Dakka (Unofficial) Painting Challenge Round 32 October 2017: Fright Night!

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**Verviedi**

I will do cybernetic horror. Now, just to make competent conversion. Or use my Blanchian Ruststalker...

**ZoBo**

electriceve wrote:
Count me in! First entry to this ever! Got Mortarion here. Left some bits off as sub assemblies. Excited to paint this!

oh, this's gonna be good!

**Drummernathan**

Debating on entering my Morty as well as he's just built and primed currently, though not sure on if I'll have the time to paint him up to a proper standard this month. I'll take a proof pic tomorrow and just go for it I guess. Don't really have much else that fits the theme.

**Power Elephant**

My ork ghost airship. It doesn't look spooky right now, so I'll have to give it a spooky paintjob.

**ChaoticMind**

The Old Hag, Zoraida and her Voodoo Doll:

**Drummernathan**

Heres my proof.

hoping to actually get some paint on this guy this month so hopefully i can finish by spooky night.

**Paradigm**

Wow, multiple Mortarions (Mortarii? Mortariuses? Anyway...) should be impressive!

I've just found out the Shadespire skeleton warband isn't out until November 4th, so that throws a spanner in the works for my sort-of plan. I'll have to come up with something else.

Oh, and I might as well announce this now, I'll point it out again towards the end of the month: this challenge will basically be running an extra day as I'm away all day on the 1st November so won't be able to do the poll until the 2nd, thought I might as well just extend it. For the same reason, November's round will be going up a day early on the 31st October.

**Drummernathan**

Paradigm wrote:
Wow, multiple Mortarions (Mortarii? Mortariuses? Anyway...) should be impressive!

I've just found out the Shadespire skeleton warband isn't out until November 4th, so that throws a spanner in the works for my sort-of plan. I'll have to come up with something else.

Oh, and I might as well announce this now, I'll point it out again towards the end of the month: this challenge will basically be running an extra day as I'm away all day on the 1st November so won't be able to do the poll until the 2nd, thought I might as well just extend it. For the same reason, November's round will be going up a day early on the 31st October.

Mortys. It's Mortys.
I..I..turned you into a primarch mo*burp*Morty! You're primarch moooooorrrrty!

**COLD CASH**

I will add my morty as well ive started him but im no pro and this is the most difficult model ive ever had to assemble, Im hoping it will be ok? as entry.

Ah dammit only started painting this week but i think ive disqualified myself.

**SirDonlad**

I thought i wasn't going to be able to enter this month due to not having anything which could match the theme, but i was looking through my bits box and found these servo-skulls from my Warhound spares - Huzzah!
Here is my proof pic..

**Nevelon**

OK, I finished my build. Now I just need to hope for a decent day to prime before too long. Rest of the week looks like rain.

**u971**

Necron Scarab Swarm. (Finished)
Complete with Toxic Theme.

**Power Elephant**

My airship sort of fell apart, so you can scratch me off the list. Maybe I'll enter with something else at another time.

**Chris56**

I really like the dark green, u971 - it suits necrons really well.
Nice, smooth and clean paint, too.
Nice job.

**n1ceguypaul**

Hey gonna be bold and add this little gem to my pledge for this month. Got to get finished for armies on parade as well so here it is

**Midget Gems**

Will be an interesting month with all these Mortys flying around. Good Luck

Airship looks very cool Power Elephant, sorry to here it crash landed, get the mekboys on it.

A very cool and scary model n1ceguypaul, looking forward to it.

My Ork Batman and Robin WIP so far, positions are almost there. trying to get Ork Robin look like hes crunching his fist into his hand and think I'll give Grot Batman a Batarang

**CREEEEEEEEED**

Midget Gems wrote:
Will be an interesting month with all these Mortys flying around. Good Luck

Airship looks very cool Power Elephant, sorry to here it crash landed, get the mekboys on it.

A very cool and scary model n1ceguypaul, looking forward to it.

My Ork Batman and Robin WIP so far, positions are almost there. trying to get Ork Robin look like hes crunching his fist into his hand and think I'll give Grot Batman a Batarang

This is definitely one to watch.

