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Welcome all to the 36th round of the Unofficial Painting Challenge here on Dakka. For anyone who's unfamiliar with the format, this is a simple community challenge open to anyone on Dakka, the aim of the game being to paint a model or set of models relating to the month's theme and win points for doing so! This also constitutes the final round of the challenge's third year, meaning it's the last chance to push yourself up the League Table before it all gets reset come March!

The theme this month is 'Carry A Big Stick'. Your entry should be boasting a weapon of particularly immense size, be that a Lascannon or a greataxe, a Grenade Launcher to a broadsword. The killier, the better!



How To Enter
- You may enter up to 5 MODELS as a SINGLE ENTRY, and are permitted one entry per member per month. If you enter multiple models, they should ideally be related in some way, such as part of the same squad, unit or scene if you are doing a diorama
- You MUST post a 'proof' picture of your entry in the thread of the state it was in before you started working on it; this must be either unassembled, unpainted, primed or coated a single colour. Entries that do not submit a valid Proof Picture will not be eligible for voting.
- After this, you may post WIP pictures in this thread and your own if you wish, and on completing the entry, you may post up to 6 final pictures IN THIS THREAD that will then be used for voting. Please note that pictures in a montage or collage picture will be considered individual images for this purpose, so while these types of presentation are certainly acceptable, please keep the image limit in mind when compiling them. For example, a collage of 5 images and one separate image would count as your 6 picture allowance.


So What Do I Win?
- Points... and points mean... bragging rights for the next month! Following the vote, points will be awarded to every entrant. This year, the Points you receive will be equal to the Percentage of Votes your entry receives in the final Voting thread; if you get 10%, you get 10 points, if you get 6% you get 6 points, so on and so forth.

These points will be used to form a league table, which will be updated month on month as the results come in.


How Long Do I Have?
This challenge begins 1st of February and will end at midnight GMT on the 28th of February. After this, I shall compile the finished entries into a new thread, and voting will run for 5 days.

List of Entrants:

SirOllox: FINISHED


Nevelon: FINISHED


Nevelon Jr.: FINISHED



u971: FINISHED


TheDraconicLord: FINISHED


Guildenstern: FINISHED


Supershandy: FINISHED


keezus: FINISHED


Midget Gems:FINISHED


ncshooter426:


ZergSmasher: FINISHED


r3ng8b0y


GulgGog Tuftoof: FINISHED


lipsdapips: FINISHED


Power Elephant: FINISHED


Cryocat: FINISHED


ZoBo: FINISHED


dukeofbeer: FINISHED

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Porphyrius: FINISHED


Elbows: FINISHED


Garrior:


vejut: FINISHED


Modock: FINISHED


Appolinaire:


n1ceguypaul:


womprat49: FINISHED


Manalishi: FINISHED


Tim121RVC: FINISHED


Chris56: FINISHED


ChaosDad: FINISHED


Kustomer D: FINISHED


Moolet: FINISHED


feltmonkey: FINISHED


Angelofvengeance:


Paradigm: FINISHED


Ninjapirate: FINISHED


EagleArk:


gruebot:


Colour Of War: FINISHED

So many things to chose from...

Heavy thunder hammer deathwatch vanguard vets?
Lascannon heavy support squad?
Converted ironman Leviathan dread?
Ahriman?
Grey Knight purgation squad?
Eldar Dark Reapers?...

I'll have to throw a die or something to decide on this one...

My entry.

I really like this kit, it was nice to build.
Some month ago I bought a gundam kit, which was completely glueless to build, everything fit perfectly and it was a joy to build and I tought, why GW dosn't have these kind of kits.... and et voila.... there it is.

Going to be a tight month, as I’ll be moving to a new place in the middle of it, but let’s see what I can do. I was planning on doing my Hunter tank, but will aim to get at least one of these lieutenants done:


The Boy also wanted to try to enter on his own this month with a captain with a relic blade.

Going to be a busy month for me,so i would say its 50/50 i get these things finished in time,wish me luck!
Some Battletech.They carry big guns for such tiny vehicles.

