Welcome all to the 86th 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.

This month, the theme is Reborn, Remade: From constructs forged from scrap metal to Space Marines enhanced by age-old genetic modification, many creatures find themselves remade to better serve their masters or achieve their goals. Your entry should feature such creatures as have been altered in some way to improve, evolve or develop beyond their original forms.


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 April and will end at midnight GMT on 30th April. After this, I shall compile the finished entries into a new thread, and voting will run for 5 days.



List of entrants:

Hairesy: Raven Guard Sgt.


Mothsniper: Bulldog mechs


theCrowe: Ghost warrior


Freya: Horathuin, War God


Graphite: Dakkabot


Jadenim: Thousand Sons Contemptor Dreadnought


Captain Brown: Necromunda Redemptionists



KidCthulhu: Moto Tsume


MrNobody: Stompa


Geifer: Darth Vader


Pariah Press: Zentraedi Regult Tactical Battle Pods



Arakasi:Trukk Rokkit Launcha:


SmallChanges: Chaos Lord


Nevelon: Ultramarine Captain


Viterbi: Jules, the Living Saint


JoshinJapan: Zombie Horde


Turaxa: Noise Marine


TheLastTemplar: Black Templars squad


DV8: Captain America


vejut: Undead


ZergSmasher: Stormcast Vindicators


SergeantSilver: Assault Marine Squad


Midget Gems: Ork Warcopta


Maharg: Bonereaper


Tallandra: Crimson Fists Dreadnought



Flinty: Raygun Raptors


Rybrook: Cypher


TooFast: Black Templars Dreadnought

Reborn in plastic, a classic captain will once more lead his troops into battle!

I have Lord Cypher to do, with a modified lion sword.
Will edit with pictures when I get back from Türkiye.

Right back in Blighty, here is Lord Cypher carrying the Lion sword, looking for absolution and forgiveness from the emperor of mankind.

Going to do some old metal Necromunda Redemptionists.



Reborn and remade in the fires of their renewed faith.

Cheers,

CB

I'm going to paint this dude who was in a workplace accident and had some surgery to fix him.

Twice reborn, first as a Space Marine and then as a Dreadnought:


Had this guy gathering dust for a looong time now, got it when Dreadnoughts were still sold as Cybots here. Needs some touching up, but I'm still mostly happy with the conversion I did ~15 years ago.

How about a Chaos Lord, first remade by the Emperor's science as a Space Marine, then remade by the fell powers...?

Hmm, most of my stuff slots in nicely here, I'm thinking something from the dark mechanicus should fit the bill.

Probably this guy, but a little dog around may change that...



Also, hopefully not such a terrible paint job this time around

Here is my entry for this month: a Alpha Legion contemptor.

 SmallChanges wrote:
How about a Chaos Lord, first remade by the Emperor's science as a Space Marine, then remade by the fell powers...?

What is the base model there? I don't recognise it (and it looks cool!)

I have two options this month; my first thought was the recently purchased Thousand Sons Contemptor (shakes fist in defiance at FW last chance to buy!):



But then I suddenly realised I recently got something else reborn, straight from the nostalgia of my childhood, the HeroQuest heroes:



I'll see how the month takes me as to which I decide to enter.

Life was simple in the time before. You were born, lived your life, and then you died. Now, after you die, you come back.

I've been on a zombie apocalypse kick recently, so I'll be painting up these zombies from Project:Z this month. I plan to finish them all, and submit the best five for consideration.

Proof:

Same proof pic as for the mouslings. Turned out I haz 2 IMEF Bulldogs and will work on those.

Going to try to get all six of these guys done this month, and then pick which ones come out decent:


Oathsworn Undead for badgers and burrows, dead critters reborn into unholy life...

Am kinda tempted to join you in doing some IMEF Bulldogs or mouse marines though Mothsniper...

Cloned and biogenetically grown to 30 feet or more in size by the Robotech Masters, surely the Zentraedi qualify for this challenge. I'll paint some of their Regult battlepods this month:

 Jadenim wrote:

 SmallChanges wrote:
How about a Chaos Lord, first remade by the Emperor's science as a Space Marine, then remade by the fell powers...?

What is the base model there? I don't recognise it (and it looks cool!)

