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All the other orks were leaving the planet on the great Waaagh in less than an hour, and here he was without even a choppa to his name. If only he hadn't drank so much fungus ale the night before, those thievin' grotz woulda never even got near him; at least he woke up and chased 'em off before they stole his pants and boots, too. Sulking his way through the ancient ruins on the edge of town, the stone floor suddenly gave way underneath him in a cascade of rock and earth.
Once he stopped moving, the young ork dug his way out of the pile of rubble that had engulfed him on his way down to find himself in a catacomb filled with dust and spiderwebs. A great stone tomb was in the middle of the cavern with one of them beakie boys carved on top. Perhaps there was something to loot inside he thought to himself. The slab that served as the tomb's cover took no small feat to budge, but once the ork got it moving, it slid all the way over the other side and slammed into the ground with a great cloud of dust. Inside was the skeleton of a space marine whose war torn armor bore the insignia of the Iron Fists, and laying across his body was some kind of great big shoota...

(Final Pics, Tankbusta wiv "Da Relic"):

Gulgog - love the fluff back story. Can I suggest you try taking photos in daylight tomorrow, you need to show your good work off better with better lighting.

Well here it is, my finished chaos knight. Not the best pictures as I realized it is hard to get a knights pictures to fit well in photoscape

Amazing entries everyone.
That knight, especially given tight timeline, is fine work.
Some daylight photos here of the UM Captain with Burning Blade and Shield Eternal.

Lol TP^DC, these pics were taken at 1 in the afternoon on the sunny side of the house! I live in the Pacific Northwest, and the lighting you see is what passes for sunlight here until early July. It is supposed to be a little sunnier tomorrow, so maybe I'll give it another go. Thanks for the comments, and of course, great entries so far everyone, keep up the inspiring work!

Here are the final pictures for my entry...




I'm looking forward to painting the squad of chosen that go with him in my army...

Finished: The Emperor's Wrath, Quad-Heavy Bolter Rapier preserved from the days of the Great Crusade. It's provenance prior to being awarded to the Segementum Pacificus Watch Station is unknown. For the last two centuries, an unprecedented period of service, Fists Examplar veteran Niels Goosen has tended to the relic machine lovingly, ensuring that it is as ready for war now as in the days when Primarchs lead their chapters to battle and operates it with consummate skill.



I used Reaper Master Series Dark Elf Skin Shadow to give the black of his pad a purple tint to differentiate it from the rest of the black. Forgot to do his left arm silver, but, given hw much silver tthere is on the rest of the model I don't actually think tthat's too much of a problem. Pretty fun model, if frustrating due to the amount of resin involved and how much that hates making edge highlighting easy; the only plastic parts are 3 of the purity seals, his belt accessories and left arm. I had initially resolved to use an earlier armour mark for Niels, but in the end I liked the idea of a veteran operator to go with the relic war machine.


Loricatus Aurora - I like the gold and the modelling for the blade a lot.

Keezus - Nice. That's all I have really.

Finished including Proof of Chaplain Valac (5th Company) of the warbringers,

Question; As I will not be painting Zarduk Layak this month (due to travelling and sickness I only had time to paint a certain amount) I was wondering if I could submit Fateweaver instead, as he has The Staff of Tomorrow on him. He was started and finished this month, as can be seen in my project log:
http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/30/678707.page#8563742

I completely understand if you say he can't be submitted so late, but in case he can, here he is in his finished state:

Yeah, that's fine.

 Paradigm wrote:
Yeah, that's fine.

Thanks a bunch

 Gulgog TufToof wrote:
Lol TP^DC, these pics were taken at 1 in the afternoon on the sunny side of the house! I live in the Pacific Northwest, and the lighting you see is what passes for sunlight here until early July. It is supposed to be a little sunnier tomorrow, so maybe I'll give it another go. Thanks for the comments, and of course, great entries so far everyone, keep up the inspiring work!

Imo - just my two cents of course - it's not as much the lighting as the fuzzy pics. I would try to take a couple from further away, and crop them closer, so they're more in focus but the right size. dunno if this link will work but was a cool poster type thing going around FB a bit ago: photo guide don't know actual origin, sorry :( but it was pretty much a graphic of what everyone always tells me when I can't get good pics lol

Some great entries coming in now, Good luck for the voting everyone.

