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Lol nicely done Cam :-) I love seeing how everyone interprets the brief, it's half the fun! things are shaping up nicely everyone!

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" I will constantly have those in my head telling me how lazy and ugly and whorish I am. You sir, are a true friend " - KingCracker

"Nah, I'm just way too lazy to stand up so I keep sitting and paint" - Sigur

"I think the NMM technique with metals is just MNMM. Same sound I make while eating a good pizza" - Whalemusic360 
   
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Decrepit Dakkanaut






Mostly, on my phone.

So, the front of this guy is just about done, I think:

I cannot understand how people can paint armies of all the blue. So dull! Broke it up a bit with the red and white, and went with purple trim because that's the 7th () legion

And the back colours are also now blocked in:
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Theophony"... and there's strippers in terminator armor and lovecraftian shenanigans afoot."
Solar_Lion: "Man this sums up your blog nicely."

Anpu-adom: "being Geek is about Love. Some love broadly. Some love deeply. And then there are people like Graven.  
   
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And I thought I was doing well getting to priming before anyone else had started...
Good work chaps.

I now have the first colour on anyway.
Going for Leviathan for a colour scheme; white with some pink touches (not sure where yet), Purple armour plates and a red weapon.


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Haven't had time to do much on my guy yet. But he's very red...
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Rawr


 
   
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Whooo nice progress guys! everything is looking sweet! great concepts too :-)

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" I will constantly have those in my head telling me how lazy and ugly and whorish I am. You sir, are a true friend " - KingCracker

"Nah, I'm just way too lazy to stand up so I keep sitting and paint" - Sigur

"I think the NMM technique with metals is just MNMM. Same sound I make while eating a good pizza" - Whalemusic360 
   
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Mostly, on my phone.

He's very... red
@nerdy do you want final pics in thread also, or just via PM?

Theophony"... and there's strippers in terminator armor and lovecraftian shenanigans afoot."
Solar_Lion: "Man this sums up your blog nicely."

Anpu-adom: "being Geek is about Love. Some love broadly. Some love deeply. And then there are people like Graven.  
   
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Blood for the Greater good, is it Insaniak?

I've now added purple.


Some tidying and then some pink, a red weapon and other bits to do... and the base to finish.

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Shiny. Coming along nicely.

 
   
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So can we use previously created models? Every Imperial ally I've ever used I convert to Sisters of Battle.

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Not where I should be

Should have posted this last night but here is a PIP...

So Sam the sneaky sod, was stuck behind enemy lines and trying to merge with the crowd....

This is still WIP...












 
   
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That's awesome. Love the frying pan.

 
   
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So awesome! loving the progress from you guys :-) final pics can be dropped on here as well as PM so everyone can enjoy the fruits of your labor!

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" I will constantly have those in my head telling me how lazy and ugly and whorish I am. You sir, are a true friend " - KingCracker

"Nah, I'm just way too lazy to stand up so I keep sitting and paint" - Sigur

"I think the NMM technique with metals is just MNMM. Same sound I make while eating a good pizza" - Whalemusic360 
   
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Mostly, on my phone.

Right, well then:
I present... The 7th Smurf!














I'm happy with how this guy's turned out. Lots of use of technical paints, powders on the plague dies and a lot of blending/highlighting techniques on the "regular" side of him to get him quite GW-standard scheme looking. 7th because I like the purple, and Nurgle's number is 7 after all. I went with the Lieutenant helm just to break up the wall of [color=blue]blue[/color=blue] The reverse is much more me Hope you like!

Theophony"... and there's strippers in terminator armor and lovecraftian shenanigans afoot."
Solar_Lion: "Man this sums up your blog nicely."

Anpu-adom: "being Geek is about Love. Some love broadly. Some love deeply. And then there are people like Graven.  
   
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Great job, Cam'. Nice interpretation and fun product.

and a great job too, Graven'. I'd say some of your best paintwork.

I've now added the pink and red to mine:


a few little bits to finish, and the metals to do next, then finish the base off.

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Mostly, on my phone.

He's a snazzy fellow and no mistake!
And cheers Doc.

Theophony"... and there's strippers in terminator armor and lovecraftian shenanigans afoot."
Solar_Lion: "Man this sums up your blog nicely."

Anpu-adom: "being Geek is about Love. Some love broadly. Some love deeply. And then there are people like Graven.  
   
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Melbourne

Great work Cam. The frying pan is ace. Is it supposed to be a hoomie dressed up as a git or a git dressed up as an hoomie? I'm really confused.

Gnarly work Graven. An excellent interpretation of the subject matter!

Dr H, coming along nicely. The pink and red really helps hammers home the leviathan feel.

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5 Days to go fella's! get your boogie on!

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" I will constantly have those in my head telling me how lazy and ugly and whorish I am. You sir, are a true friend " - KingCracker

"Nah, I'm just way too lazy to stand up so I keep sitting and paint" - Sigur

"I think the NMM technique with metals is just MNMM. Same sound I make while eating a good pizza" - Whalemusic360 
   
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Ta Graven'.


Snrub wrote:Great work Cam. The frying pan is ace. Is it supposed to be a hoomie dressed up as a git or a git dressed up as an hoomie? I'm really confused.
It's a hiding Hoomie.

