Hi,
I have decided to host a little painting competition.
The rules are as follows:
-Up to 2 entries per person
-Model must be 40k (can be converted but must be at least 50% GW)
-Models can be mounted on any sized base
-Entries must show pics of the conversion unpainted and painted
-The winner gets to pick the theme of the next competition (e.g. duel, squad, diorama)
-Entries can be PM'd to me or posted on this thread
-The competition will be judged by poll
-DEADLINE September 31st
-You cannot vote for yourself
Good luck!
Oh and I may enter.

Participators:
The_mini_painter
Flidais
EmperorsChampion
Surfboard66
Baldsmug
Perkustin
M0rdain
Unluckyguardsman
danesk
dantay_xv
Tech Guard
Toastedandy
SilverMK2
RiChYc
erratyk
bebopdrums2424
Aquaterry

Hmmm looks interesting, might have to take a try at this one. I think I have a few minis sitting around.

UG

Curious!

I think I'll partake. Sign me up!!!

Do you have to sign up to enter? Or are you entered by posting your model before the deadline?

Sign up to enter


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OK so here is my entry:
Chapter master of The Magma Lords

Throw me in! My Black Templar Marshals shall be entered.

im painting a khorne bezerker. will keep you posted.

I'd also like to get in on this.

Have librarian and Archon conversions still very WIP will enter one or both. Sign me up! I notice an emphasis on conversions so hopefully that will make up for my only just above average painting.

Well as i am curently Just starting my Space Marine Company Champion, so i am in.


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I started working on a Company Champion. Looking through the bits i had aquired recently i was able to find a pair of legs and a chest peice that looked different to my standard marines, therefore allowing my champion to stand out.



I was then used the terminator combat shield and pinned it to an arm that i had trimmed the hand off. For the power weapon i took an axe from a fantasy WH Dwarf, and clipped off the end, and drilled through my champions hand so i could run a paper clip right through. i then drilled into the shaft of the axe and into the cocktail stick i was using for the shaft extension. (still thinking about using some green stuff on the cocktail stick. Then glued it all together. (The plastic looks a bit dark in the picture, but thats from the auto adjust)



I then blue tacked them into position to check i was happy with the positioning.

Just wanted to put a note here, I am entering a Commander Dante model, so please add me to the list.

Dang, feels like something for me! Sign me up right away!

I'll enter with a IG model (didn't see anything about it having to be SM...). Think that I can make something upp...

Sign me up

Thought I would enter as well
Here is my XV89 battle suit, hope you like it!

Here's the dude i think i will be entering as I don't have too many unpainted pics of my other guys. not much as far as conversion goes but I'm hoping to make up for that with pure paint prowess. lol. I think I will also enter this Old Wraithlord ive been working on.

Thanks for the entries so far. Keep 'em coming.

Mah Entry!


Just follow the picture link through for more views.

Thanks again to the OP for running this!

UG

Count me in.

thought I would send In my finished entry!

Sounds like an interesting contest - I may put something together

Time to post my Finished entry

I'm definatly up for this, count me in too.

Count me in too please

Here's My entries

How do i sign up? id like to post to this

My entries are the Gray Knight:



And the Metallic Ultramarine captain:



Good luck to everyone involved!

Aquaterry

Is September 31st the deadline to sign up or to post your entry or both?

I'm interested in joining if i still can. I'm not really on the level of the other entries, but it's great motivation to really push my limits.

Oakenshield wrote:Is September 31st the deadline to sign up or to post your entry or both?

I'm interested in joining if i still can. I'm not really on the level of the other entries, but it's great motivation to really push my limits.

The date is the deadline to post entries.

EDIT: Ack, wrong picture. I'll put it up when I'm back home.

Im entering, ill be painting an old chaos space marine, im stripping some old models so ill enter one into the contest!

wow, some of these models are nice.

Heres my entry!!!

whelp, im assuming you just post a pic of your entry here....so....here it is! A boring un-converted sample termi i got from WD when they announced black reach. my own Chapter, Knights Alchemist. sorry for the giant pics, its iphone...:s

bebopdrums2424 wrote:whelp, im assuming you just post a pic of your entry here....so....here it is! A boring un-converted sample termi i got from WD when they announced black reach. my own Chapter, Knights Alchemist. sorry for the giant pics, its iphone...:s

Ive lost....

