I'm back! Mwahahahaha! Huge thanks to Buttery Commissar for taking on hosting duties for last month's challenge!
For those who have somehow missed the 7 excellent challenges run so far (where have you been? Deep Space? ), this is a monthly competition open to all painters, whether you've won a Golden Demon or simply painted a Demon gold! At the end of each month, the entries are collected into a final showcase, in which the whole of Dakka can vote for their favourite entries, not just the best painted but also the coolest, most ambitious, funniest or simply the one you like the most! There is an ongoing League that these results contribute towards, which will run for 12 months before starting over in March next year.
The theme for this month's challenge is: Trick Or Treat?
This theme can be interpreted however you like, but here are some examples:
- Any miniature that has some kind of dual nature, such as an Ork disguised as a Space Marine or a guardsmen holding a live grenade behind his back.
- Any miniature that is scary, sneaky or otherwise threatening, the kind you'd give the Treat to rather than risk their (probably fatal) Trick. This could be anything from a Tyranid Genestealer to a vicious Skaven Assassin
- Any miniature that is devious, tricky or cunning, the kind that is likely to trick you whether you hand over the treat or not! Such creatures might include a Malifaux Gremlin, an Eldar Harlequin or a Night Goblin, among others.
- In the spirit of Halloween (spirit, geddit?), any miniature that is at all ghostly, ethereal or unearthly, from a lowly Zombie to a mighty Demon.
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 coated a single colour. Entries that do not submit a valid Proof Picture will not be eligible 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.
The League
How Long Do I Have?
This challenge begins 1st October and will end at midnight GMT on the 31st October. After this, I shall compile the finished entries into a new thread, and voting will run for 5 days.
So, all together now, trick or treat?
List of Entrants:
Buttery Commissar:
Spoiler:
Proof
Nevelon: FINISHED
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Proof
Final:
LordRahl: FINISHED
Spoiler:
Proof
Final:
Inspector #264: FINISHED
Spoiler:
proof
final:
Red_Thirst: FINISHED
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Proof
Final:
And a few more angles for any interested in seeing them:
Sockwithaticket: FINISHED
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Proof
Final:
Albnioork: FINISHED
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final:
commissarbob
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Proof
TP^DC Deputy Manager
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Proof
Plastictrees
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Proof
Januine: FINISHED
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Proof
Final:
"Trick or Treat little monkeigh? They are but two sides of the same deliciously depraved coin don't you see....oh...no - of course you don't....."
KaptinBadrukk
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Proof
Zergsmasher: FINISHED
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Final
Far from my best work (the shading on the robes just did not turn out the way I wanted, I wonder what I should have done to make it look better...), but still adequate, as I am still learning. For those of you who don't know much about Cypher, here is a bit of background:
At the time of the Horus Heresy, some of the Dark Angels turned to Chaos. These traitors became known as the Fallen. After Horus' defeat, the Fallen went into hiding. Cypher was one of them. To prevent anyone from finding out about the Fallen, the Dark Angels have been rounding up every Fallen they can get their hands on. The one they want the most is Cypher. Many times they have come close to nabbing him, only to have him get away. The Black Templars chapter did manage to catch him, but he got away when the Dark Angels actually started fighting the Templars to get him (this is why the Dark Angels and the Black Templars hate each other). Cypher remains at large in the galaxy, always having some trick or other to avoid capture. No one knows his true agenda, although there are many rumors...
Llamahead: FINISHED
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proof
Final
Inflatable Love Badger: FINISHED
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Final:
SirDonald: FINISHED
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Final:
After shattering it's skull into a paste of bits and blood, the little mannequin noticed that he was in a pumpkin patch - a thought occurred to him; "I could make that thing look like 'jack-o-lantern'!"
It took the little mannequin a lot of effort to move the body into place, dragging it by one of it's arms, but the satisfaction from the overall effect made all the effort worthwhile!
"There couldn't be a better time for this than halloween!" he mused before going on his way.
MangoChutney
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Proof
GiraffeX: FINISHED
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Final
Keezus: FINISHED
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Ustrello: FINISHED
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Final
The sound of jump packs screamed overhead, epistolary Kyaneus did not look up knowing it was shadow captain Korvydae and assault squad Garrulus rushing forward to strike down the target that they have been hunting for so long. Kyaneus and strike force Korvydae had come to Chapus two months earlier when the Ravenspire picked up a desperate plea for help from the Governor saying greyish green space marines with ooze leaking out of their joints had invaded their planet. The Master of Shadows had sent the strike force to liberate the planet with due hast since it laid only a few systems over from Deliverance. Since then Kyaneus and the strike force had been fighting the runious powers and its followers in the swamps where they had made their home. But today was to be different, today the Raven Guard had tracked down the leader of the Lords of Decay a foul sorcerer named Sobek. And as Korvydae streaked forward to smite the foe who had tried to destroy this world. but Kyaneus felt a pulse rip through the warp and it was at that moment he realized that they had failed and what ever Sobek was trying to conjure he was successful. And as the ground around him began to stir and limbs starting popping out from the decaying ground he summoned warp fire, knowing the battle ahead would be long and strenuous.
I'll be throwing my hat in the ring here as well and working on a lone Death Company marine (Possibly two, we'll see!) which are in my opinion some of the scariest marines you could ever expect to deal with.
I'm currently at work, sadly, but I will edit in proof pictures later once I can get home and snap a picture of the Death Company sprue I've been using to help build my Captain and Command Squad thus far.
Proof Picture:
Till then, take it easy folks.
-Red__Thirst-
Edit: I may let my entry be a Death Company Dreadnought... Not sure yet. Will decide and update my post here shortly once I get home in a few hours.
@BC: Could I trouble you for some more info and/or a scale pic of that female magician? If she's eadily available and not tiny, I see a Zatanna for BMG happening at some point!
