Welcome to April's Dakka (unofficial) Monthly Painting Challenge. For those who aren't familliar, this is a no-prize-related challenge open to any and all painters and hobbyists. Anyone can enter, from a newcomer to the hobby with your first box of minis to a multiple-time Golden Demon champion, and the winner each month will be decided by community poll, not just on the paintwork but on the effort, creativity and awesomeness of the finished piece!

For this month, the theme is: Veteran

Your entry should be a miniature/miniatures that are distinguishable as Veterans in their respective settings. These can be from any game, manufacturer or setting, and can, and may be converted as much as you like. To give you an idea of the scope this can cover, all the examples below would be perfectly elligible for entry:
- Any model with the word 'Veteran' in its name or rank
- A model wearing or receiving honours, medals or the like
- A model that is weathered to reflect an extended conflict
- A model with some kind of wound, trophy or item from a previous battle

As this theme can cover many things, you may submit up to 4 lines of background if you wish, to lend context to your choice of mini. This will be displayed alongside the images in the voting thread.



How To Enter
- You may enter up to 5 MODELS as a SINGLE ENTRY, and are permitted one entry per member per month. If you enter multiple models, they should ideally be related in some way, such as part of the same squad, unit or scene if you are doing a diorama
- You MUST post a 'proof' picture of your entry in the thread of the state it was in before you started working on it. This could be unassembled, primed or even basecoated, so long as we can see where you are starting from. Entries that do not submit a Proof Picture will not be elligible for voting.
- After this, you may post WIP pictures in this thread and your own if you wish, and on completing the entry, you may post up to 4 final pictures IN THIS THREAD that will then be used for voting. If you do not finish in time, the single most recent WIP picture may be submitted.



So What Do I Win?
- Points... and points mean... bragging rights for the next month Following the vote, points will be awarded for the following:

1st Place: 10 points
2nd Place: 8 points
3rd Place: 5 points
Non-placing Entrants: 1 point

These points will be used to form a league table, which will be updated month on month as the results come in.


How Long Do I Have?
This challenge begins Wednesday 1st April and will end at midnight GMT on the 30th April. After this, I shall compile the finished entries into a new thread, and voting will run for 5 days.


Voting Guidelines
When voting, consider the following as well as the quality of the paintwork:
- The creativity and originality of the entry
- The overall composition of the piece, such as basing, conversion and coherency between the models
- The relevance of the entry to the theme
- The effort the painter has put into the entry


The first challenge was an exceptional showcase of talent and motivation, let's make this one even better! Lights out, and away we go!

List Of Entrants

Grimdork: FINISHED


KaptinBadrukk


Nevelon: FINISHED


Aldo


Carlos13th


Ustrello: FINISHED


Januine: FINISHED



Zergsmasher: FINISHED


Mad Eddy 13

TP^DC Deputy Manager: FINISHED


Houshin


Paradigm: FINISHED


Iliu: FINISHED


Garrior: FINISHED


darefsky: FINISHED


Matthew


queen_annes_revenge: FINISHED


OneManNoodles: FINISHED


Djphranq: FINISHED


Edraynaline

Swastakowey


TazN: FINISHED


tomcat31


Loken31809


Buttery Commissar: FINISHED


jb1981

Da Mekanik


EyeamRai


Angelofvengeance: FINISHED


Reenon


kencotter: FINISHED


ProfessionalAmateur: FINISHED


Zambro: FINISHED


scotta29


SJM: FINISHED


Oberon


Ashiraya


Ezra Tyrius


FakeBritishPerson


Melcavuk:


commissarbob: FINISHED


AUGmaniac: FINISHED


Orkboy232


Llamahead: FINISHED


Squall018


jah-joshua: FINISHED


Calibanite Lion: FINISHED


honeybadger33


Davylove21


TheMisterBold


MangoChutney


Plarzoid


LordRahl


Kustomer D: FINISHED


polecat99ee: FINISHED


Peregrine


Talys: FINISHED


NidLifeCrisis: FINISHED


Schlyne: FINISHED


Rawson: FINISHED


Zgecko666: FINISHED


Spuj: FINISHED


KingmanHighborn: FINISHED


Stormwall:

Count me in

Gonna go with a single more-or-less infantry sized model this time, likely, Chapter Master Fistius Fistgar. Haven't sorted a chapter yet, but it'll come. Will probably match the dreadnought.

Challenge accepted, Paradigm. I'll submit my runtherd later. Probably this weekend.

Ven dread this month.

Well, as I can't decide I'm going to ask what does the people prefer, tall knight on the left, Ugluk nearly-as-badass-as-Lurtz in the center or Dai-Katana Samurai on the right.

I am entering my Dusk Raider praetor, Praetor Hengist.




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 aldo wrote:
Well, as I can't decide I'm going to ask what does the people prefer, tall knight on the left, Ugluk nearly-as-badass-as-Lurtz in the center or Dai-Katana Samurai on the right.

I say the guy on the far left.

I'm in Thinking am gonna do something with my new solitaire for this. Have a cracking idea for a scene but need a daemonette or two....balls. Need to figure something else for him to kill Will pop up a proof-pic after work

Here's some proof pics of my 4 regular Deathwing Knights (as I have said before, the Knight Master is already painted (badly) so he won't be joining these guys for this challenge):

Sorry about crappy photos, I just snapped them earlier today with my iPod Touch since I don't have a better camera available. I'm a modeler/gamer, not a photographer!

I'm in, Need to find a project now...

Proof pic time!!

BTW para I may if I have time paint another model alongside the sensei as a Diorama would this be a problem rules wise?

Hey I'm in. I've not got the pets yet thought the mail to be able to post a proof pic, but will do as soon as I have them.

I'm entering (at least) 3 members of a Dark Angels command squad to accompany Azrael, Grand Master of the chapter. It will include a Company Champion and if I get time I'll paint an old metal Apothecary I have (I'll have to work out how to make him look like a Veteran) and Brother Bethor the standard bearer (but really wanted to paint this guy up to have the banner swappable so I can field him with all of the sacred standards or chapter standard etc (this will require thinking about)).


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 aldo wrote:
Well, as I can't decide I'm going to ask what does the people prefer, tall knight on the left, Ugluk nearly-as-badass-as-Lurtz in the center or Dai-Katana Samurai on the right.

Guy on the left gets my vote

I think when I will join in this time. When I get home I will post a pic of the other 5 Veteran Grenadier for the German army I need to do.

 carlos13th wrote:
BTW para I may if I have time paint another model alongside the sensei as a Diorama would this be a problem rules wise?

No problem!

I have a question, I am going to be doing Orks for this challenge, how does one represent a Veteran within the Ork ranks?

Nobs, flash gitz, really rich lootaz. Any characters, leathery skinned and scarred boyz.

really damn big, loadsa bioniks, scarred from head to foot I'd imagine

@da_mekanik, making it look old would be fine. Or have scars.