That's some real nice free hand there.

Thanks...i didnt mean to do it at first, but i trying out a transfer, and it effin ripped, so i had to do something lol

only 16 days left!!!!!!!!

Alright, I'm in. I really feel like I missed the boat on the "Pimp My Wizard" event, and I not missing out on this one!

I'm submitting my Vostroyan Commander in to the "Dakka 40k Single Miniature Painting Extravaganza" Here are some WIP pics for your viewing pleasure:

When I got him of of eBay, he was missing his baton. Trust me, I was not broken up about it. Here he is with a roughrider gloved hand. I also disliked the claw foot, so I removed the lateral talons.


Here is the next step: beginnings of a pointy finger and preliminary GS on the bionic foot.


GS finger finished and rivets added to the foot


I also thought the Skull and Crossbones looked a little off. Since the last pic I marred it up enough with a pin vice and hobby knife to blend in with the rest of the hat. He's primed with a base coat of red so far. (I started painting last night, I hope that's not cheating) More pics on that later.

Good luck everyone!

Cheers,
Rawson

that Vostroyan looks like hes gonna be a pretty cool lookin guy. can't wait to see it done.

My Second Entery My kit bashed Apothacary.

Pre Strip


With Arms


Back pack


Painted up

Happy Saturday everyone! I hope all of the entries are progressing nicely. I must say, I'm really enjoying this so far. The competition aspect really makes it easy to spend a lot of time on a model. He's shaping up to be one of my best painted models ever!

The front still needs the most work out of anything. Face has work left, greatcoat liner has work left. There's still so many little details to work out! I'm thinking I'll paint the sash white, the medalion mostly boltgun with some gold trim and a green gem, and the powerfist some sort of silvery color. I think the PF's a little too hidden to do anything really cool. The two things I haven't figured out colors for are the glove and his moustache. Any thoughts there?


Simple receipe, but I like how it turned out. Blood red, heavy Gryphonne Sepia wash, blood red highlights. I really like how the greatcoat liner turned out here! I'm trying to get it as crisp on the front side, too.


I'm pretty happy with how the feathers and frogging are coming along.


Any CC out there? It would be greatly appreciated

Cheers,
Rawson

Hmm looks interesting. Here's my entry:

MOrdain: Nice use of a meltabomb! Great highlighting all over. The only thing that doesn't work for me is the termi shield codpiece. It seems a little oversized and draws alot of attention to his, well, codpiece.

Surfboard66: The purity seals are really great! You going to do something with his eyes?

Snarky: Loving the Elysian! I think the pose you've got there is pretty unique. The goggles and weathering on the base look particularly great. I'd like to see a bit more highlighting, especially on his clothes. That quilted pattern will really pop if you build up the raised parts. Do you have any more work planned for the plasma coil? It looks a little flat right now. Keep it up!

I got a bit more painting done last night after my last post. Worked on the sash and the medalions and medals and such. Base coat on the bionic leg and powerfist. The picture doesn't do justice to the sash or purity seal. Someday I'm going to need to invest in some photography equipment...

I still need to highlight the green on the purity seal, add some depth to the gem, and paint his pistol (at least I think it's a pistol next to his powerfist). I was thinking I'd paint the cord around his neck red and white braid. I still haven't decided how to go with the glove: I'm kind of leaning towards leather. I figure that there's a lot of red on him already and a white glove means he doesn't get his hands dirty. I was also thinking about putting him on a bigger/better base with a little more height. I think it would look a lot better, but I'm a little afraid of messing around with him at this point. Thoughts?

On to the problem:

Yesterday I found that I was missing more than just the baton for this guy. He is supposed to have a sword sheathed at his side, which I also don't have. You can see the two knobs used to attach the sword. Now, since I didn't figure this out until I'm halfway done painting, I have to figure out a solution. I could just paint the knobs gold, and the rectangle white and hope nobody notices, but that seems lame. I could try and attach something else there, like a purity seal or holster or something. Any bright ideas out there?

Thanks for looking! Good luck everyone!
Rawson

i don't think i have a hope in this but i'll give it ago... painted pics will come soon

Sure lets go for it. I don't have time t paint a whole new mini with school being full on right now. But I'll enter my converted sorcerer.



