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Post by: Paradigm
Welcome all to the 77th 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 Nothing To Fear But Fear Itself: Blades and bullets may tear the flesh, but the morale of the enemy is best broken by fear. Your entry should feature models who employ fear or terror as weapons, from grotesque abominations to shadowy agents sowing panic behind enemy lines.
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 July and will end at midnight UK time on the 31st July. After this, I shall compile the finished entries into a new thread, and voting will run for 5 days.
List of entrants:
Nevelon: Tyranid Haruspex/Exocrine
Freya: Lich and Flame Skulls
lifeafter: Vindicare Assassin
queen_annes_revenge: Night Lords Praetor and Black Mask
ShadowsAndDust: Furioso Dreadnought
SirOllox: Nurgle Demon
Yorkright: Vindicare Assassin:
Flinty: Stargrave monsters
Power Elephant: Ant-folk Gunslinger
vejut: Monster Hunters and Monster
DV8: Mysterio
JoshinJapan: Crimson Devils
ms07b7: Battle Sisters
Arakasi: Hassassin Fiday
Captain Brown: Pit Slaves and Spyrers
Warpig1815: BF-109
Jamie Shred: Resident Evil monsters:
the_balloon_dog: Legion of the Damned Space Marine Action Figure
Tallandra: Ravenwing Chaplain
Ezki: Beholder
Viterbi: The Red Skull
Padaigm: Yndrasta, The Celestial Spear
Turaxa: Eldar Harlequin
MobileSuitRandom: Lelith Hesperax
Gulgog TufToof: WAAAAGH! Banner
Midget Gems: Knight Sanguine Chaplain
Feltmonkey: Giant Bugs
Maharg: Zombies
Aelyn: Belladamma Volga
SmallChanges: Great Knarloc
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Post by: Nevelon
You have nothing to fear but fear itself.
And unspeakable hunger beasts from beyond the outer black that will devour you and all you hold dear in a gruesome frenzy of gluttony.
You can fear that as well.
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Post by: Horla
Haven’t a clue what I can do for this. Will have to think about it.
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Post by: DrGiggles
Nothing says fear like a rhino full of khorne berzerkers bearing down on you. Should be a good excuse to test out the airbrush my wife bought me. I'll post proof after work tonight.
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Post by: Commissar Yarrork
Oh man I really don't have anything for this one. All I have right now is orks, so either a particularly scary warboss or...
Maybe my kans? Kommandos would work I guess but I don't have any right now. I could buy Ghazghkull I guess but my list isn't ready for him yet, as I'm only at 1000 points.
Right now I just have boyz, stormboyz, a chimera trukk, kans, and 2 warbosses.
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Post by: Nevelon
Commissar Yarrork wrote:Oh man I really don't have anything for this one. All I have right now is orks, so either a particularly scary warboss or...
Maybe my kans? Kommandos would work I guess but I don't have any right now. I could buy Ghazghkull I guess but my list isn't ready for him yet, as I'm only at 1000 points.
Right now I just have boyz, stormboyz, a chimera trukk, kans, and 2 warbosses.
Stormboyz or a warboss would probably work. Both are good for some pants-wetting terror for things on the other side of the fight.
Just slap some paint on the meanest, ugliest, scary thing you have.
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Post by: Captain Brown
I will likely do some old metal Delaque Gangers...the ones that hid in the shadows and jumped out to ambush the other gangs.
Delaques are off the table as they may still be in transit when this month comes to an end. So instead I will do some Pit Slaves and Spryers to provide Necromunda Nightmares.
Cheers,
CB
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Post by: Jamie Shred
Ooh my resident evil 3 board game stuff arrived today so will probably do some of the bosses.
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Post by: Commissar Yarrork
Might use this warboss, a minor conversion that uses bullgryn arms and a "skorcha-rippa".
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Post by: ShadowsAndDust
Here's my entry for this month: The Furioso Dreadnought.
I think it fits the theme because it has the word "dread" in it.
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Post by: Freya
Necromancer and flaming skulls 3d print by mini monster mayhem MMM. Should be a fun exercise in light sources
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Post by: ms07b3
My favorite sisters of battle! I am coming again!
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Post by: JoshInJapan
I'll paint up these Crimson Devils to use as baddies in Five Parsecs From Home or similar. I'll only enter five in the competition, but if I'm doing five, I figure I may as well do the last one at the same time.
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Post by: Flinty
@ms07b3 - just a few more than 5 there
Good luck!
