First post of the year and its great to be participating in AHPC 14 for my 10th Challenge! This year my target is a curiously specific 603 points, which is what I need to get me to 8,000 lifetime points.
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| "Mon dieu! Tre magnifique!" say the swooning Mesdemoiselles! |
My Season 14 opening salvo is the start of my new Crimean War project. I'm starting with a French Brigade, and the Grenadier Garde is up first! As a larger, well equipped battalion it musters 36 Guardsmen and Officers.
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| Allons enfants de la patrie, Le jour de gloire est arrivé ! |
Why the red bases you might ask? Because they will serve on Mars for our Space 1889 VSF campaign first - obvious really! Once thats done I'll redo the bases for a more routine deployment to the Crimea.
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| Their features are wonderfully sculpted - doing them some measure of justice was a challenge! |
Models are by Great War Miniatures, distributed via Northstar. Painted in classic triad style - no speed/contrast paints were harmed in the making of this unit. I also discovered a new technique for painting small buttons - a toothpick! (Thanks for the tip John, and for the emergency flag resupply!)
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| A Brigade Commander's view of their march to Victory! |
So off the mark with a 36 figure mini-bomb @ 5 points each, plus 20 points for shelving in the History section. You can see my entry at the AHPC blog here:
https://thepaintingchallenge.blogspot.com/2024/01/from-paulog-vive-la-garde-200-points.html
That's a great looking unit, and 36 of them! I love the Martian campaign setting. So much room for creativity there. You guys are doing it proud.
ReplyDeletemany thanks Aaron! You can see more of our Mars / Space 1889 shenanigans at my VSF blog here:
Deletehttps://pauljamesog.blogspot.com/