<![CDATA[Latest posts for the thread "Dakka Painting Challenge Round 134 April 2026: Irregular"]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/8.page JForum - http://www.jforum.net Dakka Painting Challenge Round 134 April 2026: Irregular
This month the topic is: Irregular - All’s fair in war. Not everyone is going to engage in a standup fight on a field of battle. Irregulars could be militia, guerrillas, mercenaries, or partisans. They could be warriors who specialize in hit and run warfare. Alternatively, you could interpret “irregular” to refer to a camo pattern that breaks up the shape of the subject. Or anything that doesn’t fit into the normal mold.


- 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 may enter at any time during the month, up to the last minute. We do encourage people to enter early, as to be part of the community, but if you can’t start until the 11th hour, that’s OK.
- 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 April and will end at midnight EST on April 30th After this, I shall compile the finished entries into a new thread, and voting will run for 5 days.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/818673/11813411.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/818673/11813411.page GMT Re:Dakka Painting Challenge Round 134 April 2026: Irregular
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Going to try to get some paint on some scouts. Who both engage in asynchronous warfare and will be in camo.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/818673/11813424.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/818673/11813424.page GMT Dakka Painting Challenge Round 134 April 2026: Irregular
These have been repurposed from their regular use to be BB Star Players. And Star players are irregular inherently.

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I'll paint up a few of these and enter the ones I like best.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/818673/11813540.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/818673/11813540.page GMT Dakka Painting Challenge Round 134 April 2026: Irregular

]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/818673/11813563.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/818673/11813563.page GMT Re:Dakka Painting Challenge Round 134 April 2026: Irregular Well you say mercenaries will do? I say it is time for the Maneaters!

By which I mean I very conveniently was just about to prime up some Ogre Maneaters anyways, so I'll do a few of these for the challenge, not sure which ones specifically yet.

Spoiler:




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 kurhanik wrote:
Well you say mercenaries will do? I say it is time for the Maneaters!

By which I mean I very conveniently was just about to prime up some Ogre Maneaters anyways, so I'll do a few of these for the challenge, not sure which ones specifically yet.

Spoiler:






Paint them all and choose your favorites. That's what I usually do.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/818673/11813626.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/818673/11813626.page GMT Re:Dakka Painting Challenge Round 134 April 2026: Irregular
 JoshInJapan wrote:


Paint them all and choose your favorites. That's what I usually do.


He he, I *would*, but I am a rather slow painter. Well, a combination of that and other hobbies. I'm currently calling it a win for the night that I primed them all.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/818673/11813627.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/818673/11813627.page GMT Re:Dakka Painting Challenge Round 134 April 2026: Irregular http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/818673/11813656.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/818673/11813656.page GMT Re:Dakka Painting Challenge Round 134 April 2026: Irregular
Snafu wrote:
Hmmm. I have an unfinished kitbash that might fit the theme of irregular, but I'm too lazy to want to finish it. What else? Would some Comic book style Killa Kans fit the theme, you think ?


Pretty much anything out of a Mek’s workshop would be fine.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/818673/11813658.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/818673/11813658.page GMT Re:Dakka Painting Challenge Round 134 April 2026: Irregular ]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/818673/11813715.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/818673/11813715.page GMT Re:Dakka Painting Challenge Round 134 April 2026: Irregular
Mon-keigh wrote:I'm going to enter some Techno-Barbarians.


I recognize a couple of Frostgrave kitbashes, but I can't identify the other two.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/818673/11813785.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/818673/11813785.page GMT Re:Dakka Painting Challenge Round 134 April 2026: Irregular
 JoshInJapan wrote:
Mon-keigh wrote:I'm going to enter some Techno-Barbarians.


I recognize a couple of Frostgrave kitbashes, but I can't identify the other two.

Yup, two of them are Frostgrave/Stargrave kitbashes. The robot thing is a Ghar Battlesuit from Beyond the Gates of Antares, and the other bloke is an Algoryn troops' body (also Gates of Antares), with some Frostgrave arms and a MESBG Eomer head.