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Post by: Flinty
If it’s not 5 Warsuits, including both Ladies of Terra, then I will be all of the disappoint
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Post by: Commissar Yarrork
Wow that's almost 3000 points of warsuits!
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Post by: queen_annes_revenge
Gonna throw in this night lords praetor. Probably swap the head and maybe the shoulder pads. Also got the kruleboyz standard bearer aswell depending on how much time I have after.
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Post by: ms07b3
Half of them are my friend's stuff XD.
Just painted a head last night.
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Post by: Commissar Yarrork
ms07b3 wrote:
Half of them are my friend's stuff XD.
Just painted a head last night.
Haha, sorry, I was joking about how warsuits are *technically* 240 points apiece right now RAW.
Still, that's a lot of sisters.
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Post by: Shadow Walker
JoshInJapan wrote:
I'll paint up these Crimson Devils to use as baddies in Five Parsecs From Home or similar. I'll only enter five in the competition, but if I'm doing five, I figure I may as well do the last one at the same time.
Brings back memories of my Warzone 1st ed. army Automatically Appended Next Post: Paradigm wrote:Welcome all to the 77th round of the Dakka Painting challenge. BTW OP title is ''Dakia''
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Post by: Nevelon
WIP shot of the Exocrine/Haruspex. Body needs touch ups, heads just got their Grey Seer base.
Not to sound like a GW salesmonkey, but if you’ve ever wanted to collect ‘Nids, but the thought of painting that many bugs is what held you back, contrast paints are what you need. Won’t help with cleaning the mold lines on everything, but paint goes FAST. I’m having a seriously fun time just rolling these bugs across the paint bench.
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Post by: MobileSuitRandom
Nevelon wrote:Not to sound like a GW salesmonkey, but if you’ve ever wanted to collect ‘Nids, but the thought of painting that many bugs is what held you back, contrast paints are what you need. Won’t help with cleaning the mold lines on everything, but paint goes FAST. I’m having a seriously fun time just rolling these bugs across the paint bench.
I don't even use contrast but a GSC patriarch that I painted a while ago is like one of my best-looking minis and still the one that seemed the easiest to paint - I guess it's the overall Tyranid design with lots of large surfaces that aren't just bland, nice sharp edges for highlights, recesses for shading etc etc. ... but without having to take care if this or that part is from a different material, it's all just carapace in the end. It's like they were bioengineered to make mini painting techniques just 'click'
Anyway, here's my proof! Everyone likes spiders, right? Right?
Umm yeah I've been using its base to brush off excess basing texture paint, parts of this thing have been sitting on my table for quite a while now :p
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Post by: Commissar Yarrork
Nevelon wrote:Not to sound like a GW salesmonkey, but if you’ve ever wanted to collect ‘Nids, but the thought of painting that many bugs is what held you back, contrast paints are what you need. Won’t help with cleaning the mold lines on everything, but paint goes FAST. I’m having a seriously fun time just rolling these bugs across the paint bench.
While not quite as simple in design, I have a ton of boyz to paint, and contrast paints are really helping me blow through them. They have a lot of yellow on them, so a single coat of it instead of the 3+ typically required is a godsend.
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Post by: Arakasi
This seems appropriate: " Fiday (“they who are willing to sacrifice”) are the angels of destruction, the most fearsome among the Hassassin. A Fiday is not a mere assassin, but an executioner: she acts in public and sends a public message. A man is killed, thousands are terrorized and, if the Fiday is apprehended, she will die a courageous death."
Infinity Haqqislam Hassassin Fiday (with Boarding Shotgun).
Catchya,
Arakasi
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Post by: Jamie Shred
Heres my proof pic and first days progress, various enemies from the resident evil 3 board game. Much better quality minis than the res 2 ones and really enjoying working on them so far.
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Post by: Vejut
Trying to do some monster hunters and a hunted monster I think this month. Avatars of War lust demon and a pair of reaper adventurer sculpts:
Proof:
And current:
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Post by: Warpig1815
I'll throw my hat in the ring - a Messerschmitt Bf-109/F-4 (Trop). I think it's an indisputed fact that the Nazi Regime revelled in using fear and terror as weapons - and the Luftwaffe were widely complicit in all of the crimes of the Nazi Regime.
