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I think there's Tacs, termies, missiles, bikes, and two different types of tanks.

And thanks for the kind comments, guys.

Being that the 28mm commissar can't see his own mini (or in fact his own gun if you use the original pose), I'm wondering what to have him stare at. The positioning would be right to have him stare at the laptop, but what should be on the screen?

I need to finish his legs, fit him to his chair and do the paintbrush and highlighting...
The Dio needs the table attaching and the cabinet finishing, plus a calendar for the cabinet, the cat and it's little details, and tiny paint pots and cup brush holder for the table.

... I may have underestimated the workload.

 Buttery Commissar wrote:


Being that the 28mm commissar can't see his own mini (or in fact his own gun if you use the original pose), I'm wondering what to have him stare at. The positioning would be right to have him stare at the laptop, but what should be on the screen?
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If you can manage it (and you painted a belt on a 6mm mini, so we know you can!) I suggest a calendar saying 30

Or a mini-dakka, that could be funny.

Edit: just seen that you're putting a calendar on the cabinet. So it's gotta be Dakka on the screen!

Guys, what more can I do? Should I extend the OSL?

Wow Matthew you have gone all out this months, looking good

I notice I'm not on the list of entrants, proof is on page 4

I'm calling mine finished now, I couldn't find the gun that few off so replaced it with one without a scope that matched Han Solo's.

I would like to present Han Solork and Chewborka. Quite happy with my first attempt at real greenstuff work on my furry ork and Han's hair Hope you like them.




and finally a close up of the big guy


I tired to copy these images as the inspiration and why I choose these models for the theme.

That looks great Midget Gems! Look great! And thanks, I like it too. This is the second time I try OSL, the first being for the Fast and Furious contest

My entry is all finished up, just need to get the photos taken. Great to see the finished entries starting to appear.

Sometimes, in the heat of battle, there's no time to do anything but fight, not even reload. Good job the side arm has a full magazine and the grenades on his belt are in place. Space Marines never relent in their duty. If at all possible, this is even more the case for those called to serve in the ranks of the Deathwatch.

Beautifully done.

That white is stunning!

How long we got left Buttery? Stuggling to get finished. Bloody RL lol

Progress very slow:

Don't think I'm gonna get many minis finished so probably won't meet theme

Okay, deadline is this time tomorrow plus two hours. Midday UK time.

If you miss it due to time zone, work, or needing to get home and take pics, you may submit and I will add your entry to the poll any time I'm still awake within the 1st of October, but you must post before the end to tell me you will still be entering. Also consider I do often go to bed mid afternoon at the moment due to being poorly.

sweet - i'm def in Buttery but those extra few hours will defintely be needed. Bit off colour myself these days so havent got as much paintign done as I'd hoped. Cheers fella

No sweat fella, I'm being lax because this is a 30 day month and I know what it's like to be a bit behind.
I set my alarm to be up bright and early for 8.30 and get this painted, having gone to bed 10pm... I'm still in bed nursing a headache and black rungs under my eyes lol.

Guys I will be doing a demo of the topic post in here shortly before it goes up, please double check I've included you in it, and the pics / description you want.

Apologies Midget Gems, I knew you were taking part, I somehow fethed your proof pic.

I should manage to get some pics later... everything's done paint-wise, but the Dark Lord's arm has fallen off and I am out of superglue with no way to get hold of any in time.... Time for some blu-tac and clever photography angles!

Midget Gems wrote:

Spoiler:

Wow Matthew you have gone all out this months, looking good

I notice I'm not on the list of entrants, proof is on page 4

I'm calling mine finished now, I couldn't find the gun that few off so replaced it with one without a scope that matched Han Solo's.

I would like to present Han Solork and Chewborka. Quite happy with my first attempt at real greenstuff work on my furry ork and Han's hair Hope you like them.




and finally a close up of the big guy


I tired to copy these images as the inspiration and why I choose these models for the theme.
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Awesome! This is definetly one of those cases when an accident makes you do something which is much much better!! The 'stunt' DL-44 looks good!

sockwithaticket wrote:
Sometimes, in the heat of battle, there's no time to do anything but fight, not even reload. Good job the side arm has a full magazine and the grenades on his belt are in place. Space Marines never relent in their duty. If at all possible, this is even more the case for those called to serve in the ranks of the Deathwatch.

Spoiler:

Nice! lenses are clearly your speciality - fancy doing a short tutorial?

Just need to do a little baseing and grab pictures, almost there.


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Final entry:







The frozen tundra exploded upwards, foul magics coalescing into a demonic form.
“At last you show yourself. This madness ends now!”
“The madness is only just beginning” the demon chuckled “But your life is at an end, mortal.”
“We’ll see about that, warp spawn. For the Emperor!”
The roar of the relic chainsword vies with the crackle of eldritch energies as the Captain rushes towards his fate...

Cracking stuff, Nev! Only criticism I have is that the Cap's lenses don't look painted, but I'll overlook that as the mini is so awesome!


'Superbly artistic...'
'Expertly framed...'
'Brilliantly composed...'

None of these words can be used to describe my entry this month, but here it is anyway!

Titled the Fall of Sauron, I freely admit I got someone else to do the fluff for me!


Victory was near, but the power of the ring could not be undone. It was in this moment, when all hope had faded, that Isildur, son of the king, took up his father's sword, and Sauron, enemy of the Free Peoples of Middle-Earth, was defeated.






Yeah, that's it. If I'm being perfectly honest, the pics aren't doing it a great deal of justice but between my 13-year-old camera and rudimentary lighting setup I'm struggling to get any decent shots at the moment. This is better in real life, although still very far from perfect.

If I get chance later I'll add some more pics, in the mean time this'll have to do. I can only apologise for my shoddy effort on all fronts here, but hopefully I'll come back swinging next time round! Already got a few ideas on the go...

Just finished, will post tomorrow.

Looking awesome guys!

Para, if you're ever interested (and not cramped into a student flat) I have a hand crafted terrain board of the area for that exact moment going begging.
Cliff, layout and all. The artist studied the scene frame by frame and built it. Nutter.
I bought it when he moved country, couldn't quite justify his Bridge of Khazad-dûm due to space.

This is as done as its getting. I couldn't find where I put my static grass... but whatever. Here's my final entry (4 pics, 3 under the spoiler tag)

Rutger grit his teeth. He should have known better than to expect the Kayazy to hold up their end of the bargain...

Rutger Shaw: Do you expect me to talk?

Kayazy Underboss: No Mr. Shaw... I EXPECT YOU TO DIE!



Model closeups below spoiler:

That's an awesome array of minis, Keezus! Warmachine?

@BC: I'll get back to you on that in about 3 years when I just might have space!

Pretty much the reason it's black bagged in my attic.
Also have Pelennor Fields but that's a bit more versatile in use.

 Paradigm wrote:
Cracking stuff, Nev! Only criticism I have is that the Cap's lenses don't look painted, but I'll overlook that as the mini is so awesome!

I blame my poor photography skills. That and his face is shaded by the huge honkin’ chainsword.

Proof I did the eyes:


Love the LotR dio. Great scene.

And all the other entries this month. It looks like I’m not alone in the last second rush.

one good way to avoid shading a part of the model because of a large weapon is to have two light sources, one fron the right and one from the left. Maybe one from above?

 Paradigm wrote:
That's an awesome array of minis, Keezus! Warmachine?

Yessir!

@Nev: Yep, I see it now!

 Matthew wrote:
one good way to avoid shading a part of the model because of a large weapon is to have two light sources, one fron the right and one from the left. Maybe one from above?

One thing on my to-do list is to pick up some more desk lamps. I was using two for those shots, but as you say, a third would help a lot. I need to build a light box. It’s been on the to-do list for a few years now.

Procrastination, thy name is me.

First of all, thank you to Buttery Commissar (spelling?) for arranging everything this month. I had a blast! Now, fluff and stuff. Unlimited pics right? Thirteen of 'em incoming.

"What do we do Sir!?"

Guardsman Jonah shouted. He was aiming his flamer at an approaching Tyranid, a fierce creature, that had killed all of his squadmates. The ground around him was on fire. "We have to warn the HQ, we should run for it!"
Captain Hogar shook his head. A beheaded Tyranid laid at his feet, his chainsword covered in blood. Human blood. He had been forced to kill several of his friends after they had been wounded by the monsters.

"We won't make it if be both run... You go. I'll distract them."

Jonah's jaw dropped. "What? No, you can't do that!"
"Yes, I can. You run. Run as fast as you can. Get to the HQ. Warn them. And Jonah..."

Jonah turned around and faced his captain, just in time to see him running against the edge of a cliff, preparing to jump.

"NEVER TELL ME THE OOOOOODDS!"

Jonah heard the fizz of a plasma pistol being fired and a chainsword whirring. He knew that although his captain was going down, he was going down in style.

Pictures (FINISHED!)



I'm sorry for the bad photos... I hope you like it.

I think Matthew has set a new precedent for dioramas.