Welcome all to the 92nd 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, we rivisit the annual Halloween round, which gives entrants a nice wide pool of options and interpretations. Whether it's trick-or-treating orcs convincingly disguised as Space Marines, or true eldritch horrors set to warp the mind and haunt the nightmares of all who see them, all your entry has to do is evoke the spooky season in some way. It can be funny, horrific, maybe even both!

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



List of entrants:

Daia T'Nara : the Edenborn, Slaaneshi cultists (NSWF)



Mr Nobody: Perfectly Normal Furniture (definitely not mimics)


theCrowe: Granny Weasley and the Black Cat


KidCthulhu: Yokai


Nevelon: Hive Tyrants


Yo7: Tree Spirit


SirOllox: Spider Girl


Tallandra: Bladeguard Captain and Ancient


ZergSmasher: Warriors of the Dead of Dunharrow


Lovejoy: Vargskyr and Freeguild General


Hankovitch 807125 11447324 null]Ghost Rida


401st: World Eaters Master of Executions


JoshInJapan: Shub-Niggurath


Geifer: Vampire


Pariah Press: Zoat


Jadenim: Fishmen


darkkt: Dreadblade Harrow


Rybrook: Dark Eldar Syrabite and Salamanders Sergeant


Vejut: Skeletons


inmygravenimage@ Hellboy- Drinking with Skeletons diorama.


Maharg: Vampire


Midget Gems: Pumpkin-headed grots:


Turaxa: Chibi Gundam

With apologies to The Bard:

When shall we three meet again? In thunder, lightning, or in rain?
When the hurly-burly’s done, When the battle’s lost and won.
That will be ere the set of sun.
Where the place?
Upon the heath.
There to meet with Macragge.

Maiden, Matron, Crone. The 3 witches. Fates. Furies. We see them all the time in stories, even beyond the bounds of the galaxy. I give to you, three sisters:


A trio of Hive Tyrants from across the ages.

Not a difficult category for a chaos army, but I've had these gals sitting in primer for a couple of weeks waiting for horror month:



Got them off etsy, they're meant to be dark elves or something, but I've decided they're chaos cultists, specifically the insane Edenborn, the offspring of the denizens of Daemonworld Eden, because I figure if you get enough Slaaneshi followers on one planet some of them are going to wind up mating in the boring old biologically-plausible fashion, if only by accident because they're too high to realise they're not doing something more horrific to each other. Hopefully once I've slapped some contrast paint on them they'll be something other than pale silhouettes.

Aaahhh! Vampire!

I've had last year's Warhammer Day model on my desk for almost a year, but never felt like painting it. Let's try to change that this month.

I am at a bit of a loss...maybe some terrain and I will save the Eschers for next month.

Cheers,

CB

Two cute and fluffy witches from me.



I’ll start with Kitty-Muma. If I get her finished it’ll be on to Granny Weasley.

So many cool entries already! Not sure what I'm doing yet...

 Captain Brown wrote:
I am at a bit of a loss...maybe some terrain and I will save the Eschers for next month.

Cheers,

CB

Let’s think CB, you got any unpainted wraithguard? They’re kinda ghosty. Got any witch-hunting ghost-busting SoB’s? Got anything necromunda zombie related? Any horror movie gribblies or unlikely cross-overs? Paint up a spare Eldar guardian in a scream mask? Freddy Krueger inquisitor?

 theCrowe wrote:

 Captain Brown wrote:
I am at a bit of a loss...maybe some terrain and I will save the Eschers for next month.

Cheers,

CB

Let’s think CB, you got any unpainted wraithguard? They’re kinda ghosty. Got any witch-hunting ghost-busting SoB’s? Got anything necromunda zombie related? Any horror movie gribblies or unlikely cross-overs? Paint up a spare Eldar guardian in a scream mask? Freddy Krueger inquisitor?

Or Dark Reapers?

I've got another wraithlord conversion that's based on the Dark Reapers, so I'll probably end up doing that.

True horror isn't discovering which piece of furniture is a mimic, it's discovering which piece is not!

I'll spend October painting up some Call of Cthulhu minis from RAFM.



I'll enter whichever looks best for my final entry.