Anyway, that grim (but highly important) point aside - this model is destined for another themed diorama, so I may be adding to the entry with some considerable 'extras' if I get the time, and funds, to scrape this together. I'll also be doing a stage-by-stage build in my blog (Along with a Ju-88) if anyone is remotely interested in getting to grips with historic modelling/painting styles
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Post by: Tyranid Horde
Good choice for this month Warpig, might tempt me to dig out the 109 I have planned to paint in Condor Legion markings for this month.
Exocrine is looking great Nev, loved that Tyrant from a few months ago so high expectations!
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Post by: Warpig1815
Oh an interesting choice T.H! You don't often see Condor Legion markings. Well, I'll have stiff competition this month
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Post by: Freya
Here's some WIP photos. A couple hours in. Will probably be done soon. Just need to clean them up and do some final touches with acrylics now that my oil paint is about done.
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Post by: ZergSmasher
"Are you frightened?"
"Yes."
"Not nearly frightened enough. I know what hunts you."
I think I've got an entry here that absolutely epitomizes the Fear theme: a few representatives of the Nazgul, the Nine Servants of the Dark Lord Sauron tasked with finding the One Ring. Here's the proof:
What's going to be tricky is making models that are basically all black look interesting. I've seen minimalist approaches taken with these models; basically just spray black, basecoat and shade the metallic bits, drybrush the cloaks, job's a good'un. But that really isn't good enough to me; I really want my Ringwraiths to pop. I saw a cool tutorial on Youtube on a really nice method to paint these models and I'll probably start with that, assuming I can find it again.
I also wanted to get my only mounted Nazgul in there for variety, but he's more of a stretch goal assuming I can get the others done.
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Post by: endtransmission
Ooooh not sure what to do yet. It'll probably be some Flesh Eaters of some sort, but that may change if the AoS box arrives in the post this week
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Post by: Commissar Yarrork
What would you guys recommend as a cloak for the ork I showed earlier? Can I get a decent cloak with contrasts (maybe the bone one, as the brown is a bit dark), or should I do my older method of mournfang brown > heavy drybrush XV88 > light drybrush ushabti bone? Mixed method of contrast wyldwood, drybrush XV88 then bone? Or would it be okay to do some crazier color, like red?
Pic of the cloak, I can't remember what it's from, maybe the old empire knight box?
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Post by: MobileSuitRandom
Commissar Yarrork wrote:What would you guys recommend as a cloak for the ork I showed earlier? Can I get a decent cloak with contrasts (maybe the bone one, as the brown is a bit dark), or should I do my older method of mournfang brown > heavy drybrush XV88 > light drybrush ushabti bone? Mixed method of contrast wyldwood, drybrush XV88 then bone? Or would it be okay to do some crazier color, like red?
Hmmmm, what story would you like to tell through this mini? Is this some weird alien beastie fur that your boss is showing off, or much rather a crusty thing that he dragged through a couple dozen battlefields by now? Does he belong to a specific ork clan?
(Can't say much about specific GW colors unfortunately as I don't use them myself)
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Post by: DrGiggles
Proof for my rhino.
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Post by: Graphite
Commissar Yarrork wrote:What would you guys recommend as a cloak for the ork I showed earlier? Can I get a decent cloak with contrasts (maybe the bone one, as the brown is a bit dark), or should I do my older method of mournfang brown > heavy drybrush XV88 > light drybrush ushabti bone? Mixed method of contrast wyldwood, drybrush XV88 then bone? Or would it be okay to do some crazier color, like red?
Pic of the cloak, I can't remember what it's from, maybe the old empire knight box?
Never tried contrast fur myself, but my instinct would be that it would be quite light at the tips of the fur spikes compared to drybrushing. I'd also guess that you can make patterns in the fur more easily with drybrushing.
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Post by: KidCthulhu
I don't have anything scary enough for this challenge that needs painting
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Post by: Flinty
Carnivorous, angry, able to burrow up behind you… I think Ambulls are worth being afraid of. They certainly get centre stage as a scary thing in BSF.
Gives me an opportunity to go back to my BSF stuff that I never got around to finishing, and also now that I have a slightly better idea of what I’m doing with the airbrush I can try out some more advanced OSL.
So proof picture
And straight into some progress
Trying for a blue up light from the floor to match my other BSF bases (example below), and a sickly green from behind. I was also thinking of going for some kind of glow from the eyes, but that might be too much.
I think the base coats of the different sources has gone in fine, but I was wondering if anyone could recommend whether to do the lighter highlights with the airbrush, or whether it’s better from this point to go to hairy brush to do some highlights and, god forbid, a bit of blending?
