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My original idea was to paint a chaplain to go alongside my death company or a unit of Sanguinary Guard, but the USPS has temporarily misplaced my package.

I might need to switch over and paint Lysander since his clampack is hanging out in my art box already. Painting yellow though... ugh.

Hi guys, have posted a quick poll over at http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/jforum.page?module=posts&action=list&topic_id=642548&viewResults=true to gather opinion on where a storm shield should be mounted an a standard bearer.

It's only open for 3 days so I get time to make the model. More details over there, but basically know it's my decision, but wondered what wider opinion was.

Thanks guys

Ok quick proof pic.

Head is almost done, when it is I shall put a pic up to show what I'm going for and feedback. It was going to be a test head but I'm liking it and has more character and veteran feel to it more than the head I originally picked.

OP updated!

@Grim: what have you done? Must admit the name had me expecting a Calgary conversion!

@Stormwall: I vote for what I assume is the CM, the Greek looking guy.

@Buttery Commissar: where is that Cain from? He's awesome!

As promised, my proof pic. MAUGRIM, scourge of the maelstrom and lord of the void wolves

@Para, sadly, the horse-thing was confiscated by my daughter and I'll be going back with my original Idea, pics will show up once I've sorted out all of the bits I'll use.

Had to do something for the first, but too tired for much effort.


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Has the poll for the first challenge gone up yet?

Aye, the first poll went up this time yesterday, it's now a few threads down from this one, and had VOTE in the title!

 GrimDork wrote:
@Para, sadly, the horse-thing was confiscated by my daughter

Please tell me she took the assault cannon as well, and is now purging the traitors in the pony ranks with it.

 Nevelon wrote:

 GrimDork wrote:
@Para, sadly, the horse-thing was confiscated by my daughter

Please tell me she took the assault cannon as well, and is now purging the traitors in the pony ranks with it.

I hope so, those darn ponies......

Ponies are the illegitiment step children of Chaos Space Marines and Orks.

@ para-
nothing yet, will begin work on him tonight, trying to research whether or not I can put a unit on a larger base then it was intended without an in game penalty...

Here comes my proof pic! Is it enough? Maybe I'll have to show the bases?

So here is my entry.

PP Character Warjack Rocinante

 Paradigm wrote:
OP updated!

@Grim: what have you done? Must admit the name had me expecting a Calgary conversion!

@Stormwall: I vote for what I assume is the CM, the Greek looking guy.

@Buttery Commissar: where is that Cain from? He's awesome!

Honestly, I am worried I won't do him justice. I think I may go with the commando mech or sgt "Why did you burn my arm off and give me a powersword," mcgee.

I got the first batch of my raging heroes minis through last week, so I'll be painting one of them up for this. On hols for the time being, and I forgot to bring them with me, so it will be several days before I can post a proof pic

 darefsky wrote:
So here is my entry.

PP Character Warjack Rocinante

loving tht Warjack fig

here is my extremely WIP photo

Part of the reason I’m entering into this contest is to help push myself forward as a painter. So I’m going to try a spot of weathering I’ve not done before. After all, one of the criteria for this month can be "- A model that is weathered to reflect an extended conflict “ So I’ve decided to heat stress the guns.



Still a WIP, but I like the way it’s headed.

Lots of nice start pictures out there, looking forward to seeing some paint!

Thanks man. I can't wait for my wife to get home so I can start working on this bad boy (kinda hard to paint with 4 kids underfoot).

Paradigm, I got an SM attack bike today. I plan to do some kit-bashing on it. (Specifically, the shoulder pads-I have a lot from other kits.)
Would that qualify as a good entry?

 kencotter wrote:
here is my extremely WIP photo

Colour me extremely intrigued.

Alright, I have to admit that I have changed my mind again on my entry. I am a newish painter and I don't want to have a project too big for me get overwhelmed with and not finish.

buttery commissar you can see a bit more progress in my blog

Garviel loken kitbash/ conversion . Modified chaos armor to look preheresy. Think he looks close to the artwork. Time to paint! Other characters/ veterans to come too!

 Da_Mekanik wrote:
Alright, I have to admit that I have changed my mind again on my entry. I am a newish painter and I don't want to have a project too big for me get overwhelmed with and not finish.

First off welcome to DakkaDakka.

Just pick a model that looks interesting and have fun with it. Don't worry about winning or placing. Use it as a tool to stretch your skills.

Hey guys, Here is my pre paint pic (I am using a partly painted rider...)


Here is my badger so far... Noticed some mold lines I need to clean, have some work to go etc but its a start:



I changed badgers part way through after some greenstuff attempts. Any advice outside of the mold lines would be great!

Cheers guys.

Okidokey.. let's try this dance again. Here's my entry for this month. Brother Claudio from Space Hulk primed black and base coated with Mephiston Red.

Shastakowey, shrink your images!


OK, so here is my proof pic:


3 PDF veterans for my militia. the middle guy needs finishing, shouldn't be too hard to do today. His knife needs replacing for a start.

*flop*

That was the sound of my hat being thrown into the ring.

Here is my terrible, cameraphone-picture, the-final-shots-will-be-better-than-this-I-promise proof photo.

Great looking entries so far!
@para: There is a broken image link under 'kencotter's' spoiler tag (last but one from the bottom). You should probably fix it

So, as I'm building my Imperial Fists, I wondered what I could get this month to use as a Veteran. But then I decided against it. Looking at my WoC collection, I have lots of characters that are unpainted - so I chose one of them.
Enter, Zavax, Champion of a Hundred Battles, and Battle Standard Bearer to my Army. He hits the table every time I play, so I figured it was time to repair his banner and give him some paint.

I primed him, and jumped right into basing and basing the flesh before I remembered to take a picture:


Is this alright for a proof pic, Para?

W.I.P of my chapter master/captain diorama thing


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damnit its upside down