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Oh Yeah! The Florida winter!! When it gets below 50 for 3 days!

I know. Everyone is walking around in winter parkas and boots.

pejota wrote:
I know. Everyone is walking around in winter parkas and boots.

We've been wearing boots for the last 2 months and most of my parka owning friends double up theirs...

Thank you dudes.
I agree with Bebop, every entry is worth it. You should see the figs I painted a few years ago...

What matters is to have pleasure while painting, and try to push the limits a bit further each time. On this model for example I wanted to work on the leathers. It's something I have struggled to paint for years. >___<
Enjoy painting. Take part to comps like this. And don't take it too serious. That's just a plastic toy after all.


Keep the entries going. We want to see MORE Cadians.


@ Damo : maybe try... a pink camo.

 Minus wrote:

 bebopdrums2424 wrote:
The better the photos the easier it will be to judge id imagine. That of course goes for everyones entry

Roger that.

THE DEADLINE IS OFFICIALLY MOVED TO FEB 7TH! Ive had NUMEROUS requests for a little bit of extra time and i cannot stress enough, that this is not a race! Id much rather have you guys be content with your entry than feel rushed!!!

Wasn't it a race ?
(well, for once I'm not late... )


Here's my entry, then. Didn't decide if I'll add weathering yet.
I'll update this if I do.

Link for full size image : http://images.dakkadakka.com/gallery/2014/1/7/571634-Bebop%2C%20Cadians%2C%20Contest%2C%20Formula%2C%20Green%2C%20Guard%2C%20Guardsmen%2C%20Imperial%2C%20Painting.jpg

Nice - love how good it looks - there must be a world where most of the vegetation and soil is pink and purple...

Hey B you know how we're not allowed to model battle damage onto them, can we paint battle damage on instead? Like scrapes and burns and stuff?

 Snrub wrote:
Hey B you know how we're not allowed to model battle damage onto them, can we paint battle damage on instead? Like scrapes and burns and stuff?

Obviously teehee.

Sick as. Right 2nd guardsman is go!

Funktastic guardsman minus!!

I am now champing at the bit to get my dude to paint! I have changed my original idea and am venturing along another painted path! I can say I will be painting details onto my guy as is allowed which hopefully will convey enough of the aesthetic I want him to :-)

Damo the guy said 2 to 14 days >_<...should be any day! :(

Don't sweat it bebop! it'll get here soon :-) plus I know what i'm doing so should only take me an hour or two to paint him up hopefully!

An hour???????? What the hell am i doing wrong damo??? It took me 24 hours to paint that tundra guy:(

The trick is selling your soul for magic painting speed.

>>Minus, that model looks amazing!

I have been busy with other stuff lately, but I'm picking up the brush again this afternoon!

I see that I will need to do some extra work on the face...

Lol it's hard to explain how i do it, not everything takes me so little time but if I can see the final result and lay out my paints etc ready to go with a plan of attack i'm usually pretty good, kinda like Jamie Olivers 15 minute meals...... but with paint

Tried something new for my by breaking my figure apart to paint it. I liked this method A LOT better since I could rotate the piece to any angle I needed.


I didn't take as many WIP shots because I was too focused on painting! It's close to finished in these pics. Once I see the pics I always find a million things I want to clean up. That's what I'll be doing over the next few days. I did paint the kit but I haven't glued it on yet. I'm still thinking about what color to paint the Aquilas and i'm not sold on the clover leafs... Suggestions welcome!

That is a wicked theme with the clover dude! and your face is brilliantly done! the highlights on the knuckles are a defining feature too! :-)

Thanks!!!! I'm pretty happy with how the flesh turned out. I see some things I want to fix but I'm happy so far.

Great job pejota Nice and fresh color scheme!

Here is my WIP from yesterday's work...definitely need to do better on the face



and, yes, I still need to dot in the irises



I picked up a brand-new 3/0 brush today, so I can get in close and clean this up.

I can only do eyes accidentally myself

Same here. Eyes are always accidental.

Love the winter camo!! Looks good!

Looking great! a IG with Gloves in the winter! brilliant idea lol! I would have overlooked that point myself!

eyes? what? you need to actually paint eyes on mini's? you fools be crazy! I don't paint no eyes :-)

Thanks to everybody that commented on my entry. I'm happy that you like him.
I love the "funktastic" word, it fits him so well !

I like pejota's color scheme. White and green work well together.

bebopdrums2424 wrote:An hour???????? What the hell am i doing wrong damo??? It took me 24 hours to paint that tundra guy:(

An hour is pretty fast.
I can do that for TT models, but only with batch painting and a well chosen color scheme. On a single model like that, only ONE hour is something I can only dream of, it sounds more like science-fiction to me.

hdbbstephen wrote:I picked up a brand-new 3/0 brush today, so I can get in close and clean this up.

Would you guess that my smaller brush is a 1 size one ?

nerdfest09 wrote:eyes? what? you need to actually paint eyes on mini's? you fools be crazy! I don't paint no eyes :-)

I generally don't. Only on single models that I paint for pleasure. But I hate painting eyes and on my "gaming" models I never paint them.

I have a Micron technical pen that I have been using for "dotting the eyes", I am too nervous about diluting the paint correctly - it usually spreads out in the little groove at the bottom of the eyeball.

Starting second entry. You guys scare me, it's all sooo good. Got to try harder. So I stripped an old model, here is basic shot.

Alright, I think these boys are done, will get another front pic up shortly but in the meantime enjoy, not as impressive as my competition but I like em, Great jobs so far folks, getting a lot of inspiration from your work.

And now two guardsmen of the Hadian 501st Regiment

Saw this thread and thought....
I've got some 'plug n play' guardsmen somewhere....
I want to try some green and Brown paint recipes....
2 birds one stone!
Anyway, here they are (i'll try and get better daylight pics later today if I can)
Loyal Guardsmen:
White Undercoat and black wash ('greyscale')
Green: Knarloc Green and Agrax
Brown: Vallejo MC Leather Brown and Agrax
Skin: Elf Flesh and Flesh Wash
Silver: Leadbelcher and Black Wash
Black: Adeptus Grey and 2x Black Wash

Traitor Guard
Fur Brown Undercoat (Army Painter Spray)
Brown: Flesh Wash then Agrax Wash
Green: Gretchin Green then Flesh Wash and Agrax Wash
Flesh: Ushabti Bone, Purple Wash then Agrax Wash
Rust: Orange stipple, leadbelcher drybrush, Agrax wash

Looks a bit complex when written down but they were dead quick to paint!