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 Misclicking ork wrote:

 Nevelon wrote:

 Misclicking ork wrote:

Clanrats done

Don’t forget you can have up to 6 pictures. While a mess of rats is an appropriate and thematic way to display them, maybe break them up into some smaller groups and get some better pictures? Like a few lines of 5.

I was tired and just wanted to get the photo in. But now that I'm not tired, here's some better pictures

Thanks for adding more photos. We could probably judge them better if they were photographed from a lower angle so we could see more of the models, though.

Welp. I did not get as much time to spend on these as I would have liked and we are off camping tomorrow, so I am calling them done!

I may go back and recolour the green tubes to be dark grey or leather, I think they are a bit gaudy atm.

I am also missing one dude after tzurk jr #2 decided to sneak down one night after bedtime and give him some impromptu improvements lol

Anyway I love this contest and I'm glad I've joined up, I got 10 minis painted this month and without it I think I would probably have had 0. Cheers everyone! I have not really had a chance to look at the other work in here yet - I'll probably save my feedback for the vote thread - we get back on the 2nd so timing lines up well.

 tzurk wrote:
I may go back and recolour the green tubes to be dark grey or leather, I think they are a bit gaudy atm.

I like them. They add a little color and match a few other small bits scattered across the models. I think they're small enough compared to the major areas of the models to add to the look rather than detract from it.

 tzurk wrote:

I am also missing one dude after tzurk jr #2 decided to sneak down one night after bedtime and give him some impromptu improvements lol

We do not require people to have a Dakka account to enter. If your kids want to participate they are more then welcome! Just be sure you specify which models are theirs, and what name they would like to enter under. Although “Jr”, numbered as needed, is the default.

It doesn’t happen often, but there is precedent. Always glad to help pass the torch to the next generation.


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 Geifer wrote:

 tzurk wrote:
I may go back and recolour the green tubes to be dark grey or leather, I think they are a bit gaudy atm.

I like them. They add a little color and match a few other small bits scattered across the models. I think they're small enough compared to the major areas of the models to add to the look rather than detract from it.

I second this.

Real camo is boring. That’s it’s job. Realistic looking uniforms end up just drab. My running joke is that I paint camo like Hollywood makes movies based on real-life events, Sure, you can tell where it’s coming from, but with more car crashes and explosions. So I have polished golds, bright red wires and orange tubes, all on top of the arctic or woodlands tiger stripe.

We paint to have either display or game pieces. You want the eye to catch on features. From a more practical point, well painted camo guys hiding in cover will be forgotten when the time comes to take actions/shoot/etc. By both your opponent AND you. Which while hilarious, will cost you games sometimes.

Well, with a very limited pile of items to paint, did some more HO scale crew.





Cheers,

CB

Back from the states, models have been based and primed, lets see how many I can finish in the next couple days.

I'm gonna have to drop out this month. Some things came up and I wasn't able to get the time necessary to get the amount of work I need to get done on the models.

OMG I just spent so. much. time painting today. I think I'm on track to get my guardsmen in on time.

I made good use of the weekend, which is also likely the last painting I would have gotten in this month. Not the best I could have done, but as much as I could do this month. Still, I'm reasonably happy with how the pie rats turned out.

Weequay Pirates:

Not one of my entry photos, but I wanted to share because my entry is in it:

Catastrophic base failure occurred when I removed one of my guardsmen from the painting handle. Apparently the previous owner used plaster of Paris to attach the mini to the base? Anyway, I think I was able to salvage it.

Test piece finished, only 9 more to go.

Necromunda Orlocks in full technicolour

I'm officially asking for the extension, Nev. I'm gonna need it to finish my models' bases. I might get the texture paint on them tonight but they'll need tomorrow for any of the water stuff to be applied, and that'll need some time to cure as well.

Finished.

I wish I could have painted a few more of these, but I knew that I was going to have no time for painting this month. I tried to get a photo of every angle this time. There wasn't any particular framing that spoke to me, so it's just a simple rotation.

