Saturday, 17 January 2026

PWYG 25/26 and AMAC 26 Further Progress

I'm around three weeks into Dave Stone's Paint What You Got Challenge and a couple of weeks into Anne's Miniature Assembly Challenge.  
So how's it going?

PWYG
Well it's been a busy week outside of the hobby (lots of music), and I've done very little painting, so PWYG has been a bit in the background apart form a bit more paint on those zombies.  I haven't even managed to finish of the 

AMAC
I have managed to assemble another five gnolls, finishing the plastic gnolls I wanted for the second Rangers of Shadow Deep mission.  There's still the Herbalist/Shaman, but he's the metal model I got at RECON last year, so doesn't count for the assembly challenge.

Two crossbow armed gnolls, the sergeant (with barbarian arms and greataxe) and two warriors with hand weapons and shields
The next batch of gnolls

Four of the gnolls are pretty standard, I used the crossbows this time, rather than bows. For a bit of variety,  I used the greataxe from the first Frostgrave Barbarians set. It fits pretty well on the gnoll bodies,  and the bits of armour help sell the idea of the sergeant being a bit tougher. The arms are a bit more muscled than the gnolls, but I guess the sergeants get first dibs on any protein?

Whats Next?
I want to get soem Dunedain built for the early scenarios in the Fellowship of the Ring book.  These will be kitbashed, based on the GW plastic Rangers of Gondor.  I plan on adding a few bits from various sprues to make them look less like the Rangers of Ithilien, so hopefully they count in the challenge.

I've a couple more minis I'd like to build too, more on those later.

6 comments:

  1. I have always liked gnolls and these look great. I am looking forward to seeing what you create for your Dunedain.

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    1. Yes, great fun beasties, and these Frostgrave minis provide a lot of options.
      I hope to have some Dunedain built during the coming week.

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  2. those gnolls are going to come out really cool. frostgrave does have a lot of great plastic miniature sets.
    I've been prepping my MotU figures for paint what you got challenge. I have been getting sidetracked painting D&D figures.

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    1. Thanks, paint will get thrown at them in February. I agree, the Frostgrave plastics are great, and generally fit well with the Oathmark stuff.
      I'll check your MotU stuff, but never apologise for painting D&D minis. 😸

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  3. The Gnoll's look great and look forward to seeing them in color, don't worry on the painting, you still have a whole other month ! LOL

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    1. Thanks.
      The days are slipping by, but I'm getting a few Rangers built.

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