seeing how many points you get. But I do kind of like points, but if I do get points I will try to keep them separate from the painting points.

AHPC XIV post #3 - 91 x 15mm Ikwen from Alternative Armies [182 points]

 

So a total of 91 figures painted this past week and posted to the challenge on Saturday. These are worth 192 points bringing my total to 400 points. This is just the start of the Ikwen force, already another 40 have arrived with maybe another 72 soon to be ordered. They are low tech fighters with no vehicle to speak of and only scavenged weapons to fight the invader.

The full post can be found HERE

 

AHPC XIV post #2, 20 x 15mm Hammers Slammers vehicles plus 15 crew [190 points]

 

For my second post I went with some sci-fi blower tanks made my Brigade Models. The main tanks are big, very big, bigger than any 20mm tanks. I went with the colour scheme pictured on Brigade Models web site, natural metal on top and painted metal skirts around the bottom.

 So my second post cane be found HERE

AHPC XIV first entry for 2023-2024, a 15mm APC ambulance - [28 points] includes bonus

 

 So, a small entry size and point value wise, a 15mm grav ambulance from Brigade Models.

HERE is the link to the post over on the AHPC site.