Welcome all to the 64th round of the Dakka Painting challenge. For the unfamiliar, this is a friendly painting competition open to members of all skill levels and experience, whether your entry is your first or you thousand-and-first time painting miniatures. Each month, finished entries are collected into a thread where the community can vote on their favourite pieces, and those votes go towards an annual overall League that runs for 12 rounds, ending in February next year.
This month, the theme is In A Supporting Role. From healers to spies, engineers to strategists, we want to see entries that represent individuals and units whose specialisation is in supporting their allies, rather than wading head-on into pitched battle.
How To Enter
- You may enter up to five 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 June and will end at midnight UK time on the 30tht of June. After this, I shall compile the finished entries into a new thread, and voting will run for 5 days.
List of Entrants
Nevelon:
Spoiler:
Proof
queen_annes_revenge: FINISHED
Spoiler:
Proof
final
aldo:
Spoiler:
Proof
DrGiggles: FINISHED
Spoiler:
Proof
Proof
final
Rybrook:
Spoiler:
Proof
MobileSuitRandom:
Spoiler:
Proof
Captain Brown:
Spoiler:
Proof
monkeytroll:
Spoiler:
Proof
Turaxa: FINISHED
Spoiler:
Proof
Final
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Been a while since i joined one of these, so here I go
These are the 4 squaddies and the mascot of the falconers guild ball team.
For anyone that doesn't play guild ball, these guys are just walking around the board setting up the opponent and giving our buffs/debuffs so Devana (the team's captain) can swoop in and murderkill everyone.
In the war torn city, the blood angels are pinned down trying to capture a critical contol point, heretics are dug-in heavily in a hab block that stands in their way.
Up rolls a relic siege tank
And while I was at it I coated the other two but they are for another day
Don't trust anyone who tells you that a telepathic alien demagogue doesn't count as 'support', they are most likely just puppets of our Imperial oppressors
What kinda support we talking here? I got command support (Lieutenants out the wazoo), air support, APC tanks (vehicle support), and some space marine banners.
I am doing a Rhino. That support tank that transports Sister's of Battle into the fray...but other than being a protective shell for a turn or two, does not do a whole lot more.
Okay, knowing my predilection for swapping and changing I figured it might be wise to show a few options and see which I get done (happy to be more specific if that's not playing the game )
We have an ash wastes trader with his trusty mule (supplying goods), a circus barker (Slaaneshi cult disguised as a travelling circus), a Nurgle sensor servitor (surveying the state of decay on a target), and a general.purpose labouring servitor (scuttling around with heavy goods).
In case of miracles there's also 2 heralds in the background, but they're unlikely contestants at best
Trader is my favourite, but the probe servitor is probably the most likely as the only one with most of a scheme in mind at present.
Someone has to keep track of how many boltgun shells were fired. Someone has to write down the confessions of of the heretics as they are burned. Someone has to fill out Form 34-Ω11 ("Request for unguents suitable for anointing Land Raider engine blocks").
For my entry this month, I'll be entering a pair of supporting characters from the world of J.R.R. Tolkein's The Lord of the Rings. They may not have made it into the movies, but back in the day Games Workshop remembered they were in the book and made models of them; it's Tom Bombadil and his lovely wife Goldberry:
This should be really fun, as these two are fan favorites from the books and the models themselves are very characterful. GW had total artistic license here as the characters weren't in the movies, and I think they did a great job. The hardest part for me will be doing these fine models justice.
I don't really have any models to paint that fit with the theme this month. Would this be acceptable as an entry? They're the ghost warrior drones that used to come with the old rogue trader era eldar spirit warrior dreadnought/walker... thingie...
I will do a mixed entry, the squat bounty hunter will be painted for my Space Marines army and work as a techmarine and the grots... well you can't get more supportive than grots
The only thing in my queue that fits the bill are some javalin wielding marauder horsemen, supporting by offering some much needed ranged attacks and causing distractions where needed. I have already sprayed a little bronze onto the base coat. Is this too much to be eligible?
If it's too much already I'll just have to bow out.
I'll be following Nevelon and doing an Imagifier, this one from the Dominion/Celestian box. I had intended to assemble her before the proof photo, but as you can see she's got sixteen (!) pieces, and my bench is a little cluttered with a medical facility for the LoER terrain contest right now. So she's next on the build list... I've got the one from the army box as well, so I might throw here in as well.
I've got a model that I've already finished, but I do have some before/after shots. Can I still enter or does it need to be something I'm still currently working on?
Afrodactyl wrote: I've got a model that I've already finished, but I do have some before/after shots. Can I still enter or does it need to be something I'm still currently working on?
Was it painted entirely in this month? That’s the one hard rule. Everything else has a lot of wiggle room.