OK, slightly tenuous connection to the topic, but it’s what I got. LotD counts-as. 40k breacher style squad; door knockers/kickers. Might not get all 5 of them done, but I want to finish at least two. And an ammo dump. I don’t know about the rest of you, but when I was younger my brother and I spread out our spoils after trick or treating and swapped stuff.
Woah! Who’s handing out melta bombs this year?
8th company barracks. Trade you for the combat knife?
Toss in a clip of hellfire rounds and you have a deal.
Can't work out what I want to do at the moment, to give away my thoughts its either the "heres Jonney" scene from the shinning using orks but I'm worried I won't get in finished in time since my time in normally very limited or orks going treat or treating dressed in Star Wars Halloween costumes (to finish the ideas from last month on the Ork Star Wars theme). anyone want to push me in one direction or the other?
Although the one on the left looks undercoated, he is actually stripped. It is just the combination of poor photos combined with Dakka's gallery trying to compensate!
As a massive fan of Halloween and considering the finishing date of this particular contest I'd like to urge as many of you as possible to bear the season in mind as you dig deep into those bits boxes and collections of dusty models you've slightly forgotten about looking for something to do.
Here's mine:
One werewolf breaking free of a straitjacket. In a graveyard, (naturally).
If I had more time I'd try and do a real monster mash with a vampire, wraith, mummy etc. Alas time is a precious commodity these days and I'll only pledge what I'm sure I can complete.
It is using parts from the Skitarii strider and from the Dark Eldar Talos/Chronos kit... So by all accounts it will end up being a twisted creation of the Adeptus Mechanicus, something quite possibly from the labs of a borderline Heratek...
This is kinda off topic but albinoork, does mechanicon still hold epic tournaments? I heard they did and I'm rather close. So that's nice. Looking great BTW! Nurgle?
It is using parts from the Skitarii strider and from the Dark Eldar Talos/Chronos kit... So by all accounts it will end up being a twisted creation of the Adeptus Mechanicus, something quite possibly from the labs of a borderline Heratek...
That is a beautiful creation! Wow!
Here's my entry. I'm going for the monster angle and finally painting a model that my wife arranged for me to get for Christmas in 2003, having become a couple in (wait for it) the October of the same year. My wife was, is and always will be brilliant .... and very tolerant of my hobbies So without further ado, I give you the Balrog:
LeCacty wrote: This is kinda off topic but albinoork, does mechanicon still hold epic tournaments? I heard they did and I'm rather close. So that's nice. Looking great BTW! Nurgle?
http://www.themechanicon.com/1/ Yes, they still do. It's on Saturday this year and it's back at the hotel they used the first three years.
Yes, it's a Demon Prince of Nurgle. I hope to have him done in time to lead the Sons of Pus. Thanks.
LeCacty wrote: This is kinda off topic but albinoork, does mechanicon still hold epic tournaments? I heard they did and I'm rather close. So that's nice. Looking great BTW! Nurgle?
http://www.themechanicon.com/1/ Yes, they still do. It's on Saturday this year and it's back at the hotel they used the first three years.
Yes, it's a Demon Prince of Nurgle. I hope to have him done in time to lead the Sons of Pus. Thanks.
Thanks man! I'll have to go next year. And Nurgle. Plez more nurgle.
I dunno, should I do my new (old) metal Juggerlord, or my Daemon Prince, or perhaps one of my Dark Angels Librarians? I'm leaning toward the Librarian, as it will be easier to do than the others I think!
I'm in (hopefully lol) - I'm not 100% which I'm doing yet - it;ll either be my knight titan finally getting paint or a DE haemonculus I got recently. I'll be working on both but with back pains at the minute I may only fiinish one. Pics after work
Primed but still nothing done. Poor Knight - bad Jan, bad bad Jan!!
I'm in! Orktober indeed! My general army theme is Skullz, Sunz, and Freebooters and I need some more shootas, so...
I'm going to really go for the Sunz lad (orange and black, dontcha know?) and if I have enough time, I'll also do the ork dressed as a viking. Hopefully I can get both ready in time for some trick ork treating, but I don't usually have much time to spend on the hobby, and each mini usually takes me 6-8 hours, although I'm getting a little faster these days. Two minis in one month? Maybe...
@TP^DC Deputy Manager, thanks! It will require a fair amount of putty work to bring everything together and the addition of details here and there, then comes the painting... So many vials of strange liquids... Should be pretty cool one it is done!
I put down a layer of green stuff and put the blotch marks / holes in it. After it dried I drilled out the spots for the tentacles to fit.
It's difficult to see, but the idea is to have his eyes covered with pustules and he "sees" out of an eye in his left hand.
Take care and be well
I have one of those as well, works well. you have to make sure to lub it with water etc and not press too hard or it sticks and you spend ages scraping green stuff out of the groves (my first failed attempt). I did wonder if you could get a similar effect with a comb or something with groves/teeth on it
Okay, forget the things I listed before that I might do. I think this guy will fit the theme on several levels:
Yep, it's Cypher, perhaps the trickiest of all the Fallen Dark Angels. He's slipped their net so many times, he has become legendary. No one knows his true allegiance (except probably himself). In short, this guy is full of tricks and surprises, and his miniature should be really fun to paint!
I put down a layer of green stuff and put the blotch marks / holes in it. After it dried I drilled out the spots for the tentacles to fit.
It's difficult to see, but the idea is to have his eyes covered with pustules and he "sees" out of an eye in his left hand.
Take care and be well
I have one of those as well, works well. you have to make sure to lub it with water etc and not press too hard or it sticks and you spend ages scraping green stuff out of the groves (my first failed attempt). I did wonder if you could get a similar effect with a comb or something with groves/teeth on it
Washing up liquid. Sounds mental but it is what I use for press mounds and it makes everything work smoothly.
I have a real problem with getting distracted every month so would it be cheating if I submitted two things and then tried to complete at least one them?? Need to get some deathshroud terminators painted but already being distracted by a dark elder bomber!
I suppose taking a panoramic picture of my garage and saying 'something in here' is probably taking it a bit far!