Da_Mekanik wrote:
I have a question, I am going to be doing Orks for this challenge, how does one represent a Veteran within the Ork ranks?

Make him look dirty and weathered to show he's been through many battles and to hell and back! Should be easy for an Ork.

My entry for this month!

Vrosh Tattersoul, Aspiring Chaos Champion. I am probably going to remove the dagger from his off hand and have him carry a severed head (an old High Elf head, but you cant see the stupid pointy ears), representing his vicious blood thirst and missing marbles.

I still haven't decided on a fluff friendly paint scheme or not though. Damn fluff!

Count me in. I'll post up a pick of my entry when I get home from work tonight.

Oh I am in! Just give me a few hours for a pic though.

I have something ready for this but im going to wait and see if my alpha legion conversion stuff turns up first because il enter him if i can

Sounds good, put me down for this I've got a trio of IG veterans, who will do nicely.

Would a Chaplain in Terminator Armor be an adequate entry?

chaplains are veterans of a sort right?

 djphranq wrote:
Would a Chaplain in Terminator Armor be an adequate entry?

chaplains are veterans of a sort right?

Pretty much anyone in TDA is a veteran anyway. And chaplains have seen plenty of combat even in PA. Go for it!

I will be entering, pics tonight. I have some progress pics as well.

 djphranq wrote:
Would a Chaplain in Terminator Armor be an adequate entry?

chaplains are veterans of a sort right?

Oh man, one my favorite GW's miniatures is that one and I have one that needs some painting love. I may participate in this contest after all!

 TheDraconicLord wrote:

 djphranq wrote:
Would a Chaplain in Terminator Armor be an adequate entry?

chaplains are veterans of a sort right?

Oh man, one my favorite GW's miniatures is that one and I have one that needs some painting love. I may participate in this contest after all!

It's one of my favorites too!

I'll see about getting some pics done tonight for a proper entry.

Once my Dragoons arrive I'll have a WIP post to put up, aim is a full fleet of 5 taser dragoons for my entry.

Well I didn't even take a day off from finishing the last challenge before I started on this months!

No pic tonight, I'll upload one tomorrow. This month I'll be painting up something that I haven't painted before - 40k orks. In particular the FW Ork Nob on bike with a custom head as I lost the original Be interesting to see how it comes out as I've painted nothing but BA for nearly 20 years so red I can do, green...... we'll have to see how it goes I guess.

Hah, should be a nice change from PA!

Might do an Ork myself this month; I couldn't ever do an army of the buggers, but I've done a couple of rather nice one-off display Orks over the years, so I may try and replicate that....

I'm in. I am away from my stuff for two weeks but I'm in. I will probably go with some DV chosen, good old Veterans of the Long War and all that.

Here is my entry. A Space Marine Chaplain in Terminator Armor. I am still trying to figure out what I plan to do with the base. But tonight was just opening the puppy up.

Im in, will post proof pic tomorrow... my void wolves need a new lord...

In, will post pictures ASAP! Thanks paradigm!

Looks like some cool vets so far.

I'll have to add on some bits but here's my proof pic:

 GrimDork wrote:
Looks like some cool vets so far.

I'll have to add on some bits but here's my proof pic:

Hilarious

Huh|? Oh you're right, Rainbow dash isn't veteran enough is she...

I'm genuinely undecided between three figures.
I've got good ol' Badrukk who's so pants-on-head insane that he is obviously a veteran, middle guy that probably got up to something, and Judge Minty.

(If I went with Badrukk I'd restart, apparently that is not actually green)

Leaning towards Minty or Kap'n, as Ciaphas is so fine featured that looking at his boots makes my bristles retract...

Any thoughts or prefs on what fits best?

GrimDork wrote:Huh|? Oh you're right, Rainbow dash isn't veteran enough is she...

Na! You gotta go with Princess Celestius, she fought that black one who I think was her sister

Buttery Commissar wrote:I'm genuinely undecided between three figures.
I've got good ol' Badrukk who's so pants-on-head insane that he is obviously a veteran, middle guy that probably got up to something, and Judge Minty.

Judge Minty, looks like a cool pose and would love to see a non-GW figure in the competition

That commissar is ridiculously ridiculous, maybe in a good way? Judge could be nice.

You're right, I DID say chapter master didn't I?

 Buttery Commissar wrote:
I'm genuinely undecided between three figures.
I've got good ol' Badrukk who's so pants-on-head insane that he is obviously a veteran, middle guy that probably got up to something, and Judge Minty.

(If I went with Badrukk I'd restart, apparently that is not actually green)

Leaning towards Minty or Kap'n, as Ciaphas is so fine featured that looking at his boots makes my bristles retract...

Any thoughts or prefs on what fits best?

My vote is for Minty

 GrimDork wrote:
That commissar is ridiculously ridiculous, maybe in a good way? Judge could be nice.

You're right, I DID say chapter master didn't I?

That's the one

 GrimDork wrote:
Huh|? Oh you're right, Rainbow dash isn't veteran enough is she...

You need this upgraded ver.

 Buttery Commissar wrote:

 GrimDork wrote:
Huh|? Oh you're right, Rainbow dash isn't veteran enough is she...

You need this upgraded ver.

Have you genuinely converted rainbow dash to become an alicorn (my daughter has made me watch way too much My Little Pony)?!! I can't work out if that's cool or crazy

 Buttery Commissar wrote:
I'm genuinely undecided between three figures.
I've got good ol' Badrukk who's so pants-on-head insane that he is obviously a veteran, middle guy that probably got up to something, and Judge Minty.

(If I went with Badrukk I'd restart, apparently that is not actually green)

Leaning towards Minty or Kap'n, as Ciaphas is so fine featured that looking at his boots makes my bristles retract...

Any thoughts or prefs on what fits best?

Minty all the way!

Oh dear god I've derailed this poor thread with MLP madness! I'll accept the shame, I made the first move...

So much Minty love! that's settled, then. I'll enter with Judge Minty, but I will try and find my metal copy tomorrow, as I just like metal things better.
Base and sign will be the same, and I miiiight drop the villains in.

 TP^DC Deputy Manager wrote:

Have you genuinely converted rainbow dash to become an alicorn (my daughter has made me watch way too much My Little Pony)?!! I can't work out if that's cool or crazy

Oh goodness no. Part of my job - I import a lot of things from China to sell at conventions (generic plush creatures, blankets, fabrics, etc) and this turned up at some point in 2014 with a bunch of stuffed animals. usually they send really confusing spice packets and face-cloths, so it was a bit of a change.
It's 100% stamped as Hasbro and all that, and an actual toy, but I suspect it's an bootleg.

 Buttery Commissar wrote:
I'm genuinely undecided between three figures.
I've got good ol' Badrukk who's so pants-on-head insane that he is obviously a veteran, middle guy that probably got up to something, and Judge Minty.

Leaning towards Minty or Kap'n, as Ciaphas is so fine featured that looking at his boots makes my bristles retract...

Any thoughts or prefs on what fits best?