Example bases on my traitor guard
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Post by: Freya
Commissar Yarrork wrote:What would you guys recommend as a cloak for the ork I showed earlier? Can I get a decent cloak with contrasts (maybe the bone one, as the brown is a bit dark), or should I do my older method of mournfang brown > heavy drybrush XV88 > light drybrush ushabti bone? Mixed method of contrast wyldwood, drybrush XV88 then bone? Or would it be okay to do some crazier color, like red?
Pic of the cloak, I can't remember what it's from, maybe the old empire knight box?
I would wet blend grey and brown and dry brush with a sandstone ish color
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Post by: SirOllox
Hi, I want to join with my nurgle demon.
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Post by: Tallandra
Even compared to the Chaplains of most other Chapters, the Interrogator-Chaplains of the Unforgiven not only instil fanaticism and absolute loyalty in their brothers, but are also surrounded by a palpable Aura of Dread.
Enough motivation for me to finally get to finish my conversion of a Ravenwing Primaris Chaplain:
Still very much work in progress, but I hope I'll get it done this month.
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Post by: Jamie Shred
Making pretty quick progress for me, ready for highlights and details.
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Post by: DJJazzyJeff
I will be painting some number of these Cursed City bosses. Still haven't decided which. Have yet to get cranking and that will determine the number.
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Post by: queen_annes_revenge
Night lords praetor WIP. Going for an aged bronze nmm trim.
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Post by: ms07b3
I will add two models either. Two sacresants or one dogma and one warsuits?
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Post by: ShadowsAndDust
Here's my Furioso Dreadnought so far. I'm almost done with the main body.
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Post by: Flinty
@ms07b3 - love the sister. Good level of bling, nice chipping, and the candles are great. Keep it up!
After my less than effective use of airbrush on smaller targets I have decided to go the hairy brush route here on in.
The little critters will be well lit:
Mummy will be rather more lurky:
I’please probably take the facial highlighting up one more level to close to white just in a few spots.
From the rear, not quite sure yet how to highlight the green to get a glowy effect. I may go hunting on YouTube.
From below. Planning on doing a few brighter highlights lower down as if being uplit.
And the thing doing the up lighting
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Post by: ms07b3
Flinty wrote:@ms07b3 - love the sister. Good level of bling, nice chipping, and the candles are great. Keep it up!
Thanks.
The OSL base is awesome.I love the green on the back and eyes of the monster!
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Post by: Captain Brown
I might have to change mine, as the Delaques now look like they may not arrive until the end of the month. Looking a what models I have left to paint this month to find an alternate. Might do three old metal Spyer Hunters and the two Pit Slaves are started this month.
Cheers,
CB
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Post by: Nevelon
Finished
RAWR! Nomnomnom...
So the main draw is the haruspex, as he’ll just eat his way though your army. He’s even got a strat “grisly feast" about being a messy eater that adds to nearby morale tests. Good ol’ visceral “It’s gonna EAT ME!” fear. Visually the more terrifying of the pair. The Exocrine on the other claw, might not look as bad, but can double-shot bio-plasma across the table and melt whole squads into puddles of goo. Not too shabby.
So less fun painting this guy then the flyrant. He’s got a lot of things that bump against my paint scheme. Red=claws and guns, but his knuckles don’t have nice demarkation lines like most nids. So I had to fudge a little on where the skin stops and the claw starts. Similar things with some of the sinews around the mouth. What’s skin? What’s fang? Where’s the line? Contrast paints work like a charm, and get these guys done in rapid order.
Overall still nice to get him done. He’ll add another big bug to the swarm, either as a midfielder, or backfield support.
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Post by: Viterbi
Great stuff already on display and I haven‘t even started Gonna keep my options open and may paint anything from this range of minis.
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Post by: Freya
Here's where I'm at. I might change the photos later or update the model if I'm feeling it but if not, this is pretty satisfactory for me.
Started off with an airbrush of basic acrylic colors in areas. Did some work on the skin in acrylics then went into oils. Used a mix of Abteilung and Windsor newton artist series oil paints. I'm officially in love with Cadmium Green by W&N! Best neon green oil paint...
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Post by: Turaxa
The luminous effect on the skulls is very good.
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Post by: Freya
Thank you Turaxa! I've been trying to do some fun and quick low effort paints lately just to keep myself going while I struggle with other stuff. It's not perfect... though I guess I'm not sure what else I could do really.
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Post by: ShadowsAndDust
Nice work. Are those the heads that come with the kit?
