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Other Stuff => Workbench => Topic started by: Codsticker on December 20, 2020, 04:55:54 PM
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Anybody participating?
This my first year doing the Analogue Painting Challenge. I do well working toward a deadline- it gives me focus- so I have wanted to participate in past years but have never got my name in before the challenge fills up. I am using this opportunity to focus on finishing up some half done projects such as the Saga war bands and Blackstone Fortress minis as well as start some new ones like a Wild West collection and terrain for another Pulp Alley table.
(https://i.imgur.com/ACBmoea.jpg)
More info as well as a little tree side project on my blog (http://codstickershistoricals.blogspot.com/2020/12/and-theyre-off.html).
(https://i.imgur.com/jNRY7jA.jpg)
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Sooo... nobody else then eh?
Well, we are a week and a half into this and I have put out 4 negavolt cultists from GW's Blackstone Fortress game:
(https://i.imgur.com/TB2K00N.jpg)
Quite a bit to paint on them:
(https://i.imgur.com/hrqdLip.jpg)
I also did a section of dock in grey scale (actually more like black and white- I should have left more of the neutral grey showing):
(https://i.imgur.com/xopc5Sg.jpg)
As well as three little boats:
(https://i.imgur.com/g8BritY.jpg)
It was great playing around with weathered wood as well as a natural finish:
(https://i.imgur.com/xGz9VJz.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/xykQDvG.jpg)
The boats and dock are from GW's Lake-town House Multi-pack:
(https://i.imgur.com/8f8AGiq.jpg)
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No idea what the Analogue Challenge is but I like what you’ve done so far :)
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No idea what the Analogue Challenge is but I like what you’ve done so far :)
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Do tell more about the Analogue Challenge?
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Thank you guys. :)
The APC was started by fellow Canadian Curt; aimed at hobby bloggers it is 11 years old now, more info here (http://thepaintingchallenge.blogspot.com/2020/11/the-eleventh-annual-analogue-hobbies.html).
Every member is required to submit a mini as Price of Entry, AKA curtgeld; mine is agent Kruger from Fernis Games APEX Investigators line:
(https://i.imgur.com/l4I1gA7.jpg)
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Fantastic brushwork Codsticker! :o
I JUST heard about the Analogue Challenge in a recent WSS Podcast. Until then, I wasn't familiar with it.
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Thank you Bravo Six. It was wonderful mini to paint; no prep to speak of well sculpted with great proportions.
I have followed the APC on and off from it's inception but just tried to join last year; I was too late- the roster fills up fast. The participants paint all sorts of stuff: 2mm ancients right up to 28mm moderns, terrain vehicles, DnD miniatures. A lot of people use it as a means to reduce the Mountain of Shame, some to start a project and some to finish off a project. Ultimately, it's about mutual support in getting some lead and plastic painted. :D
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I have eyed it the last few years but it does fill up fast and I always waffle about joining. lol
Great work on the pier and boats. A rather nice table you have for display as well...
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Thank you Syrinx0. :)
I noticed that LAF's Atheling (https://thepaintingchallenge.blogspot.com/search/label/Darrell%20Hindley) is a challenger this year.
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Wow, those boats look really great! How did you painted the weathered wood?
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Great stuff, my first year also. About to finish my first unit for the year, a little behind as I have been completing stuff from last year!
Cheers
Matt
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Wow, those boats look really great! How did you painted the weathered wood?
Thanks BZ. The weathered wood was done mostly with thinned, warm greys such as GW's Dawnstone and Scalecolour's Brown Grey painted in streaks with a wiggly brush to make it look like chipping. I think I also used Golden High Flow Acrylic Shading Grey, thinned with some matte medium (the shading grey is quite glossy).
Great stuff, my first year also. About to finish my first unit for the year, a little behind as I have been completing stuff from last year!
Cheers
Matt
I gave myself the low bar of 300 pts. I am a third of the way there but as I am back to work and the first couple of weeks of the new year are busy I expect my production will slow down.
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I went for a lofty goal of 2000 points !
Cheers
Matt
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Good Gord! You and Miles are hardcore. lol
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I’m a Challenger (since the first public offering, Challenge II, in fact) and one of the Minions this year. Haven’t submitted an entry this ti e yet, but have some thing for later Chambers done or in progress.
It’s a good way to encourage me to the painting desk over the winter. I rarely top 500 points though.
Curt visits here sometimes I think.
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Great to see another LAFer doing the Challenge.
It’s a good way to encourage me to the painting desk over the winter. I rarely top 500 points though.