Judge Minty is my vote, but I'm completely biased to that character

You can count me in this month, I'm going to have proof tomorrow

Would an Eldar Exarch of some sort count as a veteran?

Don't have any pictures yet, but I been wanting to add a Liberian Dreadnought to my collection. Thinking of running him as a "counts as Ironclad if I have to.

Well seeing as my model isn't built yet I figured I would post a picture of the parts I will be using to build this model, I don't even know how it is going to turn out. I will post updates as it rises from the scrap yard. LOL. Enjoy.

I'm definitely going to enter this one. I need to get a pic of my model turned it. It's still on its sprue in the blister pack....

Hey guys,

Im painting a praetorian Rough Rider.

I am torn between:

Navy blue and white uniform

Red and blue uniform

Kahki and brown uniform

I want to do red, But I have no idea how to highlight it. I use a lighter red and it doesnt show up, too light and its pink and it looks funny. Will orange be better? Or shall I go for kahki as I know I can highlight that?

I think I have the mount nailed though.

Bring your red up to a salmon-orange, then glaze a red over it to cut back.

Or, highlight with a fleshtone and some wolf grey (if your fleshtone is particularly ruddy, like Dwarf flesh). You still need to glaze red in the end.

gohkm wrote:
Bring your red up to a salmon-orange, then glaze a red over it to cut back.

Or, highlight with a fleshtone and some wolf grey (if your fleshtone is particularly ruddy, like Dwarf flesh). You still need to glaze red in the end.

Ok I will give that a go, I always glaze my red so that shouldnt be a problem.

I can't decide.



Thinking about the commando from battletech (the axe is just hanging there so I don't lose it until I can pin it,) but the Captain/CM and the Deathwatch vet would be cool to do too.

What do you guys think?

Here is, what will be, my entry for this months contest.

5 off Veteran Grenadiers, armed with assault rifles. Some are in standard uniform others are wearing the camouflage tents they carried on their backs.



By the way, I have previously painted 5 of these for the campaign I am in. If you want a photo of them I can supply one (wasn't happy with their faces in the end so they wouldn't be what I want to enter anyway).

I'll be trying again since my paint mojo is back.
Torn between my Contemptor Dreadnought (Doesn't really get more veteran than that) or Brother Claudio from Space Hulk

My original idea was to paint a chaplain to go alongside my death company or a unit of Sanguinary Guard, but the USPS has temporarily misplaced my package.

I might need to switch over and paint Lysander since his clampack is hanging out in my art box already. Painting yellow though... ugh.

Hi guys, have posted a quick poll over at http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/jforum.page?module=posts&action=list&topic_id=642548&viewResults=true to gather opinion on where a storm shield should be mounted an a standard bearer.

It's only open for 3 days so I get time to make the model. More details over there, but basically know it's my decision, but wondered what wider opinion was.

Thanks guys

Ok quick proof pic.

Head is almost done, when it is I shall put a pic up to show what I'm going for and feedback. It was going to be a test head but I'm liking it and has more character and veteran feel to it more than the head I originally picked.

OP updated!

@Grim: what have you done? Must admit the name had me expecting a Calgary conversion!

@Stormwall: I vote for what I assume is the CM, the Greek looking guy.

@Buttery Commissar: where is that Cain from? He's awesome!

As promised, my proof pic. MAUGRIM, scourge of the maelstrom and lord of the void wolves

@Para, sadly, the horse-thing was confiscated by my daughter and I'll be going back with my original Idea, pics will show up once I've sorted out all of the bits I'll use.

Had to do something for the first, but too tired for much effort.


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Has the poll for the first challenge gone up yet?

Aye, the first poll went up this time yesterday, it's now a few threads down from this one, and had VOTE in the title!

 GrimDork wrote:
@Para, sadly, the horse-thing was confiscated by my daughter

Please tell me she took the assault cannon as well, and is now purging the traitors in the pony ranks with it.

 Nevelon wrote:

 GrimDork wrote:
@Para, sadly, the horse-thing was confiscated by my daughter

Please tell me she took the assault cannon as well, and is now purging the traitors in the pony ranks with it.

I hope so, those darn ponies......

Ponies are the illegitiment step children of Chaos Space Marines and Orks.

@ para-
nothing yet, will begin work on him tonight, trying to research whether or not I can put a unit on a larger base then it was intended without an in game penalty...

Here comes my proof pic! Is it enough? Maybe I'll have to show the bases?

So here is my entry.

PP Character Warjack Rocinante

 Paradigm wrote:
OP updated!

@Grim: what have you done? Must admit the name had me expecting a Calgary conversion!

@Stormwall: I vote for what I assume is the CM, the Greek looking guy.

@Buttery Commissar: where is that Cain from? He's awesome!

Honestly, I am worried I won't do him justice. I think I may go with the commando mech or sgt "Why did you burn my arm off and give me a powersword," mcgee.

I got the first batch of my raging heroes minis through last week, so I'll be painting one of them up for this. On hols for the time being, and I forgot to bring them with me, so it will be several days before I can post a proof pic

 darefsky wrote:
So here is my entry.

PP Character Warjack Rocinante

loving tht Warjack fig

here is my extremely WIP photo

Part of the reason I’m entering into this contest is to help push myself forward as a painter. So I’m going to try a spot of weathering I’ve not done before. After all, one of the criteria for this month can be "- A model that is weathered to reflect an extended conflict “ So I’ve decided to heat stress the guns.



Still a WIP, but I like the way it’s headed.

Lots of nice start pictures out there, looking forward to seeing some paint!

Thanks man. I can't wait for my wife to get home so I can start working on this bad boy (kinda hard to paint with 4 kids underfoot).

Paradigm, I got an SM attack bike today. I plan to do some kit-bashing on it. (Specifically, the shoulder pads-I have a lot from other kits.)
Would that qualify as a good entry?

 kencotter wrote:
here is my extremely WIP photo

Colour me extremely intrigued.

Alright, I have to admit that I have changed my mind again on my entry. I am a newish painter and I don't want to have a project too big for me get overwhelmed with and not finish.

buttery commissar you can see a bit more progress in my blog

Garviel loken kitbash/ conversion . Modified chaos armor to look preheresy. Think he looks close to the artwork. Time to paint! Other characters/ veterans to come too!

 Da_Mekanik wrote:
Alright, I have to admit that I have changed my mind again on my entry. I am a newish painter and I don't want to have a project too big for me get overwhelmed with and not finish.

First off welcome to DakkaDakka.

Just pick a model that looks interesting and have fun with it. Don't worry about winning or placing. Use it as a tool to stretch your skills.

Hey guys, Here is my pre paint pic (I am using a partly painted rider...)


Here is my badger so far... Noticed some mold lines I need to clean, have some work to go etc but its a start:



I changed badgers part way through after some greenstuff attempts. Any advice outside of the mold lines would be great!

Cheers guys.

Okidokey.. let's try this dance again. Here's my entry for this month. Brother Claudio from Space Hulk primed black and base coated with Mephiston Red.

Shastakowey, shrink your images!


OK, so here is my proof pic:


3 PDF veterans for my militia. the middle guy needs finishing, shouldn't be too hard to do today. His knife needs replacing for a start.

*flop*

That was the sound of my hat being thrown into the ring.

Here is my terrible, cameraphone-picture, the-final-shots-will-be-better-than-this-I-promise proof photo.

Great looking entries so far!
@para: There is a broken image link under 'kencotter's' spoiler tag (last but one from the bottom). You should probably fix it

So, as I'm building my Imperial Fists, I wondered what I could get this month to use as a Veteran. But then I decided against it. Looking at my WoC collection, I have lots of characters that are unpainted - so I chose one of them.
Enter, Zavax, Champion of a Hundred Battles, and Battle Standard Bearer to my Army. He hits the table every time I play, so I figured it was time to repair his banner and give him some paint.

I primed him, and jumped right into basing and basing the flesh before I remembered to take a picture:


Is this alright for a proof pic, Para?

W.I.P of my chapter master/captain diorama thing


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damnit its upside down

Some of those pictures are huge. LOL.

Sorry, I will spoiler mine.

Ork Nob with trophy rank.

That a Mantic Orx conversion?

Here's an update on my model btw..

**Edit: FFS it's doing the sideways thing again..

Fistius Fistgar, next to the company champion from his honor guard.

I plan to paint Fistgar, his honor guard will come later.

He's just crudely bluetacked together and will need some tweaks on his pose (backpack and cape especially) but I've sorted out the primary bits. He'll be needing some extra gubbins like the dreadnought got before it was over.

 Zambro wrote:
Great looking entries so far!
@para: There is a broken image link under 'kencotter's' spoiler tag (last but one from the bottom). You should probably fix it

So, as I'm building my Imperial Fists, I wondered what I could get this month to use as a Veteran. But then I decided against it. Looking at my WoC collection, I have lots of characters that are unpainted - so I chose one of them.
Enter, Zavax, Champion of a Hundred Battles, and Battle Standard Bearer to my Army. He hits the table every time I play, so I figured it was time to repair his banner and give him some paint.

I primed him, and jumped right into basing and basing the flesh before I remembered to take a picture:


Is this alright for a proof pic, Para?

that right there is one lovely fig. cant wait to see the bugger all painty painty!


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 angelofvengeance wrote:
That a Mantic Orx conversion?

Here's an update on my model btw..

**Edit: FFS it's doing the sideways thing again..

you using an ipad to take the pics? I use mine for wip shots and found if i shoot portrait.....stupid sideways things happens. Shoot landscape and they come up normal way up

I used my phone- it's a Samsung Note III. I usually don't have an issue but looks like it's landscape from now on.

Are we doing WIP shots in this thread or just the Start and Finished model?

@AoV - Gorkamorka LE warboss was the base model.

Veteran Ghost ark proof.

One of the first ghost arks to be activated from one of the first awakening Tomb Worlds. After countless battles it resorts to cannibalizing the gathered remnants of the warriors it is charged with repairing to keep the Silent King's decree to reclaim the Necron's empire at all cost. The implacable Necron legions are rising. Their number is legion, their name is death.

Oberron wrote:Veteran Ghost ark proof.

One of the first ghost arks to be activated from one of the first awakening Tomb Worlds. After countless battles it resorts to cannibalizing the gathered remnants of the warriors it is charged with repairing to keep the Silent King's decree to reclaim the Necron's empire at all cost. The implacable Necron legions are rising. Their number is legion, their name is death.

Love the fluff and love the model more, excited to see it painted.

darefsky wrote:Are we doing WIP shots in this thread or just the Start and Finished model?

WIP here too, or link to your blog

GrimDork wrote:
Fistius Fistgar, next to the company champion from his honor guard.

I plan to paint Fistgar, his honor guard will come later.

He's just crudely bluetacked together and will need some tweaks on his pose (backpack and cape especially) but I've sorted out the primary bits. He'll be needing some extra gubbins like the dreadnought got before it was over.

Loving that model.

Well here is a link to my Dakka Gallery that has a few WIP pictures of my entry.

http://www.dakkadakka.com/gallery/images-9500-46266_April%20Dakka%20Painting%20Challenge.html

For more in depth on the project check out my blog (look down at my sig).

I've decided to take part as well. >:]

Proof:

Guess I'll have another go at this

Here's my proof pic:


He's a Slaaneshi Terminator, which sort of counts as a veteran...right?

Well, he is Chaos and has a terminator armour, don't they have to kill the guy that was inside it before them without breaking the armour? that sounds pretty veteran to me.

And the gods don't gift tentacles to noobs so...

I just need to find a model to paint... decisions decisions...

 aldo wrote:
Well, he is Chaos and has a terminator armour, don't they have to kill the guy that was inside it before them without breaking the armour? that sounds pretty veteran to me.

And the gods don't gift tentacles to noobs so...

I'd imagine Tzeentch doing that for the lolz though, going like: Hmmm, well aren't you a useless little Guardsman? I know, let's give you some flamer sacks here and there and we'll see how that goes, followed by scenes worthy of a Mister Bean movie, only with more horrific casualties

Ash, that's a bad ass dreadnought!

More work done to Claudio...

Wee wip on the solitaire. Coming along. Tricky little bugger lol

He's looking great! Love the subdued tone of the jacket! What's that hanging from his left hand?

Bit of work on Fistgar, his arms and torso are in their finalized positions. The pack and cape are off until its all painted.

The standard and arms do have magnets in case I wanna run him as a lesser chapter master too.

What color for the cape if I paint him the same as the dread? Dark red? Royal blue?

If you haven't gotten the drift they're meant to be as pompous, pretentious, and as full of themselves as possible

Not the best picture, I know, my camera is missing right now, but I have my proof. Working on an aspiring sorcerer from the black legion, built him today, happy with how he came out. Might make some rubric marines for him too

Not the greatest WiP but my Veteran entry for the month. "Machina Liberatus" Mechanicum aligned Imperial Knight with open crew compartment

Here are some WIP shots of Rocinante.

Rust Undercoat is done, now adding the overcoats of paint. Gotta make it pretty before making it look like its been through heck....

I see I am not the only one doing a Mechanicus aligned knight... Mine will be a Magaera conversion, an ancient relic of 10,000 wars... Here is the first pic and proof, it is the Lightening Cannon.

Hello everyone, here are my proof pictures Grand Master of the Dark Angels - Azrael's Command Squad:




Brother Bethor is around, but he needs quite a bit of conversion and therefore I'm going to post his proof later if he is to be included.

I've named them all for key people who have guided me and been an essential member and have an idea of bits of fluff for them. I've never written fluff before, feels a bit weird. Do we post that at the end?

Alright, I might actually do this challenge! Plan is either a guardsman veteran or an old Inquisitor (they are veterans right?)

