Dakka Painting Challenge Round 70: December 2020: Open Round

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**CancelledApocalypse**

Freya wrote:
Oleana will be my next diversion from the norm.

Wulfen?

**maxwin**

For this round I will be painting Guts from the Berserk saga, its a Christmas present for my brother who is a big fan of the series

The model came in a rather nice box!
Proof Pic ...

**Rybrook**

Finally added shade to my bright reds, will layer in the coming days

**Freya**

CancelledApocalypse wrote:
Freya wrote:
Oleana will be my next diversion from the norm.

Wulfen?

I mean... Technically not a wulfen model but if I were to put it on the right size base I'm sure it'd pass haha xD

I really like this 3d print and I wanted to build a small one before I do a much bigger one. You'll like what I'm gonna do with this!

**straken619**

Since this is an open round im gonna paint something from the last thing i bought.

I am sharing the box with a friend since we only play warcry and there are more than enough miniatures in this for a warband (both of us have a few brutes too).

I intent to paint all my miniatures from this box in December but the 'ardboys wont get the same love as the Warchanter and the Gore-grunta so my entry will probably be just the 2 of them but we'll see.

**Jamie Shred**

Made some decent progress today, finished blocking silvers in, tidied up the red and gave that a wash ready for clean up and highlights.

**Rybrook**

That looks great, my self have learned not to fit tracks and have them painted in the base colour only to have to paint them black and ruining the shaded base colour

**Jamie Shred**

Thanks rybrook, yeah sub assembly would be easier but i generally game with stuff for months if not years before getting round to painting it.
I know i would end up losing bits if i left them all sitting around in sub assemblies so just have to accept some stuff will be more difficult to paint.

**DJJazzyJeff**

I'm scratch building a Truckasaurus for Gaslands. Proof pics of two of the main cars. The rest will likely be kit bashed. Transformer toys, matchbox cars, etc.

**CREEEEEEEEED**

Whichever 5 out of these 9 I think look best.

**Tyranid Horde**

Bit of progress, and by progress I mean the first coat of paint following a pretty lengthy clean up process on the Porsche:

Seems there'll be a couple of red vehicles this month!

EDIT: I found some dust in the paint so that's been sanded back and ready for another coat...

**Pariah Press**

Proof pic: D&D Adventurers: A tiefling rogue, a drow fighter, and a gnome bard.

**queen_annes_revenge**

Couple more WIPs of Amon. I was surprised at how fast I was painting this guy before I realised that he's almost 50% robe so I'm technically only painting half a space marine.

I'm hoping to have the figure finished in the next few days, giving me some time to work on the base. I had planned to make the structure on his base in green marble to compliment the red, but decided that this would be too dark and potentially overshadow the man himself (plus I'm super lazy and marble is effort!) So I went with an Egyptian temple theme to match his armour and also provide a light base to contrast the darker red.

**Ezki**

@Tyranid horde: I hear painting scale model cars is mostly sanding, just like painting a real car

@qar: wow, that is looking marvellous!

Couple of WIP shots from the Stompa:

**queen_annes_revenge**

Yeah making a scale car is possibly the worst modelling project I could think of. Tons of tiny, fiddly details, enamel paints and sanding and polishing... Not for me thanks! Fair play to you.

**MangoChutney**

Thought I'd have a go at this Knight Azyros that arrived in the post today

**Gulgog TufToof**

I'm in! I've been working on a trukk conversion lately which has consumed all my hobby time, but it's nearly finished, so it's time to paint up the driver and gunner. I started these on December 6th, and due to a quarantine situation, I've finished the gunner in record time (record time for me at any rate). Proof:

and here's what he looks like now:

I'll post actual final pics later once I finish the driver.

Nice to see this competition is still going, and it's good to see both new and familiar faces.

**Nevelon**

OP should be updated to this point (sorry for the delay)

And a quick blurry, sloppy WIP from my bench. At the cleanup stage, and need to do a lot of work on the faces/hair. Just finished the flesh wash last night.

**Rybrook**

Nev my spoiler has Tyranid Hordes entry merged.

**Nevelon**

Rybrook wrote:
Nev my spoiler has Tyranid Hordes entry merged.

Woops.

You and like 4 other entries. Should be fixed now.

Remember people: Coffee first, then try to be productive...

**Tyranid Horde**

@Ezki, yep! Lots of sanding, lots of varnish involved in this, all new approaches to modelling.

@QAR, I probably wouldn't have picked this ordinarily, I wanted a challenge as I'd never done a car build before and it's for someone else so giving it a try to see how I get on. The detail isn't too bad as there aren't many pieces, and I'm staying away from enamels, acrylics do just a good a job if you're careful and apply a lot of thin coats.

Currently varnishing and revarnishing the shell, it'll hopefully come out a nice shiny gloss by the end.

**Chris56**

Well,, my copy of Indomitus finally arrived yesterday...but I need to decide on a paint scheme and now I feel all intimidated by how many models are in the box!
So...I'm gonna paint this...

**Turaxa**

I'm going to try building another gundam kit for this round.

LRX-077 Sisquiede*
Proof Picture

* No, I have no idea how that's supposed to be pronounced either.

**DV8**

I'm going to paint this neat little bust from 9th Age, of young Queen Elizabeth. It was unfortunately smaller than I had anticipated when I'd ordered (I guess the jump from 1/10 to 1/14 scale is pretty huge), but that just means less to paint!

**Jamie Shred**

Bit more progress. I have finished cleaning up the wash so ready for highlights now then on to metallics and other details.

**ShadowsAndDust**

Here's my proof picture of the Chaos Sorceror all primed and ready to be painted.

**Jamie Shred**

Thought i would give dry brushing a little go for some panel highlights before i edge. Over did it a bit on the top hatches but i reckon some bloodletter glaze will knock those back a bit.

**Rybrook**

Looking good Jamie.
Added nuln oil to the Angel infernus weapons, starting to look like a tank now, still need to layer the sides and weapon covers. There are so many bits when painting sub assemblies.

**Jamie Shred**

Likewise Rybrook

**queen_annes_revenge**

Magistus Amon is finished as far as I can currently be bothered to take him. Photos tomorrow.

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DV8 wrote:
I'm going to paint this neat little bust from 9th Age, of young Queen Elizabeth. It was unfortunately smaller than I had anticipated when I'd ordered (I guess the jump from 1/10 to 1/14 scale is pretty huge), but that just means less to paint!

Amazing. That plinth gives you a good canvas too. You could put the royal seal on there or something to embellish it.

I need to do more busts. Maybe I'll do some more next year. I've painted so many gw figures this year that I think next year will be a time to work on some different things. Some vehicles, maybe some scale, and historical and busts.