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GiraffeX wrote:

 Buttery Commissar wrote:


I like our open briefs.

tut tut

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Januine wrote:I'll see your last comment Para and raise you this as a possible (challenge) theme for future months....'Oh - so pretty!' lol

I have a bag of rhinestones and a Leman Russ...

Let's assume we already did Oh - so pretty and BC already won. I really don't want to see that.

ALSO WHY AREN'T YOU PAINTING?


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 KaptinBadrukk wrote:
Hey paradigm! Next month we should have orks as our theme.

Given that lots of people will have a handy dandy ork ready for painting, this is a good idea

kb_lock wrote:
Let's assume we already did Oh - so pretty and BC already won. I really don't want to see that.

ALSO WHY AREN'T YOU PAINTING?


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 KaptinBadrukk wrote:
Hey paradigm! Next month we should have orks as our theme.

Given that lots of people will have a handy dandy ork ready for painting, this is a good idea

I'm at work. They frown upon us bringing in paints'n'figs when we should be doing.....workylikestuff........ :(

I was hassling Buttery Commissar for posting here instead of painting Januine, not you

When you get the warboss, then I'll hassle you

Finally got them mounted and primed. Probably call this the proof pic.

kb_lock wrote:
Let's assume we already did Oh - so pretty and BC already won. I really don't want to see that.

Just because I own a pink and white Commissar, a glittery tank and a literal rainbow of Chaos Warhounds, doesn't mean I should be typecast for life.

Back on topic: I really do like the themes that mean folk aren't having to paint in ways they wouldn't necessarily, there's no forcing anyone to do things they don't enjoy.

Also I'm practising realistic flames at the moment, I think i'm getting the hang of it, though the airbrush tutorials all assume you're doing it red-on-black, not blue on white. getting the shapes right first, anyhow. Think i've just cracked it.

Only 13 days to go, I can probably finish my sonic dreadnaught in time.

Single colour test. I think I need to make the curve template smaller to compensate for my lack of time and practise.

Yeah I'm not feeling the flame (heh)

I actually thought the colours would be reversed, but this could work as well. The two main licks of flame at the bottom and on fin 3 aren't really defined enough for me.

Of course, I have never done flames, so what the hell do I know. It is definitely close though, a few more practice runs and you'll be there (the tops of the flames, for example, look great).

Also, whatsup, I heard you like blue flames;

I'll be honest, it's about the fifth time I've picked up this brush with paint in to do anything other than basecoat... Usually I use an Aerograph Super 63, which has all the aggression of a farting bumble bee. If I could get that to cooperate, I can usually do handwriting with it, but it's a bugger to get going lately... I'd love to use it to freehand the flames instead.
Going ahead this way, because I can depend on the Iwata I did this with, but it's crayons compared to the fountain pen, and I'm struggling.

We're also going to see very little of the over-all shape, as each wing has spars and supposed, and the caps will be painted solid. So i think I need to shrink those shapes down a lot, or it'll look like arctic camo.

1. Go to bed.

ii. I don't think the video is going to work (or having white flame to blue tendrils) on a white coloured ship.

c. I think the flames should come from the front edge, not the corner, that'd give you a lot more definition

IV. I don't know why I have done this in a list

1] ...Yes mum.

II] Not being argumentative, but I think they need to be diagonal or vertical (in relation to the wing in that picture).
Think about the depth of the wing spars vs the width - there's not enough width for a flame running from the front when you also account for the frames.
I can also have them licking up the engine holding box shape if I choose to do so.

C] What I should probably do for white is build up with a three tone blue, then do white flames over, and build up again. I didn't on the test as it's mostly me getting to grips on with the template.

 Buttery Commissar wrote:
Single colour test. I think I need to make the curve template smaller to compensate for my lack of time and practise.

In fairness, that's not a bad effort, Buttery. Better than my airbrushing skills for sure, lol.

Proof pic.


Still need to finish the blastmaster.

 angelofvengeance wrote:

 Buttery Commissar wrote:
Single colour test. I think I need to make the curve template smaller to compensate for my lack of time and practise.

In fairness, that's not a bad effort, Buttery. Better than my airbrushing skills for sure, lol.

Ah.. I wasn't doing a false-modesty thing there, heh, I mean that I don't have time to practise or do this repeatedly - I've taken on too much this month and I'm ever so slightly rushing.

Looking at this pic on my phone, the overall effect is okay when it's small. Think I need to scale down.

