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2017/07/08 21:27:20
Subject: Dakka Monthly Painting Challenge - League Table and HOF - 24-25
I volunteered to run the League Table mainly because I think its nice to know that what your doing is being recorded and you can see how you have progressed or have something to aim for.
Brief History of the Challenge
In March 2015 Paradigm started the unofficial monthly painting contest. It's goal was to get DakkaDakka members to paint up their miniatures for fun and gentle rivalry. The community that has grown around the challenge is supportive and always willing to answer any questions. Inspiration is drawn from each member and a feeling of enthusiasm is nurtured. So come and join us, everyone is welcome no matter the painting standard or end goal. Its a great way to hit painting targets and keep motivated.
The Challenge as been a great success and we are now in our 11th Year and still going strong.
How the Scoring Works
The League table shows the percentage of votes received each month for the participants. This is the points you get for that month (Note; Minimum is 1 and Dakka polls round up to whole numbers) Each months score is added up to make the overall score for that year.
Below is the League Table for Paradigm's unofficial painting challenge here on Dakka, it will be updated as we go.
League Table
Hall of Fame The Hall of Fame shows the top 3 entries for each month, I hope you enjoy these wonderful models.
The protest seizes the bronze with 23 votes and CancelledApocalypse's Fire Dragons.
Retro-glory with KidCthulhu's Squat takes second with 27 votes.
And we follow JoshInJapan Up Through The Ranks, from scout to veteran to gold with 28 votes.
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Amazing work from everyone. The final votes were tight, with just one vote seperating 1st and 2nd, all the way down. Great work and a great month from everyone! New year is off to a roaring start.
We have a 3 way tie for third, with 16 votes each.
First up is Daia T'Nara with Brother-Captain Howell Fragman. Amazing leopard print!
Geifer and Chopper, everyone’s favorite psycho droid.
Rounding out the bronze podium is Pursuit Of Happiness’s DA Jetfighter. sublime marbling on the wings.
From the scrapyard to the battlefield, Maharg brings us a snotling pump wagon. Held together with greenskin ingenuity and 18 votes, this mighty warmachine strikes terror into anyone unlucky enough to find themselves in it’s random ramshackle path to silver!
But when the bigger orks play in the scrap, and have junk 40k years more advanced then wood boards and rusty nails, you get things like Midget Gems's Ork Scrap Tank. Taking the gold with 19 votes, a masterpiece of the mekshop!
[url=]May 2024 - - Challenge 123[/url]
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[url=]June 2024 - - Challenge 124[/url]
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[url=]August 2024 - - Challenge 126[/url]
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[url=]Demember 2024 - Open Round - Challenge 130[/url]
In second place, and fast becoming a familiar face at the top here,
SJM with an Ork Meganob
And out ahead in first, taking his second win in just 4 months,
Januine's Crimson Slaughter Chosen
July 2015 - Sneaky - Challenge 5 In third place, with 41 Votes, is
TP^DC Deputy Manager, with an epic Tau Stealth Suit diorama!
"XV-25 Stealth Suit Right"
In second place, with 46 votes,
Januine's Harlequin Troupe
And in first place, just one vote ahead, we have a tie between
In second place, we have a fantastic Magos Dominus by
Winter
And taking his third win (this is getting silly now ) and with what I believe is the highest score recorded so far, is
Januine with another Magos Dominus and his Castellax Automata bodyguard
Original Post
Thanks for the feedback and for making it a sticky, I'll add a few extra sections in over time to make it worthy of the place in the forum.
Don't worry Bottle I expect you up near the very top (No pressure )
If anyone spots any mistakes or feels there is something missing poke me and I'll try to sort it out.
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And in first, just ahead of the competion, Zach with Archaon, Lord of the End Time and all round bad egg!
May 2016 - Everyday Hero - Challenge 15 In joint 3rd,
Buttery Commissar with the colourful characters of Sparrow's Circus
The two Sparrows, father and daughter magicians:
Jake the (ex) lion tamer, his dogs and Wolfboy:
Tiny the strongman and Soni:
And ZoBo's gunners of the Grot Revolutionary Committee!
In second place, kb_lock's cunning Imperial Snipers:
And taking the win this month, Januine's stunning rendition of 'Mad Larkin' of the Tanith First and Only:
Original Post
Updated with the latest Month July 17 and also added in a "Bonus Stats" section, Congrats to anyone that has made it onto this section, you should be proud of your achievements
Hope you enjoy
p.s. Special mention to Para and Nev for being the only 2 to have entered every competition so far. amazing work and I really want you make the full 3 years and even more.
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In 3rd, with 36 Votes, Feltmonkey's majestic Tyrant of Halpai:
In second with 39, ZoBo's Great Unclean One:
And taking the win, Midget Gems with one of the most well-suited to the theme entries the challenge has ever seen:
Doctor StrangeOrk, Or How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Loot The Bomb’
Taking third place this month, Moolet's super-crisp Blood Angels Intercessors. Certainly a few good men to have on your side in a firefight!
Taking second, Modock's fantastic adventuring party. Fine fellows to take questing!
And out ahead, Feltmonkey's pirates! They're almost certainly not 'good' (morally speaking! The paintwork is of course great!) and only one of them's a man, but they're still a fearsome crew you wouldn't want to mess with!
Taking third, and setting what might be a record of 9 podium finishes in a single rotation of the challenge, Modock's Dragon-slaying Dwarf!
In second, Feltmonkey with a Sylvaneth Treelord that shows of some superb use of colour and texture.
And taking the win by a very large margin, Keezus with the imposing figure of Mister Graves.
Original Post
No worries, Its interesting to do.