Cheers Para. Will post some proofs later.
Well, gak, I probably wont be able to join because a) my phone broke (so I have no camera) and b) there have been random power outages for the last five days.
Good luck everyone! I will try to join next month.
Hey all, after asking Para, he has given the go ahead for me to post up a signature banner that can be used to promote the challenge, should you so wish to.
Feel free to host it yourself or you can use this link:
[IMG]http://i57.tinypic.com/6xwaw9.jpg[/IMG.] Just remove the last . from inside the /IMG brackets.
If you want it to be clickable and direct people to the thread, copy and paste this:
Automatically Appended Next Post: oh btw i spent a good couple of hours...
sculpting her ass.... so next wip shot might be turned around to show it off...
Well that was a frustrating 2 hours spent trying to get a metal Balrog to fit together! Thank goodness the wings were the plastic ones and not metal too. I'm going to have to fill the gaps next time round which I am definitely not looking forward to. This is going to truly test my pathetic GS skills :(
Automatically Appended Next Post: Oh and @Inspector - great job on the banner!
Right now I don't think I'll be able to enter, I just feel so exhausted. If anything comes up this motnh I'll paint it, but if not, I'll see you guys next month.
One werewolf breaking free of a straitjacket. In a graveyard, (naturally).
Buttery Commissar wrote: I do love the werewolf you've gone with. I have him and the accompanying human "before" in my stash.
I hadn't noticed your entry Sockwithaticket, I just ordered one of those guys the other day! Good luck painting him up, I will be looking for inspiration when I come to do mine.
Buttery Commissar wrote: I know it's only the 3rd but I was honestly expecting more traditional horror entries.
This. Quite surprised at how few there are.
Me too.
But, like Para says, interpret the theme as you see fit. I'm trying to build up my Imperial Fists army, and I dont want any distractions. So I pick my entry making sure it's something I can use in a Space Marine army.
So I resisted the urge to impulse buy the Heath Ledger Joker mini from the batman minis game, and stuck with my plan to do Legion of the Damned. I ordered them today, they should be here Tuesday/Wednesday.
Buttery Commissar wrote:I do love the werewolf you've gone with. I have him and the accompanying human "before" in my stash.
Inspector #264 wrote:
I hadn't noticed your entry Sockwithaticket, I just ordered one of those guys the other day! Good luck painting him up, I will be looking for inspiration when I come to do mine.
Cheers, gents. It's a great little figure, even if the back arches a little too much, I've had it knocking around for a year thinking about how to tackle it. I don't really have a lot of experience doing fur, so this one will definitely be a challenge
Buttery Commissar wrote: I know it's only the 3rd but I was honestly expecting more traditional horror entries.
This. Quite surprised at how few there are.
Me too.
But, like Para says, interpret the theme as you see fit. I'm trying to build up my Imperial Fists army, and I dont want any distractions. So I pick my entry making sure it's something I can use in a Space Marine army.
So I resisted the urge to impulse buy the Heath Ledger Joker mini from the batman minis game, and stuck with my plan to do Legion of the Damned. I ordered them today, they should be here Tuesday/Wednesday.
Oh absolutely, I wouldn't presume to tell people they have to do it the way I want them to, hobby time is limited and we should spend it how we want to. Just as a massive fan of horror and Halloween I was hoping for a bit more stuff along those lines to ogle.
I'm never sure if sharing those guides is against the spirit of Dakka or not, as they're pre-written.
But I figure it's a common enough query that it hurts nothing and if people have their own methods they'll share them.
Hey. Did some construction last night. Here is the Balrog:
As I have read online. It is an awfully moulded model. There are huge gaps between components and I had to hack parts off to get some semblance of an appropriate shape. I am pretty annoyed and was tempted to complain to GW, but then calmed down and realised that as it was bought 12 years ago they would just laugh and sarcastically tell me that was why they changed to a plastic version
Oh well. Need to start brushing up on my GS skills now. Should be a laugh!
Ouch indeed! The way the mini looks in photos I've seen, I really hope that the filling I do does the job. I'll let you all decide. I'm probably gonna post a lot more WIP pics prior to painting to see what you all think. I've started much earlier this time because of my concerns over this model. Hence why I haven't posted photos of last month's minis yet!! Might try and get round to that tonight
@tp^dc + bc games workshop isnt alone in the terrible gaps of doom comity, that malifaux model i worked on not so long ago has so much GS work done on it im not sure why i bought the model
@buttery - I have heard about the very first version with theme tall wings that kept falling off. They sold plastic wings separately didn't they for those who kept experiencing wing breaks
@LordRahl - good to know it's not just GW. I'm very used to working with plastic and am spoilt. I quite like resin, but forgot how much of a pain metal was. Sorry, I meant "how much of a challenge metal was"
TP^DC Deputy Manager wrote: I'm very used to working with plastic and am spoilt. I quite like resin, but forgot how much of a pain metal was. Sorry, I meant "how much of a challenge metal was"
My opinion of metal minis is almost constantly in flux. Over the last year or so (since starting Infinity and going back to LotR's excellent metal character models, and also doing things like Batman and Mercs more recently) I've come to appreciate the detail and 'solidness' of metal, particularly for smoother detail like capes, clothes ect (I find resin tends to be either too angular or too flat for those). As a painter I would probably pick metal as my material of choice unless the plastic option is of GW/recent WGF/Malifaux quality. Assembling metal is always a pig, though, so it goes both ways.
Plastic and resin do not feel "real" to me. If I can't put my army in a sock and kill you with it, it's just not right.
That said, GW's more modern plastic kits fit together like a dream, and some of the metals out there (Knight Models Batman I'm looking at you) are absolute sods.
But that's such a cool version! What in particular is so bad about it? I'm guessing the rope and cape?
Hmm, Yvette looks a little too small to pass muster in BMG, I think. If she were either taller or chunkier I think she'd do, but being that small in both height and girth she doesn't seem to fit. Thanks anyway!
