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November Poll ideas
- Small but deadly.
- Ew that’s gross!
-She may not look like much but she’s got it where it counts.

Hmm, some November ideas...

"If it bleeds, we can kill it"

"Ancient Curses"

"Behind enemy lines"

"Concrete Jungle"

Nice ideas …

My suggestions:

Wrecking Ball
Might means right
Don’t Tread On Me

Finally managed to make a start…. no plan this month, making it all up as I go!

Finally ready to start painting this thing!

This is all I've managed to accomplish since some iRL stuff has gotten in the way as of late:



The weird scar is taking into account of the hideous casting deformating on his face that I didn't notice until I started painting the skin.

The Candlejacks are finished:

Atmosphere in spades in those sculpts JoshinJapan…

Loving the spooky candlelight heads! Gorgeous!

 JoshInJapan wrote:
The Candlejacks are finished:

brb throwing my death jester into the trashbin.

Hang in there, this competition needs more pumpkin-headed goodness, not less!

Inspiration, not intimidation. We have and welcome all skill levels here. If you see someone doing amazing things, feel free to ask how they get those results. We are always happy to share tips.

Remember, Leopold; you're not competing against the other participants, you're competing against your pile of shame

I have long been of the opinion that, in the miniature painting hobby, if you are doing work, you are doing good work. Every model painted is a chance to learn and improve and your best model is the next one you paint.

 Leopold Helveine wrote:

 JoshInJapan wrote:
The Candlejacks are finished:

brb throwing my death jester into the trashbin.

Spoiler:

dw, last time when I said I couldn't compete it was a compliment (again now), not that I think I cannot do as good or anything, but I am easily depressed by autumn, that has nothing to do with it though.

Dude, your Death Jester is great! I love the colors you chose, and the striped pants are a great touch.

Some more ideas for to throw on the pile for Nov:

"Good things/small packages" - gives a bit more scope than just having epic scale and runts, maybe? You can have paladins, too!

"Get to da choppa!" - Orks, Imperial Guard (especially Catachan?), Predators, flying vehicles (especially helicopters and gyrocopters), or just transport vehicles in general, perhaps?

"From the shadows it came..." - nothing at all to do with the fact I have a ton of Raven Guard to paint... honest

"Remember, remember..." - I have no idea what models this could inspire, but it fits with the month. Something to do with big explosions, or the things that cause big explosions, maybe? Or things to do with fire and/or secret plots? Assassinations? Sneaky sneaks?

Paint is done! Time to have some fun.

Making all Linus’ dreams come true.


And making Lucy pay the price for her lack of faith.

DOne. wheeep (Blackstone-Fortress heroes are done)








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 theCrowe wrote:
Paint is done! Time to have some fun.

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Making all Linus’ dreams come true.


And making Lucy pay the price for her lack of faith.

This made my day! adorable


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 JoshInJapan wrote:
The Candlejacks are finished:

Spoiler:

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The lil guy on the left, that face lolz! very nice


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 KidCthulhu wrote:
This is all I've managed to accomplish since some iRL stuff has gotten in the way as of late:

Spoiler:

The weird scar is taking into account of the hideous casting deformating on his face that I didn't notice until I started painting the skin.

As far as I am concirned, any Witchhunter is a friend! because witches deserve to get hunted, and wraiths too!


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 Mr Nobody wrote:
This entry was much faster to complete. I experimented with some new chromatic paints and it's a neat look if you like metallics. I also tried doing a spooky red glow around the head.

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Superb contrast!
That red is literally glowing!


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Vejut wrote:
Joining the "finished early in the month" club. I think I need better pictures, but done anyways:

Spoiler:

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Nice! Simple but quite effective.
That gives me a nifty idea to try on the next project limit to 4 colors including black or white, I think I am overdoing it with colors at times.


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 Geifer wrote:
Here's my finished entry:

Trainee Cargo Specialist

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I like a hint of apologetic look in her face.
A lot of character in a small figure.
Good job on the hair, I need to try that middle-dark gradient, that looks cool!




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 Nevelon wrote:
We are about halfway through the month. Hope everyone is making better progress than I am.

Anyone have any ideas for the November poll?

Yes!
1 - Squats in space

2 - Futuristic miners

3 - Squad of scifi very short highlanders

Honestly any of these 3 should be very good!


