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Made in gb
Is 'Eavy Metal Calling?





UK

Welcome all to the 79th round of the Dakka Painting challenge. For the unfamiliar, this is a friendly painting competition open to members of all skill levels and experience, whether your entry is your first or you thousand-and-first time painting miniatures. Each month, finished entries are collected into a thread where the community can vote on their favourite pieces, and those votes go towards an annual overall League that runs for 12 rounds, ending in February next year.



This month, the theme is Heavy Metal. We want your clanking plate armour, your armoured walkers, you tanks, your oversized hammers, your enormous metal minis from the days of yore! Anything that goes CLANG! is and immensely weighty, really! As always, the theme is open to interpretation, so I expect at least one of you to instead make a Black Sabbath tribute band out of Dwarves or somthing...

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 September and will end at midnight UK time on the 30th September. After this, I shall compile the finished entries into a new thread, and voting will run for 5 days.

 
   
Made in gb
Blood Angel Terminator with Lightning Claws





Cloud City, Bespin

I am always looking for the Goff Rockers but can never find them for decent prices,


Entry for me is smash captain on bike, bike is metal ish, hammer is metal and the shield is a terminator Sgt wrist shield


** Thunder Hammer in post **
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The Marine Standing Behind Marneus Calgar





Upstate, New York

Spoiler:



Some Heavy Intercessors. (I’ll try to get a better proof pic, just finished building them and got them primed yesterday)


Edited with more focused picture

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Excited Doom Diver





Hmm, what do I have that needs painting for my Soulblight and fits the "Heavy Metal" theme...

Well, what's more metal than a vicious bloodsucker clad head to toe in plate armour, riding the rotting corpse of a dragon and bursting its way out of a graveyard?

In other words, my entry this month will be a Vampire Lord on Zombie Dragon. Proof to come tonight.
   
Made in us
The Marine Standing Behind Marneus Calgar





Upstate, New York

Aelyn wrote:
Hmm, what do I have that needs painting for my Soulblight and fits the "Heavy Metal" theme...

Well, what's more metal than a vicious bloodsucker clad head to toe in plate armour, riding the rotting corpse of a dragon and bursting its way out of a graveyard?

In other words, my entry this month will be a Vampire Lord on Zombie Dragon. Proof to come tonight.


Also fits for the “would it look like it belongs on a metal album cover”

   
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Excited Doom Diver





 Nevelon wrote:
Aelyn wrote:
Hmm, what do I have that needs painting for my Soulblight and fits the "Heavy Metal" theme...

Well, what's more metal than a vicious bloodsucker clad head to toe in plate armour, riding the rotting corpse of a dragon and bursting its way out of a graveyard?

In other words, my entry this month will be a Vampire Lord on Zombie Dragon. Proof to come tonight.


Also fits for the “would it look like it belongs on a metal album cover”

That's what I meant especially mith my monochrome-plus-red colour scheme and it literally bursting over some gates.
   
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The Marine Standing Behind Marneus Calgar





Upstate, New York

My undercaffinated brain just focused on the plate armor bit. My bad.

Now I really want to paint something for my undead army, just to mock up the pics as cover art. But all I have at the moment is some chainrasps, and they are not very metal.

Someone needs to paint up a mostly naked barbarian gal riding a pterodactyl thing.
Also a good month to break out the umlauts.

   
Made in gb
Leader of the Sept







Umlauts should never be suppressed!

Please excuse any spelling errors. I use a tablet frequently and software keyboards are a pain!

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Made in de
Shrieking Guardian Jetbiker






I'll paint these classic Sigmarines in Tactical Dreadnought Armour with Thunder Hammer/Storm Shield - will be going for a grimdark weathered look. Never painted SCE before but got both Dominion and the previous starter + ETB sets earlier this summer so I'm a bit excited, actually.



Any METAL listening tips for my painting sessions? I'm more of a Hardcore/Screamo person when it comes 'heavy' music, but I do like stuff like Mastodon, Baroness, Kylesa etc.

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Made in ca
Fixture of Dakka





Surrey, BC - Canada

Four old metal Wraithguard.



Cheers,

CB

   
Made in gb
Esteemed Veteran Space Marine






Northumberland

I'm in this month. But I have to ask if I can break the rules and add an extra model - because NOBLE Team isn't complete without Noble 6...



I'm unashamed to say that I love Halo: Reach. Whilst I'm a fan of all the Halos (Barring the oddity that was Halo 5's incohesive narrative), there was something about the gritty art style, impending doom and the relentless efforts of NOBLE that made it, IMO, a masterpiece of a game. Pretty much every shooter nowadays seems to lack the ability to craft a really compelling narrative in the way Reach (or Mass Effect) managed. Funny that they were of the same era.