From what I can see, that paintwork on Bats looks great too, regardless of the assembly issues you mention.
@LordRahl: Which particular mini is it you're wondering about? I might have built it and be able to tell you how it went together.
The bat on the knee glues into a small, barely noticeable groove on his shin. The hands are both separate, and the suurfaces are tiny.
Remember Bats is bigger than the average fella on the street. She's about right on scale with harley and SIlk Spectre. They're smaller than her if anything.
Ah, ok, good to know on both points. I'll probably get MillerBat at some point as I love the Dark Knight Returns stuff, but he's just gone down the list a notch or two!
Aha. Yeah, he was one of the earliest ones they did, so that's probably where the issue came in; the fit on more recent releases has been a fair bit better. I think that arm is meant to point down rather than out, that could be why you had trouble there.
Some cracking stuff coming in here. After a nutty weekend where i got nothign done due to still having back pain, a meh teaching conference and then a firend's birthday session (oh lord that was not a good idea) and now another conference today where i have to make a presentation (still writing it lol) - hoping to get some solid work this week. The haemonculus fig is gorgeous but holy feth is it ever uber detailed, intricate and fiddly. Gonna have to paint it in numerous subparts. Trying to think of a mini dio base to set him in as well - this fig really deserves some of that love.
omg... i just noticed... and took off the arm...
i put it on that way cause that's how it fit best...
still gonna need GS and that sucks cause it would be easier to paint with that arm off, i just got the model two months ago
Ok so... I am either going to do 5 Cygnar ATGMs or I am going to do a unit for my Vampire Count army. I will edit this post when I get proof pics, but I need to buy the stuff for my Vampire Count first. If it is ok with you I will post both, but only one of them will be my entry. I want to work on my Cygnar, but my brain is telling me that this conversion will look cool...
Continuing the Batman theme, my own entry will most definitely be Joker themed. I was going to do a harlequin and some Genestealers, but it doesn't get much more Halloween than the Clown Prince of Crime and his fellow. I'm aiming to get Joker and Harley Quinn done, if there's time left I might throw in a clown or two.
MangoChutney wrote: Now that summer is out of the way, I seem to have a bit more hobby time so I'd like to enter the comp with this friendly looking chap, if I may :
First time painting an organic figure this big, so I hope I can do it some justice!
Where's that from? I feel like I've seen him before.
Heh, I feel like Decembers theme should be "Naughty or Nice" after this one.
Can't get anything started until after the 12th, so I am going to go with simple this month. May see if I can do a cascading card effect but that's it really.
MangoChutney wrote: Now that summer is out of the way, I seem to have a bit more hobby time so I'd like to enter the comp with this friendly looking chap, if I may :
First time painting an organic figure this big, so I hope I can do it some justice!
Where's that from? I feel like I've seen him before.
It's a faceless greater demon from Troll Outpost's recent kickstarter. He's been sat in a box for a couple of months, but I managed to spend the weekend building him up. He's all primed and ready to paint now, but I keep changing my mind about colour schemes.
-Edit- I've started constructing these models, and even though they have fine hairline cracks... I'm using liquid greenstuff for the first time, but it doesn't seem to be good for anything as it doesn't even bridge the tiniest gaps. Oh well... at least I am only out $5.
MangoChutney wrote: Now that summer is out of the way, I seem to have a bit more hobby time so I'd like to enter the comp with this friendly looking chap, if I may :
First time painting an organic figure this big, so I hope I can do it some justice!
Where's that from? I feel like I've seen him before.
It's a faceless greater demon from Troll Outpost's recent kickstarter. He's been sat in a box for a couple of months, but I managed to spend the weekend building him up. He's all primed and ready to paint now, but I keep changing my mind about colour schemes.
He could go as a Malal Daemon. Just quadrisect or bisect him with white and black! and then detail
Here is my entry, Epistolary Kyaneus of the Raven Guard, veteran of the raid on Kastorel-Novem and currently on deployment fighting the Lords of Decay on the planet Chapus with strike force Korvydae.
Thanks for replying so quickly. In that case, I will be entering four guardsmen and one tau enforcer suit. (Do we need to enter proof photos of any terrain or ornamenta we add? E.g prove that a wooden door hasn't been pulled of of an old fantasy fortress etc...)
Buttery Commissar wrote: Heh, I feel like Decembers theme should be "Naughty or Nice" after this one.
When I saw this, I started grumbling to myself. Knowing that's whats going to be voted for in December, I started wondering how I'd get that theme to fit Space Marines.
It took a few hours, then I came up with this.
Is he reading the Naughts List, or the Nice List?
So there, I have sorted my entry for December. Now lets rewind 2 months and do something for this month's entry.
Actually, I was thinking Christmas might be a good time for either a completely open challenge, just do the best mini or minis you can, or (if there's enough by then) picking from the entries that have been through 2 rounds of voting but not been picked.
But that's something we can all decide on closer to the time!
Ok, I'm going to try some new this month.
A humerous diorama involving an Inquisitor and an Elysian Drop Trooper.
The accompanying text may be slightly 4th wall breaking.
Apologies for the simplicity of the proof, my bit box is going to be ransacked.
First attempt at making an actual diorama too.
Re future themes, we could do an 'unfinished buisness' month. Where the challenge is to complete all the previous months entries you've not polished off yet, or whatever you like, if your one of the heroes who have completed every month.
We still have November people. It’s not the holidays yet, we’ve got plenty of time and a whole other contest between now and then! Although if we skip November, I don’t need to get a year older. Sounds like a fair trade. Merry Christmas everyone!
Although if we don’t get focused on the spooks, ghosts, goblins, etc, we are all going to end up on the naughty list.
@ CREEEEEEEEED, that is lovely. I have a WWI themed trench guard using the West Wind heads with the Cadian arms and Bretonian peasant Archer and Men At Arms bodies.
I'm in. I'll enter my "Frankenstein's Dreadnought". It's part of a Halloween themed chaos army that I'm trying to do in it's entirety during the month of October... so getting this one model done is the LEAST of my problems!
