AHPC - Round Up

Its a bit late but.........

Sadly the Analogue Hobbies Painting Challenge has come to an end for another year. But what a great few months its been, I find it such a motivational experience, I'm sure we all do really? Usually it wipes out my painting for the rest of the year, but with this horrid Corona Virus keeping nearly everyone in lockdown, what else is there to do but paint more.  In Challenge X I planned on painting up 1600 worth of figures, which I just managed to pass in the last week. 

I painted up

162 x 25mm figures

10 x various terrain/vehicle pieces

90 x 15mm figures

96 x 10mm figures

I always plan (ok hope?) for a top 20 finish, if I make the top 10 its a great bonus, this year I finished 11th, which I'm extremely pleased with. Somehow I forget to post 3 25mm figures I painted up, I bought 9 painted figures at a show and needed another 3 to make up the unit to 12. They'll now appear later on my blog, Anyhow........

Here's my performance so far in all the Challenges
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

So finally a massive thank you has to go to Curt, Sarah and all the Minions for all their hard work and thanks to all the other Challengers who pushed me forward with their competition and all the great comments!

Vive la Challenge!!!!

AHPC X - Haitian Revolution - Saint-Domingue Chasseurs

The British suffered terrible losses due to malaria and yellow fever in the Caribbean. The authorities were driven to desperate measures to find men to fight Toussaint Louveture's French Republican army of black slaves. So they raised units of armed black slaves themselves to act as Chasseurs in Sanite Domingue, the good performance of units led by Kina and Dessources led to a general levy of Chasseur Corps in June 1795.

While they served the slaves were paid and fed as British soldiers and were allowed prize money as were the white troops. After 5 years of service they would gain their freedom.

By June 1798 they formed the bilk of the colonial troops in British Haiti. Their uniform consisted of

a round hat with a cockade and plume, a red jacket with collar and cuffs of a facing colour of the Colonels choice, a shirt and course trousers.

The Haitian Revolution is a rather complicated period which consists of 4 separate wars. 

1791-1793 

Ex Slaves, French Royalists and Spain against Slave owners, Kingdom of France (until 92), French Republic.

1793-1798

French Royalists, Great Britain and Spain (until 1796) against France and ex slaves

1798-1801

Lovertures Loyalists against Rigard's Loyalists and Spain

1802-1804

Ex slaves and Great Britain against France, Polish Legions, Swiss Confederation and Spain.

See what I mean? I'm looking to concentrate on the first 2 wars, but you know what its like? I'll probably end up doing far too many figures and crossing all 4 wars. I do quite like the sound of Polish troops in sombreros!!

This fine body of men earned me 60 points for the Challenge back in March!!

AHPC X - 25mm Massachusetts Bay Militia

Yes they are for Donnybrook, I know I know!

The men of the Massachusetts Bay Militia fought in the Battle of Bloody Brook which

was fought on September 12, 1675 between militia from the Massachusetts Bay Colony and a band of Indians led by Nipmuc sachem Muttawmp. The Indians ambushed colonists escorting a train of wagons carrying the harvest from Deerfield to Hadley. They killed at least 40 militia men and 17 teamsters out of a company that included 79 militia.

Sounds to me like this could make a cool game?

Not sure what make the figures are, but I know they're ECW Irish, but they will do very

nicely for colonists in the 1670's.

These brave men of Massachusetts  earned me 40 pts in the Challenge back in March.

AHPC X - French Dragoon regt Firmacon

More figures painted during the Analogue Hobbies Painting Challenge back in March.

The Dragoons were created by the Chevalier of Firmacon, on September 14th 1673, and ranked 6th then 9th in its arm. During the late 1600's they were commanded by the following Mestres de Camp 1673 J de Cassagnet de Tilladet Chevalier Firmacon (Firmacon Dragoons)

1678 C-L Marquis of Barbezieres, (Barbezieres Dragoons)

1692 G-L Count of Estrades, (Estrades Dragoons)

The figures are from North Star 1672 range and can be found here.