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Post by: Flinty
The details on the models are amazing, given that you can see individual button holes where the skirt separates over the leg armour. Amazing. The hair looks awesome, but seems a bit impractical
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Post by: ms07b3
The heads are 3D printed parts. Automatically Appended Next Post: Flinty wrote:The details on the models are amazing, given that you can see individual button holes where the skirt separates over the leg armour. Amazing. The hair looks awesome, but seems a bit impractical
Thanks, My sisters of battle army used a lot of Japanese anime style heads. It is hard for me to maintain the same style with GW parts now.
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Post by: ShadowsAndDust
I'm generally not a fan of the anime style heads (I prefer more naturalistic heads), but they do look much better (less manly) than the heads the kits come with.
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Post by: Freya
Yeah the SOB models are very unattractive to me as a player mostly because the heads. Those anime ones actually look perfect to me for the body sculpts. Where did you get them? (File or print)
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Post by: ms07b3
Freya wrote:Yeah the SOB models are very unattractive to me as a player mostly because the heads. Those anime ones actually look perfect to me for the body sculpts. Where did you get them? (File or print)
All printed heads bought on TAOBAO
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Post by: ShadowsAndDust
Progress so far:
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Post by: Horla
Probably won’t get this finished in time but here’s a scary Toy Story-inspired Myphitic Blight Hauler that I’ve thrown together.
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Post by: tauist
queen_annes_revenge wrote:Gonna throw in this night lords praetor. Probably swap the head and maybe the shoulder pads. Also got the kruleboyz standard bearer aswell depending on how much time I have after.
That Kruleboyz model is somehow an excellent scuplt IMO, can't wait to see what you come up with it!
Even if you'd happen to run out of time, please paint it..
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Post by: queen_annes_revenge
tauist wrote: queen_annes_revenge wrote:Gonna throw in this night lords praetor. Probably swap the head and maybe the shoulder pads. Also got the kruleboyz standard bearer aswell depending on how much time I have after.
That Kruleboyz model is somehow an excellent scuplt IMO, can't wait to see what you come up with it!
Even if you'd happen to run out of time, please paint it..
You may be in luck. The praetor is finished barring the trophy racks I've used to replace his little jump pack flags, and the banner bearer is in progress. Here's a wip
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Post by: Tallandra
Finally managed to get some work on my entry done. Finished the conversion of my Ravenwing Chaplain and sprayed a first layer of black on:
Hopefully I'll get some actual painting done this weekend, but I gotta work on saturday.
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Post by: Yorkright
Proof pic for my entry, had a hard time deciding what to paint this month. My last assassin from the Execution Force game.
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Post by: Rybrook
I will join in next month, good luck entries are looking awesome
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Post by: queen_annes_revenge
Night lords praetor is done.
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Post by: SmallChanges
I'm going to go a little meta on the challenge, and paint something that's terrified me to attempt in case I get it wrong for over a decade - a Great Knarloc. I was lucky enough to get a second one at a good price around the same time, but as it's in the same pose and some idiot (me) botched sticking the legs on somewhat, I've got some work to do sculpting on a harness and enough baggage to hide the poor joins.
Oh, and of course the Great Knarloc beat out the ever more oddly named Terran dinosaurs for a starring role in Jurassic Planet in M35, so that probably counts too right?
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Post by: JoshInJapan
I painted this guy up as a test model:
I didn't want to use a lot of red, as it seems a little too on the nose. I ended up going with a Gundam-inspired paint scheme. I haven't decided what to do with the disks on the shoulder pads, and the gun kind of blends in with the body suit. Also, I'm thinking about doing some weathering on the armor to distract from how asymetrical the sculpting is
I'm really not enjoying painting these models. They are very much of their time (just look at those Donald Trump-sized hands), and I just can't seem to get inspired. That said, I don't think I've ever been defeated by a model, and I'm not going to start now.
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Post by: Captain Brown
The two Pit Slaves are done, while the three Spyrers are still a WIP.
Cheers,
CB
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Post by: SmallChanges
Its official - I love this kit! So much texture, it pretty much paints itself, although I've still got more to do.
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Post by: queen_annes_revenge
Any chance I can tag this batman black mask onto my entry? I forgot to take photos before putting a couple of layers on but the model was only released last week so there's no foul play involved.
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Post by: ms07b3
Almost finished the last one.
I will take some photos these days.
