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All I've got left is to base the one Harly I managed to get paint on. I should have pics up tonight, or barring that, tomorrow afternoon.

So I didn't get them all finished, but here's something wicked coming your way:

Wonderfully atmospheric stuff! They look fantastically creepy!

I love the Space Hulk sculpts, it's so easy to make them look awesome!

Final entry pics. The paint is still drying!











And just for Januine, not an actual entry but I thought I should post it here...

Wow feltmonkey, just wow!

Thanks!

Awwesome stuff Feltmonkey!!! And Yes YES to the skaven with the ASBO in hand!!!!

Uff, finally! Here is my entry. I still can't do proper photos.

Nice brushwork and great choice of colours (absurd, I love it). I think the base really detracts from the whole thing though. Admittedly I have a huge bias against gigantic bases (I think it detracts from the lovely Chaos dread up top too!).

Great entries this month. I think it might be the best month ever, in terms of sheer quality. Some fantastic work done by everyone.

I didn't have much time to work on this entry this month. Was barely able to scrape together three sessions in the last few weeks due to starting a new job. I wanted to take my time though, as this bust is so full of character. So here he is... in his unfinished glory... (will get finished proper in the future...)

Just so I can get it in, I am going to have to skip my editing process and hope Dakka's auto-adjust does ok. (It's on my work computer.) If the thread is still open tomorrow (crossing my fingers), I will try to fix the pictures and make them a wee bit better.

Hm, looks like even changing the settings on the camera (does not have an option for exposure time/aperature but can change ISO) does not help with the blur. I even set it to a delayed shot so the button press would jar it less. Well, it is 8 years old at this point...

Anyway, here is my test scheme Harlequin:

Well, here are some proper pics of my 4 finished Kroot Carnivores:





I hope you guys like them! I feel like a race of beings that eat their battlefield victims are a very scary thing and thus fit the theme pretty well. They were actually surprisingly fun to paint. I only wish I had had time to paint a few more of them so that I could pick the ones that turned out the best. Oh well. I am looking forward to the voting, as there are some frightfully great entries so far!

Finished pics, wishing I hadn't forgotten to take them until the last minute

Nice brushwork and great choice of colours (absurd, I love it). I think the base really detracts from the whole thing though. Admittedly I have a huge bias against gigantic bases (I think it detracts from the lovely Chaos dread up top too!).

Thank you for the comment. Yeah I'm not really satisfied how it turned out. Though I must say that it looks worse in the photos.

Looks like I'm well out of this round folks. Not gonna get my 'entry' finished for another day or two. Stupid RL interfering with hobby. I mean, really?!!!!

I shouldn't worry, Jan, you're still about eleventy billion points clear of the competition in the League table!

Cracking stuff from everyone, I'll leave this open until about 12 UK time just in case anyone has anything else to sneak in at the last minute!

 Modock wrote:

Nice brushwork and great choice of colours (absurd, I love it). I think the base really detracts from the whole thing though. Admittedly I have a huge bias against gigantic bases (I think it detracts from the lovely Chaos dread up top too!).

Thank you for the comment. Yeah I'm not really satisfied how it turned out. Though I must say that it looks worse in the photos.

I don't think you should feel dissatisfied with it at all - it looks great! The blending on the highlights in particular is amazing, and the colour choices are interesting and create a vibrant model. Elbows' views on large bases shouldn't be taken as gospel.

You mentioned my Hellbrute as well I think, Elbows. I take your criticism of the base on board, but I personally quite like a big base, so I'll probably end up ignoring it, sorry.

It's an interesting discussion point though - what's everyone else's views on larger bases? The Ratman I painted is a nice example. I had it on a little 28mm base at first, but it only really came together when I stuck him on the larger 32mm base. That was the making of the model, for some reason. It added a bit of narrative and atmosphere.

For me, it's less about the base and more about what's on it. That's why I like 32s, you can get just enough on there to lend some context to a mini without needing to have half a Land Radier or a 10-foot pile of corpses glued to it! There's a place for that sort of thing in dioramas and vignette type stuff, but when it's just stuck to the base rather than done as part of a larger scene I find it often detracts, even if it's done really well.

The FW Horus Heresy characters are a good example, some of them come with bases that are just nuts (I think Perturabo is standing on a Knight head... way too much)

My personal preference is for zero base overhang. I like everything to be contained within the limits of the base. After that I like some elevation here and there but not too much.

Ok folks, new round is up:
http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/0/707118.page#8994554

And I'll officially call this one to a close. Poll will go up this evening!

feltmonkey

I don't think you should feel dissatisfied with it at all - it looks great! The blending on the highlights in particular is amazing, and the colour choices are interesting and create a vibrant model. Elbows' views on large bases shouldn't be taken as gospel.

Cheers mate! Most work was done with glazing. I can't get the hang of wet blending but gazing takes a huge amount of time, well at lest for me.

Really great job on the Hellbrute. Love the crisp photos.

Poll is up, sorry for the delay!
http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/0/707221.page#8996914