AHPC16 Donnybrook - Vienna 1683 - 25mm Polish Dragoons

 

"Once again the Analogue Hobbies Painting Challenge is well and truly over, this post was originally posted here, on the 18th March and I've still got a lot of catching up to do with other Challenge posts."

Ray

Well, it wouldn't be a proper Painting Challenge with one of my Donnybrook entries now would it?

So just to keep you all happy.....here's one!!!

My green coated Polish Dragoons were prepped and undercoated at the start of Challenge 12 in 2021!!!

Isn't that bad that its taken me until now to put some paint on them?

My 9 Polish Dragoons, painted up for my Donnybrook Allied Army for the Relief of Vienna in 1683.

Check out my last post from March 2022, where I painted some Polish Command figures.

The figures are from Reiver Castings and were a joy to paint.

I'll be using the chap in the centre holding his pistol in the air as their Commander.

These 9 figures will give me 90 points.

Then we also have the dismounted version of the Dragoons.

Unfortunately at the time Reiver didn't have a dismounted Polish Dragoon figure, (not sure if they ever did get them made?)

So I had to fall back to my old favourites, Essex Miniatures.

As you can see, my leader is wearing a clock on the dismounted version and not on the mounted version.

I could have sculpted a cloak on the mounted version, but couldn't be arsed!!!

And here they are all together, the 45 points for the foot figures will be added to the 90 points for the mounted giving me a total of 135 points!!

AHPC16 - Resistance Theme Round - Winter War 1939-40, Finnish Medic

 

The Challange has now finished, but I've still got plenty of posts backed, this is the first of many.

Resistance: Submit a freshly painted figure (or figures) and/or piece of terrain illustrating resistance by a group or individual. The subject can be from history, myth or fiction.

Well that should be easy, any of my Finns fit in perfick!

I missed out posting my Toy Story Theme by a day, so I've made sure I've got the Resistance theme done this time round.

Here we have a Finnish Medic and his unarmoured helpers., all figures are from Parkfield Miniatures.

During the Winter War, Finnish medics worked under extremely harsh conditions to treat soldiers wounded in the fighting against the Soviet Union. Operating in deep snow, freezing temperatures, and often under enemy fire, they evacuated casualties from forests and frozen battlefields using sleds, skis, and improvised stretchers. Despite limited medical supplies and small field hospitals, Finnish doctors, nurses, and stretcher-bearers managed to stabilize thousands of wounded troops, playing a crucial role in maintaining the resilience and resistance of the Finland’s army during the brutal winter campaign.

For the points i will get 50pts for the Theme Round Bonus

and 15 points for all three 25mm figures, making a grand total of 65 pts!

APPC 16 - Vienna 1683 15mm - Ottoman Irregular foot

I'm squeezing in a second post for today, its 23.48 Saturday night and I didn't think I'd get these 48 15mm figures finished, but I'm glad I've got them done!

Once again these Essex minis are for my 15mm Vienna 1683 project. I needed 4 units of Irregular infantry for the Ottomans.

In the scenario the list says 4 units of Irregular foot. I was going to go with all musket armed infantry.

But instead chose 2 units of foot...

A bow armed unit...

And quite possibly a pretty useless unit of spear and shield armed troops.

I'm pretty please as there's now a lot of red ticked off now!!

Ottoman Army under Grand Vizier Kara Mustafa Pasha

1st Line (Independent Commands)

Irregular Tribal Raw 12 figs

Irregular Tribal Raw 12 figs

Irregular Tribal Raw 12 figs

Irregular Tribal Raw 12 figs

2nd Line indie command

Timariot Sipahis Blade, Lance Drilled 6 figs XXX

Timariot Sipahis Tribal, bow/carb drilled 6f XXX

Timariot Sipahis Blade, Lance Drilled 6 figs XXX

Timariot Sipahis Tribal, bow/carb drilled 6f XXX

(Already painted before the Challenge)

3rd Line indie commands 

Sekban musket, loose Raw 12 figs XXX

Tufeckci musket, loose Drilled 12 figs XXX

Sekban musket, loose Raw 12 figs XXX

Tufeckci musket, loose Drilled 12 figs XXX

Janissary Brigade & Brigadier

Janissary Orta All Musket Drilled/Elite 12
Janissary Orta All Musket/Flintlock Drilled/Elite 12

Janissary Orta All Musket/Flintlock Drilled/Elite 12

Janissary Orta All Musket Drilled/Elite 12

Reserve & Brigadier

Sipahis of the Porte Blade, Lance Veteran-Elite 6 figs

Sipahis of the Porte Blade, Lance Veteran-Elite 6 figs

Vizier's Guard All Musket, Flintlock Guard 6 

Great Gun Drilled 1 model 

Great Gun Drilled 1 model 

Holy League under King Jan III Sobieski

Polish Cavalry Brigade

Lipka Tartars Tribal Cav now Raw 6figs

Pancerni Bullet, armour Drilled 6 figs

Pancerni Bullet, Lance, armour Drilled 6 figs

Hussar Banner Blade, Lance, armour Veteran-Elite 6 figs

Polish Cavalry Brigade

Lipka Tartars Tribal Cav now Raw 6figs

Pancerni Bullet, armour Drilled 6 figs

Pancerni Bullet, Lance, armour Drilled 6 figs

Hussar Banner Blade, Lance, armour Veteran-Elite 6 figs

Imperial Cavalry Brigade 

Dragoons Regt Dragoons, Flintlock, Drilled 12 figs

Cuirassier Regt Bullet, Armour Veteran-Elite 12 figs

Bavarian Cav Brig

Dragoons Regt Dragoons, Flintlock, Drilled 12 figs

Cuirassier Regt Bullet, Armour Drilled-Elite 12 figs

Saxons Cav Brigade 

Dragoons Regt Dragoons, Flintlock, Drilled 6 figs

Cuirassier Regt Bullet, Armour Drilled-Elite 18 figs

Field gun 1 model

They did take a little longer than I wanted to to paint them up, as each figure, being Irregular, is painted in random colours.

Apart from the Fez and Turban of course!

So my 4 units of 12 figures each will earn me...96 points!