And at the half way point for the year
Congrats Modock for the number 1 spot, you have been entering some consistently good models
The next 7 places are all very close (within 9 points of each other) Feltmonkey has jumped into 2nd with Zobo and Bottle climbing the ranks too.
Well done to Modock, Feltmonkey, Chris56, Paradigm, Keezus, N1ceguypaul, Nevelon and Vejut. Who have all managed to enter all the challenges so far in this year.
A Special Congrats to Zerg whos made the 24 entries mark, I'm very glad to have you and your entries with us for over 2 years now
Hopefully I'll get round to doing the "Archive" section this month.
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1 point outside the top 5 (which admittedly is waaay more than I probably deserve)... Something to fight for in the remaining months!
And special congratulations at this stage to Modock, the lead you've pulled out over the rest of the pack this year is frankly astonishing! 70 points total and only 2 entries that didn't make the top 3, with every month thus far entered... Inspirational and impressive stuff.
2017/11/13 23:19:50
Subject: Re:Dakka (Unofficial) Monthly Painting Challenge - The 2017/18 League Table and HOF
Thanks from the heart Para! I'm really grateful for the kind words mate. None of this would be possible without your dedication to monthly painting challenge.
You keep this community together. All praises to you.
2017/11/17 01:57:50
Subject: Re:Dakka (Unofficial) Monthly Painting Challenge - The 2017/18 League Table and HOF
Hah! My cunning strategy of just showing up has me ranked above far better painters! Victory through perseverance! Now all I need is Para to miss a month to be the undisputed king of stubbornness. Of course, he just needs 5 minutes or so to bang out a top-notch mini, so this is unlikely to happen; any faster and his proof pictures and finals would cause a time paradox.
Fun to see the numbers and the entries all in one place.
In third place, ZoBo's monochrome take on Boss Snikrot!
Way out ahead, a close fight for the top two, both of whom had nearly double the votes of the next highest scores! In second place, another black and white entry with Feltmonkey's comic-book-style Dark Angel:
And taking the win by just two points, Chris56's winter-themed Farseer and Wraithguard!
In third place (thanks guys), Paradigm's trio of Predators!
In second, Chris56's take on the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles:
And in first with a whopping 46 Votes, 15% of the total votes cast, Modock's inspiring Heldred, in my opinion one of the finest models the challenge has ever seen:
With that diorama, I'm sure to be dropping a place this month, MG!
Well I got to get it finished first
I'm sure you will come up with something just as good (you have been so far )
Yeah you are doing well Nev, beating the 1 entry winners now, your Mannfred Von Carnstein in June seems to have been the most popular so far and rightly so, a very good entry
I'm just glad you guys are looking at and using the table, makes the effort worthwhile, although I always notice I've done something wrong after I post the pics up. Like this month all the bold numbers have gone and 3rd - 4th are the wrong way around (I'll make any tied places for points joint at the end of the year) I keep meaning to do the archive section but never get around to it, it means going back through every challenge to get all the info which I need to be in the mood for.
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Midget Gems wrote: I'm just glad you guys are looking at and using the table, makes the effort worthwhile, although I always notice I've done something wrong after I post the pics up. Like this month all the bold numbers have gone and 3rd - 4th are the wrong way around (I'll make any tied places for points joint at the end of the year) I keep meaning to do the archive section but never get around to it, it means going back through every challenge to get all the info which I need to be in the mood for.
I can help a little with the legwork. I just sifted through all of Paradigm’s posts in the painting section (76 pages worth!) to get links for all the competition threads. Poll/Competition/Vote for each month. Plus a few affiliated threads.
-- Year 11 -- March -- No Poll -- Challenge -- Vote -- Space Marine April -- Poll -- Challenge -- Vote -- From the Scrapheap May -- Poll -- Challenge -- Vote -- May Day! Summer Side Quest -- Poll -- Challenge -- Vote -- Mega Open Round June -- Poll -- Challenge -- Vote -- Slow and Steady July -- No Poll -- Challenge -- Vote -- Sidekick August -- Poll -- Challenge -- Vote -- September -- Poll -- Challenge -- Vote -- October -- No Poll -- Challenge -- Vote -- Halloween Special November -- Poll -- Challenge -- Vote -- December -- No Poll -- Challenge -- Vote -- Open Round January -- Poll -- Challenge -- Vote -- February -- Poll -- Challenge -- Vote --
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Bloody hell Nev! That's some productive stalking! Cheers for the legwork!
Quite a blast from the past to look back at that first thread... Waiting for 5 people to see if there was enough interest, and this year we have 74 people in the League so far with a couple more this month!
Also something very inspirational there, Nev saying that he might struggle to get an entry complete inside a month... And here he is now, 33 entries for 33 round if I'm remembering rightly! If that's not a testament to the community we've built up around these challenges, and the productive spirit that's created, I don't know what is! Congratulations mate, you're the poster boy of this whole shebang!
2017/12/02 22:33:54
Subject: Dakka (Unofficial) Monthly Painting Challenge - The 2017/18 League Table and HOF
Paradigm wrote: Bloody hell Nev! That's some productive stalking! Cheers for the legwork!
Quite a blast from the past to look back at that first thread... Waiting for 5 people to see if there was enough interest, and this year we have 74 people in the League so far with a couple more this month!
Also something very inspirational there, Nev saying that he might struggle to get an entry complete inside a month... And here he is now, 33 entries for 33 round if I'm remembering rightly! If that's not a testament to the community we've built up around these challenges, and the productive spirit that's created, I don't know what is! Congratulations mate, you're the poster boy of this whole shebang!
And you were worried about being able to participate in your own contest.
