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2017/12/01 09:33:41
Subject: Dakka (Unofficial) Painting Challenge Round 34 December 2017: Open Round
Welcome all to the 34th round of the Unofficial Painting Challenge here on Dakka. For anyone who's unfamiliar with the format, this is a simple community challenge open to anyone on Dakka, the aim of the game being to paint a model or set of models relating to the month's theme and win points for doing so!
As is traditional for December, this round is an Open one with no theme, partly because I know most of you will be busy over the holidays and partly so you have absolutely no excuse not to paint up the new shiny stuff you get for Christmas! You really can enter anything this month, from a grot to a titan, from a scenery piece to a diorama, from themed Christmasy entry to Just Another Solider for your army. All the usual rules apply, but in terms of what you choose to paint, go nuts! This is a chance to really show off how far your skills have come over the last year, so pick any model that sparks your imagination and get to work!
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 December and will end at midnight GMT on the 31st of December. After this, I shall compile the finished entries into a new thread, and voting will run for 5 days.
Here's what I hope December will be about. The Shadespire dude will be for a friend so I'll mostly paint in Starfinder sessions, Megaboss to finally finish my current army, and to represent my character in Starfinder, a "Not-Motoko Kusanagi" from Ghost in the Shell (Hasslefree Miniatures)
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"Fear is freedom! Subjugation is liberation! Contradiction is truth! These are the truths of this world! Surrender to these truths, you pigs in human clothing!" - Satsuki Kiryuin, Kill la Kill
2017/12/01 12:34:42
Subject: Re:Dakka (Unofficial) Painting Challenge Round 34 December 2017: Open Round
Due to failing to complete most of my entries in the last few months, I'm going to tone it down this round - especially given the amount of work mounting up for the Christmas period at Uni!
This time, it'll be one little Primaris Marine... all be it a space magic imbued Marine, but either way - one model!!
Spoiler:
Good luck this month everyone - look forward to seeing all the Christmas themed entries that will no doubt crop up!
I always try to keep this up to date with what projects I'm working on... but they just keep piling up
Hobby addict with a serious problem.
2017/12/01 16:33:11
Subject: Dakka (Unofficial) Painting Challenge Round 34 December 2017: Open Round
I'll be entering some of my alpha legionnaires, very likely, but I have a lot of bits that will be coming in the mail in the next weeks to make them, so I'll post the proof picture when the pile of bits is here...
Work in progress p&m blog :
United Colors of Chaos , Relating my ongoing battle with grey plastic...
2022 hobby running tally: bought: 71, built: 45, painted: 17, games played: 3
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2017/12/01 21:17:37
Subject: Re:Dakka (Unofficial) Painting Challenge Round 34 December 2017: Open Round
December is really me trying to finish the tail end of all my painting so I dunno what "new" stuff I'll be working on atm. I'll have to give it a look see!
I'm feeling either brave or lucky to try to enter this for December:
Last month I did some Death Guard grunts; this month I'll try to paint their Primarch! I need to get this guy painted anyway, so now is as good a time as any, right?
My armies (re-counted and updated on 11/1/23, including modeled wargear options):
Dark Angels: ~15000 Astra Militarum: ~1200 | Adeptus Custodes: ~1900 | Imperial Knights: ~2000 | Sisters of Battle: ~3500 | Leagues of Votann: ~1200 | Tyranids: ~2600 | Stormcast Eternals: ~5000
Check out my P&M Blogs: ZergSmasher's P&M Blog | Imperial Knights blog | Board Games blog | Total models painted in 2023: 40 | Total models painted in 2024: 12 | Current main painting project: Dark Angels
Mr_Rose wrote: Who doesn’t love crazy mutant squawk-puppies? Eh? Nobody, that’s who.
2017/12/02 10:14:50
Subject: Dakka (Unofficial) Painting Challenge Round 34 December 2017: Open Round
I'm probbably end up entering a 75 mm horse that will be a present for my dad, which will represent his childhood horse dragan. I'm not sure when the model will arrive though, so I'll paint other stuff until he arrives and possibly enter that as a backup plan.
I just put down the first base coat on the skin of my Orc cheerleader about 10 mins before seeing this was an open round!
No idea if I'll get her finished, but I might as well chuck my hat in the ring. Photos later...
Dark Angels/Deathwing - just getting started!
