As so many people are sending in entries at the moment, I thought I’d keep on top of things with a quick Painting Challenge update after only a week rather than the usual two.

As usual, some lovely figures submitted, so I do recommend that you visit the individual galleries, but here’s a taster to keep you inspired:

Two lovely frigates from John Emmett

The start of the Spanish from Andy Helliwell

Anhalters from Joe McGinn

Orcs from Nick Cooper

Minotaur & hag from Mervyn Douglas

Canadian shipping from the Hat

A sci-fi gun from Andy Duffell

Two forgotten steampunk heroes from Carole

Lloyd also gives us the story behind the ships he’s submitted: a tale that shows that although wargamers may pass on to the great table in the sky, their collections continue…and that there’s a value in cleaning out the cupboards!

Thought I might send in some pictures of my latest project. The first picture is of merchant ships and some escorts, 42 total. These are all 1/2400 scale and the merchant ship models have an interesting history. My first gaming group in the north coast broke up about 25 years ago due to people moving out of the area and one very unexpected death. I inherited some the deceased’s collection .

I gleaned all the merchants from the old collection and bought a few more to make up a decent sized convoy. Only one of these ships had been painted in in something other than basic battleship grey, a very boring sight! Most of the models are Panzerschiffe models, very basic resin cast models, some of which went directly into the bin since they were so poorly cast! All were repainted in differing schemes which I hope are close to what might have been seen at the time. The Hunt and Flower escorts are recent purchases from GHQ since there were none of these ships in the old collection.

The second photo shows a further 11 escorts, all DDs from the old collections and all repainted. Most are Panzershiffe, thought there are a few metal models mixed in.

The third photo is my homage to our cousins to the north. At the end of the war the RCN was the third largest navy in the world and they had fought everyday in the Battle of the Atlantic. Again most of these are Panzerschiffe and I’ve snuck the GHQ Flowers into this photo since they are Canadian ships.

This project was another “clean out the cupboard” projects. I feel pretty good about it!