Afrodactyl wrote: I've got a model that I've already finished, but I do have some before/after shots. Can I still enter or does it need to be something I'm still currently working on?
Was it painted entirely in this month? That’s the one hard rule. Everything else has a lot of wiggle room.
Ah, that rules my weirdboy out. I'll try to get something else painted!
Magus WIP. As this went pretty fast I'm thinking of throwing in two extra Aberrants from the DW:Overkill box, who quite obviously aren't combatants but regular citizens supporting our cause through their hard work in the mines. Hope it's okay as an additional proof pic for just these guys?
So my order of Grey Seer will not be arriving next week as planned so I've decided to go with this host of supporting characters - 2 Lieutenants, 2 Company Vets and a primaris standard bearer! All from different companies but that's the way the news goes!
Got a little excited however and began slapping on some paint before I took a proof!
I'm in with the Espern Locarno model from Blackstone Fortress - I really like all of the models from the game and I reckon a navigator is a really important support role. I imagine this guy being pretty impressed with his own importance.
He in turn is going to be 'supported' with some bodyguards...I'll put up more proofs if I need to!
Sorry for the crummy photos...
Gonna amend my entry, the squat stays, but the grots are out. To keep it thematic I throw a Rouge Trader and inspired by Chris56 my Locarno into the mix. Squat also got his first two colors.
Let's join this! I have a perfect "supporting role" set of minis; 5 of the 7 player pawns from the 10th anniversary of the hit board game, Pandemic. From left to right: the Operations Expert, the Quarantine Specialist, the Scientist, the Dispatcher, and the Contingency Planner. I've done the Medic just a few days ago in my painting blog linked in my sig. There's also the Researcher, but I won't be doing her for the challenge. Hopefully I'll get all 5 finished, but at least some of them will be!
Looking fantastic (as expected) QAR - that is gonna be a great model - you can see it already.
That's the same Rogue Trader I want to use for my warband, Viterbi!
I love that model as well, though she won't be part of my entry this month. I love your squat also - the old-school RT stuff where everyone was basically the same race in 40,000 years time...space men, space elves, space dwarves, halflings, orcs.....awesome.
I look forward to seeing what colours you choose!
Some progress. This miniatures is much more detailed than I realised. The subcomponents are pretty chunky, so I'm using the backpack to test the colour scheme before doing the main figure. There's a bit of light conversion on this as well to replace some missing or broken parts.
Progress on the test model. It's still in a fairly rough shape, lots of smoothing off to do and more highlights, but it's enough to get the idea of where they are going;
Realized with the sculpted banner that I wasn’t going to have the iconography you expect to have from the stalwart Ultramarines 3rd company, Scourge of Xenos. So I dug out some bits to stab a ‘Nid head on his base, and a sheath for the knife on his belt. Will try to prime them this afternoon to add to the mini.
I wanted to use this month's challenge as an excuse to practice some weathering techniques. I'm generally happy with how the rust looks, but I have struggled to get the oxidized copper to look right. Does anyone have any tips on using GW's Nihilak Oxide? I tried using GW's guides but they weren't the most helpful unless you wanted to dump the model into a bottle of the stuff and wipe off the excess with a rag.
I don’t know what to make of that; incredible technical skill, they look almost like graphic illustrations, but I’ve never seen 40k models so clean it’s...odd.
Yeah you should take better photos of those using a light box with a dark background.
Also, you might want to check the first post. This is a monthly competition where a proof photo is required to enter a model painted this month. If you have a before photo you might get away with entering. otherwise, your photos might be better off in their own thread in the showcase subforum.
queen_annes_revenge wrote: Yeah you should take better photos of those using a light box with a dark background.
Also, you might want to check the first post. This is a monthly competition where a proof photo is required to enter a model painted this month. If you have a before photo you might get away with entering. otherwise, your photos might be better off in their own thread in the showcase subforum.
All right ,I just finished them in April. I will make new one to enter the challenge
Here's a better proof pic from me... I think I can get both of these done in a few weeks. Technically these carry Simulacrum Imperialis upgrades, but they'll be my Imagifiers. One is from the Sororitas army box, the other from the Dominions/Celestians box. I'll do both of my paint schemes... green robes on white armor, and white robes on green armor, both with gold trim.
I might also do a Gaslands vehicle. There is a team where you pick one car to be an actual car and then all the rest are "ghost riders" that cruise around and give bonuses to your main vehicle. I thought about making this matchbox motorcycle into an actual Ghost Rider. The flaming skull fellow of Marvel fame. The idea is to sculpt the whole thing out of gs.
It may be a bit of a reach, and if it looks like I'll go with the poxwalkers.
If it looks then that was the plan all along.
