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Hello! Welcome to September's Dakka (unofficial) Monthly Painting Challenge!
For those who aren't familiar, this is a no-prize-related challenge open to any and all painters and hobbyists. Anyone can enter, from a newcomer to the hobby with your first box of minis to a multiple-time Golden Demon champion, and the winner each month will be decided by community poll, not just on the paintwork but on the effort, creativity and awesomeness of the finished piece!

Note: Paradigm who usually hosts this is very busy moving this month, so you have to make do with me. He will be around to answer questions and such, look for him in this topic as well. Please allow him to grab a post early on so he can use that for updated info if necessary.


For this month, the theme is: 'Never tell me the odds!' - a celebration of adversity and underdogs!

Some examples include:
- A single figure or team, clearly greatly outmatched in numbers or strength. We all know how David and Goliath should have actually ended.
- Someone woefully under-equipped for the task at hand. The pen may be mightier than the sword, but it's certainly harder to stab with!
- A defiant figure making a last stand for something they care about, no matter how futile.
- You may choose to subvert this and have someone massively over-compensating. Please try and keep any models of TFG generic, so we don't get sued for specific likeness.

Do not feel you have to follow one of these examples - remember the poll is ultimately judged by the community - if you feel you can justify your entry matching this title, go for it.


How To Enter:

You don't need to ask permission to enter, just make a post with your proof picture - the parts (or most of them) that you're to use in your entry. It would also be helpful if you give the name of your planned scene or model.
This needs to be obviously incomplete - bare miniature, just primes, unassembled, a couple of base colours but clearly unfinished. It cannot be something that with a couple of touch ups would be considered "done". No proof, no entry

This month only there is no model limit on the amount of models in your entry.
Do try and keep your models relevant to the theme if you're entering a lot of them. If you need multiple proof pictures, just drop them in.

When you have finished your entry you need post a picture and much like on a game-show, confirm this is your final answer entry.
I will not guess that the photo you submitted three hours before end is a WIP or entry. You gotta say.

You're encouraged to post in this topic, share your progress photos, ask for advice, and cheer on everyone else.

So What Do I Win?
- Points... and points mean... bragging rights for the next month

Following the vote, points will be awarded for the following:

1st Place: 10 points
2nd Place: 8 points
3rd Place: 5 points
Non-placing Entrants: 1 point

These points will be used to form a league table, which will be updated month on month as the results come in.
The League


How Long Do I Have?
This challenge begins 1st September and will end at midnight BST on the 30th of September. After this, Para or I shall compile the finished entries into a new thread, and voting will run for 5 days.


List of entrants:

aldo: "The Maid of Orléans"

FINISHED ENTRY

Buttery Commissar: "Dakka Monthly Painting Challenge 7"


DCannon4Life: Eldar


Farseer Anath'lan: 30k Dark Angels Praetor vs Eldar Wraiths


GiraffeX:

FINISHED ENTRY (+fluff)

Thanks again BC, just sticking this here as a pseudo-op in case I need to add/update anything!

I'll be back with my proofs and a WIP later on!

Oh, one other thing, since we've listed the model limit this month, and are expecting a few larger entries, I think it's only fair we lift the pic limit as well. Please don't go mad and post a few million pics, but feel free to use as many as you need to adequately show off the finished piece.

Good luck everyone!

Yes! FINALLY! Here are my pics:



This will be fun...

Proof!

Title: Dakka Monthly Painting Challenge 7



Oh my goodness, how strangely meta.

Oh no... Buttery, noooo... You're actually doing it...

I wasn't gonna, but that furniture turned up in the mail while I was making this topic.
I'm going to have to find a commissar torso and some epic 40k infantry.

It's a shame the Aeronautica Imperialis Aquila Lander is so rare or I could have got incredibly meta and recreated last month's painting contest.

 Buttery Commissar wrote:
I wasn't gonna, but that furniture turned up in the mail while I was making this topic.
I'm going to have to find a commissar torso and some epic 40k infantry.

It's a shame the Aeronautica Imperialis Aquila Lander is so rare or I could have got incredibly meta and recreated last month's painting contest.

Complete with some Blood for the Blood God on his hand, right? (lol sorry if that's insensitive, I just couldn't resist)

I will probably sit this one out, as I don't think I have anything that fits. I have a ton of other painting to do right now anyway, but I will follow along and enjoy the cool stuff everyone paints!

ooh, ooh, do a inception-y photo with you painting the Commisar who's painting some Epic minis!

The Captain’s final charge:

ZergSmasher wrote:Complete with some Blood for the Blood God on his hand, right? (lol sorry if that's insensitive, I just couldn't resist)

Nahhh, if I didn't expect people to make fun of my mishaps, I'd have just said I was too busy to finish. He'd be missing the side of his finger tip.

Matthew wrote:ooh, ooh, do a inception-y photo with you painting the Commisar who's painting some Epic minis!

For the end, I'll see if I can get my friend who actually owns a commissar outfit to pose painting with it.
I'm both shy, and look nothing like a commissar. It'd somewhat ruin the effect.

