Welcome all to the 31st round of the Unofficial Painting Challenge here on Dakka. For anyone who's unfamiliar with the format, this is a simple community challenge open to anyone on Dakka, the aim of the game being to paint a model or set of models relating to the month's theme and win points for doing so!

- Armour Up: The best defence is a large amount of metal between you and the thing that wants to kill you. Whether that's a plate armour on a knight or armour plating on battle tank, if it can take a hit or three then it's perfect for this theme.

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 6 final pictures IN THIS THREAD that will then be used for voting. Please note that pictures in a montage or collage picture will be considered individual images for this purpose, so while these types of presentation are certainly acceptable, please keep the image limit in mind when compiling them. For example, a collage of 5 images and one separate image would count as your 6 picture allowance.


So What Do I Win?
- Points... and points mean... bragging rights for the next month! Following the vote, points will be awarded to every entrant. This year, the Points you receive will be equal to the Percentage of Votes your entry receives in the final Voting thread; if you get 10%, you get 10 points, if you get 6% you get 6 points, so on and so forth.

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 1st of September and will end at midnight BST on the 30th of September. After this, I shall compile the finished entries into a new thread, and voting will run for 5 days.

List of Entrants:

Nevleon: FINSHED


u971: FINISHED


STG: FINISHED


ZoBo;


doktor_g: FINISHED


Guildenstern: FINISHED


Zergsmasher:


beradical:


Chris56: FINISHED


Farseer Anath'lan:


Elnibbus: FINISHED


Power Elephant: FINISHED


CREEEEEEEED:


Genesaika:


SQRT(-2) FINISHED


kavika0311: FINISHED


Straken619: FINISHED


Bottle


Oppl: FINISHED


Vejut: FINISHED


Jadenim:


aldo:


ZenBadger: FINISHED


Midget Gems: FINISHED


n1ceguypaul: FINISHED


Martinof: FINISHED


ChaoticMind: FINISHED


Drummernathan:


alleus: FINISHED


SirDonald: FINISHED


Verviedi:


feltmonkey: FINISHED


TheDraconicLord: FINISHED


NathanD298: FINISHED


Modock: FINISHED


retrogamer0001: FINISHED


ApaceKittens: FINISHED


Arclaw:


GulGog Tuftoof: FINISHED


Moolet: FINISHED


Insaniak:


Paradigm: FINISHED


Kustomer D: FINISHED


Metal_Man: FINISHED


EmberlordofFire8: FINISHED


Manalishi: FINISHED


Keezus: FINISHED

Going to use this as motivation to get my Land Raider painted.

Will edit in a proof pic when I'm not posting from my phone.



Build pic, it was primed a bit ago, but has been sitting in the pile. I have 3 sets of sponsons built for it, doubt I’ll get them all done, but the primary build will be a LRR or LRC; haven’t decided yet.

Would like to enter More Battletech,Couple of Tanks this time.

Rommel Heavy.


Mymidon Medium.

Here's my entry



A soon to be Hellhound 6x6.
Good theme this month

righto...this theme feels like a good excuse to finally get another one of my battlewagons done!

I'd gradually bought 5 of the sodding things second hand, a good year or so ago, so I could run the 5-battlewagon formation in 7th ed....and until now, I have only got one painted, so yeah, I never got to run that formation...and erm...now I just have 5 battlewagons...oh well - good thing I love battlewagons!

...the one I've already painted was full-on badmoonz colour scheme, and seeing as I'm doing my ork army as just a huge fluffy collection, a proppa Waaagh! - not just an army list build or something, I'm including a bunch of stuff from all the clans in there...so I figured I'd do each of my battlewagons in a different clan scheme (aside from snakebites - they get a squiggoth )...anyway, I think I'll be doing this one Evil Sunz style

I needed the motivation for this monster. Not sure where to start, but it looks like I will have to.

 doktor_g wrote:
I needed the motivation for this monster. Not sure where to start, but it looks like I will have to.

ohhhh so jealous!!! *grabby hands* good luck man, I'll be pretty impressed if you get that big lug done in a month!

I started working on this a few days ago. Is it still ok for me to enter the competition?
In any case here is a picture of it in the state it was when I started working on it and a picture of it now. Hopefuly I will be able to cover it in medieval art by the end of the month.

da Proof:

Two Kromlech Juggernauts (MANz) ignore gorkanaut bits in pic


Took a day ago, but has only now primer

This is already shaping up to be a proppa comp, good luck all!

Okay, I'm in with this Razorback for my Dark Angels:

It's primed in Caliban Green; hope that's okay as far as the challenge goes. It should be a nice easy vehicle to paint (knock on wood...).

 ZergSmasher wrote:
Okay, I'm in with this Razorback for my Dark Angels:

It's primed in Caliban Green; hope that's okay as far as the challenge goes. It should be a nice easy vehicle to paint (knock on wood...).

Good choice, and yes, they're easy to get through - these four only took about twelve hours total.

While I've got the time I'm going to push myself this month.

Here are my proof pictures of a Redemptor Dreadnought, 3 other Death Company Dreadnoughts (assuming box lets me build 3 death company ones), and a Baal Predator:

Redemptor:


3 Dreadnoughts:


Baal Pred:



Hopefully all Red and Black real soon.

Good Luck all.

Best of luck getting all THAT done, beradical! I'm sure they'll look great in BA colors.

Would a DE raider count for this? If I can come up with a few of the details I might enter this.

Does living metal count?

Well, Genesaika, I hope a DE Raider counts, because that and an Eldar Falcon are my entry for this month.
They are part of an Ulthwe themed Aeldari army that I am starting, so I hope that the stiff cardboard that they build Raiders out of counts as 'Armour'!
Good luck, all!

wow...people are bringin' it this month!...lots of big, chunky, ambitious entries...I like it!

Ohh man, people took armour up very seriously. Everybody is gearing up with their best armor. What's that enormous warbeast...looks like
it's covering half a table?!?

Too bad my september is going to be very busy at work.... so my time will be very limited. I'm gonna paint something smaller, way smaller
than everybody else.

I dunno Modock, those battletech models are pretty tiny--then again, I'd love to see some micro armor done up to your usual quality...

I'm in-scratchbuilding again. Sicaran, I think, this time.

 Modock wrote:
Ohh man, people took armour up very seriously. Everybody is gearing up with their best armor. What's that enormous warbeast...looks like
it's covering half a table?!?

Too bad my september is going to be very busy at work.... so my time will be very limited. I'm gonna paint something smaller, way smaller
than everybody else.

Ayup I hear that, I only have 12 days at home so had to pick something small as well - although they're big for their size!

And that enormous warbeast is the FW Gargantun Squiggoth <3 <3 <3

I'm in again with my Deimos Baal Predator, proof:

I bought a thing.

WIP Dreadnought 1:

Vejut wrote:I dunno Modock, those battletech models are pretty tiny--then again, I'd love to see some micro armor done up to your usual quality...

Yea, those little mechs are quite cute.

Guildenstern wrote:

 Modock wrote:
Ohh man, people took armour up very seriously. Everybody is gearing up with their best armor. What's that enormous warbeast...looks like it's covering half a table?!?
Too bad my september is going to be very busy at work.... so my time will be very limited. I'm gonna paint something smaller, way smaller
than everybody else.

Ayup I hear that, I only have 12 days at home so had to pick something small as well - although they're big for their size!

And that enormous warbeast is the FW Gargantun Squiggoth <3 <3 <3

Gargantun Squiggoth is huge good luck to Doktor_g finish it in one month.

Those Kromlech juggernauts are really great models, perfect for the theme. Two armor plates are better than one
mentality.
I read only good things about Kromlech products.

This is tempting me to make my kitbash super-heavy tank for my Chaos Space Marines...but I don't know if I can dump the money need for it. If I find the money I may enter this month.

wow this is shaping up to be a hell of a month already. Hope you guys make good progress on your beasts and tanks.