 Mr Nobody wrote:
True horror isn't discovering which piece of furniture is a mimic, it's discovering which piece is not!

Mimics are one of my players most hated enemies, thus they've become one of my favorite monsters! Love the designs

 Captain Brown wrote:
I am at a bit of a loss...maybe some terrain and I will save the Eschers for next month.

Cheers,

CB

Death maidens would fit the bill, if you have any of those in the Escher queue?

Wasn't sure what to do this month. There's so many great options and I remembered I had a gift malifaux Box set called witches and woes bad harvest.. I'm never going to paint it for any other reason so here's my excuse to get it out of the back log.

It's unfortunately made of restic so the clean up isn't perfect. They're going to be part of my Kings of war nightstalkers warband so they got square bases. I don't know how many I'll get painted and I'm really not a fan of the pin up Pandora but that's my pledge for this month.

Was trying to think what to do for this month and then realised that the Abominations from HeroQuest fit the bill quite nicely; they always scare my victi… I mean players when they appear. If I have enough time, I might add in the gargoyle too.



I even managed to make some immediate progress!

 Jadenim wrote:
I even managed to make some immediate progress!

That's amazing! What paints did you use for the skin? I think I need to copy it for my vintage metal Kroxigor

Howdy, figured I might enter this one one Dreadblade Harrow:

 Jadenim wrote:
Was trying to think what to do for this month and then realised that the Abominations from HeroQuest fit the bill quite nicely; they always scare my victi… I mean players when they appear. If I have enough time, I might add in the gargoyle too.



I even managed to make some immediate progress!

That's an awesome fishdude!

KidCthulhu wrote:

 Jadenim wrote:
I even managed to make some immediate progress!

Spoiler:

That's amazing! What paints did you use for the skin? I think I need to copy it for my vintage metal Kroxigor

JoshInJapan wrote:

 Jadenim wrote:
Was trying to think what to do for this month and then realised that the Abominations from HeroQuest fit the bill quite nicely; they always scare my victi… I mean players when they appear. If I have enough time, I might add in the gargoyle too.

Spoiler:

I even managed to make some immediate progress!

That's an awesome fishdude!

Thanks guys, very pleased with how he’s come out. Fairly simple method, base of Stegadon Scale green, followed by a heavy dry brush of Kabalite green and then a lighter dry brush / highlight with bone tinted with a tiny bit of the Kabalite (just to knock out the yellow).

I'll try these two guys, they're super excited about setting up the Halloween decorations:

Looks like every day is halloween for those guys

 Jadenim wrote:
Thanks guys, very pleased with how he’s come out. Fairly simple method, base of Stegadon Scale green, followed by a heavy dry brush of Kabalite green and then a lighter dry brush / highlight with bone tinted with a tiny bit of the Kabalite (just to knock out the yellow).

Thank you! That's gonna work great for my Kroxigor (and my other vintage metal Lizardmen)

I'm in.

Working on Hellboy Big Box of Doom stuff, so there's going to be something there, right?

Got a bit excited, started on the Black Flame, Nimue et al.

I'm in this month, I have a Dark Eldar Sybarite and a Space marine sergeant.

These will be my testers for Salamanders and Drukari old enemies.

A cosmic horror, its motives completely unfathomable to the human mind, a mighty zoat!

I might not get time this month, but just in case I do, here's a proof pic. I can't remember the names at the mo, but they're from the Cursed City box:



cheers,
Michael

So it's spooky and it's orktober? Time to actually get cracking on Da Ghost Rida.

Orkcellent.

Yeah, looking forward to seeing that one completed!

I'm making very slow progress:



This is RAFM's Shub Niggurath. The metal tentacles are so heavy that she falls over easily, so taking these photos was quite the challenge. The feet are wonky, and will need to be repositioned. After that, gap filling.

 JoshInJapan wrote:
I'm making very slow progress:



This is RAFM's Shub Niggurath. The metal tentacles are so heavy that she falls over easily, so taking these photos was quite the challenge. The feet are wonky, and will need to be repositioned. After that, gap filling.

Is it resin and metal together? I thought it was a conversion at first.

