From TeemuL: Reanimates, over and out (40 points)

Yes, I got my first jab yesterday and in the evening I glued the tufts on these bases, when the basing was dried. These are Reanimate Archers from the FFG's Runewars Miniature Game. Local store had the starter box on 65% discount, so the game including 48 miniatures cost only 42 euroes. I couldn't skip the offer and I bought one box to share with a friend. That is very cost and space effective way to purchase games, you can use this if you have issues with other parts in your family. It might not be a bulletproof, if you tell that after buying the initial box you bought a second one to split and some extension boxes as well... Anyway, we quickly assembled to the first box and played two learning games and decided, that it is nice fun for the afternoons, quite a boardgamelike miniature game in the end, very much X-Wing.

The miniatures are soft boardgame plastic and require super glue to be assembled, but on the other hand there were no mould lines (I could see) and assembling was rather easy. There were several poses as well, for example this unit of 8 archers has 4 different poses. A bit of bending and gluing into different angle hides the duplicates quite well. By the rule book, the miniatures are not glued to the trays, but removed as casualties. Anyway, we are playing this game in relaxed mode and decided that we can glue them and use counters, dice etc. The bases looks much better this way. I just need to hide the rings better on the next batch.

I wanted some quick and simple paint schemes, so I decide to use Contrast paints. They worked very well on these skeletons. Each area has just one coat of Contrast over Wraithbone spray, no highlights, no shades, inks, drybrushes or anything. Only the arrow tips are painted in metallic. The bases are Agrellan Earth with some Army Painter tufts. As you can, see they look quite great for such a speed paint job. I'm looking forward to paint more of these and play more with these.

This is my final post for this Challenge, the XII will start (hopefully) in about six months, so not too much time to change all the plans. This post is 40 in total for 8 28mm miniatures. See you in the next Challenge, stay safe, have fun and act responsible!

From TeemuL: Some goblins (20 points)

Some very quick goblins, red this time. These are from the Legend of Drizzt boardgamee and my quick research revealed, that at least some of the goblins of that universe are red. So I painted them red, although they were green plastic. Very small 28mm scale models, very quick to paint with some Contrast paints. The cobblestone took as long as the figures itself, I think. Anyway these usually briefly appear on the board before slain by the adventurer, so even though they are numerous, they don't last long.

As you can, the Contrast paints are very effective on these. I even painted their eyes, evil yellow eyes. And something around the mouth area to represent the vicious teeth.

From TomM: Jyn Erso

"My father's revenge. He built a flaw in the Death Star. He put a fuse in middle of your machine and I've just told the entire galaxy how to light it."
    ―Jyn Erso and Director Orson Krennic

If you, like me, loved Rogue One, then this is the Commander for you.  Available to the Rebel forces, Jyn is a great operative for leading your forces, having some nice tricks up her sleeve.

The model, which like all FFG Legion figures borders towards 35mm in scale, has a super dynamic pose as she swings her Tonfa to smack her enemies across the face.

Coming in the light grey plastic typical of the range, the material and the details lend to a great painting experience without being to fiddly to assemble.
Just take care to attach the head first, and then the flaps of her scarf for the best fitting!

I went for the drakish green vest on her like she wears often in the movies, with a drabcoloured scarf for contrast on her otherwise dark grey clothing, to prevent her from becoming to bland at all.

And now, swinging her tonfa and with her trusty blaster, she is ready to lead my forces in the TSA Star Wars Legion campaign!

From TomM: Star Wars Legion Turbo Laser

So I finally finished this piece of scenery for Star Wars Legion, and truth be told this was actually the first "larger" thing I printed on my Ender 3.

The only thing I was in doubt for was to go for a more white colour like in the original trilogy, especially in the pre-touched up edition, or for the lighter grey like in recenter images.

In the end, I opted for the second scheme.

The model consists of various "levels" glued on top of each other, and the barrels again a seperate piece, and takes about 4 evenings of printing to complete.

Nice and tall to stand on the table now, the next project for SWL will be a power generator, before continuing printing work on the Tattooine set I have.

From ScottM: Speeder Bikes & French ATG

With the conclusion of the main paint challenge, I found my "to be painted" shelf still loaded with figs needing paint, so this challenge is a great opportunity to keep the ball rolling! First up is a pair of Star Wars Legion Imperial Speeder Bikes.

A pretty simple unit to paint up and a fair bit of character.

Next in a completely different theme is a World War 2 French 25mm anti tank gun. This simple metal figure is from Army Group North Miniatures.

I had started this figure back before the main paint challenge started, so it's sat on my paint table partially completed for a number of months.

I'm also going to be tracking how I do using points. So this would be 2 x 40mm cavalry (for the speeder bikes) and a 28mm crewed weapon = 40 points.

Stay well!

From TomM: Rebel Troopers

Part of a Skirmish force I`m building for once clublife picks up again after Covid-19, these 4 Rebel Troopers are the first models I painted for the game.

I got no idea how it plays or so, I just allowed myself to be sucked in and we'll see from there though.

But I made an army list and slowly my models are arriving by mail, so I might actually get gaming before summer brake as a result.  I picked the Rebel faction (as if these guys weren`t a dead giveaway) as such, and no light-sabre's in my list.

I also printed out a Cargo sled, which makes some good scenery for the game and a nice little vehicle to display the models on for now, alongside some crates I also printed up.

So, let's call this a decent start.  I`ll paint the rest of the boxed set in the future, but first my priorities now are all the models for all the forces in all the leagues I registred in for 2020...