I just got her in and felt like painting her up, hence my initial question. I am the builder type and painting (while part of the hobby) feels like a slight chore to me; so maybe she will help me get into painting 40k more.
Moebius Models they also make a 1/6th Centurian (would be a nice Necron Titan conversion) and a few others the models they have are nice as well and really detailed, just need to be careful on the build as there are a lot of spots for gaps.
So I got some more work in on the librarian, I am waiting on a mk 4 shoulder pad to get in. I am probably going to keep that black to fit the fluff for librarians.
Update! Finished off my Honor Guard member I've been working on and am now beginning work on the Death Company marine I'll be painting for this month's contest. Let's face it, if you're going to be charged, there are few things more terrifying to be charged by than a marine wracked with images of his primarch's death and in a seething rage because of it. At least, that's my logic, anyway.
Here's the prepped and freshly base-coated mini. I'll be painting him piecemeal and doing sub-assembly as I reach milestones such as legs and torso, etc. Base is not pictured as I had forgotten to base coat it with the rest of the model, but I will post updated pictures later once I make some progress.
As with all my marines, I'll be starting with the helmet, then working my way down the model from there.
More to come soon. Thanks for looking, and take it easy.
Hey guys, as I mentioned earlier, I won't be able to participate this month and maybe next month neither. But I'm following the threat all the way.
My concern this month is that nearly nobody sticks to the theme. I know it's an interpretation thing and you can bend the theme a bit but I was hoping to see some more minis that stick to the topic of this month. Until now the Frankendread seems to be the top of the mountain to me.
I think the thing is, if you don't have a Halloween mini, not everyone can go out and get one in time, on top of army painting.
I struggled but figured magicians fit the "trick" half.
Most of my horror figures are werewolves, which would kinda be a bit samey as the other horror entry.
If I get time, I'd love to expand it out to a proper magic shop display, I have a little store by Sarissa Precision that I've been looking to do something with. Problem is this month is packed with people needing me to do things.
Regarding the theme, with something as open as this I'm not going to be telling people yay or nay to any great extent; as mentioned (I think by BC) the interpretation of the theme is a large part of what people vote on, so in theory the more fitting minis should be rewarded there.
I sometimes wonder with the theme though, how many people vote for what they'd like and think would be cool to see but then don't enter? This theme was a pretty clear winner in the poll, but particularly for anyone painting towards an army (unless it happens to be Undead or Harlequins) there's not a great deal they're going to have that fits in perfectly, hence why I'm not going to be disallowing anything. Obviously some stuff will be more fitting to the theme than other bits, but at the end of the day so long as people are painting minis and having fun then I'm not complaining!
Finally, I'd add that while the theme is Halloween-inspired, there's obviously scope to go beyond that, hence the pretty open descriptions in the OP. So there's no need to panic that your mini isn't something you'd see as a halloween costume, so long as it fits broadly into one aspect or another of the theme!
My minis have shipped, so I should be able (time permitting, things are still a tad hectic) to start working on Mister J some time this weekend.
You could do a weighted vote, but it's complex. If folk who've taken part in the previous context post what they voted for, you could take that as 1.5 or two votes.
I've noticed before that we get more votes for a theme than entrants by a long mile, and sometimes folk struggled to think of a mini. I guess it's never going to be a foolproof system. It's all for fun in the end.
Buttery Commissar wrote: You could do a weighted vote, but it's complex. If folk who've taken part in the previous context post what they voted for, you could take that as 1.5 or two votes. I've noticed before that we get more votes for a theme than entrants by a long mile, and sometimes folk struggled to think of a mini. I guess it's never going to be a foolproof system. It's all for fun in the end.
Yeah, that's been considered in the past (as has a voting multiplier come the end of the month for the entries a judging panel deemed not very/moderately/very fitting), but in the end it was just more complicated than necessary and just meant there was even more adminy stuff to do rather than painting minis!
But yeah, this is all just an excuse to paint stuff, no need for anyone to take it overly seriously!
I feel like I should say something given the current discussion.
Halloween is one of my favorite holidays. Not the candy but the happy/spooky nature of it. Fun mixed with scary, the imagery, the old 1930's and 40's classic horror films all mixed in with fall (my favorite season). I've long wanted to do a Halloween themed miniature to celebrate my love of the day be never was able to come up with a good idea. The idea for Frankendread was serendipitous.... a lucky confluence of needing to paint that particular dread, the fact that the only arms I had for it were two actual arms, the timing (October) and the additional fact that I'd just watched the Boris Karloff version of Frankenstein on TV.
The point I'm getting at is that coming up with good build that fits the theme, fits into one of your own armies (if you're a player as opposed to a collector) and come at a time when you have the time, energy and creativity to dedicate to the project is difficult at best. It's one of the reasons I enter so few competitions. I have enough to paint without them. I think Paradigm is adopting a wise course of action. Give people the flexibility to come up with something really creative and thematic but don't limit your participants with strict regulations over what is allowable. You set the theme, let people interpret it as they will. You might be pleasantly surprised at the end result.
Gitsplitta wrote: I feel like I should say something given the current discussion.
Halloween is one of my favorite holidays. Not the candy but the happy/spooky nature of it. Fun mixed with scary, the imagery, the old 1930's and 40's classic horror films all mixed in with fall (my favorite season). I've long wanted to do a Halloween themed miniature to celebrate my love of the day be never was able to come up with a good idea. The idea for Frankendread was serendipitous.... a lucky confluence of needing to paint that particular dread, the fact that the only arms I had for it were two actual arms, the timing (October) and the additional fact that I'd just watched the Boris Karloff version of Frankenstein on TV.
