Welcome all to the 68th 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 favorite pieces, and those votes go towards an annual overall League that runs for 12 rounds, ending in February next year.

The month of October is our fall classic, the Halloween Special. Spooks and scares, ghosts and goblins, monsters and madness. Things that go bump in the night. Let all break out the frights, and make this month spooktacular!


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 October and will end at midnight Eastern time on the 31st of October. After this, I shall compile the finished entries into a new thread, and voting will run for 5 days.

List of Entrants:

Nevelon --Glaivewraith Stalkers - FINSIHED


Viterbi - Cairn Wraith and Hellboy.


endtransmission - Cthulhu


Arakasi - Moucrum from Limbo


DrGiggles - OOE


MobileSuitRandom - Spellsinger


maxwin - Be’lakor


JoshInJapan - Wraiths, Ghosts, Angel of Death, Vampire.


Captain Brown - Goliaths FINISHED


Theophony - Golem


Freya - Headless Horseman, Ghost Horse


Rybrook - Mad Donna Ulanti


Jamie Shred - The woodlands characters from the Talisman expansion


queen_annes_revenge -


Reavsie - Ashley J Williams, retail worker at S-Mart


416_SpaceWolves - Commissar


Vejut - Ral Partha skeletons.


MangoChutney - Wraiths


DJJazzyJeff - little chainsaw-wielding minx.


DV8 - Mourngul


Blackheart77 - Assassin


Horla - Judge Death


straken619 - Ghouls


ms07b3 - Dark Eldar


Yorkright - Skorpeth-Destoyer Lord FINISHED


Jadenim - Reanimated Escher gals


Good Old Murray- Heresy Miniatures Hag:


Midget Gems - Loonquins (Grots and Harlequins)


Pneumo - Dire Wolves


Pariah Press - Werewolf


Ezki


Evil-D185 - The monster in the cuboard


sockwithaticket - Malifaux Carrion Effigy


Tek - Mad Skorpekh Lord.


E3DD - spooky scary skeleton robots


Don Qui Hotep - ghost space ship


Modock - Ariadna Dog Warrior

Good luck everyone. Following my disappointing showing in Sept, I'm going to bail on this one. But looking forward to seeing what you all do - it's always a fun month

Finally it's October! These two are eager for some paint. I will enter one of the undead scourges of the Mortal Realms: The Cairn Wraith. Hot on it's heels is the best paranormal investigator in all the realms: Hellboy.

I'll be going for at least one of these beasts. There are the two figures from the Cthulhu pack for Death May Die, plus Cthulhu from Shadows of Brimstone

I detect a copy paste error in the thread title - shouldn't this be round 68?

I'll be attempting Moucrum from Limbo following up my Septemeber entry:


Pictured here next to one of the (now complete!) Ossilyte Guard - for size comparison purposes.

Good luck everyone!
Arakasi

 Arakasi wrote:
I detect a copy paste error in the thread title - shouldn't this be round 68?

Look, I posted this while I was still working on my first cup of coffee. The fact that it’s semi-coherent with just minor errors and not just an angry mash of letters tossed up onto the web in a minor miracle.

Fixed.

I'll actually paint up OOE for this month, I'll post proof tonight.

Edit: Proof

I think October is the best month to get working on some scary Elves From the Woods. Let's start with this old Spellsinger I got off eBay in a sorry half-primed state*
Have some more ideas though, will add further proof pics if these materialize.


* which of course blended in at once with the dozens of minis I had left half-primed myself over the last ~25 years, who are now silently fuming over being neglected over some 'newcomer', once again

Following a disastrous finish to last month I will try to pull it back with this guy, Be'lakor the original daemon prince, master of the shadows ... and finecast! what could be scarier!!

I found these guys while digging in my box of undead minis:


From left to right: two Ral Partha wraiths or ghosts or something from the 1980's, a RAFM Angel of Death, and an old Citadel vampire. I plat to start with the Ral Partha guys and see how far I can get this month.

Well I obtained a group of old Metal Goliaths in trade (yes I have figures to paint again)...they are some of the ugliest GW figures and I guess sort of scary.

So I will paint up to five of them for this month.

Cheers,

CB

So by scary...I mean these five Goliaths are some of the ugliest models sculpted for the original Necromunda range. Only slightly above the plastic Goliaths that came with the game box set.

