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2022/10/01 09:11:29
Subject: Dakka Painting Challenge Round 92: October 2022: Halloween Spooktacular!
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Is 'Eavy Metal Calling?
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Welcome all to the 92nd 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 favorite pieces, and those votes go towards an annual overall League that runs for 12 rounds.
This month, we rivisit the annual Halloween round, which gives entrants a nice wide pool of options and interpretations. Whether it's trick-or-treating orcs convincingly disguised as Space Marines, or true eldritch horrors set to warp the mind and haunt the nightmares of all who see them, all your entry has to do is evoke the spooky season in some way. It can be funny, horrific, maybe even both!
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 October and will end at midnight GMT on 31st October. After this, I shall compile the finished entries into a new thread, and voting will run for 5 days.
List of entrants:
Daia T'Nara : the Edenborn, Slaaneshi cultists (NSWF)
Mr Nobody: Perfectly Normal Furniture (definitely not mimics)
theCrowe: Granny Weasley and the Black Cat
KidCthulhu: Yokai
Nevelon: Hive Tyrants
Yo7: Tree Spirit
SirOllox: Spider Girl
Tallandra: Bladeguard Captain and Ancient
ZergSmasher: Warriors of the Dead of Dunharrow
Lovejoy: Vargskyr and Freeguild General
Hankovitch 807125 11447324 null]Ghost Rida
401st: World Eaters Master of Executions
JoshInJapan: Shub-Niggurath
Geifer: Vampire
Pariah Press: Zoat
Jadenim: Fishmen
darkkt: Dreadblade Harrow
Rybrook: Dark Eldar Syrabite and Salamanders Sergeant
Vejut: Skeletons
inmygravenimage@ Hellboy- Drinking with Skeletons diorama.
Maharg: Vampire
Midget Gems: Pumpkin-headed grots:
Turaxa: Chibi Gundam
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2022/10/01 11:41:46
Subject: Dakka Painting Challenge Round 92: October 2022: Halloween Spooktacular!
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The Marine Standing Behind Marneus Calgar
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With apologies to The Bard:
When shall we three meet again? In thunder, lightning, or in rain?
When the hurly-burly’s done, When the battle’s lost and won.
That will be ere the set of sun.
Where the place?
Upon the heath.
There to meet with Macragge.
Maiden, Matron, Crone. The 3 witches. Fates. Furies. We see them all the time in stories, even beyond the bounds of the galaxy. I give to you, three sisters:
A trio of Hive Tyrants from across the ages.
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2022/10/01 12:46:39
Subject: Re:Dakka Painting Challenge Round 92: October 2022: Halloween Spooktacular!
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Regular Dakkanaut
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Not a difficult category for a chaos army, but I've had these gals sitting in primer for a couple of weeks waiting for horror month:
Got them off etsy, they're meant to be dark elves or something, but I've decided they're chaos cultists, specifically the insane Edenborn, the offspring of the denizens of Daemonworld Eden, because I figure if you get enough Slaaneshi followers on one planet some of them are going to wind up mating in the boring old biologically-plausible fashion, if only by accident because they're too high to realise they're not doing something more horrific to each other. Hopefully once I've slapped some contrast paint on them they'll be something other than pale silhouettes.
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2022/10/01 14:45:49
Subject: Re:Dakka Painting Challenge Round 92: October 2022: Halloween Spooktacular!
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Huge Bone Giant
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Aaahhh! Vampire!
I've had last year's Warhammer Day model on my desk for almost a year, but never felt like painting it. Let's try to change that this month.
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Nehekhara lives! Sort of!
Why is the rum always gone? |
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2022/10/01 16:43:55
Subject: Dakka Painting Challenge Round 92: October 2022: Halloween Spooktacular!
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Fixture of Dakka
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I am at a bit of a loss...maybe some terrain and I will save the Eschers for next month.
Cheers,
CB
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2022/10/01 17:37:12
Subject: Dakka Painting Challenge Round 92: October 2022: Halloween Spooktacular!
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Liberated Grot Land Raida
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Two cute and fluffy witches from me.
I’ll start with Kitty-Muma. If I get her finished it’ll be on to Granny Weasley.
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2022/10/01 17:43:28
Subject: Dakka Painting Challenge Round 92: October 2022: Halloween Spooktacular!
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Utilizing Careful Highlighting
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So many cool entries already! Not sure what I'm doing yet...
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2022/10/01 19:22:00
Subject: Dakka Painting Challenge Round 92: October 2022: Halloween Spooktacular!
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Liberated Grot Land Raida
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Captain Brown wrote:I am at a bit of a loss...maybe some terrain and I will save the Eschers for next month.
