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 Tyranid Horde wrote:
Some great entries and WIP shots here, really need to get on with my entry! Personal life got in the way a bit and I'm debating adding another model to my entry, can I do that?

As long as you keep adding proof pics, you can keep changing your mind and adding stuff right up to the end.

Change too often Para might get a little irritated updating things, but a few swaps/additions should be safe.

I wish I had done a series of Work In Progress shots, because this has been so damn fiddly, and I, quite pleased with it. I'll just give you a list of what I've done instead. Ive recently returned to the game after about 20 years and been totally wowed by some of the new plastic figures available, and some of the amazing paint jobs on here, but i saw this on another site and it blew my mind: http://www.coolminiornot.com/140888/2#comments
I've always played Eldar and always hated the metal figure that was available 20 years ago. It was too short in the body and the sword and hand were at weird angles- oh and that stupid hairpiece that nobody could ever keep in place. So i never had an Avatar for my army. I don't have £60 for a forge world splurge, so Ebay and some green stuff to the rescue!

my mods:
1 - Pin the body and legs together with an oversized pin to leave a gap of about 3mm (ish).
2- Fill the gap with green stuff, and model an extra set of abs - he now has an 8 pack, not a 6 pack. There's a slight twist in the position to the right, too. Added some extra shaped muscle-shaped lumps to fill the back out with detail. I'm not an anatomist, but it looks about right to me. The spine was from the tip of a tentacle i found in my bits box.
3- cut the right arm off at the wrist, pin into a straight pose and fill gap with green stuff.
4- He gets a haircut. The fig from eBay didn't have the hairpiece anyway, so I took the spike off the top of his head too. but this left a really clean, bland back to his head. dive into the bits box and I cam out with an old Slaanesh Daemonette with a ridged claw. Took the top pincer and stuck it to the back of the head, blending into the shape of the head to create the 'vents'
5- Painted to try and recreate the Hot feel of that Forgeworld Avatar. I've got a lot more crimson with the blending, where I think he went from red almost straight to black, but I'm pretty happy with the effect.

Unfortunately I'm off to another country tomorrow night, so I'm not going to have time to do the base and I'll have to submit it as it is. I'm thinking of chopping the flames of the back of an Infinite Spells Taurus to go round the back edge, then filling the whole of the base with a carpet of skulls, but I'm open to suggestions if anyone has a better idea!
I'd also like to replace the horns with a nice spiky set of antlers, but I couldn't anything that looked just right, so I figured I would leave it as is. I can always come back to it another day. Here are the pics:

Oops - the front didn't post for some reason.
Edit: the chain is also from my bits box. a broken gold chain I picked up from the bottom of a swimming pool. Using Gold on Lead- does that make me an alchemist?

Hey folks, just dropping in some quick WIP pics and to get some feedback on my sculpting. I've never done anything more complex than a spine around a paperclip support so feedback would be appreciated greatly!







@Tikay that looks awesome! I love the glowing molten joints!

Sculpt looks good to me! Should look great painted up.

OP is all up to date now, nice to see a lot of new names in the list this month! Some very exciting WIPs showing up as well, so I look forward to seeing them reach completion.


And a quick note for anyone who's found the challenge in the last year, December is always an Open Round in which there is no theme, so as long as it meets the rules you can paint whatever you like! A good chance to flex your creative muscles, get a head-start on some Christmas goodies or just paint something quick in between all the holiday madness!

Thanks Deadshot- that hair is really nicely done!

Probably should get around to posting this, figured I'd do the reaper nagadra Captain. Kinda forgot to take a proof until I'd already got the first layer on the scutes...

And as it is now. May do some more touchups here and there, and obviously need some less blurry pics...

Deadshot, hair looks good, should paint up nicely.

Tikay Fortooun, nice blast from the past, comes together well. Kinda sucks you won't have time for the base.

Updated my figure, changed out the giggle-inducing phallic power maul for something slightly less naughty.

I didn’t even notice till you mentioned it hahahaha, he will make heretic’s repent

I won’t be including Sebastian, I can’t get the white breast plate white enough, so will just be the 2nd Co. Captain of Baals finest

My completed entry.

