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 Paradigm wrote:
Wow, lots of last minute entries! Good stuff, everyone!

Since so many people have been pressed for time, I'm going to leave the vote compilation until fairly late on the 1st (mid-afternoon to evening GMT, I imagine) so there's still a good 15 hours or so to get something entered! I appreciate everyone has more important things to do than paint toy soldiers at this time of year!

Happy new year, y'all!

Twas the night before submissions,
Not a creature was stirring, except for the gamer,
Who fretted so dearly,
Asking themselves,
How will I ever get this in on time?

Was hoping to get Turmiel done by the deadline but 'twas not to be. Here's as far as I got but he's top(ish) of my list for the new year!!! Happy new year folks - hope you've having a great one

Cheers Para. If I don't get pics up, please take my last post as demonstration that I completed, but I don't wish to enter those blurry desk pics.

Happy new year!

Permission to scream?
I just fetched the jeep, and the purity seal spray has turned all of my weathering powder white.

I had it do that to my DV chaos marines. 'Gutting' does not even come close. The two remedies I've actually seen work are either respray with gloss varnish and then paint on matt varinsh or try brushing on a matt varnish. The second one only seems to work with certian companies matt varinsh. I used Jo Sonja's Water-Based Polyurethene Matt Varnish (Aussie company according to the back of the label)

I'm gonna re-apply the powders I think. But it's extensive, imagine a jeep that went off-road through a muddy field. :(

Was it just the powders it arsed or did it frost the paintwork too?

Purely the powders. Paint is fine. I'm quite perplexed, as the FW staff told me to use it.

Aye - that's one of the ways of fixing the powders they recmnd in the masterclass books too. I've done the same in the past am seemed to work fine. Purity seal is so flaky stuff at times

 Januine wrote:
Was hoping to get Turmiel done by the deadline but 'twas not to be. Here's as far as I got but he's top(ish) of my list for the new year!!! Happy new year folks - hope you've having a great one

Oooo. That's really cool! I like him Can't wait to see him all finished!


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 Buttery Commissar wrote:
Permission to scream?
I just fetched the jeep, and the purity seal spray has turned all of my weathering powder white.

Yikes, sorry to hear! I've not heard of that before. You used purity rattle can on top of forge world powders, and it gave you problems? How bizarre.

Have you considered lightly drybrushing the model? the (white) weathering powder will turn, for example, brown. You can lay down a darker drybrush, that goes further up, and then a lighter drybrush closer to the ground.

Better quality Final entry photos, thanks for extending the deadline Para!

Morning All, Happy New Year

Thank you very much for the slight extension Para it really helped me get this done.

Well finally after much toil its finished (ish, would have liked to do more highlights and extra add-on bits etc)

I think this has taken me somewhere in the region of 80 hours to complete, far longer than I thought so I'm hoping I get at least a few votes for effort lol. I think I'm safe in saying that you won't find a model like this in the shops (god I hope not anyway). The bomb is magnetised so you can remove it if needed and swap it with something else. I ran out of time to fill Santas sack up with more "presents"

My final entry, I'll post some bonus pics up later since dakka was resized these making them harder to see.

St NicOrklas comes to town.

That is beyond awesome!!!!!

Wow! That is all round fantastic. Amazing details all over the place like Roodolf the red nosed squig and the grot's bad list.

Well done Midget - extremely cool

Very nice MG, I knew it was goign to be good when you started melting plasticard.

@ButtreryC: Hey, how did you apply your powders?

I've never had mine go white before now, your powders must have been damp.

Also a tip is not to "seal" them if you want it to look dry, so long as you are not handling the parts with the powders on it doesn't matter otherwise they'll rub off.
I apply mine with some something like white spirit then paint them on, wait for it to dry and use an old big brush to dust off the extras and soften the edges.

Looking forward to the seeing the finished article.

 Midget Gems wrote:
Morning All, Happy New Year

Thank you very much for the slight extension Para it really helped me get this done.

Well finally after much toil its finished (ish, would have liked to do more highlights and extra add-on bits etc)

I think this has taken me somewhere in the region of 80 hours to complete, far longer than I thought so I'm hoping I get at least a few votes for effort lol. I think I'm safe in saying that you won't find a model like this in the shops (god I hope not anyway). The bomb is magnetised so you can remove it if needed and swap it with something else. I ran out of time to fill Santas sack up with more "presents"

My final entry, I'll post some bonus pics up later since dakka was resized these making them harder to see.

St NicOrklas comes to town.

That''s just an amazing Boss Krissmass!

 OneManNoodles wrote:
Very nice MG, I knew it was goign to be good when you started melting plasticard.

@ButtreryC: Hey, how did you apply your powders?

I've never had mine go white before now, your powders must have been damp.

Also a tip is not to "seal" them if you want it to look dry, so long as you are not handling the parts with the powders on it doesn't matter otherwise they'll rub off.
I apply mine with some something like white spirit then paint them on, wait for it to dry and use an old big brush to dust off the extras and soften the edges.

Looking forward to the seeing the finished article.

I applied the powders on the 5th of December, using a brush and a small amount of Lahmium medium in crevices.
I've been using the car in tourneys and casual games ever since, but varnished last night for photo purposes. If they were damp, God knows how, I haven't laid a brush near them in weeks.

Gonna lightly poof some on shortly to retake photos, but I'm kinda bewildered.

Midget, that is fantastic!

I keep finding more. [Left patches on chassis, tail of coat, wheel itself is coated in the treads)

Eesh that sucks BC, I used weathering powders last night and I just decided to paint on gloss varnish them on. Unless that is the wrong path to do also.

@januine is that an okay thing to do?

@Buttery that is devastating! I can't imagine how gutted you must be, but please don't neglect to post final photos. I've been so excited to see your entry this month, would hate for it not to be submitted in time

I'm just (hopefully) getting them off the camera now. Some very flattering angles to avoid he white bits I missed covering.

Not my final picture as it doesn't show any actual painting, but at least it shows I finished.

Woah! Looks awesome

Heads up, I'm not going to get time to put the vote up tonight, so the deadline is extended until about midday tomorrow! Sorry for the delay.

I'll endeavour to get the new challenge thread up tonight, so stay tuned!

Thanks for all your kind comments, really glad you guys like it

sockwithaticket yeah I tried to think of what you would expect in a Xmas scene and Orkify them

Don't worry BC I'm sure it will still look brilliant, yours normal do the pose you model is in looks great and you have some great commissioner touches in there

good job to everyone that finished

 Paradigm wrote:
Heads up, I'm not going to get time to put the vote up tonight, so the deadline is exented until about midday tomorrow! Sorry for the delay.

I'll endeavour to get the new challenge thread up tonight, so stay tuned!

No stress, para, you need time for yourself, too!

Loving Santork Claws, that really made my morning.


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Okay, final entry: Seatbelts are for Dummies

Not final: (Unused, due to blurry, but I like it)