Cheers,
CB
Let’s think CB, you got any unpainted wraithguard? They’re kinda ghosty. Got any witch-hunting ghost-busting SoB’s? Got anything necromunda zombie related? Any horror movie gribblies or unlikely cross-overs? Paint up a spare Eldar guardian in a scream mask? Freddy Krueger inquisitor?
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2022/10/01 20:52:14
Subject: Dakka Painting Challenge Round 92: October 2022: Halloween Spooktacular!
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Dakka Veteran
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theCrowe wrote: Captain Brown wrote:I am at a bit of a loss...maybe some terrain and I will save the Eschers for next month.
Cheers,
CB
Let’s think CB, you got any unpainted wraithguard? They’re kinda ghosty. Got any witch-hunting ghost-busting SoB’s? Got anything necromunda zombie related? Any horror movie gribblies or unlikely cross-overs? Paint up a spare Eldar guardian in a scream mask? Freddy Krueger inquisitor?
Or Dark Reapers?
I've got another wraithlord conversion that's based on the Dark Reapers, so I'll probably end up doing that.
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2022/10/02 04:08:21
Subject: Re:Dakka Painting Challenge Round 92: October 2022: Halloween Spooktacular!
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Stormin' Stompa
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True horror isn't discovering which piece of furniture is a mimic, it's discovering which piece is not!
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Ask yourself: have you rated a gallery image today? |
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2022/10/02 04:48:38
Subject: Re:Dakka Painting Challenge Round 92: October 2022: Halloween Spooktacular!
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[DCM]
Incorporating Wet-Blending
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I'll spend October painting up some Call of Cthulhu minis from RAFM.
I'll enter whichever looks best for my final entry.
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2022/10/02 06:39:47
Subject: Re:Dakka Painting Challenge Round 92: October 2022: Halloween Spooktacular!
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Growlin' Guntrukk Driver with Killacannon
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Mr Nobody wrote:True horror isn't discovering which piece of furniture is a mimic, it's discovering which piece is not!
Mimics are one of my players most hated enemies, thus they've become one of my favorite monsters! Love the designs
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2022/10/02 07:34:42
Subject: Dakka Painting Challenge Round 92: October 2022: Halloween Spooktacular!
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[DCM]
Fireknife Shas'el
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Captain Brown wrote:I am at a bit of a loss...maybe some terrain and I will save the Eschers for next month.
Cheers,
CB
Death maidens would fit the bill, if you have any of those in the Escher queue?
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2022/10/02 20:16:00
Subject: Re:Dakka Painting Challenge Round 92: October 2022: Halloween Spooktacular!
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Regular Dakkanaut
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Wasn't sure what to do this month. There's so many great options and I remembered I had a gift malifaux Box set called witches and woes bad harvest.. I'm never going to paint it for any other reason so here's my excuse to get it out of the back log.
It's unfortunately made of restic so the clean up isn't perfect. They're going to be part of my Kings of war nightstalkers warband so they got square bases. I don't know how many I'll get painted and I'm really not a fan of the pin up Pandora but that's my pledge for this month.
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2022/10/02 21:31:29
Subject: Re:Dakka Painting Challenge Round 92: October 2022: Halloween Spooktacular!
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[DCM]
Fireknife Shas'el
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Was trying to think what to do for this month and then realised that the Abominations from HeroQuest fit the bill quite nicely; they always scare my victi… I mean players when they appear. If I have enough time, I might add in the gargoyle too.
I even managed to make some immediate progress!
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2022/10/02 23:13:01
Subject: Re:Dakka Painting Challenge Round 92: October 2022: Halloween Spooktacular!
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Utilizing Careful Highlighting
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That's amazing! What paints did you use for the skin? I think I need to copy it for my vintage metal Kroxigor
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2022/10/03 00:33:38
Subject: Dakka Painting Challenge Round 92: October 2022: Halloween Spooktacular!
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Morphing Obliterator
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Howdy, figured I might enter this one one Dreadblade Harrow:
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2022/10/03 05:08:37
Subject: Re:Dakka Painting Challenge Round 92: October 2022: Halloween Spooktacular!
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[DCM]
Incorporating Wet-Blending
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Jadenim wrote:Was trying to think what to do for this month and then realised that the Abominations from HeroQuest fit the bill quite nicely; they always scare my victi… I mean players when they appear. If I have enough time, I might add in the gargoyle too.
I even managed to make some immediate progress!
That's an awesome fishdude!
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2022/10/03 07:03:51
Subject: Re:Dakka Painting Challenge Round 92: October 2022: Halloween Spooktacular!
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[DCM]
Fireknife Shas'el
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KidCthulhu wrote:
That's amazing! What paints did you use for the skin? I think I need to copy it for my vintage metal Kroxigor
JoshInJapan wrote: Jadenim wrote:Was trying to think what to do for this month and then realised that the Abominations from HeroQuest fit the bill quite nicely; they always scare my victi… I mean players when they appear. If I have enough time, I might add in the gargoyle too.