Still miffed that I was to slow to finish my entry last month, so will attempt two minis in this one. I'm gonna paint two of the best vampire hunters of the realms. They may be able to deal with all that monsters everyone else puts up

 Viterbi wrote:
Still miffed that I was to slow to finish my entry last month, so will attempt two minis in this one. I'm gonna paint two of the best vampire hunters of the realms. They may be able to deal with all that monsters everyone else puts up

Blade and... who's the chap on the left? Looking forward to both, whoever it is! Vampire hunters are cool as.

I'm still not sure what I'm going to paint this month. I have a choice between my Dark Reaper wraithlord conversion, skeletons from the 1995 Warhammer Quest expansion Catacombs of Terror... or if I'm really pushed for time, just some bats and spiders from the original Warhammer Quest box. I'm worried I might end up being forced into the last option if I continue to have limited hobby time. I want to get something done, though... :/

Ok, so, spooky gak! I'm not saying they're my final five but ...

They don't come much spookier than the Black Flame. Whilst black 🔥 is obviously... Challenging, I'm pretty happy with the results.

Hopefully, the electric blue pops enough.

Continuing with our demonic overlords, Lord Balam, in all his glory.

It's a cool sculpt, I just wish he were bigger...

I feel like he should've been 40mm + base size, like the giant monsters, more Kriegaffe sized (with whom he shares an almost identical pose).

Gruagach, the twisted daoine sidhe

I was lucky enough to have a bit of input on this fig in game.

I'm eternally grateful that they based the sculpt on my favourite panel from the comic.

And Nimuë, Queen of Blood.

Damn, what a sculpt. I wasn't initially sure but I loved painting her. The hair colour was a bit out of left field, but I've tried to lean into a bit into Mignola aesthetic, and it's how he highlights her hair, so who am I to argue?

Aiming to replicate the colours on her dragon form...

Yeah.

I'm down with that.

The wing membranes stressed me out.

Side by side

And, all together.


More Hellboy to follow. Got a monster groove going on
Graven

Yo7 wrote:

 JoshInJapan wrote:
I'm making very slow progress:



This is RAFM's Shub Niggurath. The metal tentacles are so heavy that she falls over easily, so taking these photos was quite the challenge. The feet are wonky, and will need to be repositioned. After that, gap filling.

Is it resin and metal together? I thought it was a conversion at first.

Yup, it's a hybrid resin/metal model.

I decided that the stumpy little legs looked dumb, so I sculpted some extra tentacles to take their place:




"Sculpted" is a strong word, as I really just rolled some Kneadatite tubes and then smushed them in place. I'll have to add a flying base since the thing is no longer ambulatory.

 JoshInJapan wrote:


"Sculpted" is a strong word, as I really just rolled some Kneadatite tubes and then smushed them in place. I'll have to add a flying base since the thing is no longer ambulatory.

You would know best, of course, but seeing that picture I figured it was supposed to stand on and move with the lower tentacles. I never even thought to questioned that.

Seeing Shub without her hooves made me flinch, but then I remembered it's just an avatar and those can change as needed.

The updated tentacles look good. They match the metal sculpts quite well. I'm very curious how you'll paint the black goat with a thousand young.

 CancelledApocalypse wrote:

 Viterbi wrote:
Still miffed that I was to slow to finish my entry last month, so will attempt two minis in this one. I'm gonna paint two of the best vampire hunters of the realms. They may be able to deal with all that monsters everyone else puts up

Blade and... who's the chap on the left? Looking forward to both, whoever it is! Vampire hunters are cool as.

It's the fella from the Cursed City box set called Jelsen Darrock (that just rolls of the tongue, doesn't it?).

Okay, I finally have an entry...


00's Morhdeim Zombie versus 80's Empire Knight. Which OOP model will survive and what will be left of them?!

I will likely do up a little display base diorama for them to fight on.

 JoshInJapan wrote:

Yo7 wrote:

 JoshInJapan wrote:
I'm making very slow progress:



This is RAFM's Shub Niggurath. The metal tentacles are so heavy that she falls over easily, so taking these photos was quite the challenge. The feet are wonky, and will need to be repositioned. After that, gap filling.

Is it resin and metal together? I thought it was a conversion at first.