Thanks - as a spur-of-the-moment conversion, I'm happy with how it came together. Hopefully it will be easier to see once it's painted up, but it's based off of the Blackstone Fortress Chaos Lord, with backpack and axe from the Master of Executions, lightning claw from a Possessed (the older kit) and a Corpse Grinder Cult head.

Airbrush really speeds up the process.

In an unusual move for me, I've made some early progress (which should help you see the model better Jadenim).

I was thinking maybe I’d skip this one but since I see a few folks interpreting the theme toward the undead I’ve decided I’ll jump in with this fella.



Bit of a putty monster right now. I made him for an anthro animal ghost-type fella. Fox-ghost w with solid looking weapons… not sure how I’ll go with the paint.

I am going enter a Raven Guard Legion HQ dude, plus four guys from a Legion Tactical Squad. I'm going to batch paint 11 models but only the HQ and four other guys will be entered, most if not all of the four should be my own custom Mk5 power armour made from the appropriate bits, GS, and a lot of drilling. These guys are all in one coat of black after black primer.

These Raven Guard are survivors of Istvaan V, so they have been reborn and remade in the aftermath of that tragedy. Hence the Mk5 armour, which in itself is power armour reborn and remade in the fires of battle. The Mk6 suit worn by the commander is a prototype as well, signaling yet more rebirth and remaking goodness. Also I chopped up his power sword and made it bigger so, bam, remade that as well. Now he's ready to rebirth that sword in some heretic chests. Sorry, I need a lot of theme to make up for the fact that these dudes are gonna be mostly black.

I am really struggling to find something to fit the theme this time around. I really want in, but it's not easy for some reason...

Poxwalkers for me. Humans that have been reborn and remade to spread the gift of Papa Nurgle. Also the models themselves will be remade as I picked up a bunch of used poxwalkers off of ebay that aren't to my liking. I'll start by cleaning off the bases of whatever the material is that is on them and reattach them. Since it looks like washes or contrast were the main paint used I think I am going to skip the paint stripping and just paint straight over it saving a bit of hassle.

 SmallChanges wrote:
In an unusual move for me, I've made some early progress (which should help you see the model better Jadenim).

Spoiler:

Thanks Small Changes, that’s a great conversion, everything really meshes together so well, you can’t see the joins.

 KidCthulhu wrote:
I am really struggling to find something to fit the theme this time around. I really want in, but it's not easy for some reason...

What do you have laying around or may want to do in broad terms? Maybe we can offer some suggestions for a good fit?

An update on the Raven Guard, here they're drybrushed with silver a bit. Not much difference really, but I figured I'd pull out the four custom doods. I'll save pics of the full squad for later.

I got carried away on the HQ last night.

He is now 90% complete. I know this isn't common RG heraldry, or even maybe HH-esque, but I wanted to do something fun with this model since it is really just a dude with a power sword and a plasma pistol. Also I'm gonna count this as a warm-up for the Lamenters badges I'll have to do soon!

Anyway, without further ado, RG Praetor with quartered armour and hand painted chapter badge. Also going to fix up the eye on that bird so it doesn't look like a dead chicken...

Raptors... with laser guns (amongst other things). Surely they aren't natural... I suspect some kind of uplift scenario. However, the raptors themselves seem to be perfectly happy with this situation! (I mean look at that smile!). I think I have 10 of these things lined up ready, and I'll pick my favourite 5.

I think I'm going to take a page from Nevelon's book and do an update of old, finished model.



Back when Mordheim was new, I made a Marienburger captain out of Lucrezzia Belladonna. Well, the warband never came to be, so I based a D&D character on the swashbuckler I created. I always intended to make an updated version, but I never finished her. I guess now is as good a time as any.

Well, I got some zombies for Zona Alpha, I might do those. Or, there are the zombies from Cursed City that could work. I suppose most of the baddis from Cursed City would fit the bill. I also have Truckzilla from Gaslands that I recently built and primed.
Who knows, who knows . . .

I also have this cheaply printed super sax marine, when he plays it rejuvenates the troops and inspires much like the chapter standard.

I'm gonna try my hand at one of these three that fit the theme rather well. It'll either be the dreadnought (reborn marine), the living saint (remade sister) or Mr. Sinister (remade and reborn clone master).

Few factions in Warhammer Age of Sigmar exemplify being reborn or remade better than the Stormcast Eternals, so I'm entering this squad of Vindictors:

Hopefully I can get them done in a reasonable amount of time.

It's about time I finished this stompa. It's been sitting on my shelf for too long.