That's an awesome fishdude!
Thanks guys, very pleased with how he’s come out. Fairly simple method, base of Stegadon Scale green, followed by a heavy dry brush of Kabalite green and then a lighter dry brush / highlight with bone tinted with a tiny bit of the Kabalite (just to knock out the yellow).
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2022/10/03 10:16:41
Subject: Re:Dakka Painting Challenge Round 92: October 2022: Halloween Spooktacular!
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Stalwart Dark Angels Space Marine
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I'll try these two guys, they're super excited about setting up the Halloween decorations:
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2022/10/03 12:19:42
Subject: Dakka Painting Challenge Round 92: October 2022: Halloween Spooktacular!
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Leader of the Sept
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Looks like every day is halloween for those guys
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Please excuse any spelling errors. I use a tablet frequently and software keyboards are a pain!
Terranwing - w3;d1;l1
51st Dunedinw2;d0;l0
Cadre Coronal Afterglow w1;d0;l0 |
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2022/10/04 13:41:27
Subject: Re:Dakka Painting Challenge Round 92: October 2022: Halloween Spooktacular!
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Utilizing Careful Highlighting
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Jadenim wrote:Thanks guys, very pleased with how he’s come out. Fairly simple method, base of Stegadon Scale green, followed by a heavy dry brush of Kabalite green and then a lighter dry brush / highlight with bone tinted with a tiny bit of the Kabalite (just to knock out the yellow).
Thank you! That's gonna work great for my Kroxigor (and my other vintage metal Lizardmen)
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2022/10/05 08:31:18
Subject: Dakka Painting Challenge Round 92: October 2022: Halloween Spooktacular!
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Decrepit Dakkanaut
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I'm in.
Working on Hellboy Big Box of Doom stuff, so there's going to be something there, right?
Got a bit excited, started on the Black Flame, Nimue et al.
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Theophony"... and there's strippers in terminator armor and lovecraftian shenanigans afoot."
Solar_Lion: "Man this sums up your blog nicely."
Anpu-adom: "being Geek is about Love. Some love broadly. Some love deeply. And then there are people like Graven. |
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2022/10/05 19:56:34
Subject: Re:Dakka Painting Challenge Round 92: October 2022: Halloween Spooktacular!
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Blood Angel Terminator with Lightning Claws
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I'm in this month, I have a Dark Eldar Sybarite and a Space marine sergeant.
These will be my testers for Salamanders and Drukari old enemies.
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DV8 wrote:Blood Angels Furioso Dreadnought should also be double-fisted.
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2022/10/06 04:58:22
Subject: Re:Dakka Painting Challenge Round 92: October 2022: Halloween Spooktacular!
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Scarred Ultramarine Tyrannic War Veteran
Maple Valley, Washington, Holy Terra
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A cosmic horror, its motives completely unfathomable to the human mind, a mighty zoat!
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"Calgar hates Tyranids."
Your #1 Fan |
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2022/10/06 08:21:17
Subject: Re:Dakka Painting Challenge Round 92: October 2022: Halloween Spooktacular!
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Impassive Inquisitorial Interrogator
England
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I might not get time this month, but just in case I do, here's a proof pic. I can't remember the names at the mo, but they're from the Cursed City box:
cheers,
Michael
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2022/10/06 14:44:10
Subject: Dakka Painting Challenge Round 92: October 2022: Halloween Spooktacular!
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Regular Dakkanaut
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So it's spooky and it's orktober? Time to actually get cracking on Da Ghost Rida.
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2022/10/06 14:55:55
Subject: Dakka Painting Challenge Round 92: October 2022: Halloween Spooktacular!
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Decrepit Dakkanaut
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Orkcellent.
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Theophony"... and there's strippers in terminator armor and lovecraftian shenanigans afoot."
Solar_Lion: "Man this sums up your blog nicely."
Anpu-adom: "being Geek is about Love. Some love broadly. Some love deeply. And then there are people like Graven. |
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2022/10/06 15:23:22
Subject: Dakka Painting Challenge Round 92: October 2022: Halloween Spooktacular!
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Stabbin' Skarboy
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Yeah, looking forward to seeing that one completed!
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2022/10/07 00:45:11
Subject: Re:Dakka Painting Challenge Round 92: October 2022: Halloween Spooktacular!
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[DCM]
Incorporating Wet-Blending
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I'm making very slow progress:
This is RAFM's Shub Niggurath. The metal tentacles are so heavy that she falls over easily, so taking these photos was quite the challenge. The feet are wonky, and will need to be repositioned. After that, gap filling.
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