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I'm having a heck of a time getting the Harlie Dread to stay together-- all of the joints need pinning. I managed to snap off my drill bit inside one of the shoulder joints, meaning I needed to fill it in and redrill. Tamiya putty is too soft (something I learned after a couple of attempts), and I needed something harder. I went to the local hobby shop, but they must be having trouble staying afloat in the post-Amazon age, as they seem to be focusing on stuff that sells-- no Milliput for me! I dug back into the Box of Eldar and found another left arm, this one with the peg intact. That one is staying in place. I played around with painting a diamond pattern, but wasn't satisfied with the results. Instead, I opted to go for a monochrome look:



Lots of work still left to do. It's a good thing I finished off the Fellowship so I have something to enter in this month's challenge.

Amazing work in this thread already…

I have decided to throw in two extra bits of scenery for the throne. One is the free ‘model of the month’ (Ghoul) from last month and the other is a poor sap on a spike! I may or may not use either or both in the final submission but thought it best to run it by our overlord first…

Manners and all that…

Here’s the proof pics…

JoshInJapan, that Harlequin Dread is giving me a massive nostalgia hit - it just screams Rogue Trader era 'Eavy Metal articles! Love it.


I managed to get a bit of progress today - got the blues and reds done, which covers a nice large area. Mostly metals and details to do now...



As for next month, I really like ShadowsAndDust's 'Nice Ride' idea. Loads of possibilities there, from bikes to tanks to space ships and mecha, cavalry, monstrous mounts... and yes, I do happen to have some cavalry ready to paint!

'Eavy Metal could work too - Dreadnoughts, mechs, full plate armour, massive swords, stuff like that.

 Lovejoy wrote:
JoshInJapan, that Harlequin Dread is giving me a massive nostalgia hit - it just screams Rogue Trader era 'Eavy Metal articles! Love it.

Glad you like him, Lovejoy. Also, it's good to see you back in the comp!

A couple more WIP shots:


I added a couple of splashes of color on the face, but am sticking with the monochrome scheme otherwise. Painting the crest after finishing the face really brought home how much skill I still lack at sculpting...

A lot of cool ideas for the coming months

I'm currently priming backpacks and guns

A little more WiP.

A suggestion for next month's theme: Glow Up. Paint an updated sculpt of an older model (lots of choices there)-- bonus points if you paint the older one as well. Alternatively, start with a low level character, and convert or kitbash a more experienced version. Maybe something like an old Ral Partha three-stage character, of a Frostgrave wizard and apprentice, as they're basically the same in game. If you want to be more literal, something featuring OSL or other lighting effects. If you want to go meta, paint or re-paint something you have done previously, to show off how much you've improved as a hobbyist.

 JoshInJapan wrote:
A suggestion for next month's theme: Glow Up. Paint an updated sculpt of an older model (lots of choices there)-- bonus points if you paint the older one as well. Alternatively, start with a low level character, and convert or kitbash a more experienced version. Maybe something like an old Ral Partha three-stage character, of a Frostgrave wizard and apprentice, as they're basically the same in game. If you want to be more literal, something featuring OSL or other lighting effects. If you want to go meta, paint or re-paint something you have done previously, to show off how much you've improved as a hobbyist.

That's a great idea!

 JoshInJapan wrote:
Glad you like him, Lovejoy. Also, it's good to see you back in the comp!

Thanks! It feels really good to do some actual hobby stuff for a change!

 JoshInJapan wrote:
Painting the crest after finishing the face really brought home how much skill I still lack at sculpting...

You're probably being a bit hard on yourself, really. Crests are always horribly difficult. They're like chainmail; very simple to do, but not at all easy. I've been sculpting professionally for over 20 years now, and still avoid chainmail and crests whenever possible!


Anyway, some progress on the Stormcast dudes... not a huge amount to do now, so with any luck, if I can get another evening in this week, I'll finish them.

 ShadowsAndDust wrote:
The Naked Truth - An entry that is in someway nude - weather it be a scantily clad barbarian warrior or a big alien monster.

I think the most frequent toplc would not be barbarian or alien monster .


My suggestion for next month is "Time for a change" - paint something different than usual, build converted or kitbashed model, or simply daemon of Tzeentzh

Lovejoy - these models are great, what is the trick with this basecoat? At firs I thought these models are painted to be statues . Is it just lighter drybrush on darker base? Because the effect on the finlal model is stunning.

Meanwhile the Prism tank is almost complete, all that is left are tracks and a little more weathering on the upper part of hull.

 halfling84 wrote:
Lovejoy - these models are great, what is the trick with this basecoat? At firs I thought these models are painted to be statues . Is it just lighter drybrush on darker base? Because the effect on the finlal model is stunning.

