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2022/01/01 10:42:43
Subject: Dakka Painting Challenge Round 83: January 2022- Force of Nature
Welcome all to the 83rd round of the Dakka Painting challenge. For the unfamiliar, this is a friendly painting competition open to members of all skill levels and experience, whether your entry is your first or you thousand-and-first time painting miniatures. Each month, finished entries are collected into a thread where the community can vote on their favorite pieces, and those votes go towards an annual overall League that runs for 12 rounds, ending in February next year (just 2 rounds left to get those points on the board!)
This month. the theme is Force of Nature: Elemental magic, dangerous alien beasts or forces as old as time and space are rife throughout the worlds we game in. Your entry should feature models that have some connection to the natural world or its elements.
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 must be either unassembled, unpainted, primed or coated a single colour. Entries that do not submit a valid Proof Picture will not be eligible 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 6 final pictures IN THIS THREAD that will then be used for voting. Please note that pictures in a montage or collage picture will be considered individual images for this purpose, so while these types of presentation are certainly acceptable, please keep the image limit in mind when compiling them. For example, a collage of 5 images and one separate image would count as your 6 picture allowance.
So What Do I Win? - Points... and points mean... bragging rights for the next month! Following the vote, points will be awarded to every entrant. This year, the Points you receive will be equal to the Percentage of Votes your entry receives in the final Voting thread; if you get 10%, you get 10 points, if you get 6% you get 6 points, so on and so forth.
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 1st of January and will end at midnight GMT on 31st January. After this, I shall compile the finished entries into a new thread, and voting will run for 5 days.
List of entrants:
Nevelon: FINISHED
Spoiler:
Proof
final
Mothsniper: FINISHED
Spoiler:
Proof
final
Captain Brown:
Spoiler:
Prppf
ShadowsAndDust: FINISHED
Spoiler:
Proof
final
queen_annes_revenge: FINISHED
Spoiler:
Proof
Final
vejut: FINISHED
Spoiler:
Proof
final
Jamie Shred: FINISHED
Spoiler:
Proof
final
Freya: FINISHED
Spoiler:
Proof
final
SmallChanges: FINISHED
Spoiler:
Proof
final
theCrowe: FINISHED
Spoiler:
Proof
final
Pariah Press: FINISHED
Spoiler:
Proof
final
JoshInJapan: FINISHED
Spoiler:
Proof
final
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BoringStuff: FINISHED
Spoiler:
Proof
final
KidCthulhu: FINISHED
Spoiler:
Proof
final
ZergSmasher:
Spoiler:
Proof
ChaosDad:
Spoiler:
Proof
Argive:
Spoiler:
Proof
Viterbi: FINISHED
Spoiler:
Proof
final
MobileSuitRandom: FINISHED
Spoiler:
Proof
final
Captain Brown: FINISHED
Spoiler:
Proof
final
Jadenim:
Spoiler:
Proof
Ezki: FINISHED
Spoiler:
Proof:
Final
DV8: FINISHED
Spoiler:
Proof
final
Paradigm: FINISHED
Spoiler:
Maharg: FINISHED
Spoiler:
Proof
final
the_balloon_dog: FINISHED
Spoiler:
proof
final
Midget Gems: FINISHED
Spoiler:
Proof
Final
E3DD: FINISHED
Spoiler:
Proof Final
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2022/01/01 10:47:07
Subject: Dakka Painting Challenge Round 83: January 2022- Force of Nature
Too lazy to get primer.
Coating big guy in thin layers of paint right on the plastic, and small guys got solid coat of contrast paint over some old paintjob previous owner had.
2022/01/01 17:37:59
Subject: Re:Dakka Painting Challenge Round 83: January 2022- Force of Nature
I originally had Saruman pegged for this base, but decided he didn't really fit and also to save him for a potential playable isengard force, so subbed him out for gandalf instead. As an istari, a maiar created by eru iluvatar at the dawn of time, gandalf is literally part of the nature of middle earth. I'm also going heavily nature inspired on the base. Will even have some fish in there.
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2022/01/02 00:48:33
Subject: Dakka Painting Challenge Round 83: January 2022- Force of Nature
Going to try to get one of these two done, either a griffin from Reaper's Bones Black line, or finally starting to reduce my Mierce Miniatures pile by assembling and painting a one of their werewolves, Cnebba:
2022/01/02 19:24:38
Subject: Re:Dakka Painting Challenge Round 83: January 2022- Force of Nature
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2022/01/03 04:13:12
Subject: Re:Dakka Painting Challenge Round 83: January 2022- Force of Nature
Progress
Dry brushed blue over green contrast wash and picked out chitin with white for a wash of brown.
