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Great minis, everyone! My entry is slowly coming along. Put all the base coats and washes down so now the fun begins!

my conversion of Sly Marbo...

Hero or Villain? Depends if he stays in front of you, or behind you....

Hey guys, Im not going to get to finish the Varanguard I started, I spent the past few weeks on my charity army and now Ive got commissions through the week. If its okay Id like to switch and just submit my Bloodthirster from the St. Judes army.

Bummed as its the second month in a row where I havent been able to submit the model I wanted to. :(

Proof:

Last of the group, Mak Eshka'rey done:



These will be the final images:

 Zach wrote:
Hey guys, Im not going to get to finish the Varanguard I started, I spent the past few weeks on my charity army and now Ive got commissions through the week. If its okay Id like to switch and just submit my Bloodthirster from the St. Judes army.

Bummed as its the second month in a row where I havent been able to submit the model I wanted to. :(

Proof:

Well, looks like I just got my thunder epically stolen...

Seriously, awesome Bloodthirster! I hope mine turns out half as good!

I finally did something, built klovis and made him a backpack.

The rhino is 90% ready to be primed

Land raider is 75%

WE'RE NOT GONNA MAKE IT

In contrast, I've spent all afternoon finishing off my Joker. I just need to take a decent photo of it, something I'm much less confident in doing than the actual painting! I'm posting in that nice period when I'm really chuffed with the results. In 24 hours I'll hate it and only be able to see the mistakes.

Theme ideas for next month now being taken, any suggestions?

Going to have to think about my entry, I painted up a large-scale Iron Man a couple of weeks ago that would be perfect but I forgot to take a Proof... That's my backup if people will take my word that I'm not breaking my own rules, but I'll try and get something else painted.

I have The Vision that needs doing, but I don't know if he'll see paint before the month is out, and while there are plenty of Space Marine commanders I could do, I have entered a lot of Marines in these challenges so I'd rather do something different. We shall see.

July, Hmmm...

Hot times
Some like it hot
Independence
Pyrotechnics
Cooling off

What are we carrying over from last month?

One shot, One kill... Snipers, infiltrators, secret operatives, various agents and other sneaky people.

Blitzkrieg! - Shock infantry, grenadiers, linebreakers or fast assault units.

Bring out the big guns - Soldiers with heavy weapons, rocket launchers, lascannons... but no vehicles!

...but artillery wins wars - Large-calibre artillery cannons, bombards, mortars....

Horrors from the underworld - Mutants, zombies, demons, or a poor sod from the underhive. Just things other are afraid of...

Here's a few, some of which I may have pitched before:

Fly the Friendly Skies - could be interpreted in a number of ways, but should probably be something that spends a lot of time in the air.

Fireworks - plenty of ways to interpret that, so I won't even list any!

Dangerous LIne of Work - anything that has a dangerous battlefield role, as in puts itself in more danger than your average line soldier. Things like Space Marine Scouts or Tau Pathfinders spring to mind. Again, there are plenty of other ways this could be interpreted.

Call of the Wild - Should be animal-themed in some way, again plenty of ways to make it happen.

Fear Me!
Size Matters
Sugar & Spice & Everything Nice
Hot/Cold
It Came From ......

 feltmonkey wrote:

I've started basecoating The Joker already,

Your latest ork looks pretty special so far. It's interesting to see you doing a more conventional painting job rather than the humourous ones I've seen from you before. It's looking amazing. There are a lot of fantastic paint jobs in the thread this month, as I mentioned. I'm going to end up voting for everyone, I think (except myself - that would be vulgar!)

You missed a "Why so serious MG?" link there heheh. I do like my fun conversions but I like to keep a mix of things to keep myself interested and entertained. Really trying to challenge my painting skills this month.

Hope your foot heals up well and looking forward to seeing the finished model.

I've just about finished now so a few final touches and I'll get my photos up.

@ Para as for themes since Warhammer Total war has come out I thought a "Total War" theme might be good and also can be interpreted in lots of different ways.

Still going to try to finish the ork, and he might need a few more touch-ups, but at least the good captain is basically done. Will grab more pictures later.

Not sure if its to late to enter, I'm part way painting my Chapter Master this month, should be able to get it done by the 31st.



If its too late then I might try participate next month

Colour Me This - emphasis on banners, units carrying markings for your army, anything showing the name/character of your army, basically

Hot, hot, hawt!

Wow, such beautiful entries once again. I really think the bar has risen quite a bit this month. Congratulations to all entries some fantastic work. Unfortunately I'm away during the voting week so I'm not sure I'll get a chance to vote but I'll try to find a connection to do so.

Here are my final pictures, I must admit I got a bit impatient with my painting and know I should have done better, there is always next month though and I'll try a bit harder =)

I finished my first 1000pts of Blood Angels this month (I finished a rhino + drop pod this month as well as these guys and they look so much better) and I got to play them twice this week, which was amazing fun.

Done

That Spitfire is amazing

Wow, that Spitfire is incredible. The camo, weathering, nose art, and base are all on point.

Very nicely done!

Thanks guys! Was fun to do some scale stuff

Damn, that Spitfire is a beauty! Amazing work!

Gorgeous - simply gorgeous. That has really made me smile - building Airfix WW2 planes with my Dad was how I got into hobby. What a beautiful blast from the past, so got my vote

Poll is up:
http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/0/694750.page#8734170

Congratz on getting 1k point done this month Mootlet, The death squad is looking very nice, I particularly like the gems and the blending on the power sword.

Nice to see a very different entry there Queen Ann, weathering is brilliant, did you do the "nose Art" freehand? it looks great.

 Midget Gems wrote:
Congratz on getting 1k point done this month Mootlet, The death squad is looking very nice, I particularly like the gems and the blending on the power sword.

Nice to see a very different entry there Queen Ann, weathering is brilliant, did you do the "nose Art" freehand? it looks great.

thanks! the pin up is actually a decal. i had to cut it down a bit to fit. i have freehanded pin ups before on model cars, and also one on a basilisk tank, but i went for the easy approach here.

will have to get cracking on cypher to get him done this weekend been abit busy lately great entries thus far well done all.

beautiful job queenanne - love scale models especially planes!