Dakka (Unofficial) Monthly Painting Challenge 6: August 2015 Subject Poll

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**Paradigm**

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 July 2015, the subjects you can vote on are:

Something Old, Something New:- your entry should either be a sculpt from before 2000, or a newer model painted in the style of 'classic' GW models from the same era.

It's a Kind Of Magic:- Your entry must be magical in nature. Anything from a 40k Psyker to a Malifaux Necromancer, a Warhammer Mage to a magical construct.

Looted:- your entry should be a model in the 'wrong' army, such as an Ork-looted Land Raider or Skaven-enlsaved Humans

Rise of the Machines: your entry must be something mechanical, such as a robot, drone or vehicle. Cyborgs are permitted, but no straight organics are allowed!

So, what would you like to paint in August?

**Buttery Commissar**

Oh man, I am struggling between two choices here.

**ZergSmasher**

Those are all good categories, I could do any of those probably except for Looted, and I might be able to come up with something for that.

**sockwithaticket**

My August should be waaaay calmer than July, so may actually get the chance to join in again this time.

Paradigm - would a Witchling Stalker fit the bill for Kind of Magic?

**WykidJester**

I'm all about looted. Got the perfect model for it to introduce myself to the forum.

**Winter**

Gotta see what the machines do. Will give me an excuse to finish a Tech Priest Dominus I have floating around.

**Januine**

this has been the hardest to choose group of choices yet..........c8.......dahhhhh - machines it is!

**Nevelon**

You magic looted robot things can get off my lawn!

Darn kids these days...

**Ustrello**

Rise of the machines or magic for me, I ended up voting machines though.

**Buttery Commissar**

...! If Rise of the Machines wins, I might be able to enter my resurrected smashed Aquila. That'd cap off a really special project.

The title would be oddly appropriate for a phoenix-esque revival too.

**Ustrello**

What if the piece is a crashed vehicle terrain piece, if rise of the machines wins that is.

**sub-zero**

What are the rules for this painting challenge?

**Inspector #264**

Tough decision, all those catagories sound like fun!

sub-zero wrote:
What are the rules for this painting challenge?

Have a look at the current challenge for the rules: Dakka (unofficial) Monthly Painting Challenge 5: July 2015: Sneaky!

**Spuj**

I've gone for Rise of the Machines - I have so many vehicles, dreads, walkers etc that need doing that this is a perfect excuse, now the question is which one to go for!

**ZergSmasher**

I'm gonna do my Soul Grinder, myself. I need to paint it before I can assemble and play games with it, anyway!

**Viktor von Domm**

voted for rise of the machines... that title has awesomeness incoming^^

**KaptinBadrukk**

I voted Looted.

**angelofvengeance**

Guess I'll be painting something Necrontyr for this one...

**Paradigm**

Machines it is, with Magic getting another go next time round. Get ready to Terminate/Exterminate/Delete/Assimilate in August!

**Ustrello**

Para I have the old fw crashed landspeeder tempest terrain piece, would that be okay for rise of the machines?

**AUGmaniac**

Time for my Caestus Assault Ram to come flying in.

**kb_lock**

Imperial knight or my whw command tanks

**sockwithaticket**

I've got what seems like eleventy-billion servo skulls lying around the place for some reason or another. Maybe it's time to crack on with a few.

**Januine**

I've got .........1......

**Nevelon**

This is the first one I need to wrack my brain to think of something I have that fits. Well, that fits and I want to paint. I’ve got some arcoflagelents collecting dust that I need to do some day, but they are not fun at all. I’ve also got an old metal wraithlord my younger self was incapable of assembling. I was just planning on using the bits to base with, but I think he might get some pins and greenstuff. I think he’s going to rise from the grave. Assuming I can find all his parts...

**Paradigm**

Ustrello wrote:Para I have the old fw crashed landspeeder tempest terrain piece, would that be okay for rise of the machines?

Yep!

Januine wrote:I've got .........1......

Yeah, but you've got a Freeblade Knight that I fully expect to come stomping in the general direction of this challenge!

I'm honestly not sure what I've got. It's been all alien bugs, DE assassins and Infinity-style sci-fi on my desk for a while, so I'll have to have a good rummage...

**Januine**

Freeblade is on the backburner for now. I'll be away on my honeymoon till the middle of august. So I reckon it'll be the Dominus tech magos priesting fella!

**rollawaythestone**

Kind of bummed about Rise of the Machines. Won't be able to do any of my Tyranids this month as part of the challenge.

**VorpalBunny74**

Do Daemon Engines count for Rise of the Machines?

**commissarbob**

I would thinks so, since it is a tainted machine. That needs to be purged.

Praise the Omnisiah!