For big guy opposite way, washing chitin first, and washing in green and dry-brush blue after.
Do not have larger bases. But have Modpodge, dirt and a quart of sample paint.
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2022/01/03 10:24:04
Subject: Dakka Painting Challenge Round 83: January 2022- Force of Nature
Not the best photo I'm afraid, but I'll enter my new Ogre berserker - if he's not force of nature enough as an oversized berserker, he's also just as hungry as all (Warhammer/AoS) Ogres...
To me, evolution is an important force of nature. Y'know, genes and stuff. Also, as a Magic designer, the color green seems really tied to nature to me. So these Ork-Genestealer Hybrids seemed like the perfect entry!
The one on the left is an old Citadel miniature from around 1991. The right one is a more recent release from Uscarl Miniatures. Both were sculpted by Kev Adams.
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2022/01/05 02:49:45
Subject: Re:Dakka Painting Challenge Round 83: January 2022- Force of Nature
Pariah Press wrote: To me, evolution is an important force of nature. Y'know, genes and stuff. Also, as a Magic designer, the color green seems really tied to nature to me. So these Ork-Genestealer Hybrids seemed like the perfect entry!
The one on the left is an old Citadel miniature from around 1991. The right one is a more recent release from Uscarl Miniatures. Both were sculpted by Kev Adams.
I salute your Genestealer Hybrid Freebooter. It's one of my white whales that I've yet to find.
2022/01/05 04:59:27
Subject: Re:Dakka Painting Challenge Round 83: January 2022- Force of Nature
Here's a force of nature for you- Canis Wolfborn. Proof:
Given his background (most likely literally raised by wolves on Fenris) and his bestial nature I'd say he fits the theme.
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2022/01/08 21:15:15
Subject: Dakka Painting Challenge Round 83: January 2022- Force of Nature
My entry is at that horrible stage of painting where everything looks garbage and I hate my colour choices and my “clever idea” turned out to be pants and I hate wood elves anyway and I just want to sculpt more mice in capes! Not enjoying this much in afraid.
theCrowe wrote: My entry is at that horrible stage of painting where everything looks garbage and I hate my colour choices and my “clever idea” turned out to be pants and I hate wood elves anyway and I just want to sculpt more mice in capes! Not enjoying this much in afraid.
Hang in there. Just a few more layers and it will all come together.
Some of my schemes look like hot garbage right until the very end. Very frustrating. I use a lot of inks and glazes, so until very late, it’s just a lot of finicky detail work, but huge swaths of the model look like they are just bare, or basic blocked in colors. But it all comes together at the end to look good.
Yup, i hate that phase. It's why I paint certain bits to absolute completion early on, so there's something good to look at. Sometimes I even get transfers on before even starting some other part.
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2022/01/08 22:24:55
Subject: Dakka Painting Challenge Round 83: January 2022- Force of Nature
theCrowe wrote: My entry is at that horrible stage of painting where everything looks garbage and I hate my colour choices and my “clever idea” turned out to be pants and I hate wood elves anyway and I just want to sculpt more mice in capes! Not enjoying this much in afraid.
That is exactly how I felt about the nids.
Had clever idea of contrast paint over primer, quick brybrush, few detail dabs and done. But color scheme came out wrong, "texture" not how I expected, and GW green contrast paint ruined the look, basing colors also came-out wrong. Tried to fix as much as was needed and called it done.
I would like to encourage you by standing together united in hatred of the wood elves! I my self second your hatred of wood elves, and by extent all elf things. Honored be Throgrim the grudge bearer!
2022/01/09 20:53:44
Subject: Dakka Painting Challenge Round 83: January 2022- Force of Nature
I'd like to get back into painting, and I'll take the opportunity of the new year to get back into the painting challenge.
I'd thus like to enter this Gal Vorbak for this month's challenge. He's been in touch with 40k's nature and picked up a deamon to tag along, and in the process has become a force at least to be reckoned with...
Work in progress p&m blog :
United Colors of Chaos , Relating my ongoing battle with grey plastic...
2022 hobby running tally: bought: 71, built: 45, painted: 17, games played: 3
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2022/01/11 00:00:59
Subject: Re:Dakka Painting Challenge Round 83: January 2022- Force of Nature
Finaly got my motivation/mojo back - throwing myself at the shadow specters. Hit a creative wall with these guys but think I have a plan now with lil help from local WH store guy who offered some good advice.
Probably will just be the baseline dudes as they are my "trial" guys
Trying to follow FW recipie but not a lot to go on.
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