I'll post some better pics, once I've got some paint on them.
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And a Man of Iron.
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 Mon-keigh wrote:
I managed to almost finish two of my minis this morning.
Artos, king of Albia, one of the few Techno-Barbarian states that was never fully defeated by the Emperor in the Unification Wars.
And a Man of Iron.
Woohoo! love to see the progress and the Union Jack.
I have been interested in Stargrave, and Gaslands of late, maybe will convert some hotwheels next month. ]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/818673/11813943.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/818673/11813943.page GMT Re:Dakka Painting Challenge Round 134 April 2026: Irregular
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Snafu wrote:
Well, finally found the motivation, still need some work, smoothing/sanding the putty and a few details here and there, but here are 5 Cheesestealer cults kitbash for this month contest:



Awesome!
Sending extra motivation points to aid your efforts, you can use them to lvl up the (enjoying the process) stats. ]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/818673/11814013.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/818673/11814013.page GMT Re:Dakka Painting Challenge Round 134 April 2026: Irregular
@Snafu: "Cheesestealer Cult" made me giggle.

We're still on Spring Vacation, so I had time to sit down and crank out the first two Harlequins:


There are some more photos in my P&M Blog.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/818673/11814015.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/818673/11814015.page GMT Re:Dakka Painting Challenge Round 134 April 2026: Irregular
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 KidCthulhu wrote:
How is it that I voted for this theme and now I'm stumped for an entry?


Couldn't have gone any other way. ]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/818673/11814532.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/818673/11814532.page GMT Dakka Painting Challenge Round 134 April 2026: Irregular
 KidCthulhu wrote:
How is it that I voted for this theme and now I'm stumped for an entry?


What’s at the top of the pile of shame? What projects you have under way? What models are you looking for an excuse to paint?]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/818673/11814534.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/818673/11814534.page GMT Dakka Painting Challenge Round 134 April 2026: Irregular
 Nevelon wrote:
What’s at the top of the pile of shame? What projects you have under way? What models are you looking for an excuse to paint?
Right now I'm going between another Inquisitor & his crew (many of which are currently soaking in acetone) or a group of 80's oldhammer Empire guys I was going to use as brigands in Big Fantasy Epic (but I can't decide on a color scheme). Both are unconventional units.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/818673/11814614.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/818673/11814614.page GMT Dakka Painting Challenge Round 134 April 2026: Irregular
 KidCthulhu wrote:
 Nevelon wrote:
What’s at the top of the pile of shame? What projects you have under way? What models are you looking for an excuse to paint?
Right now I'm going between another Inquisitor & his crew (many of which are currently soaking in acetone) or a group of 80's oldhammer Empire guys I was going to use as brigands in Big Fantasy Epic (but I can't decide on a color scheme). Both are unconventional units.


Oldhammer is always fun. Go with those guys.

You want realistic or fancy for colors? ]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/818673/11814618.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/818673/11814618.page GMT Re:Dakka Painting Challenge Round 134 April 2026: Irregular


So they're fancy and dirty at the same time...]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/818673/11814631.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/818673/11814631.page GMT Re:Dakka Painting Challenge Round 134 April 2026: Irregular
These are Hill Tribesmen from the Middle-Earth Strategy Battle Game, as seen in The War of the Rohirrim. Definitely not a professional army by any stretch of the imagination, and they wear various bits of leather, cloth and fur for clothing and so should appear as a rabble. Perfect for Contrast-type paints if I do say so myself. Here's hoping this can get me out of my current painting funk and actually finish something.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/818673/11814646.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/818673/11814646.page GMT Re:Dakka Painting Challenge Round 134 April 2026: Irregular
 KidCthulhu wrote:
It's these guys:



So they're fancy and dirty at the same time...


I would go with more deeper tones, like burgundy and corresponding greens and blues. But that’s just me. Or you could embrace the poofy sleeved glory and go with bright yellows and reds.

But the dark colors hide the dirt and bloodstains better, which is better in their line of work as brigands...


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 ZergSmasher wrote:
I think these guys fit the definition of irregular, being a mob of barbarians after all:

These are Hill Tribesmen from the Middle-Earth Strategy Battle Game, as seen in The War of the Rohirrim. Definitely not a professional army by any stretch of the imagination, and they wear various bits of leather, cloth and fur for clothing and so should appear as a rabble. Perfect for Contrast-type paints if I do say so myself. Here's hoping this can get me out of my current painting funk and actually finish something.


You’ve got this! One layer at a time and they will come together. Just try to make it to the workbench, even if it’s just a few minutes a day to put one coat down.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/818673/11814718.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/818673/11814718.page GMT Re:Dakka Painting Challenge Round 134 April 2026: Irregular ]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/818673/11814899.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/818673/11814899.page GMT