Done! These lads where fun.

Oh Dakka, you're funny.

"Here, I'm gonna paint this Stompa"

Very next post...

"I painted some 6mm..."

This should be a fun comp.

 Mothsniper wrote:
Done! These lads where fun.

Nicely done! They look like tough enough to take on mine!



(Sorry, I'm out of primer. I can't start my entry yet)

:pewpew noises intensify:

@ KidCthulhu
Ooo nice! That black and red
One Vision, One Purpose!

Evening All

Those all look like very good model choices Viterbi.

Good effort for the Stompa Mr Nobody, I hope you get it all done. Looks rather cool already.

That was quick Mothsniper, good detail on them as well

My proof Pic, this Deffkopta is going to be remade & reborn into something glorious (hopefully).

Just put the first layer of green on Cypher, hopefully will be a quick finish.

 Hairesy wrote:
Oh Dakka, you're funny.

"Here, I'm gonna paint this Stompa"

Very next post...

"I painted some 6mm..."

This should be a fun comp.

The biggest one wins, right? That's how most competitions work...

I'm gonna need to base my entry on a bigger rock then...

Okay, got some work done on these guys too. Not gonna lie, these dudes are almost done. They're just troops and I'm not gonna go all out on half the squad or do one squad waaaay better than the other one, so... Get ready for a very basic entry. I should actually pull these dudes and enter my command squad dudes because they will actually get painted to a higher level, but I wanted to enter models that I actually customized to fit with the theme, so you're stuck with these.

So the Mk5 Marines are from the regular Tac Squad box, with some light greenstuffing, armour stud making and head swaps. The helmetless Mk6 guy is also from the Tac box, there are enough bits in that kit to make several Mk6 guys (so long as you don't use all the beakie helmets for another project like I did). The Mk4 marine is not the best example of a Mk4 marine because his legs are from the old CSM kit, but he does have a Mk4 helmet and torso. I do have another Mk4 marine but he is in the squad that is already done so, can't show him off here.

As the main purpose of the comp is to get through pile of shame, I'll be painting my new Primaris Crusader Squad for this month as the goal. I've got a fair amount of crusaders done in the past (firstborn) but this is my crusader squad reborn as Primaris.

Proof of starting condition:

I successfully got through the first week of the month without getting anything of note done, but I finished Vader's base yesterday. That sounds an awful lot like progress and I should take it easy with so much of April still left.

Geifer, your dedication to the higher art of procrastination is glorious to behold

Although I guess that spacecraft you are building might have something to do with it

Hush! You make it sound like I have an actual excuse!

Cleaned off the bases and have the models attached along with a fresh base coat. I don't know why, but they annoyingly had cut grooves into some of the bases that I have tried to fill with putty.

Four zombie finished. I'm not sure I'll be submitting these as my final entry, but they're done.

Proof picture



The Necrons. Very old Necrons. Reborn and Remade into metal bodies by the nightmare process of Biotransferance....

.... is not the route I'm going down here. Why the Bits? Why the greenstuff?

Stay tuned!

Looks like it’s going to be the Thousand Sons dreadnought this month; made some good progress on the body:

I'm still waiting on primer

I'm back after a long absence... and so is this model, originally put together in 2012....

He's definitely been remade, although I'm not sure how much improvement it is...

He was built to provide a Rokkit Launcha option (back when it was available) for a Trukk:


Good luck everyone!

Catchya,
Arakasi

Here’s my finished entry who I suppose is some kind of a Fox Ghost Warrior type. It’s a bit… idiosyncratic? if not actually a good paint job but ho hey it’s done and I like it well enough though I can’t say I’d be keen to make any more.













And a bonus pic just to help show the scale, as he’s a bit larger than the pics might suggest, bring on a 40mm base.


That’s all the necromancer re-made from me. More like reanimated, or resurrected or something. Whatever he calls it it’s much scarier now than it used to be.

That looks great! What is next for your Redwall odyssey

Cheers Flinty. Currently painting my shrew Valkyrie eagle rider and an Oathsworn Wildcat.

WIP:


Making progress. Slow, but forward.

After a few days of converting my Deffkopta is reborn as a Warkopta



I quite like how this one has turned out so far.

Four more zombies vying to be my entry for the month:

I'll be entering my BT Redemptor. I thought I had a pic from when I built him but apparently not. I started him a few days ago specifically for this contest so I hope he counts.