And the finished model:


More pictures are in my Gallery.

Cheers all...

Cool, I'll enter:

WIP (only one I have sorry)



Finished

Stormboyz Nob with Power Klaw and Boss Pole:

@Rawson: Yeah I hoped to do more to it, but I wanted to get him completed for a tournament. I need to buy a new set of paints to start work on him again though!

I may as well give this a shot

aww crap. I thought I had a chance...then Arakasi entered :(

Count the Ratapult in to this one . . .

I will be doing a Snakebite Ork and something else. No idea what - I will have a rummage through the bits box :-)

*Edited to show progress*

Unpainted


WiP Painting


Still working :-)

Is anyone actually working on a model for this competition? Unless I am mistaken, the idea was we were painting new models and posting progress and getting CC and whatnot. Seems like everyone is submitting "Best Of"s. Not so many progress pictures = not so much fun. Alright, coming down now

A few more details done here. I like how the cord turned out (and doesn't look too much like a candy cane, I hope...). I got the first round of paint on the glove. I'm not happy with it yet. It still looks...flat. I think the wash didn't do as much as normal with a lack of recesses for much of the glove. I'll have to get better at blended highlights, I guess...



A few things left to do: The aforementioned glove work, highlights on the gem and purity seal, embossing on the pistol butt, final detailing on his face

Now we have two problems:

1) I still haven't come up with a clever solution to the missing sword issue (see above), and I haven't heard anything from the Dakkites yet either.

2) There is a problem with photographing my work: I see it 10x bigger on the computer screen. There's a huge ing mold line on his glove! Of course, I couldn't have noticed this earlier. That would be far too easy to fix. Ideas? Do you think it would look like a seam in the glove if I filed off the mold line on the fist part? Or should I just bite the bullet and file it all off and repaint the glove? Leave it?

X) Not exactly a problem, but I still haven't made a decision about the base. Any opinions out there? Bueller? Bueller?

Good luck to all the other entries!

Cheers,
Rawson

My minature was in a line of projects and got moved up fortune comp. I agree that it's kinda a shame to enter previous models, but it brings more awareness tothe comp.
UG

Im in, here is my FIRST entry: http://www.dakkadakka.com/gallery/267720-Knights%20of%20solstice%20Sternguard%20collage.html
My Knights of Solstice Sternguard Vet

All right I'll bite. I will enter with my Deathwing Apothecary Lamorak.

Here he is so far. I'll prime him tomorrow and should have him finished by the end of the day.

Front


Narthecium/Reductor detail

Ratapult wrote:Count the Ratapult in to this one . . .



Still working :-)

Hey, that's a pretty fun concept! Is he a one-of for the painting comp, or are you working up a few more of these guys? Have you thought about adding a few more 40k bits to him? Right now he kinda looks like a feral ork that picked up a shoota. Maybe some grenades at his belt? (unles you're afraid it will drag his loincloth down )

Cheers,
Rawson

So by the rules would a Stormraven be a legal entry? It is a single model mounted on a base!

OK, late but I'm in!

Guess I'll do an Ork.

Rawson wrote:

Ratapult wrote:Count the Ratapult in to this one . . .



Still working :-)

Hey, that's a pretty fun concept! Is he a one-of for the painting comp, or are you working up a few more of these guys? Have you thought about adding a few more 40k bits to him? Right now he kinda looks like a feral ork that picked up a shoota. Maybe some grenades at his belt? (unles you're afraid it will drag his loincloth down )

Cheers,
Rawson

I have a unit made up of these guys - this one is the test model, more of a distraction project than my main stuff :-) Good call on the more 40k stuff - will hunt down some Stikbombs and cover up his naked butt.

In the meantime - I have rummaged through the Bitzbox and made this fella - Some kind of Chaos Marine/Wolf/Vampire thing I think :-\ . . . Sprayed white as I post this so some painting done tonight :-)

Ratapult wrote:
In the meantime - I have rummaged through the Bitzbox and made this fella - Some kind of Chaos Marine/Wolf/Vampire thing I think :-\ . . . Sprayed white as I post this so some painting done tonight :-)

I believe that is an old school Space Wolf Captain with a chaos arm Although Chaos Marine/Wolf/Vampire thing was pretty close

Thanks Rawson - Many MANY years ago I had a little go at Space Wolves, but the Chaos Arm? I have NO idea where I got that from :-\

Anyhow - Painting update:

His head looks HUGE!