Long Tom Artillary Cannon & Ammo Carriage.(Has a cannon capable of firing "nukes")



Land Barge.(Has a large laser)

Oh yes, here it is! I'm going literal with my entry!




(@para: warn me if you need a new proof pic, this one is the same from January)

PROOF

Some of dese guys:

I'm a glutton for punishment but since it's just one model this time and four weeks to paint it, I decided to give it another go

Mr Graves. Big stick included.

Good Luck to everyone for the final challenge of the challenge year.

Quite a variety already, I'm always impressed with your tiny work U971.

I'll go in with this one, an Ork Nob with Waaagh Banner! (a big stick) I've played a friend a couple of times with the new rules and had to use a nob with a trophy rack as the Waaagh banner model, so only seems right I make a proper one

Sister Clarice... it's your time to shine!

I'll get in on this one...haven't for a while!

I'm in with an Alpha Legion Sorcerer. He's wearing a jump pack and carrying a big stick. Here's my proof:

Good luck to everyone who's entering. I already see a bunch of cool entries getting ready to throw down!

FUNTASTIC! I have wanted to join a contest like this one for a while!

I shall finish an Imperial Fists Librarian, he's got a good sized stick he carries around I reckon!

Here goes:

My stick's bigger'n yours! Proof:


(Although I fear that Sister Clarice may have us all beat)

What bigger and greater a stick is there to carry than the Emperor's own sword? Count me IN!

Proof:

 Gulgog TufToof wrote:
My stick's bigger'n yours! Proof:


(Although I fear that Sister Clarice may have us all beat)

Oh dear, you are quite right...

My entry:

Does the weapon actually have to be big, or can it simply be big relative to the guy holding it? (such as, for instance, a gretchin with a tankhammer)

As always, the theme is open to interpretation, so yes, that would be totally valid. Be as creative as you like within the theme!

It's really great to see a bunch of new/returning entrants this month! Welcome and/or welcome back!

This should be a big enough stick

Lolz, that is quite literally, a very big stick!

righto, with questionable judgement, I'm in ...Morty's got a pretty big stick, with a honking great blade on the end of it!

...not sure if I'll actually be able to get him done by the end of the month, but it's worth a try!

proof:

I'm already excited to see all the entries this month, some cool models here!

I'm also in this month.
Like @TheDraconicLord I'm going for a literal interpretation- a giant with a big stick for a club.

Excited to be a part of this! I think I'll be painting up this Venerable Dreadnought for my Raven Guard:

Yep...going to try this again.



Disclaimer: This one was ordered with two close-combat weapon options, so the final picture may feature my magnetized weapon from previous...so it'll be 90% painted this month. Only thing I have laying around with a "big stick".

Then we will have a dreadnouhgtbattle....

Three entries and still counting

(I don't get the multiquote function to work :-/ )


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 ZoBo wrote:
righto, with questionable judgement, I'm in ...Morty's got a pretty big stick, with a honking great blade on the end of it!

...not sure if I'll actually be able to get him done by the end of the month, but it's worth a try!

proof:

Spoiler:

Well after spending most of last month ill and shivering on the sofa, I actually feel like a real human this month (so far. And human is open to interpretation at the best of times anyway!).

So, I thought of a big stick to use. What better than a Swordmaster of Hoeth, using a blade almost as big as himself with inhuman speed and swiftness.

Proof:



My plan is to paint them 1 by 1 and provide the proof images as and when I start them as I want to spend some time working on my hellblasters from last month too.

Well, that worked last month, lets try some more oathsworn stuff:


Gonna try to get all 6 and pick the best 5, but will at least get one...

It is time to paint the only true Dragon Slayer (having a giant proof under the feet helps the credibility). This is what I was talking about Scibor
miniatures being more on the artistic side. The miniature is incredible, the character, authenticity, the sheer awesomeness it evokes.
This is one of the two most prised (the mini was extremely cheap for what it is) minis I have, the other one being Szalamandra tag from infinity
which I'll paint in the future Challenges.

I just hope I will do him justice with the paint job.