Okay, so this will be another month i say i'll play and won't get it done . Just so happens i was printing this monstrosity and it will take most of the weekend and part of the next week to finish . H's a big boy.


Just to give an idea of the completed model.

four armed and four axe wielding Chaos Dwarf mechanical beast of Destruction.

Each axe takes about 9hours. his two arm sections are each 20+ hours. his right leg just started a bit ago, hopefully it will be done when i wake up in the morning before work.

I don't really have anything that would fit the halloween theme, except maybe a converted exodite Avatar I've been putting together. It's not Khaine, though, it's an Avatar of Lileath, who I'm saying is trapped in the warp. Would that do?

I guess I could always paint up some primaris reivers since they're wearing halloween masks...

 CancelledApocalypse wrote:
I don't really have anything that would fit the halloween theme, except maybe a converted exodite Avatar I've been putting together. It's not Khaine, though, it's an Avatar of Lileath, who I'm saying is trapped in the warp. Would that do?

I guess I could always paint up some primaris reivers since they're wearing halloween masks...

Both would work.

Avatars are inherently spiritual, and fit. Otherworldly things work well.

Reivers are basically trick or treaters with combat knives and krack grenades, so work well.

Space marine "Krak-or-Treaters" xD

Okay, I'll see if I can actually get something finished (or even started) this month. Probably the Avatar...

Taking a break from the space puppies for Halloween. Will also be doing some oil painting! Wheeeee!!!!

Man I miss this, I may enter if I have some primer left.


** Edit **

Proof

Crazy psycho bitch, Mad Donna Ulanti

Heres my proof pic. The woodlands characters from the Talisman expansion. Not the best quality of models but i am painting them for a friend and have already had them 3 months so figured its about time i got them done.
Spider queen seems spooky enough to fit the theme.

Don't have much for this theme. Did find this thing I got from Helge Wilhelm in Norway.

Trying to rekindle motivation for painting. Just a single figure to get me going again.

I present Ashley J Williams, retail worker at S-Mart

He has a skull mask, so I think it qualifies!

Made a pretty decent start today. Most of the base coats and washes done.

Won't be able to enter this month unfortunately, but I'm really excited to see what spooky critters people com up with! This is the best of all months, and contains the best of all holidays. Seems fitting that it would host the best of all painting entries! Have fun everyone. Can't wait to see what you come up with.

Going to try to get done these Julie Guthrie sculpted Ral Partha skeletons. My favorite sculptor and animal heads do a lot to overcome my usual "meh" reaction to skeletons...

I’m painting up a Mournghul for a friend’s birthday, so why the Hell not! Pic incoming...

 Freya wrote:
Taking a break from the space puppies for Halloween. Will also be doing some oil painting! Wheeeee!!!!

May I ask what the second horse is? It's gorgeous.

Vejut wrote:
Going to try to get done these Julie Guthrie sculpted Ral Partha skeletons. My favorite sculptor and animal heads do a lot to overcome my usual "meh" reaction to skeletons...

Something old and not by GW. I am officially competing against you this month.

I'll be painting these up this month, time permitting

Not positive where she's from, my brother gave her to me. But, I'll be painting up this little chainsaw-wielding minx. There is a severed zombie hand grabbing her pantleg if she's not 'monster' enough.

Anyone who looks like they are in a horror film is fine. As always, if you think your entry fits, it probably does. The theme is there as a springboard to launch ideas, not shackle your creativity. You can stretch it pretty far and it will be OK.

 JoshInJapan wrote:

Vejut wrote:
Going to try to get done these Julie Guthrie sculpted Ral Partha skeletons. My favorite sculptor and animal heads do a lot to overcome my usual "meh" reaction to skeletons...

Something old and not by GW. I am officially competing against you this month.

Well, you'll probably win by quite a bit, but I was going to make a joke about a Ral-Partha-off

Vejut wrote:

 JoshInJapan wrote:

Vejut wrote:
Going to try to get done these Julie Guthrie sculpted Ral Partha skeletons. My favorite sculptor and animal heads do a lot to overcome my usual "meh" reaction to skeletons...

Something old and not by GW. I am officially competing against you this month.

Well, you'll probably win by quite a bit, but I was going to make a joke about a Ral-Partha-off

Q: Is this the Parthenon?
A: No,it's the Parta-off!