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Post by: Gulgog TufToof
I'm in. I just finished making a Waaagh! banner for the nob that I entered in February's competition. The nob was completed previously, so I'll crop him out of my final pics and just focus on the banner itself.
Proof and progress pics:
We have nothing to fear but completing our entries in time
Good luck all, and great entries so far!
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Post by: Paradigm
@QAR: yeah, that's all cool.
@Gulgog: Really cool WAAAGH! banner, definitely going to look the part once it's painted!
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Post by: queen_annes_revenge
Well black mask is done after a 3 day marathon. Knight models make some really great pieces full of atmosphere and character. Now I have a week to finish the orc.
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Post by: SirOllox
My kitbashed nurgle demon is finished.
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Post by: Flinty
ooooh. that is awesome. Nice work!
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Post by: Yorkright
Here’s my finished work. Not really happy with my pictures but he does look good on the tabletop.
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Post by: Power Elephant
Here's my entry. It's a model I sculpted myself. I don't have the proof pic right now but I will post it soon. It's on my phone that I misplaced but I know where I left it now and will pick it up soon.
Here is the promised proof pic
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Post by: Vejut
Power Elephant: Thats a pretty cool sculpt, and a great paintjob!
Also finished mine a while back, but just took final pics:
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Post by: DV8
I had honestly wanted to paint Lauka Vai for this month's challenge, but just never found the motivation to pick her up. In fact, I haven't had any motivation/inspiration for anything AoS or 40k related, as I'm uh... a round-shape deep into Marvel Crisis Protocol.
I did paint Mysterio this month, and his illusions do play off the fear of his enemies, so I think that is also appropriate.
Proof
Painted
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Post by: Viterbi
If I do OSL, I never do it subtly Need to get some good shots on the weekend. Love all the other stuff popping up.
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Post by: JoshInJapan
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Post by: queen_annes_revenge
Nice. I need to paint some of my crisis protocol stuff.
Here's black mask from the batman game by knight models. Absolutely stunning models but the resin is a little too soft for my liking.
Got a few days to finish my kruleboy banner bearer. Might get 3 models in this month.
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Post by: Paradigm
Amazing work both QAR and DV8! Hit me with any theme ideas for the next round, poll will go up tomorrow. Also, just noticed that for the past 26 days this has been the 'Dakia' painting challenge , how did no one spot that typo in the title?
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Post by: Flinty
Shadow Walker wrote: JoshInJapan wrote:
I'll paint up these Crimson Devils to use as baddies in Five Parsecs From Home or similar. I'll only enter five in the competition, but if I'm doing five, I figure I may as well do the last one at the same time.
Brings back memories of my Warzone 1st ed. army
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Paradigm wrote:Welcome all to the 77th round of the Dakka Painting challenge. BTW OP title is ''Dakia''
I’ll just leave this one here
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Post by: Paradigm
Well that's just embarrassing now... Need to invest in Perception next time I level up, apparently...
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Paradigm wrote:Amazing work both QAR and DV8!
Hit me with any theme ideas for the next round, poll will go up tomorrow.
Also, just noticed that for the past 26 days this has been the 'Dakia' painting challenge , how did no one spot that typo in the title?
I just didn’t want to be critical. Definitely made my own share of typos . . .
I’ve been grinding on a horde of clanrats, so hadn’t started my entry until today, but did manage to get some work done.
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Post by: ShadowsAndDust
Paradigm wrote:
Also, just noticed that for the past 26 days this has been the 'Dakia' painting challenge , how did no one spot that typo in the title?
Dakia is the store where Orks go to buy cheap furniture, shelves and display cases.
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Post by: Aelyn
Running super late on this one, but here's my proof - the rulers of Ulfenkarn:
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Post by: MobileSuitRandom
Uuuuugh I'll never finish the Venomcrawler on time so I'm switching to Lelith who's also sufficiently fearsome/fearless, isn't she. Here's a proof pic I took yesterday (+ WIP of the creepy crawly ...)
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Post by: Maharg
Thought I'd go with some undead for this one.
Proof
A couple of them finished so far, might manage to get the big one done in time as well
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Post by: Arakasi
Done. Bit of a rollercoaster - I think the very small details are outside of my current ability - but came back to acceptable at least.
Infinity Haqqislam "Hassassin Fiday" (with Boarding Shotgun).
"Fiday (“they who are willing to sacrifice”) are the angels of destruction, the most fearsome among the Hassassin. A Fiday is not a mere assassin, but an executioner: she acts in public and sends a public message. A man is killed, thousands are terrorized and, if the Fiday is apprehended, she will die a courageous death."