So how better to fit the theme of heavy metal than 6 augmented demigods in MJOLNIR powered assault armour fighting to save humanities last spark of hope?


Now with 100% more blog: 'Beyond the Wall'

Numine Et Arcu
 
   
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Thane of Dol Guldur





Bodt

What's more clanky than a Soviet suit of armour?
Winter child from dust 1947
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Heresy World Eaters/Emperors Children

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Made in gb
Is 'Eavy Metal Calling?





UK

 Warpig1815 wrote:
I'm in this month. But I have to ask if I can break the rules and add an extra model - because NOBLE Team isn't complete without Noble 6...



Best reason I've heard for bending the rules a little, go for it! And I fully agree, Reach is by far my favourite of the series amd definitely the best campaign. 4 maaaybe wins on multiplayer for me but not by much.

Looks like those are the files I've seen for Halo Ground Assault, did you scale them up to print at 28mm? I was printing some Halo stuff last week and nearly did those ones, but wasn't sure the detail would survive the upscaling.

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Esteemed Veteran Space Marine






Northumberland

@Para - Thanking you muchly!

Aye, Reach was all round superb. I know Halo 5 was slated for it's lack of Master Chief gameplay, but Reach (and ODST) had already proved that Halo is more than just Master Chief and can be just as compelling without him in it (although killing off MC would be a travesty ). And I agree - Halo 4 multiplayer was great. I'm probably an oddity in that I also liked Halo 5's gameplay - it was just poor narrative that let it down (inconsistent pacing and didn't develop Osiris as particularly interesting or relatable personalities - aside from Buck).

And yep, the prints are from the Halo Ground Command FB group (I've added a link to their work in the 3D printing sub-forum for anyone interested). I've actually scaled these up to 1:46 (Star Wars: Legion scale). Considering that they were sculpted as 15mm minis, the detail is holding up exceptionally well for circa 45mm. Hell, Jorge-052 is scaled at 53mm because he was canonically taller than the S-III's in NOBLE. I've got some plans to start 3D modelling/sculpting some Halo stuff myself, so perhaps there'll be some new S-III and S-IV stuff kicking around in the not too distant future Once I learn the ropes properly

Now with 100% more blog: 'Beyond the Wall'

Numine Et Arcu
 
   
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Stealthy Space Wolves Scout





Folkvang

Don't have a good photo of it yet cuz it's not printed yet... but... please accept this stand in photo for effect.

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Fireknife Shas'el





Leicester

What.

The.

Rex?!

DS:80+S+GM+B+I+Pw40k08D+A++WD355R+T(M)DM+
 Zed wrote:
*All statements reflect my opinion at this moment. if some sort of pretty new model gets released (or if I change my mind at random) I reserve the right to jump on any bandwagon at will.
 
   
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Fixture of Dakka





Surrey, BC - Canada

 Rybrook wrote:
Entry for me is smash captain on bike, bike is metal ish, hammer is metal and the shield is a terminator Sgt wrist shield


Well, at least we have different entries this month.

Cheers,

CB
   
Made in de
Shrieking Guardian Jetbiker






 Freya wrote:
Don't have a good photo of it yet cuz it's not printed yet... but... please accept this stand in photo for effect.


Holy ZOIDS, Batman!

... or rather unholy, I guess ...

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Made in gb
Leader of the Sept







That is a hell of a dinosaur!

Looking forward to this

Please excuse any spelling errors. I use a tablet frequently and software keyboards are a pain!

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Made in gb
Esteemed Veteran Space Marine






Northumberland

@Freya - Aw hell yes. HELL. YES. Love it

Now with 100% more blog: 'Beyond the Wall'

Numine Et Arcu
 
   
Made in gb
Is 'Eavy Metal Calling?





UK

Everyone agrees we're just awarding the win to Dakkasaurus Rex, right? Good show everyone, see you for October's round!


 
   
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[DCM]
Fireknife Shas'el





Leicester

 Paradigm wrote:
Everyone agrees we're just awarding the win to Dakkasaurus Rex, right? Good show everyone, see you for October's round!



It's been a long while since I played with Dino-riders, but I'm good with this...

DS:80+S+GM+B+I+Pw40k08D+A++WD355R+T(M)DM+
 Zed wrote:
*All statements reflect my opinion at this moment. if some sort of pretty new model gets released (or if I change my mind at random) I reserve the right to jump on any bandwagon at will.
 
   
Made in us
Stealthy Space Wolves Scout





Folkvang

Jadenim wrote:What.

The.

Rex?!


I couldn't resist... Truly. I have bad impulse control. Send help.

MobileSuitRandom wrote:
 Freya wrote:
Don't have a good photo of it yet cuz it's not printed yet... but... please accept this stand in photo for effect.