Yup, it's a hybrid resin/metal model.

I decided that the stumpy little legs looked dumb, so I sculpted some extra tentacles to take their place:




"Sculpted" is a strong word, as I really just rolled some Kneadatite tubes and then smushed them in place. I'll have to add a flying base since the thing is no longer ambulatory.

I liked the legs. It gave it personality. Reminded me of the flood infection form. Seeing that thing come waddling at you like a power rangers villain would be horrifying. It's mouths gnashing as it's stumbles at you whipping and lashing out around it.

Hi there,
My entry for this month:



The spider girl will take part. For the succubus I am not sure.

I tried to prime it today but no paint realy sticks to it.
I gave it a good wash in soapy water with a brush, but still not going well.

So we will see.

@SirOllox: Are those figures from Super Dungeon Explore or something? The chibi look makes me think of that. I really like them and look forward to seeing them painted!

And as for my entry for this month, I'm phoning it in a bit and doing up some Dead of Dunharrow from Middle-Earth:

These will be super simple to get looking spooky; basically just a contrast layer with some drybrushes on top. Plus basing, which again won't be hard.

Edit: I suppose I should clarify, the guy who's already got some color on him will not be part of the entry; he's the one I used as a test model a while back. I'll pick five from among the others and submit those as my entry.

More Hellboy nonsense: Crickets!

Nasty jumpy wee horde mutants. Horrid things

Varvara. Yes, scary evil girl demon.

Fun to do, though many, many layers.

Hammerhead. He's a really nasty big bad, with a great classic mythos vibe. Not the formless, nameless kind, but rather the ancient, unknowable monster.

And the Wendigo!

He is actually an infected agent, so has great mechanics in game - you really don't want to kill him, despite the fact he'll try to rip you apart and eat you. Jolly nice.

And a quick group shot.

All in all, satisfactory progress.

 ZergSmasher wrote:
@SirOllox: Are those figures from Super Dungeon Explore or something? The chibi look makes me think of that. I really like them and look forward to seeing them painted!

The succubus is directly a miniature for super dungeon explore.
For the spider girl I am not quiet sure for what game it is, I bought it for reduced price at the FLGS, but it is from the same company and it has rule cards for super dungeon explore, too.... so yes 😁

Okay, I'm not feeling my original submission (again). I'm withdrawing the Knight vs Zombie in favor of some Japanese Gaki (aka Hungry Ghosts):



I'm having an Asian horror-themed Oubliette solo mission playtest around Halloween and I needed some more monsters. Gaki are basically Japanese ghouls with distended bellies. These slightly converted Plaguebearers fit the bill pretty well!

I finished two really awesome ghosts (an Onryo and Ochimusha) earlier this week but I can't enter those because I never took "before" pictures

I might enter another model or two to make the submission a full 5

Meanwhile I'm not feeling proper spooky yet and that just gives me time to reconsider my entry as well...

WIP:


Elder Sister is done with her basecoats and washes. Cleanup and details next. Middle Sister just got her base of Grey Seer and will start getting her contrast layers next. The “little” sister is still waiting to start. Hope I can get all 3 done this month.

Love the original Hive Tyrant and your paint job is great, Nev!

I bought one when they were new, despite never playing Tyranids. I sold it off a while ago but I recently got my hands on another one that needs a lashwhip.

Finished my Gaki. Here's a place holder photo:



I'm pondering two more models to enter, so we'll see if the Gaki get any potential friends (or adversaries!)

Finished - the Edenborn, Slaaneshi cultist offspring (behind a spoiler, cuz they've got their tops off):



Pretty messy paint job I'll admit, but they're tiny little things, they live in the wilderness without adequate shower facilities, and I'm not a very good painter; still, I think they're okay from regular tabletop viewing distance; I do think the hair turned out not bad, so far as my usual efforts with white go. These are the children of the Bringers of Wonder's cultists, born insane and raised by lesser daemons because they're the only things that can get near them until they're old enough to control their homicidal tendencies; they wind up believing they're daemons themselves, and pre-battle they cut themselves open to 'purify' themselves of their human vital organs - which surprisingly works (sometimes), letting them charge into the fray sustained by the power of Slaanesh alone. Of course they're still just unarmoured humans so even autoguns mow them down in droves, never mind boltgun fire, but they're living their best lives (up to that point), and that's what's really important, or something along those lines. Happy Halloween.