The point I'm getting at is that coming up with good build that fits the theme, fits into one of your own armies (if you're a player as opposed to a collector) and come at a time when you have the time, energy and creativity to dedicate to the project is difficult at best. It's one of the reasons I enter so few competitions. I have enough to paint without them. I think Paradigm is adopting a wise course of action. Give people the flexibility to come up with something really creative and thematic but don't limit your participants with strict regulations over what is allowable. You set the theme, let people interpret it as they will. You might be pleasantly surprised at the end result.
Have an exalt.
I'm not repeating what others have more eloquently said. But I urge that people use the competition thread to inspire. Some entries have been wildly off topic in the past, but those that have sat down and thought about the theme have produced some brilliant entries that fit their main modelling goals and the theme. Gitsplitta epitomises this with the Frankendread. I'm not sure people's views on my Balrog, but life events fitted around October and that model so it seemed perfect..... and it's a honking great big monster for Halloween, however there's no pumpkin so I will appreciate any criticism on that point. I'm rambling. Point is - the themes aren't rigid, but trying to incorporate them can yield some awesome results.
Yeah, no wood in there, ghost ship is ghost.
Its a relic from the (unreleased) episodes of "MTV, pimp my my boat"
"yo, I heard you like ghosts, so we put some ghosts into your ghost ship so you can ghost while you ghost ship"
Other never published episodes included "yo, I heard you like Sigmar...", "yo, I heard you like octopuses...", "yo, I heard you like fishes, and tridents, and skeletal fishes with tridents...", "yo, I heard you like zeppelin airports" and "yo, I heard you like half-zombified abyssal abominations..."
A Limited Edition CSM Possessed Champion from the 2002 Chaos army bundle. This will be a project for a friend's army. He runs a small squad of Possessed in his Khorne Daemonkin army as a compulsory. This mini is so ugly, it's SPOOOOOOOOOOOOKY!!
@LeCacty: I'm looking forward to seeing what you do with Skulltaker. He is one miniature I really want for my Daemonkin army!
@the_Armyman: Possessed are supposed to be ugly! It's part of who they are. He'll be ugly in a very cool way once he's done!
As for my entry, Cypher is starting to take shape. Still a few base colors to go. I'm gonna go with black for the armor rather than green, as he would likely have pre-Heresy armor and the Dark Angels didn't switch from black to green armor until after that. If I get him done quickly enough, I may even do a few of his friends (some Chosen with plasma guns) for the Fallen Champions formation.
Here are my Legion of the Damned.
Ready to prime some time this weekend
What do you think, yellow fire, or blue? I think blue would make them look more 'spectral'. But would need to see a picture of it done before so I have a reference picture.
Haha. Supprisingly the finecast was pretty good. Lots of flash, which isn't a problem (just tedious). The biggest problem I had with them was fitting the plastic bits to it. Had to GS a bit (I hate using GS).
OK, I’m not getting a good vibe from my counts-as LotD, so I’m going to change my entry.
Chaplain Severus: He’s a little crazy. He takes all of his armors failings as a personal affront, and patches it with trophies from his xenos victims as a reminder and a warning. The mini, fluff, and special rules were a gift from a friend, and I need to get around to painting him. Might as well be now.
He’s dressed up for halloween, in the shattered remains of xenos
I'm not changing my entry, so I'll throw this out to someone else...
From anvil industries. £3.50 will get you 10 heads to 'halloween up' your tactical marines.
I've bought from them before, and everything is high quality and quickly shipped in the UK.
Would someone please do it?
Zambro you have just saved me from trying to green stuff an alternative pumpkin head for my commander, thank you so much. (Paradigm can I order some even though I've already given everything in my proof photo?)
In other news, I just ran out of superglue, so production will stop for now, but I've managed to finish the guy I was working on today.
The bodies are just the normal cadian bodies, but I have so many spare backpacks from the heavy weapons teams that I was a ble to outfit a squad with them. The heads are west wind productions, and I thin the answer was on the last page, so you are forgiven.
I'll be starting off with a pure red skin, then adding details and skulls, and finally giving it a wash. This should tone down the red a bit, and I'll then highlight the washed red with the original. PLANS!!!
Oh, and this guy may be added. I dunno.
Just a bit of WIP. Still not sure which ones my official entry are. Trick or treat. But both are getting a bit of flip-paint, as I just can't stop playing with it!
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Well, WIP. The text and concept in the spoiler may (not likely) upset someones sensibilities. Reader discretion advised.
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No my best ever work by a long shot, either painting or converting. Metals a pain to convert.
Given the stressful nature of their job, and the fact I've been watching How I met Your Mother, I decided to do an Inquisitor, but put him in drag as a 'Slutty Sororitas'.
You know, turning 'tricks' as a 'treat'.
Didn't come out I obvious as I was looking for, but figured I couldn't really do more then makeup, thigh high boots, black and red tight fitting latex without giving him a boobplate, which I was loathe to do.. I may try tidy him up, particularly his face.
Catching an Inquisitor in drag isn't particularly likely to improve your life expectancy as a guardsmen, better watch out for that trick behind his back.
I think I'll join this time, not expecting to win or anything, but a good excuse to paint some zombies none the less
proof:
competition already looks really stiff.
@Zambro: I wonder how those Anvil pumpkin heads would look on some GW zombies, whilst the mantic zed's might be nicer, GWs might be better with scale, an idea for another conversion.
I've finished basecoating Cypher, here is a WIP shot:
Sorry for crappy pic, I shot it with my iPod instead of my nice camera because I was lazy. Next up will be some shading, then on to the highlights. I may go ahead and get started on those plasma chosen to go with him. If I don't finish them, I'll just leave them out of my final pics.
Howdy Paradigm/Painting Compo regulars. I failed miserably last time i entered, will attempt something easier this time. I entered a Space Marine last time and forgot how much i struggle to paint them, so i'll try this cheeky fella.
Proof Picture
I really love the ungor models they're like fantasy yobbos.
The following are photos of Kvalm Konelig, Demon Prince of Nurgle and leader of the Sons of Pus.
It's the Plastic Demon Prince with a bit of greenstuff.