My entry is a Mandalorian Commando of Clan Scarre (A 'fictional' Clan I'm working up). In terms of the theme, as legendary bounty hunters, the Mandalorians rarely took to the field as a unified Clan (Outside Mandalore at least), instead lending their individual support to whoever had the coin. The model is a 3D print, the first I've bought, so I'm curious to see how well it'll paint up...
I've been looking through these monthly challenges and I am at once encouraged to participate by the challenge itself, and incredibly daunted by the skill displayed that is many times my own. I feel like I'd look a child playing with dads toys. xD
SergentSilver wrote:I've been looking through these monthly challenges and I am at once encouraged to participate by the challenge itself, and incredibly daunted by the skill displayed that is many times my own. I feel like I'd look a child playing with dads toys. xD
Jadenim wrote:Join in! And don’t worry, about 60% of us are in the same boat...
Yup. I think the highest I’ve done in the votes was barely making the top third of the pack. Mostly I just aim for “not last”
It’s an open competition, we accept everyone from the very best to the very worst. And by doing so hope that some of that experience rubs off. And it does.
Don’t look at the top dogs as competition, but inspiration. And mentors. Everyone is willing to share tips and secrets with others. Paints to use, techniques to try, Dark entities from beyond the pale willing to engage is fell pacts for painting skills. Useful tidbits.
Nevelon wrote: Dark entities from beyond the pale willing to engage is fell pacts for painting skills. Useful tidbits.
Ah yes, just small tips like how to sell your soul for painting skills.
It’s either that or practice, patience, and hard work.
And let’s be honest; you’ve seen what shows up on the podium here, you know what’s going on behind the scenes...
To be fair, I'd consider selling for the ability to point a finger at something and have it instantly painted exactly the way I want.
Nah, that'd take the fun out of it, at least for me. I like being able to succeed- or fail- under my own power. That's why I rarely buy anything already painted, and I would never pay a commission painter to paint my stuff (probably wouldn't let them do it for free either TBH- I'm that zealous about wanting to do it myself).
Nah, that'd take the fun out of it, at least for me. I like being able to succeed- or fail- under my own power. That's why I rarely buy anything already painted, and I would never pay a commission painter to paint my stuff (probably wouldn't let them do it for free either TBH- I'm that zealous about wanting to do it myself).
I get that. It's really satisfying finishing a model and then a whole squad. At least until you open up the case 5-10 years later and blind yourself out of shear horror...
I do like to buy nicely painted models, but I won't pay extra for the paintjob. It gives a bit more variety to my army, might give new ideas for ways to paint certain things, I can measure my skill against them with my own eyes (as opposed to looking at 2D images of a 3D object online), and I can strip and repaint them when I feel they no longer meet my standards. Again, I will not pay extra for a paintjob, unless it's ~$1 extra for a pro-painted character that would be a centerpiece for my collection. Even then, I might repaint them when I feel I can do better. I think the only thing I'd be willing to pay someone else to do is remove from sprue and clean mold lines and flash. I absolutely hate the tedium of that part. I want to build and paint!
Back on topic, I'm thinking about throwing in an attempt at painting a recently acquired Officer of the Fleet that I'm currently stripping of some kind of glossy opaque tan paint/primer thing that was obscuring some of the finer details. That or finally building and painting a spare tank commander from my old Leman Russ and making him either an artillery officer for a squad of Basilisk or a custom Master of Ordinance. I have extra Cadian vox packs and could throw one on him for either position or leave him without. Not sure.
My main problem is that all my old hex pot paints are no longer in a usable state and I'm not sure the slightly newer pots are usable either, though they still have liquid in them. A couple look like all the pigment collected into balls while the rest stayed liquid. I did get GWs40k base paint set, but I'm not sure it's enough for something worthy of this competition. I should be able to paint the Officer of the Fleet in GWs color scheme though, even if not my own. Does anyone know if there's a color difference between Ceramite White base paint and White Scar layer paint?
Chris56 wrote:You have a ceramite white that is actually liquid!!!???
Nevelon wrote:
Chris56 wrote: You have a ceramite white that is actually liquid!!!???
My thought as well. It starts pre curdled. If you shake the heck out of it you can get it liquid enough to use. Sometimes.
I mean, it makes a liquid sloshing noise like any other when I shake it for a sec or two... It's brand new unopened from that starter paint set. Though the bottom of the bottle says 2011, same as my old White Scar. Both still make liquid sounds and have unbroken seals. I think I still have a hex pot of white that was working when I bought the White Scar so I never opened it.
To answer your original question, yes there is probably a colour difference; Ceramite white is much cooler, with almost a blueish tint. Not Used White Scar per se, but the old skull white and the Vallejo white are both warmer “pure” white.