Holy ZOIDS, Batman!

... or rather unholy, I guess ...


Very Unholy. I'm a bit scared.

Flinty wrote:That is a hell of a dinosaur!

Looking forward to this


So am I! I saw this months heavy metal theme and knew what I had to do...

Warpig1815 wrote:@Freya - Aw hell yes. HELL. YES. Love it


Me too. I saw this model get dropped on the forums and I screamed. And then this month was heavy metal themed and I was like... Oh... it's on.

Paradigm wrote:Everyone agrees we're just awarding the win to Dakkasaurus Rex, right? Good show everyone, see you for October's round!



I'm laughing so hard I'm crying... hahaha this is gonna be so much fun!

Jadenim wrote:
 Paradigm wrote:
Everyone agrees we're just awarding the win to Dakkasaurus Rex, right? Good show everyone, see you for October's round!



It's been a long while since I played with Dino-riders, but I'm good with this...


There is a rider option for this model... I could easily add him into it... but I like missiles cuz metal!

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Blood Angel Terminator with Lightning Claws





Cloud City, Bespin

 Captain Brown wrote:
 Rybrook wrote:
Entry for me is smash captain on bike, bike is metal ish, hammer is metal and the shield is a terminator Sgt wrist shield


Well, at least we have different entries this month.

Cheers,

CB


Don't get me started, I have good few eldar too you know I am putting together an ulthwe strike force just need to find a couple more bits then we'll see
   
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Upstate, New York

 Rybrook wrote:
 Captain Brown wrote:
 Rybrook wrote:
Entry for me is smash captain on bike, bike is metal ish, hammer is metal and the shield is a terminator Sgt wrist shield


Well, at least we have different entries this month.

Cheers,

CB


Don't get me started, I have good few eldar too you know I am putting together an ulthwe strike force just need to find a couple more bits then we'll see


I’ve got 4 metal WG myself that need paint one of these days. Really need to get a 5th for a full squad. Don’t think they would play well with the new plastic guys.



On the dino front, I guess we all need to up our game this month. If I forget, someone remind me to slap a metal umlaut on the HB marine’s .
   
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Grim Dark Angels Interrogator-Chaplain






A Protoss colony world

Time to maybe get back into doing these challenges. My entry for the Heavy Metal month will be these three classic Angry Washing Machines:

The left and middle ones are normal Dreads and will be painted in the classic green of the Dark Angels. The one on the right is a Venerable Dreadnought and will therefore be painted in the bone white of the Deathwing. Yes, I'm a madman for priming it black and then painting it in such a light color, but it'll look okay in the end- just might take a few extra steps.

My armies (re-counted and updated on 11/1/23, including modeled wargear options):
Dark Angels: ~15000 Astra Militarum: ~1200 | Adeptus Custodes: ~1900 | Imperial Knights: ~2000 | Sisters of Battle: ~3500 | Leagues of Votann: ~1200 | Tyranids: ~2600 | Stormcast Eternals: ~5000
Check out my P&M Blogs: ZergSmasher's P&M Blog | Imperial Knights blog | Board Games blog | Total models painted in 2023: 40 | Total models painted in 2024: 7 | Current main painting project: Dark Angels
 Mr_Rose wrote:
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Stealthy Space Wolves Scout





Folkvang

I may not be one to speak but three whole washing machines? Brave choice for some brave toasters. I like it. Lets GOOOO!

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A Protoss colony world

 Freya wrote:
I may not be one to speak but three whole washing machines? Brave choice for some brave toasters. I like it. Lets GOOOO!

Well, to be honest I'm not sure I'll get all three done, but I can if I actually concentrate on getting paint down and don't get distracted by other things.

My armies (re-counted and updated on 11/1/23, including modeled wargear options):
Dark Angels: ~15000 Astra Militarum: ~1200 | Adeptus Custodes: ~1900 | Imperial Knights: ~2000 | Sisters of Battle: ~3500 | Leagues of Votann: ~1200 | Tyranids: ~2600 | Stormcast Eternals: ~5000
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 Mr_Rose wrote:
Who doesn’t love crazy mutant squawk-puppies? Eh? Nobody, that’s who.
 
   
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Excited Doom Diver





Proof:

   
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Folkvang

 ZergSmasher wrote:
 Freya wrote:
I may not be one to speak but three whole washing machines? Brave choice for some brave toasters. I like it. Lets GOOOO!

Well, to be honest I'm not sure I'll get all three done, but I can if I actually concentrate on getting paint down and don't get distracted by other things.


I feel that! Between commissions, work and my girlfriend, I am stretched thin. Mostly though I'm distracted by shiny things. And painting tutorials on YouTube.

On another note, it's not even fully printed and I'm already beginning to regret my life choices lol
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