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2015/10/31 19:44:12
Subject: Dakka (unofficial) Monthly Painting Challenge Round 8: October 2015: Trick or Treat?
I always seem to say this but some great stuff again this month. Well done everyone who has finished.
My final entry. I've put a few bonus pics in for you lucky people and a crazy idea.
These are my trick or treating Orks dressed up as Star was Characters, oRk2D2 and Yodork. I'm not sure I would pick trick with these 2 at the front door.
Since its Halloween heres some ghoulishly glowing models (Don't try this as I've just found out it buggers any paint it comes into contact with :( )
As a bonus heres the whole Ork Star Wars family, sadly you can see in these photos how the paint was damaged by the florescent paint (I cut open a glow stick and used that)
L to R: Grim Reaper (The Changling), Frankenstein's Monster (contemptor dread), witch (tzeench herald on flying disc) and Count Dracula (chaos marine champion w/ jump pack & power axe)
Here is some context for the above. Wife challenged me to make an entire Halloween-themed army during the month of October. Here's the finished product.
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Detail Shots:
Count Dracula (chaos lord w/ jump pack)
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Thanatos the Grim Reaper (the changeling)
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Grizelda Greenbottom the Witch (herald of Tzeench on flying disc)
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Frankenstein's Monster (contemptor dreadnought)
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2015/10/31 21:45:59
Subject: Dakka (unofficial) Monthly Painting Challenge Round 8: October 2015: Trick or Treat?
So many good entries this month, I am afraid mine wasn't halloweeny/spooky enough . Oh well I lined up something new/different for princes of the universe.
Here we go, final finished pics, Black n' Orange Sunz Ork for Halloween!
I found some photography tips (thanks Dakka!), and tried to improve the quality of my photos; I hope you like 'em!
Hey everyone. I've been keeping tabs and have been so impressed with everyone's entries.
Sadly I had too much RL to deal with (birthdays, illnesses, work blah blah blah), so my Balrog remains half GSed and not even primed. He will be finished, but don't know when. May try to enter something next month, but struggling to think of an achievable model that fits the theme
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2015/11/01 00:06:40
Subject: Re:Dakka (unofficial) Monthly Painting Challenge Round 8: October 2015: Trick or Treat?
Done!! Finished him with about 30 seconds to spare before I had to go to a Halloween film night with my friends (Trick 'r Treat, Halloween (original) and You're Next in case anyone cared about the evening's entertainment) and I've just got in so it's time to put pics up while the amnesty is still in effect:
A slightly better look at his lovely face:
Well done all, I look forward to giving them all a proper viewing in the voting thread tomorrow.
omg trick or treating demons lol this week was really busy i couldnt finish the background so... the finished product image will have to be the final image
2015/11/01 02:08:43
Subject: Re:Dakka (unofficial) Monthly Painting Challenge Round 8: October 2015: Trick or Treat?
H'OK... Scraping in at the last minute just before 10PM EST... @_@
Was hoping to get more done, but these Malifaux models are surprisingly fiddly... Especially Candy. She is SO SMALL... >_> I was kind of wanting to paint some of the Malifaux Gremlins... now not so eager.
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Nevertheless... nothing says Halloween more than GHOSTS AND A GIRL WITH A BASKET OF TREATS... Here's my entry: (Rest of entry photos under the spoiler)
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2015/11/01 02:09:36
Subject: Dakka (unofficial) Monthly Painting Challenge Round 8: October 2015: Trick or Treat?
Keezus, where did you get that novelty oversized penny and how can you paint with such huge fingers? Because I know you are playing with the scale there, no way something that tiny can have such detail. Forced perspective?
Great stuff from everyone getting it in under the wire. Looking forward to the vote poll. I know we say this every month, but it’s going to be another tough one to vote for.
@Gitsplitta, Januine: m(_)m Thanks for the kind words. Means a lot coming from two amazing hobbyists such as yourselves.
@Nevelon: I thought I had some sort of mental preparedness for how small the small some Malifaux models are... I painted Wong for a friend and he was pretty small... but when I cracked open the Pandora starter... to be honest, Candy's smallness kept me from painting her for 6 months... as the amount of detail on her tiny sculpt was super intimidating... its one of the reasons I haven't started painting my Infinity models yet. :(
2015/11/01 04:12:54
Subject: Dakka (unofficial) Monthly Painting Challenge Round 8: October 2015: Trick or Treat?
Nevelon wrote: Keezus, where did you get that novelty oversized penny and how can you paint with such huge fingers? Because I know you are playing with the scale there, no way something that tiny can have such detail. Forced perspective?
Finally done - well, done yesterday but camera disasters today. Had to use the wife's wee camera, which is just.....odd. And then Dakka wouldnt upload the pics - arggghhh. Anywho - here's the final shots of Minus The Merciless and his little toy
"Trick or Treat little monkeigh? They are but two sides of the same deliciously depraved coin don't you see....oh...no - of course you don't....."
Janine-that's wonderfully, horribly, unbelievably well done creepery. Amazing.
I've dropped out of this, didn't get the rest done. It's been a pretty horrible month.
To everyone else, amazing work! Absolutely inspirational!
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2015/11/01 09:24:02
Subject: Re:Dakka (unofficial) Monthly Painting Challenge Round 8: October 2015: Trick or Treat?