Loads of really cool stuff going on!
More Hellboy, entirely unexpected I'm sure

The Crooked Man. Very challenging to paint as he is a figure entirely in drawn and inked in black in the comics.

I actually used a lot of khaki and tan to try to achieve the shading.

Demonic Servants

And Demonic Underlings

These might replace imps as my new least-favourite enemy

And Ogdru-hem mutants, which I'm rather pleased with.

These guys remind me of something out of a Bosch painting so I tried a different strategy with the highlights.

I also approached the flesh in a very different way, using Vallejo dark fleshtone as a starting point. Definitely something I'm going to think about for character models in future.
So I'm surprisingly on track with painting the Big Box of Doom in a month. I've got the Queen's Champion left from the enemies and then it's onto the heroes! There's also Drinking with Skeletons, the display piece, to tackle, but that's a big beast. Still - end in sight, and then I have to pick out 5!

Making some good progress this weekend:


Next up is some more work on the details and highlighting.

 KidCthulhu wrote:
Love the original Hive Tyrant and your paint job is great, Nev!

I bought one when they were new, despite never playing Tyranids. I sold it off a while ago but I recently got my hands on another one that needs a lashwhip.

All my old nids are from second hand lots. I kinda wanted to play them back in the day, but there was no way I was going to start a 3rd army that was horde based.

I do have another, unbuilt, original tyrant. Unfortunately, no spare lash whip. Looking at the parts, a plastic one from the warrior kit is roughly the same size. I can get you detailed measurements if you want.

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Finished the elder sister, and the middle sister is at the details/touchup stage. Just put the base Grey Seer down on the little sister, she’ll start getting contrast layers once that dries. Month is half dawn, but making good progress.

Starting to feel the time pressure to have these things painted and posted.

I’ve gotten both of my minis mostly done. Just some tidy up detail and basing still to go on Granny Weasley.

Looking forward to seeing that Tyrant Trio coming together. I’ve got lots of time for a walk down Gribbley Lane.

There’s a lot of very interesting creatures in the mix for this month actually. I expect it’ll be hard to stand out from the crowd.

@theCrowe… I haven’t even taken my proof pic yet

Still plenty of time.

 Flinty wrote:
@theCrowe… I haven’t even taken my proof pic yet

Still plenty of time.

Yeah I've only just got mine taken

and here it is, just a simple conversion to give myself a little break after the work of last months entry and I'm also busier this month in RL, some pumpkin headed grots

Okay, so I'm sticking with my Japanese theme:



Place holder of finished model:



Trying to decide if I should make a 5th model and then I'll take some decent photos...

Middle sister is almost done. Noticed one spot I missed on the cleanup pass that I need to go back to.

Little sister got her carapace on. Next step is cleaning that up before the flesh wash.

I have finished the mimics. Man, contrasts can certainly speed things up. Now I just need to figure out how to make a mimic hunt puzzle.

Would a group of mimics be called a gallery?

Those mimics are really cute (for certain values of cute).

Shub Niggurath is mostly finished:


I need to finish the mouths, figure out how to base her, and probably add some slime coming from all the little holes.

Updated Kitsune pic:



Her eyes and cleavage didn't look right, but I didn't notice how bad it was until I started cropping/resizing better photos. So I'd take a pic, get a better look, despise what I see, try to fix it, and repeat the cycle. After about four times, I'm finally happy with her face.

I'm running waaay behind this month... we're over halfway through and I haven't had time to pick up a paintbrush yet. I'm sticking with the two minis I posted as sprues back on page 1. Finally got them built though! No time for conversions beyond a bit of minor kitbashing.



Now I just have to try and get them painted in time...

At the last minute, I decided to do a 5th model...


(WIP/proof obviously)

Shub Niggurath is nearly finished:




It's hard to decide on the best angle, what with the model being amorphous and all. I'm debating whether or not to add some dripping slime to the open pustules or whatever those little holes are supposed to be. I'll add my final photos on or around the 31st.