Dr H, coming along nicely. The pink and red really helps hammers home the leviathan feel.
Yeah, came together well in the end. I think it works nicely as an Eldar scheme actually. Ta.

nerdfest09 wrote:5 Days to go fella's! get your boogie on!
Boogied and done.
Will be PM'd to you soon.

I present an Eldar Dire avenger, painted as a Leviathan hive fleet Tyranid.

This Eldar 'nid-hunter, came about as a combination of my plan to use a Tyranid warrior's head as a shield for a Dire avenger, and Nerdy's theme for this contest; he wouldn't be this colour without it.

The story that emerged is that He likes to get in close to his quarry and so uses a Tyranid warrior's head / crest as a shield and has painted his armour to match the colours of the Leviathan hive fleet.
Maybe the 'nid armour is resistant to their oft-used acids (see Aliens Vs Predator).
While not a perfect disguise, it helps to give him a few extra seconds in low-light, at distance, or out of the corner of the eye. Letting him escape or get closer.
And maybe there's a little Eldar pride / arrogance in there too. He's going to be collecting trophies, isn't he?! (see Aliens Vs Predator, and on that note, I kept the Dire Avenger shoulder cam' thing...)

The actual painting was just a matter of deciding what pieces of armour to paint white and which, purple.
I also wanted to keep it painted as if I was painting a 'nid.
Then add the pink into the joints and use it to pick out the plume (a plume on a 'nid is likely to be the fleshy colour for that hive fleet) and eye-lenses.
The weapon, of course, had to be red. Made the shaft a darker / browner red to make it look like a different material to the head (which was made to look like a fire-axe, with the metallic edge).

I picked out a few other things in metal (the clearly Eldar tech'); who's got time to paint every grenade that you're just going to blow up anyway.
The straps for the shield and the grenade belt are brown leather, and I went for yellow gems and camera lens to contrast with the purple.

The base is devoid of plants due to the only place you're going to be hunting 'nids is on a planet they are eating. If you are around plants, the 'nids haven't got there yet, you're going to be tracking them through "eaten" places.
I did add a 'nid toxin sac to the base to be a little 'nid slug thing, there to pick up the final scraps of bio-mass.

All round views:


and some fun shots:

You can make your own mind up about how it finished...

Thanks for the inspiration, Nerdy.

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Mostly, on my phone.

Awesome, and a fitting chuckle bros reference

Theophony"... and there's strippers in terminator armor and lovecraftian shenanigans afoot."
Solar_Lion: "Man this sums up your blog nicely."

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Entry received Dr H, wonderful stuff yet again! only 3 days to go!

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" I will constantly have those in my head telling me how lazy and ugly and whorish I am. You sir, are a true friend " - KingCracker

"Nah, I'm just way too lazy to stand up so I keep sitting and paint" - Sigur

"I think the NMM technique with metals is just MNMM. Same sound I make while eating a good pizza" - Whalemusic360 
   
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Ta.
I'm just happy to get something done in advance of a deadline.

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Theophony - Sprue for the spruemeister, plastic for his plastic throne! // Shasolenzabi - Toilets, more complex than folks take time to think about!  
   
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So, apparently these things don't paint themselves, even if you procrastinate really, really hard...


Still WIP, but getting there.
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Rawr!


 
   
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That eldar looks fantastic Dr H. The little splashes of pink make really sell the tyranid aspect.
I don't get the comic reference, but i'm assuming some British comedy sketch of some sort though?


Khorne Tau or Ork Tau, Insaniak?

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ONE DAY LEFT!!!!

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" I will constantly have those in my head telling me how lazy and ugly and whorish I am. You sir, are a true friend " - KingCracker

"Nah, I'm just way too lazy to stand up so I keep sitting and paint" - Sigur

"I think the NMM technique with metals is just MNMM. Same sound I make while eating a good pizza" - Whalemusic360 
   
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 Snrub wrote:


Khorne Tau or Ork Tau, Insaniak?

Probably, yes

 
   
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And times up! make sure if you've finished your entry to please PM me your finished pics :-) and judging shall commence shortly. :-)

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" I will constantly have those in my head telling me how lazy and ugly and whorish I am. You sir, are a true friend " - KingCracker

"Nah, I'm just way too lazy to stand up so I keep sitting and paint" - Sigur

"I think the NMM technique with metals is just MNMM. Same sound I make while eating a good pizza" - Whalemusic360 
   
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Not where I should be

Will send some pics, hope I am not too late. Nothing changed from the pics here already. Had to go away for an emergency, my current pics can stand if you like.




 
   
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Sent mine through last night. Not my cleanest work, but had to just get it finished... I didn't have as much time to work on him over the last week as I had hoped. Had fun putting him together, though

 
   
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Thanks everyone I have the entrants pics and will be finalising the judging over the next couple of days! great great job guys it's going to be close! :-)

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" I will constantly have those in my head telling me how lazy and ugly and whorish I am. You sir, are a true friend " - KingCracker

"Nah, I'm just way too lazy to stand up so I keep sitting and paint" - Sigur

"I think the NMM technique with metals is just MNMM. Same sound I make while eating a good pizza" - Whalemusic360 
   
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Mastering Non-Metallic Metal







Good job getting it done, Insaniak.

Any chance of a entry compilation, Nerdy? So we can see them all together.
Good luck with judging.

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