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Hmmm, I’ll have to have a rummage for something spooky for Halloween month. Nothing coming to mind really.

An old Skull Pass troll maybe. Bit meh.

It's not looking like I will get anywhere close to finishing my earthshaker cannon, too much going on. I'll have to see if I have anything good for the Halloween comp, too bad my Reaper Overgourd (Pumpkin Beholder) is already painted.

Lucky enough to get 1 extra day off work, and the plan was to get everything done in one day. Ended up with 10 Squats from the box.
Late realization that all backpacks I glued upside-down. Also, should of gone for Ungrim instead.
Any miss-mold/sculp is covered with belt accessories and decorative holes.



Other lad got more bits.



The kit came in with helmet shield visors, however I wanted all helmets to be opened, and the shield visors got repurposed as a shoulder plates.




Bossman got an Iron Anvil for the backpack, and a ceremonial grenade in a form of a small hammer.



Pieces attached to sprue lengths with the sprue-glue will make painting easier, thus faster.



Primed and sorted



Bases get a classic: rubbing-alcohol/water 50/50 and PVA spray.



Its 2:30am and plan failed, can't get all done in one day.



But got 1 done for the submission, in case I wont have time till rest of the month to work on these. All washes over white with ArmyPainter fancy famed speedpaints (Sand Golem for yellow, Hive Dweller Purple for purple, and Hardened Leather for brown)
Camera still broken.
Final Entry - 3 images

That’s a ton of work for one day and the one you did finish looks great!

My guy is coming along too (Ascension draws near), WIP:


Question for the community, what color would you make the lens of the bionic eye? Or maybe just put a black dot in the center to make it look like one of those weirdly magnified eyes/all Prof. Moody?

Putting the finishing touches on the base before mounting the big fella… then it’s onto final touches and his cloth tabard….

 Mothsniper wrote:


But got 1 done for the submission, in case I wont have time till rest of the month to work on these. All washes over white with ArmyPainter fancy famed speedpaints (Sand Golem for yellow, Hive Dweller Purple for purple, and Hardened Leather for brown)

Am I reading this correctly? This guy was done entirely with Speedpaints?

 Gulgog TufToof wrote:
That’s a ton of work for one day and the one you did finish looks great!

Question for the community, what color would you make the lens of the bionic eye? Or maybe just put a black dot in the center to make it look like one of those weirdly magnified eyes/all Prof. Moody?

I'd go for light bright green.


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 JoshInJapan wrote:

 Mothsniper wrote:


But got 1 done for the submission, in case I wont have time till rest of the month to work on these. All washes over white with ArmyPainter fancy famed speedpaints (Sand Golem for yellow, Hive Dweller Purple for purple, and Hardened Leather for brown)

Am I reading this correctly? This guy was done entirely with Speedpaints?

Everything but the face. (I have only 4, they are expensive)
Generally I paint in washes over white with any paint, or try to as much as possible, because it is faster.

The only thing on the body other than speed-paints are:
1-Teal color dabs on the guns and shoulder light.
2-Silver on the gun bullet drums, and tools on the belt.
3-Light selective dry-brush dusting of pure White over whole guy, especially from top.
In fact, a light dry-brush dusting of color is quickest way to unify colors and the model.

One note however:
For sand golem I used about 2 drops speed-paint and 3 or 4 drops of water. Some areas that needed to be darker would get a dab of the pure undiluted speed-paint, on top of the diluted wash.

Purple got one drop of speed-paint and one drop of water. But after the pants I diluted the purple further with water and made additional dabs over yellow to add extra contrast.

And leather was used pure undiluted because I needed that bright color for the gloves.

So, the speed-paints where applied with with slight variance. For me painting it in this way is like 8 times faster.


Other Side-note however:
when I paint with acrylic I don't use water because of surface tension. Instead I use mixture of water and 70%rubbing alcohol from that spray bottle that is used to mist down terrain before the pva.
Normal water is fine too, just personal preference. Mixture is about (1part alcohol to 4 or 8 parts of water)
That skill I picked up from absolute master- Luke Towan

That base looks extremely cool.

And Mothsniper! Awesome work on that Necromunda Squat. Great choice in colour scheme!