Looks great Josh. Ïa, ïa, and so forth.

The problem with eldritch monsters from beyond the void is that they are notoriously difficult to photograph when we mortals are restricted to 3 dimensions. I have the same problem with my cat.

I like the first and the last of the pics. The middle one has a pair of mouths lined up neat and tidy. Symmetry and order does not suit the mini.

I’m always hesitant to give advice on already cool models. It looks great without the slime/pus. If you do add wetness to the mini, I feel you would also have to add some to the teeth/gums.

Ok. Decision made:
Drinking with Skeletons diorama.

This was an opportunity to play about with washes and shadows, which was very enjoyable.

Figuring out the light and shadow, especially on Big Red, was particularly challenging.

But... Time for a rant. Why. Why in the name of all things sacred would you put a mold line down the face of a model, never mind a RESIN PROMO?!

Really shoddy work there Mantic. Had to rebuild Hellboy's nose with gs as well as other facial details. I'm usually a big mantic fanboy but this was very poor.

I am sick of resin; I really, really hate working with it. It's brittle, temperamental and in this day and age I'll take plastic or even metal. Life's too short.

It's even holding me back from printing right now: I've just made a classic Captain America 🛡️ from plasticard despite having a decent STL.
Nevertheless, rather proud of it. I'll whittle down to 5 pics anon.

Where did you get that Drinking With Skeletons diorama? That was always one of my favorite parts in the comic. Strange Places for the win!

"Don't mess with me, lady! I've been drinking with skeletons!"

It was an add-on for the most recent KS. It'll come back around for availability, though, as their resin promos are want to do. I still haven't got the Santa Hellboy promo but he'll likely come out again for Xmas (they tend to bring them back out around Black Friday). They've also got an ultra-hi-res resin printer in studio now; when I (somehow) lost my Johann suit promo, they just printed me a new one and sent me it.

My spooky entry is complete.
A couple of my own creations, two witches…

Granny Weasley and the Black Cat








I’ve attempted my first ever OSL on the black cat’s magic green fireball. Not sure I’m really delighted with the result but sure, let the voters be the judges.

Okay, I'm as done as I'm gonna get with this nice selection of Yokai:

Skelly samurai is great! Nice one kid.

Well, 20+ days of procrastination later I have finally put together my miniature. I best get painting.

World Eaters Master of Executions

... genius. Damnit 401st, you're raising the bar again. @KC love your yokai, very hungri oni types.

3 Sisters, tyrants from across the ages.

This was a fun little project, and one I was looking forward to doing since the moment I got the middle tyrant. (I already had, and still have to build, spare 2nd and modern tyrants) But I loved the idea of doing a triumvirate of maiden, matron, crone of Hive Tyrants from across the editions.

Old old one has plenty of nostalgic charm. Classic look, good sculpt. The middle one is from a dark time. Did not age well. The “modern” kit, while dating from 4th, is a solid kit and holds up well. All were painted with my basic nid scheme, which is fairly simple, but gets decent table-top results for the effort it takes.

 Lovejoy wrote:
I'm running waaay behind this month... we're over halfway through and I haven't had time to pick up a paintbrush yet. I'm sticking with the two minis I posted as sprues back on page 1. Finally got them built though! No time for conversions beyond a bit of minor kitbashing.



Now I just have to try and get them painted in time...

Could you tell me what model that is please? The werewolf is great.

I've finished painting one of the models but need to photograph it. Ended up losing one of my dogs this month and I've barely been on the planet let alone at the painting desk. I slapped some paint on it to get it done. They're a bit awkward models to paint due to so many roots and soft plastic making everything a bit floppy.

Is next month themed or do we vote?

Yo7 wrote:
Could you tell me what model that is please? The werewolf is great.

Yep, it's a Vargskyr. It's from GW's Cursed City boxed game, which is about £125. But you can pick them up individually on Ebay pretty easily!

I'll put up a theme vote for next month soon, as mooted back in September I think it'd be cool to do a run-off poll with a few subjects that didn't quite make the cut in this year's votes so far. So if anyone has any particular favourites they'd like to see get a second chance, now's the time to give them a shout out for reconsideration!

