I haven't posted since December on this blog, but I have been regularly posting on the Analogue Hobbies Painting Challenge! It has been hard to motivate myself to contribute to both blogs for this period as well as paint with fervour to have something completed once a week to blog about. I am therefore giving myself a week off the Analogue Blog and putting the brushes down. (Well carefully sliding them into the multi-slotted plastic brush holder from The Works. For non UK folk, The Works is a remainders book chain that also does a great range of cheap art products.)
So, I am sure you are all following my progress on the blog. I don't need to tell you that right now as I type I am 24th in the table with a points total of 865. My original target being 500 points. I knew this year I would paint a lot less (I can't remember my total last year but I think it was around 1200) so I set myself the same conservative target as my first year. I still have plenty to paint, but I won't feel pressure to get it all done for the rest of the challenge.
So, for those few of you who have not followed the blog, here are some highlights of the photo dump from entries:
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Squigs, need I say more.
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This is the way. (Today is two days away from series three, eek!)
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Dum Dum Duggan. (I would watch his spin off series on Disney Plus)
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Generic Space Dude in Fancy Pants armour from some toy shop I popped in to for the youngest. (Honestly I cannot remember what they call Space Marines these days, I feel so old)
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A second attempt at the bust I blogged about here. I assure you it is a separate piece, not an over paint.
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Frostgrave Barbarians
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Zeus, chucking his thunderbolts. The entire time I was painting this I was hearing Russell Crowe's crazy accent in Thor - Love and Thunder in my head.
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A new snazzy version of Gaunt and his Ghosts.
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They are nice sculpts I admit of some of the key characters.
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There was a missed opportunity here though as the Ghosts are a mixed Gender regiment, I would have loved to see a model of Tona Criid maybe?
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Home Guard from Bad Squiddo
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Shaka Zulu
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Batman Animated Series Green Arrow
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Coming up in the wargaming world we have Salute in April. As I am sure you know it is one of the highlights of my hobby year. I am sure Illustrious Opponent and others will be joining me for the day out where we see if we can shave off a chunk of journey time using the new Elizabeth Line. Yes it is over a month away, but it will soon be here. As I have said on many an occasion, half the fun is the prep beforehand for the day. This year I have a new train route to plan.