Oh and with chunky Ceramite, I use the old trick from my misguided enamel using days; get a bit of sprue and churn it like butter!
That's the same Rogue Trader I want to use for my warband, Viterbi!
I love that model as well, though she won't be part of my entry this month. I love your squat also - the old-school RT stuff where everyone was basically the same race in 40,000 years time...space men, space elves, space dwarves, halflings, orcs.....awesome.
I look forward to seeing what colours you choose!
I use mostly purple/pink and green/blue for my imperial models, these three will be no exception And one down, two to go, the squat is done.
I plan to try Vallejo paints. When I next buy paints, they'll be it. I heard of them a few days after I ordered the starter kit from GW, but I'm not disappointed. I needed new glue, a new brush, and a proper replacement for the old beak nose wire cutters I was using to cut pieces from sprues. It would so often shoot smaller pieces 10ft that I had to start using my other hand as a shield for fear of losing parts.
I dont use Vallejo for everything, but I swear by their black and white. you can can a black/white set which contains both, and a range of greys and off whites in between.
queen_annes_revenge wrote: I dont use Vallejo for everything, but I swear by their black and white. you can can a black/white set which contains both, and a range of greys and off whites in between.
Sounds good to me. I did plan on trying a few different paint line, but I didn't plan on buying any more GW paints except maybe contrasts to ease the time requirements of the rank and file in an IG army.
Nevelon wrote: I would have gone with a clean base of blue. But I’m just a lap-dog of the corpse-emperor, so what do I know?
Looking pretty good!
That's what I had initially, but I didn't feel it looked night lord enough. I tried incorporating red bat wings but they just looked goofy. I wanted it to tie in with the scary pink lightning he's got. Right now I'm thinking maybe just darkening the red on the underside as it looks too bright, but I'll contemplate on it for a few days. see how I feel.
Nice apothecary^ very smooth. I like the bloody hand.
Superbly clean work, Maxwin! Really captures an 'Eavy Metal vibe. you could tell me it was box art and I'd not doubt it!
And QAR, that's just looking incredible. To my mind, one of the greatest tricks a painter can pull is convincing you that you must be looking at a model far larger than it actually is, and this is really giving me that vibe. The lighting, the subtlety. and especially the face, it's a stunner all round before you're even calling him done.
Thanks man! I'm trying to push new techniques. Not just things like non metallic metal, but following the master miniature painters online, and also reading up on the techniques of the renaissance masters. The knowledge really does transfer.
Finished as he'll ever be. For your consideration - Aeno Scarre, Mandalorian Mercenary.
The 3D sculpt turned out to be a touch worse than anticipated, with some fuzzy details, so I'm not totally sold on the theory that your average gamer will be able to compete with larger manufacturers any time soon. Nonetheless, I had fun sculpting some of the extras, like the kama, and I'm reasonably happy with my airbrushing (The OSL leaves much to be desired however).
I'm loving the entrys so far - queen_annes_revenge and maxwin, both of you have produced some stunning articles!
Are you sure you're not a member of 'Eavy Metal? Cuz you nailed it! The nice layout and closeups would look right at home on GWs website or in a codex.
Still a WIP as I've been playing catch up at work and on some other minis. It's never going to be anywhere near some of the other art in this thread but I still feel pretty good about it.
Freya wrote: Still a WIP as I've been playing catch up at work and on some other minis. It's never going to be anywhere near some of the other art in this thread but I still feel pretty good about it.
Looks good to me! Paint-wise at least. Is that head a conversion? I admit I'm not terribly familiar with all SW models yet, but it just looks the slightest bit off for some reason. Like maybe the neck is a bit longer than normal? Can't put my finger on it.
Thanks maxwin, although the sculptor receives probably more credit than me And congrats on finishing your entry, can only echo the others, great clean work. I can't get away with such close shots of my minis
And it's now two done, the navigator is also done, only the Rogue Trader left.
Freya wrote: Still a WIP as I've been playing catch up at work and on some other minis. It's never going to be anywhere near some of the other art in this thread but I still feel pretty good about it.
Looks good to me! Paint-wise at least. Is that head a conversion? I admit I'm not terribly familiar with all SW models yet, but it just looks the slightest bit off for some reason. Like maybe the neck is a bit longer than normal? Can't put my finger on it.
Yeah im messing with a new series of heads I bought online. The neck is definitely a bit off. Hard to tell when its unpainted but now that it has paint it sticks out. I think in the future I have to find a better solution to getting the necks to look better. I suppose I could re-do the head and file the neck down and reattach it... but idk how I feel about trying to fix the paint afterwards lol.