It's a zenithal undercoat - black first, then drybrush grey, the a lighter drybrush of white. It works much better if you use and airbrush and do it properly, but I don't have one.
The idea is that you then build up colour in glazes over the top, and the zenithal undercoat provides shading and highlighting.
But I'm always in way too much of a rush, and don't use the glazing technique properly, so this kind of undercoating is really a bit wasted for me, TBH!

The Prism tank's looking fantastic, BTW!

Hey guys, I won't be participating in challenges anymore for a while to keep my internet use close to 0%, this is my finished entry however.
(atleast till + - mid september!)

Been dealing with the worst double cold* I can remember I ever had too, so i traveling to my mother to get on the wifi was a bit of a chore..

*

Hope you're all dealing better with the month of nasal destruction.
(next year we can all do nurgle in april)

Hive-Flyrant of fleet gorgon. (alteration)
As a bit of info, I'd like to think that this Hive flyrant mutated heavily to become a sniper, however.. where one strength is invested another must be yielded and due to this it lost its sight. A sniper without sight is like a pancake without egg so it utilizes lesser spawn to track and spot its prey after which its hive mind link allows it to "aim" perhaps more perfectly than two eggs.. ehh.. I mean eyes!.. yes.. would..

It also grew two big egg chambers on its arms spawning more wormy and floaty things which can just as easily be applied as a shield whenever his position is compromised and fired upon.

The victim is naturally of the spacemarine Ironsnakes chapter
https://wh40k.lexicanum.com/wiki/Iron_Snakes

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BONUS: The base before hobbygluing the flyrant to it.

My Mando is finished. The mendolorian was fun to paint. Grogu, not so much.

I finished This!

So I found the resin sword was warped and when I was painting it, it looked really bad, so I cut it out and used the blade of a fantasy elf that had been in my bits box it was definitely lead. Had fun trying out the star pattern and the NMM.

The converted Farseer is finished.




Cheers,

CB

I guess this guy is as finished as he's going to get. I give you the Harlequin Dreadnought:

Ok, I think this is as good as I’m going to get this…

Behold, the exquisite Charnel Throne, from whence my proud and heroic knights and lords gather to engage in studied and somber debate on whatever troubles might beset this bountiful land of philosopher kings…

Marvel at the engineering prowess on display and try not to drool as you lay your eyes on the voluptuous feasts being prepared for our guests…

The Prism tank is finally ready, and I'm very happy how it turned out . The original Chieftain model was very detailed and fun to build, especially considering it was designed in the 70s (at least according to date on the sprues).
I also invested in a grey paper for the photo background

Still working. Let's finish this is more apt now than ever. Time's getting short.

Plenty of good work coming in, as usual. Loving the old school Eldar.

Hello everyone

I should really get my Proofs up

For this challenge I went along the lines of "we could tackle something we have been meaning to get around to"

I had a building I started but stopped after I realised how painful it was to glue on individual bricks to a large area. I'm pushing myself to get this finished. I wanted to make some MDF kits I have better so I could run a Mordheim Campaign with my kids

Proof



Some old buildings near me I'm using as inspiration


WIP

Alright, time to make it official. I've had so little painting time that the sole Wookiee I painted will be my entry for this month. The progress on the other ones isn't enough to finish the squad.

I may pick a simple entry next month and paint the Wookiee squad on the side. I'd hate to leave them unfinished for any amount of time now that I committed to getting them done.

Three of the RPD's finest now finished. They're not great, but they are only practise pieces. Compared to the previous two zombies I added a clear red to the wounds this time. The skin definitely needs some kind of wash, but I have none to hand.



Full final pictures in the spoiler below.

Some great projects finished this month! I especially love the harlequin dreadnought

This weekend I finished two more guardians and will now try to finish a brightlance platform, but I think the month is too close to the end for that to be done on time.

Cheers,
Oskar

Progress. This will be another fun one to photograph.

So good to be finally done with them.
The models are cool but they had a lot of annoying parts to paint. It's definitely not my best work but they look ok.
Anyway that's my entry for this month


And here is the whole team


The best part is that I finally finished the whole Warcry Bloodhunt box. Both warbands and the terrain. It's actually the first big box that I have painted everything. I really enjoyed painting the terrain and the Khorne warband... the Vampires... so and so... But here is the whole thing

Here he is made 10 years ago and planned vaguely since the model came out.....My Nurgle Daemon Prince conversion.

@JoshinJapan: I like the Harlequin dread Josh

With the month basically up, I finished up 5 of the planned 38 marines. I hope to get to the others.

Rapid fire posts for my entry this month:
I didn't want to post my entries too early this month because I didn't know how many of my half-finished models I would actually be able to complete. And in the end I've just decided to enter my favorite of the bunch - so here are the starting and mid-way photos of my Mantis soldier (hero forge)

And finished Mantis - Happy with the outcome.
Looking forward to next month too

Got some final pictures:
Spoiler for anatomically correct werewolf sheath and balls

Got her done. B&W preview before varnish and final pics. Great work, everyone!