Ugh, it doesn't look like I'll get my primer in time. I'll go through my pile of shame for something already primed that fits the theme & go from there.

My swashbuckler will have to pop up in another challenge...

Progress...


Catchya,
Arakasi

Some progress on the raptors. Planning on a range of blue-green skin tones with Contrast white armour and a few other spot colours. Albino sniper and angry red assault raptor.

Okay, since I still can't get primer and time is running out, I'm switching up my entry:



That's Moto Tsume, fallen Unicorn clan samurai from Clan War. I have a nostalgic attachment to my original model, so I managed to get my grubby mitts on a second one for an updated paintjob and base. The poor guy kept getting put on the back burner for other projects. So now is as good a time as any to get some paint on him.

Reborn Crusader Squad WIP:

If you've seen my blog, made some headway on the squad. I started during third, where mixed weapons was part of the fluff and I've tried to continue this tradition with colors and weapons. I like the "questing knights" dynamic that is Black Templars, so each has slightly different colors and heraldry. Trying not to over customize and slow down too much (I do that a lot...).

Sword Brother



Initiate 1



Initiate 2



Initiate 3

A little progress. I need to go back in and do a ton of cleanup around the lacing:



But I do like how the verdigris on the gold came out.

Nice WIP, KidCthulhu. I have a bunch of those old Clan War samurai, and I remember the lacing as being a lot of work to get right. Keep at it!

Liches were too much for me. I had to append to another model I did this month. The God of War Horauthin, once mortal remade into a God through deeds of strength.

Some Ossiarch Bonereapers are on the bench for me this month


I've got one finished already, and the other five have been started. Hope to get them all done and pick the best 5:

Reborn and remade.

But remade by who? Why not have a little self reinvention.

This is my Stargrave Crew

Amongst this gang of reprobates is a Crontyr Heavy Industries "Immortal Series 3000" combat automaton, which the crew began to refer to as Dakkabot. After a generally successful expedition to Imperial Research Station 37, during which many zombie victims of Hastian's Plague were encountered, Dakkabot's APE (Adaptive Personality Engram) * appears to have continued to pick up further characteristic traits from its employer and comrades.

Unfortunately its employers and comrades are, mostly, Ork pirates. Dakkabot has modified its rapid fire weapon to include a large "bayonet" on which it has engraved it's motto, "Dakkabot Loves You"



It has repainted its legs to match the striped blue trousers that several other members of the crew sport



Additionally, it has acquired a hat that it is very fond of, and added several "tattoos" to its forearms.



Dakkabot has been spotted in several areas of the galaxy, most recently on an uncharted desert planet





(Basically I decided that after some Stargrave with Flinty, Dakkabot had developed enough of a personality to earn itself a new miniature)

*Not to be confused with the much derided "Real People Personality" system used by other manufacturers

Aaah, Dakkabot... so much love to give, in conveniently packaged 50 round belts (or possible modular power packs in the 40 watt range)

Maharg, your sword looks great!

I am behind.

Still a work in progress.



Cheers,

CB

Just so ya know, I updated my last post with the painted model I did.

I was putting the matte varnish on this guy and a gecko friend dropped in. I will most likely be taking updated pics for the contest but thought these were worth sharing.

Love the cute little lizard! Dread looks great too!

Now that would be dedication to basing… training a gecko to just sit there and pose for a whole game what a great wee event. And the dread does indeed look awesome.

Cute little gecko there

And progress....

Lots of great stuff so far.

Freya: Is the texture on the robe there to take advantage of the printing layers, or did you do that freehand? Either way, it's a neat effect.

Graphite: The pirate hat on the Necron is delightful!

Toofast: If you're going to feature the lizard, shouldn't the Dread be in Salamander colors?

I finished a few more zombies:


I'll have to narrow my entry down to the best five, but for now I'll keep plugging away at the set.

 JoshInJapan wrote:
Lots of great stuff so far.

Freya: Is the texture on the robe there to take advantage of the printing layers, or did you do that freehand? Either way, it's a neat effect.

I finished a few more zombies:


I'll have to narrow my entry down to the best five, but for now I'll keep plugging away at the set.

It's just freehand texturing to make it look a bit more worn and rough. Though there are some very fine details on the print if you look close enough, it wasn't the intent of the lines. If anything, I was doing it despite the details in the print lol.

