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Last minute entry from me this month! I am going to try to finish up a druid for our D&D group along with a couple animal familiars!
Proof:

Good luck finishing, everybody!

Have we got a subject poll for next month up yet?

I finished Swamp Thing over a week ago, but haven't managed to take photos of him yet. It's just too damn hot.

Not yet, I'll get it done tonight. Still a bit hectic on my end, sorry for the delay.

I'm a bit behind with mine this month, not sure where all the time has gone. A little progress - some rough base colours done, not sure I'm liking the scheme though. Hopefully some shades/highlights will improve matters

Subject poll for next month:
https://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/0/778364.page#10516509


Now to sort my own entry, which I've yet to even start...

 Paradigm wrote:
Subject poll for next month:
https://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/0/778364.page#10516509


Now to sort my own entry, which I've yet to even start...

Heh. Think you’ll be able to make it? If only you were some legendary painter, renowned for banging out top level work in less time then some people take to clean their brushes.

Oh wait, you are!





Will be fun to see what you do. I think Wild World is a competition that your style will excel at.

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Finished flocking my guys. Just need to pick the best 5 out of 8 and round them up for their formal shots.

Hah, we'll see! I'm determined to get at least something in so as not to miss a month but it'll be a battle, between dissertation stress and the heatwave we have in the UK at the minute, just primed my entry and the paint was very nearly drying on the brush even at 11PM! Should be fun though, I'll be returning to an old 40k favourite of mine which I've not painted any of in a good couple of years.

Hi all had a terribly busy week at work so only just got around to updating the thread, should be current now. I'm liking the very varied entries this month.

I'm really wondering if I'm going to finish my own entry, I only seem to have had a few hrs spare to paint in the last few weeks and even then I'm very tired so end up staring at the model of 10 minutes willing it to paint itself >_<.

We'll if you started last night Para that means it will be finished by lunchtime right?

Welll it looks like i can enter based on other competitors entries, so i will just come in late and enter with what i just finished but started this month, proof via https://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/60/773924.page.

These are not offical pictures for the finish, i forgot to do a couple of things i noticed after taking the pictures ( also forgot to do the gun and ammo, it is only based and washed. ), so i will enter official better pictures before this challenge ends with those errors corrected.


EDITED THIS POST - I removed the pictures from this post because they were way to large ( sorry about this ), have posted better sized ones below this post...

Of course you can enter Stormatious, you started painting it this month so that's fine. I've put those photos up as finished but will update them when you put some more up.

Nice Model too, you have some good colours on it and I like you went with a lighter base to bring a bit of colour into it.

Finally making progress with the karcharos again. I have been busy painting up Cawl and some tech priests for the last couple of weeks for I game I played last night.

Anyway here's the karcharos pre blood, just giving the super glue some time to set before I smother everything with blood for the blood god.

Official finished photos are up, old ones are removed from this post - EDITED.

Looking good Storm

Yeah very nice Abaddon that, well done.

And I'm finished. Really happy with this one especially with the blood drips from the mouth.

Well, got the photos taken by the skin of my teeth, but here's my finished entry for the month. Despite the bulb for one of my lamps blowing, I think the photos came out alright (although, the bases are a deeper teal blue - think oceanic blue ). I had a ball painting this dude - very different from Salamanders, and tbh, I'm liking the new Primaris proportions so far.











"And so, the grey-clad came from the outer night, and their jagged maw did swallow the stars, and their black gaze did mirror the void of oblivion. Their pale shadows fell upon the servants of the skulled-one with great fury from the darkness, unseen as the beast that lurks beneath the black waters, death for death, blood for blood... Thus were the sons of Sanguinius bought respite, and did turn back upon their pursuers, and so were the damned traitors of the false gods driven unto their ruin."

—Canticle of Cassandra Lev, Vol. CVI, Chapter One, Paragraph 28

My compliments to those already finished, and encouragements to those not. Also - stunning work Queen-annes-revenge and Bellerophon, I am very much impressed

Lots of great stuff in here as always! Jamie Shend - that looks fantastic! Some kind of shark-dog? Terrifying. Stormatious, your Abaddon is coming along really well too. Warpig - great freehand and over the top blood effects. Super work from Bellephron, Nev, Theophony, Rybrook (so old-school!) and Cpt Brown too. Love Queen Anne's impressive bust too. That sounded wrong.

