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Managed it anyway. As to what I was talking about, instead of army painter, I use minwax polyshades--specifically the Tudor color-- to do my dipping. On top of the super-wash effect, you get the poly part of polyshades which serves as an extra durable top coat. Just tend to have to matte seal after to take out the shine. For almost anything I'm capable of painting, dipping with Tudor is my go to finishing method. Think of it as a dirty black wash plus.
See below for my WIP photo, he's basically done, just have to decide if I'm gonna bother matte sealing (slimy almost works in this case, no?), as well as uploading 4 daylight photos and the proof pic.
I haven't got a proper name yet, but what is more of a veteran than a hundreds of years old dragon? And what's more terrifying than a dragon? Did I hear mind flayers? Soo... You'd really be scared of a... What... An illithidragon then? I think skinny cthulhu also applies. I also intend to use him as the leader of my green gribblies faction of roving alien pirates/marauders. I mean, tentacles totally sell it as a space dragon right?
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Thanks Some days you just don't feel like painting a space marine, even if he has massive power fists. Sometimes, it's gotta be a space dragon pirate king.
GrimDork wrote: Thanks Some days you just don't feel like painting a space marine, even if he has massive power fists. Sometimes, it's gotta be a space dragon pirate king.
Automatically Appended Next Post: Well. Off to start my shift which ends at midnight I was doing well too on two of my other squad members. We'd best call Geminiel my finished piece. I will be staying up when I get home to finish the other two, but won't expect them to be included as my entry. I'll be finishing them for me - that's what I love about this contest. Here's my fluff for Geminiel:
Brother Geminiel is a hardened warrior fighting for the The Emperor with a fury and vigour surpassed by none.
He came to the attention of the Inner Circle after his performance in the Cleansing of Durganion XIII when he supported Bethor in his efforts to reclaim the third company's standard from the vile genestealers who dared to take it.
Geminiel would not relent in the face of the slathering horde and stood fast as Bethor advanced and took back the standard and with it the company's honour. He single-handedly slayed wave after wave of the xenos and with walls of their carcasses surrounding him he continued to hold fast adding body after body to those that rotted around him creating a near overwhelming stench.
But alas, although Geminiel's strength of conviction made him endure it was not enough to prevent those filthy Tyranid scum from edging closer and closer until they started laying their blood stained claws upon him. They overwhelmed him and ripped his legs from his body, but still he fought, beating every one away that he could. By the grace of the Emperor, reinforcements reached his position to assist and were able to push the genestealer tidal wave back to the hell from whence it came in time for Brother Psilous, Company Apothecary, to stabilise him.
He was returned to The Rock at Geminiel's request so that the Master of The Rock would be able to work with Brother Psilous to augment Brother Geminiel with hand-crafted bionic legs blessed by the Machine Gods to allow him to continue his fight in the name of the Emperor and for his beloved Chapter in his newly granted position of Company Champion.
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GW - 670 pts || - 354 pts || - 46 pts || - 106 pts || LoTR - 400 pts (Evil) vs 0 pts (Good) || Space Hulk - 1/35 || Deathwatch Overkill - 0/50
OtherMEdge: Karists - 23 points || Epirians - 0 points Shattered Earth: Awaiting delivery "Awakening" Terrain: Awaiting delivery DWMG2: 4/54
My Miniatures blog || My Terrain blog || My MEdge blog || Paradigm's Painting Challenge League Tables: 2015/16, 2016/17 The Hobby Mission: 25/713 minis complete, 98/406 terrain complete. 46 more minis in 2016 to complete my goal for this year
jreilly89: "In the far future, there are only drive-bys."
Wasn't able to base, unfortunately. Silly exams ruining all my free time. But I'd like these to go as my entry..
I havn't posted anything here this past month (except the proof pic), but I have kept up to date with everything. Some fine entries in the mix this month.
Z
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Not happy with him at all but I didn't leave myself enough time so rushed it. Lesson learnt for next month!! Anyway, here he is, my Sternguard Veteran for my Salamanders:
10000 Pts 30k and 40k
2500
PrinceRaven wrote: Saying D weapons are good because they counter death stars is like saying amputation is good because it cures ingrown toenails.
Here, a whopping (frankly astonishing) TWO hours before the deadline, is my finished entry:
I have to say I never usually have any cause to doubt Dakka's 'auto-correct' when I'm uploading pictures but it seems to have made them all a tad darker than they were originally.
Anyway, good luck everyone, and congrats on some superb paint jobs!
Here are my 4 photos for the entry. The color is a bit off, but unless I can snag some daylight shots in the morning, this will be what I'm going with:
Spoiler:
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Can I get my entry picture updated with story please?
It's easy to assume that people arguing an interpretation you disagree with are just looking for an advantage for themselves... But it's quite often not the case.
I'm going to drop this here and then edit this post so I make it in before the deadline.
EDIT: This is my final submission of Commissar McDuff.
I painted up this Commissar in honor of my first hamster, McDuff. When I originally adopted him, I had no idea that so much sass could be packed into such a small creature.
McDuff is painted with the logic of the 40k universe that the fancier you are, the more important you must be. He must be a battle-hardened veteran, otherwise they wouldn't let him dress this good!
(I just noticed his coat is chipped! I will try and fix it and upload a new image.)
Extra pictures are spoilered.
Spoiler:
In case anyone wants to see the greenstuff work, this is what the hamster looked like before priming:
I tried to capture the death stares that McDuff gave me when I first got him. (I don't think his little face could move like that, but I swear that was the kind of look he would give me if it could!)
