Dakka (Unofficial) Painting Challenge Round 31 September 2017: Armour Up!

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**Metal_Man**

Here is proof of the Warlord Titan, priming and painting now! He's missing a few small weapons and some of the armor plates that are already primed. ARMOR UP!

**Nevelon**

CREEEEEEEEED wrote:
insaniak wrote:
This is beginning to look like it might actually be achievable...

If only GW had made this the repulsor model.

As much as I like the grav version, it does take well to a pair of treads. Nice work on the conversion.

**Chris56**

Holy crap, Metalman!

That thing is bigger than two of my kids!
You're gonna need to use housepaint and a roller for that massive bugger....sure is a whole lot of Armour, though!

I can't wait to see the finished model.

**Nevelon**

I think I’m calling this one done. Need to go back to it at some point for transfers, but like most vehicle projects, at this point I just want it off the workbench. Not that it shows up in the pics, but I did some subtle edge highlighting and some heat-stress weathering on the MM/flamestorms.

But that’s a big chunk of plastic out of my primed pile and ready to fight on the table!

**Metal_Man**

Thanks Chris56! It's completely magnetized too. Started painting already just started the armor plates and other things first, then filling the big stuff this weekend/next week. It's a freaking huge project, probably 80-100 hours of work easily, haha.

You wouldn't believe how long it took to take everything out and just get it cleaned up! INSANE! It's the 650th Titan Warlord in the World, and he's going to be on the table destroying everything soon, can't wait.

**Power Elephant**

I could do some more work on this, but this will have to do. Will definently choose a smaller model for next month. I've had some of the ideas I put on the model in my head for over a year, but for some reason the thing I like most on the model is the mini red OSL on top of the blue OSL!

It's finished

**Elbows**

I'm digging the non-grav Repulsor...toned down a lot. Looks much better!

**ZenBadger**

Dready finished at last. I invested in a cheap light box so the photos are a bit easier on the eye this month.

He was not quite as much fun as the poxwalkers to paint but very satisfying and I tried out a few techniques I haven't used before. Hope you like it.

**Oppl**

He is lovel. I'll always prefer the old Dreads.

**Jadenim**

Are those laurels freehand? If so, nice work!

**Bottle**

Yeah, it looks fantastic! Great stuff. :-)

**ZenBadger**

Thanks folks, I'm learning a lot from studying the offerings on Dakka.

@Jadenim, yes, all freehand. My mixed Scottish/Yorkshire ancestry means I'm too mean to pay for decals :-)

**Paradigm**

Anyone wondering about next month, the theme will be some variation of the spooky and scary as is traditional for October/Halloween, if anyone wants to submit a specific theme along those lines go ahead!

**Power Elephant**

Paradigm wrote:
Anyone wondering about next month, the theme will be some variation of the spooky and scary as is traditional for October/Halloween, if anyone wants to submit a specific theme along those lines go ahead!

Nice. I was going to paint some rubric marines anyway.

**Elbows**

Great dreadnought Zen!

**Genesaika**

Metal_man, I really can't wait to see that thing painted! Good luck with it.

My raider has been going slow, but I hope to get a good bit done this weekend. Working from 4am to 7pm, taking online college classes, taking care of my daughter, and doing basic things like eating and sleeping, leaves me with all of about 5 minutes do do anything during the week haha.

**Midget Gems**

Some sort of scary or nightmare theme is fine with me for Oct, I always like that month, maybe some more orks in fancy dress?

Tank Looks great KD, lots of interesting bits on it, hope you get it done in time.

Great work Power Elephant, you can tell you have put a lot of time into the model, nice work on the free hand and the OSL.

A very nicely painted Dread ZenBadger, the scratches really add to the look of the model.

Pretty epic entry Metal_Man, I'm rather excited to see how you get on with it and if its anything like you other models its going to be spectacular.

Heres my latest WIP, getting there, spent a lot of time trying to develop the red on the armour using lots of layers.

**CREEEEEEEEED**

I'm gonna have to bow out, para please remove me from the listing.

**EmberlordofFire8**

Well then, count me in!

Im going to paint some plague marines, since MK III armour is (technically) the heaviest. Proof:

Don't worry, the almost-finished guy was started yesterday.
Wish me luck!

Ember

And yes, that is a tipped-over rhino in the background.

**kavika0311**

Well I might as well call these done. I'm not going to get much more done before the deadline. Unfortunately my matte varnish spray left the model very textured and it turns out not much of my shading and none of the highlighting translated very well in the photos. Oh well. I have two more finished Rhinos and I like how they came out. So I'll still count it as a win.

**Verviedi**

Making very slow progress. My apologies for the gakky background.

**Metal_Man**

Verviedi that is looking super cool. Funny how every painter has paint somewhere on their hands when they take shots like this, haha.

Kavika the varnish issue is either humidity or heat usually. There are other reasons but I've had issues when varnishing (Depends how you varnish, a spray can has a much higher risk of any issue) in the heat. I live in N.C. Sometimes with spray cans I will test them on a crappy model or a test model and see, but I've moved to varnishing with the air brush and that eliminates a lot of the issues. Still loving the tanks though!

Midget Gems he is so badass, omg!

**STG**

Hullo!
I have just finished my hellhound conversion and i'm really pleased with it. Shame my lightbox is too small and i dont own photoshop so i cant tweak the background to be all white.
ah well.

I learned about the importance of washing the recesses on this 'tank', cheers to duncan rhodes for that!
also the 404 on the front is freehand and im v proud of myself for it.

Let me know what you guys think!

Also Vervedi, the cloak on that admech dude looks smooth as hell, very nice paintjob!

**ZergSmasher**

That Hellhound looks great! I like the wheels instead of the treads; makes it look more like a modern military vehicle (like an LAV-25 or something), although IMO the Chimera chassis looks okay with treads too.

I have yet to really start on my entry, so I don't know yet if I'm even going to bother. Too much other stuff going on for me hobbywise and in my regular life. Maybe I can get a bunch done soon and maybe knock that Razorback out. I don't know.

**STG**

Thanks Zergsmasher, i agree with you that the chimera looks good with tracks, just thought i'd change it up for a hellhound ya know?

**Oppl**

Hellhound looks really great and the wheels give it a really cool unique style. The videos from Duncan are brilliant aren't they? Never before have I been so happy with my Guard and its all thanks to the methods from the videos.

**TheDraconicLord**

Oooooh weee! Work was a major PITA these past 2 weeks, but thankfully I managed to get some painting time to relax

I'm quite happy, this girl is for a friend who's doing Sigmarines, now it's back to Ironjawz with me!

**SirDonlad**

Progress report...

**Drummernathan**

I too am going to have to bow out. Definitely not going to finish to an acceptable standard of my own means in time. Life came up.

**Metal_Man**

Drummernathan we all know how that is! There are days, weeks, months, sometimes even years that we just can't get the time because of so many other things! Like Wife, Kids, Work, Parents, Siblings, Vacations, Total War: Warhammer2! You know all those types of things.