They were undercoated to paint up for Challenge 8, but never made it on the painting table!

So I thought it was about time they did!

I also painted up the green coated fellows dismounted and a horse holder as well!

They're painted in their early uniform of green coat and yellow cuffs, in 1692 the uniform changed to a rather boring all green, so I stuck with the yellow distinctions for a bit of variety.

AHPC X - 25mm Haitian Commanders

Only a small post today, consisting of three Command figures for the Haitian Revolution.

All figures are from Trent Miniatures Revolutionary Wars range.

From L to R we have Marie-Jeanne Lamartiniére,  Toussaint Louverture (Haitian Commander) and Dutty Boukman.

Toussaint Louverture was a Haitian general and best-known leader of the Haitian Revolution. He was a leader of the growing resistance. His military and political acumen saved the gains of the first black insurrection in November 1791. He first fought for the Spanish against the French; then for France against Spain and Great Britain; and finally, he fought on behalf of Saint-Domingue in the era of Napoleonic France. He helped transform the slave insurgency into a revolutionary movement.

Louverture began his military career as a leader of the 1791 slave rebellion in Saint-Domingue; he was by then a free man and a Jacobin. Initially allied with the Spaniards of neighbouring Santo Domingo (modern Dominican Republic), Louverture switched allegiance to the French when the new government abolished slavery. He gradually established control over the whole island and used political and military tactics to gain dominance over his rivals. Throughout his years in power, he worked to improve the economy and security of Saint-Domingue. Worried about the economy, which had stalled, he restored the plantation system using paid labour, negotiated trade treaties with the United Kingdom and the United States, and maintained a large and well-disciplined army.

After defeating leaders among the free people of colour, in 1801, he promulgated an autonomist constitution for the colony, which named him as Governor-General for Life. In 1802 he was invited to a parley by a French general, Jean-Baptiste Brunet, under false pretences and arrested. He was deported to France and jailed, dying of pneumonia in 1803

Dutty Boukman (Also known as "Boukman Dutty") (died 7 November 1791) was an early leader of the Haitian Revolution. Originally born in Senegambia (present-day Senegal and Gambia), he was captured, enslaved and transported to Jamaica. He eventually ended up in Haiti, where he became a leader of the Maroons and a vodou priest.

According to some contemporary accounts, Boukman, alongside Cécile Fatiman, a Vodou mambo, presided over the religious ceremony at Bois Caïman, in August 1791, that served as the catalyst to the 1791 slave revolt which is usually considered the beginning of the Haitian Revolution.

Boukman was a key leader of the slave revolt in the Le Cap‑Français region in the north of the colony. He was killed by the French planters and colonial troops on 7 November 1791, just a few months after the beginning of the uprising. The French then publicly displayed Boukman's head in an attempt to dispel the aura of invincibility that Boukman had cultivated. The fact that French authorities had to do this illustrates the impact Boukman made on the views of Haitian people during this time.

Marie-Jeanne Lamartiniére (fl. 1802), known in history only as Marie-Jeanne, was a Haitian soldier, woman of color, and reportedly a "dazzling beauty." She served in the Haitian army during the Haitian Revolution, which was a successful anti-slavery and anti-colonial insurrection by self-liberated slaves against French colonial rule. It took place 1791-1804.

Marie-Jeanne served at the Battle of Crête-à-Pierrot (4 March to 24 March 1802) with her husband Louis Daure Lamartinière. She fought in a male uniform standing along the fort's ramparts bearing both a rifle and a sword. She made a great impression with her fearlessness and courage, and was said to use the long rifle to snipe on the wounded French soldiers below with "a skill all the men applauded." It is said to have boosted the morale of her colleagues with her bravery.