In my defense, I was worried about having to go from sprue to finished in a month. Which I can do if the stars align at the right time of year. But is generally quite rare. The fact that I’ve made them all speaks to the open interpretation allowed on the topics (some I’ve had to stretch a bit) and my squirrel/packrat nature of keeping the primed and ready to paint pile full. Although for some entries I had to dig deep into old, forgotten boxes for something to paint.
As always, it’s a joy to participate in these. Lots of fun, and it helps push my envelope as a painter, both in subjects and techniques.
In third on 35 points, queen_annes_revenge with the Warmaster himself, Horus. Best of luck at the GD!
Taking second with 39, lipsdapips makes the podium again by exchanging his usual boys in blue for some Sons of Orar:
And taking the win with what might be the highest percentage score and points total the challenge has seen in years, DV8's truly epic Lord of Undead, Nagash:
Wow, do we have a very crowded podium this month! 5 entries tied for the top three spots (and several more a mere handful of votes behind)! So without further ado, let's show off the awesome calibre of this month's winners.
Sharing third place, with 20 votes, queen_annes_revenge with this expertly composed Imperial Pilot
and Captain Brown's Sisters of Battle armour:
In second, a mere vote ahead, Chris56's Gundam diorama:
And sharing the top spot on 23 votes a piece, we have feltmonkey's imposing Imperial Knight:
In third, still a good way clear of the rest of the pack, DV8 with a resplendent Custodes Shield Captain:
Just out ahead, Feltmonkey with the monstrous Dreaded Ambull:
And taking the final win of the rotation, Modock chalks up another victory with a sublime Szalamandra:
Paradigm wrote: Bloody hell Nev! That's some productive stalking! Cheers for the legwork!
Also something very inspirational there, Nev saying that he might struggle to get an entry complete inside a month... And here he is now, 33 entries for 33 round if I'm remembering rightly! If that's not a testament to the community we've built up around these challenges, and the productive spirit that's created, I don't know what is! Congratulations mate, you're the poster boy of this whole shebang!
Echoing those words. Thank you very much Nev, that is a great help to have it all in one place, I'll get my act together and put the effort in to finish that section off.
I really want you guys to make the 3 year mark, just a few more months to go
As always, it’s a joy to participate in these. Lots of fun, and it helps push my envelope as a painter, both in subjects and techniques.
I feel the same, its given me a great excuse to create things that normally I would never have even considered. Thanks to you both for running this challenge for so long and all your entries
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In 3rd place Ezki’s Kreig are dug in onto the frozen objective as Kriegsmen are wont to do, putting firepower downrange.
Cypher Lords in spring
Securing the objective
Amazing freehand.
In second is Chris56’s Cypher Lords. In contrast to the frozen, unmoving Kreig, we have springtime grace and motion.
And squeaking out the win with one vote, Freya’s lovely Infiltrators:
In 3rd is feltmonkey’s Foetid Bloat-Drone. It’s gross, and covered in layers of filth thousands of years old.
And on the flip side, in immaculately clean armor, polished with pride more times than can be counted by mortal minds, perfection embodied, queen_annes_revenge’s Emperors Children.
Taking first with a healthy margin, chocked full of so many details you discover new ones every time you look at it, rusty but proud, DV8’s Ironclad.
At 25 votes each we have a tie for third. feltmonkey’s Saint Hazael on the side of the righteous, and Ezki’s Escher gangers on the flip side of the morality axis. Amazing work from both.
feltmonkey - Saint Hazael 25 votes
Ezki - Escher gangers 25 votes
In second is DV8’s Templar. Good? Evil? He’s a knight with a quest in the Holy Lands.
DV8 - Knights Templar 29 votes
And in 1st place is Chris56’s Chaos warband. When you worship the ruinous powers is it really sin? You are just following your god’s dictates to live a life of decadence and chaos... Morality aside, amazing paintjob on these guys!
Chris56 - Severin Steelheart's warband 32 votes
Warpig1815’s amazing diorama filled with amazing detail:
Blood on the Ice: Prussia, 1242
Ronin might be samurai without masters, but they have been painted masterfully by Modock:
feltmonkey’s amazing work with Bastian Oriel rounds out this podium. From the detail of the book, to the glowing crystals, he’s earned his spot here.
Moving up to silver, we have a two way tie, 33 votes each.
queen_annes_revenge with Magistus Amon. QAR continues to deliver the quality this month, with a 1k sons’s sorcerer.
But hot on his heals is Paradigm with The Mandolorian. I wonder if he has a bounty puck for the heretic?
Edging out both of them by a single vote, Ezki stomps to victory! You need to respect the madness of the mechboy to bring a Stompa to the table, crammed full of detail and weathering.
In a tie for third, with 29 votes, is DV8’s adorable little rat. So much detail packed into so little space.
DV8 - Skaven (scale)
Sharing the bronze, but no less impressive, is Paradigm’s Vampire Lord. Even with a limited palette, the vampire comes alive (un-alive?) and the stained glass is a bonus experiment.
Paradigm -- Vampire Lord (Limited palette, also stained glass)
With just one vote above on the next podium is Modock’s Allison. One of the painters not only experimenting with oils this month, but with a larger scale. Looks like he’s been doing this every day.
Modock - Allison (Scale/Oils)
In contrast to the ultra-smooth blends of Modock’s oils, QAR went for a more visible artist’s style of brushwork, and the effort paid off. A wizard at rest, sitting on the winner’s spot, enjoying a nice smoke.
queen_annes_revenge - Gandalf (New scale, brushwork)
First is queen_annes_revenge with a Kingdom Death Order Knight Pinup. Who needs armor when your cape has freehand like that?
Trust the squirrel. He knows the way to the podium.