Sorry, that was lame. Let's use this challenge to co-inspire each other. I'll even try to post WIP photos, which I am normally loathe to do.

Going to paint the Mourngul for this challenge. I've had this model for a long while (used to run in him Fantasy). I've re-based him and re-primed him to add to my Nighthaunt collection. He'll never see play because he's THAT bad, but it's a great model and it fits perfectly with the theme.

Ok, if DV8 is painting that monstrosity we’re going to have to up the age-rating on the competition; this isn’t going to be PG friendly!

Here is my entry, first time doing a painting challenge can't wait to get it done!

I started blocking in, she really isn't good looking

“You cannot kill what doesssss not live!”

My grandad bought this Judge Death model for me when we went to London for my 13th birthday. I assembled it and primed it at the time but the thin legs snapped under its weight (it’s vinyl so it started leaning very quickly). I got dejected and put it in a box in the attic.

Fast forward 24 years and I found it while looking for stuff for our baby. Going to pin it, remove the mould lines (I did a terrible job before), and give this alien superfiend the paint job he deserves.

I was about to paint them anyway so here is my entry. Not sure if I will paint all three of them by the end of the month.

I should have been done printing my beast this morning, but, I had accidentally saved the left arm print as a right arm print so now he has three left hands and axes . Fixed before work, first right axe printed while I was at work. The second will be done before I wake up in the morning. I might prime what I have done tonight at the temperature is okay.

 DV8 wrote:
Going to paint the Mourngul for this challenge. I've had this model for a long while (used to run in him Fantasy). I've re-based him and re-primed him to add to my Nighthaunt collection. He'll never see play because he's THAT bad, but it's a great model and it fits perfectly with the theme.

Well .... lol

OK, OP is updated to this point.

Lots of cool looking entries and some new faces joining us this month. Welcome aboard the scary train! Should be a fun month.

Still getting base layers down on my spooks. I’ll try to grab a WIP tomorrow.

And seeing the old lead RP stuff surfacing really wants to make me dig out the PPE and go digging into the depths of the Pile of Shame looking for heavy metals. I’d be shocked if I didn’t have a handful of skeletons in there to join the danse macabre.

Edit:
Slightly blurry, but I blame the ethereal nature of the subjects. Almost done with the basecoats.

WIP of my autumnal elf witch and additional proof for her buddy, who arrived in the mail today and is admittedly quite a bit spookier.

I will make some darkeldar models this month.It is a good chance to finish some new stuff.

Not exactly a Halloween model but he is skeletal and scary. My entry this month is the Skorpeth-Destoyer Lord.

Yorkright wrote:
Not exactly a Halloween model but he is skeletal and scary. My entry this month is the Skorpeth-Destoyer Lord.

I certainly wouldn't want him trick or treating at my door!

Some cool looking entries this month, here is an early WIP of Be'lakor

 Rybrook wrote:
I started blocking in, she really isn't good looking

You mean that isn't She-Hulk?

Big Beast is outside drying from it's priming. I'm sure there will be more cleaning once that's done. I'll probably start painting the parts seperately and then gluing and finish painting in later steps.

So flip a coin as to whether I’ll find time / motivation to get these gals finished, but reanimated Escher gals definitely count as spooky to my mind!

Weather was perfect for priming, and I got about an hour to get the base layers of metal on.

Copied from my blog:
Not much time this morning, headed to church to get some stuff taken care of, just wanted to show that the beast has been primed and base layers of metal applied. More layers later when time permits.


Head

Horns
Torso and arms

Legs

Axes.

I’m thinking of making the horns and axe handles a different color, but will probably go leadbelcher like the mechanical parts. I’ll let the whim move me when I get there.

Ok I'm changing my entry. I have no motivation to paint that creepy blob thing. I chose my scariest emperors children marine instead. Think this guy is scary enough.

Judge Death lives! Or at least stands...

Waiting for new paints to arrive, then will continue

Copied from my P&M blog:

I also finished off the first couple of models for the October Painting Challenge:



These are Ral Partha ghosts from 198-something (a mold line runs right over the date on the underside of their bases). As always, the huge blown up images in my dakka gallery really bring all the flaws in my painting to light. The bases were inspired by Kevin Dallimore's work for Frostgrave, with a little glowy effect added. I'm torn on whether or not I should extend the green on the bases a little farther. What do you think?

