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Welcome to April's Dakka (unofficial) Monthly Painting Challenge. For those who aren't familliar, this is a no-prize-related challenge open to any and all painters and hobbyists. Anyone can enter, from a newcomer to the hobby with your first box of minis to a multiple-time Golden Demon champion, and the winner each month will be decided by community poll, not just on the paintwork but on the effort, creativity and awesomeness of the finished piece!

For this month, the theme is: Veteran

Your entry should be a miniature/miniatures that are distinguishable as Veterans in their respective settings. These can be from any game, manufacturer or setting, and can, and may be converted as much as you like. To give you an idea of the scope this can cover, all the examples below would be perfectly elligible for entry:
- Any model with the word 'Veteran' in its name or rank
- A model wearing or receiving honours, medals or the like
- A model that is weathered to reflect an extended conflict
- A model with some kind of wound, trophy or item from a previous battle

As this theme can cover many things, you may submit up to 4 lines of background if you wish, to lend context to your choice of mini. This will be displayed alongside the images in the voting thread.



How To Enter
- You may enter up to 5 MODELS as a SINGLE ENTRY, and are permitted one entry per member per month. If you enter multiple models, they should ideally be related in some way, such as part of the same squad, unit or scene if you are doing a diorama
- You MUST post a 'proof' picture of your entry in the thread of the state it was in before you started working on it. This could be unassembled, primed or even basecoated, so long as we can see where you are starting from. Entries that do not submit a Proof Picture will not be elligible for voting.
- After this, you may post WIP pictures in this thread and your own if you wish, and on completing the entry, you may post up to 4 final pictures IN THIS THREAD that will then be used for voting. If you do not finish in time, the single most recent WIP picture may be submitted.



So What Do I Win?
- Points... and points mean... bragging rights for the next month Following the vote, points will be awarded for the following:

1st Place: 10 points
2nd Place: 8 points
3rd Place: 5 points
Non-placing Entrants: 1 point

These points will be used to form a league table, which will be updated month on month as the results come in.


How Long Do I Have?
This challenge begins Wednesday 1st April and will end at midnight GMT on the 30th April. After this, I shall compile the finished entries into a new thread, and voting will run for 5 days.


Voting Guidelines
When voting, consider the following as well as the quality of the paintwork:
- The creativity and originality of the entry
- The overall composition of the piece, such as basing, conversion and coherency between the models
- The relevance of the entry to the theme
- The effort the painter has put into the entry


The first challenge was an exceptional showcase of talent and motivation, let's make this one even better! Lights out, and away we go!

List Of Entrants

Grimdork: FINISHED


KaptinBadrukk


Nevelon: FINISHED


Aldo


Carlos13th


Ustrello: FINISHED


Januine: FINISHED



Zergsmasher: FINISHED


Mad Eddy 13

TP^DC Deputy Manager: FINISHED


Houshin


Paradigm: FINISHED


Iliu: FINISHED


Garrior: FINISHED


darefsky: FINISHED


Matthew


queen_annes_revenge: FINISHED


OneManNoodles: FINISHED


Djphranq: FINISHED


Edraynaline

Swastakowey


TazN: FINISHED


tomcat31


Loken31809


Buttery Commissar: FINISHED


jb1981

Da Mekanik


EyeamRai


Angelofvengeance: FINISHED


Reenon


kencotter: FINISHED


ProfessionalAmateur: FINISHED


Zambro: FINISHED


scotta29


SJM: FINISHED


Oberon


Ashiraya


Ezra Tyrius


FakeBritishPerson


Melcavuk:


commissarbob: FINISHED


AUGmaniac: FINISHED


Orkboy232


Llamahead: FINISHED


Squall018


jah-joshua: FINISHED


Calibanite Lion: FINISHED


honeybadger33


Davylove21


TheMisterBold


MangoChutney


Plarzoid


LordRahl


Kustomer D: FINISHED


polecat99ee: FINISHED


Peregrine


Talys: FINISHED


NidLifeCrisis: FINISHED


Schlyne: FINISHED


Rawson: FINISHED


Zgecko666: FINISHED


Spuj: FINISHED


KingmanHighborn: FINISHED


Stormwall:

Count me in

Gonna go with a single more-or-less infantry sized model this time, likely, Chapter Master Fistius Fistgar. Haven't sorted a chapter yet, but it'll come. Will probably match the dreadnought.

Challenge accepted, Paradigm. I'll submit my runtherd later. Probably this weekend.

Ven dread this month.

