Tuesday 31 December 2019

Ships of the Desert

The fortuitous combination of Bank Holidays and my regular day off means I have had almost a whole week off work over Christmas, without having to use any holiday up. That's lucky in two ways; first I don't have many days leave available to start with, and secondly, it means I have had lots of time to get stuck into painting for the Challenge. On the less happy side, my poor wife has been quite ill over the holiday and while she has spent the last week and a half laying on the sofa watching TV, I've been free to occupy myself with my miniatures. I have to say that even I'm champing at the bit to get outside and painting these two ships of the desert is just stocking that need to be outside.



I'm not 100% sure where I got these (Britannia Miniatures I think?) but I do know they almost made it into Challenge IX. I started painting them but ran out of time and I wasn't at all happy with how they looked, so I stripped them, re primmed them and put them aside for another year. Now, at last, they are back on my desk and I have managed to finish them off as my entry fee to Challenge Island. It won't take a genius to guess who I had in mind for these figures, but they could go to any of those that make it to the Snow Lords Peak. I decided not to rebase them, with the idea that if I kept the original cast metal bases they could be adapted to fit into any suitable force with a little groundwork. 




I have already finished my first location-based entry to Challenge Island but I'll submit that later, once my fee figures have been posted. So two camels should net me 10 points, plus the entry fee bonus of 25points will give me a tidy 35 points from this entry. Onwards and upwards! 

6 comments:

  1. Those look really nice! Hope your wife feels better as round here in Bristol quite a few people have been laid low over the festive period.

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    1. Two weeks and counting and she's still feeling rough. And worse, I seem to have finally caught it! Just in time for the return to work.

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  2. Nice work Lee, I had a day painting over the first few days, but haven't picked the brush up at all over Christmas.

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    1. The lucky combination of regular days off and bank holidays mean I have had the best part of a week and a half off work. And with Mrs H not feeling well I have been able to get stuck into painting. Not sure I'll be that lucky next Christmas.

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    1. They are full of Character, which says more about the sculpts than it does my painting.

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