A few of you wisely used your extra spare time over the holiday season to do some painting.

First up, as always, we have Mr Helliwell, with a big hill and a variety of medievals, some of which are shown here:

Next we have Mr Burt, who has repurposed a very old Superquick card church from the 1970s found in a battered state at the bottom of a storage box as a bombed or ruined model.

And finally we have Sapper, another regular, with three different entries all at different scales.

Finally we have Mr Scott, who makes his first and last contribution for the year with some 15mm Confederate infantry:

And here’s another last minute entry: Nick Cooper with his final submission of 2024:

Results

So those are the last entries for this year, let’s have a look at how we all did overall:

To start with the bad news, three people who participated last year dropped out this year, with one of the three being the sadly departed Mr Hodge, who’s presence will be sorely missed.

We did, however, have two new starters: Messrs Darkin and Davenport (well, he’s a returnee after a four year absence), both of whom managed very respectable scores of 696 and 776 respectively, giving them a solid target for next year.

The roll of honour (those who scored more than last year) comprised Messrs Bury, Cooper, Douglas, Emmett, Helliwell, Kay and Sapper, and Carole…most of whom not only surpassed but actually smashed their score from last year. Huge plaudits to Mr Helliwell and Sapper, who achieved scores of 5,085 and 4,705 respectively.

The hall of shame (those who scored less than last year) included Yours Truly. Mr Luther (let off due to illness), and Messrs Plowman, Scott, Slade and Stumpy. Let’s make sure 2025 reverses the situation!

Three participants - Nick Cooper, Andrew Helliwell and Sapper - recorded a personal best, which means that as we go into the 2025 Challenge, the historical scoreboard looks as below: