Welcome to July'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: Sneaky
For example, this includes:
Any kind of model described in its rules or background as stealthy, sneaky or subtle
Any model with weapons or equipment suited to stealth, such as a camouflage cloak, knife or sniper rifle ect.
Any model in a crouchinh/crawling pose
Just a heads up, the rules for Proof Pictures have been updated/clarified to prevent confusion. See below for details.
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 must be either unassembled, unpainted, primed or baedcoated a single colour. Entries that do not submit a valid 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 5 final pictures IN THIS THREAD that will then be used for voting.
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:
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 July and will end at midnight GMT on the 31st July. After this, I shall compile the finished entries into a new thread, and voting will run for 5 days.
Okay, will I manage to finish this time, to a standard I like, and without forgetting some small but essential thing? personally, I doubt it
Italian Paratroopers, by Warlord Games, from left to right: Beretta SMG, Breda LMG, Loader, M38 Carbine, Beretta SMG
PROOF
Not that I know anything about WWII (problems of being a Spaniard, as we didn't enter WWII in our history classes we get double ration of Civil War misery and Post-War misery) but those guys sure look sweet, and they will be wearing camo so I'd say they fit the contest, but if they don't I also have a Sniper Team that will.
Something a little different for me this month. I'm running a narrative X-wing campaign, and I need a couple of sneaky models for scenarios.
For the Imperial's, Darth Maul's Sith Infiltrator. The Scimitar. It's fitted with a cloaking device, a la the Phantom.
(Actually a Revel pocketkit model at the same scale as X-wing)
Proof pics -
The rebels, to give them a fighting chance, will be getting a stealth-X reconnaissance ship. This will just be a repaint of a standard X-wing.
Assuming I get the time to straighten out the guns, and get them primed, and then painted, some or all of these guys are going to be my entry for this month. If the weather doesn’t line up with my desire to break out the rattle can and prime, I might fall back to an old metal SM scout sarge that’s already in the paint queue. But frankly, I need to get more Eldar finished, so would like to bang out the squad of pointy eared sneaks.
Would a Deathwatch Captain count? He won't be particularly blinged out, but will be in a running pose. AFAIK the Deathwatch's operations tend to involve being pretty stealthy.
Deciding if I want to finish my Broodlord and a few Genestealers, or go with another Mawloc. Might go with the Genestealers cause they will be easier to finish.
sockwithaticket wrote: Would a Deathwatch Captain count? He won't be particularly blinged out, but will be in a running pose. AFAIK the Deathwatch's operations tend to involve being pretty stealthy.
If not I'll try to think of something else.
Certainly. Considering DW are basically SM black ops, he fits fine!
@buttery - It is tough isn't it? I voted stealthy and have a safety plan of space marine scouts which I would love to do something cool with the snipers with Gilli (I think that's right) suits, but am wondering about finally starting to paint some Tau and some XV-25s so could do the normal red and black Farsight scheme I want. But as this is a challenge, try new techniques etc, I'm wondering about trying an effect I've seen involving a spreading camo shield effect. Hence my hesitancy to choose. I will research and decide over next few days.
On a side note to everyone, the 15th League of Extraordinary riveters has judge started here on Dakka. Brief is to make a terrain piece in the theme of Trapdoor. Come join in (maybe make something you can utilise for a future dio???)
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Eggs wrote: I voted for old! Never mind. Hope it's the winner next month, as I feel a tribute to the Warhammer old world would be fitting. :/
I agree, I'm painting up only 2nd edition Tyranids because I love the new stuff, but never paint my original minis. They would be feasible to field as a current force and I have bent slightly and bought two brood lords, but everything else is from back in the day
I'm in with my Dark Angels Sniper Scouts. Here's my proof:
Okay, the pic did not come out well, but all it needs to be is proof that the guys are unpainted, right?
And yes, I just got my Reclusiam Edition Dark Angels codex in the mail today (finally!) and I just had to get it in the shot somehow!
I didn't mean that as a complaint by any means, I was just curious! I voted for something else (can't remember what) because my only "stealthy" figures would be Gaunts Ghosts and I simply don't know if I have time to paint that command set in a month... Alongside the 75 other Tanith id feel obliged to do at the same time.
"My diorama base is made of stacked unpainted lead and the tears of fatigue."
I was starting to put together a load of bits to make a squad of the Tanith first and only before I entered Mays competition. Stealth seems like a good excuse to revisit them and get them all together.
I'm in Norway next week but will hopefully get a proof pick up before then
Buttery Commissar wrote: I didn't mean that as a complaint by any means, I was just curious! I voted for something else (can't remember what) because my only "stealthy" figures would be Gaunts Ghosts and I simply don't know if I have time to paint that command set in a month... Alongside the 75 other Tanith id feel obliged to do at the same time.
"My diorama base is made of stacked unpainted lead and the tears of fatigue."
Oh whoops did my tone seem defensive, wasn't meant to be. I was agreeing, stealth seemed like a good idea at the time to paint up some of what I've got in the cupboard, but now can't decide how to go about doing it
I know it's only a small one, but will not have much time this month. So I will be doing a Yu Jing ninja, and hopefully making it a little more interesting than just painting it black!
Literally every one of these painting comps has been something I have in parts on my desk, and every time something has managed to completely derail me.
IS THIS THE ONE I FINALLY GET FINISHED? I am doing some urbancam ultramarine scouts in a land speeder storm - but I did just have a new box of awesome land on my desk thanks to BC, so will probably get side tracked again...
Would I be able to enter this model for this month's painting challenge?
I ask because I do not intend to prime and completely re-paint the model - and it has come base-coated in more than one colour.
I intend to repaint everything but the shirt and skin - because I do not have a skin-coloured paint as good as the paint on the model, and my painting skills aren't up to the task of re-painting the bat-symbol and eyes. However, I do intend to repaint the lower body, belt, and gloves, and wash and highlight everything.
Also, does anyone mind if I post step-by-step WIPs for advice as I paint? I feel like I've hit a block, and my painting isn't improving all that much - of course, it could just be a process that takes a few years, instead of a few months!
But if a better proof pic. NOw that I've assembled the harlies. Took a bit of doing as I wanted to change them up a fair bit. Try n give them a more dancey theatrical look. Fair bit of micro green stuffing to do tomorrow as changed pretty much all the arms positioning. Fiddly little buggers. But happy with em
Hmm... what to paint... I have a Hafling Rogue I need to get done for my DnD group but would rather find something sneaky for my growing Haqqislam army. Hmm....
Cheers Para. Gave the master a zephyr glaive. I really like the one on the far right but the photo is mince. She's using a pair of swords, one going forward whilethe other is behind her.
Tank Girl charity miniature from 2014. My friend's home burned down last week, and her biggest regret was not saving her Tank Girl books and art. I want to paint this for her this month regardless, but I realise it's a tenuous "sneaky".
Sneaky perhaps in that she has no idea that I'm doing this...
Ok, after a quick perusal of my collection (aka mountains of minis) I think I'll just put a lot of love into my DnD fig.
I present, for your viewing pleasure, Milo Cobbletoss!
Slayer of evil brigands and defender/acquirer of gold purses everywhere!
Damn, my phone takes good pics! I may have to use it instead of my camera. He's a little traumatized after Dremeling off his integrated base (I hate those things!) but he should paint up nice....and fast!
I'll be submitting my almost completed (80%) Broodlord, and some Genestealers for my challenge this month. My Broodlord has been almost-finished for months now. Time to get him wrapped up and get some work done on my Genestealers. I recently stripped all my old Stealers. So this will be a fresh start for them all.
I've spent a lot of time researching the Tanith for this project so will hopefully stay true to their fluff. I've only read up to "The Guns of Tanith" book.
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As you can see I've gathered quite a few bits, over the weekend I've got the blue tac out and have tried a variety of combinations (I will only submit a few models since I'll use this months challenge as a bit of a tester for a large army of them). I am impressed with the quality of the models from Victoria Miniatures.
@Buttery Commissar thank you very much for the offer, I am hoping with all these different bits I should be able to put something together but will bare your offer in mind
I would like to change my entry, actually. I recently purchased and built a Ravenwing Darkshroud (mostly built, left the crew and some parts off to make painting easier), here is a proof pic:
The Darkshroud can make other things around it harder to see and target with weapons (think Protoss Arbiter from Starcraft) and therefore I think it might qualify as sneaky/stealthy. If it's ok, I'll go with it. If not, I'll stick with the scouts.
I only have the Land Speeder Vengeance weapons in the shot because I built this with weapon swapping in mind (so I can use both vehicles). For purposes of this painting challenge, I will only use the Darkshroud parts (nothing subtle about a giant plasma weapon, after all!)
First Paracadutisti done! or at least very close to, I'm going to try and make the whole squad look as if they were operating at night in the desert, surely going to prepare some nice surprise for... err... the troops of general
Breda HMG loader with Beretta SMG
Rear (Moonlight hitting his back).
Front (that guy looks scary).
I'm quite pleased with how I did the wood handle of the SMG.
Hello, first time doing this. I'd like to submit a pair of WIP converted ruststalkers (sorry about the poor quality photos, desperately need a new camera):
nudibranch wrote: Hello, first time doing this. I'd like to submit a pair of WIP converted ruststalkers (sorry about the poor quality photos, desperately need a new camera):
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Ad-Mech tentacle monsters?
I have seen enough jokes about having seen enough hentai to know how this is going to end
I really wanted to get involved in this competing but I'm just way to busy this month hopefully I can get involoved for the next one. just wanted to say goos luck to everyone and I'm really excited to see what everyone does.
May as well toss my hat in the ring. I dug through my drifting piles of bits and sprues and threw this together. I present to you a follower of Mork, cunnin but brutal, an Ork Kommando.
Automatically Appended Next Post: Some WIP shots of koryvdae, I decided to go with a more true grey color for the skin tone as to show the progression to the final stages of the skin color for raven guard. I also got some work in on the jump pack, and I am pretty happy with the engines, the wings of the raven and the purity seals.
Hmmmmm. Not going well this month, no WIP yet, but could post plenty of DIP (Distractions In Progress). Nice to see other peeps have managed to stay focussed!
HairySticks wrote: Hmm really tempting to open up my copy of the assassins game and do this as a push to get them painted
Too late to join in?
~If its not this, then I might go off and fit led's to a Knight Titan instead
It ain't too late until the end of the month, so by all means throw up a proof and get cracking!
Really struggling for inspiration myself; nothing near my paint desk even remotely qualifies for the theme. Don't want to sit this one out, but I might need to get creative to come up with something!
I'm feeling similar. I have some more Tanith IG arriving midweek but I'm really disillusioned with the results I've been getting on their camo cloaks so far.
I have the Tank Girl figure but am not inspired, and my original choice is broken.
It ain't too late until the end of the month, so by all means throw up a proof and get cracking!
Really struggling for inspiration myself; nothing near my paint desk even remotely qualifies for the theme. Don't want to sit this one out, but I might need to get creative to come up with something!
Alright then, I've still got a good 3 weeks to do something with these ;
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Theres my four assassins still on sprues. (spoilered cus its quite a big pic)
Theyre likely going to be the colours on the box for Execution Force as I've not really thought about doing them much different.
Would photographing my unpainted Tanith troops storage tray and then picking the 5 I think I painted best by the end of July count as "proof"?
I just don't know if I want to do infantry, CCS or all the single (Tanith) ladies.
I've sidelined TG for now because having arrived, she's absolutely tiny, a teenage girl, delicate Kev White sculpt. I've no idea if I can paint that small yet.
I'm posting a WIP picture of my model, comments and criticism are welcome - as I'm trying to improve my painting with this one.
Nightrunner so far - base-coated and washed:
What do you think? How do you guys think I should go about highlighting? Currently thinking of using blue for the black, light grey for the near-invisible dark-grey kneepads, and some white on the main grey of the uniform. Also, my only knowledge of highlighting is dry-brushing. Would that be the correct method to use in this scenario? Is there any other way to highlight?
This month was sneaking away from me, in a very appropriate manner for our subject. I did manage to start getting some base coats down. Still need to make a lot of decisions on what palette I want to use. Part of the problem with painting outside my comfort zone is I can’t just bang out minis vis muscle memory. I need to think about all the parts, what color I want them to be, and how to get there.
Buttery Commissar wrote: I have some more Tanith IG arriving midweek butI'm really disillusioned with the results I've been getting on their camo cloaks so far.
If its any help my research into the Tanith Camo-cloaks found they are made from the same material (cameleoline) as SM scouts. Cameoline takes on the colouration of the surroundings so will be different depending on where they are. My theory was if you match the cloak to the base and therefore the environment then hopefully it will look good and add to their stealth element.
Buttery Commissar wrote: I have some more Tanith IG arriving midweek butI'm really disillusioned with the results I've been getting on their camo cloaks so far.
If its any help my research into the Tanith Camo-cloaks found they are made from the same material (cameleoline) as SM scouts. Cameoline takes on the colouration of the surroundings so will be different depending on where they are. My theory was if you match the cloak to the base and therefore the environment then hopefully it will look good and add to their stealth element.
I had this really specific idea of what I wanted out of it.... I want to incorporate terrain basing textures such as grass, leaves and dirt, but my first test subject ended up looking fuzzy wuzzy rather than stealthy.
I collected four different grasses, foliage, mixed it up, and even got tiny laser cut leaves and it still looked like he was carpet.
I guess there's a reason people don't do that crap.
the reason I wanted to, was because I wanted to have seasonal Tanith - Autumn, WInter and Spring/Summer...
finally managed to paint some of the recesses on ONE of my harlies....and then went back to painting an AdMech dragoon and my Knight.......sigh.........
Paradigm, it seems that Photobucket messed up something and I've had to reupload my proof, inside the spoiler
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I also finished another paracadutisti
And I remembered something, my deadline is five days shorter than everyone else's because on the 26th I'm leaving for Ireland, to learn proper English or something during three weeks, so I may have problems with next month's challenge.
Anyway, I, will be watching.
I love XCOM, I may have to convert some minis into XCOM operatives.
Anyways I put some more paint to the shadow captain. I used the new gw gold base coat color and I gotta say I love it way more than gehenna's gold, I also seemed to have found a good edge highlight color for black that is light enough to be seen but dark enough to not take away from the black power armor.
So... I failed to finish the fast & furious challenge a while back (the Ragik is still on my desk, thanks Witcher 3)... I have just the thing for this one though! Proof pic:
Frankly the this month is going to be crazy busy for me so I wouldn't place good odds on me finishing this time either... but here goes!
Airbrush seems to have been abandoned full of paint.
Managed to clean it quickly enough to be able to get down the primer, sitting in the ultrasonic waiting for morning before I give it a few belts, should be able to basecoat tomorrow.
This is my proof;
Part of it is missing (the chassis, seats, bottom missile launcher) they are primed and out of shot
Haha, apologies for doubling up with you, sort of - though last month it was trolls that came in numbers. I just can't see me doing much else this month with cracking on for Council of War on the 5th, and my Mordians definitely don't fit the theme!
That's juuust under half of my GW Tanith, I'm rounding out to 100 even and stopping for sake of my sanity. I'd rather have done VL like yours, because I think they're amazing! But metal speaks to me.
Hmm, I think I can do this. Here's my guy--a one-sized-fits-all Vindicare/Illic Nightspear (that might, every once in a while, pull duty as an honest-to-goodness warrior with Dark Lance):
Alright got korvydae mostly done, just waiting on the water to dry and see tomorrow if I need a second application. After that I gotta paint the base rim, I was thinking loren green to match the wetlands theme.
Wow, that's impressive! What did you use for the water effect, PVA glue?
Thanks Paradigm for pointing me to the layering technique, previously the only highlighting I knew was dry-brushing.
Anyway, here is my finished model for this month - Nightunner:
I used layering on the chest, boots, and knee-pads, and dry-brushing on the pants, skin, gloves, and elbow-pads. (Also, I wish I could say I painted those deep shadows on the inside of the legs, but that's just a real shadow!)
Looking good! Learning layering will certainly pay off the more you paint, once you understand the theory it can be applied to almost anything, from realistic fabrics to NMM armour!
A few WiPs of mine. Gollum is basically done, and depending on how I get on with the Rangers I might just enter him and the other version:
(Scuse the fingers in some pics, he's hard to photograph flat)
So I feel that I have finished korvydae, so unless I find any glaring mistakes (or my pictures are so terrible everyone yells at me to re take them) I am calling this one done!
Looking good! If I were to really nitpick, I'd suggest painting the lens on the bionic eye (or take it brighter if it's already done) just to add a bit more contrast/colour, and just a bit of freehand on the purity seals, but that's all!
Paradigm wrote: Looking good! If I were to really nitpick, I'd suggest painting the lens on the bionic eye (or take it brighter if it's already done) just to add a bit more contrast/colour, and just a bit of freehand on the purity seals, but that's all!
I used moot green on the bionic eye, but I think because its so small that it doesnt show up well on camera. And I will try the purity seal free hand, hopefully I dont mess it up too bad
Automatically Appended Next Post: Alright I added some "text" to the purity seals. I went kinda light to match the old worn look of the parchment itself.
I don't have a good match for the subject matter of the contest this month with what I'm doing, so I'm going to wing it :( It will be either a scout squad or tactical squad arriving via a drop pod (I happen to be painting tactical, scout, and drop pods... and terrain... hehe). I think that's a better match for the subject matter than... Lord Castellan on a... Sneaky Cat!!
When it's done, should I photograph it with a drop pod + 4 models to keep it in contest rules? I mean, the squad is going to be 5 anyways, but I can take out one scout or tac for the contest.
Here is my finished diorama.
As U might see, the IG is sneaking into a threatening environment armed with only his veteran knife and a lot of anger.
The Chaos Cultist have no clou that this is the last night they have to wait to see their creator - GW
(If you look cloesely you might see a few helpful goods, I placed to help the IG to fulfill his mission...)
Good luck to all of you. Can´t wait to see everyones finished minis.
Really tough subject this month! For me the difficulty to show off how sneaky you are without having a subject. Made me think about doing a diorama, but I am travelling a lot this month, so I won't have time for that. A single miniature it is, but I have yet to decide which.
For now I just wanted to share the sneakiest 40k minis on the web in case you haven't seen them. The space marine poster is just fantastic! I remember them as part of a diorama, but I couldn't find it....
@Kustomer D: Very cool diorama, those cultists are about to have a VERY bad day!
As for my entry, I'm not sure I'm going to be able to finish my Darkshroud in time. I've been super busy this month and am only just now getting around to slapping some paint on it (other than the crew compartments, which I needed to paint to insert the crew so I could use the model in a tournament).
I just haven't been very happy with my conversion's paintjob. Couldn't get anything that really clicked for me. So I am changing my proof to these Pathfinders with Ion rifles, who killed 2 full units of Necron Warriors yesterday!
Bit of a cheeky request, but I painted a mini earlier that would be perfect for this round, but like an idiot forgot to take a Proof pic. Would anyone mind if I entered it in here, taking my word that it wasn't already painted. (I hope you guys think I'm honest enough not to try and cheat my own rules )
If anyone has a problem then I'll just stick with Gollum, but I figured I'd ask.
nah - I'm fine with that Para. You may get the same thing happening to a few folk from time to time in future. Forgot to take a proof pic and just jumped straight into painting. nearly done it myself. Happens. Now go build a wee vignette base for it. Cracking entry
I think I did light/fire as an option a couple of months back and I don't think it got much traction. It would also overlap with the magic one potentially, so I'll leave it for now, I think.
I know I suggested it once before, but what about something like "Mechanized Warfare", where entries must be a machine of some kind? Vehicles, robots, gun emplacements, but not simply "guys in power armor" would be allowed.
How about something like "You took my car!" Where you paint up something from one army for a different one. For example paint up Guardsmen as gue'vesa or paint up a heldrake as some tyranid gribbly. Something along those lines I think would be fun.
ZergSmasher wrote:I know I suggested it once before, but what about something like "Mechanized Warfare", where entries must be a machine of some kind? Vehicles, robots, gun emplacements, but not simply "guys in power armor" would be allowed.