Freya wrote: Still a WIP as I've been playing catch up at work and on some other minis. It's never going to be anywhere near some of the other art in this thread but I still feel pretty good about it.
This is amazing. I love this so much!
Thank you! I really appreciate the feedback. I hate the SW grey hunter standard bearer model so I wanted to make one that I like. Finecast isn't easy to work with!!!
Looks good to me! Paint-wise at least. Is that head a conversion? I admit I'm not terribly familiar with all SW models yet, but it just looks the slightest bit off for some reason. Like maybe the neck is a bit longer than normal? Can't put my finger on it.
Yeah im messing with a new series of heads I bought online. The neck is definitely a bit off. Hard to tell when its unpainted but now that it has paint it sticks out. I think in the future I have to find a better solution to getting the necks to look better. I suppose I could re-do the head and file the neck down and reattach it... but idk how I feel about trying to fix the paint afterwards lol.
Hmm. If you have the skill to cut the head off the model, you probably just need to shave off a mm or two of the bottom of the neck. Maybe round it off like the normal heads. If you do that, you can probably get away with just painting black over any exposed plastic/metal and sinking it beneath the neck guard line. Then it's just shadowed and should look fine. The hard part will really be getting it off without damaging anything else.
Pariah Press wrote: Trying an impressionist paint scheme for the skin tones here. Genius or folly?
I decided it was folly. Trying to go full impressionist on character who are wearing black robes seemed like a poor choice. Trying something closer to my regular style, but with some blue inking in the skin tones at the bottoms of forms.
Making good progress on my citizens, feel like my eyes are getting more consistent now that I am doing them more often. Feedback is always welcome and appreciated.
Agreed, luck and persistence. Luckily for me, I don't have any eyes to worry about this month. Well, not on my entry, anyway...
Starting to make progress - on the right hand drone, anyway. I'm not really sure what to do about the grilles and joints on the legs and arms. If they were marines, I'd either paint them black or dull silver, but the black forearms prevent me from painting at least the elbow joints black, and I don't really like using metallics on eldar models full stop. It just doesn't feel like the kind of material they'd make extensive use of when they have wraithbone for all their construction needs. Having said that, though, I'm painting the ribbed tubes under the helmets copper/bronze... :/ Anyone have any suggestions?
We're still in progress. Finally did the line work for the majority of the model. Still need to fuss with inking the crystals and doing blood and fun small add-ons like that. Still nothing compared to some but I feel like I'm improving.
Cancelledapocalypse - how about gemstone effect for the grills on the sides of the legs. I know what you mean about the joints, maybe your brighter blue accent would work?
Thanks Jamie! Hmm, I hadn't thought of actually having a bright colour on the joints and grilles... It's certainly an idea, but it's not really in keeping with what what I'm going for, which is a ghost like drone construct tending to things like the crystal seers, or waystone burial mounds on exodite worlds... Maybe a pale blue would work, though, with a glow effect around them, or something? Like it's held together by ethereal spirits?
CancelledApocalypse wrote: @Freya Looks great! One criticism, though, it looks like the paint is going on pretty thick, you might want to thin it a bit more before applying.
Yeah I usually do better on that but this time I tried my new airbrush for the first time so I accidentally screwed up my armor coating and speckled it cuz i was holding it too far away. Made the armor look like crap. Still learning how to use the airbrush but hopefully next time I'll have a better coat. Hard to figure out the right consistency.
Ah, that explains it. And I haven't even got into airbrushing yet, so I can only imagine how difficult it is learning that stuff. I'll have all that to look forward to eventually, most likely. ^_^'
CancelledApocalypse wrote: Ah, that explains it. And I haven't even got into airbrushing yet, so I can only imagine how difficult it is learning that stuff. I'll have all that to look forward to eventually, most likely. ^_^'
Yeah honestly the hardest part is figuring out paint consistency for good blends and psi vs distance from the model. Hopefully someday I'll have better insights to share on it. For now, I'm just gonna go with where I'm at xD
Okay I think I'm just gonna let this one be where it's at for a while. Still need a better camera. First model I've actually finished painting with using my airbrush for the armor color. As usual, I welcome criticism and comments.
Making progress... the one in the back needs only some detail work, but the one in the foreground obviously has a long way to go. I think I got her from sixteen pieces down to seven? Washes are done, so on to final assembly, detail, and basing.
Well, I think I'm going to have to bow out of this round. My eyes were bigger than my stomach, I guess.
I base layered one pox walker, but haven't even finished the gore and blood.
Though, I did stage him getting curb-stomped against a rock. My idea was to have him dead at the feet of a Space Marine Captain so that he was literally supporting another character. He'd be a part of the base.
