This weeks final Theme Bonus Round at
Fourth
Annual Analogue Hobbies Painting Challenge is “Last Stand”. I had a
hard time coming up with something… I didn’t really give this much thought
early enough to make any decisions and by the time I started thinking about it,
it was too late to be ordering new minis... So I had to come up with something
for a last stand that I actually had minis for.
Originally I thought I’d do Isandlawana. I have a pile of
Zulu war stuff to paint – English, Dead Zulus, Not-so-Dead Zulus… unfortunately
all the dead British are already painted… and for a last stand I thought it
proper to have piles of your own dead littering the place.
Another thought I had was The defence of the Brest Fortress
in 1941 – at first I thought this might be good as I have painfully few WW2
28mm Soviets to finish up. I have a few dead Russians to paint, I have some
shooting pose Germans I could paint (that could be gunning them down…) unfortunately
the only live Russians I have are NKVD troops… Which… I guess… might be the
last ones standing in the defence of a soviet position…?
Then I remembered all these Jacobites I have… Charging,
Shooting, Dying, Dead… and the decision was made… the only problem was Tartan
is a pain in the ass to paint… how many could I paint in a week!? Twenty,
apparently… (along with a few fantasy figures!) I had a few very (VERY) late
night’s this past week…
(Remember: click on the pictures for a bigger version):
I think these are mostly Old Glory figures, though there may
be a few from Dixon Miniatures and Front Rank Figures... and others I'm not so
sure about...
The final charge across the Moor - the skirl of the pipes
barely heard over the din of the ferocious shouts and cries of the charging highlanders!
Kilts flapping in the wind...
Leaving a trail of their own dead behind them...
The fighting - Most of these are from Old Glory, though the
chap in the middle with the great sword is from Dixon and I think the Piper may
be from Wargames Foundry? The two with the Lochaber axes I'm not sure about,
but I think might be Old Glory as well.
The Falling - I'm pretty sure all but one of these is from
Old Glory - the one on the right with the broadsword I think might be from
Dixon.
The fallen. Two of these are from Front Rank Figures, the
other I think is from Dixon.
This and all the other entries
to the “Last Stand” Theme Bonus Round can be seen here:
Do pop on by and check out some
of the fantastic entires (and do please consider voting for mine – along with
any of the other entries!)
Coming soon on Tim’s Miniature Wargaming Blog:
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