DV8 -- Halfling Navigator
It’s hard to find words to describe the second place winner, besides “breathtaking” With 29 votes Modock’s Excelsy, female warrior.
First place should not be a surprise. Orcs are going to fight, they are going to win, and bigger is best. Amazing work here backs up that with paint and 31 votes. maxwin with Ghazghkull and Makari!
Original Response
Table and Archive section updated, thanks a lot Nev
I couldn't work out a better way of getting all the images in one thread, doing each month as a spoiler took up a lot of space and took away the focus from the current years challenge. I tired doing a spoiler within a spoiler but couldn't get it to work it seems to ignore the 2nd spoiler, unless I'm doing something wrong?
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Woooo! My rubbish Ultramarine got me into the top 5!
Cheers for the work on the archive, it seems the Photobucketpocalyse has claimed a few entries but most are still there. Yeah, spoilers within spoilers don't work, it's fine how it is to be honest.
Not to be That Guy after all your hard work, but you listed Nov 17 as Armour Up, not Hold The Line.
2017/12/11 00:10:58
Subject: Re:Dakka (Unofficial) Monthly Painting Challenge - The 2017/18 League Table and HOF
Wow, thanks very much to Nevelon for compiling the challenge thread links for us. It'll save me some time come February or March when I do my yearly challenge recap in my P&M blog.
It's interesting to see how much everyone has improved since the first challenge. I've missed a handful of them, but I've entered most of them since it started, and it's good motivation for me to keep painting. I never get many votes, but I don't let that slow me down. It just means I'm in very good company as far as skills. This last challenge was my second best in terms of raw numbers of votes, falling 1 short of my best (in the BOOM! challenge).
My armies (re-counted and updated on 11/7/24, including modeled wargear options):
Dark Angels: ~16000 Astra Militarum: ~1200 | Imperial Knights: ~2300 | Leagues of Votann: ~1300 | Tyranids: ~3400 | Stormcast Eternals: ~5000 | Kruleboyz: ~3500 | Lumineth Realm-Lords: ~700
Check out my P&M Blogs: ZergSmasher's P&M Blog | Imperial Knights blog | Board Games blog | Total models painted in 2024: 40 | Total models painted in 2025: 25 | Current main painting project: Tomb Kings
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The Grotsnik Corp Bump Feelerer 9,000. It only looks like several bricks crudely gaffer taped to a cricket bat.
Grotsnik Corp. Sorry, No Refunds.
2018/03/03 03:56:06
Subject: Re:Dakka (Unofficial) Monthly Painting Challenge - The 2017/18 League Table and HOF
In tied 3rd place on 20 votes apiece, we have Chris56 with his Samurai-inspired Rising Suns Captain
And queen_annes_revenge with a World Eaters Terminator, suitably grim and grimy:
Five votes ahead on 25, Tyranid Horde takes second with a resplendent Lt Amulius:
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And way out ahead on 31 votes, we have DV8's Master Of Sanctity. No resting on his laurels for last year's League winner, it seems, as this entry proves!
If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again. 74 times. After all these years I finally managed to eek out a podium spot, in a VERY tight race with an amazing group of painters. Glad you all like the Flyrant. There might be more like it emerging from the void...
Nevelon: Tyranid Hive Tyrant
Next with the bronze, and all sorts of other metals, are Tyranid Horde's metallic chainghasts. A unique take on these otherworldly spooks.
Tyranid Horde: Crawlocke The Jailor and Chainghasts
Few things travel in style like the swift and deadly Shining Spears. Captain Brown’s clean smooth whites and flapping banners earn a well deserved place here.
Captain Brown: Shining Spears
QAR continues to impress with Bane and the Tumbler.
queen_annes_revenge: Bane
But wait there’s more! Ezki’s Dark Eldar haemonculus is appropriately kitbashed from a variety of sources, ending up with a composite greater than the sum of it’s parts.
Ezki: Dark Elder Haemonculus
And last for the 6 way tie, but in no way the least, is Midget Gems’s looted piranha. Also bashed together, but not with dark fleshcraft, but just a bit of ork know-whats and some rivets.
Midget Gems: Looted Piranha
Traveling in style does not require wings, or wheels, or fancy vehicles. Sometimes it’s just a hoodie and an attitude. DV8’s amazing spider pair bring the style as they navigate the streets stopping crime and foiling plots. “With great power comes great paint jobs” or something like that. A well earned second place with 30 votes.
DV8: Miles Morales and Ghost Spider
And coming in first, with 35 votes, is Warpig’s amazing diorama. No surrender, just tenacity and amazing paintwork and weathering. Every aspect is full of detail, all executed superbly, tying the whole piece together in an excellent entry
Warpig1815: P-40C Tomahawk and Mk. IV Matilda
Tied for 3rd with 20 vores apiece, we've got
Freya's wonderfully evoative Sith Lord
And Warpig1815 with Aristodemus The Spartan! Just 299 more to paint now, right?
In second, DV8 with the unlikely duo of She-Hulk and the TARDIS, giving a new meaning to the blue box's Hostile Action Displacement System (yes, that's a niche one for the Whovians out there... )
And finally, with an entry as creepy as it is retro, JoshinJapan takes the win with this striking Chaos Lord:
In third, with 20 votes, Paradigm with some grim Orcs looking to cause some trouble:
There is a time to rise up against the frozen lich oppressing the realm, and a time to go do some side quests to level up a bit more. A pair of adventurers makes the right choice in skipping our second place entry:
ms07b3 - "Let us skip this boss"
And a 3-way tie for first (because y’all want me to do all the extra work here) with 27 votes each.
Freya's Revan, with excellent attention on the lighting:
DV8 with Hjarnan the Tall with his faithful companion, Dog. Packed full of details and amazing work.