 Paradigm wrote:
I'll put up a theme vote for next month soon, as mooted back in September I think it'd be cool to do a run-off poll with a few subjects that didn't quite make the cut in this year's votes so far. So if anyone has any particular favourites they'd like to see get a second chance, now's the time to give them a shout out for reconsideration!

Previous polls wrote:
No Vote for March

What do you want to paint in April?
Playing Tricks 31% [ 11 ]
From Beyond 14% [ 5 ]
Reborn, Remade 34% [ 12 ]
The Best Defence 20% [ 7 ]

What do you want to paint in May?
Playing Tricks 5% [ 2 ]
Mayhem 37% [ 14 ]
Lead From The Front 29% [ 11 ]
The Underdogs 29% [ 11 ]

What do you want to paint in June?
The Underdogs 51% [ 18 ]
If You Can't Stand The Heat 17% [ 6 ]
Apocalpyse? Now? 14% [ 5 ]
Out of Sight, Out of Mind 17% [ 6 ]

What do you want to paint in July?
In It For The Money 34% [ 11 ]
If You Can't Stand The Heat 25% [ 8 ]
We Are Legion 41% [ 13 ]

What do you want to paint in August
In it for the money 15% [ 4 ]
That's not a gun... THIS is a gun' 22% [ 6 ]
Survival Instinct 15% [ 4 ]
A Helping Hand 48% [ 13 ]

What do you want to paint in September?
'That's not a Gun... This is a gun' 39% [ 15 ]
Snazzy 37% [ 14 ]
In the Name of the Gods 11% [ 4 ]
On Wings of Death 13% [ 5 ]

No poll for October

(Red topics already competitions)

Interestingly 2 topics already made it on their second chance. I’m not going to sift through all the posts looking for ideas that didn’t make it into the polls, so don’t feel compelled to restrict your suggestions to just these. But it should make a good start for bouncing ideas around.

Looks like of those the most popular ones that didn't end up making it were Playing Tricks, Lead From The Front, In It For The Money, and Snazzy. Why not just have a run-off of those four for November?

If we decide not to do that, I might suggest a topic: Girls just want to have fun! (can you tell I've got a few more Sisters I need to paint )

Didn't get round to base clean up. If I get a chance I will and take another photo.

Today I finished my two minis.

For the Spider Girl I got something special.... 😎






When it‘s dark.... she has some special effects....



And A little bit in a paintingflow, I managed to finish a spiderman. But it‘s not for the contest.

@SirOllox That Succubus is super cute, and the Spider Girl is great too. And the glow-in-the-dark effect is just awesome.


I managed to finish mine uncharacteristically early this month. Here's my Bladeguard Captain and Bladeguard Ancient, both super excited about setting up the Halloween decorations.

Heh heh. When you first posted your proof pics, I was like, “Space marines? For Halloween?” Then I noticed that they were carrying entire skeletons around!

 Pariah Press wrote:
Heh heh. When you first posted your proof pics, I was like, “Space marines? For Halloween?” Then I noticed that they were carrying entire skeletons around!

Kinda makes me want to paint my guys as LotD. The’ve got the bones and spooky stuff going on for it. Why not paint them as Halloween marines?

 ZergSmasher wrote:
Looks like of those the most popular ones that didn't end up making it were Playing Tricks, Lead From The Front, In It For The Money, and Snazzy. Why not just have a run-off of those four for November?

I think that's fair, so unless anyone wants to lobby particularly strongly for one of the others, I'll put a poll up for these four within the next couple of days.

Cheers to Nev for sorting that list, made things much simpler!

Liking the entries so far guys, especially Shub Niggurath

For everyone interested the league table and HOF have been updated

https://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/732117.page#9481149

"The way is shut. It was made by those who are dead, and the dead keep it."

Got my entry done in decent time. Here are my final pics of some Warriors of the Dead of Dunharrow:



Definitely phoned it in a bit with this entry, but I'm happy with how they look. They really are easy models to get looking somewhat like they do in the movies; just a decent coat of green (I used Hexwraith Flame), with a couple of drybrushes over the top.

Lots of other suitably spooky entries coming in, and plenty of time for more. Looking forward to seeing what everyone else comes up with.

