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Hello there Dakka!

So, after begging my local GW's manager to start running a regular painting competition again, it has been decided that they'll run one every month in Liverpool, starting back in January. I promised myself, to prove that I could do it, that I'd paint a model every month that I myself was happy with, and would happily and proudly enter, regardless of the competition.

So, January's theme was "Wikid Wizardz", with the challenge being to paint up a Wizard or psyker from one of their gaming systems. I only found out a few days before the competition and pretty much worked non stop to get this Weirdboy done, which I got first place with:


When February came around the theme was Daemons and Monsters. I decided on this Venom themed Daemon monstrosity fighting an Ork Boy, which eventually won second place:



So this month's theme is Tracks and Wheels, so, failing to move on from the Marvel theme of the previous month, I've started work on this little guy:


At the end of assembly, cleanup and scupting I got here:


And after a few days painting, this is where I am at the moment:


I plan to update this blog as often as I can, with any progress I make. Hopefully a few of you will keep up with it, give me some c+c on my work, and tips to help me win
But seriously, no matter if I win or not I'm enjoying painting up a miniature every month for a purpose, to distract me from painting the multitude of armies I'm working on.

Cheers guys!
Joe

Some nice stuff here. The January piece is my favourite so far. The second is good, but I think the piece is too monochromatic, with the black and white demon and black and white tiled floor. I reckon it could have used a brighter spot colour, probably on the ork. This months entry looks good, the flames could maybe do with being slightly darker towards the edges in my opinion.. Maybe incorporate a light red? Looking forward to seeing what you do with it.

Mr Sighs wrote:
Some nice stuff here. The January piece is my favourite so far. The second is good, but I think the piece is too monochromatic, with the black and white demon and black and white tiled floor. I reckon it could have used a brighter spot colour, probably on the ork. This months entry looks good, the flames could maybe do with being slightly darker towards the edges in my opinion.. Maybe incorporate a light red? Looking forward to seeing what you do with it.

Yeah, I wasn't really happy with February's entry in fairness, it was sort of a rush job because I got lax and then panicked. I do think the pictures make it look flatter than it actually is though, and I quite like the skintone of the Ork he's fighting haha!

I will bear this in mind, I do quite like the flames at the moment, but maybe adding a bit of red to it will make me like it more. I might give it a go depending how it looks when the whole thing is done!

Your Ghostrider entertained me more than Nickolas Cage did, =)

JensDK wrote:
Your Ghostrider entertained me more than Nickolas Cage did, =)

Thanks...I think? I do agree that Cage was a poor choice as Ghost Rider though, the comic book character is the bomb and NCage just butchered him totally.

End of day three of painting. Added a red wash on the tips of the flames and darkened down a bit, then wet blended it. Did a bit of OSL on the wheels. More wet blending. Yawn. Hope this guy is worth the effort haha!