Tyranid Horde, standing tall with Wraithseer Baralon Whisperwind rounds out the top spot.
As always, amazing work from everyone who participated. Congrats all around, with extra helpings for the podium finishers!
A tie for third, with 22 votes each.
First up is the_balloon_dog's Agwe, Petro Loa of the Mortifactors. Winning the bike race over the other biker lords, he cruises to a bronze.
But shares that spot with ms07b3’s Sister of Battle, purging the heretics on a scale not normally seen!
Edging them out by one vote (And in the process knocking the two painters with 20 votes each from sharing bronze while he shared silver) is JoshInJapan’s classic Chaos Warriors. Heavy Metal in the literal sense, he’s done a great job bringing these classics to life.
And in first place, living up to the hype of the proof picture, is Freya's Dakkasaurus Rex. It’s over the top crazy, covered in guns and armor. King of the Dakka Lizards.
Thank you once again to all the participants. We have a wonderful community here, and it’s great painting with all of you every month. It’s never too late to enter, so break out the spooks, scares, and trick or treats for October if you haven’t already!
In third, with an impressive Deamonhunter and 33 votes, is Freya:
Second place is just a couple of votes more. From the statuesque to the tiny, we go from the demonhunter to DV8’s Baby Yoda. Who is cute enough to warrant tossing a full sized candy bar into that bucket!
And taking the gold with 38 votes is sigismund22’s Halloween Special Judiciar. This model had been modified in the most heretically awesome way to bring it into the holiday spirit, and painted to match. Better give this guy treats if he comes knocking, the giant sword lets you know what kind of trick you would be in for!
In 3rd, Captain Brown’s Farseer Wearing Faolchu's Wing with 20 votes. Classic metal with a vibrant paintjob. Well done!
Continuing the theme of classic lead is Glam the Wardancer by JoshInJapan. Amazing work on the swords and stripy pants got you the silver this month.
Sharing second place are some amazing entries from Ezki’s mekshop. A pair of ork racers zooming to the finish in a belch of smoke, rust and dakka!
And squeaking out the win by a single vote is DV8’s Starlord. Smooth colors and the attention to detail that we’ve grown to expect, another amazing piece of work here.
Coming in third with 18 votes is Mr. Nobody’s Death Rider of Krieg. Lovely smooth clean colors. You can tell he’s in charge, as he doesn’t have mud all over him!
Second place goes to a classic car, mekshop style. It’s rusted and ramshakle, but pulls in to win the silver. Ezki's Kustom Boosta Blasta!
And a suitably icy win for this mid-winter’s contest, Freya’s Wold lord!
And in second, just a vote ahead, JoshinJapan with a screaming squad of old-school Eldar, and the highest-scoring in the cavalcade of Howling Banshees:
And taking the win, queen_annes_revenge with a warrior from Numenor and a venerable Dwarf brewer:
Well done, everyone!
Original Post
End of Year 3 Summary
End of Year League Table
Spoiler:
A huge congratulations to everyone that took part and voted in any month of this years challenge. The points are for fun but here is a rundown of the year.
The top 10 positions for this year are:
1st - Modock with 106 points 2nd - Feltmonkey with 86 points
3rd - Midget Gems with 74 points
4th - Chris56 with 71 points
5th - Moolet with 63 points
6th - Paradigm with 62 points
7th - ZoBo with 58 points
8th - Keezus with 54 points
9th - n1ceguypaul with 45 points
10th - Bottle with 37 points
A very well deserved win Modock, your painting really is something some of us can only dream of. It's been brilliant fun watching your creations take shape and how skilfully you change the tone of a colour.
Feltmonkey did really well to keep up and in doing so has created some masterful work (story about his son wanting to hold the treeman is the best though )
And a great battle between myself and Chris56 for 3rd/4th I really thought you were going to catch me at the end. Thank you for making me up my game with some of my entries knowing you where right there behind me.
The main point of the challenge is to get people painting, a set of people managed to submit finished entries for each challenge or most months. A big well done goes to:
iGuy91 wrote: You love the T-Rex. Its both a hero and a Villain in the first two movies. It is the "king" of dinosaurs. Its the best. You love your T-rex.
Then comes along the frakking Spinosaurus who kills the T-rex, and the movie says "LOVE THIS NOW! HE IS BETTER" But...in your heart, you love the T-rex, who shouldn't have lost to no stupid Spinosaurus. So you hate the movie. And refuse to love the Spinosaurus because it is a hamfisted attempt at taking what you loved, making it TREX +++ and trying to sell you it.
Elbows wrote: You know what's better than a psychic phase? A psychic phase which asks customers to buy more miniatures...
the_scotsman wrote: Dae think the company behind such names as deathwatch death guard deathskullz death marks death korps deathleaper death jester might be bad at naming?
2019/03/20 07:25:57
Subject: Dakka (Unofficial) Monthly Painting Challenge - The 2018/19 League Table and HOF - End of Year Table
Zed wrote: *All statements reflect my opinion at this moment. if some sort of pretty new model gets released (or if I change my mind at random) I reserve the right to jump on any bandwagon at will.
2019/05/18 22:54:12
Subject: Re:Dakka (Unofficial) Monthly Painting Challenge - The 2018/19 League Table and HOF - End of Year Table
In third place, CancelledApocalypse with a colourful, fiery and excellently converted Fire Dragon Aspect Wraithlord
In second, 401st stakes their claim to a podium finish by rocking up in a World Eaters Kratos, blasting away almost all competition with a fearsome array of firepower
But taking the win, with what must be the biggest gun of the lot among this month's entries, it's Midget Gems returning to his classic kitbashing ways in explosive style with this Orky artillery piece, claiming an impressively high 38 votes!
