From JeremyM: 28mm Crazy Cat Lady (15 points)

Jeremy sends in this wonderfully characterful crazy cat lady and her 'lovelies' for us to enjoy.

From Jeremy:

This week I decided to finish a model I had originally intended for the first fortnight challenge, non-combatants. 

Its the Reaper miniatures Cat Lady in 28mm. As with my evil librarian/archivist and book monsters I'm intending to use her and her feisty felines in strange aeons. 

I based them on black cat bases' urban bases, and also included a sprue of their urban rubbish, which includes some fast food packaging which I tried to add McDonalds logos to, some cigarette packets, a newspaper, and a coke can. I know McDonalds isn't exactly the same period that most strange aeons games are set in but couldn't resist trying some freehand.

This is awesome! I love her technicolor outfit, especially the rumpled lime green socks and the fuzzy slippers - brilliant.  We definitely have to dream up some stats for her for use in Strange Aeons, I'm thinking some sort of witch/shaman with extra abilities due to her feline familiars.

The Cat Lady with her pride of cats will will give Jeremy 15 points.  Well done!

From AndrewS: 20mm Celtic Chariots (84 points)

 From Andrew:

Well I am back with a small entry, this time I have 3 Newline 20 mm Celtic chariots and 6 crew, that will form part of my cavalry division for Hail Caesar.

Plenty of checks and a splash of warpaint thrown in for good measure, and some free hand work on the shields.

Wonderful work Andrew. I really like the wicker panel siding on the chariots and the chequed trews on the drivers - very evocative.

These three chariots will give Andrew 84 points. Nice!

From JohnM: 28mm Napoleonic French Light Infantry Battalion (135 points)

John finishes his last unit of French light infantry for his very impressive Napoleonic collection.

From John:

3e/13e Légére

This unit is a bit of a milestone, the final unit of French Légére I shall be painting. My French Napoleonic forces are near completion and this is my 10th battalion of légére, joining 4 battalions of the 1éme, 3 battalions of the 2éme and the other 2 battalions of the 13éme. Three battalions of ligne and 3 battalions of garde left to do, but another day maybe. That will bring me up to 28 battalions of French infantry, a robust force I believe. 

This battalion has a bit of an unusual provenance, I bought these Front Rank figures from a very well known rules writer 3 or 4 months ago and they languished on the table. If I remember correctly he had purchased them without realizing that they were pre-Bardin. They were a bit odd as they had been primed with AP Blue primer, I was curious about this as the uniform of the légére of course is all blue, so it should make them a little easier to paint. There was some difficulties though as the primer does not have much bite and my style of painting requires a primer which has some adhesion. I found that if I drybrushed them with GW Enchanted Blue and then washed them with GW Asmuren Blue wash they looked pretty good. I like a nice bright blue on my French, while going with a greyer blue on my Prussians.

A great Flagdude standard decorates the force and I include a photo of the whole regiment. Quite a varied regiment as you can see, this is the only battalion where the carabiniers are wearing bearskins, but at the same time my other two battalions have their voltigeurs sporting colpacks. Anyway Front Rank has great looking pre 1812 French and I am quite happy I have finally completed this regiment.

Wow, lovely work John. I know its always nice getting a Napoleonic unit done as they typically take a bit of time to grind through. I've always liked the pre-Bardin uniform with its longer tails, smart waistcoat and huge plumes. Excellent stuff.

This, the 3rd battalion of the 13th, will give John 135 points. Great job!