Like Modock I know my September is going to be very busy at work and doing DIY on the house so time will be very limited. I'd love to join in with a cool orky conversion but sadly think I will have to go for probably a single small figure, just got to work out which 1 now.

Ok then, here is my proof pic. I have a bit of work ahead of me because I still haven't decided on a symbol for my kabal yet. No time like the present to enter a contest and force me to get creative haha! I'm also waiting on some bits to spice it up a bit more, as if dark eldar needed it.

Forge world (or someone with a LOT of FW stuff) was at Gencon so I bought a QUESTORIS KNIGHT MAGAERA because I thought it looked cool, and I have converted it to be a just cool looking normal knight with all the options save the AA gun. I plan to paint it up to go with my Admech Army.

Here is is primed and ready to be painted:

I'll hop in on this with probably the most vanilla of choices. I'll be trying to knock out a pair of Ultramarine Rhinos.

Looks like everyone is going with Tanks this month. Well I don't know how i can compare with them but my miniature is this guy. I was gonna paint him now anyway since my paints arrived, so i figured why not enter the challenge.

WIP pic. Medieval dance of death freehands are done on this side. Also I want to thank Paradigm for letting me participate even though I was a bit further into the work than allowed, thankfuly he let it slide on the basis that the model is huge and I have a lot of work in front of me.

I was gonna do some Blightkings but then I thought "feth it, if everyone wants to have a tank off, I'm joining in too!"

Proof:

This is shaping up to be an exciting month with all these tanks getting painted!

I don't really have any tanks to paint, but would a squad of Dark Eldar Incubi fit the bill? They're dressed from head to toe in armour. I need to paint Dark Eldar for my behind-schedule Armies on Parade board!

Am I able to enter? I'm almost finished assembling my Stormlord and was going to be doing it this month anyway. This would be a good motivator to ensure I do get it done...

Oh - and that mess in the middle gap was from when I followed GW's instructions too rigidly and forgot which variant I was building... glued the panels in the wrong gap. Thankfully the sponsons cover it when assembled!

 Bottle wrote:
I was gonna do some Blightkings but then I thought "feth it, if everyone wants to have a tank off, I'm joining in too!"

Proof:

Bottle doing a tank, niceee. This will be interesting.

Been avoiding doing GW stuff for these, but eh, this guy's been calling to me for paint for three years now--hope I get time and don't burn out on it. Actual kit bash/conversion this time.

So, I couldn't think what to enter this month, then I realised I had a model who has a brand new set of armour:

Tanks. Tanks. Tanks. Tanks. I have another tank.





A Hungarian 44M TAS, aka something that was never produced (the prototype was destroyed) but was kinda like the Panther but also sort of like the Tiger but Hungarian. Weird, the kit is probably not historically accurate and I slapped some Jagdtiger side skirts on it because those were the only ones at the shop that fit lenght-wise, so it is complete fiction. Blame Wyrmalla's Thaw of '46 plog for reminding me this was somewhere on the back of my closet shaming me.

progress

on his pants lol

all those tiny wires are sooo cool and yet sooo annoying lol

 Modock wrote:

 Bottle wrote:
I was gonna do some Blightkings but then I thought "feth it, if everyone wants to have a tank off, I'm joining in too!"

Proof:

Bottle doing a tank, niceee. This will be interesting.

Thanks! Gonna be tough. I tried back in Feb and couldn't get my entry done in time.

I'm going to out-vanilla Kavika with a bog-standard SmurfDread...



well I needed one anyway and I'm a bit torn on the direction my chaos stuff is going to go.

 aldo wrote:
Tanks. Tanks. Tanks. Tanks. I have another tank.

Spoiler:

A Hungarian 44M TAS, aka something that was never produced (the prototype was destroyed) but was kinda like the Panther but also sort of like the Tiger but Hungarian. Weird, the kit is probably not historically accurate and I slapped some Jagdtiger side skirts on it because those were the only ones at the shop that fit lenght-wise, so it is complete fiction. Blame Wyrmalla's Thaw of '46 plog for reminding me this was somewhere on the back of my closet shaming me.

As cool as that sounds aldo the image isn't loading, at least not for me, and since it sounds so cool I really want to see it.

Tanks 1000's of em!

Anyway I don't think I'll have much time this month so going for a single figure. Was racking my brain and looked through a list of all the models I have then this one jumped out and me and I thought why not.

Arkady Model from Kabuki - I've been creating my own little Blood angels successor chapter in my head during long drives for work so he will be in a similar colour scheme to them.

 ZoBo wrote:
righto...this theme feels like a good excuse to finally get another one of my battlewagons done!

I'd gradually bought 5 of the sodding things second hand, a good year or so ago, so I could run the 5-battlewagon formation in 7th ed....and until now, I have only got one painted, so yeah, I never got to run that formation...and erm...now I just have 5 battlewagons...oh well - good thing I love battlewagons!

Your place sounds perfect Zobo, where do I sign up? I have similar issues with my own stuff. I thought Deffkopters where brilliant as a base for vehicle conversions (which they are) so somehow I now own 36, I don't even remember buying that many.....

What's the rule on bases? Can they have been done ahead of time? I have been working on the base for my Knight as I built and magnetized it. The base is almost done but the Knight itself just got completed and primed last night.

 Jadenim wrote:
So, I couldn't think what to enter this month, then I realised I had a model who has a brand new set of armour:

Let me tell you from experience, that model is pretty tricky. That said, having seen your previous work I know you can do it! I look forward to seeing it done.

 Midget Gems wrote:

Your place sounds perfect Zobo, where do I sign up? I have similar issues with my own stuff. I thought Deffkopters where brilliant as a base for vehicle conversions (which they are) so somehow I now own 36, I don't even remember buying that many.....

ah deffkoptas, there's another thing that I loved, and acquired quite a few of - only about 20 though, kinda jealous of your 36! ...like with the battlewagons, I wanted to run 3 squads of 5 of them in games back in 7th, because that was 15 fast, tough, twin-linked rokkits, and only cost 450 points all-up...and again, like the battlewagons, I never got those painted and used them like that in a game either ...and now in 8th, they've obviously recognised that they're good, so now instead of 450 points for 15, it's now 1245 points ...still, silver lining, now that I can't realistically field that many, means I can use more of them in conversions

 ZergSmasher wrote:

 Jadenim wrote:
So, I couldn't think what to enter this month, then I realised I had a model who has a brand new set of armour:

Spoiler:

Let me tell you from experience, that model is pretty tricky. That said, having seen your previous work I know you can do it! I look forward to seeing it done.

Well, with everyone else breaking out the super heavies, I had to do something to up the ante! That's how this works, right?

 CREEEEEEEEED wrote:

 aldo wrote:
Tanks. Tanks. Tanks. Tanks. I have another tank.

Spoiler:

A Hungarian 44M TAS, aka something that was never produced (the prototype was destroyed) but was kinda like the Panther but also sort of like the Tiger but Hungarian. Weird, the kit is probably not historically accurate and I slapped some Jagdtiger side skirts on it because those were the only ones at the shop that fit lenght-wise, so it is complete fiction. Blame Wyrmalla's Thaw of '46 plog for reminding me this was somewhere on the back of my closet shaming me.

As cool as that sounds aldo the image isn't loading, at least not for me, and since it sounds so cool I really want to see it.

That's what I get for trying to use blasphemous Google Photos.
I uploaded it to Dakka, now it should show.

It's this thing

WIP:

Thought about not entering this month as got so much on but here i am. Its only going to be a single figure as theres so much hobby to do with armies on parade and a tale of warlords for AOS at my local GW. So here he is

This guys is an aspirant Knight questor for my AOS skirmish warband. The idea is that all the knight and lord wannabes for my stormcast eternals armys have to undertake a quest of such to prove thier martial prowess before the earn their armour. So in some form they are actually trying to armour up.