I may change the table as it has an assortment of crap moulded on it (compass, map, book and rulers) I was going to have a tiny diorama of the diorama on there, and a laptop open looking at Dakka. it seems a shame to sand those details off.
Filing cabinet's gonna have a page-a-day little calendar with the 30th Sept sat on there.

Nahhh, if I didn't expect people to make fun of my mishaps, I'd have just said I was too busy to finish. He'd be missing the side of his finger tip.

Am I missing something?

Oh! A couple days ago I pulled the cap off wrong, and sliced the side of my finger with a brand new Xacto knife. The blade was so new and clean that I bled all over my desk before I had time to react properly. It's meant I can't use my right index finger because it opens again.

hmmmm.... should i do my xmens gambit solitaire...
or my knights miniatures batman... hmmm....

@Nev: Glad to see that guy make a reappearance, game-legal or not he's an epic piece! Got an adversary lined up to receive his charge?

Here's my proof, I may not use everything in here but all the minis that'll make an appearance will rise from these boxes:


Assorted Rebs, orx and Enforcers on the left, box of Plague Zombies on the right. Anything that's been painted is being repainted.

The first of which is now mostly done!


Any thoughts on him welcome!

 Paradigm wrote:
@Nev: Glad to see that guy make a reappearance, game-legal or not he's an epic piece! Got an adversary lined up to receive his charge?

Assorted Rebs, orx and Enforcers on the left, box of Plague Zombies on the right. Anything that's been painted is being repainted.
Any thoughts on him welcome!

Nice weathering. Only you could get a mini finished first day alongside your proof post. Slow down, you are making the rest of us look bad!

Sadly, I don’t have anything really appropriate to paint for the captain to be charging. No good hordes to face off against, and a lack of monsters. The closest I had was the WL I did last month. If I dig deep enough into the recesses of the workbench, I might be able to turn something up, but I’d not hold your breath. His foes will probably remain off screen.

Sign me up again, please!

Proof:


Back to the comfort of working with heavy chunks of metal.

 Inspector #264 wrote:
Sign me up again, please!

Proof:


Back to the comfort of working with heavy chunks of metal.

Go on.. What is it?
I'm terrible at recognising aliens.

 Buttery Commissar wrote:
Go on.. What is it?
I'm terrible at recognising aliens.

It is an old 3rd edition Carnifex, destined to eventually stand alongside the Screamer Killer that I did for the 'Some kind of monster' challlenge.

[Googles]
I like his smile! What strangely cheerful murderbeast.

I assume the tiny person is going to be taking him on?

 Buttery Commissar wrote:
[Googles]
I like his smile! What strangely cheerful murderbeast.

I can only imagine that he loves his job.

I assume the tiny person is going to be taking him on?

Indeed he is, the intention is to have them eye to eye.

We will see how that works out!

I'm in. Time to tackle some Space Hulk!! It'll be one or two of the termies and then lots of the 'stealers. Need to build a hulk section somehow too

Given that I normally struggle to paint a single figure a month this is gonna be a challenge! Gonna attempt my first diorama ever, of two PDF (guard) vs 4 nids and a broodlord.

Proof pic

So much guardsman abuse.

I'm in, I'll get you guys some proof pictures in a day or two. Still trying to determine my Antagonist(s). I was thinking aliens, but there are a lot of buganids already. Then I was thinking zombies as I have a fair few and who doesn't need more? But then I thought... Wait... I have one of these:


Well, the guy on the left is who I'm talking about.

I can put pretty much anything else on the other side of a diorama from that...thing... and they'll be over matched

Of course, seeing that Big Stompy Robot reminds me I *could* use this challenge as a time to paint a few Mars Attacks human survivors and a boatload of Martians, giant bugs, stompy robots, flying saucers, etc... Kind of torn but...

So I'll probably move full steam ahead painting my Infinity Nomads to oppose the big guy (or some zombies, or remotely possibly the mars attacks stuff) and then suitable terrain.

Speaking of terrain... I'd like to knock out a full 2x2' deadzone-sized board out this month to use as the backdrop for the battle. Kind of going meta with the 'Don't tell me the odds!' thing as that's kind of a tall order within a month.

I'll get you guys some proof photos here soon, and some WIPs should follow in a day or two, I've been busy building and priming things the last week or so.

Ideas stirring... Too bad I finished most of my Zombicide stuff.

Could I do a last stand group and have them facing my Zombies which are done already?

Frame it theatrically so that it's clear that the survivors are the focus. Have the zombies peripheral or looming rather than central, and I have no objections.

Treat 'em as scenery, basically.

Januine, my first thought was SH too, seriously wonder if I will be able to complete it this month though (doubt it, heh)

Give it a shot. As long as you have one termie and 2 'stealers minimum - fulfils the theme I'd say

Mmm, need to think of something to do now. I don't actually really have anything that would fit the theme particularly well.

Might have to dig through some of my orks lying around and see what I kind of greentide i can muster together.

 Buttery Commissar wrote:

- A defiant figure making a last stand for something they care about, no matter how futile.

That has 'Calleb Decima' written all over it - Thus my first entry into the unofficial monthly painting competition... edit: this is my proof pic


I've had the parts sat around since i plundered the phased plasma fusils from them (and more)

Six Thallax with lightning guns - "preparedness makes us powerful"? preparedness makes us 'well hidden'.