When not fighting, Marie-Jeanne nursed her injured comrades. When describing her allocation of her scarce water supply to parched and dying troops, Bell states,

"Marie-Jeanne gave water with a silver serving spoon that hung from her sash on a fine chain. From the gourd she carried as she filled the spoon just short of the brim and slipped between the jaws of [the patient]." ... [A doctor noticed] "the short knife which rode in her sash between the spoon chain and her sword. Two days before she'd slit the throat of a man so maddened by thirst he'd tried to snatch the water gourd from her — done it as neatly as any peasant woman letting blood from a hog or snapping the head off a chicken. It had been a mercy killing, for the others of the garrison would surly have torn the offender limb from limb."

AHPC X - Poacher & Son and Poacher & Son

Back to more Donnybrook time I'm afraid.

Also back with our ol' pal Col Bill and his great range of 17th Century figures.

Here we have Poacher Martin and his son Bob!

They can be found here, for the slim price of £3!!

These can and will be used in my giant Donnybrook adventure.

Our next Poacher & Son and England best poachers

Mr Fox and his boy Dave.

These can be found at Col Bill's or from the original manufacturer Warbases.

Martin and gang make some excellent animals.

Mr Fox can be found here. for £2!

For the points I'd hazard a guess at 15 for the lot?

AHPC X - Ladies of the night

More unposted figures from the Challenge back in March.

Once again these were purchased quite some time ago, I think they're Redoubt Enterprises figures

but can't find them on their website?

Anyway, here we have 2 ladies of the night, one in the pink fluttering her eyes at some young chap and the other..........well you know???

Oooo cheeky!

10 points for the ladies?

and a few for the bed and base???

AHPC X - Wagons Ho!

All things Wagon for this post. These were entered into the Challenge back in March, here.

            This I think is a 4Ground model it supposed to be a water wagon, 

but mines a beer wagon instead! I already have one loaded so thought I better get one unloaded.

Its a easy model to put together and no 25mm army should be without one.

 Stick the tap in this end.

The next wagon is from Col Bill's Depot Battalion, you can see them here.

It a heavy ammo wagon so I painted up 4 horses, 2 with riders moulded on.

All can also be found at Col Bills.

Here for the draught horses.

and here for the Riders and horses.

Lastly 3 Wagon drivers, these are Foundry models, purchased gawd knows when!

So onto the points

Although its a 25mm vehicle Its probably a cheek to get 20 pts for the Beer Wagon

so I'll just go with whatever my Minion says, 10 pts perhaps?

For the bigger wagon 20 points

30 points for the horses and riders?

15 points for the drivers?

Making a total of 55 points?

AHPC X - Reidy's Reef - The Sirens

I'm still posting units painted during the Challenge, not many more to go!

Thelxiepeia, Peisinoe, and Ligeia are reported to be the names of the Sirens according to Suda.

They're quite a handful, literally!

And I was talking about pronouncing their names!!!

I did plan on painting up some boats I've had stashed for far too long, but then saw

 these luvvly ladies on the Col Bill's stand and thought well why not!!

"“Reidy’s Reef” is world renowned for its tranquil beauty and awe inspiring aqua-scapes. 

Dammit, it’s almost as impressive as it’s namesake. However, the seas can churn into

 an angry abyss for any hapless land lubbers or those prone to math errors. The only

 known way to traverse this sea is to paint up a miniature with a nautical theme, 

be it boat, fish, sailor/pirate or aquatic terrain. Bonus points will be awarded if this

 is a new project for you, or that the motive power of the model(s) is provided by sails."

I'm not sure what I'm gonna do with them and even if they're ever gonna be used?

I might give them to Postie, for his Pirate range, I'm sure they could cause havoc there.

They were a pretty simple paintjob, although the hardest part was the underwater body parts?

Some rocks are cast along with the figure, I thought the base need filling out so I added a few more to make the base look a little more busy. Col Bill himself when I showed him a pic, said, that's how he wanted the model but the figure was just too big and couldn't be cast that way.

I'm quite pleased how the white waves turned out, its just several layers of grey to white paint.

The figures can be purchased from Col Bill's here.

As for the points, its 30 for the Challenge and I'll leave it up to the luvvly minion for the rest??