AHPC15 - The Challenge Wrap up!

You may have been following mine and Lee's progress since December in the Analogue Hobbies Painting Challenge, which now has sadly come to an end.

We posted up some photos of both sets of troops from a Retreat to Moscow project in my last post, but Lee, being the creative monster that he is has compiled an all singing and dancing video, showcasing both the French and Russian armies, so if you haven't seen it already give it a click.

This year was 100%, 25/28mm, no other scale was painted up. Which to be honest was the plan. All but 1 figure (Hercules, a present for my Dad) was for the Retreat from Moscow.

This year 25/28mm figures
156 x 25mm infantry figures
19 x 25mm Cavalry figures

6 x Wagons & 1 x Sledge

In total 195 figures.

I always aim for a top 20 position, but sometimes that's impossible, due to the mega figure painters that take up the top 10 places, Graham who came top of the list, painted 4871 points worth of figures, which is just plan mental!!
I think me and Lee having our own private battle, helped us both to push through the pain barrier to get stuff painted up quicker than usual. So in the end I finished with a very respectable 1299 points, leaving me in 15th place, out of the 79 left at the end of the Challenge. Its the first time I made the top 20, since Challenge 12, back in 2021, so I'm well chuffed. 

Also I beat Lee, which was one of my main aims, he'll claim I only beat him because of the bonus rounds, I just used my nodle to get more points, which he could have easily done himself, so technically its his fault!

But saying that Lee came in a very good 21st place, with 1080 points, which is his 3rd ever best points total, so that's not too bad either?

Here is my record during the Challenge so far.

Challenge II 4940 points 1st
Challenge III 2586 points 4th
Challenge IV 1227 points 17th
Challenge V 691 points 37th
Challenge VI 681 points 36th
Challenge VII 1093 points 24th
Challenge VIII 662 points 40th
Challenge IX 2274 points 8th
Challenge X 1687 points 11th
Challenge XI 2260 points 8th
Challenge XII 2168 points 7th
Challenge XIII 1111 points 27th
Challenge XIV 1160 points 25th
Challenge XV 1299 points 15th

Interestingly, (well for me anyway?) is this year's points total is my 7th best total, the Challenge so far, but there's a massive gap between 6 and 7th, which maybe a bridge too far in forthcoming Challenges?

1 Challenge  II 4940 points 1st
2 Challenge  III 2586 points 4th
3 Challenge  IX 2274 points 8th
4 Challenge  XI 2260 points 8th
5 Challenge  X 1687 points 11th
7 Challenge  XV 1299 points 15th
8 Challenge  IV 1227 points 17th
9 Challenge  XIV 1160 points 25th
10 Challenge XIII 1111 points 27th
11 Challenge VII 1093 points 24th
12 Challenge V 691 points 37th
13 Challenge VI 681 points 36th

14 Challenge VIII 662 points 40th

So if you've enjoyed the Challenge and fancy a go of it yourself, go visit Curt's blog, here normally in late November for more updates, the roster gets filled up very quickly, so be quick.

Lastly thanks again to everyone involved in the Challenge and I look forward to more fun and games in December.

Chasseurs of the Guard, (although Postie tells me they're not Chasseurs as they have a plate at the front of the Busby)

4th Wurttemberg

24th Legere

Mixed Infantry/Officers

Officers

Mixed Cavalry

Stragglers

Robbing the Dying

2nd Duchy of Warsaw

2nd Duchy of Warsaw Voltigeurs

Sacred Squadron

1st Portuguese Legion

6 Pdrs

Mixed Infantry

23rd/24th Chasseurs a Cheval

Mixed dismounted Cavalry.

6pdr Limbers and guns