Second one of my five down:






The aptly named Ytharus - who flies too close to a radioactive sun.

Okay, I'm gonna try to squeeze in an entry...



This is a kitbash of a player character for my new game. Always helps to have cool minis when you're playtesting.

I'll throw in a proof, but I may not have time to actually work on, let alone finish, an entry for this month.

I figure a few Ogres with giant blunderbusses would fit the theme, at least.

Lorgar, Primarch of the Word Bearers done.

I would like to enter competition with my tiny Predators, but the rules premit just the base and one color, and some of the hulls heve two colours on them. Can I enter the competition with models like this, or should I repaint them with base again? I will be repainting the red color anyway because now it is quickshade paint, and the tests showed that classic shading looks better on them.

 halfling84 wrote:
I would like to enter competition with my tiny Predators, but the rules premit just the base and one color, and some of the hulls heve two colours on them. Can I enter the competition with models like this, or should I repaint them with base again? I will be repainting the red color anyway because now it is quickshade paint, and the tests showed that classic shading looks better on them.

You are fine.especially if you are going to be repainting them.

Moving right along. Just need the guns. Ironically.

Not a last minute finish this month. Of course, only one basic trooper. Old crappy sculpt (with some assembly errors) did not inspire a lot of motivation. But he’s done now. Only one more scout in forest camo to go. Assuming I don’t pick up the new ones when they drop.

May I present Aurora, Slaaneshi cultist heavy:






The Obliterator's not getting done this month, having slopped some contrast paint on and had a good look at the details of the sculpt for the first time I'm not quite sure how to adapt my initial painting plan to what's there, and I know better than to try to rush it until I've gotten my head around how it's going to look. Also an update dropped for Dreamlight Valley so I've been busy. But that's fine, the ex-Escher and her busted-ass plasma gun (that just coincidentally barely functions with exactly the same effect as a flamer) was always the primary goal for this month. Was the cable bundle from the gun supposed to line up with the end of the tank underneath the backpack? This got assembled decades ago so I can't remember if that would've worked, and I didn't want to break it just to check.

Well, here is my entry for this month. It's mainly been an excuse to try out this 'green stuff' I've heard people talking about.

Full squad;




Squad leader (and by far the best picture here. Sadly my phone isn't getting them well)




Shooting without overcharging;



"I should not have Overcharged"



"I should have worn a helmet"





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Yes, this is basically a fancy excuse for a joke

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Here are some test pieces I've done as well. Due to the photo/model limit, these are NOT part of the entry for this month.
I just thought readers might find the ideas interesting.


I found a online tutorial here (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LsAby2Hg9x8) on how to paint models via Pointillism.
It didn't come out that well, but it might work well for a camo cloak (and the tutorial thumbnail is pretty).


I also found a 'stained glass' tutorial here (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rqLxIB9jZ1E)
This actually seems very doable on flat surfaces. My first attempt on a base actually looks interesting.


I've also tested out 'cross-hatching', from here (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e2yA5omBDOI, first few minutes)

Again, I didn't get it working, but you might.

painting_jon wrote:
Lorgar, Primarch of the Word Bearers done.

Nice work, very cool entry

 halfling84 wrote:
I would like to enter competition with my tiny Predators

Welcome to the challenge

Fun work on the different plasma shot results Kalkyrie

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

Thanks, Midget Gems, for taking on that onerous task.

I've been making some good progress on the Ogres:


I've been painting them one at a time, for about three days each. Only two left, plus their faithful hound, and then I have to decide which to actually enter in the comp.

I'm super slow these days. I just can't seem to find the time to get much of anything done of late. No extra projects at all and the bare minimum I get done takes forever.

Luckily it's not all doom and gloom. I should be able to put the finishing touches on my Marine today and post pictures tomorrow. So at least there's no looming deadline to worry about, that's still comfortably a week away.

Well, I feel like a flattened grot finding out the razorback vehicle has no base (and I looked forward to using a thin layer of clay to make those caterpillarprints in.. sigh..) but this is it.., at first didn't glue the back-door but placing the look-out-gun into the opening kinda demanded it. I did paint the interior actually.. probably not visible on the photos.