Anyway, moving on. Here are my finished pics of Swamp Thing -













I need to get some more green paint now!

Nice. Love that flower as an accent colour, it's such a small thing physically but somehow does a great job adding a dash of contrast from almost any angle, and the colour choice is perfect.

Nearly there with my own entry, progress only slightly impeded by the fact I may have bought the SW Legion core box and spent all afternoon gluing Stormtroopers and Rebel Scum together...

Great looking entries guys .

Warpig, that last picture makes him look like a midget-marine, which is awesome in itself .

Nice work, warpig jamie and feltmonkey very nice.

Thanks feltmonkey it's a Rashaar/shark hybrid. The result.of when a fish monster mates with a shark.

 Paradigm wrote:
Nice. Love that flower as an accent colour, it's such a small thing physically but somehow does a great job adding a dash of contrast from almost any angle, and the colour choice is perfect.

Thanks! In the comics that flower is green, or occasionally yellow. I thought he needed some contrast so used a bit of artistic license. What proved to be an important part of the process with this miniature was, after doing the majority of the green, to use my rarely-touched airbrush and give him a spray of bloodletter red glaze from below, a reverse of a zenithal highlight. The red really made the green pop.

Going to be bowing out this month; I've been slammed the past few weeks with school work and have made zero progress on the bust (and I don't want to rush it by Wednesday). I'll just save it for another challenge

Cool stuff this month! I like that shark dog and the swamp thing in particular!

I got my teenage druid adventurer complete, with a couple animal companions, for my D&D group.

Wow fantastic work dukeofbeer. Good luck!!!!

There is unrest in the Forest
There is trouble with the trees
For the Maples want more sunlight
And the Oaks ignore their pleas.

The trouble with the Maples
(And they’re quite convinced they’re right)
They say the Oaks are just too lofty
And they grab up all the light
But the Oaks can’t help their feelings
If they like the way they’re made
And they wonder why the Maples
Can’t be happy in their shade?

There is trouble in the Forest
And the creatures all have fled
As the Maples scream ‘Oppression!’
And the Oaks, just shake their heads

So the Maples formed a Union
And demanded equal rights
‘The Oaks are just too greedy
We will make them give us light’
Now there’s no more Oak oppression
For they passed a noble law
And the trees are all kept equal
By hatchet,
Axe,
And saw…
(Rush, The Trees)

Final pics:


I dug deep into the pile of shame for these guys. Originally my “good” WHFB army was going to be wood elves. Idea was everything either on the wing, or made out of wood. Never really came together. But I had a chunk of old dryads kicking around collecting dust So I thought I’d break them out this month. I wanted to try out the new snakebite leather contrast paint, but my FLGS was sold out, so I used my old snakebite leather paint and Darkoath flesh to get a similar effect. These guys came together real quick once I finished out what I wanted to do. Liking the new contrast paints, even if I’m basically using it as a dip/glaze for these guys. Obviously not going to win any awards, but I think a nice solid table top for a reasonably light amount of effort.

For those interested, the full 8 man squad:

Those dryads are awesome. Very nostalgic

Man I hope I will manage to finish my seer tomorrow. Its looking unlikely :(

Nice dryads Nev, like you I also tried to start a wood elf army back in the day but never got very far, I probably have some of those dryads somewhere too. I'll get them done one day...

Some progress for me - running out of time so have just concentrated on one ungor (the one on the right), pretty much got him done. Don't know if I've got time for the rest but at least I will have an entry now

So belatedly, my proof pic from the start of the month, a shrew shaman and his adventuring band:



And how they were sitting yesterday, after a few distractions and two false starts on other stuff. Actually a bit more highlights done now, just need some browns and basing. Probably only submit the shaman and the black furred sheildman.

Ok mistakes i didn't notice before are fixed and these are the official finished pictures. I will delete other ones off website.

Thanks so much for your patience.

Nice work so far guys, final push to get your entries in

Shame you can't make it DV8 I always look forward to your stuff.

First post is updated if I've missed anything let me know. I realized I didn't put names on entries at the start so I will catch up with that for everyone that finishes in time.

I'm away with work until Thursday evening so will do the final update then, (and my own photos if I get them painted) ready for the voting thread.