 Paradigm wrote:
He's looking great! Love the subdued tone of the jacket! What's that hanging from his left hand?

hheehheee - you'll have to wait and see

I don't like the way the hand is postioned usually so I lopped the buggery off and re-set it. There's a reason behind the maddness though

 Melcavuk wrote:
Not the greatest WiP but my Veteran entry for the month. "Machina Liberatus" Mechanicum aligned Imperial Knight with open crew compartment

Now that brings back memories... Back when the kit first came out I did a similar conversion, as far as I can tell it was one of the first attempts at a knight cockpit, its so cool to see the idea taken farther and tackled with greater skill then I possessed at the time.

Here is a quick update of what I got done today.

Ya'll need to keep up.....

 Buttery Commissar wrote:

Consider this my entry/proof.

I can't find my metal copy. It's here somewhere, but I guess he'll have to wait and be painted with the two metal villain figures another day.

Well, excuse the garbage quality but here's what I'll be painting up. Crappy used Terminator Librarian is a go!

 Januine wrote:

 Paradigm wrote:
He's looking great! Love the subdued tone of the jacket! What's that hanging from his left hand?

hheehheee - you'll have to wait and see

I don't like the way the hand is postioned usually so I lopped the buggery off and re-set it. There's a reason behind the maddness though

Taunting us hey! Hmmm, what could it be? Is it a Veteran's Day special edition Latte from the Mymeara branch of Starbucks? You know attacking and destroying infidels is thirsty work.

*Think I may be going slightly peduliar *

hahahahaaaaa - not quite.... nothing super spectacular, just a wee something extra. The way the fig's hand is usually set bothers me....just makes me hearing 'Stop!! In the name of loooooove" everytime I see it. So I wanted to change it up a bit. Less of The Supremes and more cold, aloof killer.

Odin Goldsmith is doing well, the armour needs one or twi rounds of highlights and then battle damage and gore, any idea on his weapon? should I do a glowing magic thing or go with a real weapon and use iron or steel or something?

Is it too early to come up with new themes? Because I've got one: ONE OF US! ONE OF US! GOBBLE GABBLE GOBBLE GABBLE!

gak awful photo but a wee wip before I call it a night. Liking how this guy is coming along

Looking great!

Finally settled on my own entry, a trio of Veterans of the Long War.

First we have pure CC fighter, big sword and several rather nasty knives. Not much conversion work here, more of a kitbash really.




Next a HB carrier. I've up-armoured his shoulder pad, just plasticard there, and added extra ammo on his backpack. There's also a bit of chaos demon/armour fusion going on, which I may add more of before I paint him.




And lastly, an all-rounder, probably a Chaos Lord of some kind. I've actually used a spare Malifaux had on him, so it's tiny compared to normal CSM heads, but to me manages to get the look of true scale, without all the fuss of chopping and changing sizes/parts around. I don't know if anyone sells heads in this scale, but it would be a decent way of converting truescale Marines without too much bother. Somewhat ironically, this guy is on the same base as last month's entry!

Another shot of the Knight WiP, mild conversion to extend and double barrel that rapid fire battle cannon.



Everything is currently blutac'd to repose and paint in pieces.

I think I'm going to join in this challenge, I take it I just post a before picture In this thread?

 Calibanite Lion wrote:
I think I'm going to join in this challenge, I take it I just post a before picture In this thread?

Yep. And then any WIP as you go along can be here. When you're done post up to 4 photos of the final piece

Have fun

I'll enter this guy

Turlon Geth Bounty Hunter as for his veteran credentials well the model turns 30 this year! It's a Zenonian tooper from GW in 1985

That is about as Veteran as it gets!

I thought about dusting off some ancient lump of lead myself, but the dread just called to me. If I finish it early in the month, I might put some paint on an old RT captain as well.

Here is my entry. Captain Jenkins and his Sentinel, "Lucy" of the Baal 111th after repelling an Ork warband's attack on his unit's outpost.





Going to use this model to work on battle damage. Here's hoping it goes well!

So you didn't fancy doing a Baneblade in a month? Can't say I blame you!

 Paradigm wrote:
So you didn't fancy doing a Baneblade in a month? Can't say I blame you!

I was just afraid I couldn't do it justice with that kind of schedule. Especially since the wife and I are going on vacation for 5 days at the end of the month. I doubt she would want me to bring it along. The sentinel should still give me a good challenge.

Looking forward to seeing what you guys come up with this month.

Annd finished... Sadly one of the skulls that dangles off his chest plate and onto his thigh snapped off, so I replaced it with a purity seal.

Man some of you all paint so fast, I will be surprised if I finish my praetor by the end of the month

I'd like to join in on this but you guys put my painting skills to shame. It would definitely give me that kick in the pants I need to start painting all of the minis I have and not painting. LOL. Good luck everyone. I cant wait to see what all of your stuff looks like when done.

 honeybadger33 wrote:
I'd like to join in on this but you guys put my painting skills to shame. It would definitely give me that kick in the pants I need to start painting all of the minis I have and not painting. LOL. Good luck everyone. I cant wait to see what all of your stuff looks like when done.

Don't worry about all that. Jump in and have some fun! Stretch yourself and see what you can produce.

Praetor Hengist of the Dusk Raiders WIP





And his base completed.

Bloody lovely work and fig. Cracking stuff

here is my Veteran, Chaplain Cassius...

i have never been a fan of the head, so i will be switching it up...
he'll get the bionic head from the Devastator box, and a cool little mohawk, like his art...



good luck, everybody!!!

cheers
jah

 darefsky wrote:

 honeybadger33 wrote:
I'd like to join in on this but you guys put my painting skills to shame. It would definitely give me that kick in the pants I need to start painting all of the minis I have and not painting. LOL. Good luck everyone. I cant wait to see what all of your stuff looks like when done.

Don't worry about all that. Jump in and have some fun! Stretch yourself and see what you can produce.

You convinced me! Ive never even finished completely painting a miniature yet. Just been collecting and experimenting for a month now. As for the rules: The rules call for a VETERAN UNIT. Im not sure if I have one. I have the SM Command Squad. Is there a Veteran in that model set? Also dont expect a wicked diorama or anything from me! LMAO.

Command squad.....vets the lot of them lol

Here is my entry for the painting challenge, two bounty hunters for my inquisitorial forces.

Atticus and Menos, ex Arbites turned bounty hunters.

Oh Lord Almighty. I didnt see what some of you already had posted before I decided to throw my hat in the ring. Im seeing some really great looking minis. Im gonna have my arse handed to me literally considering Im only a whole month into the painting and hobby part of this game. I havent even completed a single paint job on a Tactical Soldier. LOL. Im still in it as long as you guys dont laugh me out of the place though. Also how are you guys posting pictures in the forum showing your work? I can upload to my gallery but I cant post in a thread. Can you help? Thanks and good luck everyone!

 honeybadger33 wrote:
Oh Lord Almighty. I didnt see what some of you already had posted before I decided to throw my hat in the ring. Im seeing some really great looking minis. Im gonna have my arse handed to me literally considering Im only a whole month into the painting and hobby part of this game. I havent even completed a single paint job on a Tactical Soldier. LOL. Im still in it as long as you guys dont laugh me out of the place though.

