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With the annual Space Marine round well underway, it's time to pick a subject for next month's painting challenge! This month, the options are:


Saints And Sinners: Almost every setting has some kind of deity, religion or belief system, good or evil, holy or unholy. Your entry should relate to this in some way, for example a mighty warrior in the service of Dark Gods, a crusading knight or a holy man preaching to the masses.

Primal: Advanced technology and cunning tactics are all well and good, but sometimes the old ways are the best! Your entry should be a model that doesn't rely on high tech gear or fancy tactics, just basic weaponry and primal instinct to survive, such as a Dwarven berserker, a savage orc, a poorly equipped militaman or a feral and savage beast of war ect.

The Final Frontier: Every civilisation thrives on pushing the boundaries of knowledge and exploring the vast unknown. From explorers sailing the seas to new lands to the captain of a starship on the edge of known space, a scientist's crazy creations or an alien from an untouched world, your entry should embody the spirit of discovery and the unknown.

Legendary: Every story needs its heroes and villains. The only criteria for this subject is that the entry has a suitably epic history attached to it; this could be a special character or one taken from the lore of your game of choice, or a home-made hero (in which case a short history attached to the entry would be appreciated!)

2 days to pick!

aww man...they all sound good!...I'm gonna have to think about this one for a little while before I vote I think!...

Legendary primal saints and sinners in the final frontier... Cover all your bases!

Just paint Ghaz... he covers all your bases.

 keezus wrote:
Legendary primal saints and sinners in the final frontier... Cover all your bases!

Just paint Ghaz... he covers all your bases.

I've already painted Ghaz though ...hmm...I haven't painted the oldschool 2nd ed. Ghaz though

not really feelin' that though...I've got a few possible ideas floating around for most of the themes though, so I'll figure something out...just gotta wait and see what wins...right now though, I've got a solid candidate for "Legendary", so I'll go with that

I've gone Saints & Sinners, so I can do my RT Chaplain on a bike. He could also be a legend!

Not really got much for Primal, as I'm (still) painting marines.

Not sure about Final Frontier either.

Im up for everything except final frontier so bring on the results.

final frontier's a bit of an odd one imo...I can't actually think of anything really, (for 40k at least) that obviously fits...only things that could "maybe, kinda, sorta" fit...I mean, there's probably some obvious things there, but I'm just a bit stumped on that one...

As I have plenty of Ironjawz on my table to start painting, I may finally return to this wonderful challenge

 ZoBo wrote:
final frontier's a bit of an odd one imo...I can't actually think of anything really, (for 40k at least) that obviously fits...only things that could "maybe, kinda, sorta" fit...I mean, there's probably some obvious things there, but I'm just a bit stumped on that one...

As I was coming up with it, I was thinking things like Rogue Traders, AdMech Magi, Explorators ect, and on the other side, some of the more mysterious or unusual aliens like the Vespid or various types of Nid or Necron... It's not necessarily the most obvious one, but I think it can be interpreted widely enough that it shouldn't be too hard.

 Paradigm wrote:

 ZoBo wrote:
final frontier's a bit of an odd one imo...I can't actually think of anything really, (for 40k at least) that obviously fits...only things that could "maybe, kinda, sorta" fit...I mean, there's probably some obvious things there, but I'm just a bit stumped on that one...

As I was coming up with it, I was thinking things like Rogue Traders, AdMech Magi, Explorators ect, and on the other side, some of the more mysterious or unusual aliens like the Vespid or various types of Nid or Necron... It's not necessarily the most obvious one, but I think it can be interpreted widely enough that it shouldn't be too hard.

oh yeah, it's definitely an interesting theme, and a lot of cool stuff could come out of it...it was probably more of a criticism of myself than the theme really, for not being able to think of anything for it

I know it says no high tech stuff for primal, but I've always wanted to paint shark jaws on a vehicle.

tau are kinda the final frontier. they are on the very eastern fringe out past Macragge.

Easy vote for me. Primal. I've a bunch or orruk brutes i need to convert and paint before April 22

I went with legendary, but primal would work too.

I think I might paint that sick assassin AOS mini.

Voted primal, but saints and sinners would work for me too. Probably going to paint up my WarGods of Aegyptus typhon assassin. That or a Sebeki harbinger--angry primitive croc man avatar of angry primitive croc god works either way

I could probably do something for any of them, but here's what I'd probably do for each category:
Sinners & Saints: I've got more than one Chaplain model I need to paint, but I could do my recently-assembled Herald of Nurgle as well. I'd most likely stick with my old-school metal Chaplain that I bought specifically for my Battle Company.
Primal: I've got three Circle Orboros warbeasts that need some paint, or else I could do my SLAUGHTERPRIEST WITH HACKBLADE!!!
The Final Frontier: So many Tau models I'd have a hard time picking one or more to paint.
Legendary: Might just give Belial some paint, or maybe Cassius from Deathwatch: Overkill. Or better yet, a certain recently released Primarch...

...I have AdMech and Tau (And dislike Kroot). May need some help with Primal.

If primal wins I have no idea what to do...maybe some bloodletters or other AoS chaos stuff I have to paint.

If we end up with the primal theme, it would really motivate me to do that Ork/Saurus Knight counting as Warbikers conversion I've been planning. I'm sure that could turn out really neat, and the little push in the form of an actual deadline would surely help.

I voted Primal! I am so keen!

I voted for final frontier as i have a pretty hightech for the period bronze bull, but its also a bull so will work for primal.

Haha looks like I was one of the few that voted for Final Frontier,But that was just me hoping to get some Necrons painted,but ohh well,looks like it's Primal,Only thing i have that fits that theme is a couple of Ork boys with choppas,and it's been an age since I painted Ork.

Are space marines primal? It's all I'm painting at the moment.

I can't even think of a good justification

Honestly, I'd say that primal would be one of the only times Marines don't quite fit the ticket, and I find that in some ways a good thing. Has there been a month prior without any? Not to exclude those that collect and paint Marines, of course (that wouldn't be very nice!), but it's a theme that requires a lot of thought and creativity, and really lends itself to conversions, kit bashing, etc. It's really in the spirit of the word challenge. So I'm all for it.

And there's always Space Wolves!

What about Chaos Marines? There Savage and Primal,But are a bit advanced also.

 KommissarKiln wrote:
Honestly, I'd say that primal would be one of the only times Marines don't quite fit the ticket, and I find that in some ways a good thing. Has there been a month prior without any? Not to exclude those that collect and paint Marines, of course (that wouldn't be very nice!), but it's a theme that requires a lot of thought and creativity, and really lends itself to conversions, kit bashing, etc. It's really in the spirit of the word challenge. So I'm all for it.

Unfortunately I agree

I'm fairly confident that people are getting sick of my silver and red marines, but I don't want to get distracted painting other stuff. Meh, maybe I'll just have to miss a month

If primal wins the day, I think my 2nd ed Ghazgkull Thrakka might finally get some paint

Interesting topic options all around. If primal wins I am thinking of doing another Slaughterpriest (bald version) or maybe the Auric Runemaster (or both).

 Bottle wrote:
Interesting topic options all around. If primal wins I am thinking of doing another Slaughterpriest (bald version) or maybe the Auric Runemaster (or both).

Due to a new ruling introduced in the 2017/18 season, 'someone said it on the internet so it must be true', you are now required to do both on a suitably epic diorama base. Make it so!