From Tamsin: 15mm Scythian Light Cavalry (48 points)

From Tamsin:

For my 9th entry, here are some 15mm Scythian light horsemen. I'd actually started painting the horses before the Challenge, but the riders hadn't been touched so they count. 

Figures are from Donnington. The sculpts don't seem to have as much "texture" as their other miniatures, so the Klear/ink step hasn't been as effective as normal.

For my next entry I'll be returning to 28mm with some more Normans. Now I've just got to assemble them (a job I dislike, but that's the price you pay for using plastics!).

Excellent work Tamsin. Like your previous unit of light horse, I really like how vibrant you've gone with these. 

These Scythian boys will give Tamsin 48 points to add to her tally. This just leaves her a few points shy of her original Challenge Par Goal with 40 days still to go - impressive effort and great painting!

From RayR: English Border Horse (136 points)

From Ray:

Back to the Battle of Flodden for my 9th entry. Here we have 4 units of English Border Horse, that fought on the right flank of the English battle line under Lord Dacre. The first unit are from Bamboroughshire in the East March, the second are also from the East March, but from Tynemouth. The third unit are from the East March and the last are from Northumberland and were led by the Bastard Heron!!! This unit is carrying the banner of Lord Dacre, Warden of the English West March.

All the figures are from Essex and were quite an easy paint as you can probably guess. The flags are once again from yours truly, the Dacre flag can be found on my blog to download.

Lovely work Ray. I really like the animation you've put into the flags. This is kind of new for you isn't it? The effect is especially dynamic with Lord Dacre's long banner which seems to be billowing nicely in the wind.

These four troops of horse will give Ray 136 points including a little extra for his excellent flags.

From KevH: 28mm Wars of the Roses & 54mm English Civil War (300 points)

From Kevin:

Here we go, I'm back. Now, first up Wars of the Roses Shire Levy Bowmen (Oxfords). 28mm Perry's. 20 miniatures with command from various townships within the Earl of Oxford's shire. All bows are strung. Flag by me.

Followed by more 54mm, as promised. Figures by "A Call to Arms" plastics. The first 6 stands of Green Regiment Shotte to go with the previous Green pike.

Another wonderful selection of figures from these two periods by Kevin. The archers are brilliant but I have to say that I'm really taken by these 54mm figures - they look just amazing.

This selection will give Kev a base of 280 points but I'm adding a little extra for the work gone into stringing the bows and the custom banner. Well done!

From JohnM: 28mm Napoleonic Brunswick Command (50 points)

From John:

Back to Napoleonics. Here are the command stands for my Brunswick Corps. Couple of new basing ideas here. First up is the my new divisional stand: A 80x60mm oval. I realized the number of figures I would need for my Napoleonic command stands was just too many, and I also felt the 120x80 mm stands were too big for this level of command. I will stay with this rectangular stand for the Corps and Army command bases ie commands of 12-20k men. For under 12k men, ie. 2-4 brigades, I thought this oval stand looked a lot better and was more appropriate in size for the table.

There is also a 50 mm round brigade stand in this collection as well as another new addition, an ADC stand. These 40x20mm ovals will be used for my functional ADC's, ie chaps who have to move about the terrain. FoG Napoleonic ruleset has this as a function and Curt's upcoming ruleset Food for Powder uses them as well. I have always thought that having ADC's running about the terrain would be cool. 

So anyway here we have the Duke of Brunswick with his Adjutant General Col Olfermann as well as an ADC bringing a message from the front. The Duke was killed at Quatre Bras, and Col Olfermann had to assume command. We also have another ADC on an independent stand as well as Lt Col von Specht commanding the 2nd Line Infantry Brigade. You see that the ADC's have sky blue trousers. I was not sure what colour stripe to put on these trousers, any suggestions?

I am hoping to be able to submit the first part of my Cunning Secret Project done soon, as well as some Romano-British and my first Andalusians.

Lovely work John. I really like these chunky bases you're using and that oblong base-shape for the ADC gives a nice visual reminder of its function during games.

These five horsemen will give John 50 points. I'm very much looking forward to seeing your upcoming Cunning Secret Project!

From IanW: 15mm WWII American and German Sniper Markers & Infantry Support Teams (158 points)

Its been a bit since my last submission but I have been still painting LOL

So here we have 40 15mm Forged in Battle Americans and 36 Germans. I have one of the missing 4 Germans painted awaiting his loader but the other two won't be done. One is missing his face details and the other is crouched with his hands together as if using a MG or something but no weapon for it.

These figures have a lot of detail and the flash is not to bad though I did miss a few mold lines!

These are to be used in ASL as 3D snipers and will be put on the board unlike the Sniper Reminders that are usually at the elbow of the player to remind them of their SAN numbers. I actually used two Sunday night so some have been used before getting on the blog.

I had the bases made by Warbases custom for the job. A few figures though would not fit on these so I have just based them up normally. I am getting the urge to try out some form of skirmish WWII and I think such as these figures will do the job. At least then vehicles can be used and not require a tennis court to play it on.

Next up will be their 28mm brothers which have been painted longer but I was out of bases.

Great work Ian! I quite like how those sniper markers look on the ASL playing boards - very sharp.

This swarm of 15mm figures will give Ian 158 points to add to his points tally.