Good luck everyone!
Catchya,
Arakasi
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Well, I pretty much forgot I had entered this Fortunately I'd got done mid-month, so there was just the pics to do. I didn't get round to the rest of the diorama this one is destined for, but apparently a guitar slide makes an excellent photography stand for wheels-up planes. Who knew?
Anyway, my entry for this month: 'Red-7' a Bf-109/F-4 (Trop) of 2 Staffel, Jagdgeschwader 27, December 1941.
I think the symbol on the tail pretty much sums up what's terrifying about this subject. There can be little doubt that the Bf-109 was a triumph of engineering, and the F model was widely lauded as an exceptional aircraft to fly. It also has a very appealling aesthetic - the hammer to the Spitfire's sword, so to speak. That said, I find that some scale modellers tend to focus a little too enthusiastically on glorifying Luftwaffe pilots without stopping to considering their affiliation or personal beliefs, so I chose this specific aircraft because it's pilot remains anonymous - no need to lavish praise on persons whose actions may not have been out of simple duty methinks.
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Post by: Flinty
That is really nice! The shading between panels and the various streaking effects really bring it to life!
How did it compare to the last plane that you did? (the desert one... Tomahawk was it?)
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Post by: Warpig1815
Thanks Flinty - much appreciated!
It was another bit of a learning curve with this one because I tried a new method of preshading. Essentially, the Tomahawk (well remembered btw ) used a technique where I shaded each panel line with black, over a grey base. But it doesn't quite look natural, and the lining is too uniform to fool the eye into thinking it's realistic. So I tried a new method I found online where you take a thinned out piece of pan-scourer/scotch-brite and spray grey through it, to dapple the black primer. The effect is to create a totally randomised pattern which mimics faded spots far more realistically, and avoids any uniformity. After that it was just a case of main colours and the usual weathering, but I think it's come out better than I expected! I'll certainly be using it on my next scale model.
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Post by: Jamie Shred
Final pics, really fun to paint. Especially the green ones as i dont normally paint much green.
As always feedback is most welcome and appreciated.
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Post by: queen_annes_revenge
Nice. Love that nemesis.
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Post by: Jamie Shred
Cheers QAR
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Post by: Jadenim
That’s horrifying.
In a good way.
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Post by: the_balloon_dog
Down to the wire...stared a couple models this month for topic... but nothing grabbed...
So chopped up another big marine... LOD fit the brief...
Proof/ WIP Pic...
unfortunately too big for my dinky lightbox so pics more difficult... but they are what they are...
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Post by: Flinty
That is amazing!
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Post by: queen_annes_revenge
My finished entries.
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Post by: Tallandra
I screwed up with the varnish. Dunno if I didn't shake it enough or sprayed from too close, but I got some really bad frosting.
Did what I could to save it (which made it a little glossy in some places...), but that was pretty rough.
Anyways here's my Ravenwing Primaris Chaplain on Bike:
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Post by: Ezki
Warpig1815: Love that Bf-109! The weathering really hits the spot.
Jamie Shred: Nice work on the Nemesis! Both of them actually.
QAR: Always like your style. Nice work.
Posting my proof and the finished pics at the same time. I was not sure if I was going to make it, so I did not dare to take part before.
So I present to you a Beholder.
Fits the theme due to the extreme paranoia that the thing has for it's own well being. Not that the thing itself is not scary or anything.
Proof:
Finished Beholder:
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Post by: Viterbi
What‘s more to fear than the Red Skull with the Tesseract at his disposal.
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Post by: Paradigm
Some great stuff coming in, this is going to be an exciting race when the voting starts, I reckon.
After the failure of a few other projects and a complete lack of motivation for the last few days, I'm throwing in my take on Yndtrasta this month. Not as monstrous as some of the entries coming in, but to the foes of Sigmar this avenging angel must be a rather terrifying sight to behold!
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Post by: Turaxa
I vacillated on what to enter for the first half of this month, painted this miniature in a day and then decided on a last-minute whim to attempt to base it in the Blackstone Fortress style. I think Harlequins use their masks to terrify their foes, but I might be confusing them with Howling Banshees. Anyway, here is an Eldar Harlequin being fearsome inside a Blackstone Fortress. The colour scheme is based on this miniature's illustration in the original Harlequins box art.
Proof pic and final images in the spoiler below.
