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Ok it is the fixed pic.

@Yarrork - That is spot on. slightly used, but not totally shot. And the lighting is awesome

@ms07b3 - SO CUTE!

@Ezki - I really like the red and grey combo. Nice and crisp.

@Viterbi: Thanks!

@Comissar Yarrork: Welcome! Liking the subtle weathering, yellow is one of my favorite colors to do weathering on. The led is mighty cool!

Nothing earthshaking this month, just a few more marines charging across the paintbench. I really do enjoy the assault intercessor kit.

Almost there, just silver highlights left to do tomorrow.

Raptor(ish) Chapter, X Company, Scout Team #5 on jungle patrol...
Sarge
Shotgun Eley
The Triplets
On Location

Here are the Stargrave Crewmen:





I posted different photos in my P&M blog (in my sig), and then noticed that I missed the communicators on their wrists. I went back and painted them, then took new photos. Naturally, the communicators aren't visible in these photos...

So cut me some slack on the lighting on these but here's where I am for the month. Had some roadblocks so I didn't get to spend as much time on him as I wanted. It's a good thing I have 3 more of these xD











All in all, I'm relatively happy with it. I used acrylics on the blade and the base colors and then used oil paints to finish it. Was a fun exercise in learning oils better and I'm so happy I did. Time to buy more oil paints!!!!

Wowzers you guys are throwing down some serious paint. Here is my finished “boots on the ground”. I’m really liking these chunky gravis boys.

Painting around people like dv8 makes you really want to improve at painting. Or at least has been a motivation for me.

I love the melta muzzle work. What did you use for the pink purple ends on the metal? I've been trying to do that for years and could never find the right shade.

Freya wrote:Painting around people like dv8 makes you really want to improve at painting. Or at least has been a motivation for me.

I love the melta muzzle work. What did you use for the pink purple ends on the metal? I've been trying to do that for years and could never find the right shade.

I feel the same way Freya about the monthly challenge so many inspiring painters here. For the muzzle end I just put a few thin washes of druchii violet drawing it towards the barrels end.

I know this is extremely close to the deadline (pun intended) but here is my submission for the week: The first five of my Soulblight Gravelords, photographed using a pretty basic phone camera with little to no experience in photographing models! (Translation: Apologies for the fuzziness)

Proof:


Painted photo :

I really like that monochrome look set off nicely by the crimson banner, and the shiny metals look great.

With June being a shorter month, anyone going to need the extra day? Happy to leave it open for a bit tomorrow if needed.

 Paradigm wrote:
I really like that monochrome look set off nicely by the crimson banner, and the shiny metals look great.

With June being a shorter month, anyone going to need the extra day? Happy to leave it open for a bit tomorrow if needed.

Thanks! The idea is that it'll be a Sin City-inspired army, almost entirely monochrome but with a few splashes of colour (mainly red) to signify important details and add some personality.

This month is another last minute entry for me. I hope the bust is fine for the "boots on the ground", since it technically has no boots
I just thought a frontline Imperial Fist would do just fine for this months challenge, plus I really enjoyed painting my last bust and was hoping to try out a few new methods.

I did the yellow with an airbrush over multiple layers, going from orange to yellow. The biggest challenge, besides painting yellow, was the chapter symbol freehand, at first I didn't want to attempt it at all, as it might've messed up the yellow transistion on the shoulder pad. Luckily the white circle went rather smoothly and the rest was a lot of going back and forth between white and black.
Overall I'm really happy with how he turned out. I did two other busts, a Space Wolf and a custom chapter one, but this is by far my favorite.


Proof:


Final images:

This one has been finished for a couple of days. Two of his mob mates (of the other four) came close, but didn't quite make it across the line. Still, one Ork has two boots - so still fits "Boots on the Ground" . (and I should be able to complete the rest this year...)

Ork Slugga


Good luck everyone.

Catcha,
Arakasi

Gotta drop out of this month's challenge, had too much going on. Hopefully I'll find some more time next month.
Congrats and best of luck for everyone who managed to finish something!