Hey Paradigm. I got a few ideas for next months painting challenge.

Orks (pretty self explanatory)

Small and Weak (small miniatures, like Grots and Ratlings)

Can you add those to next month's poll?

Well for the OOP suggestion you could do an old model or an older paint scheme if you are a newer guy to the hobby?

A lot of the older themes that didn't make it were so cool. I'll have to go back through each one and bring them in here with a post, I think there was a knight one or a lighting one that would have been cool.

 Stormwall wrote:
Well for the OOP suggestion you could do an old model or an older paint scheme if you are a newer guy to the hobby?

A lot of the older themes that didn't make it were so cool. I'll have to go back through each one and bring them in here with a post, I think there was a knight one or a lighting one that would have been cool.

Well, we seem to like broad themes, so why not just make the theme "old school"

Either an older model, an older paint scheme, or something that in the fluff is described as old and/or obsolete (as opposed to old and awesome).

 Polonius wrote:

 Stormwall wrote:
Well for the OOP suggestion you could do an old model or an older paint scheme if you are a newer guy to the hobby?

A lot of the older themes that didn't make it were so cool. I'll have to go back through each one and bring them in here with a post, I think there was a knight one or a lighting one that would have been cool.

Well, we seem to like broad themes, so why not just make the theme "old school"

Either an older model, an older paint scheme, or something that in the fluff is described as old and/or obsolete (as opposed to old and awesome).

Yeah, that's what I thought too.

Hey, why not take the 4 most popular themes that weren't used in the competition?

Woke at 4am so decided to get a wee bit more done on the Dominus' metalwork....getting there. Little highlighting then onto the robes

So, finished. Not awesome, but I've always found myrmidons difficult to paint, and I'm happy with it.

Retribution of Scyrah, Griffon Myrmidon.



Anyway, looking great everyone!

Edited to make the damn pictures work.

Polonius wrote:

 Stormwall wrote:
Well for the OOP suggestion you could do an old model or an older paint scheme if you are a newer guy to the hobby?

A lot of the older themes that didn't make it were so cool. I'll have to go back through each one and bring them in here with a post, I think there was a knight one or a lighting one that would have been cool.

Well, we seem to like broad themes, so why not just make the theme "old school"

Either an older model, an older paint scheme, or something that in the fluff is described as old and/or obsolete (as opposed to old and awesome).

Funny enough, we did have something very similar in a couple of recent polls. It got enough votes to make a second poll, but lost out in the end. While I may well revisit it at some point, it won't be for a while so as to keep things changing up.

Matthew wrote:Hey, why not take the 4 most popular themes that weren't used in the competition?

Kind of like this idea. The other thing I've just thought of, though it won't be for a while, is a list picked from the four most popular challenges. Might save that for the 1-year anniversary of the challenge (Assuming we're still going by then!) or perhaps a 'Christmas Special', it'd be cool to see how far everyone had come over the year!

Big guy has a few basecoats down. Plugging away at him, still in this.

Paradigm:Kind of like this idea. The other thing I've just thought of, though it won't be for a while, is a list picked from the four most popular challenges. Might save that for the 1-year anniversary of the challenge (Assuming we're still going by then!) or perhaps a 'Christmas Special', it'd be cool to see how far everyone had come over the year!

I think that´s a great idea. Christmas-Special: do your best mini?!

How about something like: Hero of the battle / Hero of the day for next month? Might be a big range including small units up to apocalyptic giants.

K D

Man, I hope this thing continues foreeeeeever! It's really fun, even if I'm not participating, to just look at everyones models.

Big Damn Hero could be a lot of fun.

What’s the opposite of “Rise of the Machine”? Bring it Down? Resistance is futile? Humanity unleashed? Hold the Line?

I’d still like to see “CHARRGGGGEEE!” as an alternative to the stealthy we had.

I've wondered what "Adversity" could be worded as. "Against all odds"? Perhaps?

That lends itelf to dioramas, single figures, even terrain (wrecks and such).

 Buttery Commissar wrote:
I've wondered what "Adversity" could be worded as. "Against all odds"? Perhaps?

That lends itelf to dioramas, single figures, even terrain (wrecks and such).

"never tell me the odds!"

 Polonius wrote:

 Buttery Commissar wrote:
I've wondered what "Adversity" could be worded as. "Against all odds"? Perhaps?

That lends itelf to dioramas, single figures, even terrain (wrecks and such).

"never tell me the odds!"

This would be sick.