Dakka Painting Challenge Round 70: December 2020: Open Round

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**Arakasi**

Done!

**Ezki**

I'm also pretty much done (I could play around with the weathering indefinitely), but I'll try to post the pics tonight or tomorrow at the latest.

**Nevelon**

Ezki wrote:I'm also pretty much done (I could play around with the weathering indefinitely), but I'll try to post the pics tonight or tomorrow at the latest.

Modock wrote:
Nevelon wrote:
While we are getting close to the wire, if you need a little more time, let me know. Everyone is going to stay up until midnight tomorrow to make sure this year leaves anyway, might as well use the time for painting!

I probably won't be able to post pictures today so It would be great to have some extension time. I'm sure I will finish sometime tomorrow.

Not a problem.

**Chris56**

Some great entries as always!

I wasn't sure I'd get finished but here it is!
Bugmansson was a really fun model to paint and I am quite happy with the squig and ribbons.

Finished....now I have to try to think of something new to try for next month!

**Modock**

Nevelon wrote:

Not a problem.

Cool, thanks!

**Jamie Shred**

Here are my final pics. As always feedback is most welcome and appreciated. See you all in the new year.

**Turaxa**

Nevelon wrote:
While we are getting close to the wire, if you need a little more time, let me know. Everyone is going to stay up until midnight tomorrow to make sure this year leaves anyway, might as well use the time for painting!

I’ll also have to beg some more time。I won’t have time to do the accessories, but with a few more hours I should have the finished mecha itself posted by the other side of the bells.

**Viterbi**

Proof and final pics in one post. I had hoped my wife's new camera would arrive for taking better photos, but alas the mobile phone had to make do. I give you the healthiest father/son relationship in the galaxy

Proof:

Spoiler:

**dukeofbeer**

Great stuff this month!

I finished my krampus and made a little holiday diorama:

Happy 2021!

**Midget Gems**

Hi All

Took some time away from everything over Xmas and to just deal with RL lock downs and kids. I realized I hadn't even posted my proof pic so here you are.

Ork Santa 2020 - A simple and small model but keeping my Ork Santa run going

Should get the photos up tomorrow

**MobileSuitRandom**

Happy New Year, Dakka!
Here's my Wano Kuni Yvraine:

**straken619**

Finally got around to it.

Unfortunately I didnt have time to finish the boys too. Well after these two I starter painting Ylthari guardians instead of the boys but... Oh well.
I also need to add the trophies but maybe I will do that after they get to prove themselves in battle.
Really fun models to paint!

**Maharg**

I didn't finish all my elves, vision in one eye got worse after Christmas but improved in time to get this one done

Happy new year everyone

**feltmonkey**

Here are my final photos of Bastian Oriel.

Happy New Year!

**CREEEEEEEEED**

Between uni work, TWWH2 and intoxication, I only finished the concept model and the rest are half painted. I present, one poorly, mostly contrast, painted flesh and bone zombie necron. Happy new year, I think this is the only thing I've (admittedly sort of) finished before a deadline in the last 9 months.

**Arakasi**

Always fun watching the deluge of final entries come in at the end. Well done everyone.

**Deadshot**

I got very sidetracked with NYE celebrations tonight... I have a last minute entry if that's still fine. Uplaoding

Photos

**Tyranid Horde**

Those are some crisp blood ravens Deadshot! Definitely like those pinkish accent colours!

Great entries from everyone and a happy new year!

**Turaxa**

Complete enough to be presentable, my SD-scale LRX-077 Sisquiede.

Final pictures in the spoiler.

Spoiler:

**Ezki**

Done and done!

I got this fellow as a Christmas present 11 years ago. My young self did not even bother to paint it and instead left it to gather dust half assembled.

Decided to make that the theme of the paint scheme: an abandoned unfinished warmchine left to gather rust on some long lost mek shop.
Over a decade it was sitting there, waiting, until a warband finally located it. They restored it to a functioning killing machine, so it can finally wreak havoc on the battlefield!

It was a lot of fun to paint this thing.
Decided to ditch blending and highligting techniques all together, and instead went to town with the weathering effects.
Instead of trying to make the weathering look super realistic, I opted for what looked cool.
I played around with some familiar stuff, as well as with some completely new techniques. Namely using liquid mask to do the paint chipping and glazing some of the rust effects.
To top it off, I decided to add a few transfers (the small white glyphs on the hull). Last time I used transfers was maybe 15 years ago while doing some scale modelling. Just wanted to give that a shot too.

Learned a lot and had very much fun doing so. Great way to end the year!

**ZergSmasher**

And, slipping under the wire, here are my final pics of my Adepta Sororitas Canoness from last year's box set:

Not my best work, but far from my worst I think. This is probably my favorite sculpt from the box set and she'll probably make it into at least some of my Sisters lists whenever this damn pandemic lets up and I can actually play games again.

Some really nice stuff coming in at the last minute! Puts my "quick and dirty" Sisters of Battle paint jobs to shame for sure. I'm already looking forward to voting for this challenge, but I'm not sure at all what I'm going to do for the next one. I'll be needing to think about that.

**Midget Gems**

Happy New Year everyone here, I really hope the next year is a lot better (and I can actually get the time to do some proper conversions)

Final Ork Santa for 2020 (I missed the final green highlight on the face but too late now)

**Modock**

Ronin are finally done, thanks for the extension. Played a bit with the freehand, designs and patterns.

And yes...happy new year!

**Nevelon**

Great work all!

New thread is up:
https://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/795040.page

So feel free to get started over there. I’m going to leave this open for at least another 4 hours (that’s Noon, Eastern) as I was up late to see the old year out and just started my coffee. After that I’ll start wrapping this one up, and check that everyone who asked for more time is in.

Automatically Appended Next Post:
OK, calling this closed. Vote thread is up:

https://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/795045.page

Amazing work overall people. And while not 100%, and a few people did a little less than they anticipated, the completion rate for this month was the highest I’ve seen. Considering the year we’ve been having and the nature of the month, this is quite impressive. Job well done!

Don’t forget to sign up for next month. One of the reasons for this whole challenge is to push yourself, and try new things. Great time to give it a shot. There is no shame in failing, just not trying. And plenty of people here willing to give a hand with advice if you find yourself in trouble.