It went a bit faster than I expected. Now it's time to get ready for MechaniCon GT and watch this month's entries come in.
Thanks, had an idea how i could make it a diorama of sorts but i'm not sure if it's too ambitious for a lapsed hobbyist looking to get back into some modelling.
That fleshy flail-fist thing is utterly revolting Albinoork, in a good way haha. Really love the tone you've got on the purple wing tissue also. Looks like papery moth wings, has an almost translucent quality to it as well.
Everyone's work is looking awesome! Good to see a few old names popping back in, and Albinoork, that guy is utterly fantastic! Although I can't help but think the base looks like a single-serving cheesecake that's gone very, very badly off!
Still waiting on my minis, hopefully they'll turn up today.
Tried my hand at OSL for the librarian so it doesnt look like he is holding a green vine in his hand , plus I dry brushed the outer edges with a new color to help make it look more flame like.
Here is a proof pic for my Chosen squad that may accompany Cypher:
If I get stuck while painting these, they will not be included in my final pics. As for Cypher himself, he is almost done, just a few more highlights to go!
@Paradigm: Just to be perfectly clear, this proof does not replace the proof I put up earlier of Cypher. This just shows that I am starting the Chosen fresh. Also, I realize that in total there are six models (Cypher and five chosen). Does that mean that I have to leave out one guy in my final pics (in which case I will include the four Chosen that turn out the best)?
Updated progress. I've got the jump pack to finish and attach and the mini will be finished up. Nothing as extravagant as some entries, but I'm happy with the aggressive pose.
Hopefully you guys like. Thanks for looking.
Finished pictures will be posted shortly I hope. Take it easy.
Thanks buttery. I went with a darker shade to try and differentiate them from the rest of my Blood Angels army which has lighter, brighter red gems instead (With a few exceptions, where I've done a polished onyx/obsidian style gem on a few models here and there)
Glad you like him. Death Company are awesome minis (especially with the new Death Company box with all the bits!) but Man is black a royal PITA to make look good. I'm still not 100% happy with my shading on the black here, but it's as good as I can get it.
Hopefully I'll get a vote or two at least heh
Take it easy for now.
-Red__Thirst-
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Gitsplitta wrote: He looks great! You should sneak a little OSL into the jets of that jump pack.
Truth be told, I SUCK at OSL, and have only really attempted it twice. I was happy with the first attempt, and not so much with the second. I may try later, but at this point, I'm going to just go without instead of taking a model I'm happy with and cocking it up six ways from Sunday trying to accomplish an effect I'm not really confident I can use competently.
C'est la vie. Thanks for the feedback also Gitsplitta, I'm happy you like him.
Gitsplitta wrote: That turned out well. It's really easy to over-do OSL & I think the subtle approach you took works better.
Thanks man! I am wondering what color to paint the force blade though. Obviously blue and green are out, unless I do a very light blue or blue grey. Does anyone have any suggestions?
@Ustrello, A magma look to it might set things off nicely, you've already got a couple of Red Accents so it shouldn't upset the balance.
I just thought i'd show the subtle conversion work i've done, the Ungor set is not that well known so it may not be obvious. Of course the fact (i think) i've done a decent job and want to make sure it's recognised might be another motive
Something akin to this? I'm not sure i love the black but the red lightning effect is what i envision, Perhaps on a dark red background? A green Blade with green -> Yellow -> White lightning might also work, especially alongside the flames.
I got some work done on my models. I am off from work on Wednesday and Thursday so I am going to try to finish them on those days. Worst case scenario I'm on vacation next week and I plan on finishing the whole army anyway so they will be done then.
Buttery Commissar wrote:Oh wow, that is so gross and so amazing. Bloody well done!
And loving the ungor, don't see enough of them by far.
Thanks. The Ungor is turning out quite well too.
LeCacty wrote:Mother of god....
Umm.... Silly follower of the false emperor. Papa Nurgle has no mother.
Perkustin wrote:Thanks, had an idea how i could make it a diorama of sorts but i'm not sure if it's too ambitious for a lapsed hobbyist looking to get back into some modelling.
That fleshy flail-fist thing is utterly revolting Albinoork, in a good way haha. Really love the tone you've got on the purple wing tissue also. Looks like papery moth wings, has an almost translucent quality to it as well.
Thanks. It wan't difficult to do. I used Reaper Lilac Purple and added white. After that it was a lilac-ish oil wash and semi-gloss varnish.
Paradigm wrote:Everyone's work is looking awesome! Good to see a few old names popping back in, and Albinoork, that guy is utterly fantastic! Although I can't help but think the base looks like a single-serving cheesecake that's gone very, very badly off!
Still waiting on my minis, hopefully they'll turn up today.
Thanks. You get to try the first bite.
Lots of good WIPs are being posted. Don't dawdle to much because the month will be over before you know it.
Well, guys, since I'm trying to do an entire Halloween themed chaos army during October, and since I get to enter up to 5 figures... I thought I'd enter a small group of classic Halloween monsters that will be serving as some of my commanders (as well as Frankenstein's Dreadnought). I should get a couple of these done before I actually get around to painting Frankie. Not exactly sure how big the final group will be... depends on how well they turn out I suppose.
Here's the prebuild shot of Thanatos (Grim Reaper) that I'm making out of "The Seeker" and some plastic and metal bits. I kind of jumped the gun and you can see I've already cut the head off of his staff and modified his 3 arms down to 1 & gotten rid of the flames in his left hand.
Here's the first build WIP. You can see the head of the scythe in the background. Just plasticard, some hollow tube & some GS.
Alright I decided to go for more of a red force blade. I normally just paint them a steel color, but I felt like it would be too bland especially with the steel colored skull on the shoulder pad. I also laid down the campaign badge transfer on his leg since that was the only place it would fit . Anyways I am just waiting on his shoulder pad and I will be pretty much done with him!
OK gang... finished Thanatos (Grim Reaper) so at least I'll have something to enter. Still lots to come. Note the jack-o-lantern for that "trick or treat" feel.