In third place, Midget Gems' Ork Kommandos sneak into position!
Outpacing the competition before settling in for a refreshing (perhaps?) drink at The Last Drop, the underhive's premier watering hole, it's Jadenim!
And leaping ahead with raptor-like speed, CancelledApocalypse's Exodite Dragon Knight!
That's a wrap for the round, the 2022/3 rotation and my tenure as manager of this challenge! Thanks for all the entries, comments and feedback from everyone as ever, and well done all! Best of luck for the rounds to come, and I'll see you all next month as a keen observer to the fantastic hobbying
Original Post
Good luck with your Target Jadenim
I've done an update for the new year and also cleaned up the 1st post by moving the archives to separate posts it was getting a bit messy.
Any issues let me know and good luck for year 5 (wow)
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What a way to start off a new year. 7 people packed into 3 spots on the podium.
In a 2-way tie for third, we have at 20 votes each:
Pariah Press - Human Renegades. New plastics is the classic style, right out of the RT rulebook.
Midget Gems - Knights Sanguine Assault Marines. Robed warriors on the hunt!
Followed by a three-way tie for second, 23 votes each.
Dante_Macabre – Chaplain. Tending to the faith of the chapter with zeal and an amazing paint job.
youwashock – Crimson Fist. Great conversion work melding the old and new, leading the way. Nice work from the new folks at the club. We all started somewhere, let them know they are doing great.
And a shot with the other Marines the club has painted. Sadly, the group is already losing interest. Have to see if it picks up again after spring break.
CancelledApocalypse - Raven Guard Infiltrator. Great clean black armor, For a master of stealth, quite outstanding.
And last but defiantly not least, a pair sharing first with 27 votes:
Perkustin – Apothecary. This medic is ready to tend to the wounded in style! Amazing work.
JoshInJapan – Oldhammer Marines. Legends from way back in the lead, classic minis from a more civilized time.
Congrats to all the winners and to everyone who participated. Amazing start to a new round, and looking forward to another amazing year painting alongside all of you!
Another packed podium. Having a lot of trouble choosing the form of your destruction out there. or y’all just really like to make me work here.
In 3rd place with 17 votes is Daia T'Nara with Sister Verity, bearer of the Domesday Book of Slaanesh (and Scientia, her pet lectern). Because reading is fundamental!
First of the two-way tie for second with 19 votes is:
JoshInJapan -- Dr. Johan and his Doomray. Mad science is the best science, and nothing says “Doom” like giant deathrays.
Although sometimes it’s best to go with the classic end of days, with armies from the Northern Wastes pouring down to crush all civilization, lead by XvArcanevX's Chaos Lord
And at 21 votes each, the winners three.
youwashock’s Apocalypse. Devoured by a giant monster is a fine way for the world to end.
But for a quick and easy Doom, all you need to do is "Push the Button” as shown by Midget Gems
Or tear the galaxy apart in an endless future of warfare with JamesY's Praetor of the Sons of Horus
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As always, great work from everyone, especially those on the podium. So many amazing ways for the world to end. Keep up the good fight against the Pile of Shame in this month’s comp, Mistakes Were Made. (which may or may not end up resulting in more doom)
Make no mistake, that was an amazing month full of great entries. And it’s time for some winners.
Tied for 3rd with 21 votes each are...
Mr Nobody with his Downed Ork Pilot and friends. All orcs love a good fight, but I think he’d prefer to still be flying for this one!
Meanwhile, Captain Brown's Empty Imperial Outpost is quiet. too quiet. What happened here? Where are the brave defenders?
In second (with 23 votes) is Tabbybrook Mage from keezus. Who is entirely too cute to go dungeon delving. Who knows what lurks in the dark places of the world? This can only end badly...
READY FOR ADVENTURE!!!
Speaking of which, our first place winner with 25 votes by youwashock – Before and Beyond The Wall gives us a great example. I don’t know what this poor adventurer did getting past the wall, but I know she’s regretting a lot of her life choices right now. From fresh and ready to take on the world, to hiding in the dark. So many mistakes...
That wraps up our 99th competition. Thanks for painting along. Great work on the podium, and all the way down the line. Congrats to everyone!
Not the most packed podium we’ve had, but up there. Very fitting for the big centennial.
So let’s start off with the four-way tie for 3rd, with 27 votes a pop.
JoshInJapan - The Paradigm of Corruption – “Paradigm”
Truly the pinnacle of a warrior of chaos!
feltmonkey - Varag Ghoul-Chewer – “Paragon/Celebration”
If you could boil Blood Bowl down to one mini, this would be it. Mean, Green, and charging down the field.
Midget Gems - Looted Knight “Rise of the Machines”
Delivering from the mekshop once again with another amazing orky kitbash.
Bonus group Pic
Tyranid Horde - Imperial Navy - "Catch Me If You Can"
Contrasting with the brutality of the knight, are some crisp Navy fighters.
Moving up to silver, with a two way tie at 30 votes each:
Captain Brown - Eldar Falcon
A more elegant tank from a more civilized time...
Ezki - Canoness Veridyan - "Paradigm"
Stepping straight of the 2nd ed SoB codex cover:
And taking the top spot, with 33 votes:
Mothsniper – Blackstone Heroes - “Centennial”
Amazing collection of uniquely painted characters
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And that’s a wrap on the big 100. Thank you all for joining us for this milestone. It would not have happened without the dedicated community. individuals have drifted in and out, but collectively we have kept this rolling along, month after month. Thousands of minis have been painted, many new skills learned, and many painters encouraged. Congrats not only to the winners, but to everyone who participated, this month and all the months before. Amazing work from everyone!
