Dakka (unofficial) Monthly Painting Challenge 2: April 2015: Veteran (ENDS MIDNIGHT GMT 30TH APRIL!)

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**Da_Mekanik**

Some of those pictures are huge. LOL.

**Swastakowey**

Sorry, I will spoiler mine.

**SJM**

Ork Nob with trophy rank.

**angelofvengeance**

That a Mantic Orx conversion?

Here's an update on my model btw..

**Edit: FFS it's doing the sideways thing again..

**GrimDork**

Fistius Fistgar, next to the company champion from his honor guard.

I plan to paint Fistgar, his honor guard will come later.

He's just crudely bluetacked together and will need some tweaks on his pose (backpack and cape especially) but I've sorted out the primary bits. He'll be needing some extra gubbins like the dreadnought got before it was over.

**Januine**

Zambro wrote:
Great looking entries so far!
@para: There is a broken image link under 'kencotter's' spoiler tag (last but one from the bottom). You should probably fix it

So, as I'm building my Imperial Fists, I wondered what I could get this month to use as a Veteran. But then I decided against it. Looking at my WoC collection, I have lots of characters that are unpainted - so I chose one of them.
Enter, Zavax, Champion of a Hundred Battles, and Battle Standard Bearer to my Army. He hits the table every time I play, so I figured it was time to repair his banner and give him some paint.

I primed him, and jumped right into basing and basing the flesh before I remembered to take a picture:

Is this alright for a proof pic, Para?

that right there is one lovely fig. cant wait to see the bugger all painty painty!

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angelofvengeance wrote:
That a Mantic Orx conversion?

Here's an update on my model btw..

**Edit: FFS it's doing the sideways thing again..

you using an ipad to take the pics? I use mine for wip shots and found if i shoot portrait.....stupid sideways things happens. Shoot landscape and they come up normal way up

**angelofvengeance**

I used my phone- it's a Samsung Note III. I usually don't have an issue but looks like it's landscape from now on.

**darefsky (Flight Medic Paints)**

Are we doing WIP shots in this thread or just the Start and Finished model?

**SJM**

@AoV - Gorkamorka LE warboss was the base model.

**Oberron**

Veteran Ghost ark proof.

One of the first ghost arks to be activated from one of the first awakening Tomb Worlds. After countless battles it resorts to cannibalizing the gathered remnants of the warriors it is charged with repairing to keep the Silent King's decree to reclaim the Necron's empire at all cost. The implacable Necron legions are rising. Their number is legion, their name is death.

**TP^DC Deputy Manager**

Oberron wrote:Veteran Ghost ark proof.

One of the first ghost arks to be activated from one of the first awakening Tomb Worlds. After countless battles it resorts to cannibalizing the gathered remnants of the warriors it is charged with repairing to keep the Silent King's decree to reclaim the Necron's empire at all cost. The implacable Necron legions are rising. Their number is legion, their name is death.

Love the fluff and love the model more, excited to see it painted.

darefsky wrote:Are we doing WIP shots in this thread or just the Start and Finished model?

WIP here too, or link to your blog

GrimDork wrote:
Fistius Fistgar, next to the company champion from his honor guard.

I plan to paint Fistgar, his honor guard will come later.

He's just crudely bluetacked together and will need some tweaks on his pose (backpack and cape especially) but I've sorted out the primary bits. He'll be needing some extra gubbins like the dreadnought got before it was over.

Loving that model.

**darefsky (Flight Medic Paints)**

Well here is a link to my Dakka Gallery that has a few WIP pictures of my entry.

http://www.dakkadakka.com/gallery/images-9500-46266_April%20Dakka%20Painting%20Challenge.html

For more in depth on the project check out my blog (look down at my sig).

**Ashiraya**

I've decided to take part as well. >:]

Proof:

Spoiler:

**Ezra Tyrius**

Guess I'll have another go at this

Here's my proof pic:

He's a Slaaneshi Terminator, which sort of counts as a veteran...right?

**aldo**

Well, he is Chaos and has a terminator armour, don't they have to kill the guy that was inside it before them without breaking the armour? that sounds pretty veteran to me.

And the gods don't gift tentacles to noobs so...

**orkboy232**

I just need to find a model to paint... decisions decisions...

**Ezra Tyrius**

aldo wrote:
Well, he is Chaos and has a terminator armour, don't they have to kill the guy that was inside it before them without breaking the armour? that sounds pretty veteran to me.

And the gods don't gift tentacles to noobs so...

I'd imagine Tzeentch doing that for the lolz though, going like: Hmmm, well aren't you a useless little Guardsman? I know, let's give you some flamer sacks here and there and we'll see how that goes, followed by scenes worthy of a Mister Bean movie, only with more horrific casualties

**Zambro**

Ash, that's a bad ass dreadnought!

**angelofvengeance**

More work done to Claudio...

**Januine**

Wee wip on the solitaire. Coming along. Tricky little bugger lol

**Paradigm**

He's looking great! Love the subdued tone of the jacket! What's that hanging from his left hand?

**GrimDork**

Bit of work on Fistgar, his arms and torso are in their finalized positions. The pack and cape are off until its all painted.

The standard and arms do have magnets in case I wanna run him as a lesser chapter master too.

What color for the cape if I paint him the same as the dread? Dark red? Royal blue?

If you haven't gotten the drift they're meant to be as pompous, pretentious, and as full of themselves as possible

**FakeBritishPerson**

Not the best picture, I know, my camera is missing right now, but I have my proof. Working on an aspiring sorcerer from the black legion, built him today, happy with how he came out. Might make some rubric marines for him too

**Melcavuk**

Not the greatest WiP but my Veteran entry for the month. "Machina Liberatus" Mechanicum aligned Imperial Knight with open crew compartment

**darefsky (Flight Medic Paints)**

Here are some WIP shots of Rocinante.

Rust Undercoat is done, now adding the overcoats of paint. Gotta make it pretty before making it look like its been through heck....

**commissarbob**

I see I am not the only one doing a Mechanicus aligned knight... Mine will be a Magaera conversion, an ancient relic of 10,000 wars... Here is the first pic and proof, it is the Lightening Cannon.

**TP^DC Deputy Manager**

Hello everyone, here are my proof pictures Grand Master of the Dark Angels - Azrael's Command Squad:

Brother Bethor is around, but he needs quite a bit of conversion and therefore I'm going to post his proof later if he is to be included.

I've named them all for key people who have guided me and been an essential member and have an idea of bits of fluff for them. I've never written fluff before, feels a bit weird. Do we post that at the end?

**AUGmaniac**

Alright, I might actually do this challenge! Plan is either a guardsman veteran or an old Inquisitor (they are veterans right?)

**Januine**

Paradigm wrote:
He's looking great! Love the subdued tone of the jacket! What's that hanging from his left hand?

hheehheee - you'll have to wait and see

I don't like the way the hand is postioned usually so I lopped the buggery off and re-set it. There's a reason behind the maddness though

**mad_eddy_13**

Melcavuk wrote:
Not the greatest WiP but my Veteran entry for the month. "Machina Liberatus" Mechanicum aligned Imperial Knight with open crew compartment

Now that brings back memories... Back when the kit first came out I did a similar conversion, as far as I can tell it was one of the first attempts at a knight cockpit, its so cool to see the idea taken farther and tackled with greater skill then I possessed at the time.

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