He is a Space Wolves, Wolf Guard model with bionic leg and Power Fist... I have a few of them and tend to use them as Long Fang leaders as they seem to have that. GUN THEM DOWN!!! look to them..... far too static to be leading those pesky Blood Claws... it s a nice model and you have done a nice paint job, the face looks very undead and vampiric.

The competition sure did heat up in the past few days.

More work done on the Commander tonight. I think I've just about maxed out my ability on this guy, so any CC on the painting would be most welcome!

I got the highlighting done on the gem, purity seal, moustache, and his boot. I also added eyes (that I'm satisfied with but not wowed by) and got rid of that pesky mold line on his glove.


I still need to figure out how to cover up the knobs for the missing sword. Here are the options that I came up with:

They are arranged from left to right in order of my favorites. I think the feather purity seal would look really sweet and match the feathers in his hat. The pouch I would trim off the smaller side pouches and attach it so that the medalion hangs straight down. The regular purity seal and sword are kind of mundane, but they are options I guess. Axlbush had a great idea for a telescope (which I still think is the best option), but I think it's a little outside of my abilities (and if not my abilities, then my time and motivation constraints ) Opinions? Options I missed?

The basing issue is still on the table, no input from anyone yet. I was thinking about putting him on a 40mm base and add a little height to give him a bit of presence. Thoughts?

Good luck everyone!

Cheers,
Rawson

Getting there - nearly done . . .

Finished Apothecary Lemorak!

Front


Back


Narthecium/Reductor


Shoulder


Hope you guys like him!

Ratapult wrote:Getting there - nearly done . . .

That skin tone is really great! It still has enough green to be a "greenskin" but it's more believable than most. Well done!

Mr.Malevolent wrote:Finished Apothecary Lemorak!

Front


Hope you guys like him!

Wow, those shadows are really something! I don't think I've seen any that intense before. The blend you did makes it work though! Also, well done on the chaos helm. The neutral colors don't detract from Lemorak, but it's presence still adds story to the character. My only criticism would be that his storm bolter is still a bit too chaos-y for my taste. Maybe it's the studs on the top...

Good luck, everyone!

Cheers,
Rawson

Competitions really heating up here! How are we going to do the judging at the end?

UG

Thanks Rawson. Yeah even after taking off all the Chaosy edges I think the studs on top may need to be shaved off! Glad you like him

@Unluckyguardsman: I believe at the beginning of the thread he mentioned that there will be a poll after the 30th. I'd watch this space.

Time to crank up the afterburners! The compitition ends Friday!

Here's what I've been working on today: the new and improved base for my Vostroyan Commander! It was quite fun to construct actually (internet cookies for anyone who can spot all the bits). Some sort of technical platform to stand on and survey the victories from and a few sprue bricks to tie it into the rest of my army. Removing the Commander from his slot base and cutting off the tab from his feet was one of the scariest moments of my life A little damage done, but nothing catastrophic.


I plan on adding some chips and scuffs to the plasticard to make it a little more realistic. Let me know what you guys think!

Cheers,
Rawson

Definetly Interested in entering. Sign me up! Post pics soon!

Imperial Renegade wrote:Definetly Interested in entering. Sign me up! Post pics soon!

Better hurry, only two days left! For Imperial Renegade, this will be the 40k Single Miniature Speed Painting Competition

Ok every body. Made the final finishing touches to him Hope you like it

Better hurry, only two days left! For Imperial Renegade, this will be the 40k Single Miniature Speed Painting Competition

LOL

He was already painted but just needed basing.

I got a little bit more done this evening after everything cooled down.

I've still got some highlighting to do on the bricks and touch up the bullet marks. Any other suggestions?

And this is about what it will look like when he's finished:


Anyone else feeling the time crunch?

Rawson

Amazing job Rawson!
Loving the feral Ork Ratapult.

So since the rules say we can enter 2 models I figured why the hell not?!
Heres my recent conversion, its a Cyber-Squig Hound with "not-so-remote" control box.

