Vote for the Winner of the 65th Dakka Painting Challenge:Objective Secured.

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**ms07b3**

JamesY wrote:
Right, in feltmonkey style, I am going to try and write a comment for every entry. I'll be honest, I voted for everyone (besides myself, obviously) this month, as the standard was so high, and it was my little boy's second birthday, so I might have gotten carried away with the festivities and good spirits. Anyway, here goes;

Nevelon - Really great jog on the camo, and nice to see a different take on ultramarines. Thanks for picking up the reins also to keep it all going.

MobileSuitRandom - Nice scheme, especially the robes-they look like they are being worn on a battlefield.

Vejut - Nice choice of blue to contrast the sandy bases, which look great.

Whittlesey40k - Really crisp; I can see every detail nice and clear.

Captain Brown - Solid and consistent all the way around, and you have balanced the black against the bone well.

Endtransmission - These are fantastic. They look like they are in a warzone, and you have balanced the tones of the base and the tunics really well so that they stand out, whilst still looking like they can blend in.

Queen_annes_revenge - Really nice composition. The osl on the leg looks spot on (not that the rest doesn't), and the extra touches like the bottles and paint splatters really help sell the scene.

CancelledApocalypse - A great selection of colours, all really neatly highlighted and shaded. The black and red is my favourite, great looking mini.

416_SpaceWolves - They are neat and the paint looks well applied. You have gotten to a good point to be able to start building up new skills like shading and highlighting.

Pariah Press - A great scheme on beautiful models. Always appreciate seeing something new for the first time. I don't know how they come when new, but I really like the posing on them too.

JoshInJapan - Really nice and clean looking, and they definitely look like they belong in some utopian setting. Extra recognition for the homemade element.

Jamie Shred - Really good use of blacklining, every detail just pops right out. Really bright and crisp.

DV8 - The whole model just looks really crisp and well executed. The autumnal leaves were a really well picked addition.

Freya - Excellent work on those faces, you have pulled off a female paint job tremendously well. And those eyebrows, the girls I teach would be proud of those!

Deadshot - All the details are crisp and clear to see, and overall a really neat paintjob.

Mothniper - The multitude of colours work well together, and the tattoos are really neat-those faces are really small, so you've done really well to get all that detail into them.

JustALittleOrkish - Skeletons by night? They look great and definitely unique.

Viterbi - Great choice of colours, almost like the brides of the Sons of Horus. Not sure how well that would go down with the ecclesiarchy though. The scenery in the background looks really good also.

Thechosen1 - Nice and consistent camo pattern-the colours tie in well together.

Turaxa - Nice city camo scheme, and if that is a plastic orlock head from the one true version of necromunda, then an extra vote for you!

Jadenim - Clean, crisp and you've done a good job of keeping them looking like they belong in the 40k universe, which can often be lost when using third party kits.

Timppaka - I really like these conversions; the reiver head on the palatine body is a great match, and you have definitely created a very sinister tone to them in the paint work.

Ezki - This is definitely one of my favourite entries this month-clean and dirty at the same time. The browns look great against the blues and the snow. It's an excellent piece.

Chris56 - The bases are a work of art in themselves, and help to sell the oriental theme as much as the fantastic kimonos do. Really impressive work. Look forward to seeing the whole warband.

Statistx - You've balanced the weathering and the gore just right, which is not easy on a model that size where its easy to overdo it or be too conservative. The shading on the white also looks really well executed.

Paradigm - Really moody and atmospheric, and you've created some great textures. Even more impressive with the eyesight difficulties you've been having. Hope you are recovering alright.

Tim 121RVC - Lovely work on the red pyramid, the blending looks clean and uniform all the way around.

Maxwin - It all looks really neat and precise. The warriors look like they mean business, and the green blade really stands out, and looks great against the pink matter that is coming out of the fella on the floor. Great job all round.

Modock - I don't even know where to start. It all looks great, the posters, the graffiti, the aging on the walls. Great piece of terrain.

Feltmonkey-they look wonderfully clean and crisp, and really well placed highlights. With the speed to did them in, I wouldn't be surprised if you have the whole indomitus box painted by now. Also-thanks for the comments on mine, and for commenting on everyone every month. Doing similiar myself now has definitely given me an appreciation for how big a commitment it is for you to do it every month.

Midget Gems - Lovely bright green skin, which contrasts well with muted colours elsewhere (that orange really pops.) Plus it's Orks, and that is always a plus. You've done a great job on the leather straps as well.

Maharg - Clean, crisp, neat and tidy. An army looking like that would be very impressive on the table, and its always nice to see alternatives to the box art.

Ms07b3 - Really nice choice and placement of colour. Those diamonds on the chest and boot cuff are ridiculously well done. How did you manage to get so many in without losing their shape?

I think that's it, apologies if I have missed anyone.