But, some stuff at home prevented a lot of work. Picked up a part-time job, and the honey-do list is a mile long getting ready for my son's graduation party that may or may not happen. But, going to the in-laws for a couple of weeks on Friday. I was hoping to have everything done before then, but it's not gonna happen and I'm not bringing hobby stuff with me.
Gone for a kind of bengal/Tiger stripes on one of the cats for crazy cat lady. What do you all think? And just in case it needs to be said I absolutely do not approve of animal cruelty.
Calling this lad done. Could do with a touch more polish but I'm bored of painting him for the time being and he's at a stage I'm happy with for now. Night lords havoc.
Yup. I’m not suggesting the whole poll, just some options for what one could be. They all have a slightly different slants. Hopefully one catches Para’s eye.
I like the 'center of attention' idea! Works both for minis that might be the most threatening/brootal within an army, and for 'centerpiece' models, in a more aesthetic sense ...
Jamie Shred wrote: I still have a ton of zombies to paint for resident evil 2 board game. So maybe horde or destined for death in some way?
That could probably fit into "Rank and File" since zombies are about as rank and file of undead you can get, along with skeletons.
Automatically Appended Next Post: I had wanted to use this competition to spur me into painting again, but I just haven't had the time yet. Since I'm still a novice and I only have a few paints now, I could probably get a single model done in a day. Maybe tomorrow I'll somehow squeeze it in since it is Sunday.
How about the old rhyme "Tinker, Tailor, Solider, Sailor, Rich Man, Poor Man, Beggar Man, Thief"? Choose up to five of those archetypes and paint models that represent them in some way.
I created a once-off Space Marine chapter to support me during depression times.
First attempt at NMM, which ended up pretty bad. But I still like this guy's message.
Nice work on a classic mini. Good message! Gives you that +1 on your Ld when you need it.
Finished with my entry:
Had a bit of fun with this one. As the banner of the 3rd company, I needed to put our trademark stabbed nid head on there somewhere, but my freehand skills are not up for the task. Luckily my bits box was. Had a bit of trouble with the transfers, not that it shows in this angle. His shoulderpad on the arm holding the banner is touching his backpack, so the first transfer I tried to get on would not slide to where it needed to go. The second one I cut the skull out from the middle of the laurals, so it could go around the contact point. You ever tired to get a “U” shaped decal to end up where you want it? Less then fun. Ended up where it needed to be though. Sister turned out pretty good. So much finicky detail. I could have done more, but she’s good for battle.
JustALittleOrkish wrote: I created a once-off Space Marine chapter to support me during depression times.
First attempt at NMM, which ended up pretty bad. But I still like this guy's message.
I just got that same guy as part of a bunch of minis that arrived recently. It's cool to see what he could look like painted. I like the color scheme you chose. Hope you don't mind if I borrow the purple/yellow/grey idea for a small patrol detachment at some point. I really like purple.
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Nevelon wrote: You ever tired to get a “U” shaped decal to end up where you want it? Less then fun. Ended up where it needed to be though.
I've never actually attempted to apply a decal because I dislike the obvious circle of clear plastic around them when done quickly. I have watched a few videos on how to apply them and make that not show, so I have some understanding of how finicky they can be.
All done! 5 Pandemic fighters! A front shot, a rear shot, one with the three figurines with side-shot details to the side, and one with each mini next to their reference card.
Nevelon wrote: You ever tired to get a “U” shaped decal to end up where you want it? Less then fun. Ended up where it needed to be though.
I've never actually attempted to apply a decal because I dislike the obvious circle of clear plastic around them when done quickly. I have watched a few videos on how to apply them and make that not show, so I have some understanding of how finicky they can be.
Microsol/set are your friend. With the right tools, you can mitigate most of the issues with decals/transfers.
Gwyn chan 'r Gwyll wrote:All done! 5 Pandemic fighters! A front shot, a rear shot, one with the three figurines with side-shot details to the side, and one with each mini next to their reference card.
So I decided to wait and see how I got on this month, but I’m making reasonable progress, so here’s the proof image:
Going for a bunch of scenery and objectives, because good terrain is a key support to a good game. Preliminary photo of the one fully finished piece, the servitor/surgeon/lamp, who also provides medical support I guess?!
SergentSilver wrote: I just got that same guy as part of a bunch of minis that arrived recently. It's cool to see what he could look like painted. I like the color scheme you chose. Hope you don't mind if I borrow the purple/yellow/grey idea for a small patrol detachment at some point. I really like purple.
That would be amazing if you used the scheme. The chapter should grow beyond my one mini.
A very late entry from me after a horrendous month. I'll have to paint like the wind!
I'm going to paint Greedo from Star Wars Imperial Assault. He of course played a small but hugely important Supporting Role in a movie long long ago. And for the record, he DIDN'T shoot first.