Right final pics time, the extreme close up isnt very flattering but they never are i guess so have left it in.

Freya wrote:Painting around people like dv8 makes you really want to improve at painting. Or at least has been a motivation for me.

Hah! Something about a rising tide lifts all ships?

Jamie Shred wrote:Right final pics time, the extreme close up isnt very flattering but they never are i guess so have left it in.

If I'm being honest, I think the NMM looked better before you added all the white lines, which kind of flatten the effect.

 DV8 wrote:

Freya wrote:Painting around people like dv8 makes you really want to improve at painting. Or at least has been a motivation for me.

Hah! Something about a rising tide lifts all ships?

Yep that sounds accurate.

In a few years I'll be there with ya! We can make our own studio haha

Dwarves done.

 Freya wrote:

 DV8 wrote:

Freya wrote:Painting around people like dv8 makes you really want to improve at painting. Or at least has been a motivation for me.

Hah! Something about a rising tide lifts all ships?

Yep that sounds accurate.

In a few years I'll be there with ya! We can make our own studio haha

At my current rate I don't think I'll ever be able to match some of this stuff, before my break from the hobby I was painting for...... 5 or 6 years? And at the rate of improvement I was making give me like 50 years to match this stuff. I hate to make excuses but my hands are just too shaky despite attempting several different ways people have suggested to deal with it.

My own entry, a Plague Knight of Nurgle* (or in modern GW parlance, probably a Pox-Skull Vyleknight (tm) or something ). The armour and cloak are a bit patchy, being my first foray into oils with some pretty cheap paints and no idea how to use them, but eh, it's Nurgle, ugly is their thing. I do like the overall look of him, it's just up close that it falls apart a little. Still trying to get my head around oils and my subsequent attempts haven't been much better really, but I'm starting to get the theory if not the actual process down.



*Mini is a 3d print of a sculpt by Manuel Boria, who recently did some really nice Chaos Lord types. Was a very easy print and a great mini to paint, so worth checking out if that's your thing:
https://www.myminifactory.com/users/Manuel_Boria

Well no way I'll be finished in time for this one, but I'm glad to see even more excellent entries this month! Hopefully the coming month's subject might align with the planets (Or whatever supreme forces are responsible for my ludicrously poor organisation ).

 Paradigm wrote:
With June being a shorter month, anyone going to need the extra day? Happy to leave it open for a bit tomorrow if needed.

My entry is fiinished, but I'd like to submit it in the morning so that I can photograph it in natural light.

Commissar Yarrork wrote:

 Freya wrote:


Yep that sounds accurate.

In a few years I'll be there with ya! We can make our own studio haha

At my current rate I don't think I'll ever be able to match some of this stuff, before my break from the hobby I was painting for...... 5 or 6 years? And at the rate of improvement I was making give me like 50 years to match this stuff. I hate to make excuses but my hands are just too shaky despite attempting several different ways people have suggested to deal with it.

I feel ya dude. I have terrible hand shaking and it drives me crazy. I've found some ways to *help* it but nothing that truly fixes it. Best I can do is find methods around it via painting techniques that I've adapted. Like using oil paints for line work and using paint retarder for eyes... it gives me the opportunity to wipe away my frequent mistakes when my hands decide to be rude. Yeah tucking your arms in and having both hands on the model can help but it doesn't really in any tangible way. If you wanna see how I get around my own, I'll happily show you a stream of mine sometime! Maybe there will be new tricks you haven't tried

Good job everyone!

Three pairs of Ogor boots on some rather 'Cursed' ground:

 Paradigm wrote:
I really like that monochrome look set off nicely by the crimson banner, and the shiny metals look great.

With June being a shorter month, anyone going to need the extra day? Happy to leave it open for a bit tomorrow if needed.

I could use another day. Thanks for keeping it open!

Almost certainly not going to get around to making better pictures tonight or tomorrow, so:
Reaper barbarian proof


And final pics from a couple weeks back:

Just to confirm then, tomorrow is officially a bonus day for this round, July's challenge will go up as usual tomorrow.