As a sidenote, I completely forgot to paint the front lights (feel free to yell waagh at me.. or just pretend the Orkys didn't know how to turn them on -_-)
and technically could've taken better pics ..however; im doing a fast and have a massive headache from both work and the Gym (upper back workouts)

As another sidenote, no story this time for the same reason as my aforementioned debilitation.

As another s.. no just kidding, no more sidenotes.

ORKY DAKKA OUTRUCK.


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rotational vid for the fans;
https://sendvid.com/11mdnefj

And yes red rockets do go fasta.

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Skipping next month, way too much on the table I've had no oppertunity to work on with all these challenges.
-Leopold Helveine.

Well I am calling mine done…

This has been an intimidating project for me due to the sheer size of this figure, I was uncertain where to begin or how to approach the huge areas of armour and flesh, but I knuckled down and followed the various techniques I have picked up over the last few months and I feel fairly content with how it has all turned out. Sure, there is a lot I feel could be improved, but overall the result is close to how I imagined this pagan berserker would look when I made this impulse buy earlier in the year.

I only tackled this figure due to having a lot of free time over this past three weeks (practically every day) to spend working on him. He definitely has the guns to qualify for this months theme!

I hope to receive feedback as always…

(I also include a sixth photo at the end of the post for size comparison to my Abhorrent Archregent just to give everybody an idea of how huge this guy is! This is not a photo I am ‘submitting’ so much as a peculiarly for those interested)

Third one down, started base coating the fourth which just leaves the Thegn to do at the end of the week.





This is Eata - an bitter dwarf who happened to draw the short straw carrying the kit. He might not have unstood the theme as his guns are safely stowed.

Okay, mine's finished and these are the best photos I could take given today's lighting:

 Olthannon wrote:
That base looks extremely cool.

And Mothsniper! Awesome work on that Necromunda Squat. Great choice in colour scheme!

Second one of my five down:

Spoiler:

The aptly named Ytharus - who flies too close to a radioactive sun.

Thanks.
YES more Dawi! I mean Sqats!
Our color schemes are very close! What is the base color are you using for the armor?


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XvArcanevX wrote:
Well I am calling mine done…

This has been an intimidating project for me due to the sheer size of this figure, I was uncertain where to begin or how to approach the huge areas of armour and flesh, but I knuckled down and followed the various techniques I have picked up over the last few months and I feel fairly content with how it has all turned out. Sure, there is a lot I feel could be improved, but overall the result is close to how I imagined this pagan berserker would look when I made this impulse buy earlier in the year.

I only tackled this figure due to having a lot of free time over this past three weeks (practically every day) to spend working on him. He definitely has the guns to qualify for this months theme!

I hope to receive feedback as always…

(I also include a sixth photo at the end of the post for size comparison to my Abhorrent Archregent just to give everybody an idea of how huge this guy is! This is not a photo I am ‘submitting’ so much as a peculiarly for those interested)

Epic! Crispy and very Clean paintjob.
The sword immediately reminded me of BladeofDarkness!

Mothsniper wrote:
Epic! Crispy and very Clean paintjob.
The sword immediately reminded me of BladeofDarkness!

Haha! Thanks

Yes, the sword is pretty similar for sure! Nice reference! Really pleased you like the paint job too.

I wasn’t sure how to tackle the armour but just went for a scruffy brass look in the end… most of the Vikings I looked at online seemed to have that style, along with lots of wolf pelts and bright ginger beards lol

And done!

Sierra Savannah Kittichat, Terra Nova Marine Sniper:



And not intended for the voting thread, here's a picture with Tomboy and SS side by side for a handy size comparison of the standard 5.56mm assault rifle and the 12.7mm sniper rifle:



I went with a darker beige for SS's uniform after having doubts about Tomboy's. Nothing terrible and it's not a major difference, but I tend to be happier with warmer colors in my camo patterns.

Really nice work here. Unfortunately the month has run away for me so I won’t be able to get anything finished this time around. On the plus side, so little progress has been made that everything is there ready for the next relevant round

The Basilisk is complete! Unfortunately, I couldn't get to any additional models this month. Too much work, plus a minor injury, made it too difficult.

Imperial Guard Basilisk

Almost there. A final WIP before I (hopefully) finish in the next couple days.