Hope this is ok as been sitting on it for a while and am finally getting some paint going. Plus i didnt want to do another tank.

Brother Martellus, Blood angels vanguard veteran sergeant.

 aldo wrote:

It's this thing

Spoiler:

Basically a Panther tank but a bit different. I couldn't know because I've never cared much for Germany's tanks

Cool, but also no! How could you? Don't you feel an involuntary twitch in your nether regions whenever you see a Panzerkampfwagen IV G? No? Is that just me?

Okay, I'm in!

Iron Frog Boarding Party:

I don't even know what it does yet but I'm going to convert up one of the new Nurgle tanks that'll be released soon.
I figured I have enough bits/green stuff to make my own variant!

Here's my proof.

It is done. The Fluff for this model is that it is a knight of unknown age that has been operating autonomously for 100 years and no techpriest has been able to get near it until the young techpriestess on top of it managed to. She can direct it and has been working to gain it's trust so they can begin to maintain it. (My Admech army are heretics, for their write up check out this link: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1yzldA_Wd4HDkteVG9wb_xCuo8eSL_1a-VnJwpi6oRlw/edit?usp=sharing )














Thanks

Wow. That's really cool, SQRT(-2)!
Love the idea...I just know I'm going to steal it some time in the future!

Those greenstuff cable/tentacles are really consistent and crisp.
How did you do them?

Thanks and

http://www.greenstuffworld.com/en/roll-maker/69-roll-maker-tube-wire-machine.html

I'm in! I will compete with a Vulturax Stratos-Automata. Technically a flying monstrous creature according to the rules, but it's a robot, it has armour!

Proof pic:

ZoBo wrote:

 Midget Gems wrote:

Your place sounds perfect Zobo, where do I sign up? I have similar issues with my own stuff. I thought Deffkopters where brilliant as a base for vehicle conversions (which they are) so somehow I now own 36, I don't even remember buying that many.....

ah deffkoptas, there's another thing that I loved, and acquired quite a few of - only about 20 though, kinda jealous of your 36! ...like with the battlewagons, I wanted to run 3 squads of 5 of them in games back in 7th, because that was 15 fast, tough, twin-linked rokkits, and only cost 450 points all-up...and again, like the battlewagons, I never got those painted and used them like that in a game either ...and now in 8th, they've obviously recognised that they're good, so now instead of 450 points for 15, it's now 1245 points ...still, silver lining, now that I can't realistically field that many, means I can use more of them in conversions

Midget Gems wrote:Tanks 1000's of em!

Anyway I don't think I'll have much time this month so going for a single figure. Was racking my brain and looked through a list of all the models I have then this one jumped out and me and I thought why not.

Arkady Model from Kabuki - I've been creating my own little Blood angels successor chapter in my head during long drives for work so he will be in a similar colour scheme to them.

 ZoBo wrote:
righto...this theme feels like a good excuse to finally get another one of my battlewagons done!

I'd gradually bought 5 of the sodding things second hand, a good year or so ago, so I could run the 5-battlewagon formation in 7th ed....and until now, I have only got one painted, so yeah, I never got to run that formation...and erm...now I just have 5 battlewagons...oh well - good thing I love battlewagons!

Your place sounds perfect Zobo, where do I sign up? I have similar issues with my own stuff. I thought Deffkopters where brilliant as a base for vehicle conversions (which they are) so somehow I now own 36, I don't even remember buying that many.....

ZoBo wrote:

 Midget Gems wrote:

Your place sounds perfect Zobo, where do I sign up? I have similar issues with my own stuff. I thought Deffkopters where brilliant as a base for vehicle conversions (which they are) so somehow I now own 36, I don't even remember buying that many.....

ah deffkoptas, there's another thing that I loved, and acquired quite a few of - only about 20 though, kinda jealous of your 36! ...like with the battlewagons, I wanted to run 3 squads of 5 of them in games back in 7th, because that was 15 fast, tough, twin-linked rokkits, and only cost 450 points all-up...and again, like the battlewagons, I never got those painted and used them like that in a game either ...and now in 8th, they've obviously recognised that they're good, so now instead of 450 points for 15, it's now 1245 points ...still, silver lining, now that I can't realistically field that many, means I can use more of them in conversions

Yes, yes and yes! First:



I'm slightly annoyed at the cost of deffkoptas etc :( I don't have 20 or 36... but I do have a good number of them and wowwee I only got to really use them twice sadness

Also, battlewagons cry :( but at least they're survivable right?! right?! I still just have my kitbashed one, but I was really looking forward to getting the official kit and building it too :(

And still hoping we'll get the new looted wagon rules soon <crosses fingers> Cuz I have several, although I suppose I can just run them as trukks too

Anyway

/salt

Back to our regularly scheduled TANKS!!

and big machines <3 <3 <3

Really loving all these! @SQRT(-2) - that's awesome, really like all the cables.

Would it be okay to enter my wip twin knight styrix?
Here is how far i was on the first of september...

 Guildenstern wrote:

Yes, yes and yes! First:



I'm slightly annoyed at the cost of deffkoptas etc :( I don't have 20 or 36... but I do have a good number of them and wowwee I only got to really use them twice sadness

Also, battlewagons cry :( but at least they're survivable right?! right?! I still just have my kitbashed one, but I was really looking forward to getting the official kit and building it too :(

And still hoping we'll get the new looted wagon rules soon <crosses fingers> Cuz I have several, although I suppose I can just run them as trukks too

Anyway

/salt

Back to our regularly scheduled TANKS!!

and big machines <3 <3 <3

Really loving all these! @SQRT(-2) - that's awesome, really like all the cables.

what's the problem with battlewagons? ...run one bare-basic, with a deffrolla, and for 180 points, there's 6 S8 AP-2 melee attacks that hit on 2+ - stuff 20 boyz in it for even more fun! - shootas to pump out 40 shots a turn ...or sluggaz to deliver a 60 melee attack blob to the front line while the deffrolla minces things!

...as for looted wagons, yeah, it would be nice to see some official rules for them...but, I strongly doubt it'll happen - unless they start selling some kind of "wagon-lootin' kit" or something, an orky upgrade sprue...which...could actually be generally bloody awesome now I think about it! ...anyway, I've got 3 looted rhinos that I just use as trukks, that works just fine...or if you make a big enough looted wagon, it could work for a battlewagon instead...another rules-option, is to use 'em as "bigg trakks" from the forgeworld book...that's what I use for my goff rokkerz stage/wagon thing I made a while back

Provisional proof unless I find something better. Ironstriders have quite a bit of armour.

I'm going to paint my Incubi. They're covered in armour. It may be fancy Dark Eldar armour with spikes and flourishes, but it's still armour. I'll try to paint the whole squad, but we'll see.

 Power Elephant wrote:
WIP pic. Medieval dance of death freehands are done on this side. Also I want to thank Paradigm for letting me participate even though I was a bit further into the work than allowed, thankfuly he let it slide on the basis that the model is huge and I have a lot of work in front of me.

Wow. This is just a WIP and I already don't stand a chance.

 Drummernathan wrote:

Spoiler:

 Power Elephant wrote:
WIP pic. Medieval dance of death freehands are done on this side. Also I want to thank Paradigm for letting me participate even though I was a bit further into the work than allowed, thankfuly he let it slide on the basis that the model is huge and I have a lot of work in front of me.

Wow. This is just a WIP and I already don't stand a chance.