Daenarys of the House Targaryen, the First of Her Name, The Unburnt, Queen of the Andals, the Rhoynar and the First Men, Queen of Meereen, Khaleesi of the Great Grass Sea, Protector of the Realm, Lady Regnant of the seven Kingdoms, Breaker of Chains and Mother of Dragons.










Had a lot of fun with this one, although I probably ended up repainting her skin 5 times and the hair at least 2 or 3 times.

Also, better photos! Wo0o0o0o!

Tikay and DV8: those are some great looking entries!

Deadshot: The sculpting looks great!

Vejut: Great progress, looks like a really nice model!

I've been a bit lax in my progress but I did sit down and put a little work into my entry today. Mainly working on making the armour muted at the minute but I should be done by the end of the week all going to plan although I think I need to liven up the base somehow.


-TH

I almost laughed out loud at that picture...being a chain/bone whip thing, it looks like she's lopped her own head off

"I use this bone-whip...how hard can it be?"

Not the most skilled Archon around

I've run out of time for this one, so it is what it is

Sorry, I forgot to take pics before I started, but I've only got down a few base layers so it should be fine.

Kharn is finished, ready for vigilus on Saturday. I will take photos tomorrow when I can rig up my light set up and have the benefit of daylight.

Photos

@queen_annes_revenge

Looks really sharp, man! And the blue on that shoulderpad is just perfect.

 DV8 wrote:
@queen_annes_revenge

Looks really sharp, man! And the blue on that shoulderpad is just perfect.

Thanks. I'm pleased with how he came out. The white was emotional, but for a first go doing white armour I'm fairly happy with the result.

Here is my Necromundian Guard Junior Officer and Command Section.






Trooper Haskel on the left, while a Veteran is junior to Specialist Surach (Medic), who is junior to Corporal Vortagen (VOX Operator), who is junior to Colour Sergeant Kussax, who is junior to Lieutenant Kurssach.
All are patch members (on the right forearms of their uniforms) of the "Spiders" Clan from Hive Palantine of the planet Necromunda. The Clan that traditionally provides the personnel for the 8th Regiment with each raising of troops for the Imperial tithe. As veterans there are a fair number of extra weapons, including several side arms. Due to their role as supporting Lieutenant Kussach, many are wearing the soft cap rather than their helmets they would wear at the front line. Each trooper has the "8" of their regimental number and the skull motif for the battle honours for the Battle of Deucalion that wiped out a previous raising of the Regiment on the planet Deucalion.

Cheers,

CB

No wins for me today at vigilus but all my entries won finalist pins.

That's great, queen_annes_revenge! Congratulations!

For my entry I am painting Voronin and his dog. Why I didn't take a proof picture of both of them I don't know. Voronin is already done, though he needs a proper photoshoot. I think that the face turned out great, and although the rest of the model is sculpted pretty plainly that's fine since it directs more atention to the face.

 Elbows wrote:
Updated my figure, changed out the giggle-inducing phallic power maul for something slightly less naughty.

A wise choice I feel

Great work DV8, some really lovely details on that model

Well done Queen_anne, 3 finalist pins is awesome, I never completed against a golden demon entry before, a first for most of us I think

Lovely work on the Camo strips Captain Brown

looking good so far Power Elephant

My WIP, getting a bit worried if I'll finish it all.

I'm late in this month (albeit less late than last month, which didn't happen at all) with lovely black proof:

lookin' good there MG ...that nice strong green skin is a good contrast against all the red...flames look good too

...do you have any idea what you're supposed to do with those 3 spare jerry cans?...I just left mine off...there didn't really seem to be anywhere ideal to put them

I originally posted a proof of two miniatures - Darth Vader and General Veers, but due to a combination of factors and a hugely stressful month, I reckon I will probably only get Vader finished. Will it be okay to just enter one of the two?

Of course!

Para please consider my previously posted photos as my finished entry photos. (not the one with the pins) dont think I'm going to add anything to him.

My transfer sheets won't be here before the month ends so here is my finished model.