AUGmaniac wrote:How about something like "You took my car!" Where you paint up something from one army for a different one. For example paint up Guardsmen as gue'vesa or paint up a heldrake as some tyranid gribbly. Something along those lines I think would be fun.
I like these! Looks like we'll just skip the technical one this time and go with:
Something Old, Something New: retro minis, or new minis in an retro style.
It's a Kind of Magic: Mages, sorcerers, constructs ect.
Rise of the Machines: robots, cyborgs, vehicles and machines.
Looted: repurposed minis in the 'wrong' army.
Wow para, that's something special indeed. Is it plastic/metal? How'd you stop it tipping over?
Those themes sound good.
I had a thought for a future one, "All work, no play." kinda pokes fun at how very serious a lot of the things we paint can be. Leaves room for little in-jokes or Easter eggs, or even just daft ideas.
Nice posing Para, really captures the action.
For the 'looted' theme, could we loot a colour scheme rather than a model? Mostly cause I've always wanted to paint a commissar up in bright harlequin colours looking annoyed.
Inflatable love badger wrote: Nice posing Para, really captures the action.
For the 'looted' theme, could we loot a colour scheme rather than a model? Mostly cause I've always wanted to paint a commissar up in bright harlequin colours looking annoyed.
I think the word you're looking for is fabulous. Not that I have a bias towards prettifying commissars...
Buttery Commissar wrote: Wow para, that's something special indeed. Is it plastic/metal? How'd you stop it tipping over?
Thanks to the wonders of modern GW plastic kits, it stands up fine just on a normal 25mm base! It's just a DV Cultist, with a DE Wych and a stolen Harlequin arm.
Nice ideas for themes, everyone! I'm keeping a list, so these might well with turn up in future!
You know I actually have more difficulty moving metal miniatures en masse and keeping them upright than I do with plastic. I always thought that the weight would keep metal upright.
If "Something old / Something new", then "Looted" should surely be "Something borrowed..."?
I like having the opposite of the last month for the next one. We have the sneaky gits now, so an in your face CHARGE!!! Might be a nice change of pace.
Sadly due to time limits I wont be able to get the 5 Tanith miniatures I had originally intended to submit completed.
I had hoped to do a sniper, a scout, a basic trooper, a special character and a female character. However I should still be able to get one done and submitted before I go away again on Sunday.
Heres the base of the sniper just for some WIP shots and also because I like how it turned out
I seriously need to get a bloody move along !!!!!
WiP of the harlies. The first guy is the kinda test fella as am trying out (yet another) white method and motley patterning. Wife heads off today for 5 days so much painting shall be done !!!!!
I'm aware I'm super late, but initially I thought I wouldn't be able to compete. However, due to a turnaround, I have a few days, so here's my prof pic, hope I finish in time.
Finally got some decent progress done on the first Harlie this evening. Motley is pretty much sorted, though thanks to the photo, I see on bit that needs tidying. Onto the scarves and then the metals next. Getting there, gonna def be a painty painty weekend!!
urrgghhh - why do these photos come out so blurry? sharp as a whistle on my ipad and then here I have a choice of superenormous huge size or normal sized and blurry >< Shiibbal!
ZergSmasher wrote: I know what you mean, guys. I've got 8 days left to completely finish my Darkshroud, and there's a lot of work remaining to be done on it.
I'm having to dash through this project to tabletop standard, so I'm not very proud of the result. I'll post pics in solidarity, but quite honestly it's embarrassing.
At the moment they look like tiny Oompa Loompas because I did green and gradient for the camo cloaks very very early on with an airbrush and didn't mask.
At this point i'm just hoping I don't forget to give them hair colour, after getting used to seeing them this way for a while.
@midget - Cheers. Well happy goe that coat is coming out. The legs are similar but hard to see in the photo.
i Def want to get a Tanith squad together at some point. They ahve a very special place for me.. Abnett's books were what got me back into 40K. one of my favouriteling running stories period. cracking stuff.
Januine wrote: @midget - Cheers. Well happy goe that coat is coming out. The legs are similar but hard to see in the photo.
i Def want to get a Tanith squad together at some point. They ahve a very special place for me.. Abnett's books were what got me back into 40K. one of my favouriteling running stories period. cracking stuff.
Quite honestly I'd recommend the Victoria Lamb Rangers and Brother Vinni Gaunt over the GW offerings, if you go for it.
The GW Tanith have a lot of... I'm not sure what the word is. If you flip them over you can tell where the sculptor list interest. Vague detailing, I guess? I'm having to fudge what is cloak, stomach or arms.
I'd love to see what you come out with so far as tattoos though.
First Harlie is pretty much done barr a few final touches and basing. White is done on the second (that bit takes the longest) These feths take a while to do. Delicate is an understatement!! only a week to go
Nah, if you can get them all done (and a scenic base?) I reckon your Harlies could/should blow mine out of the water!
Still, there's not many entries so far this month, so to everyone who is almost there, get painting! This could be the month you can up your rankings and grab some points!
This is my final entry, I was going to name him as the Tanith Master Sniper 'Mad' Hlaine Larkin but I figured I'd let you all decide if he deserves that honor (and if I've capture the fluff right for him). If not he can just be a generic Tanith sniper. I bit of a change for me since I'm used to Orks.
I'm away for the the next 2 weeks so Good Luck to everyone I'm looking forward to seeing some finished entries. Hopefully I'll be able to view them properly and vote on my phone.
I haven't got the funds for a proper camera yet also a massively annoying mishap happened right at the end, without noticing I got glue on my finger and stuck myself to his head. Which is why the left side of his head has some weird lines on (my fingerprints), I was too short on time to try and fix it.
Some great entries this month as well! My fav so far is Kustomer D's diorama! Captures the theme perfectly. Well done!
I have recently ventured into Malifaux and decided to paint up one of my Resurrectionists for this month's challenge. Model is called Sebastian (plastic version) and he works the morgue, sneaking about with a giant saw. I'll be trying out some new techniques including painting blood splatter by flicking paint from a dry brush (watch that big white apron) and experimenting with mixing in red and blue when painting skin (he has a very big face). It will be fun to see how he turns out!
Here is my sneaky Djanbazan Sniper from the Haqqislam faction of Infinity. A very effective model with his Multi-Spectral Visor and Regeneration! Every since I first saw it, I knew I wanted to do something special for the base. Hope you like it!
Almost done, Looks like I’ll be able to finish by the deadline. I was worried about that, lots of stuff going on this month. Just need to look him over once more, then base and glue the backpack on. Not as happy with him as some of my previous entries, but he’s a workable table-top.
Need to get some new lightbulbs for the photo shoot. And maybe a new backdrop. Not sue how well he’s show up on white.
@Arclaw: That is an amazing sniper! I had forgotten about that model, but now I want it again! Darn, my wallet hurts...
@Paradigm: I hope you are right! I am really looking forward to painting some of the models in my Crew. I am also looking forward to get some games! Never have time for 40k these days, but Malifaux seems to play really fast.
My entry is a trio of the old Epicast Termites, which are based on the old Epic Termite Tunnelers. This being mid-90s resin, the level of detail didn't increase much between epic scale and 28mm! Still, I had them on hand, and I'm painting them a sassy red and yellow to match my Praetorian Regiment. If I ever played them, it would probably be with the Hades breaching Drill rules, which while certainly not "stealthy" is... unexpected.
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To give an idea of the army they will ride with, here is a shot of a veteran squad with Chimera. They can swap that for one of the Termites now!
Every time I come to this thread I wonder why I bother painting, compared to the rest of you. But it does inspire me to try new things, and work harder to improve. So, to all of you, thanks!
Final pic time. Only kinda happy with this guy, but part of that is the finecast bits I noticed never got cleaned up right. Oh well. He’s at a decent table-top, so can see some use as soon as I paint up his four friends.
Aww heck, I'll give it a shot. I'll enter with my Nomad Zeros with e/mauler. She was undercoated white and had been sitting with a bit of grey base coat till now. Adding color as we speak people, as we speak.
4 hours painting motley, glazes and a split Masque symbol (great idea in my head - idiot thing to try and do) - I'm starting to see diamonds when I blink!!! Thank you W&N S7 brushes - you are the businessessss!
That's looking gorgeous, even if you did sacrifice your eyesight.
I'm not sure I'll be able to finish because I've been hit with a virus that's basically slow-motion narcolepsy. I get about half an hour's notice and am then fit for nothing and have to sleep 5-10 hours.
Frustrating as Hell.
Kustomer D wrote: Hey Ezra, these two guys look like some of the guys, who are going to be assassinated in my dio... ;-)
You can't kill what isn't there! *throws smoke grenade and runs*
Right, I've got my two Alpha Legion operatives finished; I also added a barricade because someone is apparently hunting cultists around here... and the mission must not be interrupted!
Here are my final pics:
Operative "Scarecrow"
Operative "Bolt"
Added equipment
Barricade
In hiding
"I'm telling you Bolt, I'm not taking any chances with that maniac running around. You hear what he did to that outpost? Slaughtered four cultists by himself, their throats slit before they even knew he was there. I say we stay right here, call for back-up and hope the squad gets here before he does. "
"He's just one guy, Scarecrow. What's the worst he can do?"
The commando, who was now on the roof of the building behind them, smiled at the remark. He'd have to wait for the other operatives to arrive before he could start slitting throats again, but it would be worth the wait. After all, finding out what the Alpha Legion was up to was a prize he just couldn't resist...
My Darkshroud is nearly done, I should be able to add the final touches and put up some final pics either tonight (local time) or tomorrow night. It probably won't be my best work, though. I've run out of time for the really fancy stuff. I love what I've seen so far from everybody; it should be a pretty good competition.
Well, I'm in Ireland until the 16 so sorry for the rushed photos, I took them the day before taking the plane and I've been too busy admiring (ie: getting lost in) the streets of Dublin to upload them.
I had wanted to paint up sniper rifle scouts to go with this drop pod, but it wasn't meant to be -- Age of Sigmar models, real life, and even some gaming got in the way So, it's not as sneaky as I had wanted it to be. But here it is! And just for the contest, I took out one tactical marine to make it 5 models
Talys, how do you get such clean and smooth coats with a brush? I am having a hard time with my consistency though I only have a few miniatures under my belt so that could be the reason.
Stormwall wrote: Talys, how do you get such clean and smooth coats with a brush? I am having a hard time with my consistency though I only have a few miniatures under my belt so that could be the reason.
A combination of a few things, I guess. Mephiston red is a pretty good red, and I paint it on very thin. I use a the widest flat brush appropriate, so that I'm painting with as few brush strokes as possible, and I keep my brushes very clean, even during painting..
When I'm painting red onto black, I'll give it a coat of Averland Sunset (a mustard yellow) first, a little trick I learned from one of the Duncan Rhodes GW videos. I used to use brown, but Averland works MUCH better, as the resulting red is very bright. Still, I doubt I paint any bright solid color onto black in less than 4 coats; probably closer to 8-10.
Another excellent product is Liquitex Flo-Aid, which greatly reduces brushstrokes. I don't use this on red, however (not that it wouldn't work; it's just water works fine). It's my go-to for thinning white.
Stormwall wrote: Talys, how do you get such clean and smooth coats with a brush? I am having a hard time with my consistency though I only have a few miniatures under my belt so that could be the reason.
A combination of a few things, I guess. Mephiston red is a pretty good red, and I paint it on very thin. I use a the widest flat brush appropriate, so that I'm painting with as few brush strokes as possible, and I keep my brushes very clean, even during painting..
When I'm painting red onto black, I'll give it a coat of Averland Sunset (a mustard yellow) first, a little trick I learned from one of the Duncan Rhodes GW videos. I used to use brown, but Averland works MUCH better, as the resulting red is very bright. Still, I doubt I paint any bright solid color onto black in less than 4 coats; probably closer to 8-10.
Another excellent product is Liquitex Flo-Aid, which greatly reduces brushstrokes. I don't use this on red, however (not that it wouldn't work; it's just water works fine). It's my go-to for thinning white.
Your forgot the black magic and other fell sorceries. What you and your ilk do to minis is beyond the ken of the natural. Where is the inquisition when you need it?
Stormwall wrote: Talys, how do you get such clean and smooth coats with a brush? I am having a hard time with my consistency though I only have a few miniatures under my belt so that could be the reason.
A combination of a few things, I guess. Mephiston red is a pretty good red, and I paint it on very thin. I use a the widest flat brush appropriate, so that I'm painting with as few brush strokes as possible, and I keep my brushes very clean, even during painting..
When I'm painting red onto black, I'll give it a coat of Averland Sunset (a mustard yellow) first, a little trick I learned from one of the Duncan Rhodes GW videos. I used to use brown, but Averland works MUCH better, as the resulting red is very bright. Still, I doubt I paint any bright solid color onto black in less than 4 coats; probably closer to 8-10.
Another excellent product is Liquitex Flo-Aid, which greatly reduces brushstrokes. I don't use this on red, however (not that it wouldn't work; it's just water works fine). It's my go-to for thinning white.
Yellow under the red huh? Interesting. I'll try that with my Blood Angels.
Stormwall wrote: Talys, how do you get such clean and smooth coats with a brush? I am having a hard time with my consistency though I only have a few miniatures under my belt so that could be the reason.
A combination of a few things, I guess. Mephiston red is a pretty good red, and I paint it on very thin. I use a the widest flat brush appropriate, so that I'm painting with as few brush strokes as possible, and I keep my brushes very clean, even during painting..
When I'm painting red onto black, I'll give it a coat of Averland Sunset (a mustard yellow) first, a little trick I learned from one of the Duncan Rhodes GW videos. I used to use brown, but Averland works MUCH better, as the resulting red is very bright. Still, I doubt I paint any bright solid color onto black in less than 4 coats; probably closer to 8-10.
Another excellent product is Liquitex Flo-Aid, which greatly reduces brushstrokes. I don't use this on red, however (not that it wouldn't work; it's just water works fine). It's my go-to for thinning white.
Your forgot the black magic and other fell sorceries. What you and your ilk do to minis is beyond the ken of the natural. Where is the inquisition when you need it?
Gamma-Hydra-Seven to Lambda-Kappa-Twelve, we have successfully infiltrated the thread. Subject "Talys" has drawn the attention of the Inquisition as foreseen by our handlers. Subject "Nevelon" has called upon his ally in the ranks of the Ordo Hereticus, who is already on-route towards the thread. The Inquisitor will not escape us this time.
Gamma-Hydra-Seven out.
Anyways, good to see such strong entries coming up, it's going to be difficult to pick a winner
Sebastian is completed in all his bloodsplattering glory!
I have to say that flicking red paint on a mini I spent a good ten hours painting was nerve wrecking to say the least! But it was something I have wanted to try out for a long time and it turned out just fine thanks to some lessons learnt doing practice runs before flicking blood on the actual model.
Here's my Nomad Zeros, the team has nicknamed her Spooky (and sometimes Ghost Girl) given her stealth and generally somber/negative outlook.
Bit of a rush job but I'd call her fine for the tabletop, which is more or less where the rest of my Infinity models are falling. Currently in a stage where I like to get models done as opposed to spending as much time on them as some of you wizards seem to, so table top is usually the goal
40k Pirate wrote: Wow, that's impressive! What did you use for the water effect, PVA glue?
Thanks Paradigm for pointing me to the layering technique, previously the only highlighting I knew was dry-brushing.
Anyway, here is my finished model for this month - Nightunner:
I used layering on the chest, boots, and knee-pads, and dry-brushing on the pants, skin, gloves, and elbow-pads. (Also, I wish I could say I painted those deep shadows on the inside of the legs, but that's just a real shadow!)
More pictures:
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Jeez man I am sorry I didn't see this till now. I used woodland scenics realistic water for the water. It's kind of a resin type material that hardens when introduced to air.
@Zoat: that's awesome! While I tend to use good old BFTGB these days, the effect you can get with the flicking method is always good! Compliments the mini very well!
@Grim: just epic! Nice use of OSL and the gun (NMM) looks great! Might be a rush job, but you've got one of my votes for sure!
Wow, more Infinity models this month than all the previous ones put together! And really nice ones too. Just a WIP for my Yu Jing Ninja as not sure I'll get her finished and thought I'd better post something. Needless to say I'm trying for a Tron theme, but still want to have a go at lots of OSL before calling it a day.
edit - wow, the camera on my phone is awful! or... my eyes and brain are very complimentary about my painting skills and are deceiving me!
Actually I used a bit of both. Flicking was used for splashes up the apron, while the gash on the hand and the blood on the saw were BFTBG applied the traditional way. And though it doesn't really show in this pic, the bright red dots on the apron is thinned down BFTBG
Nevelon wrote:Your forgot the black magic and other fell sorceries. What you and your ilk do to minis is beyond the ken of the natural. Where is the inquisition when you need it?
DOH. I forgot. Before painting, sacrifice two chickens and one goat!
angelofvengeance wrote:Yellow under the red huh? Interesting. I'll try that with my Blood Angels.
Try it on a sprue that you prime black. You'll be amazed! The other alternative is to lay down Khorne Red first, which covers really well. This leaves you with a browner red, rather than the bright Sci-Fi red that I'm going for.
@Para, although they were taken as WIP, they might end up being my final pics! Off to a festival tomorrow, will try to take some better photos late tonight, but will not be able to finish her properly.
Well, I managed to finish in time after all! I present to you, my Ravenwing Darkshroud (pics spoilered due to size):
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Definitely not my best work, but I'm happy with it. Definitely low-to-medium tabletop standard. I love the stuff I've seen so far, and I will make a note of Talys' suggestion of painting yellow under red, as my Khorne Daemonkin army's main armor color is red. Good luck to everyone doing last-minute touchups and additions, and I'm looking forward to the voting!
UK midnight tonight, although as usual I'll count anything submitted before I get the voting thread together as in, so you've still got about 24 hours.
Gamma-Hydra-Seven to Lambda-Kappa-Twelve, we have successfully infiltrated the thread. Subject "Talys" has drawn the attention of the Inquisition as foreseen by our handlers. Subject "Nevelon" has called upon his ally in the ranks of the Ordo Hereticus, who is already on-route towards the thread. The Inquisitor will not escape us this time.
Gamma-Hydra-Seven out.
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Automatically Appended Next Post: @Zergsmasher - Cool darkshroud! I always wondered how those things uh... flew
Someone at the Adeptus Mechanicus must have thought, "gee, how can we make the least aerodynamic vehicle possible?"
And......we're done!!!! Photos were a bit rushed but busy busy. The full sized images look pretty rad but a little tooooo large to pop on here lol Anyways, Here we go folks - Harliequins of the Masque Of The Shattered Mirage. Hope y'like them Off to pack and get read to leave for the honeymoon. Good luck everyone
@Talys: I used to think that the Darkshroud was one of the silliest contraptions in the game...then I saw the rules in the new codex and my jaw dropped. I just had to get one. It was a good thing, too, as that thing helped me do better at a tournament. I'm not sure it "flies" exactly, more like it hovers ominously (at least that is what I imagine).
@Januine: Once again, you've created some masterpiece models. You should seriously think about Golden Demon competitions. If I could freehand paint half as good as you, I'd be a very happy man.
It was hard to take the photos to show the transition between camouflage and not, the light gauge on the camera was going mental. Hope you get the idea though.
Here's my entry this month. This is all I could get done - the deadline crept up on me. They are actually not completely finished, but oh well, they are complete enough to judge I think. I posed my Genestealers amid a new terrain piece I finished to distract from my shameful unfinished bases (don't judge me too harshly. I am clearly a commitaphobe - I haven't commited to a basing scheme for my Tyranid army yet).
angelofvengeance wrote: Nice stealers there rollawaythestone. The 3rd pic- think you may have missed a mould line on the arm there. Nice job otherwise though
I don't doubt it. The Genestealers kit is really abysmal compared to the modern GW kits when it comes to production quality and mold lines. Although the sculpt still fits the modern Tyranid aesthetic.
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I have just the thing for this one though! Proof pic:
