Dakka (unofficial) Monthly Painting Challenge 7: September 2015: "Never tell me the odds!"

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**Buttery Commissar**

Is that your final pic, or are you gonna treat us to a 360?

**TP^DC Deputy Manager**

Paradigm wrote:I just haven't found the motivation to do mine. I've stared at the models too much to be entirely happy with them (I was fine when they were done, but the more I look the more problems I see. Never keep minis you're proud of at the time in direct view of your main workspace over several days, it's depressing) and thanks to being several hours drive from most of my supplies, my 'diorama' will consist of a CD covered in sand painted grey.

I was really hoping to come back fighting this month after my shoehorned entry last time, but the busy week in the middle has just been a kick in the teeth to any kind of coherent productivity (I've done minis I'm happy with before and after the break, but the project that spanned the two just slid to a halt). Still, I've definitely got something, or several something lined up for October, so I guess I'm just going for completion points this month.

(sorry for the rant, it's just been bugging me a fair bit!)

You've had a massive but of RL this month. Don't be so hard on yourself, and you Buttery!

For what it's worth a WIP, finished my first ever power weapon blade:

I am well aware that it is not the best example, but am pleased for a first effort.

**Buttery Commissar**

That's really well done! I have never got my head around doing them.

**TP^DC Deputy Manager**

Thanks Buttery, having seen your skills I'm sure you would nail it if you tried. I try to do something new each contest. Januine started me off with this idea ages ago which I'm grateful for. Now need to finish the rest of the model!

**LordRahl**

ok i dont have the best camera for this but here goes
the eyes are purple if you can tell

**SirDonlad**

Nice! I always liked Remy LeBeau. His ability and the use of playing cards made him one of the coolest mutants!

So, 3 days for the sprint to the finish - go on! you can do it people!!

**Paradigm**

TP^DC Deputy Manager wrote:

You've had a massive but of RL this month. Don't be so hard on yourself

True, I really shouldn't be complaining as it's all going great in the Real World! But I will finish, all I have to do is paint a CD grey... which is boring as I don't know what, but necessary!

For what it's worth a WIP, finished my first ever power weapon blade:

I am well aware that it is not the best example, but am pleased for a first effort.

Awesome work mate, you never know what you can do until you try! That kind of PW blade is totally beyond me most of the time!

**TP^DC Deputy Manager**

Thanks Para. I'm really trying to do what Januine suggests he does - try a new skill each entry. This is mine for this month.

This is a painting contest. The diorama/bases are just for flourish and fun. I bet your minis, as always will be great. I always look forward to seeing them.

On a side note, I forgot to say how impressed I am wig LordRahl's Gambit. Very good conversion, must have taken loads of planning. Executed really well!

**Buttery Commissar**

TP^DC Deputy Manager wrote:Thanks Buttery, having seen your skills I'm sure you would nail it if you tried. I try to do something new each contest. Januine started me off with this idea ages ago which I'm grateful for. Now need to finish the rest of the model!

I can't do the edge highlighting or understand the light points.

Waiting to go for a tutorial with someone who knows what they're doing when we can afford the lesson, because it feels like something that would be really fun, but I've fethed it up every time.

Paradigm wrote:
True, I really shouldn't be complaining as it's all going great in the Real World! But I will finish, all I have to do is paint a CD grey... which is boring as I don't know what, but necessary!

Trade you for varnishing my floor.

It's just so dull.

TP^DC Deputy Manager wrote:Thanks Para. I'm really trying to do what Januine suggests he does - try a new skill each entry. This is mine for this month.

I like this thought. I've been trying to do similar, terrain effects, airbrushing with the kelpie, stencilling with the plane, and this month I sucked it up and did eyes.

Lord Rahl I'll get you added to the OP ASAP, I'm having on and off dizzy spells at the moment and there's a limit to how badly I can mess up this post and effect people, but I can quite easily wipe the OP.

**Paradigm**

Buttery Commissar wrote:
there's a limit to how badly I can mess up this post and effect people, but I can quite easily wipe the OP.

Been there, done that... don't think anyone noticed at the time... but in the Monsters round, I think it was, I accidentally deleted half the OP on about day 20 and had to go back through the whole thread and do it again...

**VorpalBunny74**

Finished pic - I swear his weapons are pink but it's hard to tell

Took longer than I thought it would this month due to a sick baby and work commitments

**Paradigm**

Nice!

Base is painted, just a few touch-ups and I should be done!

**Matthew**

That looks great Vorpal!

**Inflatable love badger**

Looks like I'll only get it half finished at best this month, unless the flip-paint experiment turns out really well. Lady is in hospital and the resultant invasion of inlaws has really buggered up the hobby time!

**LordRahl**

@vorpal wow, that looks really good!
did you use a brush?

**Buttery Commissar**

... Mina is trying to work out why I'm apparently priming a sheet of paper. See if you can spot what's actually there.

**LeCacty**

The elusive resin blur! Now $450 from Forgeworld!

**Buttery Commissar**

Close, it's actually a tiny angry piece of dust.

Removing mould line on this was an exercise in exotic cursing.

It's a good job there were four on the sprue I got, one had a serious case of droopy banana.

**LeCacty**

ARE YOU DOING EPIC?

**Buttery Commissar**

Oh. Maybe I should have actually explained what I was doing instead of assuming people remembered my ramble from 4 weeks ago.

He's going to be staring at something irritating, I think.

**LeCacty**

I feel his pain. Do epic too!

**Buttery Commissar**

That is the Epic commissar he's holding there..?

I have a bazillion epic marines that I accidentally bought trying to get that commissar. I don't know anyone in the area who would care to try.

**Januine**

Awesome studs buttery. Need to paint today but worst ever hangover is preventing me. Wife sent to pharmacy lol

**Buttery Commissar**

Go back to bed Januine.

...This is not part of an insidious plan to get you to be too late to take part. Being boss-eyed and painting is just no fun.

I may have reached the peak of insanity with this project whilst trying to drybrush tiny 6mm lasgun metallics.

**LordRahl**

@buttery that mini is EPIC! lol
lmao next you need to do a necron lord playing a round of 40k with him!

**Buttery Commissar**

Okay last pic spam for the day.

He's actually neater than the 28mm commissar.

**TP^DC Deputy Manager**

@Buttery - awesome! Can't wait to see the finished project.

**SirDonlad**

Buttery Commissar wrote:
Okay last pic spam for the day.

He's actually neater than the 28mm commissar.

Oh my word that's cool!

You've won one of my votes already dude!

**VorpalBunny74**

LordRahl wrote:
@vorpal wow, that looks really good!
did you use a brush?

Yep, brush all the way. One day I'll get an airbrush

@Buttery Commisar - I keep going from your avatar to the mini and getting confused, it's like the uncanny valley but cooler

**Paradigm**

Buttery Commissar wrote:

I have a bazillion epic marines that I accidentally bought trying to get that commissar. I don't know anyone in the area who would care to try.

Sounds like the makings of a pair of Epic Horus Heresy armies to me! Assuming you have enough for two decent forces, rather than just eleventy-million Tactical Marines... Paint up both sides, coerce/bribe/persuade/blackmail people into playing demos, have fun!

Mini-mini is looking good!