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This terrain took a very long time to assemble...and I didn't magnetize it.


Cheers,

CB

I'm really unhappy with how my bartender is coming out and I don't know how to strip the model without ruining it. So here's a proof pic of bartender attempt # 2.



All the terrain bits (and then some!) for the bar is done, but I still need someone to sling suds

So, pretty much finished here on my Kahl. Still got a bit of time left on the clock so I won't say I'm totally done when I still have some time to fiddle about. But I'm fairly pleased with how they turned out.


EDIT: this is my final entry just so everyone knows. Cheers.

More progress on my ruined cathedral.

First of the three portions I glued together and mounted on a base. I added some flying buttresses (Made by one of the gamers in my group) as there is no longer a roof.

The started a ruined floor made from chipboard.


More to come as I do sections two and three.

Cheers,

CB

The Pulcinella Pub Crawl! The 5 models I intend for this month's contest. All are on custom bases to capture the sense of the Venetian streets and docks.


And couple of detail shots:

King for a Day, the Leader. Enjoyed his custom base. Tried to have elements of everything - the stone, the canal, wood and rusty metal.

Particularly happy with the ripples that the tentacle's making.

The stonework detailing on the front and the chain hanging off the base are both GS, just to keep the whole thing looking consistent.

And for what it's worth, here's the full set of 9

Another two mounted on a new base, which I have cut in two so that it can be a single piece or split in two. Then I added tiles. Next is the rubble and the remnants of the roof.




Cheers,

CB

Nice interlocking terrain base, Cap! I've never seen that done before.

New barmaid complete:

Cor
What a smasher!

Thank you! I guess this means my entry is complete:

 inmygravenimage wrote:
Cor
What a smasher!

Please tell me she’s called Yvette and her landlord is Rene…

Can’t be. She has neither flying helmet nor wet celery

Great work kidC. All the pieces came together really well. Looks like a great game waiting to happen. A great location, certainly.

Well, I feel like I’ve sat on this one long enough to be convinced that I’m neither going to paint it more or take better photos, so here he is.

Captain Cleese the (un)dead parrot.






Let the python lines commence.

Beautiful plumage

Great work on that beastie, theCrowe!
'E's kicked the bucket, 'e's shuffled off 'is mortal coil, run down the curtain and joined the bleedin' choir invisible!!

I've finally got some paint on my minis. The location is somewhere in Europe, in the year 2107, after nuclear war, comet impact, a Carrington event, climate disasters and lots of disease pandemics... it's a rough place to be, and the private military contractors who work there need heavy duty protective gear. Which sometimes works. They use a lot of robotic support too. Which also sometimes works. For a while, at least.



Rest of the pics behind spoiler tags to avoid thread bloat:


cheers,
Michael

Thanks Michael, and thanks for writing the game that inspired it.

Your heavy duty PPE crew are looking pretty rugged. Have you imagined any other factions in this setting? Semi-sentient wolf-packs, steampunk bio-engineer types or horribly mutated survivor scavengers?

Great work theCrowe! It certainly looks tired and shagged out after a long sqauwk. Love the barnacles on the sword.

The mech and co look excellent in the blue and white, like the scratches and battle damage on them.

theCrowe wrote:.... Have you imagined any other factions in this setting? Semi-sentient wolf-packs, steampunk bio-engineer types or horribly mutated survivor scavengers?

Not really - I see it as a hard scifi setting, so all stuff that's either already viable or already being developed. So the less science based stuff doesn't really fit in, TBH...

Olthannon wrote:The mech and co look excellent in the blue and white, like the scratches and battle damage on them.

Thank you!

Not the best pic, but almost done with the Lictor.

Going for a mottled camo/blending effect, but still keeping the hive fleet colors. Will be interesting to see how he fits in with the rest of the swarm. I think the base will be real important there.

Snipers are going slow, they might not make it across the line.

Can I use this pic as the last photo in my entry?


Or are this too many models/elements to be included in final judging?

I just like to have a good pic of my finished painted stuff in a scene.

Heres a little update on my submission, Lord Felthius & His Retinue.

Spoiler tag to save on picture bloat.

I particularly like the black, got a bit of a Blight (Batman Beyond ) vibe.

Hey folks, just dropping in amidst all these great entries with a quick update on the future of the challenge. The short version is that from March and the start of the 2023-24 rotation, Nevelon will be taking over my duties in terms of running proceedings, including the monthly challenge/vote/subject poll threads, fielding rules questions and generally being the go-to guy for anything related to the Monthly Painting Challenge.

Having managed this whole thing for most of the 96 rounds to date, I'll be stepping aside as it's become harder and harder for me to find the time and motivation to keep things running smoothly (as you can probably tell from the somewhat delayed voting threads in recent months)
The start of a new annual rotation feels like a good time to hand things over, and in Nevelon's capable hands I'm sure the Challenge will continue to grow, inspire and retain the fantastic, supportive and creative community that has sprung up around it over the last 8(!) years. I will still be dropping by to be inspired and encouraged by the superb work and effort on show every month, and might even get back to throwing my own entries into the ring every now and then!

I'll be doing one last bit of admin in setting up February's voting thread, but for now I'll sign off with a huge thanks to the people who've kept this fantastic thing going, and those who will continue to do so in the days ahead! To Midget Gems (and TP-DC before him) for keeping the League running and updated and to Nevelon for stepping in when I needed breaks and agreeing to take over now. To the absolute heroes that spend time every month providing thoughtful, constructive feedback to every entry, to the regulars that show up round after round and keep this Challenge rolling, and to everyone who's dropped in for a round or two, left some feedback. offered advice or suggestions, and who just painted cool stuff for us to feast our eyes on! Bravo!

Thanks for organizing this for so long, Paradigm! And thanks for stepping up, Nevelon!

Exalted Paradigm.

Thankyou for your dedication to the challenge.

Sincerely,

CB

Thanks paradigm, you've been a star!

Cheers Paradigm. Hope you stop in and enter some challenges in the future. Hope life gets back to calm waters for you soon.

Thanks for all your hard work and dedication running this Challenge. I do hope you can enter in the future-- your unique style has actually inspired me to try some new techniques in my own painting!

First of all, I'll echo the sentiments in the posts immediately above; a sincere thank you Paradigm for starting and running this thing for as long as you have. This competition has been the primary driver for me to complete dozens of miniatures even during the months when I didn't enter. Something about the word competition has pushed me to paint to a higher standard than I would have otherwise and also try new techniques. In creating the competition, you inadvertently (or maybe intentionally?) created a community of good folks who provide motivation, constructive critique, and invaluable advice.

In painting related news, since my last WIP post here, I made a to do list on my current mini that goes a little something like this:
nails, brown highlights, camo shirt, landmine, hammer block, grenades, black washes, silver cleanup, brass highlights, skin highlights, skin wash, base

I got a three hour straight painting session in last night (a true rarity for me) and now everything is done but the base which is drying overnight tonight. I skipped the skin wash too since I finished the highlights and it looked good enough that I didn't want to screw it up.
I've also got this ork kommando thing down to a science now and am planning to do a batch of three next month to finish out the squad. If I were really clever (clearly I'm not), I would have done three this month instead for "location, location, location" but oh well.

Good luck all, still one week to finish up!

Many thanks Paradigm, looking back at the entries I've done since I got here the majority of them I wouldn't have thought of, or had the motivation to finish, without these contests.