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Finished my Waaagh! Banner. If you want to see the process pics, and the finished pics of the Nob carrying it, check out the update to my P&M blog. I figure this fits the theme because it prevents other squads from fleeing and can be used as a melee weapon in a pinch. Final pics:
As always, some great entries this month. Well done all who have finished already, and good luck to those trying to squeak in under the deadline!
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Post by: Midget Gems
Hi all
Been finding Hobby motivation difficult at the moment so just a very small entry from me
A Death Company Chaplain for my Space Marine Chapter the Knights Sanguine
WIP
Finished Pics
I know I still owe everyone an update to the league table so will get on that tomorrow.
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Post by: JoshInJapan
feltmonkey wrote:Hi guys! I managed to get something painted for the challenge this month.
I painted a couple of the creepy-crawley monsters from the board game Mice and Mystics. I painted them using a grisaille method, which you can see part of in the proof pic on the spider.
I'd never heard of the girsaille method, but now I want to give it a go. I'll have to find something to try it on...
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Post by: Maharg
great entries as always from everyone. My enttry for the month, a couple of old Zombicide zombies
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Post by: Jadenim
I feel like the voting thread for this month will need a trigger warning; so many creepy crawlies!
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Post by: Aelyn
I didn't quite finish in time unfortunately, but I'll post my submission later today - Belladamma Volga herself. Even her name inspires fear in the citizens of Ulfenkarn...
EDIT: And here she is:
I struggled a bit with her base - I was trying to get a marble effect, but it was my first time doing it and (foolishly) I had already glued her on before painting. I think it's OK nonetheless.
I'm enjoying the monochrome-plus-red-accents theme, it's an interesting challenge to get different textures and feels without using colours.
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Post by: Paradigm
New round is up, this one will stay open a few hours more for any stragglers.
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Finally got around to doing the league table update
Sorry they are not as regular as they should be, hobby time is taking a back seat at the moment with too many other things going on.
https://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/732117.page
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JoshInJapan wrote:
I'd never heard of the girsaille method, but now I want to give it a go. I'll have to find something to try it on...
Yeah, it's a very cool, fun method. I recommend watching the video by Marco Frisoni on it. It's the best way I've found to use Contrast paints, certainly. I find it very quick and easy to do, and I can draw on skills from when I used to draw and ink my own comic books when I was a kid. I do have a couple of other examples I've painted using this method from Mice and Mystics. I might post them up when I get a chance.
You have to exaggerate the highlights and shadows and not worry about smooth blends at all. It's fun to introduce a bit of stippling and even cross-hatching. Also, bear in mind that every colour you use will become desaturated as it is "shaded" by being painted over black and grey. You do get quite a natural-looking shade on things, but you don't get that mini-painting thing where you can highlight or shade by adding other colours to boost the contrast. The orange highlights on the red parts of the centipede were painted on after. If you're looking to give it a go, I think it works better on more detailed models. I can't see it working great on Space Marines unless you're planning to do a pretty weathered look and covering the armour in scratches. I don't know though, you might very well be able to make it work. Try it!
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Post by: JoshInJapan
feltmonkey wrote: JoshInJapan wrote:
I'd never heard of the girsaille method, but now I want to give it a go. I'll have to find something to try it on...
Yeah, it's a very cool, fun method. I recommend watching the video by Marco Frisoni on it. It's the best way I've found to use Contrast paints, certainly. I find it very quick and easy to do, and I can draw on skills from when I used to draw and ink my own comic books when I was a kid. I do have a couple of other examples I've painted using this method from Mice and Mystics. I might post them up when I get a chance.
You have to exaggerate the highlights and shadows and not worry about smooth blends at all. It's fun to introduce a bit of stippling and even cross-hatching. Also, bear in mind that every colour you use will become desaturated as it is "shaded" by being painted over black and grey. You do get quite a natural-looking shade on things, but you don't get that mini-painting thing where you can highlight or shade by adding other colours to boost the contrast. The orange highlights on the red parts of the centipede were painted on after. If you're looking to give it a go, I think it works better on more detailed models. I can't see it working great on Space Marines unless you're planning to do a pretty weathered look and covering the armour in scratches. I don't know though, you might very well be able to make it work. Try it!
Thanks for the lead on the Frisoni video-- I don't have a lot of time to sift through a lot of YouTube content, so I appreciate being pointed in the right direction.
Based on your description, it sounds like I'll have to unlearn some of my go-to painting techniques. This will be a fun experiment.
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