Well, as I can't decide I'm going to ask what does the people prefer, tall knight on the left, Ugluk nearly-as-badass-as-Lurtz in the center or Dai-Katana Samurai on the right.

I am entering my Dusk Raider praetor, Praetor Hengist.




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 aldo wrote:
Well, as I can't decide I'm going to ask what does the people prefer, tall knight on the left, Ugluk nearly-as-badass-as-Lurtz in the center or Dai-Katana Samurai on the right.

I say the guy on the far left.

I'm in Thinking am gonna do something with my new solitaire for this. Have a cracking idea for a scene but need a daemonette or two....balls. Need to figure something else for him to kill Will pop up a proof-pic after work

Here's some proof pics of my 4 regular Deathwing Knights (as I have said before, the Knight Master is already painted (badly) so he won't be joining these guys for this challenge):

Sorry about crappy photos, I just snapped them earlier today with my iPod Touch since I don't have a better camera available. I'm a modeler/gamer, not a photographer!

I'm in, Need to find a project now...

Proof pic time!!

BTW para I may if I have time paint another model alongside the sensei as a Diorama would this be a problem rules wise?

Hey I'm in. I've not got the pets yet thought the mail to be able to post a proof pic, but will do as soon as I have them.

I'm entering (at least) 3 members of a Dark Angels command squad to accompany Azrael, Grand Master of the chapter. It will include a Company Champion and if I get time I'll paint an old metal Apothecary I have (I'll have to work out how to make him look like a Veteran) and Brother Bethor the standard bearer (but really wanted to paint this guy up to have the banner swappable so I can field him with all of the sacred standards or chapter standard etc (this will require thinking about)).


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 aldo wrote:
Well, as I can't decide I'm going to ask what does the people prefer, tall knight on the left, Ugluk nearly-as-badass-as-Lurtz in the center or Dai-Katana Samurai on the right.

Guy on the left gets my vote

I think when I will join in this time. When I get home I will post a pic of the other 5 Veteran Grenadier for the German army I need to do.

 carlos13th wrote:
BTW para I may if I have time paint another model alongside the sensei as a Diorama would this be a problem rules wise?

No problem!

I have a question, I am going to be doing Orks for this challenge, how does one represent a Veteran within the Ork ranks?

Nobs, flash gitz, really rich lootaz. Any characters, leathery skinned and scarred boyz.

really damn big, loadsa bioniks, scarred from head to foot I'd imagine

@da_mekanik, making it look old would be fine. Or have scars.

Da_Mekanik wrote:
I have a question, I am going to be doing Orks for this challenge, how does one represent a Veteran within the Ork ranks?

Make him look dirty and weathered to show he's been through many battles and to hell and back! Should be easy for an Ork.

My entry for this month!

Vrosh Tattersoul, Aspiring Chaos Champion. I am probably going to remove the dagger from his off hand and have him carry a severed head (an old High Elf head, but you cant see the stupid pointy ears), representing his vicious blood thirst and missing marbles.

I still haven't decided on a fluff friendly paint scheme or not though. Damn fluff!

Count me in. I'll post up a pick of my entry when I get home from work tonight.

Oh I am in! Just give me a few hours for a pic though.

I have something ready for this but im going to wait and see if my alpha legion conversion stuff turns up first because il enter him if i can

Sounds good, put me down for this I've got a trio of IG veterans, who will do nicely.

Would a Chaplain in Terminator Armor be an adequate entry?

chaplains are veterans of a sort right?

 djphranq wrote:
Would a Chaplain in Terminator Armor be an adequate entry?

chaplains are veterans of a sort right?

Pretty much anyone in TDA is a veteran anyway. And chaplains have seen plenty of combat even in PA. Go for it!

I will be entering, pics tonight. I have some progress pics as well.

 djphranq wrote:
Would a Chaplain in Terminator Armor be an adequate entry?

chaplains are veterans of a sort right?

Oh man, one my favorite GW's miniatures is that one and I have one that needs some painting love. I may participate in this contest after all!

 TheDraconicLord wrote:

 djphranq wrote:
Would a Chaplain in Terminator Armor be an adequate entry?

chaplains are veterans of a sort right?

Oh man, one my favorite GW's miniatures is that one and I have one that needs some painting love. I may participate in this contest after all!

It's one of my favorites too!

I'll see about getting some pics done tonight for a proper entry.

Once my Dragoons arrive I'll have a WIP post to put up, aim is a full fleet of 5 taser dragoons for my entry.