In 3rd, with a motley assortment of gobbos and 20 votes, Olthannon - The Coven of Moulders.
With 2 more votes at second, ms07b3’s culltists.
And just a vote ahead each, a tie for first!
Mothsniper’s old school Malachite Slayers:
And the armored might of revolution, Midget Gems' Grot Tanks
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As always, fun month and great work from everyone. Congrats to the winners, and everyone who joined the battle victorious against the Pile of Shame.
In third with 19 votes, a lovely display of blue flames and heat stressed metal, youwashock's Fire Elemental:
Burning his way into second place with 21 votes, JoshInJapan's Burning Men are covered in flames
And taking top spot this month with 24 votes, Mothsniper's Blackstone Fortress Zealot. Bringing the heat to purge the galaxy with holy flames.
Congrats to the winners and everyone who participated. This was a fun topic, with a lot of different interpretations. And fire. This feels like the first time in a while there were not multiple people sharing spots on the podium. But it was a knife-fight at the top, and a vote or two either way on a lot of entries would have changed that. Amazing works as always.
In 3rd, with 19 votes is youwashock's Leviathan Dreadnought. Bringing the firepower that only a relic dreadnought can, storming it’s way to the bronze!
In a fight too close to call for second (tied at 21 votes each), we have the large guns (both scale and size!) of XvArcanevX's Berserker vs....
...Mr Nobody’s Morkanaut. Bringing the cunning brutality the orks are known for.
And taking the top spot with 23 votes is JoshInJapan's Ogre Chieftains. Hail to the chief!
In 3rd place, with some classic metal clowns and 21 votes, Captain Brown's Harlequins.
23 votes and 2nd place, continuing the classic horrors from the past, Heinrich Kemmler by Ezki:
And perched upon the top of the contest, with 26 votes, Youwashock's Gwenom
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October is always a fun month. Such a wide range of fun and spooky entries. Congrats to the winners, and everyone who got something painted!
That should wrap up the 5 days for votes, onto the results!
In 3rd, with a 22 votes and a pair of fungus-fueled engines of destruction is Maharg’s Night Goblin Fanatics:
Swinging in with just one more vote is Midget Gems' Ork Wrecking Ball w/ Morky Cyrus:
Bonus Pic
But the gold this month goes to Ezki's Karlach with 30 votes. Wielding a battleaxe instead of a more literal wrecking ball, she is still an exquisite engine of destruction!
Congrats to the winners and everyone who entered. As always, amazing work from everyone this month. Lots of fun variations on the theme, painted well. Personal thanks for those who voted for me; my entry got up to tied for 4th, closest to the podium I’ve been in a while.
In third with 23 votes, some fuzzy adventurers ready to go out into the world from Maharg.
Jinkies! Looks like Velma lost her glasses again. Probably left them with the rest of her clothes... Second place goes to youwashock with 26 votes.
And with 27 votes, CancelledApocalypse takes gold in the open round with Anand Starfall, Queen of the Exodites.
As always, amazing work from everyone involved. Great collection of stuff to gaze upon. Grats to the winners, and to everyone who participated. Real high standard this month form all who entered.
Shambling into third with 25 votes are XvArcanevX's Zombies. Lovely assortment of the living dead stepping out of the darkness.
CancelledApocalypse takes the silver with one more vote and Captain Korvin Kylo and Kelsya Darkeye. Each with a different approach to stealthy warfare, but both beautifully effective.
And in first is Ezki at 29 votes with Shadowheart. An amazingly executed model of our favorite devotee of Shar.
In third with 20 votes is Mr Nobody’s Thousand Sons Dreadnought. A relic of old, starting a new army!
In a tie for second with 22 votes each we have XvArcanevX with a Varghulf Courtier and Crypt Guard, new released and ready to nobly protect their lands...
... maybe against Maharg's Orcs, who look like they just stepped off the pages of a WD from the ‘80s.
Toss a gold to your Ezki, with an amazing bust of Triss Merigold, winning this month with 26 votes.
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Amazing work to finish out year 9. Congrats to everyone who entered and joined us painting this month, and season. Please post your thoughts and progress over in the retrospective thread and/or grab a marine and start off year 10 with a bang!
Original Post Sorry for the delay was very busy and by the time I got around to it was worth waiting for a double update rather than 2 1 week apart.
Table updated and just 2 more challenges to go looking close at the top
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So, target for next year is to beat Nevelon (sorry Nev, but you’re the closest person above me who completed every month).
So I got into the top twenty again
16th I think is an improvement over last year (although Midget Gems, do you have a shot of the table as it finished in 2019?]
I managed to complete every month, which was my big target for the year
I didn’t manage to beat Nevelon [shakes old man fist]. Next time Gadget, next time!
So a solid performance, but does feel like I’ve plateaued this year a bit; I’ve appreciated the individual comments on entries, but does anyone have any “meta” advice for how I could improve in general?
Zed wrote: *All statements reflect my opinion at this moment. if some sort of pretty new model gets released (or if I change my mind at random) I reserve the right to jump on any bandwagon at will.
2020/03/14 08:30:50
Subject: Re:Dakka Monthly Painting Challenge - The 2019/20 League Table and HOF - Finish of Year 5
In 3rd place with 21 votes, the man, the myth, the legend: Brother Quiff Lustgarten by Daia T’Nara.
The silver is split with 22 votes each, starting with Nilfisken’s crisp Crimson Fists Lieutenant:
And CancelledApocalypse’s no less impressive Raven Guard:
But leaping ahead of the pack is XvArcanevX's Dark Angel Jump Captain, with 27 votes and some impressively lit exhaust!