Some supportive civilians from a mining colony. While the children help by picking up lost armour pieces and other debris, the elderly gentlemen points out an obsolete imperial fortification, soon to be dismantled by his hard-working associates.
(proof pic for the aberrants is also on page 1, some posts below my first one)
My trio is done. They may not be in the foreground of 40k, but without them new worlds wouldn't be explored, ships couldn't traverse the stars and GW would have no reason to reset the clock. So here is my Rogue Trader, Navigator and Squat.
SergentSilver wrote: I just got that same guy as part of a bunch of minis that arrived recently. It's cool to see what he could look like painted. I like the color scheme you chose. Hope you don't mind if I borrow the purple/yellow/grey idea for a small patrol detachment at some point. I really like purple.
That would be amazing if you used the scheme. The chapter should grow beyond my one mini.
Yes, yes! But what shall it be named? I would say the "Word Bearers" but that's already been taken. It would be pretty interesting since I have a Purple/Black/Grey theme WIP for my IG, so perhaps they could be from the same system.
Edit: I added a single 7+ year old picture of a Leeman Russ in the colors to my gallery if you want to see it. It's a bit... Well, I could have done better, though I was very proud of the rusty treads look at the time. I should probably get new pics to replace the one I added. It's not clear by todays standards.
Well, I think you guys know what I´m about to post......
Deadlines. They get me going, yet I´m often having difficulties making them.
Busy day ahead tomorrow, hopefully there´s some sealing time + shooting pics time. Otherwise it'll be Thursday morning. But, I do understand if you that's just too late for an entry.
Slipping in right under the wire! I honestly wasn't sure what I'd be able to get done for this month that fit the theme.
Proof pic. These are my Agents of the Imperium, led by Totally-Not-Inquisitor-Eisenhorn. Counts-as Venators for Necromunda. I figure all of them are supporting cast to help the Inquisitor achieve his mission(s).
My plan was to basically see what I finished and pick my favorite 5.
Well, I managed to get both Sisters over the line in time, assembled, painted, and based. The reversed color scheme will let me run them in two different Orders (should 9th favor such a build). The one from the army box (below left) went quickly; I assembled her completely pre-paint and she didn't have too many fiddly bits to get bogged down with. I'm completely satisfied with her lenses (my third attempt at those overall), and her Simulacrum Imperialis was some of the most fun I've had painting in a while. The other one (below right), which is one of two Simulacra you can build from the Sisters/Dominions/Celestians box, was a real pain... sixteen pieces to start with, which I assembled down to seven and then painted. The cage-and-casket did not appreciate being painted before assembly, and I had to accept some weird gaps and join lines. That said, she's an amazing model... I love the slung bolter, the cherub was a fun challenge (the brushwork on the wings was finer than I usually attempt), and I was really happy with how her face, eyes, and hair came out (y'all might remember that my Canoness from "Final Boss" left something to be desired in those areas). I kept catching glances of her from a low angle when I held the painting handle just so, and I thought it looked so cool I made that one of my entry pics.
A last minute entry from me, and not one I'm particularly happy with, as I only remembered last night hat I'd not painted anything suitable so he was a bit pf a rush job this morning. Been a long time since I painted any Infinity, but he was the only thing to hand that really fit. At least the streak stays unbroken.
I’m going to join the last minute rush, got these finished, although only had time to take photos with my phone (might try to replace them with better ones tomorrow Para, if that’s OK?)
I've been finding life in lock down pretty tough this last month and feels like I've had almost zero time for anything other than work and kids. (which is why I still haven't done the league table yet, sorry)
Got a small entry done over the last few days, can't say its truly finished but close enough and now its midnight ill put the paintbrush down. Will get some proper photos up tomorrow
Great Greedo, felt! He has always been one of my favourite characters - Han shot first! - and you have done a spectacular job as always.
Sorry to hear that lockdown is tough going at the moment, Midgetgems - I can relate. I hope things are better for all of us soon.
My piece didn't really get finished but here it is..the window out to the stars needs a coat of gloss varnish but I've run out of it and time...ditto with the smoothing of the blends and details. I am still determined to keep entering each month but I need to stop biting off more than I can chew under the covid lifestyle.
Anyhows, here he is...the idea is that Espern here is the captain of his own ship and his two 'dogs' are his pets... I imagine him a little like a character in Timothy Zahn's Star wars books - Talon Karrde.
I managed to finish my Administratum Scribes just in time. I'm not too happy with the freehand "A" symbols on the robes, but I think I've slightly improved my skine tone technique (I managed to get some blue in there), so we'll call it a draw!