Finally, I repaired and based this Angel of Death from RAFM:


The right arm was broken off at the elbow, so I pinned and superglued it in place. Originally, it stuck straight out the the side, but I repositioned it in a slightly less stupid position. For the base, I puttied in the recess, filed it smooth and hit it with white glue and sand. I then covered it with a generous layer of crackle medium, just to see what would happen.

I'm also working on a troop of dwarf crossbowmen, but they're not far enough along to share. Maybe by the end of the week...

Theo: That's a pretty impressive print, I'm just looking at you going for that and at the dragon I did a few months back that I barely got done and being pretty impressed at you likely getting it done for the month!

Horla: that satisfying feeling when you finally fix an old broken thing bothering you for a good while!

Got my base colors done on my skeletons, now to just get started actually making them look halfway presentable:

Since you asked, I'd push the glow out a little farther: highlight the nearest edges of the individual flagstones with a bit of green.

Vejut: That's a nice start on the skeletons. Are you using the same brown for the boots/gloves and the wood? It's hard to tell from the photos.

Pariah Press: Thanks, I'll give that a try.

I'm hoping I did? I've got two or three shades of orange-brown and they always confuse me which one I've grabbed (and usually I can't find the one I want!). Should also be the color on the fur cloak two of them have. Was hoping that it won't look too silly if I shade/highlight it differently, while still keeping them looking fairly group-like and not going all color-riot.

My figure's arrived. Enter me into the runnings for this month.

Heresy Miniatures Hag:

almost finished and add lilith WIP.

Open to suggestions to improve them, but I think its down to figuring out bases for these guys:

Vejut,

I would weather the blue down. It looks to bright and joyous for walking dead.

Some progress on my ugly (scarily so) old metal Necromunda Goliaths.



Cheers,

CB

This Month is my Fav after December, always fun to see what you guys paint and the scary stuff you come out with

The league table has ben updated

https://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/732117.page

My Proof, Going to try and convert a few more Loonquins (Grots and Harlequins)

almost finished lilith

That’s really nice work

Some progress even with a headache.

So Ugly They're Scary.







Finished.

Cheers,

CB

Ugly but great paint job CB.

I found something that is suitable for this months challenge, so I'll take part as well:
I think they might've been scrapped from the GW product line but I got some of these old dire wolves and my brother is starting a DnD campaign as a necromancer so I'll paint these up for him. Not sure if I'll be able to do all three. I'll most likely only enter one as a final model.


This would be that dire wolf in his WIP state

Here’s my finished Skorpekh Lord. Good luck to everyone can’t wait to see your finished work.

I've decided to start with a Citadel werewolf from 1979. Already pretty spooky. Then I'm going to chop it up and convert it into a Warhammer 40K Wolfen, which was a very rare, limited release miniature from 1988 that is almost impossible to find. I'm going to try to make mine as close as possible to the 1988 Wolfen.

Here's my proof:


Here's my goal (the guy on the right):

Work in progress

Nice necron yorkright and good progress from everyone. I got a bit more done today, these models are tiny and pvc so they are painting up pretty quickly.

Lots of fun projects this month, once again!
WIP of my half-assembled Murdertree:

Love the steroid pumped Goliaths
Quick Be'lakor wip ...

Thanks to Jason Fulford at Rogue Heresy, I found a weapon donor: Spitgun Suzi, a Citadel Judge Dredd Perp:



She doesn't look too happy about it:

Cool entries are popping up. Very spooky indeed!

Taking part with the following proof picture:


Not yet sure what it's going to be.
But I have bunch of foam core and balsa wood in my cabinet, and I felt like crafting something for the first time in a long while.

Hi,
sounds like fun. I think I will perticipate

This looks like a formidable miniature for such an occasion



The monster in the cuboard

I’ve done the least scary part of my entry: The base!

Couple of progress shots:

Not so much progress as I have been too lazy to go downstairs for anything, but figured I could at least glue most of him together this morning for an idea of just how massive he is.

Iron Within: I redid all the steel with Iron warrior paint instead of leadbelcher. I like the effect.

Here he is with his center stone started as a huge chunk of Warpstone. I thought about doing it in orange, but I didn’t think it would go well with the brass.

You can’t see much detail here, just shear size.

I've got some time off starting tomorrow so this may be the time to dip my toes back in.