Ah, don't think about it that way: Think of this as an extra motivator to get some paint on your models, and a chance to improve and look at other pretty models. Sure, it sucks if you finish and don't get a single vote, but hey, you got yourself a painted miniature! And that's the important thing, you got rid of another bad case of plastic grey

For myself, it has been a long time since I was able to participate, but here's my entry, mah pretty girl, Neave Blacktalon:



It's gonna feel good to paint the very first female stormcast

I'm getting antsy here... I keep looking at my raider wanting to do something to it, but I need to wait for some bits to come in tomorrow or Saturday.... It's agonizing haha

Had to post some WIP pics cause it's shaping up nicely! First batch of greenstuff and chaos-y bits added. Now on to more greenstuff and more skulls and then time to start painting this beast. Still haven't got the vaguest clue about what these will do, but I'm making one nonetheless.

 Drummernathan wrote:
Had to post some WIP pics cause it's shaping up nicely! First batch of greenstuff and chaos-y bits added. Now on to more greenstuff and more skulls and then time to start painting this beast. Still haven't got the vaguest clue about what these will do, but I'm making one nonetheless.

Spoiler:

I'd add some more greenstuff around the base of the cannon, because right now it looks like it's quite separate and not properly attached. That's just my take at least.
Which reminds me I should probably build my LSS.

After failing to finish last month ( ) I'm going to drop back in for this one! I'll be painting up a Stormcast Lord Castellant - he certainly seems to be Armoured up!



Not entirely sure where his bird-dog has gotten to, but if I find it, I'll paint that up too! See you all on the other side

 CREEEEEEEEED wrote:

 Drummernathan wrote:
Had to post some WIP pics cause it's shaping up nicely! First batch of greenstuff and chaos-y bits added. Now on to more greenstuff and more skulls and then time to start painting this beast. Still haven't got the vaguest clue about what these will do, but I'm making one nonetheless.

Spoiler:

I'd add some more greenstuff around the base of the cannon, because right now it looks like it's quite separate and not properly attached. That's just my take at least.
Which reminds me I should probably build my LSS.

Oh I most definitely will be, that was just the first "layer" of greenstuff. There will be plenty more to come. This is not its final form!

I have nothing. Hopefully my scarab arrives in time...

I'm gonna go with a smaller entry compared to other knights, super heavies and tanks. I will probably do just one battlesuit but I hope for more.
I'm starting a new Tau army the problem is I still don't know what color scheme to use. Well this will be a nice opportunity to test a scheme.

 Modock wrote:
I'm gonna go with smaller entry compared to other knights, super heavies and tanks. I will probably do just one battlesuit but I hope for more.
I'm starting a new Tau army the problem is I still don't know what color scheme to use. Well this will be a nice opportunity to test a scheme.

Spoiler:

Join us Modock! N'dras is cool colour wise, and pretty edgy if you're into that. They do lots of covert stuff so the stealth suits will fit in.

 CREEEEEEEEED wrote:

 Modock wrote:
I'm gonna go with smaller entry compared to other knights, super heavies and tanks. I will probably do just one battlesuit but I hope for more.
I'm starting a new Tau army the problem is I still don't know what color scheme to use. Well this will be a nice opportunity to test a scheme.

Spoiler:

Join us Modock! N'dras is cool colour wise, and pretty edgy if you're into that. They do lots of covert stuff so the stealth suits will fit in.

Checking as we speak the N'dras color scheme...

Believe it or not I was just admiring that army not long ago and I really like it. Was already thinking painting them in some green tone.
I just need to settle which tone to go for. Usually I have trouble deciding what color to use. I spent quite some time before I chose
the skintone for the slaughterpriest.

OP up to date, blimey this seems to be a popular topic!

 Paradigm wrote:
OP up to date, blimey this seems to be a popular topic!

It looks like this topic will keep you busy.

It's pretty much built now.

Good Green stuff work there Drummnathan

@ Whitelsey and Zobo, I'd love to see looted wagons in the codex as well, but will only believe it when I see it. I'd love to do a battle wagon conversion when I have the time.

P.S. The league table is up to date now.
https://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/732117.page

Since everyone else is doing it, here's a WIP picture from me. It will likely be the last one since the mystery of why a space wolf is with a DE raider has to be a surprise, I might take some of the paint though.

Did I paint too fast? It's like finishing a test first, you wonder if you did it right. LOL

Gonna try to reclaim this stripped down Devilfish. Work begins now!

 Drummernathan wrote:

 Power Elephant wrote:
WIP pic. Medieval dance of death freehands are done on this side. Also I want to thank Paradigm for letting me participate even though I was a bit further into the work than allowed, thankfuly he let it slide on the basis that the model is huge and I have a lot of work in front of me.

Wow. This is just a WIP and I already don't stand a chance.

You do stand a chance. I'm pretty busy this month so the possibility of me actually finishing this by the end of the month is rather low.

Cheers for accepting my entry Para'!

i spent the whole of the 2nd of the month doing painting and got thus far...

WIP on the Cult Russ:



I'm painting this like I am Drake (starting from the bottom). Finished the base and the underside of the tank (so I could glue it all together) and now it's time to work on the sides and top!

Happy with the speed of progress so far. Hoping to have it done by the end of next weekend so I can take it to the next game in my Escalation League!

 Bottle wrote:
WIP on the Cult Russ:



I'm painting this like I am Drake (starting from the bottom). Finished the base and the underside of the tank (so I could glue it all together) and now it's time to work on the sides and top!

Happy with the speed of progress so far. Hoping to have it done by the end of next weekend so I can take it to the next game in my Escalation League!

Stop it Bottle, no. You aren't allowed to be so good at painting people and painting vehicles. It's not fair.

Haha, thanks man :-) nothing too much to show yet, but once the sides and top get done it'll come together quickly.

So much tanks!
Anywayhere's my entry;


Crisis suits are lierally armour for their squishy pilots right?
Also one a side note that even as a tau player this is the first entry of a non SM model.

Finished the other side. Got two more minor freehands to do, and then I have to do all the metal and finaly OSL.

 Power Elephant wrote:
Finished the other side. Got two more minor freehands to do, and then I have to do all the metal and finaly OSL.

Very medievalist visions of deamons and hellish nightmare. Is good. Meanwhile thanks to school restarting I can't find the time to get any painting done.

our school's been disrupted by the stormy remains of Hurricane Irma but everyone's ok in our area, just some property damage limbs down etc Power out in a few places, we luckily didn't loose power or have to leave the house to safer area.

Anyway progress on my guy (he's still single and likely to be for a while):




This is his basecoat done, some highlights and washes
I'm in the middle of pin washing and edgehighlighting him atm.

Loads of good stuff in here this month! I've not entered in a long while, but since I'm starting on a tank... Sign me up please!

My first non-Infinity entry- a Chimera for my Tallarn Desert Raiders. Proof pic:


Here's hoping I get it done in time!

Count me in this month too. I still need more sluggas for my freebooterz mob, so I'm going to try my hand at scale armor:



I decided at the last minute to make the pose a bit more dynamic. This is the actual proof pic:

Making progress. Finished the converting and now it's on to paint! Gonna be a doozy to paint but oh well, this wouldn't be a challenge if it wasn't!

More WIP pics!

Calling this guy done as I have to get ready to travel and no more time.

he'll look more properly orky when I get his mates done and do all their bases and weathering but his painting is entirely done.

apologizing in advance for my crappy pictures.

Pix:

It took me a while to think up something that fit the theme but I also wanted for my army. I'm going for a death company dread.

Battletech Tanks Finished.

To people who think that my paint schemes are too dark,i'am going for a mercenary & terrorist theme with them,
Only using drab flat colors with a military feel,no fancy paintjobs from me,to see more battletech go check out my lab/blog.

Mymidon Medium Tank.


Rommel Heavy tank.

Again another couple of interesting models, u971.

That Nurgly tank looks awesome, Drummernathan - I love your greenstuff work and can't wait to see it painted.

My own Eldar armour is coming along faster than I thought so I'm going to throw in another raider and venom to match the other raider and falcon.