I thought the Veteran theme was perfect to do a figure in McDuff's honor because he was always a fighter. He came to the shelter in a cage with two other hamsters. Syrian hamsters (the kind you see on Youtube eating burritos) are solitary creatures, and will fight to the death for control of their territory (in this case the cage). McDuff's former owner had unintentionally set up a hamster death arena, and McDuff managed to make it out alive, but barely. A worker at the shelter told me that his entire back was covered in scabs form the other hamsters' attacks. His fur grew back, but he was always a little scruffy looking. I had trouble petting him when I first got him because he was so defensive from his time with the other hamsters. But after time and lots of treats we became best buds.
He eventually got sick and died the next day from what was probably a respiratory infection. He gave me and the vet plenty of hell the day before he died, though. He tore up the Q-tip I used to try and clean his crusty eyes and tried to bite the vet's scope.
Rest in Peace, Hamster Bro...
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Epic fail to finish the other two minis. Got back at 1am and after setting up paint station, painted one pipe then started falling asleep while sat up! Therefore Geminiel is my final piece. I'll finish the others soon.
GW - 670 pts || - 354 pts || - 46 pts || - 106 pts || LoTR - 400 pts (Evil) vs 0 pts (Good) || Space Hulk - 1/35 || Deathwatch Overkill - 0/50
OtherMEdge: Karists - 23 points || Epirians - 0 points Shattered Earth: Awaiting delivery "Awakening" Terrain: Awaiting delivery DWMG2: 4/54
My Miniatures blog || My Terrain blog || My MEdge blog || Paradigm's Painting Challenge League Tables: 2015/16, 2016/17 The Hobby Mission: 25/713 minis complete, 98/406 terrain complete. 46 more minis in 2016 to complete my goal for this year
jreilly89: "In the far future, there are only drive-bys."
Sadly I do not have a decent photo booth to take better pictures, so here it is. I have done some additional work past this point, but this will have to suffice:
And a bonus pic...
You say that I am crazy. I say that you are right!
Ok, basing will have to happen later, once I do a bit of magnetizing, since right now I have no way to store my toxicrene. Also, I'm not going to glue down the tentacles just yet. I haven't had a chance to build a lightbox either, so here's the best I can do with moving some light around and my phone.
~6000 ~4000 ~1000
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I do not work for GW in any fashion. When I edit my post, either I've misspelled something, punctuation, or I'm fixing swearing. Oops.
polecat99e wrote: I'm going to drop this here and then edit this post so I make it in before the deadline. (pic)
I'm in love. It's going to be so fething hard to choose who to vote for.
I will try and retake these with new varnish before the voting thread goes up, as something has gone wrong with the Army Painter varnish (despite shaking, it's made everything glossy and sticky - I think you can see). But being that it's due and I rather fancy not staring at a Judge's tiny blue arse much longer (probably a crime), this is my final entry v1.0
Had an absolute blast with this little guy, I had to re-watch the film of course! I apologise if the green is in some way intrinsically wrong/offensive to the senses, I'm not trying to be artistic, I'm quite colourblind. My partner went to bed so after that I have no idea whether this is neon, grimy or what.
I had a blast converting these guys to match the style of the stock Vostroyan snipers (packs, long barreled las for the shooter, lack of the traditional hat, etc...)
Good luck everyone!
Cheers
Rawson
The 104th Vostroyan Mechanized Rawson's Reboot Viktor von Domm: nope... can´t do that for the sake of all lving creatures that dwell on earth....
dsteingass: That's like saying "I forgot to tell you who your real father is"
nerdfest09: Rawson speaks the truth!
polecat99e wrote: I'm going to drop this here and then edit this post so I make it in before the deadline. (pic)
I'm in love. It's going to be so fething hard to choose who to vote for.
I will try and retake these with new varnish before the voting thread goes up, as something has gone wrong with the Army Painter varnish (despite shaking, it's made everything glossy and sticky - I think you can see). But being that it's due and I rather fancy not staring at a Judge's tiny blue arse much longer (probably a crime), this is my final entry v1.0
Had an absolute blast with this little guy, I had to re-watch the film of course! I apologise if the green is in some way intrinsically wrong/offensive to the senses, I'm not trying to be artistic, I'm quite colourblind. My partner went to bed so after that I have no idea whether this is neon, grimy or what.
Which version did you watch? Karl Urban's or Sly Stallone's?
Sorry for posting this a little late, was up till 11pm trying to finish, sadly I didn't :( Still have some areas that need to be started then weathering and finishing the base of. Oh not to mention I foolishly didnt check the replacement head fitted so need to greenstuff his neck to hide a gap
Waited for daylight so I could get some decent pics up, here are my 4 entries.
Some days you just don't feel like painting a space marine, even if he has massive power fists. Sometimes, it's gotta be a space dragon pirate king.
Ultramarines, 3rd Co. and friends, 16k+ 
4k 
4k Points
I was doing well too on two of my other squad members. We'd best call Geminiel my finished piece. I will be staying up when I get home to finish the other two, but won't expect them to be included as my entry. I'll be finishing them for me - that's what I love about this contest. Here's my fluff for Geminiel:
- 670 pts || 
- 354 pts || 
- 46 pts || 
10000 Pts 30k and 40k
2500
~2800 points 
~4000 
Rest in Peace, Hamster Bro...
I'm in love. It's going to be so fething hard to choose who to vote for.