I work for a UK exam board so August and the first half of September got wiped out for me this year due to all the kerfuffle.

One Malifaux Carrion Effigy

Oh hell, 10 days left and I've ground to a halt as usual. Some time ago, actually.

Must pull my finger out, or my socks up, whichever works...

 Reavsie wrote:
Oh hell, 10 days left and I've ground to a halt as usual. Some time ago, actually.

Must pull my finger out, or my socks up, whichever works...

You're not the only one! Seems to be a recurring theme for me

I took your advice and extended the glow on the bases, as well as blending the green into the grey a little better and adding edge highlights on some of the stones. As always, the models look better in person than in the huge zoomed in photos on my gallery page. I also did some work on this guy:



His right arm broke off twice while I was primering the model. I ended up drilling deep into the humerus and ulna, to the point where the metal is a little deformed. That should hopefully keep it intact. The bone is finished in this photo, and I thought the wings were as well, but then I noticed the little spike-thumb things. I'll have to go back over those.

Nice glow, JoshInJapan!

I'm making good progress on the Wolfen.

That Wolfen model is delightful.

 JoshInJapan wrote:
That Wolfen model is delightful.

Thank you!

Getting there...

I'd like to join please! I'm just starting my Necron force and I just finished converting my mad Skorpekh Lord. It would be the perfect opportunity to try and get him painted inside of a week

I don't know if it's too late, but I got a squad of spooky scary skeleton robots that need stripping and painting.

Actually got the basing and all done over the weekend:



Will probably try to take better pictures this weekend.

Looks good Vejut, what flock is that I may have to steal it for my elder.

Thanks! Small stuff is IIRC the gale force 9/army painter grass, and then army painter tufts glued in among them.

Would it be too tenuous to paint something in a colour we mini painters are generally terrified of - the dreaded yellow?

WIP WIP WIP

 feltmonkey wrote:
Would it be too tenuous to paint something in a colour we mini painters are generally terrified of - the dreaded yellow?

Well it made me laugh, so no?!

And QAR dropping WIP work that half the people in this thread would love to have as finished...

Kind of a weird Mr Bean-ish look on that guy's face, but the paint job is great.

Haha damn now I can't un see that! I was unsure what to do for his eyes.. he has big googly eyes, so I went with a small pupil to get that opiod drugged out look. Maybe I'll change it to something else.

Well I didn't think I'd get around to entering this month, but I think I have a fun kit I can put together over the weekend: what's scarier than a ghost ship? Well naturally, a ghost spaceship, of course. But what's scarier than that, is a ghost space ship decloacking off of your starboard nacelles and unleashing a hail of disrupter fire.

Proof of Pic:

Sorry I’ve not been more active in this thread. Remember: if you think it fits, it probably does.

It's already quite late in the month but I'll try to finish Ariadna Dog Warrior, human and werewolf form.

Murdertree WIP, head needs more work but started messing around with the base

Here the finished Base for the Miniature

Evil-D, that base looks great. Can't wait to see the cupboard monster creeping out of it.

Josh, the glow looks good. Nice work.

Don Q, A Ghost Romulan Warbird?! Brilliant!

Queen Anne, I've been following your work on instagram. Looking fantastic.

Mobilesuit, the murder tree looks incredible.

Modock, it's interesting that Ariadna switches hands when he becomes the werewolf. Those are nice sculpts, though.

Ms07b3, Lilith looks great. That's a heck of a pose to take while wearing a thong, though.

Captain, Goliaths are fun and ugly. Fugly?

Pariah, enjoying the progress on the Wolfen.

maxwin, the lighting and glow effects you produce are what originally drew me to your work. The detail you produce is fantastic, but such realism from the glowing torches, suits, swords, etc. is over-the-top.
Be'lakor's lava pool is no exception.

So much other great stuff to comment on, but I'll wrap it up with a new proof pic.
If I actually finish anything, it'll more likely be this than my first entry.

A gs-sculpted Ghost Rider on a Matchbox motorcycle for Gaslands. I swear I had a picture of his flaming skull around here somewhere . . .

OK, finally got my lightbox out for the pics. Nothing special, just some more spooks to lurk in the darkness in the back of the bookshelf. Getting close to the end if the Soulwars box. Another couple Octobers and I’m going to have to paint something new. Of course, I still have some hexwraiths and skeletons kicking around. Should be good until 2025.

