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Good job YB. Looks mean.

Ahh these entries are getting better and better! I am starting to feel out of my league here...

Sadly, I'm not going to be able to complete my entry in time. Trying to finish my thesis and moving cross county have reduced my hobby time to 0.

I'm still going to finish the figure since it is for my army anyway. I'll post the pics in a few weeks when I finally get the chance to finish it.

Good luck to all other entrants!


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 Yellowbeard wrote:
Brother Kamakiri:

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Looks fantastic, YB! Did you give it a Japanese-ish name because of the Yoritomo inspiration?

EDIT: Grammer

So much wicked awesomeness! Great work everyone!

Thanks, guys!

@CC: having seen you Tranq Vet, I can honestly say that you are NOT out of your league.

@Raatcharch: Indeed! Plus, "Kamakiri" (カマキリ) means "praying mantis" in Japanese. Actually, it literally means "cutting sickle".

 Yellowbeard wrote:


@CC: having seen you Tranq Vet, I can honestly say that you are NOT out of your league.

Still not good enough for Gits to acknowledge me in his list of entrants yet though! (You hearing this Mr. 'Splitta?)

*Yawn!*

... sorry, what?

*smacks lips sleepily*

I was taking a nap.


I'll take care of it, sorry CC.

No rush mate! I myself am in a bit of a sleep deprived state so I will probably not see any changes until tomorrow anyway.

Wasn't Kamakiri a character from "Godzilla 2000"??

That would be worth extra points...


@CC: You're good mate. Sorry, have been dakkaing by phone and there are certain things that are hard to track with only that tiny little screen and my big thumbs!

Kamacuras, but the name is derived from Kamakiri, yes, and Kamacuras is a giant praying mantis....

 Gitsplitta wrote:

Commander Cain - (bitch, bitch, bitch) pre-build, build

Aww shucks, thanks very much!

@YB: You should include that fact in your entry post. The judges will be looking at stuff like that.

@CC: *grin*



OK everyone! Please follow the link in my sig to the challenge OP. Go to the bottom of the post and make sure you're listed and that your progress status is correct. PM me if I need to make a correction! If your status is listed as "final", check the link & make sure it leads to your submission post. Don't forget you can add fluff or explanations to your submission post if you want.


Also dawned on me that it doesn't make a hell of a lot of sense for the competition to end on a Saturday night when there's another weekend day for people to work on things. So... I'm extending the competition one day to Sunday the 16th! Hope that helps some of you who are a bit behind.

Oh, and a supply drop from Mad Robot Miniatures! (can never have too many bits!) I figured most of these would make good marine or scout heads. Not sure about the berets... but all the others are good to go.

Lookin good chief!
@ yb - glorious job there mate, really cool to see you pull all the stops out. It's always great to see how a contest makes folk push themselves.

Good idea extending the competition a little.

I'm loving the Mad Robot heads, those guys are really making a name for themselves methinks!

Okay Gitsplitta. Here is my final image submission. Now that I have some more time I may write up some fluff, but here are the images.

The idea is that near the end of the Mantis Warriors 100 year crusade they were tested and examined by the Inquisition to make sure they were still loyal and pure. This scene is depicting one of those meetings. The inquisitor and his assistant are standing before all that remains of one of the Mantis Warriors Companies.


If you want more close ups please check out my random gallery or jump over to my P&M thread for more.

It's like a stained glass window of awesomeness!

That's awesome IA!

Not putting up a photo update to keep this stage somewhat secretive and not give away the final piece, but all that's left to paint is the base, then it's done.

Nothing wrong with a little suspense Ovion, especially since you have an extra day!

Okay, my submission post has been updated to include your requested pictures. Enjoy!

The detail you put into those figures was so good, I just wanted to make sure everyone (including the judges) got a chance to see it. Thanks Ice... great entry! My thanks to Steve too for his participation.

Looks like I am going to need this extension! I am all done with the painting with the exception of some touchups on the drones though. However I do work tonight and tomorrow day so I suspect I will be cutting it rather close...

You'll make it CC, no problem.

I'm finished. FINALLY!

It has literally taken me about 4.5 hours to take, edit and finalise the pics. Thank you Gits for the extra day it really made all the difference.


++To: Inquisitor Gitius Splitarios++
++From: Adept Snrubarius++

++Honoured Lord,
The following attached picts (cleaned and edited for your perusal), taken shortly before the conclusion of the Badab war, show an unidentified chaos marine. All chapter heraldry and unit markings have been scraped off so true identification will be close to impossible. However due to weapon and armour patterns I highly suspect that the traitor in question is veteran sergeant Rathis (now known as "Rathis Headtaker") formally of the Mantis Warriors chapter. After turning traitor Rathis is known to have killed dozens of Imperial soldiers and at least 18 other marines in close combat during the Badab war, 3 of which were his erstwhile squadmates, before he seemingly vanished. Rathis and his veteran squad were one of the Mantis Warriors foremost recon squads and as such Rathis is a consumate ambusher and under no circumstances should he be underestermated.

I will contact you again when i have more information. Snrubarius out.++



Right then. A very VERY zoomable picture is in my gallery. Follow this link. If the judges (whoever they be) or anyone else for that matter would like any other angles lemme know.
http://www.dakkadakka.com/gallery/507251-Mantis%20Warrior%20final%20image.html?m=2

All-right Snrub, good job mate! I knew you could do it!

Hay what where??

Good Job Snrub. Like the idea of the scratched off chapter markings.

Nice one! And good job finishing it in time.

Happy Father's Day one and all!

Take care of your dads today. They could probably use a break!

 Gitsplitta wrote:
Happy Father's Day one and all!

Take care of your dad's today. They could probably use a DRINK!

Fixed that for you get up and grab him his favorite beverage (non-alcoholic or not) and sit back listen to some of his old stories. You may just hear something worthwhile for once .