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 Leopold Helveine wrote:
I do hate how photography and closeups in particular really wreck how cool a mini looks :/
Anyway, sticking true to the Samhain atmosphere, here's my entry; a Jack'o'Jestero

Just resized all images because closeup they look horrific..

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Looking horrific is the point !
Seriously it looks proper scary, reminds me of KernerTerror's work from our terrain challenges
Checkout his epic terrain work https://www.dakkadakka.com/core/gallery-search.jsp?p=1&u=95538&g=59135&ll=3&auction=0&unapproved=0&coolnesslow=0&coolnesshigh=10&paintjoblow=0&paintjobhigh=10&sort1=7&sort2=0&skip=30&en=&st=&utype=&start=30
The dark backdrop helps, good job on that. Especially the first picture with the dramatic angle and the rim-light! The camera and lighting is always a struggle don't sweat it too much, but the improvements are noticeable.

XvArcanevX wrote:
Finally managed to make a start…. no plan this month, making it all up as I go!

Looking Good! Makes me wonder if I should make mine darker...

Finished the next five metal Harlequins.

Halloween Special - Send in the clowns...clowns are scary.







Cheers,

CB

 straken619 wrote:

XvArcanevX wrote:
Finally managed to make a start…. no plan this month, making it all up as I go!

Looking Good! Makes me wonder if I should make mine darker...

Ha! Yours are looking nice there too! Kind of fun having someone doing the same models!

I know what you mean about making them darker but I was concerned mine look too dark… plus I have now added more color into the mix too… hard to say.

I like the pale look for ghouls and my first batch (the Start Collecting box) I painted primarily using Iorach Skin and off whites… they look far, far more ‘undead’ than the green ones I am doing now, but then the green gives more opportunity for contrast and interesting complimentary colors soooo….

I am liking the look you are establishing on yours …

Here are some of my original ghouls ..

 Captain Brown wrote:
Finished the next five metal Harlequins.

Halloween Special - Send in the clowns...clowns are scary.

Spoiler:

Cheers,

CB

Scary indeed. Scary good!

Captain Brown

Those Harlequins are really beautiful! Great work there!

Nice progress everyone!
Angry twig grannies, i hope they reconfigure my face!

Proof


Progress

So, I'm glad that I got a good week of work in at the beginning of the month because the second week left me with a grand total of 25 minutes of hobby time spread across several days. Thanks, real life! Now, my main entry is done so it's all good, but I'm not so sure anymore if I can add any zombies to it. I've made some headway converting the first one but haven't even started on the other two for which I have an idea.

I'll keep working on them regardless since I'm in the mood and it's the right time of year for it. Worst case scenario, I'll have a trio of zombies that may fit another month's theme down the line.

On a completely unrelated note, I'd like to suggest Early Retirement as a theme for November's vote. You know, something like people or gear who had their careers or usefulness cut short or something. Kind of a random thought. Not sure where I got it.

 Mothsniper wrote:

 Geifer wrote:
Here's my finished entry:

Trainee Cargo Specialist

Spoiler:

I like a hint of apologetic look in her face.
A lot of character in a small figure.
Good job on the hair, I need to try that middle-dark gradient, that looks cool!

Thank you!

Wouldn't that be something to see. I love the way you work with color and composition. Your Kroot is awesome and it's always great to see how you tackle different things.

The Spirit of The Great Pumpkin





And this is the primed pre-paint proof just in case. As I know the plastic was orange in the first place.

Thank you Mothsniper and XvArcanevX.

Cheers,

CB

My suggestion for november:
-its snowing.

Would be cool to show off my winter-base making skill

Sounds good to me. I could use the opportunity to show off my complete lack of winter basing skills.

Phoned in winter bases are stupid easy to do.

Ask me how I know…

If we're taking suggestions for November, I second "Eww."

With the trainee finished, I think it's time for a group photo of the sculpts I made this year for the painting challenge. I'm not out of ideas for more characters, but I'm not currently working on any new ones either. I can't rule out that I may have another one ready in time for the January or February challenges, but in the immediate future I'll choose different projects for the monthly challenge.

Sculpting seven models in seven months is a frantic pace. The cost is measured in quality, but getting so much done is so short a time feels pretty good regardless.