I'm now rushing to get these two finished in time to greet the 'Iustus Indignatio'...

All of a sudden the Terminator I plan to enter seems more than a little... well, little! He shall have to compensate with a suitably big sword or something...

 Paradigm wrote:
All of a sudden the Terminator I plan to enter seems more than a little... well, little! He shall have to compensate with a suitably big sword or something...

Clearly he should have 2 shields with the shields having mini shields to fit the theme.

Done. What do people think of the muzzle burn on the flamers?

Wife named the Squiggoth "Roger". Guess I will name my stompa "Stan?"

Did I just see...Squig turds?

Month’s half over and I’ve started to basecoat.



I need to spend more time painting. But I’m still in this.

Ugh, painting vehicles is no fun to me. Escpecislly with a deadline AND with all the conversion work I put into this one. Just gonna keep on truckin and hope I get done in time.

 SirDonlad wrote:
I'm now rushing to get these two finished in time to greet the 'Iustus Indignatio'...

You did not use the resin center top plates, did you not like them?

Painted on two more minor freehands, the first is a strange dragon thing, and the second one is my family heraldry. Painted the barrels at the back of the model, I added a bit of texture to it and used a not so smooth transition for the shading to add to the imperfect feel the medieval art adds to the model. I hope it works. I will go back to the barrels to work on the gold a little more and add a few scratches. Painted a lot of metal too, but at this stage it's nothing interesting. Once I paint the whole thing I will add a glossy finish to it and then paint the cannon and add all the OSL effects.

Nah man, i really don't like them - or the heads.

So many fantastic tanks here! Wow! I'm not done with mine yet, but I've got some base coating done.

Ok, so let's try this again... Didn't get finished last month, and I have even more stuff going on this month, so I should totally try to finish something bigger...

bah, count me out for this month, probably next month too actually, unless the theme happens to line up luckily...too busy cranking out a commission job to fit in time to work on my battlewagon unfortunately.
- damn shame too, as it's gone from a standard-build with an evil sunz paint scheme, as I initially said with my proof pic...to a kitbashed "supa-kannon" battlewagon, using a baneblade turret and side sponsons...and will probably get a blood axes paint scheme ...ah well, so I'm not painting it this month, but it'll still be sitting there on the bench, ready for a fitting theme in some later month

Hi all just catching up with everything over the weekend (really the only time I get a chance to post)

Nice to see you back Arclaw good luck with the tank

Good work on you Kromlech Ork Guildenstern, I've bought their heads before and have been wondering about getting those guys.

A neat paintjob on some very small models there u971.

You have done very well with your freehand work Power Elephant, impressive stuff.

Shame you can't join us Zobo, always look forward to your entries, now your just teasing us with a cool sounding entry in the future Cool you are getting commission work

WIP from me I'm prep'ed and basecoated . Also can I have your opinions on which head suits the model? The one that came with the model is very small and I was hoping to use this guy as a SM chapter master proxy



Centurion Head - Its slightly bigger than a normal head and has a mean look.


Sternguard veterans head - The leaf trim matches the other trim around the armour on the model.

 Midget Gems wrote:

WIP from me I'm prep'ed and basecoated . Also can I have your opinions on which head suits the model? The one that came with the model is very small and I was hoping to use this guy as a SM chapter master proxy

Centurion Head - Its slightly bigger than a normal head and has a mean look.
Sternguard veterans head - The leaf trim matches the other trim around the armour on the model.

If you plan on using him as a chapter master, go with the sternguard head. The Centurion one looks cool, but a CM needs more bling on his head.

Great to see progress on everyone's piece!

I'm currently adding battle damage and weathering to the Cult Leman Russ

Weathering properly done, great stuff Bottle.

Finishing touches for the Stormlord. Bit of a preview just now. I know Cadian 8th is a boring scheme to many but I love it!

I'll have proper pics soon when its totally done. This little event has really helped boost my productivity to just get things done.

It's looking fantastic!

 Nevelon wrote:

If you plan on using him as a chapter master, go with the sternguard head. The Centurion one looks cool, but a CM needs more bling on his head.

Thanks for the advice Nev, a very good point, well presented.

Weathering looks pretty dam good Bottle, I like that you have gone to the effort to edge highlight the scratches

I like that scheme as well Oppl, Its what I think of when I picture an IG tank. Can I suggest you do a bit of weathering on the Aquilas, they are very white and flat while the rest of the tank has some weathering on so they stand out and draw your eye. I like the mud in the tracks.

I like that scheme as well Oppl, Its what I think of when I picture an IG tank. Can I suggest you do a bit of weathering on the Aquilas, they are very white and flat while the rest of the tank has some weathering on so they stand out and draw your eye. I like the mud in the tracks.

Great suggestion - I hadn't even considered it. This is precisely what a second set of eyes can do. Thanks! I'm not overly sure what to do for them, though as weathering white is a tough one for me. Any ideas? I want to roll with it, just wanna try and do it right yknow?

Cheers again.

Sponging on rhinox hide can never go wrong, with moderation. Also some of them look a little shiny, give them a coat of lahmian medium to matt them down.

@bottle and oppl.... uhhhh wow.

 Oppl wrote:

I like that scheme as well Oppl, Its what I think of when I picture an IG tank. Can I suggest you do a bit of weathering on the Aquilas, they are very white and flat while the rest of the tank has some weathering on so they stand out and draw your eye. I like the mud in the tracks.

Great suggestion - I hadn't even considered it. This is precisely what a second set of eyes can do. Thanks! I'm not overly sure what to do for them, though as weathering white is a tough one for me. Any ideas? I want to roll with it, just wanna try and do it right yknow?

Cheers again.

You should chip it with the green underneath to look like the paint is flaking off to show the camo underneath. Take a brush and the green you used and paint tiny dots and scratches, focus on the edges in particular and don't go to heavy. :-)

I may just bow out of this month. Not making any progress on this thing really and not feeling motivated to paint at all lately. Never have been a fan of painting vehicles and I also just don't really know what to do with this thing from where it's at currently. I mean I have ideas and a vision, but no real motivation or idea how to execute it up to a standard I'd be happy to submit on here. =[

Oppl that stormlord is fantastic.
bottle, i was pretty confident in my weathering skills but yours just looks awesome!

Here's a Wip of my Hellhound 6x6. Plenty more on my P&M thread, feel free to stop by.



Colours are all still very flat, will be sorting that out soon. thought you guys would just want to see it before its finished.
Will be adding camo netting and stowage too.

Cheers

Some great bits of armour turning up and fantastic weathering going on. I love it. I also love the cadian stormlord, very nicely done too =)

I've sort of gone the opposite this time, trying to go for a quite clean look though depending on time pressures I may do a few scratches on it.

WIP pic below. Still loads to do but I was hoping for a some opinions.
I'm in 3 minds about the claws. I definitely want to try out doing a bit of lightning running along them but I cant decide on a colour.

*Blue would be typical and match the highlights of the black and shading on the angel wings.
*Red because they are called blood claws or some such and they and fits with the whole black/red motif of death company
*Green as a contrast to the red (especially the little gems that are on the claws) and would make it a little different.

The base will be the normal desert I do (zandri dust + usabti higlights then a few sand coloured weathering powders) for the rest of my armies as it matches the board I made.

 Drummernathan wrote:
I may just bow out of this month. Not making any progress on this thing really and not feeling motivated to paint at all lately. Never have been a fan of painting vehicles and I also just don't really know what to do with this thing from where it's at currently. I mean I have ideas and a vision, but no real motivation or idea how to execute it up to a standard I'd be happy to submit on here. =[

Having the same issues, but maybe an all night push is required. It would be a shame to not see all that greenstuff work come to fruition.