**Power Elephant**

Could I enter this model instead of the airship? It's way more appropriate. Maybe I'll do more than one, one painted in the clasical blue/green cthulu colours and one yellow since the clasical colours are a bit boring, although more appropriate for this month.

**Elbows**

Blimey that's an old looking figure...some kind of board game figure from the 80's-90's I'd assume?

**Power Elephant**

It is a token from a board game, yes but it's not that old. Only appropriate "model" I have for this month. Actually I do have some rubric marines but somehow I don't feel like painting them.

**Gulgog TufToof**

Count me in. Still trying to fill out a freebooter sluggas mob, so for Orktober, here's my proof, "Da HeadHunta":

**CREEEEEEEEED**

Submitting a squad of raptors who spent fifteen years assigned to an inquisitor and accompanied a BT crusade. They're SM faithful already, but they've caught uber-uber-religion.

**Moolet**

I had difficulty picking a model for this one, I even scoured a mate's unpainted minis to offer to paint one up but found nothing that grabbed me. In the end I kitbashed/converted a flashgit with some orruk and marine bits to make Snikrot, the green ghost of Armageddon. This sneaky git mostly comes out at night, mostly.

gulgog, I love your conversions, this one must be one of my favourites.

actually I started this guy at the weekend but here is my proof pic.

**Gulgog TufToof**

Thanks, now I just need to do it justice with the paint job. I’m looking forward to seeing your conversion all painted up, it looks great already too!

**Paradigm**

@Midget Gems: Good stuff so far, I was going to suggest making 'Batman' a grot and 'Robin' a larger Ork, that'll definitely help sell them as an Only Fools homage over just being Orks in costume. 'Robin' in the classic 'Come on Del, let's go' pose is just genius.

@Moolet: lovely conversion. Can't wait to see paint!

**Verviedi**

Proof:

I wouldn’t want to meet him in a dark alley, but the true sadness is in the lore. Coming soon...

**Moolet**

So many mortarioni, should be cool to see =)

I managed to get some good progress early on this month, leaves me a few weeks to paint up something for my blood angels before the next challenge.

Paradigm wrote:
@Moolet: lovely conversion. Can't wait to see paint!

your wish is my command:

Spoiler:

I'm fairly happy with this entry as he was just some random bits I threw together. However, I imagined a certain palette to him but I felt I didn't achieve what I was trying to, still its good practice.

The base flashgitz body and head already had primer, layer of paint (or two), and primer again on him (he was an ebay purchase) when I primed him grey myself. Though the previous layers seemed thin, I really noticed the lack off definition when trying to do his face. I tried 'freehand' painting some features (such as his upper lip and below his lower lip) to try to add some more definition and I'm pretty happy with the result. I did try a head swap once I had painted most the model but it was welded on and I only resulted in scratching other parts of the paint work. I also tried to experiment a bit with adding some texture to the leathers, more noticeable on the tan leather. I need a bit of practice and I found taking my glasses off actually help with seeing what I was doing (this is a huge step forward for me! =)

Lesson to myself for the future, don't get excited about painting up a new conversion, spend time stripping him first.

**NathanD298**

Verviedi, that conversion looks awesome - will be great when finished!

Moolet, Snikrot looks incredible - far better than the GW version, and to have it painted up so well in such a short amount of time is really something - great work!!

**Modock**

Moolet, thats just beautiful. Impressive blends especially on the face.

**Kustomer D**

Oh man, that 's One nice Snikrot conversion. Like it.
I will throw in a pretty scary Shoota Boy

His story: After a few fights he began to get jelous about the shooting skills of the grots fighting aside him.
He wanted to shoot at least as good as these little idiots, so he started to practice his shooting.
First he shot a few grotz with his slugga. After a while he was so good with the slugga, he wanted to get moar DAKKA!
Next he traded in some teef for an old, rusty shoota.
He hat to start from the beginning as he wasn't even able to hit a stompa in front of him.
Then he became better and better until he shot as good with the shoota as he does with the slugga.
Now he needed even moar DAKKA! So he traded some more teef for a shinier ans more acurate shoota.
Now he has 2 Shootas and is One Scary Boy in the Battlefield! If you see his shiny Shoota, you better get out of his Way!

I hope it's okay that I allready started his skin

K D

PS: So many scary guys here this month...