Welcome to Mark’s Building Challenge Contest – a FREE chance for you (with no work at all except to follow my blog and guess correctly) to join me on the next leg of my Spanish Conquest journey for my 16th Century game supplement for Feudal Patrol™ – “Civilizations Collide” . Actually, as my supplement covers pre-Spanish contact, it really is a focus on Mesoamerica and South America.
The upside for you? Well, besides getting to be a follower of my blog – which I (somewhat humbly) hope is a bonus in and of itself – you will have a chance to win – yes WIN – some free stuff (miniatures or a game – see below)! This is my second giveaway contest – the first was well-received and you can see the winners here. As before, followers of this blog (either email OR WordPress) are eligible).
The upside for me is that I will get a bit more motivation to get these buildings done – and hopefully done well for the tabletop and to pass your scrutiny. Plus it will be fun. I’m hoping that I will (and many others) be able to soon get what the Brits are calling “the jab” and return to more gaming. Having these buildings done would be the icing on the cake. I also would be able to find new homes for the prizes, which are indeed nice (ask last contests’ winners Pete, Mike, and Leif).
As for this contest – read on!
Just like before, I thought this would be another way to get you involved on this project other than just reading this blog. You get to compete and guess the date that I’ll actually finish the buildings!
I am writing this on March 23rd, 2021. I have not done ANYTHING with this stuff except to take the photos of them. I’ll need to wash and assemble and paint and base and anything else I feel is needed for this stuff. My experience working with resin is ok – see here, here, and here. My experience with MDF is much less – see here. I expect to start work TODAY, March 23rd, 2021 .
How long will this take – YOU get to guess.
My goal is to have some fun, and reward my followers and share some stuff that I enjoy. Secondly, it’s to get more followers and to grow the community. Thirdly, it’s to have fun (yes that’s fun twice). I do not currently monetize my blog, and I’m not looking to anytime soon by the way. Here are the rules – please note the underlined parts:
Rules of Mark’s Aztec Building Challenge Contest:
HOW TO ENTER AND TO WIN:
- You must be an email or WordPress follower of my blog.
- You must pick a date (day, month, and year) that I will finish all of the Aztec Buildings shown here in this post. Finishing means, to me, that I am ready for the figures to be shown on my blog and used in a game. That is my call!
- You must let me know that you want in on the contest by midnight EDT (US East Coast time) on April 10th, 2021. You do this by posting a comment that “you are in” here on this blog post in the comments section with the date information requested above in (2).
- Only one entry allowed per follower except as described in (5) below.
- If you get another person to follow my blog, you can earn another entry! For each new follower that credits you as a referrer, you can get another entry. All that person needs to do is comment on this post as in (3) above stating that he or she is “in” and who the referrer is. The referrer can then reply to that comment with an additional entry date.
- Winners will be whoever is closest to the date I announce as the “completion date”. That can be earlier or later – for example picking a date that is one day before is as good as if it’s one day after. As there are multiple prizes, 1st place gets first choice, then 2nd, then third – and this time there is a 4th place! (Yes, I’m generous, eh?) If two people pick the same date, which is possible and allowed, ties will be broken by who submitted the date first. I reserve the right to add more prizes!
- I also reserve the right to be the final judge on the contest – somebody’s gotta do that. When I finish, I will announce the winners.
So as for prizes, they will include metal miniatures, plus a brand-new shrink-wrapped unopened game is available that I will never get my wife to play – so it needs a new home. The minis are all vintage lead – and in original packaging. Great stuff I love but may not be able to paint soon – and they also deserve a home. First place gets first choice, and so on. And I will pay to ship them to the winners (including the US, UK, Australia – as long as I don’t need to hit the lottery for shipping)! So here are the current four prizes (and I may add more):
Again, depending on participation and interest – I may add more. Hell, even if you win and don’t have a plan for them, these could be used as trade, or you could just tell me that “victory is enough” for you and to reward the next player or whatever you desire.
Your next questions should be – “what exactly is Mark trying to build and paint here?” and “how fast is he?”. For the second question, just check out my pages that show my previous projects. For example, 2021 is here, 2020 is here, and 2019 is here, but I list all my projects from 2016 onward under the “Miniatures and Projects” dropdown. This menu lets me track all I have done – and how, and can give you an idea.
Back to the contest. Here are the Aztec buildings (with links in the captions) of this next quest and this contest below. They are all scaled for 28mm. The resin buildings are from Acheson Creations, and there are 6 of them plus a group of scatter terrain that Acheson nicely threw in with my order. The MDF structures are creations from Things from the Basement creations via 4Ground via Badger Games. There are 7 kits of MDF.