Joining the rest of you guys in the "Last Minute Club", here are the final shots of two of my favorite supporting characters from The Lord of the Rings (books; they didn't make it into the movies), Tom Bombadil and his wife, Goldberry:
Pretty happy with how they turned out, and they were super fun to do. One of the best things about Games Workshop's Lord of the Rings SBG (now Middle-Earth SBG) range is that they made miniatures of stuff that only appeared in the books, like Tom & Goldberry above, the Variags of Khand, and the various participants of the Scouring of the Shire.
This has to be a record for the number of last minute entries! Did the end of June kind of creep up on everyone? I thought it was just me.
Sorry to hear you're struggling with lockdown, MG and Chris. If you (or anyone else) feel the need for a chat, drop me a PM.
Cheers for the comments, Zerg and Chris. Did you know that Greedo was played by a woman? I only found that out yesterday when looking for reference photos. I wonder if this means that the character of Greedo was female? Either way, Han definitely shot first.
Not just you it crept up on, Feltmonkey. I thought I had about a week left until I glanced at a calendar yesterday for the first time in days! I think time is just a mess at the moment, the weeks fly by but 2020 seems like it's already been about 5 years long...
All these last minute entries are great! I'll leave this open for a few more hours to catch any stragglers.
feltmonkey wrote: This has to be a record for the number of last minute entries! Did the end of June kind of creep up on everyone? I thought it was just me.
Honestly the past month, and July will be mega busy for me since I'm in the last month of my MBA before graduation. Our capstone 601 consulting project is reaching the end, and that's taken up most of my time, even with the quarantine nonsense. So finding consistent hobby time has been harder the past while.
I also struggled to paint some of the Forgeworld Bounty Hunters and that Failcast Eisenhorn. Yikes. My motivation definitely waned.
Pretty glossy base, but I didn't have any time left for a coat of sealant.
Also had some troubles with the purples, but I´ll just consider that as another painting experience now......
Sorry to hear that lockdown is tough going at the moment, Midgetgems - I can relate. I hope things are better for all of us soon.
feltmonkey wrote: This has to be a record for the number of last minute entries! Did the end of June kind of creep up on everyone? I thought it was just me.
Sorry to hear you're struggling with lockdown, MG and Chris. If you (or anyone else) feel the need for a chat, drop me a PM.
What a lovely community we have here Its just very much like ground hog day atm, but everyone is well which is the main thing
feltmonkey wrote: This has to be a record for the number of last minute entries! Did the end of June kind of creep up on everyone? I thought it was just me.
Honestly the past month, and July will be mega busy for me since I'm in the last month of my MBA before graduation. Our capstone 601 consulting project is reaching the end, and that's taken up most of my time, even with the quarantine nonsense. So finding consistent hobby time has been harder the past while.
I also struggled to paint some of the Forgeworld Bounty Hunters and that Failcast Eisenhorn. Yikes. My motivation definitely waned.
That's my excuse, anyways
Well, fingers crossed you get the grade you want, mate. I'm in awe of anyone who is managing to do anything like that under these circumstances, so kudos to you. And despite struggling for time and motivation, you still managed to produce five beautiful minis to enter - sickening! For context, I've been the very opposite of busy for the entire month and Greedo is the only model I've painted since last month's Harlequins.
Late of course, but, importantly for my backlog, finished.
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My ego wants to point out that the pages in the books are freehand ratehr than sculpted and on a model this small (that's a 25 mm base) it was a real pain to do them.
I concur with Midget Gems, lockdown is very much a groundhog day situation at the moment.
No, sorry, it's still coming. Been a hectic couple of weeks and my eyesight's been acting up again, so I'm still working on setting it up. Nearly there, should be any time over the next couple of days. Apologies.
Paradigm wrote: No, sorry, it's still coming. Been a hectic couple of weeks and my eyesight's been acting up again, so I'm still working on setting it up. Nearly there, should be any time over the next couple of days. Apologies.
Definitely no need to apologise, completely appreciate you organising the whole thing on your own for the love of it. Genuinely thought I'd missed it with all the changes going on. Hope your eyesight improves soon.
Hate to ask, but is anyone up for finishing off the compilation of this round's entries and throwing up the poll? It's been a crazy week and it turns out the eye problems are worse than I thought so I'm trying to cut down on bright screen time for a bit.
If anyone's willing to give it a go, PM me and I'll shoot you some instructions on the best way to set it up. I've done the first five pages, so it's mostly the deluge of last day final pics that need adding.
On a similar note. anyone willing to volunteer for July's poll setup and/or August's round as a whole?
Again, very sorry to have to ask (and at short notice) as I'm sure I'm not the only one with a lot on my plate right now, but hopefully someone is able go pick up this baton and run with it for a bit.
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I'll go with the poxwalkers.
then that was the plan all along.