If I actually played, there might be more of a dive, but they do make for a nice seasonal pallet cleanser on the paintbench.

Edit:
OP updated to this point. Remember the month is winding down, one week to go. Time to get the lead out. Literally, for some of this month’s entries. I don’t know if Para has any ideas in mind for next month, but if anyone has any suggestions for a November topic, might as well toss them up here.

Wow Evil-D185, that base is pure awesomeness!

Some more progress:




Decided to build a small graveyard for this month's theme.
My plans might have been a bit too ambitious for a late(ish) entry, but I'm doing my best.

Even though it's mostly a terrain piece / display board, I hope it's sufficient.
I'll try to hide a couple of skeletons here and there as actual models


EDIT:
@Nevelon: I accidentally deleted my proof pic from the hosting site (uploaded it twice, ended up removing the wrong one )
I edited my initial post and linked it in the spoilers as well. Sorry for the trouble.

Finished! Below are the six images for the competition. There are a couple more in my P&M blog. This was a great incentive to get this guy painted

I present Lady D'onne Astride Ge'Sylvanus of the House of Ulanti, or Mad Donna for short.

Here are my finished pics, going for mood pics this time. Like the last one the most, looks like the teaser for a new buddy cop show

Probably not finishing the big beast in time. Lots of family issues plaguing the last two weeks and the hands and axes need reprinting. That part alone with the fact my printer is down will wipe any chance out.

My entry for this month. He's a kitbash of cadian, catachan and zombie parts.

Pte. Walker, formerly of the 122nd Cadian regiment.


Proof and final images spoilered below.

I haven't forgotten that I entered this (yet) - but have finally started some progress!


Moucrum (Limbo)

Catchya,
Arakasi

Finished the Mourngul. This is a surprisingly difficult model to photograph because of the way it angles. Yikes. Also, WITNESS THEM BRUSH STROKES!

Experimented with a really simple, cool blood effect that I'm absolutely in love with (Tamiya Candy Red + VMC Black), and I need to find more ways to use it!

Well done looks very good

Experimented with a really simple, cool blood effect that I'm absolutely in love with (Tamiya Candy Red + VMC Black), and I need to find more ways to use it!

Yes that is an old trick add glue, something like UHU and you can make great blood droplets or strings of blood with it

Nice work as always DV8 that blood does look better than the GW stuff.
I am almost done too. Need to finish up the black and red then sort the bases out.
Not my finest work but my mate will be pleased with them and i blame the half assed pvc sculpts. I mean look at the six pack on the warrior dude, those squares pretty much wrap right around the torso, its like the sculptor has never seen a naked human torso before.

Brush strokes don't look as bad, (or bad at all) on larger models. Your eye has more space to bring it all together, and it can have a more classical art feel.

As Nev said, throw some theme ideas at me, I'll put a poll together tomorrow. Didn't rralise how late in the month it had got!

Speaking of which, I'd better throw in an entry myself! As an undead, unkillable monstrosity whose wounds morph into ever-cackling mouths that drive its opponents insane, I'd say The Laughing Hand from Critical Role's second campaign qualifies. This is a fan sculpt by LPMiniatures, printed on my new Anycubic Photon resin printer. The print came out really well given I'd been using it for less than a week at the time of printing, and the model was a great canvas to go to town with some dingy, atmospheric stylings and lots of texture work.

proof

Re: November topic - something vehicle and/or scenery related would suit me very well...

November topic: Zealots!

Gee, this month certainly got around fast!

Lots of covid restrictions changing in my neck of the woods, so I am back on-site for work which has been challenging but fun - it also means I can get onto a model for this month.

Here it is....

Theme idea; given that the nights are drawing in, how about “into the dark”. Could cover special forces, spaceships, heroic adventurers or those fallen to evil.

That sounds good although I like the sound of zealots too.

Late entry, but here I be. Looking through my models, I decided that skulls were too common to be scary anymore, but then I found the dyniaq and spawn figures. Pumpkins and jack-o'-lanterns are the scariest things possible, reminding us that our time is limited and that others will shape us without our consent to suit their needs. I cry every time I see a pumpkin and feel my labor-sore shoulders. They're almost painted.




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And they're done. I'm happy with how my vines on the spawn's base came out. I left a little bit of fingerprint on the knight's base. Either way, I can put them in my team now.