So, for now that’s the contest. I hope that you will enter and wish you the best of luck! Referrers are always welcome – just need to follow the rules and importantly be one of my blog followers – like the rules said!
For full disclosure, I have conferred with TIM on the resin and the MDF – and he gave me a few helpful pointers. He also pointed me in the direction of a nice Sarissa book on MDF that is very helpful. I’m sure he will join in the contest but that might change the dates you pick – or not -it’s up to you!
Stay tuned for updates as I finish pieces of this project – and I really hope that you find this fun. As I have been doing, I’ll leave a synopsis as usual like below. Stay safe and enter in the comments section!!
Miscellaneous details and references for those interested in that sort of thing:
Previous posts on games, units, and other projects for my 16th Century Spanish Conquest supplement for Feudal Patrol™ – “Civilizations Collide”
- Mark’s Aztec Building Challenge Contest (this post)
- Game Aids and Tools for Feudal Patrol games using the Civilizations Collide Supplement
- And the Winners of “Mark’s Conquistador Contest” are…
- Conquistador Cavalry. 24 figures total: Outpost Wargame Services #CON5 “Conquistador Cavalry in light armour 1” (4 horses & 4 riders); Outpost Wargame Services #CON6 “Conquistador Cavalry in full armour” (4 horses & 4 riders); Eureka Miniatures “Moving Horses” #100ANM05 (8 horses used as casualty markers).
- Conquistador Falconet and Crew (Artillery). 3 figures total: Outpost Wargame Services #CONA1 “Falconet and Crew”.
- More Conquistador Sword and Buckler Men. 8 figures total Outpost Wargame Services #CON001 “Sword and Buckler Men”.
- Conquistador Sword and Buckler Men (Wargames Foundry). 18 figures total in three blister packs: Wargames Foundry #SB015 “Swaggering Swordsmen”, #SB016 “Brutal Sword and Buckler Men”, and #SB017 “Bold Bladesmen”.
- Perro de Guerra (Conquistador War Dogs). 13 figures total: Outpost Wargames Services #CONS6 “War Dogs” (8 war dogs); Eureka #100CON13 “Dog Handler and Dogs” (1 dog handler/pikeman and 4 war dogs)
- Conquistador Foot Command, Crossbowmen, and a Couple of Officers. 11 figures total: Outpost Wargames Services #CONC1 “Conquistador Foot Command” (a leader, a banner bearer, a drummer, and a bugler); Eureka #100CON04 “Crossbowmen” (5 crossbowmen); and Eureka CONC1 “Conquistador Officer” and an unknown SKU officer (2 officers)
- Merciless Adventurers (this post) – Wargames Foundry #SB014 (6 Conquistadores with arquebuses)
- Audacious Arquebusiers! – Wargames Foundry #SB012 (6 Conquistadores with arquebuses)
- Mark’s Conquistador Contest – for my loyal blog followers!
- Montezuma and Chieftains – Wargames Foundry #AZ011 for Feudal Patrol – 6 Aztec figures (Montezuma, 4 Chieftains, 1 Warrior Priest)
- Aztec Shock Troops – Cuachic Warriors aka The Shorn Ones – 8 Aztec cuachicqueh warriors
- Tloxtoxl and the Priests of the Great Temple, Wargames Foundry AZ021 – 2 warrior priests, 1 priestess, 1 priest, 1 leader, and 1 signaler
- Civilizations Collide – The Wars of the Aztecs, the Inca, the Maya, and the Conquistadores is now available as a FREE Download for Feudal Patrol™ – plus a Feudal Patrol™ review!
- 18 Aztec Novice Warriors for Feudal Patrol Walk into a Bar – 18 Novice Warriors
- Aztec Warrior Priests (painted as Tlaxcalans), Ral Partha 42-302, circa 1988 (this post) – 6 figures – 6 Tlaxcalan Warrior Priests
- Tlaxcalan Novices, Elite Warriors, and Command Group – 18 figures – 8 Novice Tlaxcalan Warriors, 8 Elite Tlaxcalan Warriors, 1 Tlaxcalan Captain, 1 Tlaxcalan Conch Blower
- Tlaxcalan Archers – 8 Veteran Tlaxcalan Archers
- Aztec Game for Feudal Patrol across thousands of miles – via Zoom!