Also I love your little family of zombies. Reminds me of some of the potlucks back home haha

Okay, I finished Moto-sama:



I'll be taking one last photo to go with my entry over the weekend.

Progress continues!



Feeling confident I can get this done on time...

Catchya,
Arakasi

I tend not to take painting WIPs, but I figured I'd make an exception this time:



I thought it might be interesting to have a picture of pre-shading on Vader to compare to the (yet to be) finished model. You know, for science! I've been working on my black in the past couple of years and had some success improving it, but there's always more room for improvement.

Also I'd like to state that I really hate how we're running out of April now. I was happy procrastinating in peace and then that happened! Rude!

I know! I haven't even been procrastinating and it feels like I'm going to barely make it in under the wire.

Barely on time is still on time. Stay positive.

After I've spent an hour and a half (give or take, probably a little more) putting black paint on Vader, I certainly know why I wasn't in a hurry to paint him. But the big stuff is done now. Some highlights, some details, a bit of touch up, and he's finished. I should be able to get that done in the next few days.

Huzzah! Not only did I finish, but with time to spare! I actually finished this a week ago, but have been lax about getting round to taking photos. A mighty warrior of the Thousand Sons, fallen, remade and reborn into the even mighty ironform of a Contemptor Dreadnought:

That is really nicely done! Love the colour work.

Anyone got any good theme ideas for next month? I'll get the subject poll up later today.

Aces
Leaders

What about underdogs? Grots, Guardsmen, must be loads of models that just know they are doomed when facing a galaxy of horror. My Tau always had Blue Section that just knew they would be hitting the recruiting circuit after every battle

Finished the five Redemptionists. Forged in the fire of their faith, they are Reborn and Remade.







One model is a converted Cawdor so I could have some Novices. Las Pistol has been replaced with an Auto Pistol.

Cheers,

CB

 Paradigm wrote:
That is really nicely done! Love the colour work.

Anyone got any good theme ideas for next month? I'll get the subject poll up later today.

Thanks Para.

Idea for a theme; Rage. From Viking berserkers to the holy promethium of Adepta Sororitas

I was trying to figure out a way to suggest MAYhem, and that probably works..
.

Small but deadly?

MAYhem sounds fun. The wordplay is an added bonus.

Ooo, I like MAYhem.

In the same vein Spring into action?

Ta for the suggestions, folks. Worked a few of them into May's options:
https://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/0/804766.page#11352754

Choose mayhem. do it

Need to pick up the pace, next month should probably try starting before the last week

I'm slowly getting there, highlights and basing to do.

Okay, I'm officially done:

It feels good to finally get this done. I wouldn't have done it without the little push from these challenges. Thanks guys.

Here's my finished entry:

Done, just need to work out the final pictures...


Good luck everyone,

Catchya,
Arakasi

Finished!

Zentraedi Regult Tactical Battle Pods

(Epic buildings for scale)

Here's the complete zombie horde:


I still have to decide which five to actually enter for the competition.

Finished my entry, painting the rest of the neophytes currently....Any early favorites from my entry that you might want to see closer images of?



Went a little "Non-codex" compliant with the mixed firearms (Need more Templars with zeal and chainswords to make the fist + Pyreburner work in game)

Also, I know this is totallllllly not a tactical load out but..... come on... THE RULE OF COOL

They look very templary. Exemplary templary? Too far?

Any at; they look good. Nice crisp white and I like the red on the officer.

My own entry is running a bit late due to a new puppy in the house. I have negotiated time tonight to try and finish a few raptors for a half decent entry.

Done.

Trukk Rokkit Launcha:


Good luck everyone,
Arakasi

 TheLastTemplar wrote:
Finished my entry, painting the rest of the neophytes currently....Any early favorites from my entry that you might want to see closer images of?

I think you picked the front row well. Throw in the Neophyte for some visual diversity and that's the five models sorted out. In my (highly subjective) opinion anyway.

I really like the individualized heraldry and spots of color like the yellow bolter.

I've managed to narrow my entry down to three thematically-related zombies, but they refuse to photograph well. I'm going to step away and try again tomorrow morning.

Just about finished in time. Nearly got sandbagged by the metals, so they're not finished to the level I'd intended, but the model is done!

The Darksaber axe wasn't entirely intentional, but looked too fun to change. I may or may not have been watching the Mandalorian at the time.

