Hi Trudy...
I had some favorites in the auction -- and mdr300 got one of them. He only got 49 painted Nlyss minis because I kept the 50th one. But mdr300, you do have 3 with which to practice your painting!
I don't know that I'd be game to paint up the three unpainted figures... they'll have to stay bare. After perusing the auctions when Paul put them up, it came down to a choice between the Nlyss figures and the cartoon strip that Dave did, and in the end I decided to bid for the minis - although I rarely game anymore, when I do it's usually fantasy wargaming. What swayed me in favour of the minis was being able to actually use them, as opposed to having something just framed on the wall.
Thanks again for the effort you and Paul went to organising the auctions - I (and I'm sure many others) appreciate it very much.
Regards
Mike