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Thursday, 6 April 2017

Analogue Painting Challenge VII


I for one am gutted the Challenge is over for another year.  Infact, I'm already looking forward to AHPC 8!! I'm so glad Curt came up with the idea, the Challenge forces me out of my painting doldrums and gets my butt into painting gear! What helps the most is all you other Challengers posting and commenting and pushing me to paint more.
Of late my painting and even gaming have been hit hard, with several job changes, the main one a few years ago when me and Fran both left GSK, a painters dream job, 4 twelve hour shifts days and nights with nothing to do except watch films and paint. It seems a lifetime ago (well it was?) when I finished 1st in the Challenge with nearly 5000 points, but that was only because of the job I was in.
Nowadays I'm just happy to finish in the top half!!!
So I'm very happy I beat my target and finished in 24th place with 1093 points and I even managed to beat fellow Posties Reject BigLee, now that makes 24th place taste even sweeter!!!




I managed to finally finish the infabtry for my French/Jacobite/Rebels army, which I undercoated to paint up in Challenge 6, but only actually finished 12 figures for. And I started my Woodland Indians army for Donnybrook, finishing 3 12 figure units.
All in all I painted 151 25mm figures and some scenic defensive terrain pieces.
A big thank you has got to go to Curt, Sarah, Miles and all the other Minions, great work Guys!

Long live the Challenge!























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61 comments:

  1. Michal DwarfCrypt6 April 2017 at 07:19

    A lot of beautiful miniatures!

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  2. Welnin6 April 2017 at 07:29

    Congratulation for his result. Painting challenge is the key to reduce the hill of minis (I'll thinking about his the next year !)

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    1. Ray Rousell8 April 2017 at 09:45

      Have a go Stefan, its an excellent motivater.

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  3. Michael Awdry6 April 2017 at 07:39

    Another great year Ray and here's to the next one.

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    1. Ray Rousell8 April 2017 at 09:45

      Indeed Sir M. Looking forward to next year already.

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  4. Norm6 April 2017 at 08:40

    I admire everyone who sticks with the challenge and gets stuff done - but the rewards are plain to see ..... that is a fine tray of goodies.

    In general, even though some might not sign up to the challenge itself, I think the effect of seeing so much enthusiasm for getting things painted on the various blogs, does itself drive others to up their game and get the brushes out.

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    1. Ray Rousell8 April 2017 at 09:46

      Why not enter next year Norm? You'll be surprised what you get painted.

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  5. TamsinP6 April 2017 at 09:07

    Marvellous output Ray, even if it didn't get close to your sandbagging heights! Quality over quantity :)

    Upset that the Challenge is over? Just pretend to yourself that it isn't, set yourself a weekly or monthly target and keep cranking the figures out :)

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    1. Ray Rousell8 April 2017 at 09:47

      It's daft but i'm finding it hard to get motivated???

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  6. Paul O'G6 April 2017 at 10:26

    Great job Ray, I loved your Indians in particular.
    You aren't the only one already looking forward to Season 8 see you there :-)

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  7. Alex J. Cavanaugh6 April 2017 at 10:49

    Placing twenty-four is great! And you have a ton of newly painted figures to show for it.
    Has it really been four years since you and Fran worked together? Wow.

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    1. Ray Rousell8 April 2017 at 09:49

      I know, times really flown......i blame the kids.

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  8. jmilesr6 April 2017 at 11:00

    Fantastic output Ray and thanks for going easy on the rest of us. I suspect your top mark of 4.9K points will never be beat. Remember that mark was set before we were being awarded bonus points for the theme rounds!

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    1. Ray Rousell8 April 2017 at 09:52

      Its gonna be tough, but domeone will beat it one day, i'm sure.

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  9. Rodger6 April 2017 at 11:10

    Great job there Ray! Very impressive.

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  10. Zabadak6 April 2017 at 11:16

    The "Challenge" certainly seems to spur people on; congratulations on your output Ray

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  11. Steve-the-Wargamer6 April 2017 at 12:22

    Nice work, Raymond....

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  12. Phil6 April 2017 at 12:31

    What a wonderful year, congrats!

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  13. MartinC6 April 2017 at 12:33

    Top challenge, too much time spent queing for the autographs of unknown media stars to paint more.

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  14. Jonathan Freitag6 April 2017 at 14:01

    Good job, Ray!

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  15. john de terre neuve6 April 2017 at 14:03

    Lovely job Ray, jobs can be a real killer. I particularly like the standard bearers.

    John

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    1. Ray Rousell8 April 2017 at 15:19

      Thanks John, i'm very pleased how they turned out.

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  16. Ed M6 April 2017 at 14:06

    Result!

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  17. Da Gobbo6 April 2017 at 16:18

    Some really great stuff there Ray

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  18. Prufrock6 April 2017 at 16:38

    Beautiful work as always Ray! Sorry to hear about job changes and such like interfering with hobby time. Damned unreasonable that real life sometimes is!

    Cheers,
    Aaron

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    1. Ray Rousell8 April 2017 at 15:52

      Its certainly a pain in the butt sometimes!

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  19. Klingula6 April 2017 at 16:39

    Excellent result!

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  20. Clint6 April 2017 at 16:43

    Well done Mate

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  21. Jay6 April 2017 at 17:16

    You did good, Ray! Have some Kent Brewery-Prohibition IPA on me.

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    1. Ray Rousell8 April 2017 at 15:53

      I will, got some in the fridge as it happens.

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  22. Mallius Vane6 April 2017 at 17:34

    Lots of loveliness there!

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  23. Monty6 April 2017 at 17:59

    Great work, really impressive!

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  24. Blaxkleric6 April 2017 at 18:48

    One of my AHPC highlights was to meet your excellent self on a couple of the chats Ray. Hope to speak again soon at Salute?

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    1. Ray Rousell8 April 2017 at 15:54

      They were pretty cool, shame Dave has deleted the forum, we should have kept it up?

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  25. Willie Anderson6 April 2017 at 20:09

    Well done Ray

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  26. Paul´s Bods6 April 2017 at 20:49

    Very impressive. My fave is Lizzy, no..?..the Standard bearers, nope..?..the injuns..bugger it, their all good :-)

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    1. Paul´s Bods6 April 2017 at 20:52

      Thier?? ...They´re!! Feck!! :-)

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    2. Ray Rousell8 April 2017 at 15:55

      their there or they're I knew what you meant.........i fink?

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  27. 'Lee.7 April 2017 at 10:59

    Lots of good stuff there Ray, I like those Grenadiers, but a nice diverse bunch of painting.

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  28. Neil Scott7 April 2017 at 18:46

    Some impressive additons to your collection

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  29. Biblicrafts Miniatures7 April 2017 at 21:47

    Excellent figures!!That's what I call "productivity" !!

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    1. Ray Rousell8 April 2017 at 15:57

      Just wish I could keep this level up all year round.

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  30. Remco8 April 2017 at 16:44

    Fantasic work, you've been busy my friend!

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