You'll be fine! Frankly, it's just as much an achievement to paint your first mini as it is to produce something amazing! Even the best painters started somewhere, after all, and if this challenge gets you inspired and motivated to start painting then that's what it's all about!

Also how are you guys posting pictures in the forum showing your work? I can upload to my gallery but I cant post in a thread. Can you help? Thanks and good luck everyone!

Once you have them in the gallery, look on the lower left of the page you'll see a list of URLs with different names above them. Copy and paste the one that says 'forums' into your post, and the image will appear.

Starting my Command Squad for the contest. This will be tough against you guys but I will give it my best! I hope I figured out the picture thing...

http://www.dakkadakka.com/core/gallery-oembed.jsp?format=json&url=http://www.dakkadakka.com/gallery/702344-Literally%20just%20starting.html

Am I the only one who can't see it? re-posted just in case




EDIT: honeybadger, looks like you copied the link that said "dakka articles", you have to use the one that says "forums"

Thanks aldo! I think I figured it out. LOL. Something so easy can be so darn hard for me. I blame my A.D.D for it all. LOL

Edit: never mind, seems you've got it now!

This is a great excuse for me to finally paint this model, it has been in this state for almost a year now!

Consider me entered!

A few WIPs of mine. Mostly done, but not final as I want better images if nothing else!




Plenty more in my blog/gallery, any feedback welcome!

 Januine wrote:
Bloody lovely work and fig. Cracking stuff

Thanks!

sry ive been working on a trygon,
but i guess i'll enter the last three guys of my DC squad
i'll post a proof pic tonight

Man! I still haven't gotten my before pic posted and some of you are like halfway done!!

I'm posting pics today though. It is on my to do list.

I can't decide between the Solitaire and the Shadowseer. I'm going to post pics of both of them and do what I can to get them both done.

My friends and I decided that they next things I painted would be inspired by the anime RWBY.

I know the Solitaire with have the black and red of Ruby. I haven't figured a way that makes sense for the rest of the army.

I also want to have a mask color that ties the whole army together and I haven't figured that out yet either.

yea I'm with you EyeamRai, I've only just got mine undercoated black before I realised I hadn't finished the conversions ...

Para those are some awesome word bearers

 OneManNoodles wrote:
yea I'm with you EyeamRai, I've only just got mine undercoated black before I realised I hadn't finished the conversions ...

Para those are some awesome word bearers

I agree, that is some awesome work.

The competition seems to be flying this month, I'm way behind having not even basecoated.

 TP^DC Deputy Manager wrote:

 OneManNoodles wrote:
yea I'm with you EyeamRai, I've only just got mine undercoated black before I realised I hadn't finished the conversions ...

Para those are some awesome word bearers

I agree, that is some awesome work.

The competition seems to be flying this month, I'm way behind having not even basecoated.

Ah, I don't even have any miniatures yet

Heh. I am nowhere near paint at this moment, but I am making progress. Here is the Hekaton siege claw so far...

Laid down two washes and basecoated some extra areas. Man, those washes made such a difference!



My main problem with Terminators = highlighting those sticky-outie leg bits. Too thick to edge, too thin to layer!

I havent even been able to work on my SM Command Squad much today. Stupid virus on my computer is trying to wipe all my files out so Ive been trying to fix this stupid thing. Almost a year and 3 Terrabytes of stuff simply gone... Came in and it was just deleting things on its own. Plus my Pay Pal was hacked not once but TWICE in 2 days. Been a bad run of luck for this ole boy for sure.

Just a quick progress update: Got some of the base colors down on my Deathwing Knights, but they're not ready for a photo op yet! Once I finish the base colors I will shoot some pics for you guys. I will mention that I am finally doing what most of you would consider basic: thinning my paints and painting multiple coats instead of trying to get it done with a single coat of paint. It is making a huge difference already, the bone white deathwing armor turned out awesome! More updates to come, so stay tuned!

P.S. I love what I'm seeing from all of you so far, awesome looking stuff!

I have a question guys. Im working on the SM Command Squad for this contest and all of the weapons have handles on them and all of the arms that are supposed to hold them have the fist clenched. My question is this: Do I cut the handles off of the weapons and glue them to the hand? I just want to make sure here so I dont ruin my model.

 honeybadger33 wrote:
I have a question guys. Im working on the SM Command Squad for this contest and all of the weapons have handles on them and all of the arms that are supposed to hold them have the fist clenched. My question is this: Do I cut the handles off of the weapons and glue them to the hand? I just want to make sure here so I dont ruin my model.

I think that is the only option; it ends up looking ok in the end.

yup. carefully take a sharp craft knife and cut back under the body of the gun so the handle comes off then use plastic cement to glue on. think they made it like that so you could glue the gun maglocked to his backpack instead if you wanted to

Thanks ZergSmasher. Just wanted to be sure about it being a noob and all. LOL

here is my entry although his powerfist arm may change if i get the bits im waiting on this week its a truescale chaos lord in power armour and also his two servoskull/ wound markers

Lovely figure kencotter

Small Update to the wip Veteran ghostark

Some fantastic entries so far!

I've managed to do a bit of base colour blocking but nothing major -

WIP


Cheers.

 kencotter wrote:
here is my entry although his powerfist arm may change if i get the bits im waiting on this week its a truescale chaos lord in power armour and also his two servoskull/ wound markers

Spoiler:

That is really cool (and I don't say that just because my entry is an almost-true scale Chaos Lord as well! ). Any ideas on colour scheme yet?

oohhh - just thought of a possible theme for the vote for next month's comp. Too early? nah!! Gonna pop it here while I remember. 'Faster, faster....GO FASTER!!!' Speed theme - anything that shows speed and the wish to go faster!!! Could be bikes, ork on a rocket, grot being chased by a giant squig etc etc. Anyways there m'suggestion. Back to the Solitaire

Glad to see everyone is still pushing ahead.

I like your almost finished entry, para. That blood... So good

As for my entry, I think I might change it from my BSB, to some Terminators I found in the closet. Not only do I want to paint something towards my Imperial Fists, but the BSB hand/arm keeps popping off :( I've had to repair it twice in the past few days...

Ok, new entry:

I joined up. I'll be painting a Skitarii Vanguard Alpha.

 Januine wrote:
oohhh - just thought of a possible theme for the vote for next month's comp. Too early? nah!! Gonna pop it here while I remember. 'Faster, faster....GO FASTER!!!' Speed theme - anything that shows speed and the wish to go faster!!! Could be bikes, ork on a rocket, grot being chased by a giant squig etc etc. Anyways there m'suggestion. Back to the Solitaire

Awesome idea. I second the motion for GO FASTER! I've got some Ravenwing bikes and a Nephilim fighter to paint.

