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I will give this a go.



I just base coated his flesh. Gonna try paint him with a twist. Let's see what happens.

Trying to figure out what ork or blood angel thing I can do for this challenge which will advance the 'completeness' of my army and I cant think of anything. So as a bit of a change from my norm I enter a pansy space elf. I only have it as a friend came round a few weeks ago and gave me a bad of metal harlequins...

I'm going to enter my patriarch as after practising on 14 hybrids I reckon I can take a decent stab at him

I wish to update my entry to one more appropriate.
HP Lovecraft himself.

That is an awesome entry BC. Likeeee very much!

Gonna go full greyscale, Jan!
With a little glow for the lantern.

Awwwwwwwwwwwww - damn - that's gonna be awesome sauce. where the fig from.
Got my eadbanger prizes through the other day. One of the figs totally made me think of you - Kromlech's Handmaiden of Pain

I have my entries: But there's a problem. If I've started painting the Contemptor, yet only did the silver parts and some of the crest, is that ok?

Anyway:





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This is my first entry in a few years, so hopefully I have improved since Kranon the Relentless...

Well, I have the Harlequin jetbike face on the way...and sadly a hurricane on the way as well. Assuming my house isn't destroyed and I don't lose all my models I will try for the Harlequin dread.

Will post a picture of the bits later.

 Buttery Commissar wrote:
I wish to update my entry to one more appropriate.

HP Lovecraft himself.

Ohhhhh, sooooo, Awesome!

Where did you get him? He looks absolutely awesome! I cannot wait to see him all painted up! It sounds so thematic and wonderful! The grey-scale would depict the drab and somber settings of his stories so well, with the lantern that little spark of beautiful madness that lights the way...

Oh dear ... sorry, I got a little excited there. ...I'm maybe a bit of a Lovecraft buff... so, so, so excited to see him. I had no idea anyone made a Lovecraft model

It's a kickstarter exclusive large scale "Player Marker" from Cthulhu Wars. There was also an Asenath Waite, but I don't like her as much.

Painting a bust this time around. Apologies about the darkness of the image:

Looking forward to that one, keezus, looks full of character. Likewise, BC, can't wait to see what you do with that one, should be a standout entry to say the least!

I'm in as well. I was a little stumped at first, as I don't have any minis to hand that really fit the scary/spooky/creepy theme going on this month, but then I had the idea of reversing it, trying to imply that sort of feeling without it actually being represented in miniature form. Thus, we come to this, a lone Deathwatch Terminator, isolated and alone in the bowels of a Space Hulk, acutely aware that something is coming from the darkness...


Not final pics, the light here is not great and I need to experiment some more, but I could use some feedback all the same!

@Paradigm

Very nice! (I was originally thinking of trying something similar until someone mentioned Harlequins were allowed.)

I am having problems getting too close of a look at him (dakka is refusing to allow me to zoom), but he looks great and the atmosphere is coming through really well. I have always found Marines to portray a bit too much power and surety to be honest though, so maybe a little combat damage would help portray the sense of dread even more - bringing the unseen lurker closer and implying it is just off the base about to finish the job? Or that it just moved through and took out the rest of his squad and now he can only wait for it to come back?

Btw, the shoulder pad on the floor is a nice touch. Kind of implies that the mangled mess is one of his friends. I like it.

Cheers, As mentioned, I'll get some better pics, I'm still trying to figure out the best lighting setup in my new flat.

That mangled mess is one of his friends, sadly I buried the Termie under too much Nid Slime, but you can just about make out his helmet to the right of the pad on the bottom right pic.

Ah! I see it now. Very awesome. I think the black hides him a bit - at least to me, his shoulder pad sticks out because of the color difference from the gore, but I like the subtleness of it. That way ups the creep factor though! It looks like he's protecting his friend's corpse. I love it!

Edit: ah loading problems...

Here's my lot. The Morticians from guildball. Casket (the big guy) is getting a total redo as not happy with the base paint so far

Love the pose of the guy on the right, Jan.

Yeah - that's ghast. He has a really cool saw in his right ahand which I haven't attached yet. Lovely figs. Heavy as buggery

My Diorama entry. Im gonna have a World Eater slowly advancing towards two wounded scouts, probably taking place some time after the Scouring. Dunno what Loyalist Chapter I should use, though...

Here it is...



It may steal of War Walker legs before I get properly stuck in.

 Whittlesey40k wrote:

Midget - an Ork/Grot Chucky mini would be awesome. Always love to see your conversions.

Thanks for the vote of confidence, I had a lot of ideas come into my head on that one, was thinking of making the Ork nob on a stage above the grot Chucky, connecting the strings, maybe a downlight giving OSL with the outskirts of the light circle dark and dingy. However I don't think I'll be able to give the time this month to do that idea justice so have opted for the Ork Genestealers instead.
Have fun on your honeymoon, will be good to see your entry in Nov when you get back

Heres the proof Pic

I'll be entering something from this box.

Is that the Slaves to Darkness box set?

Yup, just waiting on some square bases.

I'll have a bash with this

PossumCraft wrote:
I'll have a bash with this

Nice! Looks awesome! Can't wait to see how you paint it up

Are Space Wolves scary enough to fit this month?
I got some of them from a friend who didn't want them anymore.

I ll do one of them as my first real try on SW.

If they re not scary enough, I m fine with that.

K D

Spent the day working on my submission. Ended up finishing my entry. Another addition to my Harlequin army. This Death Jester turned out really nice - really happy with it. I think it's my best Harlie yet - i'm getting the technique down.

My completed entry:

I'm torn between painting the Hellbrute from Dark Vengeance, which is a fantastic model, and one I've been meaning to paint for ages, or painting a 30-year-old Ratman model I found. The ratman is from before GW even came up with the name Skaven, and I think was one of the very first batch of models Jes Goodwin ever designed for GW.

So something of historical value, or something big and impressive? What do you guys think I should paint?