You should chip it with the green underneath to look like the paint is flaking off to show the camo underneath. Take a brush and the green you used and paint tiny dots and scratches, focus on the edges in particular and don't go to heavy. :-)

Good idea. I'll give it a shot on one of the less prominent aquilas and see how it goes - cheers.

 STG wrote:


Here's a Wip of my Hellhound 6x6. Plenty more on my P&M thread, feel free to stop by.

Colours are all still very flat, will be sorting that out soon. thought you guys would just want to see it before its finished.
Will be adding camo netting and stowage too.

Cheers

That looks ace with the large wheels, really changes up the profile of it in a good way. Is that the stock GW kit otherwise?

I may just bow out of this month. Not making any progress on this thing really and not feeling motivated to paint at all lately. Never have been a fan of painting vehicles and I also just don't really know what to do with this thing from where it's at currently. I mean I have ideas and a vision, but no real motivation or idea how to execute it up to a standard I'd be happy to submit on here. =[

Would be ashame to bow out. That thing is looking disgustingly good so far. But I know what its like when you're in a rut or unhappy with produce so I sympathise.

I am done too! Quicker than i thought but i have been waiting to paint that guy since the day he was anounced. It's my first 75mm miniature and im really happy of how he turned out. Hope you guys like it too. Feel free to comment with any suggestions

 Oppl wrote:

 STG wrote:


Here's a Wip of my Hellhound 6x6. Plenty more on my P&M thread, feel free to stop by.

Colours are all still very flat, will be sorting that out soon. thought you guys would just want to see it before its finished.
Will be adding camo netting and stowage too.

Cheers

That looks ace with the large wheels, really changes up the profile of it in a good way. Is that the stock GW kit otherwise?

Yea i had to modify the kit slightly at the back to get it to fit, but yea apart from the sides and the wheels the main chassis is still 100 percent the gw kit.

By the way I bought the 6x6 kit from http://www.modelsandminis.com/ its pretty good stuff but it did take like 5 months to ship. (they were having issues with a mould).

Deciding not to bow out, though doubtful I will finish this model in time. Got a few more layers of paint and shades down today. Slowly but surely it will be done, though it won't be my best work, at least it'll be something.

Kinda feeling you there Drummernathan. I'm probably not finishing the Russ--only thing done is priming and base coat on 2/3 of the hull, and now I can't find the rat rider's gun that broke off, but I'm going to try to at least rustle up SOMETHING, even if its just a quick armored warrior.

Great work everyone - Bottle, that Russ looks stunning!!

Got my entry finished pretty early, by my standards at least, and I even managed to find the Gryph-hound to paint up too!



Dakka always seems to make the images grainier when I upload?

Good luck for the month guys, see you in October!

A little progress... Still a ways to go.

We are working on a Warlord Titan for the competition! Here are several pictures where we washed all the pieces. And one of the weapons assembled standing next to a Tau Pathfinder to give you some understand of how big it is! And the last picture is of the legs mostly assembled. It's a HUGE project to say the least.

Proof


And final:


Phoned it in a bit to be honest, as a couple of people mentioned last month I've not really been pushing myself artistically in the last few months... I'll let it slide this month as I've had less time due to moving back to uni, but next month I definitely intend to try and up my game a little. If anyone has any suggestions of areas I can focus on in that regard and further develop my style, I'm all ears.

Paradigm that turned out awesome! He looks pretty great, I love the red!

My project is entering its final stages, used a pigment on the tracks for the first time and airbrushed the main gun with red. I did have a lot of trouble with the red though. Anyone have any advice on airbrushing red?

I may be (very) late out of the gate, but I'll see whether I can make something work with a Thraka-sized Mega Armor Warboss.

Wow, some great projects - this is turning out to be an awesome month.

Powerelephant - the best trick for airbrushing red that I have seen is to pre-shade with green and then thinly give a translucent overcoat of red...sounds difficult but isn't
Check out this tutorial - just skip through it, it is a pretty simple technique actually and gives a fantastic result...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XwUtKx4fYsU&t=2s

Anyhow, I am still getting through models faster than normal, so I'm adding a final Wave Serpent for that mighty SPiced hAM!

This is beginning to look like it might actually be achievable...

Hey guys, I don't know if I can finish my entrance cause life is really taking my painting time right now. But I'll give it a try:

wow, looking great so far man! - hope you manage to get it done on time, but I'm looking forward to seeing it finished either way!

 ZoBo wrote:
wow, looking great so far man! - hope you manage to get it done on time, but I'm looking forward to seeing it finished either way!

Thank you man. I hope so, too.

I'll post the final pics anyway.

Quick WIP shot. The tank is finaly begining to look like something. The OSL is still quite faint, I will build it up a bit more but for now I'm satisfied.

OSL is best understated - it's looking nice..

loving the conversion insaniak! it's like the first time you see the wheeled taurox conversion.

Metal_Man - you are entering the most amount of 'superheavy' by weight, height, displacement, cost, points value, area, effort and complexity i've ever seen entered for the unofficial painting challenge - BRAVO SIR!!!!

 ZoBo wrote:

 doktor_g wrote:
I needed the motivation for this monster. Not sure where to start, but it looks like I will have to.

ohhhh so jealous!!! *grabby hands* good luck man, I'll be pretty impressed if you get that big lug done in a month!

Thanks dude. Im workin like a dog. This is my first contest and it was a bigger project than i was expecting....

How does one mke a photo-montage?

Wow there is some tough competition this month, the conversions and painting is just amazing! awesome!

 insaniak wrote:
This is beginning to look like it might actually be achievable...

If only GW had made this the repulsor model.

Here is proof of the Warlord Titan, priming and painting now! He's missing a few small weapons and some of the armor plates that are already primed. ARMOR UP!

 CREEEEEEEEED wrote:

 insaniak wrote:
This is beginning to look like it might actually be achievable...

If only GW had made this the repulsor model.

As much as I like the grav version, it does take well to a pair of treads. Nice work on the conversion.

Holy crap, Metalman!

That thing is bigger than two of my kids!
You're gonna need to use housepaint and a roller for that massive bugger....sure is a whole lot of Armour, though!

I can't wait to see the finished model.

I think I’m calling this one done. Need to go back to it at some point for transfers, but like most vehicle projects, at this point I just want it off the workbench. Not that it shows up in the pics, but I did some subtle edge highlighting and some heat-stress weathering on the MM/flamestorms.

But that’s a big chunk of plastic out of my primed pile and ready to fight on the table!

Thanks Chris56! It's completely magnetized too. Started painting already just started the armor plates and other things first, then filling the big stuff this weekend/next week. It's a freaking huge project, probably 80-100 hours of work easily, haha.

You wouldn't believe how long it took to take everything out and just get it cleaned up! INSANE! It's the 650th Titan Warlord in the World, and he's going to be on the table destroying everything soon, can't wait.

I could do some more work on this, but this will have to do. Will definently choose a smaller model for next month. I've had some of the ideas I put on the model in my head for over a year, but for some reason the thing I like most on the model is the mini red OSL on top of the blue OSL!






It's finished

I'm digging the non-grav Repulsor...toned down a lot. Looks much better!

Dready finished at last. I invested in a cheap light box so the photos are a bit easier on the eye this month.





He was not quite as much fun as the poxwalkers to paint but very satisfying and I tried out a few techniques I haven't used before. Hope you like it.

He is lovel. I'll always prefer the old Dreads.

Are those laurels freehand? If so, nice work!

Yeah, it looks fantastic! Great stuff. :-)

Thanks folks, I'm learning a lot from studying the offerings on Dakka.

@Jadenim, yes, all freehand. My mixed Scottish/Yorkshire ancestry means I'm too mean to pay for decals :-)

Anyone wondering about next month, the theme will be some variation of the spooky and scary as is traditional for October/Halloween, if anyone wants to submit a specific theme along those lines go ahead!

