I've been all at sea lately (quite literally) but I've finally gotten to photographing my AHPC VIII totality. Like many I suspect, it seems more when under the brush than when tallied, but regardless it is a satisfying chunk of hobby happiness.
As you can see I embraced the new terrain category, finishing off a 15mm Russian village, a 6mm ECW castle and a 28mm bridge. I got a good portion of my new DAK Army finished and managed to complete entries for all bonus rounds. I started with a 500 point goal, extended it to 600 and finished up with 679pts - which I was very happy with noting that I was travelling for about 4 weeks of the challenge.
Last year I was thrilled to get a Bonus Round Runner Up spot - this year I managed to jag two! The first was this really wonderfully sculpted One Man Dirigible which I had sitting around for about 4 years and which I entered for the Flight Round
My Second Runner Up placement was for my FIW Royal Artillery Piece in the BFG Round. I really enjoyed building this small vignette for the FIW Army I built last year during AHPC VII.
Perhaps my favourite piece to work on this challenge was my Friekorps PanzerAuto (Armoured Car), which I did in January:
The Challenge was, once again, a tonne of fun for a LOT of fun amongst wonderfully productive and encouraging hobbyists.
I hope to be back for AHPC IX!
https://thepaintingchallenge.blogspot.com.au/2018/04/paul-ogs-ahpc-viii-wrap-up.html