I have finished an entry within the month for the first time in a while so happy to present my Avocad-gheists...My Avocadhosts...
My avocado themed ghosts.

Wasn't sure I was going to get time to do any of the Cthulhus, but did manage to get one done over the last few days

If it's not too late, I'd like to get in on the fun.

My entry: Kromlech squig-o-lantern (no idea what it's really called).

 endtransmission wrote:
Wasn't sure I was going to get time to do any of the Cthulhus, but did manage to get one done over the last few days

Nice!

Subject poll for November:
https://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/0/793404.page#10969028

Cheers DJ!

That's me finished

I finished the ghosts and the Death Reaper:


There are a few more photos and some commentary in my P&M blog.

Got taken with some other projects this month but I did finish ONE model of the two in Abtelung oil paints (was incredibly cool to learn)

That is the meanest My LIttle Pony I ever did see.

 Pariah Press wrote:
That is the meanest My LIttle Pony I ever did see.

I just shouted a laugh and it's late so I feel bad for waking up my roommate BUUUUtttt lol! Nightmares deserve to dress up for halloween too ya know!

 Freya wrote:
Got taken with some other projects this month but I did finish ONE model of the two in Abtelung oil paints (was incredibly cool to learn)

Spoiler:

Oil paints? Nifty. Did you find them hard to work with?

Still progressing...

The final stretch!

 JoshInJapan wrote:

 Freya wrote:
Got taken with some other projects this month but I did finish ONE model of the two in Abtelung oil paints (was incredibly cool to learn)

Spoiler:

Oil paints? Nifty. Did you find them hard to work with?

Actually they were quite easy to work with. I still made mistakes obviously as this was my first time using them but overall they were really easy to blend and ultimately finish with. This model took me about 6 hours of work and thats with making some rookie mistakes. I'll totally be doing this practice again. Hopefully next time I'll have more than a handful of colors. XD

Here is my completed Calexus Assassin! This has been a blast and I can't wait for next month!

Well, his head is too big, and there isn't the detail I wanted yet on his legs, especially. But, it's already almost the 30th, so I'm just going to primer the Ghost Rider anyway.

My fixed models this month!

The Wolfen is complete! It's a pretty simple paint job, but I'm quite satisfied with it.

"Captain, I'm reading a strange disturbance off the port nacelle..."
-Last entry in transcription of the USS Krakatoa, lost with all hands Stardate 43315.6

Romulan Warbird completed:

Judge Death - completed!

I managed to finish DogWarrior in werewolf form...dogface will be done at some point in the future.

Here is my final entry. Pictures turned out meh but I really like how the model turned out.

Final pics:

Wow, great work as always, Modock!
You always have such interesting models, Vejut - these are great and you've done a great job.
And that Judge Death!!?? Amazing - I love it.

Here is my entry for this month - rogue trader Nurgle-ness...I enjoyed painting this with all of the different textures and colour - gotta love Papa Nurgle.







Best of luck to everyone!

Horla wrote:Judge Death - completed!

Two more photos in daylight, or what daylight is available on this gloomy Halloween...

Chris56 wrote:And that Judge Death!!?? Amazing - I love it.

Thanks!

Bit of a late entry for me as I thought I had posted my proof ages ago!

Bit of a departure for me doing an AoS model so I decided to experiment and play around using contrast Blood Angels red and guilliman flesh for the bodice and then nuln oil and drakenhoff nightshade washes for the cloak. There is only contrast wash and drybrush on this mini (except the base)





And finished

 Chris56 wrote:
Wow, great work as always, Modock!
You always have such interesting models

Thank you, Chris!
Great looking entry you got there...LOVE the smooooth blends!

Should have my final up in 10ish hours (light permitting...)

All finished "The Cupboard Mimic"















Every week for a year one great monster check out my Blog it is well worth it

The Monster Munch

Cutting it fine this month.

Here are my final pics.
The heroes corner the evil spider witch!
As always feedback is most welcome and appreciated.
Some excellent last minute entries coming in so going to handing out a load of votes again.

Mood pic for Durthu & his Älf friend, will post proper pics later, sry :|

I've just realised I forgot to post a proof photo. I decided to do an Imperial Fists Primaris Marine, painted as smoothly and cleanly as I possibly can. In many ways this is the most terrifying prospect a miniature painter can face. I've actually finished it, and my wife and I are trying to take some photos now. It turns out that photographing a yellow Primaris is an equally horrifying proposition.