Anyone else find if ironic that JoshinJapan is painting Lovecraft monsters and I, KidCthulhu, am painting Japanese folk critters?

Don't mind me; that just popped into me head.

 KidCthulhu wrote:
Anyone else find if ironic that JoshinJapan is painting Lovecraft monsters and I, KidCthulhu, am painting Japanese folk critters?

Don't mind me; that just popped into me head.

Tis the season for brain transplants. Next step is to tighten those neck bolts and go on a good old fashioned rampage.

Finally managed to grab some painting time at the weekend, and got them done... I honestly didn't think I'd make it this time, so that's a relief!
I've done the heroine in the same colours as my Stormcasts, so I can use her as a Freeguild General.













cheers,
Michael

 KidCthulhu wrote:
Anyone else find if ironic that JoshinJapan is painting Lovecraft monsters and I, KidCthulhu, am painting Japanese folk critters?

Don't mind me; that just popped into me head.

I suppose we must have met after being taken by Yithians, allowing us to influence each other's preferences without being consciously aware of doing so. It's the most logical explanation.

Heh, that Shadow Out Of Time sure is tricky...

Here's the finished Ghost Rida. I originally had a go at making the flames eldritch green, but they just didn't read enough like fire, and I liked the more dramatic contrast of orange flame.

I got it done quicker than I expected. My World Eaters Master of Executions all Halloweenie like.

This is why I like entering online competitions; it lights a fire under you and gives you focus. That is a nice change of pace from just looking at the mountain of miniatures I need to work on and sobbing. Loudly.

Here are my final photos of Shub-Niggurath:






Edit: Adding one more photo with a human cultist for scale:

 401st wrote:
I got it done quicker than I expected. My World Eaters Master of Executions all Halloweenie like.

This is why I like entering online competitions; it lights a fire under you and gives you focus. That is a nice change of pace from just looking at the mountain of miniatures I need to work on and sobbing. Loudly.

Thats an awesome model - will absolutely steal this concept at some point.

Some killer entries coming in.

Subject poll for November is go:
https://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/0/807440.page#11448147

Frightful Shadow of Death and servant girl:

Ooh! Is that a red panda on her base, Geifer?

 KidCthulhu wrote:
Ooh! Is that a red panda on her base, Geifer?

Better! Orange cat.

*checks Google what a red panda is*

Still better! But only very marginally.

I couldn’t roll out the big guns last month thanks to the blessings of Grandfather Nurgle, but I’m going to see if I can give this chibi mecha a spooky makeーover before we reach All Hallows’ Eve.
Proof pics:

Im 98% done just have to base them,I really should base before undercoating.

Anyway this 3rd ed. dark eldar is terrible, it has a mold slip on the head making it wierd looking. pictures in the morning.

Zoat complete!

Finished! [angry fish sounds]

Sneaking this in at the end of October - the Dreadblade Harrow!







Cheers
KT

Finally have pictures, first time painting an eldar mini too.

Apparently never posted my proof at the start of the month, some kitbashed skeleton pikemen:

And finished, not the best photos, but out of time:

Final Five pictures then from my Drinking with Skeletons diorama.

Might I have another 12 hours or so? I’m waiting for some paint to dry before I can do the final assembly, and the time difference means I need to sleep now.

Here's my entry for the month:






proof

Really cool little scene inmygravenimage

 Turaxa wrote:
Might I have another 12 hours or so? I’m waiting for some paint to dry before I can do the final assembly, and the time difference means I need to sleep now.

Yeah para normally allows a days grace to account for different timezones and taking pics.

My final pics, a simple one this month compared to last

My pumpkin headed grots

I love the pumpkin heads with the ears sticking out.

Maharg wrote:
Here's my entry for the month:

Spoiler:

proof

A vampire sporting green and blue? I feel plagiarized.

New round is up, this one will stay open to catch any stragglers as always!
https://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/0/807503.page#11450178

From the depths of Gundam lore comes the menacing Dokoro Zaku.

This is an official figure of it, with my (rather less menacing) version for comparison.


All my entry pics in the spoiler below.

Vote is up:
https://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/0/807676.page#11454779