Dakka (Unofficial) Painting Challenge Round 34 December 2017: Open Round

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**Whittlesey40k**

Not going to get time to finish my apothecary

but the cheerleader is done.

@Para, you've not included my cheerleader proof in the OP, only the proof of the model I'm not going to finish! It's back on page one, but for convenience...

Spoiler:

Here are the finished pics. Sorry they're so grainy! Should get better when the missus buys a new camera

**Drummernathan**

Going to be cutting it close with this one, and not going to have great photos but I should be able to finish just in time.

**Gulgog TufToof**

Done! Ork Freebooter Nob (final pics):

**Chris56**

Happy New Year to everyone!

Some really great entries as always- that dragon is just plain amazing, Modock!

I managed to push through this month and get something finished, though the photos are pretty flat. Bit of a struggle this month but I think this makes 12 months in a row, so I didn't want to miss an entry! Probably shouldn't have tried NMM with such a short amount of time!

Anyhow, here are the Guardians of the Shrine of Asur.

**Whittlesey40k**

Sorry Para, I've taken some better photos. Do you mind making these my final pics? Cheers!

**straken619**

Now i get why this month is "Open Round".Too little time for miniatures in December. I do see some really good miniatures though.
Unfortunately I couldn't finish both miniatures so the centaur will have to go to war without his purple elf lady.
So anyway here is the Centaur. And happy new year to everyone!

**keezus**

Well. Got a few guys done: Going to see if I can do a bit more work today, but it is NYE... so unlikely:

**Apollinaire**

Here we go... made it on my first attempt, it was good working to a deadline, especially at this time of year! Now just got time left for a G&T before New Year's Eve starts properly.

Happy New Year dakka-ites.

**ChaosDad**

Here is Alpharius in all his "As finished as I'm going to get him before the end of the day" glory. So these are my finished pics...

**CREEEEEEEEED**

Managed to get the captain done, but the lieutenants and ancient didn't get finished.
Edit: sorry for the OSL Peregrine

**n1ceguypaul**

So finally got it all finished and photographed. I'm really happy with how this turned out, hope you guys are too. So without further ado here he is THE SNOWMAN SLAYER. Have a happy new year guys and let's get cracking for the new year.

**feltmonkey**

That's amazing.

Automatically Appended Next Post:
Here are my finished pics for the month. I painted the world's angriest Christmas Tree, Drycha Hamadreth. This model, in an unpainted state, has single-handedly (single branchedly?) decimate n1ceguypaul's forces on more than one occasion, so I knew I needed to do a good job. If a model kicks arse on the tabletop, it needs to look the part. My favorite parts of the paintjob are the colourful iridescent insect wings and, oddly, the brambles coming out of her crotch. The wings because I ummed and ahhed about how to do them for days, and the crotch brambles... I don't know why I like the crotch brambles. I just do.

Happy New Year, everyone!

**Paradigm**

Some great stuff here, poll/final OP update will be a bit delayed as my computer just chose the most inopportune moment to die to death...
Note to self for reference, everything on this page needs to be added to the OP

@CREEEEED: I like OSL Think you're confusing me with someone else!

**CREEEEEEEEED**

Paradigm wrote:
Some great stuff here, poll/final OP update will be a bit delayed as my computer just chose the most inopportune moment to die to death...
Note to self for reference, everything on this page needs to be added to the OP

@CREEEEED: I like OSL Think you're confusing me with someone else!

You're right, it was Peregrine who was complaining about my desire to have plasma.

**n1ceguypaul**

@feltmonkey not too sure getting eaten by a mourngul and his undead buddies constitutes a decimating encounter. Think we will have to let nag ash and alarielle duke it out for the decider.

Cracking job on the chick with the crotch brambles. Loving the honeycomb effect it really brings out the loathing on her face. Can't wait to see all the entries up. Happy new year

**ZergSmasher**

I love the honeycombs all over the angry tree lady.

**Midget Gems**

Its late so I'm just going to post the finished pic and look at the posts I've missed tomorrow.

The last pic is me having a play with the LED lampposts they work but had a bit of a drama towards the end of the photos when the camera toppled over and knocked all the Models off! I couldn't get the Xmas tree to stand back up, the snow was absorbing the glue :(

Anyway enjoy and hope you all have a happy new year

**Drummernathan**

Well after a rough month I finally finished them. Not my best work but tabletop enough for the inquisition kill team escalation league in starting up in this new year!

**keezus**

Got a few more blokes done earlier today. Will post revised pic in the morning if that's cool. Just got back from some celebratin' so I'm a bit bleary right now.

**Guildenstern**

Finally finished

had to wait on some GS to dry, anyways, here's my finished entry:
Dakkajet and Warbuggies

**keezus**

Here's the rest of the blokes. I have to say I'm not super happy with the bendy plastic used in PP's Undercity models. They are mashed together in awkward poses - hot water doesn't always fix the bends - cleanup is impossible, so the paintjobs suffer accordingly.

The Team

Closeup of the Widomaker Marksman

Changed the Greylord from the original proof picture: (New proof if anyone cares)

Spoiler:

**Paradigm**

Calling things to a close, poll incoming tomorrow.

**Paradigm**

Votey McVoteface:
https://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/0/747759.page#9765940