Dakka (Unofficial) Painting Challenge Round 17 July 2016: Unleash The Beast

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**Zach**

Personally, given the focus of the mini, I'd really add on to the green of the ork himself and make him pop (even exaggeratedly so) just due to natural eye focus and whate people are going to draw a bead on first.

**EverlastingNewb**

ZoBo wrote:
oh yeah! that looks great man! ...easily one of the best-looking defilers I've seen in some time, in my opinion

as for the weathering, I paint orks and nurgle stuff, so that looks "clean" to me ...but I think it's a nice balance...it's noticeable, but it's not too much, and it works well all-round

Why, thank you for the compliment

Yeah, i like my Crimson Slaughter to look crisp & clean but i bought Typhos corrosion and wanted to test it. And after i finished weathering the feet, i thought that some
battle damage as well as greasy & oily parts like hydraulic would look cool and spent almost as much time weathering this model as painting it

**ZoBo**

@Paradigm - wow man, I had no idea you were painting gazza, I somehow totally missed the proof

...he looks great! - he's even more grim and dirty than mine!

...it's really hard to pick faults with it, but I think I might agree a little with Zach, a final fine-detail highlight pass on the skin would help it stand out against the armour a bit better I think

the deffkopta power klaw blade seems to have worked nicely too

**Paradigm**

Haha, I snuck the proof into the OP earlier to keep the final pic a surprise!

Made a few edits to him based on various feedback, upped the contrast on the face, added some freehand to the banners, cleaned up a few bits here and there. Should get some better pics in daylight tomorrow. The blade swap was improvised, I bought the mini second hand years ago for about two quid, he was missing the klaw blades, horns and banner pole so I had to make a few minor edits. I like it though, which is to say i still wouldn't want to be printed by it!

**Jadenim**

So I can actually finish with plenty of time:

Really pleased with how the cloak came out, figured that a native American style was appropriate for a Kroot master shaper.

**Paradigm**

Nice work, the cloak looks great.

Calling mine done, having made a few edits:

**ZoBo**

@Jadenim - nice

...I actually quite like kroot, I might like them even more than all the fancy battlesuits the tau have...and I don't see them very often - the style works quite nicely too

@Paradigm - yeah...he just looks like he's about to really ruin someone's day...proppa mean and dirty!

...nicely done

I've really got to get cracking on my squiggoth...I thought I had it almost done...but then I decided to build a "driver" rig add-on for the front of the howdah...I've built and primed that, and I think it looks kinda great (wait and see

), but now I need to paint that, and do another general all-over weathering pass over the whole thing...he's a big lad

- should still have it done on time easily though, no worries

**Soldier0Fortune**

Hey guys !

A little late entering, but I'd like to enter my Ironjawz Brutes i picked up the other day. I got stuck right into them , but I hope they are still eligible to qualify for entry.

At present, they are mostly assembled, Sprayed White, with a single Green on the skin and a single Bone layer on some of the armour, that is all.

Please let me know if they are not eligible, otherwise consider it my entry

Thanks!

**Guildenstern**

Working on "Bob"; I'm trying for a more patchwork look to his skin on this HPA.

**angelofvengeance**

Looking gribbly there Guildenstern

. Nice work!

**Bottle**

Big Daddy Genestealer is coming along :-) Feeling a bit pressured to meet the deadline though!

**Buttery Commissar**

Can't find my dog proof. Here's proof for my replacement entry.

**angelofvengeance**

That's a fantastic Patriarch you got there, Bottle! Looks all kinds of awesome!

**Bottle**

angelofvengeance wrote:
That's a fantastic Patriarch you got there, Bottle! Looks all kinds of awesome!

Cheers Aov! Want to try and do the glowing effect on his temple, so need to speed things up as that'll no doubt be tricky to pull off!

**methebest**

Buttery Commissar wrote:
Can't find my dog proof. Here's proof for my replacement entry.

I am so jealous, so want that yet there is no way for me to get it.(other than ebay)

**Buttery Commissar**

Bug me nearer a FW event. Me and my friends all have one so we can do a small amount of pickups. They were £25 retail though.

**ZergSmasher**

I may be switching my entry (bit late in the month for that but oh well). I'm just not feeling inspired to do the Flesh Hounds. I might do a few of the Free Agent players from the Dreadball Xtreme starter set instead, since some of them are beastly looking. I'll post a proof before I start if I do go that route.

**feltmonkey**

Dreadball Xtreme! I have that! I completely forgot that I bought it.

I've been working on Bashful Boris this evening. Fair warning - he's purple. A big purple bear. I've got to a very scary point where the next parts I need to paint are the metallic areas, and I have to decide whether to use metallic paints or attempt non-metallic-metal on them. NMM would probably fit the model better, but I really don't know what I'm doing with it. I've tried it before with mixed results. Some bits I've done look good, others just look yellow. Anyone got any decent tutorials or tips?

**Zach**

I love my original entry, but I painted this today and it fits more and I have the proof pic. Anyone mind if I change?

Spoiler:

**methebest**

Buttery Commissar wrote:
Bug me nearer a FW event. Me and my friends all have one so we can do a small amount of pickups. They were £25 retail though.

Thats less than i paid for the gw only praetor.
Will definitely take up up on the offer, thanks.

**ZergSmasher**

Okay, I'm officially changing my entry. Here's my proof with four Dreadball Xtreme minis that are somewhat beastly:

Left to right: Avaran Treebeast, Vlorox Spinpede, Pusk Rampager, and Convict Thug. I'll brush prime them instead of spraying since the weather here in Missouri just refuses to cooperate (heat index was 106 degrees F this afternoon).

I'll probably start with the Treebeast, as his color scheme should be really simple. Basecoat brown, wash, drybrush, add a few green details, done. At least then I'll have something to submit.

**Paradigm**

@Zach: Very cool. Post up the new Proof and any other pics and I'll switch you over!

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Oh, and now taking theme ideas for next month, let's hear 'em!

**Zach**

Cool!

**Januine**

Beautiful stuff Zach. GW is coming out with some cracking sculpts these days.

Possible theme/idea for next month. Single fig, gaming legal. Just one regular fig. Be interesting for a change to go back to basics.

**Zach**

Thanks man, it was a fun couple of hours and its nice to get back to basics.

My idea for a theme would be Skin. It is a painting competition, and skin comes in a thousand different forms and ways of painting it, whether its the flesh of a human or the scaly hide of a demon, Id like to see what the community can come up with for a skin focused showcase.

**Januine**

Couple of hours????? Jaysus - I'd be at that for days!!!!
Skin is a fantastic theme. Something I'm trying to work on at the mo.

**Zach**

Assembly and painting took right at 3 hours, it's airbrush base colors, drybrush 5 colors, several washes and some honey comb lining. Her skin/face was the only thing I actually brushed in. It's refreshing to 'not care' on a model, you can't generally do that with other people's stuff!

**Januine**

Ahhhh. Cool beans.

**Soldier0Fortune**

@Zach
Awesome looking Drycha there man very well done !

My Ironjawz Brutes are all complete except for a few more layers of some effects i am trying to build up and need to dry, but I will certainly post the end result pic within the next day or so

**EverlastingNewb**

@Zach
Holy Macaroni that Tree..Bark..Human thing looks awesome! I guess i know what will get my vote