'Go FASTER!' sounds fun as a theme

Haven't done much for my entry yet, did a quick colour test on a test SM:



I'll have to train my squiggly line painting skills a bit, but I think I should be able to pull off a reasonable job on the Termie
Got my bits orders in today too, which contained a couple more mutant arms and the like.... maybe my Slaaneshi Terminator won't be alone for too long

Also, seeing the other entries in the competition, I have a sinking feeling I won't be getting any votes this time around either

For my proof pic, may I present Raven.
She will be an officer of some description for my shiny new imperial guard army.

TP^DC Deputy Manager wrote:Lovely figure kencotter

thanks

Paradigm wrote:

That is really cool (and I don't say that just because my entry is an almost-true scale Chaos Lord as well! ). Any ideas on colour scheme yet?

chaos lord off im thinking a sort of homage to pre-heresy death guard with an off white or bone armor and a rusty trim im not to sure on the cloak yet though either dark green or a skin tone i am gonna use that new martian ironearth for the base

 kencotter wrote:

Paradigm wrote:

That is really cool (and I don't say that just because my entry is an almost-true scale Chaos Lord as well! ). Any ideas on colour scheme yet?

chaos lord off im thinking a sort of homage to pre-heresy death guard with an off white or bone armor and a rusty trim im not to sure on the cloak yet though either dark green or a skin tone i am gonna use that new martian ironearth for the base

Are you familiar with The Cleaved?


Nurgley Death Guard offshoot (I think), they'd fit that look you want for sure!

I'll join in! I found this WarWalker and a twin pretty cheap on Bartertown, in bad shape, and I'm re-working them as part of a tutorial on turning cheap junk models into something you'd be proud to show off. I figure veteran models have plenty of dings and wounds to help hide the issues the model has.

This is after stripping the caked-on red paint and cleaning all the mold lines the original owner ignored. Here's some shots in pieces and whet I think the final pose will look like.

(Click for bigger images)
Pieces and parts:


Final pose:


More details on how I've modified the model can be found on today's blog post: http://plarzoid.com/2015/04/resurrection-eldar-war-walker/

 Paradigm wrote:

 kencotter wrote:

Paradigm wrote:

That is really cool (and I don't say that just because my entry is an almost-true scale Chaos Lord as well! ). Any ideas on colour scheme yet?

chaos lord off im thinking a sort of homage to pre-heresy death guard with an off white or bone armor and a rusty trim im not to sure on the cloak yet though either dark green or a skin tone i am gonna use that new martian ironearth for the base

Are you familiar with The Cleaved?


Nurgley Death Guard offshoot (I think), they'd fit that look you want for sure!

yeah something similar definitely

Special forces alpha legion. I like the idea that these guys have been operating undercover since the heresy and the splintering of the alpha legion

There will be 3 or 4 of them

Very cool!

so this is my proof,



idk been feeling a bit unmotivated this month,
anyway is a crossover between a warrior and a flayed one a bad idea? maybe as a crypnotech experiment? this is one of the ideas im playing around with...

Didn't have a whole lot of time to paint between school and the gym but I got the final layer down on the Hengist's terminator armor for the storm grey look

Mine is almost finished! Pics incoming in 5... 4... 3... 2... 1.5... 1.4... 1.2... 1...

Oh... Well, coming in 10 minutes!

Finally got my chappy in the mail. Proof below!

My Final Entry Into This Contest!

Dammit, it's going to be tight if my studies continue to demand so much time and attention.

I dearly hope I will have time to finish it for the contest, but at this point I honestly can't say.

I'm finally getting my starting pic up...

Not promising both of these guys. I paint super slow!

angelofvengeance wrote:

 Januine wrote:
oohhh - just thought of a possible theme for the vote for next month's comp. Too early? nah!! Gonna pop it here while I remember. 'Faster, faster....GO FASTER!!!' Speed theme - anything that shows speed and the wish to go faster!!! Could be bikes, ork on a rocket, grot being chased by a giant squig etc etc. Anyways there m'suggestion. Back to the Solitaire

Awesome idea. I second the motion for GO FASTER! I've got some Ravenwing bikes and a Nephilim fighter to paint.

I could go with this idea. I, too, have some Ravenwing that need some paint (I'm super slow at painting bikes, but maybe I could do my 3 black knights. Already partly painted my nephy, though.

reenon wrote:Finally got my chappy in the mail. Proof below!

That is a fun model to paint. I did one for my Dark Angels, and I'm thinking about going back and touching him up a bit! I'd love to see how yours turns out!

Been a crazy month so far, so I have not made as much progress as I want.

Quick WIP update.

I was able to finish the silver and golds (there are about 5 of each so far on the model)

Now to let him dry a bit, Then to rust to all feth and back...... Nothing like taking a shiny new model and getting it all grizzled up.

Oh and I should probably start working on the base for this guy. Should be finished and ready for photographing this weekend.

Nice stuff there folks
My solitaire is neeeaarly finished. Just a few finaly touches, some blood and a bit of basing and all done

Update on my entry. So far all I have gotten done is having the models assembled and the arms magnatized. Im hoping to feel better tomorrow so I can prime them and at least base coat them. Also I cant find any Mephiston Red anywhere as its on backorder. Im hoping like crazy the local Comics shop has some. Ive got two models coming in this week and I really need two pots.

lliu wrote:
My Final Entry Into This Contest!

Spoiler:

Can you please pick just 4 of these, as per the rules? Thanks.

 honeybadger33 wrote:
Update on my entry. So far all I have gotten done is having the models assembled and the arms magnatized. Im hoping to feel better tomorrow so I can prime them and at least base coat them. Also I cant find any Mephiston Red anywhere as its on backorder. Im hoping like crazy the local Comics shop has some. Ive got two models coming in this week and I really need two pots.

P3 Skorne Red is a really good substitute if its available to you.

Well so far this month......

I have been in work a lot.

I have tired a colour scheme for my veteran out.

I have tried using a wet palette (Love it, just cant wait for my new brushes and soap to get here).

And bought a WW for my DA army. I have invented new swear words after putting my tracks on a piece the wrong way around.... *sigh*.

Quick pic of my colour scheme for you (sort of).



Just for the background, I was thinking about the challenge of painting a "Veteran" while I was browsing through my DA Codex and was struck by a little inspiration. The original DA armour was black, so I thought about keeping a set of black armour, and painting a nice lava scheme on there to intimate one of the fallen who has quite literally been to hell and back. Don't read too much into the quality of the lava, as it is only a test and I still have a few hurdles to overcome yet (such as actually sticking my model together and undercoating!). However my newfound love of the wet palette will make life a lot easier for painting a more blended lava scheme.

*Edit* Oh, and I think that when I finish up my Dark Vengance CSM's, I think that it will look pretty awesome on a Hellbrute!

I suck at painting and im going to join this challenge in 2 days... the possessed just have to come

Could we say that you are.... possessed by the urge to paint?

(I'm sorry, lame joke, please don't turn me into a Chaos Spaw- *sound of gruesome transformation*)

*Clap Clap Clap* 'Tis so beautiful!