Lot of nice work this month. Almost there!

All done here:


So this guy was a lot of work, but fun. Throwback to the old RT TDA captain, so I took a lot of cues from that. The shoulder pad is from the old “How to paint space marines” pamphlet as the markings for a lieutenant commander. This was the old RT rank of the second in command in the chapter (CMs were just Commanders back then) so I figured it would fit for the 1st company captain in the modern structure. The quartered tilting shield is from the belt buckle heraldry that was on the original model. Tons if little detail on this guy, as befitting a captain of his stature.

I think this brings me up to 13 UM captains painted. I might have a problem...

And a “Then and now” pic: (not for entry)

Almost done, but I still gotta finish the base and touch up some details:


Probably gonna have the pics of the finished thing up tomorrow, I hope that's okay.

Great entries all around! I finished mine: Jules, the Living Saint. It's the reborn form my canoness will take, if we ever restart our crusade 40k campaign

With twenty-three zombies between the two sets, it was hard for me to narrow my entry down. I thought about going for the grossest five, but ended up going with Patient Zero and the medical professionals whom he first infected:





I'm rather proud of the IV bag and the flatline on the heart monitor, as well as the protective yellow booties on the doctor. I wish there had been a head with a nurse's cap, but so it goes.

JoshInJapan - IV looks great. Maybe submit a closeup of that ekg line so we can see it better?

Viterbi: I like the different colors you have going there.

Nevelon: Capt looks great, especially standing next to his “old” form.

Will try to take some pictures shortly for the submission.

Viterbi: That's a really seamless conversion.
JoshInJapan: The medical equipment on patient zero is really well done.
Mr Nobody: Is that stomper playing a guitar? Nice work on the rusted yellow scheme.
Nevelon: I like the old-school details you included on the updated mini.

I wasn't sure I'd get an entry finished this month, but I have. A classic metal mini reborn and remade in modern plastic - the Noise Marine.


Proof pic and more pictures in the spoiler.

With some assistance from the gallery, I present my finished entry! Reborn Primaris Squad - I'll have to take a picture of my firstborn to show the progress/contrast!

I’m so close but can’t quite finish tonight. Emergency puppy vet visit cut into my planned painting time. Could I impose on the court for a short extension?

 Flinty wrote:
I’m so close but can’t quite finish tonight. Emergency puppy vet visit cut into my planned painting time. Could I impose on the court for a short extension?

Has my support its a BH in the UK so don't think it will be too big an issue.

Heres my scratch built Warkopta, came out pretty well I think will put it on a flying base and take better pics tomorrow

I honestly wasn't sure what I would get done this month. I started off pretty strong in the first few weeks in terms of productivity, but really petered out near the last couple of weeks; feeling really tired and bored of painting 28mm and 40mm figures (seems it's all I've really been doing for the past few years).

I had a couple of MCP pieces kind of hovering around the conceptual idea of rebirth; my initial thought was Iron Man or Warmachine, but given that I'd already done Hulkbuster last month, I decided that to go a different route.

Falcon, reborn as the new Captain America.

Proof:


Finished:

Wow! Cap looks great!

Great entries from everyone so far.
DV8: That shield is on point.
Midget Gems: been a while since you've dropped in a crazy conversion, nice to see them return
TheLastTemplar: I like that heraldry on the sheild, impressive given how small those are!
Turaxa: suitably neon colors, and nice checker-work!

Also, final pics on my undead:

Whoa! Lots of excellent last minute entries!

TheLastTemplar wrote:

Viterbi: I like the different colors you have going there.

Thanks TheLastTemplar! It's my Sisters standard color scheme, but the wings really gave me headaches.

Your templars look cool. It's hard to resist buying some, especially since I could take them in a crusade force. They'd mesh well with my sisters and an inquisitor to bring light to the heretic... or set them on fire at least

Turaxa wrote:Viterbi: That's a really seamless conversion.

Thanks Turaxa! Although close up there are some seams to be seen Good work on the noise marine, it's a great mini to have some fun with unusual colors with.

And slipping in just under the wire, here are my final pics of my Stormcast Eternals Vindictors, mortals remade by the God-King Sigmar into his perfect warriors:



I really had fun working on these guys. They are some of the best Stormcast sculpts GW has done in a while. I've also been enjoying doing swamp bases on my Stormcast guys; it's nice to do a little more elaborate bases than I usually do.