 Paradigm wrote:
Anyone wondering about next month, the theme will be some variation of the spooky and scary as is traditional for October/Halloween, if anyone wants to submit a specific theme along those lines go ahead!

Nice. I was going to paint some rubric marines anyway.

Great dreadnought Zen!

Metal_man, I really can't wait to see that thing painted! Good luck with it.

My raider has been going slow, but I hope to get a good bit done this weekend. Working from 4am to 7pm, taking online college classes, taking care of my daughter, and doing basic things like eating and sleeping, leaves me with all of about 5 minutes do do anything during the week haha.

Some sort of scary or nightmare theme is fine with me for Oct, I always like that month, maybe some more orks in fancy dress?

Tank Looks great KD, lots of interesting bits on it, hope you get it done in time.

Great work Power Elephant, you can tell you have put a lot of time into the model, nice work on the free hand and the OSL.

A very nicely painted Dread ZenBadger, the scratches really add to the look of the model.

Pretty epic entry Metal_Man, I'm rather excited to see how you get on with it and if its anything like you other models its going to be spectacular.

Heres my latest WIP, getting there, spent a lot of time trying to develop the red on the armour using lots of layers.

I'm gonna have to bow out, para please remove me from the listing.

Well then, count me in!

Im going to paint some plague marines, since MK III armour is (technically) the heaviest. Proof:

Don't worry, the almost-finished guy was started yesterday.
Wish me luck!

Ember

And yes, that is a tipped-over rhino in the background.

Well I might as well call these done. I'm not going to get much more done before the deadline. Unfortunately my matte varnish spray left the model very textured and it turns out not much of my shading and none of the highlighting translated very well in the photos. Oh well. I have two more finished Rhinos and I like how they came out. So I'll still count it as a win.

Making very slow progress. My apologies for the gakky background.

Verviedi that is looking super cool. Funny how every painter has paint somewhere on their hands when they take shots like this, haha.

Kavika the varnish issue is either humidity or heat usually. There are other reasons but I've had issues when varnishing (Depends how you varnish, a spray can has a much higher risk of any issue) in the heat. I live in N.C. Sometimes with spray cans I will test them on a crappy model or a test model and see, but I've moved to varnishing with the air brush and that eliminates a lot of the issues. Still loving the tanks though!

Midget Gems he is so badass, omg!

Hullo!
I have just finished my hellhound conversion and i'm really pleased with it. Shame my lightbox is too small and i dont own photoshop so i cant tweak the background to be all white.
ah well.

I learned about the importance of washing the recesses on this 'tank', cheers to duncan rhodes for that!
also the 404 on the front is freehand and im v proud of myself for it.





Let me know what you guys think!

Also Vervedi, the cloak on that admech dude looks smooth as hell, very nice paintjob!

That Hellhound looks great! I like the wheels instead of the treads; makes it look more like a modern military vehicle (like an LAV-25 or something), although IMO the Chimera chassis looks okay with treads too.

I have yet to really start on my entry, so I don't know yet if I'm even going to bother. Too much other stuff going on for me hobbywise and in my regular life. Maybe I can get a bunch done soon and maybe knock that Razorback out. I don't know.

Thanks Zergsmasher, i agree with you that the chimera looks good with tracks, just thought i'd change it up for a hellhound ya know?

Hellhound looks really great and the wheels give it a really cool unique style. The videos from Duncan are brilliant aren't they? Never before have I been so happy with my Guard and its all thanks to the methods from the videos.

Oooooh weee! Work was a major PITA these past 2 weeks, but thankfully I managed to get some painting time to relax I'm quite happy, this girl is for a friend who's doing Sigmarines, now it's back to Ironjawz with me!

Progress report...

I too am going to have to bow out. Definitely not going to finish to an acceptable standard of my own means in time. Life came up.

Drummernathan we all know how that is! There are days, weeks, months, sometimes even years that we just can't get the time because of so many other things! Like Wife, Kids, Work, Parents, Siblings, Vacations, Total War: Warhammer2! You know all those types of things.

 Metal_Man wrote:
Kavika the varnish issue is either humidity or heat usually. There are other reasons but I've had issues when varnishing (Depends how you varnish, a spray can has a much higher risk of any issue) in the heat. I live in N.C. Sometimes with spray cans I will test them on a crappy model or a test model and see, but I've moved to varnishing with the air brush and that eliminates a lot of the issues. Still loving the tanks though!

Thanks for the info man. I live in NC too and that seems like the most likely explanation.

Some beautiful looking models on here.

Some really nice entries so far, this is looking like a good month yet again!

Well done on getting them both tanks finished kavika0311, I do like a bit of dirt around the tracks and sides. Shame about the Varnish but you can't really see it in the photos.

I'm really liking the reds on your model Verviedi, especially the red cloak.

and to echo several other peoples comments the Hellhound with wheel looks very cool STG.

That's a pretty cool model TheDraconicLord, congrats

Keep going SirDonald just a few days left

I'm working as hard as I can to get this model painted, but I don't think I'm going to hit the deadline... I'm not bowing out just yet because I want to finish, but realistically I won't finish. I've only got about 30 hours total to finish it so ya.

 Metal_Man wrote:
Drummernathan we all know how that is! There are days, weeks, months, sometimes even years that we just can't get the time because of so many other things! Like Wife, Kids, Work, Parents, Siblings, Vacations, Total War: Warhammer2! You know all those types of things.

This time it is more of a combination of depression, anxiety, and a lack of motivation to paint vehicles.

Damn, that's a shame, Drummernathan - I really liked your Lord of Contagion.
Hope to see you for scary Halloween month!

haha, so much cool armour around.

Here's my entry, I had no plan of adding a death company dread to my army but I fancied trying to blend some black/greys/blues together and he did very well for his first time on the board (ripped apart a forgefiend, kharn the betrayer then 4 berserkers). I'm sure he should have a scratch or two on him from that fight.

 Moolet wrote:
haha, so much cool armour around.

Here's my entry, I had no plan of adding a death company dread to my army but I fancied trying to blend some black/greys/blues together and he did very well for his first time on the board (ripped apart a forgefiend, kharn the betrayer then 4 berserkers). I'm sure he should have a scratch or two on him from that fight.

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Moolet that Dread looks incredible! Very nice work!

Nearly ready for paint... Yep, this is totally doable...

Sweet looking Dreadnought Moolet!

NathanD298 wrote:Moolet that Dread looks incredible! Very nice work!

Modock wrote:Sweet looking Dreadnought Moolet!

Thanks both. I'm becoming converted to Vallejo. I've only 2 pots of theirs, german grey and ghost grey and they are both great to work with compared to Citadel equivalents.

Vallejo is where it's at Moolet! And that Dread is sick! I wouldn't want to tangle with him at all, might have to bring like a Supremacy Armor to even dent his badassness.

Thanks both. I'm becoming converted to Vallejo. I've only 2 pots of theirs, german grey and ghost grey and they are both great to work with compared to Citadel equivalents.

I also have German grey and I must it's pure magic: Great tone for painting black.

Is next month's theme just generally spooky/Halloween-y, or are we voting on themes? If it's the latter, I'd like to resurrect the Black and White idea as one possibility.

The former! And I'd really like Black and White to be done, it's been in a few polls now and come close a couple of times but never quite won...

Eventually, I might just run it as a side challenge for the people that want to give it a go, the trouble with it in the main threads is that it's not really any good for people painting towards armies or collections, only those that want to muck about with some new techniques. Unless you paint Black Templars or undivided Warriors of Chaos, in which case it's a win-win!

 Paradigm wrote:
The former! And I'd really like Black and White to be done, it's been in a few polls now and come close a couple of times but never quite won...