 Ezra Tyrius wrote:
Could we say that you are.... possessed by the urge to paint?

(I'm sorry, lame joke, please don't turn me into a Chaos Spaw- *sound of gruesome transformation*)

Looking better already!

Nice tentacl..... whatever that is where your.... thingy..... erm....

Ill just call pest control.

*garbling sounds vaguely reminiscent of approval*

See kids, this is why you don't go around talking about Heresy everywhere. Now who wants some more tentacles?

 Ezra Tyrius wrote:
*garbling sounds vaguely reminiscent of approval*

See kids, this is why you don't go around talking about Heresy everywhere. Now who wants some more tentacles?

<Vaporizes Ezra Tyrius with incandescent plasma>

Chaos is bad, M’kay?

A little progress:


Finished the plasma cannon arm. Right now another one of my dreadnoughts is borrowing it for the photo. The heat-stress doesn’t show up that well in this pic, hopefully I can get better results in the final shots.

 Nevelon wrote:

 Ezra Tyrius wrote:
*garbling sounds vaguely reminiscent of approval*

See kids, this is why you don't go around talking about Heresy everywhere. Now who wants some more tentacles?

<Vaporizes Ezra Tyrius with incandescent plasma>

Chaos is bad, M’kay?

A little progress:


Finished the plasma cannon arm. Right now another one of my dreadnoughts is borrowing it for the photo. The heat-stress doesn’t show up that well in this pic, hopefully I can get better results in the final shots.

If you're going to murder me with a Dreadnought, at least give me a Dreadnought quote as a parting gift

Something like LET THE PROMETHIUM BURN!

Plasma cannon's looking pretty cool by the way, is it a kitbash? I can't for the life of me remember plasma cannons for Dreadnoughts being available in the regular kit

 Ezra Tyrius wrote:
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If you're going to murder me with a Dreadnought, at least give me a Dreadnought quote as a parting gift

Something like LET THE PROMETHIUM BURN!

Plasma cannon's looking pretty cool by the way, is it a kitbash? I can't for the life of me remember plasma cannons for Dreadnoughts being available in the regular kit

Sorry, today is not a very witty day. I’ll try to think of something pithy next time you mutate.

The PC is from the venerable dreadnought kit. I did kitbash a MM arm, which might show up in this competition, time allowing.

Both the basic and the Ven dread kits come with AsCs, TLLCs, and powerfists. The ven kit gives you the PC, while the regular kit gets you the ML arm. If you want the other options you need to either kitbash or look elsewhere.

Venerable has one, if my old white dwarf didn't lie.

EDIT:

@ Garrior: Nice to see some Harkanor's Reavers for a change (chaos warband who's armour continuously melts and re-forms). Looking ace so far

Been off work today so managed to get all the blocking in done and the first load of shading done. No pic this time sorry.

Well, since there are only two models I can think of that are really veterans for Tyranids (and neither one is going into my army), I'm going to just enter another hamster. This time it's a Commissar.

I never realized how small humans are compared to Tyranids until I started on this model. I'm a little afraid to paint some of the details.

 OneManNoodles wrote:
@ Garrior: Nice to see some Harkanor's Reavers for a change (chaos warband who's armour continuously melts and re-forms). Looking ace so far

I wrote the fluff in my head before I discovered the Reavers lol!

I am quite liking the idea of gold trimming with some lava running free on the bigger power armoured areas. Then some bare black power armour so you can tell he isn't completely melting!

I think with the models that I have I will be doing the demon faces inverted, black on top down to red and glowing underneath as though they have pushed up through some lava. I need my new brushes to get here ASAP so I can get started!

Ok, I'm in. First image:

Well, since I'm painting a bunch of Death Company anyhow, I figured, why not join the fun!

The finished work might be 1 model or two, if I can think of a way to make them look good together (they need to be playable units, not posed for a diorama hehe):

 Ezra Tyrius wrote:
*garbling sounds vaguely reminiscent of approval*

See kids, this is why you don't go around talking about Heresy everywhere. Now who wants some more tentacles?

I fell like there's something... NSFW... there...

Got some more work on hengist in today, sorry if the picture is poor I am still messing around with my camera settings with the new whitebox I got.

I was debating this for a few minutes, and I was originally going to go with:



And then it occurred to me, my dead space marine is from my toxicrene kit. I shall just paint up the toxicrene and the dead space marine and enter the whole thing.

So far during the campaign that we've run...this thing has died more to psychic scream than any type of combined fire.... I have no idea how to represent that.

Another quick WIP. Got the first Rust Chipping done.

Final finished entry pics
"Alas......poor mon'keigh"

Here we go. Finally finished up my Solitaire. Soz about the dodgy shots. Camera decided to be a complete tosser this evening. Still - the fella is all done. The original hand bothered me so I amputated the fether, flipped and reattached. Needed something in it .....ah - the head of a cultist from the DV set Anyways - there he is, hope yez like him. Tricky wee fether to paint but fun nonetheless

Nice work! Love the diamonds.

Here’s a WIP shot of where I’m at. Not nearly as fast as some of you, but hey, we get the whole month, shame to waste it.

Paradigm, I have not had time to paint this week, but I will paint this weekend. Just thought you should know.

Cheers Nevlon. First time I've done motley. Didnt want it too regular....more like it was coming from the domino/holo shield.

Those blues you're laying down are lush. Seriously rich. likee likeee!

Alright, figured out what I was doing wrong with image hosting website, and after much deliberation I finally decided that I will build a Boss Nob Biker, and here is my proof picture.

OK - I'm not quite finished building my Big Mek's new ride, but this should keep me focussed on finishing as promptly as possible.

This is Big Mek Squigmek. He's been personally recruited by Ghazghkull to bring the might of his Evil Sunz to the next mighty WAAAAAAgh!

Or something..

Oh man... Not even half way through the month, and already I'm feeling inadequate about my terminators

Januine, the Harlie is top notch!

NidLifeCrisis, Is that big mek walking the squig, or is the squig walking the big mek? (I love your forum name, too )

NidLifeCrisis wrote:
OK - I'm not quite finished building my Big Mek's new ride, but this should keep me focussed on finishing as promptly as possible.

This is Big Mek Squigmek. He's been personally recruited by Ghazghkull to bring the might of his Evil Sunz to the next mighty WAAAAAAgh!

Or something..

WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

And....... Finished

Here is Rocinante a character Warjack. I've always seen the model painted all pretty and factory fresh. I figured he would be all beaten up after a hard campaign.

So here he is. Please let me know what you think.

Still WIP...

but nearly done!

NidLifeCrisis wrote:
OK - I'm not quite finished building my Big Mek's new ride, but this should keep me focussed on finishing as promptly as possible.

This is Big Mek Squigmek. He's been personally recruited by Ghazghkull to bring the might of his Evil Sunz to the next mighty WAAAAAAgh!

Or something..

Lol holy crap that didn't take long!