Thanks for your comment and actually the diamonds had not very good shape TAT.
There is a trick to paint them such as black=>white=>black again and again to fix the shape.
Then use the shade(I used very thin rhinox hide) to paint the shadow parts.
It is very fast to get the effect.

**Nevelon**

Well by my math that’s 5 days, so this should be closed. Is there a way to check? So let’s have some winners.

In 3rd place Ezki’s Kreig are dug in onto the frozen objective as Kriegsmen are wont to do, putting firepower downrange.

Spoiler:

Cypher Lords in spring
Securing the objective
Amazing freehand.

In second is Chris56’s Cypher Lords. In contrast to the frozen, unmoving Kreig, we have springtime grace and motion.

Spoiler:

And squeaking out the win with one vote, Freya’s lovely Infiltrators:

Spoiler:

Congrats to the winners, and everyone who participated. I know it gets said a lot, but there were a TON of great entries this month. Every month we see more and more amazing entries. It’s great to see everyone improving and the diversity of things on people’s workbenches. And on a personal note, thanks to those who tossed a vote my way.

**Paradigm**

Congrats to the winners, and indeed everyone, it's been a very even field this month which speaks to a consistently high quality. And of course. a big hand to Nevelon for all the hard work!

**Nevelon**

Slapped together a quick league table:

Not as fancy or feature rich the the formal one, but should let us know who’s the guy to shoot for.

**maxwin**

Congrats to the winners! and everyone who entered, some great stuff here.
Special Thanks to Tim 121RVC, feltmonkey and Modock for your kind words

On to next months challenge!

**Statistx**

feltmonkey wrote:
Statistx - You've got good movement in the pose, and obviously the gore is eyecatching. Has he trodden on one of his own guys?

Was away for a while, since I ususally browse at work and am on vacation.
The dread is in the World Eater scheme (lore unfriendly, since that scheme hasn't been around since the heresy and back then they didn't have those dreads) and the guy on the ground ultramarine ^^

**JamesY**

Thanks Modock, your kind words are much appreciated.

**CancelledApocalypse**

Well done all, very well deserved to the winners.

Thanks to everyone who comments and critiques, too.

Just got my office room back for painting and photographing after having to clear it out while family stayed, so for Turaxa and Tim 121RVC who were asking about pictures of the black guardian (Arach-Qin) on a white background:

**Tim 121RVC**

CancelledApocalypse wrote:
Well done all, very well deserved to the winners.

Thanks to everyone who comments and critiques, too.

Just got my office room back for painting and photographing after having to clear it out while family stayed, so for Turaxa and Tim 121RVC who were asking about pictures of the black guardian (Arach-Qin) on a white background:

Cool, thanks man!

**Captain Brown**

Nevelon wrote:
Slapped together a quick league table.

Nevelon,

You have me as Captain Brown for the first few months and then Captain Brow for this month.

Cheers,

CB

**Nevelon**

Captain Brown wrote:
Nevelon wrote:
Slapped together a quick league table.

Nevelon,

You have me as Captain Brown for the first few months and then Captain Brow for this month.

Cheers,

CB

Sorry about that. I blame fat fingers, alcohol, or lack of caffeine.

There is a TON of data to sift through for these, getting all the links and everything set up. Go and quote the OP just to view it in the editor to get an idea what goes on behind the scenes, and that’s just the finished product. I try to do enough proofing to make sure all the pictures are showing up right, and that everyone is listed. But between all the copy/paste and making sure all the brackets like up, sometimes random letters accidentally get the axe.

For which I do legitimately apologize. With pretty much everything I do, if you see an error, let me know, and I’ll fix it as soon as I can.

(which for this is going to have to be later, 15 min work break is over)

**Midget Gems**

Sorry all feel like I've been letting you down by not updating the league table after each vote but I've finally got around to it now.

Feels like I've been stuck in a bit of a rut the last few months so finding it hard to get any motivation for hobby things, not sure if I'm going to make this months challenge which would be sad has I've not missed one since almost the start of this many years ago

https://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/732117.page#9481149

**Chris56**

That would be sad indeed, MG - you are one of the people who originally inspired me to join this thread with your bloody amazing Orx-Wing...
That model will stick with me through the alzheimers when it finally catches me.

I feel very similarly, so I am just going to enter something really quick this month...I reckon we'd all love if you did that, too.

**Midget Gems**

Chris56 wrote:
That would be sad indeed, MG - you are one of the people who originally inspired me to join this thread with your bloody amazing Orx-Wing...
That model will stick with me through the alzheimers when it finally catches me.

I feel very similarly, so I am just going to enter something really quick this month...I reckon we'd all love if you did that, too.

Aww thanks Chris, I was going to just let it slide but because you have said that I'll give it a go and see what happens, if i can get a base shade and highlight on most surfaces of a single model I'll consider it a success

I hope you are ok