Paul/Golgfag1's March - Actual C series amazons plus a few extras (3150 points)

Rank & File month #3 

More troops this month, but this time I'm actually painting 'C30' series Amazonians from back in the day, originally designed by the Perry twins, produced as a foil to the Slann of Lustria. The first time they were promoted by Citdel/ Games Workshop was in the scenario Rigg's Shrine in the second Citadel Compendium, written by Richard Helliwell.

 

So, first up a few spear and bow armed bodyguard, will be playing the part of elite +2, from third edition, giving me sixteen figures at nineteen points each - three hundred and four points.

I'm also going to add a few specialists from other manutacturers as I don't really have that many C series figures and my force needs a little something to provide a little bit of punch - Chariots, via Ral partha, the originls are pulled by human slaves, great for the story, but not much good on the tabletop. 

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So, I switched them for sabre-toothed tigers from Grenadier, which means they move slightly quicker and have a lot more bite when entering into combat. Two chariots with basic crew one hundred and ninety eight points each - three hundred and ninety six points.

My spare time is pretty much taken up with painting for this challenge at the moment, as the early evenings are still fairly dark, and the weather isn't conducive to spending any significant time in the garden. So, I'm going to push on with a second batch of infantry, a mixed bag of C series tribes women, berserkers and Koka-kalim weilding bows, daggers, swords, bolts-pistols and power swords.

This little lot weigh in at a mighty nine hundred and ninety three points, the majority of which is the three powerswords and bolt pistol.

Next up - Pygmie skimishers, weilding either bows or short spears/javelins adding another thirty two points, I've not included for the standard witch doctor or champion.

Whilst trawling E-bay, I dropped upon this dragon (a tiny little thing, not sure what it's from?), which I thought would add a little something to this months mix, I'll be honest attaching the wings was a complete pain, but the simply paint job was done in an evening, so this adds another two hundred and fifty points to this months total.

Before anybody asks how did I manage to dab paint on this little lot in a couple of weeks - Annual leave, as I loose all of any I don't take, on the first April. Recently found this on E-bay, advertised as a living statue, thought it'd would make a nice addition to my growing collection, following on with the Rigg's Shrine - I'm of the opinion that this would make a better avatar for the scenario, than the original model. I've used magnets to make the parts inter-changable from a statue on the plinth to avatar for a thousand points!

 As the end of the month draws ever closer, dabed a bit more paint behind the ears of a few more Pilgrims of various manufacture and ages which shows how attitudes to figure design and nakedness as changed! All I have to do now is base & varnish. I've pointed up this last batch as there's a selection of heroes and magic users mixed in, at a hundred and seventy five points.

This months all based, varnished and ready to join their sisters!

I'm taking next month off, not because I want a break from painting, but I want to paint and post something else, on the Oldhammer Forum. Hope you enjoyed the journey and see you again in May.