My impression is that the point of the whole challenge to encourage people to get their minis painted- it does a good job of that!
I made some progress on my Saga Norman warband: eight Warriors with crossbows.
(https://i.imgur.com/Wtacb6X.jpg)
More pictures on my blog (link) (http://codstickershistoricals.blogspot.com/2021/01/crossbowmen-for-saga.html) for those that are interested.
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My next installment in the AHPC is 8 Fleming Mercenaries:
(https://i.imgur.com/TzJ4BvK.jpg)
Built from Conquest Games plastic kits, more info on my blog (https://codstickershistoricals.blogspot.com/2021/01/flemish-mercenaries-for-saga.html).
(https://i.imgur.com/ooSV19o.jpg)
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Nice :)
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Outstanding work on the terrain and the docks and boats. I'd love to hear how you did the weathering of the boats, which look particularly good.
Also, the ripple effect on that clear water is very convincing. How did you achieve that?
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Thank you Hammers. The weathering of the boats was just done with a selection of warm greys in patches and streaks where I thought there would be wear and tear on the hulls. On the sharp edges I used the flat of the brush. The paints I used were mostly Scale 75 Brown Grey, Cote D'Arms Roan (almost identical to GW's Pallid Flesh), GW's Dawnstone and Golden High Flow Acrylic Neutral Grey. The insides of the boats were painted with GW's Steel Legion Drab, dry brushed very lightly with GW's Zandri Dust(?) and thin lines were painted using Golden High Flow Acrylic Sienna (quite orange'ish) and Golden High Flow Acrylic Sepia which is very much like Agrax Earthshade in tone but more like ink in density as opposed to a wash or glaze.
My latest submission to the AHPC is a hero and two baddies from Blackstone Fortress. With all the bits on them the BF miniatures are fairly time consuming to paint.
(https://i.imgur.com/nD6OkZN.jpg)
The BF minis it takes me a bit to get going on them but once started I enjoy painting them.
(https://i.imgur.com/F1X5DKy.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/rEBrPue.jpg)
The hero is Taddeus the Purifier. I found him quite intimidating to paint- like a lot of GW minis there is ridiculous amounts of... "detail" (for lack of a better word). I really tried to up my painting game with this figure; he took quite a bit of time.
(https://i.imgur.com/7cKjaQt.jpg)
I am glad he is done; I hope the others are not as time consuming.
(https://i.imgur.com/1VRu0KG.jpg)
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Nice painting Codsticker.
I’ll gate crash this thread with my first AHPC entry this time out: Iroquois for FIW/AWI. This project will probably get a forum thread when it’s a bit further along.
That’s my only entry so far, but I’ve four ready in the wings and working on two more. I got stuck doing the Chambers out of order lol
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I remember seeing those Phyllion; very nice work! I love the painting and the basing.
I got stuck doing the Chambers out of order lol
Lol, I started on the Chambers (see my boat and dock post on the first page) and then realised I didn't really have anything for the other chambers (although UR-025 from Blackstone Fortress do for the Golem's Haunt). ::)
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My latest entry is 6 more archers for my Norman warband:
(https://i.imgur.com/25Echgc.jpg)
More photos on the AHPC blog (link (https://thepaintingchallenge.blogspot.com/2021/02/from-robp-conquest-games-archers-30-pts.html)).
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During the Analogue Hobby Painting Challenge I ventured into a new area for me in miniature gaming- the Old West. 6 figures painted up and a Perry Miniatures building.
(https://i.imgur.com/UcevL6C.jpg)
Each one of my figures is named after a character from song.
(https://i.imgur.com/C9EuAmz.jpg)
The Perry Miniatures North American Store went together well and was fun to paint.
(https://i.imgur.com/Z7PIBSA.jpg)
More pics and twaddle on my blog (link) (http://codstickershistoricals.blogspot.com/2021/03/welcome-to-brewsterville.html).
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Nice work on the figures. The weathering on the barn is perfect.
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Thank you very much syrinx0. I really enjoyed painting the store. I already have a colour scheme for the farmhouse when I get it.
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The Analogue Hobby Painting Challenge XI has come to a close and on Thursday I posted my final entry: 8 Crusader Miniatures Dark Ages Irish.
(https://i.imgur.com/uNi6RCW.jpg)
Wonderful figures to paint.
(https://i.imgur.com/EdrK3Jh.jpg)
More pictures on my blog (link (http://codstickershistoricals.blogspot.com/2021/03/ahpc-final-entry-dark-ages-irish.html)).