Eventually, I might just run it as a side challenge for the people that want to give it a go, the trouble with it in the main threads is that it's not really any good for people painting towards armies or collections, only those that want to muck about with some new techniques. Unless you paint Black Templars or undivided Warriors of Chaos, in which case it's a win-win!

Or Sons of Malice!

Finished my Deimos Baal Predator:

Finished Gargantuan Squiggoth. Thanks for the motivation!

Cool pred, beautiful red, it really looks like painted steel armour rather than a little model.

Idea for next month, keep a loose SpooOOoky theme but i think an awesome theme would be 'Soundtrack month'. Basically you have to link a youtube video of the song that 'Soundtracks' your mini or diorama. It would be nice and open but people would also 100% have to stick to it: No song: No Entry.

It would be an interesting thing to judge as well because creative choice of song would be a big part of process. A cool/fitting song might make you think twice about an entry.

On a more negative note i really do think any variation on 'SpooOOky' is a weak theme, so should at the most be a secondary theme.

Cheers Perkustin I guess I was successful!

And the winner this month is....life. Sigh.

Lots of good stuff popping up, good luck guys and hope to see you next month...

Finished da Skull´amma!
Da Boyz wuz buzy wiff da paint!

Hope you like it - it was a fun project and I tried some new things.
And I hope my pics are better than the last times - new camera / phone, new lights ...


K D

@Kustomer: Awesome!!!!

That is one awesome brute of a vehicle Kustomer D.

Thx guyz

Life always wins! Titan ALMOST finished, will submit pics tomorrow after furiously stopping time and applying the finishing touches. Man some really awesome projects this month, ARMOR UP! There is so much freaking armor in this post it's scary!

Finished up my swampy, deathworld Tau Devilfish with drones.

Progress report...


nearly there..

Done! Final pics, Scale Armor Ork Freebooter Slugga Boy:

I agree with Metal_Man - there are a bunch of truly awesome projects this month.
Great job, Gulgog, the shading on the pants and skin looks really good.
KustomerD, that tank is balls-to-the-wall mad coolness! I love it.

Here are my finished vehicles. They are part of an army I have just started that I am thinking I'll call the Seekers of Isha. They are an Ynnari force, which is really just an excuse to paint all three Eldar subraces in the same colour scheme. I have almost finished a Viper and Skyweaver that match these and when they are done I just need to paint a whole bucketload of infantry! I am really happy with my speed this month, which I made a bit of a personal challenge this month. Even though the quality is compromised, I think the force will look fairly effective on the tabletop.

Anyhow, forgive the pics - I found it really difficult to get everything in focus and the first pic had to be just on my kitchen bench to fit everything in one shot. A lot of the subtlety is lost in them as well but you get the general idea.

Looking forward to just one small model in next month's challenge and see you all there!

I am defeated by life. Will be out of town for an unknown amount of time, so my entry will not be completed.

Wow, amazing squadron Chris! You did a huge amount of work for one month.

Hey all, some GREAT stuff this month for sure.

I had great ambitions with my 5 model entries, unfortunately my Grandpa and then my father-in-law have both been diagnosed with some pretty serious illnesses and it's been a bit of a hectic month.

Wife's not doing too great so it just hasn't been a month for hobbying, I'm afraid. I did get my Predator built, primed and recess shaded, the redemptor dread is in 4 primed parts ready for a recess shade. Then the kaka kind of hit the fan.

Good luck to all, but life got in the way for me this month! October will hopefully be a better month.

Picture of finished Warlord Titan! He is so gigantic the magnets I used for the torso were almost impossible to pry apart! This thing is structurally sound too, Forgeworld did a great job, fast delivery and great quality cast. More pictures coming soon!

Guys, the entries this month are incredible! Metal man, that's one hell of a model! And Chris, that collection of vehicles is superb - really top stuff!

Voting is gonna be tough this time round for sure!

There is so many crazy good entries! I already have at least 5 or 6 I want to vote for.

Finished the Stormlord. The other 5 photos for my entry are contained within the spoiler. Funny how five photos just didn't feel like enough! If its okay with the competition host, I may re-take these photos and update before the deadline as I'm not sure I like the lighting seeing them now. In case I don't manage though, here they are.

This really is a terrific month of models - such an array of talent on show.

Here are my final pics this month. A squad of Dark Eldar Incubi.











Purple-headed warriors.

Final Pics of the Titan, this thing took 100 hours of freaking work this month. And less than half was painting, just cause it was big spaces and pretty easy to airbrush. Trim took forever! In some of the pictures there is the pilot of the Titan to get scale, but you can barely see him. He's actually in the picture above too. This was a very tough month and super fun for ARMOR UP! I wish you guys luck and so glad this community is great.

Wow dude. I thought i deserved a metal for my squiggoth, but holy crap, that thing is HUMONGOUS! It was my first contest, and now I cant even vote for myself! Fantastic job dude.

Well, I'm officially bowing out for this month. Just too much else going on in my life, both hobbywise and other. Looks like it should be fun voting since there's so much vehicular goodness in here (and some nice non-vehicles as well!). Hopefully I can do something for next month.

Well, I managed to finish at the absolute last second (I woke up at 6 this morning to take these photos...)
I didn't have time to crop them, but here they are: my first death Guard models.



Im really happy with the blightlauncher, although the images really don't show it off too well.



All-in all l, they were super fun to paint, and I'm looking forward to doing some more.

Ember

Wow cool entries people.

Paradigm what are your plans for closing this challenge? If I finish my entry till morning would be too late, If
I'm not asking too much? I''m gonna paint whole night so that I can finish my suits.

@Modock: As usual, I'll wrap things up some time tomorrow afternoon, so as long as your pics are up some time in the next 30 hours or so you're good to go.

@Everyone else: Wow. Holy smeg, I don't think I've seen this many awesome entries come in this fast in quite some time. I'd not checked in here in a few days, and scolling through that last page and this and seeing a Titan, a Baneblade, a whole squadron of Eldar tanks, a beautiful Predator, a squiggoth, a Skulhamma and all the rest, just wonderful. Top work, everyone!

Well boop. I have less of a chance than usual.

Here they are anyway: Iron Frog Boarding Team

My Vultarax from Forgeworld Zhao Arkhad is done! Only got one picture for ya, didnt really see any point getting more angles, this one shows it all in my opinion. I am very pleased with it. Might put some transfers on it in the future, but no time for that now!




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Woah, that picture is really big. Not sure how to fix it though.. hope it's no problem.

Entering at the last minute again. Here's my proof, I'll post finished pics in a bit.




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And here's the finished pics.

Heres my aspiring stormcast hero. Again the idea behind him is that he's just about to finish his training and has a quest to complete before his elevation to one of the Knight rolls i.e knight azyros, knight vexillor etc. By completing this quest he in a way ARMOURS UP therefore becoming a leader for the stormcast to rally around.

This is my first effort at non mettalic metal and wet blending in general. Hope you guys like it and that he can compete with the craziness of the tanks, titans and the rest.

Very impressed you managed to get that giant model painted doktor_g, Well done

Kustomer D that Tank is beautifully Orky

Congrats Metal Man, A truly epic piece of work, I hope you play on structurally reinforced tables

So after another late night last minute push I've done my entry

Proper Pics will go up tomorrow (should be before lunch)

I'm-a-still workin'... gonna need that amnesty again. Hope to post morning of the 1st...

Proof:

WIP:

FINISHED!







this was the fastest paintjob i've ever done on a pair of knights - these two done in a single month puts my new painting speed record as 1296000 seconds per questoris knight or 0.0000007716049383 QK/s to us Engineers....

Whelp, had to sub in for my tank, that wasn't really getting traction, but the sub is done, half- , but done.
Proof:


And finished:







N1ceguyPaul: I like it, the blends came out well.

MidgetGems: Geeze, that was a fast turn around. Came out pretty good even with that too.

SirDonald: Nice clean colors, and lol at the math.