Last minute proof!

I have actually started these grots today but will be rushing them through - I anticipate LOTS of washes!

Hopefully, I make it on time!

 ZergSmasher wrote:
I'm officially asking for the extension, Nev. I'm gonna need it to finish my models' bases. I might get the texture paint on them tonight but they'll need tomorrow for any of the water stuff to be applied, and that'll need some time to cure as well.

Granted. We’ll push this back a day and wrap it up tomorrow night (Oct 1st) or more accurately, Thursday the 2nd while I’m having my morning coffee.

I was debating asking myself. I’ve got 5 more spinefist gaunts who just need touch ups and to be based. But I’m not even sure I’m going to include them in my entry, or just keep it to neurogaunts and rippers

Done.
Glad to be part of the Challenge!

 Nevelon wrote:

 ZergSmasher wrote:
I'm officially asking for the extension, Nev. I'm gonna need it to finish my models' bases. I might get the texture paint on them tonight but they'll need tomorrow for any of the water stuff to be applied, and that'll need some time to cure as well.

Granted. We’ll push this back a day and wrap it up tomorrow night (Oct 1st) or more accurately, Thursday the 2nd while I’m having my morning coffee.

I was debating asking myself. I’ve got 5 more spinefist gaunts who just need touch ups and to be based. But I’m not even sure I’m going to include them in my entry, or just keep it to neurogaunts and rippers

Phew glad their was an extension, Wife has invited a load of family around for the coming weekend so its just been full throttle trying to get the house ready.

Will put up my proof here and the finished pics tomorrow, almost all finished now just got to do the skin.

I got as far as taking my original proof models into work to strip the paint (good range of solvents there) but never got around to it, so I started painting a few other gobbos instead. Nearly forgot to take a new proof picture, hopefully I caught these in an unpainted enough state for the challenge


the finished models




edit: Not sure why they look blurry in this thread, seem fine in the gallery

Sometimes I think the galleries auto-size feature messes with the pics. Note for everyone, especially in the vote thread: Click through the links will generally get you better views of the minis.

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Took advantage of the day to rush the last lone gaunt across the bench to join the 5 waiting to be based. So instead of baseing and takeing pics of those 5 today, I’ll flock and snap these 6 tomorrow. Them and the 11 neurogaunts, 3 ripper swarms, and 4 other spinefists. 2 dozen models in a month, for 155 points worth of chaff. The joy of Nids. Those battlefields won’t carpet themselves with gribbles.

And done!

Imperial Army / Imperial Guard / Astra Militarum

Been done for a bit, but putting pics off as usual.

Proof on some battletech savannah master hovercraft, speedy little 5 ton terror sleds :


And their hotrod 1st Kestrel Grenadiers final paint scheme:

Real life struck hard this month, so I'm just glad to have got this done.

MS-06 Zaku II "chocosapu" candy toy.



Full images in the spoiler.

The paint on his base was still wet as I was taking the photos I think but I got my little guy done (it would have been pretty sad if I couldn't even finish one weedy little grot in a month after all).

I lived in Hawaii for a while and used to go body surfing. I had a pair of blue and yellow Churchill fins, so I've named him Churchill.

Ork Kommandos Distraction Grot:

Hi, all.

Got my grots done - not a lot of subtlety with these guys but the group fits the theme!

The idea for these guys is that they are scavenging whatever wargear that they can find on the dead bodies on the battlefield. The little mech is made of bits of sprue and a bit of bubble-tea straw, with bits of chaos and regular marines added.

Seems I'm not the only person running late this month!

Good luck everyone!

Thanks for the extra day, Just stuck the squig's to the base's and about to add pics shortly....

Edit: Finished pics, only managed to get two goblins finished

Goodluck all

Goblins galore...

Keep em coming in guys. We’ve got the day extension here for another 24 hours, but it’s time to get your spook on!

https://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/817558.page

I'm sensing a pattern this month. I guess I'm not the only one that was swamped this September. I suppose it is the start of the school year.