Here's how it looked a week or so ago -

Not going to finish this one. Got basecoats and wash done, but that was a struggle.

Lost all interest in picking up a brush.

Good luck to all out there still making an effort though.

Phew, just under the line!



Usually I would not attend with a terrain piece, but I figured that for a halloween theme it might be fitting.
You can ignore the crafting part and take only the painting into account when voting. I don't mind.

Got to try quite a few new techniques with this piece. And building it was really really fun!
Learned a lot and enjoyed myself, so that's a win in itself right?

In just before the deadline!

Just a reminder, that the time in the original post is a little deceptive. I hate doing time zone math and never changed it. At the time of me posting this, it’s about 4:00 PM for me, and I’m not going to stay up to midnight just to close this. So more likely I’ll formally shut it down and start next month’s over coffee tomorrow, in about 14ish hours.

Just pretend someone asked for a little more time and I said OK every month. (although I should probably switch the formal times to Eastern if I’m going to keep managing these.)

Here's my HORRIFIC entry for the month. Thanks go to my wife for her movie poster creation skills.













Yep, I did the symbols freehand to further punish myself.

Hah, brilliant! And a great paintjob to boot!

Durthu & Spellsinger final pics.
Didn't manage to really finish the elf so she's in there rather for scale purposes

Superb, felt! Love an Imperial Fist.

I've just finished a single solitary Howling Banshee for my kill team. It was going to be an with an exarch too, but I accidentally snapped the spear off about a week ago and I haven't got round to fixing it yet, so there was no way I was going to finish the painting on that one.

I'll take some photos and upload in a bit. I might miss the deadline by an hour or two, hope that's okay, Para?

Loads of great stuff again this month!

I dipped into GW past for my entry and dug out some old halloween themed minis. Doubly scary for me when I realised all of these sculpts are over 30 years old!

Proof:


and the final entry

Escher Death Maidens finished! These gals were pretty scary before they were dead...

Moucrum

Limbo: Eternal War's "King Moucrum" - Lord of the Deathless.

Well, all right, I got it done quicker than I expected I would.

Here's my entry, an eldar Howling Banshee with extra spooky Mymeara hair. Oh and proof pic, too.

Hi All

Happy Halloween

Finished my conversions tonight so can post them up on time for once

Looniquins Death Jester and Solitaire Final Pics

This is pretty low-rent compared to the awesome things on display already, but I still want to join the fun! This is made by Kromlech, I'm calling it a "squig-o-lantern". Pardon the dodgy photography as this model is essentially a sphere and my phone camera has very poor depth-of-field.

Is nobody gonna talk about how felt just totally did the most frightening model? I'm legitimately afraid to paint a yellow marine. No joke. Definitely one of my picks

Yeah, thassome good yellow!

OK, I think it’s time to call this one done. If someone asked for a little more time and I missed it, sorry, but I think all those are in. It will take me a bit to get the vote thread together, so slap me if I forgot you. Although as I sift the thread for final pics, I’ll probably be reminded. Also, I did update the end time for this one, so all you “just under the wire” people need to read the fine print and do your timezone math!

Join us next month for Saints and Sinners, where we can sell out souls to the dark powers for skills, or just pray for victory.

https://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/793514.page

I didn't officially ask for extra time, but I did in my head. So I don't know if that counts. Finished this last night, but didn't take photos until this morning.

The sculpting was rushed, the paint job was rushed, but it was fun. And, as an added bonus, all the colors that aren't black glow in the dark.

Ghost Rider sculpted entirely from GS on the back of a Hotwheels motorcycle. I'll use him for Gaslands. If he doesn't make the cut for the vote, I'll live. It was fun and I learned some things that will make the next one better.

Still drinking my morning coffee, it’s all good. Added you to the vote thread.

Oops I totally forgot to post my finished entry here, even though I finished a few days back.
I am really sorry.








Hope there is still time to get to the vote thread. If not its ok, I understand. Cheers

 straken619 wrote:
Oops I totally forgot to post my finished entry here, even though I finished a few days back.
I am really sorry.
Hope there is still time to get to the vote thread. If not its ok, I understand. Cheers

I get it, life sometimes gets away from us and we forget things. Added.