Space Marines - Stark Crusaders 4500pts/PL244 (2700pts painted)
Eldar - Biel Tan 2000pts
Space Wolves 1500pts
Well, can't complain about progress. Had my first Starfinder session this month yeserday, and the dude is already base coated and shaded, ready for fome layering:
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"Fear is freedom! Subjugation is liberation! Contradiction is truth! These are the truths of this world! Surrender to these truths, you pigs in human clothing!" - Satsuki Kiryuin, Kill la Kill
2017/12/03 15:53:04
Subject: Re:Dakka (Unofficial) Painting Challenge Round 34 December 2017: Open Round
Thanks @MidgetGems. Not sure how much chance I'll get to keep up with this thread, or with painting, but I'll get it a try!
I've got proofs for my cheerleader and my apothecary. Both getting completed seems unlikely, but might as well post both!
Dark Angels/Deathwing - just getting started!
Space Marines - Stark Crusaders 4500pts/PL244 (2700pts painted)
Eldar - Biel Tan 2000pts
Space Wolves 1500pts
I'm torn. I really need to paint my venerable Dread, and build and paint my Predator. But I'm also about to buy a painted Tau army that I'll have to strip and re-paint something more my speed. I'll have a proof pic by next weekend either way, and I'll be sure to actually finish this month
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2017/12/04 07:52:28
Subject: Re:Dakka (Unofficial) Painting Challenge Round 34 December 2017: Open Round
iGuy91 wrote: You love the T-Rex. Its both a hero and a Villain in the first two movies. It is the "king" of dinosaurs. Its the best. You love your T-rex.
Then comes along the frakking Spinosaurus who kills the T-rex, and the movie says "LOVE THIS NOW! HE IS BETTER" But...in your heart, you love the T-rex, who shouldn't have lost to no stupid Spinosaurus. So you hate the movie. And refuse to love the Spinosaurus because it is a hamfisted attempt at taking what you loved, making it TREX +++ and trying to sell you it.
Elbows wrote: You know what's better than a psychic phase? A psychic phase which asks customers to buy more miniatures...
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2017/12/04 19:03:10
Subject: Re:Dakka (Unofficial) Painting Challenge Round 34 December 2017: Open Round
I'm making progress on my entry:
So far so good, but I haven't gotten to the hard parts yet.
My armies (re-counted and updated on 11/1/23, including modeled wargear options):
Dark Angels: ~15000 Astra Militarum: ~1200 | Adeptus Custodes: ~1900 | Imperial Knights: ~2000 | Sisters of Battle: ~3500 | Leagues of Votann: ~1200 | Tyranids: ~2600 | Stormcast Eternals: ~5000
Check out my P&M Blogs: ZergSmasher's P&M Blog | Imperial Knights blog | Board Games blog | Total models painted in 2023: 40 | Total models painted in 2024: 12 | Current main painting project: Dark Angels
Mr_Rose wrote: Who doesn’t love crazy mutant squawk-puppies? Eh? Nobody, that’s who.
2017/12/06 10:28:05
Subject: Dakka (Unofficial) Painting Challenge Round 34 December 2017: Open Round
I'm re-painting my unit of initiates and acolytes for an upcoming escalating campaign at my local store including a small inquisitorial force and will post some proof pics tomorrow.
I did start laying some paint down on a few so hopefully it's still a valid entry
Blistered Be.
40k: : 6500
2000(GK allies -Sons of Opet)
3000 Sons of Malice( played as primaris Salamanders)
AoS: 5500
2017/12/06 20:07:43
Subject: Re:Dakka (Unofficial) Painting Challenge Round 34 December 2017: Open Round
Daemonscape General Purpose Buildings (Finished)
Added Battletech Scamm Heavy Trucks in the main picture,to give a better idea of the scale of the little buildings,Definately worth a zoom in.
Hopefully this is valid as a proof as I didn’t really get a chance to snap any pics before I started painting a layer on these guys as I just painted over previous paint jobs and didn’t even prime them though I will Be priming my two snipers before I start painting them.
Proof:
Blistered Be.
40k: : 6500
2000(GK allies -Sons of Opet)
3000 Sons of Malice( played as primaris Salamanders)
AoS: 5500
2017/12/07 03:20:15
Subject: Dakka (Unofficial) Painting Challenge Round 34 December 2017: Open Round
I would have loved to enter again, but with Christmas on the way and everyone buying up onions like they're going out of fashion, my hands are pretty full trying to run the factory floor at the moment and the last thing I want to do is paint
The entries so far are looking great as usual, look forward to voting!
The open round has caught me out again. It makes me realise that each month i'm not having trouble finding something to fit the theme but instead I'm just quite indecisive...
This month its was a decision to do 5 intercessors or convert up/kitbash a banner nob. I went with latter as I'm not sure on how I'll be fixed time wise.
2017/12/09 18:17:14
Subject: Re:Dakka (Unofficial) Painting Challenge Round 34 December 2017: Open Round