Paul /Golgfag1 OWAC V initial post

Following the painting of lots of girls with varying degrees of success, in last year's OWAC IV.

Welcome to my initail mumblings on what I plan to be painting for this year's challenge, over the coming months - Oriental heroes from the C05, C series and other similar miniatures by the original designers the Perry twins. Not a popular group of figures from the series, I tend to think Games Workshop never really invested either a great deal of time or effort in promoting them in those early days as I'm sure they never really saw themselves as the global company they are today, so the incentive was never really there and they've now been lost to the mists of time or at least to Wargames Foundry.

 http://www.solegends.com/citc/c005orientals/index.htm & http://www.solegends.com/citc/c005specialists/index.htm

So, why am I bothering - I have a cunning plan, nothing as epic as Boldric's! To put on a large game at the tenth aniversary of  BOYL in 2023, where I provide all the figures, terrain and scenario (as I did something similar at the first BOYL) over three days, but this time I invite players to take the rolls of the various commanders of the contingents taking part and these fellows will be playing the role of the rescue party of the 'missing' maidens ! This will be the smallest contingent, but very hard hitting, with lots of heroes. Hence, in this challenge you won't be seeing me splash paint over hundreds of figures, but, hopefully gracing  a few with a degree of skill I don't often apply when producing an army - alas, time and my photos will show how successful I'am.

So, first up are a selection of archers which will form part of a company, these are a combination of Perry miniatures and the original C series.

Next, more archers, same details as previous.

Just to be consistent the third month will also be more archers, the miniature mix-in fairly well and I like the option of personal back-banners the Perry miniatures provide to the overall look.

 I'm toying with either having a mixture of banners or producing my own - again, time will show which way that cat jumps.

By the fourth month, I'm fairly sure, I won't want to see another archer, so it'll be heroes, a mixture of magicians, specialists and lords.

If, I have the time at this stage I may also have a go at these Grenadier and early Citadel leaders and banners

Which brings me to month five, where I hope the paint a few Ashigari.

Yes, boring single pose figures, which I hope to vary with my colour choices, although I don't see that making a great deal of diffence to be honest. Thus, this is also where I'll add all the other figures I've painted of the preceeding months and haven't posted to give me a bit of variety to the posing and basing of these contingents!

Month six, will hopefully see me add a little paint to a few samurai figures

My offering to take part in this challenge is something pink and baby blue, enjoy!

Thus the journey begins, where it leads us, time will tell.