Time to add my finished entry to the list.

For reference what I was aiming for


And what I actually created. I couldn't quite get the backdrop to work due to the size of the bridge and the angle of the photos. also ran out of time to do more ropework on the bridge.
The goblins are just there for backdrop please don't consider them as part of the piece for voting since I painted them about 10 years ago (you can see how my painting has changed lol) without them it looked a bit weird with no one else on the bridge.

I think the hat turned out quite well so you defiantly know its Indy and my first attempt at OSL by making the Relic Sankara Stones Glow in the bag turned out OK (I welcome C&C on it since I think it could be better).

Indianork (Indorkiana?) Jones, Jnr

I know I could do more, but it’s been a slow month, motivation wise. Going to wait for the whole squad to be done before I do decals, so he’s as finished as he’s going to be in this month.

Superb stuff, MG! Captures the tone brilliantly!

Put the new thread up a bit early as I'm out tomorrow morning, feel free to start posting Proofs and working on your entries a day ahead of schedule!
http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/0/689350.page#8624152


Voting for this month's challenge will probably be up mid-afternoon tomorrow. Let's see how many entries we can get in before then!

Finished with my Oldcron Pariah

Well done everyone who managed to finish! Looking forward to voting.

... Unfortunately somewhere between the WIP and today, a light fingered individual pinched Yarrick during a weekend tourney at WHW.
I'd like to think I just misplaced him and he'll turn up, because it feels less crappy. But I secured him in his own tiny box, so reality is more likely that he's in a thieve's pocket.

He'll rise again!

Paradgm, I'm running a bit behind with my final pics. Mini is completed, I just haven't had time to snap pics because of exams. Would it be ok if I upload tomorrow?

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 Buttery Commissar wrote:
Well done everyone who managed to finish! Looking forward to voting.

... Unfortunately somewhere between the WIP and today, a light fingered individual pinched Yarrick during a weekend tourney at WHW.
I'd like to think I just misplaced him and he'll turn up, because it feels less crappy. But I secured him in his own tiny box, so reality is more likely that he's in a thieve's pocket.

He'll rise again!

Damn, that sucks and I hope he does turn up! He looks an awesome mini and would suck to find him in someone's pocket!

last minute finish, as always...

i had a ton of fun painting this new version of Ulrik the Slayer...
Darren Latham did a great job on this sculpt...
as the oldest Space Wolves Brother outside of a Dreadnought, he is a living relic...






i hope you like him...

good job on all the entries this month, people...
it is always tough to work to a deadline...
good luck with the votes!!!

cheers
jah

hrrrng pics wont upload

this forum software is laughably gak

 Deadshot wrote:
Paradgm, I'm running a bit behind with my final pics. Mini is completed, I just haven't had time to snap pics because of exams. Would it be ok if I upload tomorrow?

Here's hoping the vote doesn't go up til tomorrow


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Hopefully I made the vote, sorry guys

wow such awesome stuffs

also that sucks the big one Buttery

Karma will come to the Yarrik thief!! Don't you worry!

@Midget Gems: That Indiana Jones Ork is totally awesome! You epically nailed it!

@Buttery: I'm very sorry some asshat stole your fig. Maybe someone you know will spot him and steal him back from the thief for you or something.

@kb: That dead Blood Angel terminator looks great!

Whelp I'm a couple hours late but I figured I'd put it up here even if it doesn't count, sorry if photos are bright still figuring out the new light box

Still plenty of time left, if you guys need it, the poll will probably go up at around 3 this afternoon UK time, so that's another 5-6 hours!

Thank goodness for your hectic social life.

Here is my entry:
Anrakyr The Traveller
A relic of a bygone age when the Necrontyr ruled the galaxy. He cast off his old life in his quest to rebuild his people's former glory. Here now he leads the recently awoken Thokt in their battle against the young races.

Midget and Jar great entries

Socket love the quad gun!

I hope I'm not too late with my final pictures. Overall not that happy, my pots of gold were badly separated and no matter what I did it wouldn't mix 100% so they are more red than I would like. Nevermind hey.









Edit - and apparently all the photos are slightly out of focus