The set-up




Finished





Hope you like him as much as I do

Here is my other entery. Hope you enjoy!

I will be putting up my entries tonight.

Colonel Barlov
Commanding Officer
Vostroyan 104th Mechanized




He's come a long way from this:


Finishing touches for Barlov include: feather purity seal, mithril silver highlights on all of the metal, drybrush his hat, another round of sepia wash for his face (and corresponding highlights)
For the base: Additional rubble, sepia wash on the decking and cables, plus an addition badab black wash on the colorful cables, my first real experience with chipping (I am quite pleased with how it turned out), the stenciling, and some dead static grass along the sides and in the rubble.

A special thanks to everyone that gave input or morale support on the Colonel. He is by far my best model ever painted.
He has been a real labor of love. I think I have about 20 hours into him now. I hope you enjoy him!

Good luck, everyone!

Cheers,
Rawson

Rawson wrote:Colonel Barlov
Commanding Officer
Vostroyan 104th Mechanized

Rawson this guy looks brilliant. The reds and the white are looking especially smooth and bright. If I was going to say one thing to improve on the painting it would be some writing on the purity seal, but that's a minor thing. I'm really loving the conversion work on the foot and the hand too- It doesn't actually look like it's been converted, which is a sign of a good conversion! Also, the base looks sweet and adds a lot more to the model.

Overall, very cool. Good work!

Boy, everybody is so talented here! i love all the entries!!! they are so unique to everyones painting style! I added the blue termi back on page 1 or 2 but my second addition (we are allowed to add 2 right?:/)..will be the newly finished Commissar from my Catachan blog. For the sake of room here ill only show 1 wip pic if thats ok...feel free to look at the rest of my stuff there, as well as the bulk of WIP pix for the commissar. Good Luck everybody And im sorry my pics are so big:( its the iphone cam:(




the pertty much fnished leather duster WIP pic

Here's my entry it's just a tactical squad leader since its all I have finished in time for the en of Sept. First try at a free hand banner. It's supposed to be an angel in chains. all the entries so far are really good and Im looking forward to seeing what next months challenge is. Cheers.

Wow the scalp shoulder pad is very cool.

Time for me to post my entrants, although seeing some of these ( I especially like the commissar) I doubt I stand a chance.

My Lone Wolf in Tactical Dreadnought Armour.




My Genestealer (which is and can be used in 40K) which came from the Space Hulk set.




The picture quality is not great but I was having an issue with the light, the flash then blew it all up.

Anyways hope you like them and good luck to all entrants.

Glad I saw this in time, here is my entry.

Had better get the final shots done then!

Entry 1 - Snakebite Ork, final pic side by side with the orig unpainted



Entry 2 - Chaos Marine Wolf Thingy, final pic side by side with the orig unpainted



Good luck to all - Fantastic painting and great to see lots of different painting styles

Ratapult

When does the voting start?

Hmm I'm interested to see where this goes. Good luck everyone!

Imperial Renegade wrote:When does the voting start?

I'm also wondering that. Hey, The_Mini_Painter, what's the plan?

I sent off a PM earlier today, haven't got a respOnse yet. I hunk we can let it go a couple days then maybe make a voting thread on our own.

PS to all participants, I'm gunning to run another one of these, except more focused onthe journey to the finished entry. I'm going to try and get it started as soon as thus one finishEs.

Great!

Unluckyguardsman wrote:I sent off a PM earlier today, haven't got a respOnse yet. I hunk we can let it go a couple days then maybe make a voting thread on our own.

PS to all participants, I'm gunning to run another one of these, except more focused onthe journey to the finished entry. I'm going to try and get it started as soon as thus one finishEs.

looking forward to it

YES!

Unluckyguardsman wrote:
PS to all participants, I'm gunning to run another one of these, except more focused on the journey to the finished entry. I'm going to try and get it started as soon as thus one finishes.

Let us know!
I would love to participate in something like that.

Unluckyguardsman wrote:I sent off a PM earlier today, haven't got a respOnse yet. I hunk we can let it go a couple days then maybe make a voting thread on our own.

PS to all participants, I'm gunning to run another one of these, except more focused onthe journey to the finished entry. I'm going to try and get it started as soon as thus one finishEs.

