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Was going to say actually, you might want to remove those if you want anyone to enter!

I'll do it if we don't allow them in! lol Just kidding. They are great because it brings more to the hobby in many ways.

Oh god my body is not ready.

Haha, look at it as inspiration guys! Absolutely anyone could win. And remember, there are top 5 spots this year not 3, plus a special commendation slot.

 CDK wrote:
I'll do it if we don't allow them in! lol Just kidding. They are great because it brings more to the hobby in many ways.

Hey, no fair! I want in!

I'm really glad that Dakka supports these kinds of contests. I've always wanted to compete in miniature painting contests but there aren't any in my side of the world. Guess wargaming's not that big here. Hell, we don't even have Golden Daemons or GW shops to complain about.

We are indeed very lucky that Dakka is happy to host stuff like this and even luckier that there are awesome companies out there that will sponsor prizes.

Another update here with a finished void operator. http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/30/493203.page#5686394

Probably won't be too many updates now until the dakka painting challenge is done, otherwise it would spoil the surprise!

Yeh I think this thread might take a dive while the comp is going. Hopefully the competition brings in some new Dakkanauts and they bring with them some lovely blogs to feed this thread for a while.

Also I'll try and increase my output just in case...

Nice some new updates have to go and look at and good luck in the painting competition. I have posted an update on the tutorial here

Jaw droppingly awesome, Ivan.

 CDK wrote:
Ug, that doesn't make me want to try lol. I don't think I can even get close to those three. I'll still try but man the competition kills me before I start!

Everyone should try - 1) It's good practise, not only for your painting, but for entering DakkaDakka Painting Contests too. 2) How else will you know if you did better in the *next* DakkaDakka Painting Contest?

Oh I'll still try. If anything it's a motivator to get something done.

Yes that´s right. You´ll always find someone who´s painting much better than yourself. That´s no problem at all, it motivates you to get better...

Definitely got the right attitude there, guys!

I slightly envy you the chance to take part and test your skills against your previous efforts and the efforts of your peers. It is helluva exciting to organize though so I'm happy!

http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/473729.page
Medusa´s PanO
Medusa
PanO

Forgot about this and couldn´t find it in the first thread...

Very nice work, medusa, I'm sorry I missed it. Adding to the OP now.

You should still do it Casey! Just make it open that's yours or something. Just paint along with us.

Thanks man, I'd love to but I'm judging as well as organising. The MODs for example can enter and a watermark gets added to their entry, they can't win anything and they get removed from the judging panel. But as I'm judging I can't do that. I guess I could just work alongside for the fun but I think it's a better use of my time to get my Nomads done!

@medusa that is some really nice looking PanO you got the good work.

I have updated my painting log with part 4 of the tutorial

 Casey's Law wrote:
Thanks man, I'd love to but I'm judging as well as organising. The MODs for example can enter and a watermark gets added to their entry, they can't win anything and they get removed from the judging panel. But as I'm judging I can't do that. I guess I could just work alongside for the fun but I think it's a better use of my time to get my Nomads done!

I'm not sure why you wouldn't be covered under:

 yakface wrote:
• Administrator and Moderator entries will be marked with a "Team Dakka" watermark. Admin and Mod participants can't win prizes, but don't let that keep you from voting for them! Defeating one another is more than enough a reward.

Perhaps we should petition yakface to add "Organiser/Judging participants" to that list, just to be clear...

Haha, yeh the problem is that the Admin and Mods can enter but then lose their place on the judging panel like I would. Because otherwise we would be judging our own work.

I guess I could do the same, just enter and not judge, but I'm quite looking forward to judging and I have sole decision on the Shae-Konnit sponsored prize which I'm looking forward to.

I promise I'll enter something else soon! Let's see what comradepanda's next competition round is, or maybe the LoER will have something that inspires me.


And if anyone has missed Crazy Ivan's blog so far I recommend you run over and check it out! Doubly so if you are entering the competition as he has been posting up an amazing tutorial which is blowing my mind!

 Crazy Ivan wrote:
@medusa that is some really nice looking PanO you got the good work.

I have updated my painting log with part 4 of the tutorial

Thanks Ivan...you are such a skilled painter...it makes me real jealous. Hope to see more stuff to learn about it. Have you ever tried black/white primer? I like it a lot to prime in black and giving just some white primer over it. All that´s in the shades will get darker while the other parts are in a bright grey...

Hi and thanks I use that techniques on my dystopian wars fleet so that I don have to paint all the the hard to reach areas: It can be a really useful tool for marking where the light is coming from so if you want to do zenithal lighting you can spray directly from above the mini and the white paint will fall where the light would hit the mini. There is one downside to this technique and that the surface will be a bit grainy and can show through the paint so the paint job will not look as clean as it would with just a white primer.

Threw another update on my blog. I'm definitely getting better. Tell me what ya think.

Another Update for me,too...

http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/30/506398.page

I have finished the last part of the tutorial it can be found here

 Crazy Ivan wrote:
I have finished the last part of the tutorial it can be found here

Very helpful, thanks!

Excellent work everyone!

Here we go for another update for Combined...the Anathematic is finished (didn´t do the base, that will come later)

http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/30/479898.page

...and some WIP of my Tohaa...

http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/30/506398.page#5777393

Guess I am throwing in my lot since I am joining in and starting up.

URL: http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/0/536343.page#5784320

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