- Aztec Snake Woman and Drummer – 1 Aztec General, 1 Aztec Drummer
- A June and July Jaguar Warrior Frenzy (plus some Aztec Veterans and a Warrior Priest to Boot) – 3 Aztec Veteran Warriors, 17 Jaguar Warriors, 1 Aztec Warrior Priest
- Doubling Down – Aztec Veteran Warriors – 24 Aztec Veteran Warriors
- Aztec Arrow Knights, Ral Partha circa 1988 – 6 Aztec Arrow Knights
- Aztec Eagle Warriors from Tin Soldier UK – 6 Aztec Eagle Knights
- Aztec Novice Warriors and a few Frinx – 12 Novice Warriors
And for my blog buddy IRO, as it’s still March, here’s another t-shirt shot – well it’s still cold, so he gets a sweatshirt shot. It’s a Massachusetts outline with a Boston Bruins logo in different colors. Normally the Bruins (my favorite hockey team) colors are Black and Gold, but my lovely wife wanted me to have something other than those colors – so Red White and Blue are ok too!!
NOW ENTER!
I am in – May 1
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You are in Chris for May 1!
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I vote for 25 May.
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You get May 25 Buck!
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I am in 29 June
(and Mark, I think we should a ZOOM a game of Victory in the Pacific every weekend until then 🙂
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You got in brother – and I appreciate the VITP temptation on your part. Maybe one or two? 😁
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I’m going to guess May 16th.
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Great Chris, you have May 16th!
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May 1oth for me!
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Greg you have May 10th!
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I’m going to say April 25th. Good luck and have fun!
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Hey Luke! Thanks and you have April 25th!
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Mark that is a lot of things to do. I reckon June 5th. Good luck!!! Cheers Will
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Thank Will, you have D-Day eve!
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I’ll guess Mat the 4th seems as good a day as any
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It does indeed Dave – and May the 4th is now yours
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Can I have May 4th as well??? As a Star Wars fan May The 4th be with you is kind of a thing hehe. Happy for Dave to have the prize though. Otherwise I’ll take May 20th.
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Here’s the good news – you BOTH can have May 4th! Dave gets first dibs on prize choices if that us a winning date – but the rules allow for that. I’ll put you down for May 4th buddy unless you say you want the 20th. Just let me know!
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May 4th but I’m happy for Dave to have allll the prizes I just want to share in the glory haha
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Ok you have May the 4th with Dave – and we’ll sort out the glory at the end! Thanks for entering!
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I’ll have a go again, you did the last lot so quickly I’m tempted to go for March the 27th, but I’ll say May 5th (my sons Birthday).
Nice sweatshirt by the way 😀
Cheers Roger.
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You’ve got May 5th Roger – I don’t think March 27th will happen! Though ironically the 5th of May is still 13 days earlier than you predicted I’d finish the Conquistadores – so I guess I have inspired a wee bit more confidence in your thoughts my friend!
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If you finish your scenery on the on May the 20th I will be “Sick as a Parrot” now!!! 😖
Cheers Roger. 😉
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I’m in, Mark! May 15th! And I think it’s more than coincidental that Dave Stone picked May 4th given all the brilliant Star Wars characters he’s been painting! 🙂
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Agree! And the May 15th date is yours John!
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That is a pretty decent amount of work and I’m going to hope you paint it to a high standard and take longer than many think. Put me down for June 15th! 🙂
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It is though I am hopeful to get some economies of scale…and then it’s becoming golf season too…June 15th it is for ya!
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May 31st for me Mark. 🙂
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You’ve got Memorial Day Dave!
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And my daughters birthday!
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June the 2nd for me please Mark.
Cheers,
Pete.
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You got it Pete! June 2nd!
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Good luck everyone. Can’t wait to see everything done Mark. Thanks for the shoutout
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I guess April 30th I think you need to get this done before you start playing golf regularly.
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That would be nice Leif, and it’s still been so cold. You have 4/30!
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May 4th for the Star Wars fans amongst us!
Happy Easter Mark!!!
Mike B
Despertaferres!
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Ok Mike, you’re the third one on May 4th!
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I was going to go for April 25th, but I see someone else is there, and I don’t like to share(!) so I’ll say April 24th instead. Bases on how quickly you got those pillars done, the resin stuff should be relatively quick knowing you and from looking at the pieces, but the other MDF buildings are a bit more involved – so 4 weeks since starting, plus the remains of that week into the weekend. 🙂
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Thanks Az, you have 4/24 all to yourself for now, and in any case you’re the first to grab it! Thanks for entering!
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May 5th? I thought I was being original!😓😰
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You’d be the second one with May 5th Mike – just please confirm which date you’d like. Or another?
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May 7th!
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Ok Mike, 5/7 is yours!
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I’ll pick June 30th (2021) which is the birthday of one of my favorite people. I only mention 2021 because if it were me painting all of that stuff I’m figuring I might be able to get it all done no later than 2060.
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You got 6/30 Ann and welcome to my madness. I’m hoping that I get done before 2060, as otherwise my lead hill (or big hill) won’t get done!
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