Sweet! I was kind of hoping that's what this one would have been like, but no such luck

Rawson wrote:Sweet! I was kind of hoping that's what this one would have been like, but no such luck

for what its worth i quite enjoyed seeing your mini come together I posted only one WIP pic for my commissar but in the next round i think itll be more together on all our parts

bebopdrums2424 wrote:for what its worth i quite enjoyed seeing your mini come together I posted only one WIP pic for my commissar but in the next round i think itll be more together on all our parts

Thanks, man! It's certainly worth something!

Hope he gets the poll up soon looking foward on voting, there are a lot of good models out there!

I didn't even know we could post WIP pics :( it was a fun competition though

Hi everyone,
I am going to extend the deadline for another month. You have until the 31st of October. The reason for this is I have a lot of coursework to do and my laptop is broken. I am getting a new one soon. I will make the voting thread on the 31st of october with all participants.
Also if someone could PM me a list of all participants that would be helpful.
Cheers,
The_mini_painter

Is it too late to enter this competition?

Since the deadline got extended and Im working on my Crimson Fists Librarian for a tournament this month. I wanna enter and use him as my model. Here he is ready to be primered.

Ok, assuming it's still ok to enter, this is the WIP picture of my entry- a Cadian Veteran.

The_mini_painter wrote:Hi everyone,
I am going to extend the deadline for another month.

WOOT!

i dunno i think its kinda jive for the rest of us who were working under a certain deadline and expected to see some results from that. Despite the incredible entries in this one, ive kinda lost interest due to the lack of direction from the OP. I guess im still in it, but im looking forward to the next one mentioned above. I expect that will be handled a little better. Either way, good luck to the new entries..

bebopdrums2424 wrote:i dunno i think its kinda jive for the rest of us who were working under a certain deadline and expected to see some results from that. Despite the incredible entries in this one, ive kinda lost interest due to the lack of direction from the OP. I guess im still in it, but im looking forward to the next one mentioned above. I expect that will be handled a little better. Either way, good luck to the new entries..

Which was why I asked...!

Now I feel bad (

noooo dont feel bad I love your painting!, anyways and its not that big of a deal...please continue to be inspired if this competition gives that to you. Its just a bit strange, when those of us who did particpate, are waiting around for the OP appear. Sall im saying paint on jamu paint on!

bebopdrums2424 wrote:i dunno i think its kinda jive for the rest of us who were working under a certain deadline and expected to see some results from that. Despite the incredible entries in this one, ive kinda lost interest due to the lack of direction from the OP. I guess im still in it, but im looking forward to the next one mentioned above. I expect that will be handled a little better. Either way, good luck to the new entries..

My thoughts exactly!

Maybe one of the rest of us could set up the poll, collect the votes, and move on to the next thing. I'd be willing to do that. Tomorrow's even my day off!

Yeaa but i dont wanna take anything away from the new entries who are excited to participate...whatever you guys wanna do

I'd be cool with that - can always enter the next competition...!

I had PM'd my enties to to The_mini_painter a week ago or so, should I post them in the thread instead?

Thanks for the reply OP, hope the work clears up.
I'm working out a rough ruleset at the moment, I hope to get this next comp started soon.
Good luck to all entrants!

Thank goodness it's been extended, was worried i had failed to enter yet another compo.

IF Rawson is willing to do the polls now, we could possibly do that?
then The_mini_painter could do a new compo? whatever works

I got this white scars techmarine laying around that I think might fit in here nicely.













and my master of the forge from my Corpsers space marine army.











Hope you like them.

The_mini_painter wrote:Hi everyone,
I am going to extend the deadline for another month. You have until the 31st of October. The reason for this is I have a lot of coursework to do and my laptop is broken. I am getting a new one soon. I will make the voting thread on the 31st of october with all participants.
Also if someone could PM me a list of all participants that would be helpful.

Alright, TMP. It's Nov 1st. How's that poll coming?

Come on Mini painter!..... We need the poll.

Poll is now up. Good luck everyone who entered.

Cheers,
The_mini_painter

where is this poll ? not because i want to vote for myself... I'm just curious... yeah.. that's it.

http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/408204.page