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Just like last month, this poll will run for 48 hours, with the highest-polling entry being the theme for next month's challenge and the second-highest given another shot in the next Subject Poll.

For April 2015, the subjects you can vote on are:

Veteran: "You don't know, man, you weren't there!"- Your entry should be veteran of a campaign or battle. Anything goes so long as it looks like it has been to hell and back!

Knight: "In days of old, when Knights were bold..." Enter a Knight, in armour shining or otherwise. Anything from a towering Imperial Knight Freeblade to an Infinity Magister Knight, via historicals and fantasy minis. If it has armour and a big sword, it's in! (yes, Jedi Knights do count! )

Lighten Up: "Careful with that flamer-AAAARRGH!" Light, fire and/or explosions should play a part in your entry, be that on the model itself or through the use of OSL/directional lighting or similar techniques.

Out of Place: "You ain't from around here, are you?"- Your entry should consist of models used for something other than their original purpose. This could be a Fantasy mini given the Inq28 treatment, an Orc as an Ork, or a historical mini with a fantasy, sci-fi, steampunk ect. makeover






For those who missed the first thread last month, this challenge is open to anyone of any level of skill or experience, and in terms of what can enter, I'll be as lenient as possible, so the chances are so long as your entry is at least tangentially related to the theme it should fit in! The results each month will be decided by community poll, and a league will be set up to track your points over time. For the full rules, see the current Challenge thread.

So, ladies and gents, what do we want to see and paint in April?

No orks?

Wait a second...what category would an ork runtherd fall into?

No Orks (as a theme), simply as I'll be avoiding race-specific ones for a while since we just had one.

A runtherd could probably fit into Veteran with a bit of conversion, or perhaps Lighten Up if you were to add some kind of flame/zap effect.

At the end of the day, though, if you can't find a category that fits this month then there's always May!

Oops, hit show vote instead of what I wanted to vote.

Sigh. I love all these ideas, so it's for the best I broke the way to vote

(Thinking I will do a knightly brother who is a vet, or a vet who has knight themes. If I have to, I'd work on my inquisitor retinue.)

Will the painting thread go up after in 48 hours, or will we be waiting for until the 1st before we can start our entries?

I'll throw the actual challenge thread up on the 1stof April, just so we don't have two running at the same time (keeping the OPs on both current would be a nightmare even for those few days of overlap, I think).

Of course, if you want to snap your proof pics early and get a head-start, we'd never know

Come on "Lighten up", I've been wanting to do flame coming from a flamer or from a jet pack for ages!

I'm new but you have my vote. I guess I will try to join the competition. Couldn't hurt. Well I hope it doesn't.

 The_Grimm_Knight wrote:
I'm new but you have my vote. I guess I will try to join the competition. Couldn't hurt. Well I hope it doesn't.

Welcome to the forums!

There is no obligation to finish if you enter, nor a penalty if you don't, so don't worry about that! Check out the current thread to see the range of entries we've had, all kinds of styles and skills on show there. And you get league points just for completing an entry even if you don't got in the top 3.

The challenge thread this month has been very motivational to a lot ofpeople, so I (naturally) heartily recommend joining in!

OK Paradigm, should we do Veteran, I have this idea for an Ork Runtherd.

Paint him to look like he's old.

Here goes nothing:

Paint the Squig Hound body evil sunz scarlet mixed with troll slayer orange.

Paint the grot prod tips auric armour gold

Paint the rest of the grot prod Beaten Copper

Paint the skin green, with touches of grey

Paint the clothes Khorne Red.

How does that look for a plan?

 The_Grimm_Knight wrote:
I'm new but you have my vote. I guess I will try to join the competition. Couldn't hurt. Well I hope it doesn't.

If it hurts, be more careful with the hobby knife. Or pick an army with less spikes!

Welcome to Dakka.

 KaptinBadrukk wrote:
OK Paradigm, should we do Veteran, I have this idea for an Ork Runtherd.

Paint him to look like he's old.

Here goes nothing:

Spoiler:

Paint the Squig Hound body evil sunz scarlet mixed with troll slayer orange.

Paint the grot prod tips auric armour gold

Paint the rest of the grot prod Beaten Copper

Paint the skin green, with touches of grey

Paint the clothes Khorne Red.

How does that look for a plan?

Making him look old would certainly fit!

However, you may want to experiment with using more than one colour on each area. It can seem daunting at first, but even something as simple as a drybrush or wash over an area really helps make a mini look better! What better time than a challenge to push yourself and do something new?

 Paradigm wrote:

 KaptinBadrukk wrote:
OK Paradigm, should we do Veteran, I have this idea for an Ork Runtherd.

Paint him to look like he's old.

Here goes nothing:

Spoiler:

Paint the Squig Hound body evil sunz scarlet mixed with troll slayer orange.

Paint the grot prod tips auric armour gold

Paint the rest of the grot prod Beaten Copper

Paint the skin green, with touches of grey

Paint the clothes Khorne Red.

How does that look for a plan?

Making him look old would certainly fit!

However, you may want to experiment with using more than one colour on each area. It can seem daunting at first, but even something as simple as a drybrush or wash over an area really helps make a mini look better! What better time than a challenge to push yourself and do something new?

Thanks!

I shall try that. Hoping we do veterans now.

Whatever the catagory, this month is Ad-mech for me so we'll either be seeing my Ranger Alpha or one of the Dragoons (alpha for veteran, Dragoon meets Knight for me depending on catagory picked)

Ooh, a Dragoon under Knight would be fantastic to see! Anything that gets more of these awesome AdMech kits painted is fine by me!

I'm in! WOOOO!

I'm going to have to debate this one for a bit...it would give me a chance to finish my knight though...

I want to vote for more than one option!

Well, if I enter I will have a reason to paint some minis that otherwise would never see paint, count me in.

Hum, tough one, I don't think I'll be participating, but I'll vote on "what pretty things I'd like to see"

Game on game in!!!! Voting for lighten up. Got an idea to scratch build some psychic lightning Ive had on hold for a while

When does the poll close?

It'll run for 48 hours, so end at about 2pm on Sunday (UK time).

And is that when the contest or competition starts or is there an official start date? Do I have to run what figure I want to paint by an official or can I just pick one within the category that wins?

i voted vet as im entering a local comp with a chaos lord veteran of the long war counts right

@TGK: The challenge itself will start on the 1st April, and run until the 30th.

As for the mini, as the organiser I'll have the yes/no over whether it's suitable, but as I want to see as many entries as possible, I'll always try and be as lenient as possible. If, for example, Veteran wins and you want to enter an Imperial Guard conscript or a Militaman, then it's probably not going to fly, but basically so long as it's not directly opposite/completely unrelated to the theme, it's good to go!

@kencotter: VotLW certainly counts for that!

lighten up all day brah. already got a project going that fits that

I would like to paint a Praetorian Rough Rider on a Giant Badger.

Would this be allowed?

I need to start painting them and would be awesome if I could enter with one.

i have this hero clicks LOTR orc that ive started butchering two months ago! now he is in the process of becoming a possessed marine... boot replacement therapy has already taken place, his twig arm has been severed, and his head transplant hasn't been scheduled as of yet, shoulder pads will be added...
would that be considered out of place?

but since i got some unpainted metal grey knights i want to work on i'll go with the knights theme....

Canz I playz please... obviously I can't enter something I already built and painted, but I vote for knights.


Coz I iz kinda good at dem. Lol

First I have to apologize about all the questions, I have been away from miniatures for so long that this is basically all new to me again, with that being said, if were interested in painting an Ork for this challenge and Veteran wins, what models would qualify for an entry?