Well, here's the original figure with a paint job that makes me look like a complete hack...
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His arms had to be reduced from three to one and the flames in his hand removed. I also had to completely remove his staff and replace it with a scratch-built scythe (made from brass wire, tubing, thick plasticard & green stuff). I don't want to burden this blog with too many pics of my stuff. I'll do a nice photoshoot when I submit my final entry if that will suffice.
Thanks for your comments though BC, I do appreciate it!!
Gitsplitta wrote: Very nice Ustrello. Like the pale face-plate on the blue.
Thanks gits! He actually looks a lot like the forgeworld version, I kinda got lucky in that aspect because raven guard veterans have white helmets so I felt it was fitting for him to have one since most combat librarians are deserving of the veteran status. Also Thanatos looks awesome, especially the jack o'lantern
The sound of jump packs screamed overhead, epistolary Kyaneus did not look up knowing it was shadow captain Korvydae and assault squad Garrulus rushing forward to strike down the target that they have been hunting for so long. Kyaneus and strike force Korvydae had come to Chapus two months earlier when the Ravenspire picked up a desperate plea for help from the Governor saying greyish green space marines with ooze leaking out of their joints had invaded their planet. The Master of Shadows had sent the strike force to liberate the planet with due hast since it laid only a few systems over from Deliverance. Since then Kyaneus and the strike force had been fighting the runious powers and its followers in the swamps where they had made their home. But today was to be different, today the Raven Guard had tracked down the leader of the Lords of Decay a foul sorcerer named Sobek. And as Korvydae streaked forward to smite the foe who had tried to destroy this world. but Kyaneus felt a pulse rip through the warp and it was at that moment he realized that they had failed and what ever Sobek was trying to conjure he was successful. And as the ground around him began to stir and limbs starting popping out from the decaying ground he summoned warp fire, knowing the battle ahead would be long and strenuous.
I usually do not write stories so forgive me if it was poorly written, but I felt my entry needed a bit of background (also it will help lay the foundation for my AoP board)
Lovely work, Ustrello! Did you want the fluff posted alongside the final entry?
@Gits: Cracking stuff, love the black-to-white blends! Can you do me a favour; when you get to your final final pics, put them all the finished models you're entering into one place? It just makes it easier for me than having to go through the thread and work out what's final and what's not.
@Paradigm: I'd planned on doing that. I'll have photos of the group as my official entry & then probably some spoilered shots of the individual models in case folks want to look at the details.
Gitsplitta wrote:*applause* Nicely done... and the story was great too!
Thanks git!
Paradigm wrote:Lovely work, Ustrello! Did you want the fluff posted alongside the final entry?
@Gits: Cracking stuff, love the black-to-white blends! Can you do me a favour; when you get to your final final pics, put them all the finished models you're entering into one place? It just makes it easier for me than having to go through the thread and work out what's final and what's not.
Looking forward to the next one.
Yeah if we can post fluff with our models that would be awesome!
Time to crack on with my entry. Parcel arrived today, so here's the proof:
And the finished article, because I had nothing better to do this evening (and I've been wanting to paint this mini for months!) There will be some other models in my finished entry, maybe some Clowns, maybe Harley Quinn.
The Clown Prince of Crime, The Man Who Laughs, The Joker:
Cool Para nice model, amazing you can do that good a job in such a short time. Would take me about 2 weeks and I won't get anywhere close to your level.
Update on the Ork Treat or Treat, hes not a grot so will have to rename him from grot2d2 to ork2d2 (open to suggestions), done the model and GS work, need to paint it, I was hoping to get a few others done but time seems to be flying by as always.
Here's a WIP, but I need help! This is the first ork I've made that wasn't wearing a shirt, and the space between arms and torso is appalling; the next one will be wearing greenstuff suspenders. What would you do at this point? Fill in w/ green stuff, prime and then paint over? Try to fill w/ paint? Save me Dakka!
(Also, I noticed I'm not in the list of entrants).
@Gulgog: Sorry, must have missed your Proof first time round. All fixed now! For the gap, I'd just fill it with a little GS, wait for it dry and paint over. Not the most professional way to go about it I'm sure, but it'll save time and look fine.
I'm having a dilemma. Mister J is definitely going in my entry, but I'm not sure if I should a) run him solo, using all the pics to show him off, b) enter him and Harley Quinn with one shot of the two of them then a couple of individual shots each, or c) enter the whole crew, then use my remaining pics to show off the interesting bits.
Joker and Harley:
The Crew:
Note that in either case, these aren't final pics, I need to do things like neaten up bases, get some better lighting and maybe add some thematic 'annotations' like I did with the Joker pics... Thoughts?
That is the direction I'm leaning in. It allows me to show off more of each model, is easier to photograph and they're probably the best painted of the lot. I also have another Harley to paint up before the end of the month, the newer one, so I may well use her if she comes out better.
Speaking of which, if anyone has anything to suggest about either Joker or Harley then I'm all ears. This will be the first entry of mine in a few months where I think I have a fighting chance (having not seen the competition yet, which will no doubt be excellent), so I want to make them the best I can. Be critical as you like!
That was a combination of wanting to emphasise the randomness of the crew and sheer inability to keep them the same size and thus lack of any attempt to do so. I may well revisit it, though I do kind of like the effect.
I think if they're going to be different, have them "warping" with clearly curved edges, like one of Eddie Izzard's backdrops. Otherwise across a crew, it looks a little strange (and not good strange). For two it'll probably pass though.
), this is a monthly competition open to all painters, whether you've won a Golden Demon or simply painted a Demon gold! At the end of each month, the entries are collected into a final showcase, in which the whole of Dakka can vote for their favourite entries, not just the best painted but also the coolest, most ambitious, funniest or simply the one you like the most! There is an ongoing League that these results contribute towards, which will run for 12 months before starting over in March next year.
I thought I'd share the link. Someone was bound to get something out of it. Cant wait to see it!