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Great start to the new year of competition. Setting a high bar for the year, which I have faith that we will smash past with more amazing work from all of you. Grats to the winners and everyone who entered.
in 3rd place with 23 votes we have Midget Gems’ Mordheim Ruined Church.
Second place with 24 is CancelledApocalypse’s pair of lovely Battle Wizards
Lovejoy’s grim and weathered Stormcast take the gold this month with 28 votes!
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Congrats to the winners, and this month especially, congrats to everyone who finished something. The fight against the Pile of Shame is a endless battle, and many half finished projects lie wounded on the sidelines. Keep putting brush to plastic/metal/resin and getting those models finished and ready for battle! Or display; we don’t judge. The important thing is to keep on painting!
We’ve got a pair of ties this months starting at third with 20 votes each:
Orks and speed go and in hand, so no surprise they’d try their hand at pod racing, as Midget Gems shows.
Raven guard are more then just jump packs to race places, sometimes they need a nice ride, which we have with CancelledApocalypse’s Raven Guard rhino and veteran.
With just once more vote each at 21, we again have a tie for the silver.
Not all rides are about speed; some are about style. And spreading gruesome plagues and eating things. Here is Leopold Helveine's Pale Maggothlord, with a siplay of what Nurgle brings to the battlefield.
But not all who pledge thier souls to Chaos are gross and grimy. Maharg’s marauder horseman is clean and fast, shiny and stylish!
And running away with the gold with an amazing 31 votes is Lovejoy's Cavalier Marshall. From the rocks on the base to the pennant snapping in the wind, an amazingly painted work, full of incredible detail (much of which is hand sculpted). Well deserved victory!
In third place with 24 votes CancelledApocalypse's support squad brings the literal glow of hot plasma to the battlefield.
Mothsniper’s Reaper Dwarves illuminate their way to second with 26.
And from the old goofy grinning metals to the new towering wrecking ball, Lovejoy shows us how Kroxigor evolve, taking the gold with 32 votes!
I know I say this every month, but amazing work from everyone who entered, not just those on the podium. Lots of great interpretation on the theme this month, with some great paintjobs
First up is Captain Brown’s Ordo-609, the little tractor robot.
and also Geifer’s collections of Droids (mostly)
And as a reminder that not all robots are your friend, Maharg with a Necron and 23 votes takes silver
While I can’t be sure the number weren't tampered with by the Clade Vanus Infocyte (as they are known to do that) CancelledApocalypse takes the beep-booping win with 26 votes!
Nevelon wrote: It was a crazy tight month as far as amazing entries. We’ve got 5 people sharing the podium, with a 3 way tie for 4th. And all just one vote apart. Honorable mention to Ezki, JoshInJapan, and Halfling84. There were times while the votes were still coming in that I was going to have to write up 8 people for the final thread. But at the wire, here are the winners!
Giant alien monster? Check. Adorable tiny alien? Check. Normal guy for scale? Check. youwashock’s Rancor, Boba Fett, and Baby Yoda start us off with 24 votes.
Also in 3rd is Mr Nobody’s Caravan Oxen. Packed with both details and bargains! Oxen has wares if you have coin...
He’s big, he’s brutal (and maybe cunning), he’s Sir BigBash from the brush of XvArcanevX in 2nd with 25 votes.
CancelledApocalypse’s Wraithlord also shares the silver, walking the warrior’s path, even in death.
But the most absolute units of all are straken619’s Kroxigors. These savage brutes claim gold with 26 votes!
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This really was an incredible month. I know I always say that, so it might just come across as the boy who cried wolf, but the votes back me up. Not just the tight pack at the top, but all down the line. Amazing work from everyone! Congrats to the winners, and everyone who entered.
In the depths of the underhive endtransmission’s Sump Beast is lurking, waiting to catch unwary gangers in the dark. Taking the bronze with 18 votes.
Arbitrating their way to second with 21 votes is XvArcanevX’s Grand Justice Gormayne. Justice will be served! (with a nice chianti and some fava beans)
Lady Maria of the Astral Clocktower brings home the gold for Ezki this month with 22 votes. Simply stunning work!
Taking the bronze with poise, grace, and 22 votes; it’s youwashock's Eldar Seer and Sniper.
Priority threat: Identified. XvArcanevX brings a wounded Hive Tyrant from screen to table with impressive conversion work and paint, getting second and 25 votes.
Cats make everything better. As proven by Ezki and Kat, the Witch's Apprentice. Taking the gold with 26 votes, Just a magically fun piece!
Stepping out of the shadows is Boss Snikrot from Mr Nobody
And still lurking in the dark is XvArcanevX’s Vargskyr.
But who needs to stay in the dark when you can burn down the Imperium by the light of the moon? as does Ezki’s Traitor Guard Sergeant with silver and 19 votes.
And for all the participants of this year’s competition we have a special surprise for you in the break room as our way of saying thanks. Catered by Midget Gems (and 22 votes); A Warboss Surprise (the cake is a lie)
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As always, amazing work from everyone. Another tight month with a ton of great minis from everyone. That’s the wrap on another year. I would love it if you’d take the time to look back on what you’ve done this year in the retropective thread. It’s also the spot to talk about ideas for next year, which has already begun.
Original Post Great work Jadenim
Yes of course I have all months i've done saved in my images under the folder "Dakka painting challenge"
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Ultramarines, 3rd Co. and friends, 16k+ 
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4k Points
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~16000 Astra Militarum: 
~1200 | Imperial Knights: 
~2300 | Leagues of Votann: 
~1300 | Tyranids: 
~5000 | Kruleboyz: 
~3500 | Lumineth Realm-Lords: 
~700
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(although Midget Gems, do you have a shot of the table as it finished in 2019?]