Overall there have been some really great entries coming in at the last minute! I'm looking forward to the voting for sure.

Whew! Just managing to sneak these guys in! It's helpful to have these monthly challenges for motivation.







Decided to give these guys a full drybrush, and honestly I really like the way it came out. I may go back and do similar on my other black armor models as well as continue with it going forward.

@DV8 - sorry to hear your feeling a bit burned out. Seeing your entries is a consistent highlight of the comp.

The shield on your Falcon looks amazing. The highlights and sparkles sell it as super shiny.

Can I have a day extension?

 DV8 wrote:
I honestly wasn't sure what I would get done this month. I started off pretty strong in the first few weeks in terms of productivity, but really petered out near the last couple of weeks; feeling really tired and bored of painting 28mm and 40mm figures (seems it's all I've really been doing for the past few years).

I'm really glad you did get it done, I love your work and really appreciate your part in this awesome community of painters

More than happy to see you do a different scale or model type entirely, I'm pretty sure you'd smash it (in a good way).

Vejut wrote:

Midget Gems: been a while since you've dropped in a crazy conversion, nice to see them return

Cheers Mate, I enjoyed this one. Liking the ethereal green on your undead badgers

 Rybrook wrote:
Can I have a day extension?

Para normal allows at least a day for people to take photos, do minor touch ups etc before closing so get on it.

Here are my finished pics for my Ork Warkopta, I've put all my flying bases in a bag and can't find them so you will have to imagine its flying very fast across the sky, hopefully the backdrop helps with that (I think it turned out alight, still lots of highlights etc I didn't get done)

I didn't find the time to finish the rest of the warband, so final entry is just the one model

New round is up. I'll leave this one open for a day or two as needed.
https://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/0/804858.page#11355863

Oh right. Whoops. Oh well, I guess I'm just entering that Raven Guard dude.

This one turned into a bit of a chore. Glad that it's no longer gathering dust on my pile though, it's been there for far too many years:


And some different angles in the spoiler:

Thanks for the extension!

@Midget Gems - that warcopta surely is the fastest around love the flames.

@Maharg - I really like the sword blade. Good luck with the rest of the warband.

@ Tallandra - any completion is a victory! I like the battle damage and kill markings.

I managed to finish my entry to a certain level of finished. I had meant to do a bit of light weathering of armour plates and maybe a few more bits and bobs of highlighting, but time ran away on me.

Still, very happy to get a first tranche of happy lizards with guns into the display cabinet.

Group shot


Combat engineer and a support specialist




And my first try at a bit of fake Dino markings. The only downside of the stormtrooper variants of these models is that the tail armour prevents more markings… although thinking about it I should have put squad markings on the tail… damnit, maybe I’ll go back to them for some final detailing in due course.


Amd the mooks. A rifle-saur, a well armed duder carrying something that looks important (might be a medic, might not be ), and Ghost the albino sniper-saur




And finally, the 9 week old main reason I didn’t do all the completionist gubbins (not part of my entry, for clarity)

I'll be posting my final pictures tonight

Done, had some hiccups but finally finished it's not perfect

Is that Lionsword on your Cypher from the first multi-part Chaos Warriors box?

 KidCthulhu wrote:
Is that Lionsword on your Cypher from the first multi-part Chaos Warriors box?

It is 2 of the chaos swords, just to its longer than his body.

Sharp eye

My eye ain't that sharp; I didn't realize you made an extra long version from two of 'em

Man, I remember when that kit was new. I bought a box & a Necromunda weapon sprue because the 2nd Ed Chaos Codex allowed for straight up Chaos Warriors in it!

Here is my entry. He needs a couple coats of matte varnish which should smooth out the texture from the ardcoat. Calling him done for now as I still have 750 points to paint before my next tournament.

That dread looks awesome. Newly repaired and repainted and ready to stomp some heresy!

Still no poll for this challenge? You didn't forget, did you Para?

JK I know you've been busy with RL stuff lately. Just thought I'd give you a friendly nudge.

Yeah, I'm half way there! It'll be up tomorrow.

 Paradigm wrote:
Yeah, I'm half way there!

But are you livin' on a prayer?

 ZergSmasher wrote:

 Paradigm wrote:
Yeah, I'm half way there!

But are you livin' on a prayer?

Ooooooh oh!

Here you go, folks:

https://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/0/805089.page#11364455