So round 1 of the LPL is over and done with, attracting a whopping 72 entries! My contribution was the "Intrepid Mars Explorers" that you can see above. They're 15mm minis from GZG and I've wanted to paint a bunch of them since I first layed eyes on them. I'm quite happy with the result as they have a very nice, generic spaceman/astronaut theme. I'm planning to get a few of the armed versions as well as the heavy vac-suit ones as well. Just need to wait for GZG to get their new webshop online!
They were well received but my opponent, Frank, had a whole indian wardancer scene built up that was amazing so he won with 280 votes against 92. A well deserved victory!
A few of my other favourite entries were:
- Monks in a Samurai Village - Probably my favourite entry this round. Beautifully painted miniatures and great scenery. Makes me want to start collecting medieval Japanese!
- King in Yellow - Being a fan of both the book by RW Chambers and its mythos counterpart I couldn't resist this entry.
- A Walk in the Country - I would like to say just "The dog!" but that would be unfair to all the other great stuff going on in this entry. Just look at the plaids!
- On the Streets of Breugelburg/Abdul's Alterations - It was tough voting on these two entries, but in the end I had to go with the Olde Worldish Breugelburgers. Both great entries.
I really liked the civilian theme as it brought out a lot of models that you normally don't see. Round 5 is the next theme round and the theme is Africa. I have some ideas, but I'm not sure they'll work out. I said that I wouldn't buy any new figures for the LPL, but that rule went out the window when I discovered how much fun 15mm really is, but I do have a rule that I don't want to paint stuff that I won't use. And I think that rule might make it hard to do the Africa theme. We'll see...
For round 2 I bought myself some time with a slighly older team of miniatures. See them and all the other entries over at the Lead Adventure Forum. And don't forget to vote!
The level is very high this year, and I must say, I liked your spacemen, especially the redness of the base and the visors
ReplyDeleteThanks Tomsche! I quite like my little spacemen as well. They were fun to paint! :)
ReplyDeleteA great league indeed. I've just gone through the second round and there're oodles of niceties!
Great job on those visors too!
ReplyDeleteLike Tomsche said: the level is high this year, but you fit right in! Those spacemen got a great paintjob!
ReplyDeleteMaybe we'll get to see that vehicle painted in a later round?
@Li'l Gyro Thanks! I love the old soulstone painting trick that I read in that White Dwarf all those years ago. :)
ReplyDelete@Andy I think the hauler might indeed show up in a later round. I have a lot of 15mm stuff planned...