Monday, 1 April 2019

AHPC IX Challengers' Choice Winner ! Italian Wars Project


A very quick post today just to say how chuffed I am that my recent Italian Wars Project won the Challengers' Choice Award in the Analogue Hobbies Winter Paint Challenge XI.

https://thepaintingchallenge.blogspot.com/2019/03/closing-awards-for-ahpcix.html


For those who don't know the AHPC is run each year and brings together a group of painters and gamers who paint off against each other during the winter months scoring points for figures painted and based during that time. Various prizes are avaliable from the Challenge sponsors.


The Challengers Choice Award is voted for by the participants of the AHPC so that makes winning it even more special and it looks like the Italian Wars Project got over 50% of the voters, which is amazing.


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35 comments:

  1. Benjamin of Wight1 April 2019 at 08:05

    Well done Ken, a deserved winner.

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  2. Norm1 April 2019 at 08:22

    Lovely job and a lot of hard work, congratulations on getting there.

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  3. Jonathan Freitag1 April 2019 at 08:23

    Outstanding accomplishment and well earned!

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  4. TamsinP1 April 2019 at 08:54

    Well done Ken - that was a great project :)

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    1. Yarkshire Gamer1 April 2019 at 09:51

      Cheers Tamsin, congrats on your third spot, some great entries from your good self this year.

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  5. Christopher(aka Axebreaker)1 April 2019 at 10:29

    As you should be Ken it is a cracking project!

    Christopher

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  6. James MacCraggs1 April 2019 at 10:55

    A well deserved win!

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  7. David Crook1 April 2019 at 13:03

    Many congratulations Ken - superb looking army!

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  8. caveadsum14711 April 2019 at 13:39

    Well done Ken! Fantastic achievement, lovely to watch you do it!
    Best Iain

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  9. Klingula1 April 2019 at 13:51

    Congratulations! 8)

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  10. Curt1 April 2019 at 14:01

    Bravo to you Ken. That was a fabulous project to watch unfold.

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    1. Yarkshire Gamer2 April 2019 at 11:15

      Cheers Curt, amazed I kept focused for so long 😁

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  11. Friends Of General Haig1 April 2019 at 21:26

    Well done! It has been great to follow your progress and to admire each new delivery of superb figures.

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    1. Yarkshire Gamer2 April 2019 at 11:15

      Thanks very much, hopefully some more to come.

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  12. Metal mercenaries2 April 2019 at 01:59

    absolutely beaut matey

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  13. Barks2 April 2019 at 02:58

    Congratulations, Ken, you had such a consistent output of magnificent units.

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  14. Wouter2 April 2019 at 07:52

    Congratulations! I haven't seen the other entries but yours looks incredible.

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    1. Yarkshire Gamer2 April 2019 at 11:17

      Cheers, Some great nominations, worth a look on the link above.

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  15. roma9122 April 2019 at 12:30

    A worthy winner and a stunning looking army!

    Cheers, Ross

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  16. BDub5 April 2019 at 10:46

    Congratulations. Stunning Army, for sure.

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  17. Russ6 April 2019 at 10:45

    Now that's some seriously good looking eye candy 👍 cracking work all round

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  18. Bedford17 April 2019 at 05:23

    Wonderful stuff!!! Superb!

    What sources did you choose for the heraldry etc?

    Are the flags available from somewhere?

    Kind Regards,
    Darrell.

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    1. Yarkshire Gamer17 April 2019 at 05:35

      Hi Darrell, cheers 👍
      The flags come from Pete's Flags who as far as I know only sell on eBay.
      As for the Heraldry it comes from what flags Pete has. This is a Papal Army but it does cover 2 Popes (Borgia and Julius II) so their flags are prominent. The individual Gendarme units are based on individual families usually with some link to the Papal States.
      The heraldry on the figures is my interpretation of the colours in the flags for that family. The best way to understand would be to go back through the individual unit posts on the blog as there are more detailed explanations.
      Regards Ken

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