2016 Painting Challange

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Re: March-April 2016 Painting Challange

#31 Post by SpellArcher »

Sorry to hear it.

Be keen to see those Lions!
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Re: March-April 2016 Painting Challange

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SpellArcher wrote:
Prince of Spires wrote:I've finished painting the dragon.
No chance of a WIP picture Rod?
I'll see what I can do for you tonight. I've got one lying around somewhere. But it's a pretty bad one in low-light conditions with a phone. I should have some time left over tonight with still some daylight left. Though it's rainy here today, so not the best of conditions.

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Re: March-April 2016 Painting Challange

#33 Post by SpellArcher »

Looking forward to it Rod.

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I wasn't happy with this in WIP but it kind of came together. Had to be monochrome to match my general Slaanesh scheme. I do find myself missing colours though!

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Re: March-April 2016 Painting Challange

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SpellArcher wrote:Looking forward to it Rod.
Got a little bit of sun between lots of rain. So, here's some WiP pics

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Re: March-April 2016 Painting Challange

#35 Post by SpellArcher »

Very nice Rod, the yellow eye works a treat!

I also love the wings, they're slightly 'Zombie Dragon'.

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Re: March-April 2016 Painting Challange

#36 Post by Shannar, Sealord »

It's looking good. Once that base is finished it'll look really good. I'm not sure why, but I think a finished base adds a lot. I also like the yellow eye. Maybe add a black spot to it?

You've given me a little motivation to start on a dragon. We'll see if it lasts, they are just so darn big.
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Re: March-April 2016 Painting Challange

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I finished the Pegasus and rider, except the base. I'll take a picture as is and base it later. Also made good progress on some shadow warriors and a cheerleader today.
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#38 Post by Prince of Spires »

Thanks for the compliments :) Finishing the base indeed adds a lot to a model I think. Even when it's simple it makes the model look complete. Which is one of the reasons I always leave bases to the end. First there is the rider to paint. Aicanor suggested greens and whites for the rider, which sounds like a good idea to me.

A black spot in the eye is probably a good idea. If only my hand is steady enough to keep it as a spot... I tend to mess up eyes ;)

@Shannar: a cheerleader?

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Re: March-April 2016 Painting Challange

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Prince of Spires wrote: @Shannar: a cheerleader?

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Re: March-April 2016 Painting Challange

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Elf, Dark Elf, Orc?

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#41 Post by Shannar, Sealord »

Elf, to go with the HE team that I just painted up (and still need to base, always with the bases.)
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Okay, nearing the end of the month and I really didn't get much painting done, figure-wise. However, I painted the living room, dining room, kitchen, mud room, 3 bedrooms, and 1.5 baths of a 1300 sq foot house. Just have the stairwell, hallway, and one bathroom (and a ceiling in a bathroom) left to paint. Also ripped out carpet in the living and dining rooms and replaced the flooring and am in the process of ripping out shelving in the garage to make a workspace for painting/gaming.

Does that count towards my painting challenge? :D
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Re: March-April 2016 Painting Challange

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It's the most tedious kind of painting, so yes.
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#44 Post by Prince of Spires »

Pics or it didn't happen :p

I agree that it counts. It's interesting that it's also the kind of painting your significant other doesn't have a problem with if you spend half the night doing it... ;)

What's a mud room?

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Prince of Spires wrote: What's a mud room?
I asked the same question. Apparently, it's an entry room where you take off wet/muddy clothes.

I only have a few pictures ... most of the ones I took are the "before" or "in progress" .... but you get to see the 30 year old carpet that we haven't replaced yet!

1st bedroom/nursery
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2nd bedroom/office (before/after)
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Living room (from the dining room) in progress pictures of the flooring ...
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Re: March-April 2016 Painting Challange

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:D Looking great :) apart from the carpet that is... ;) Nice house, lots of space :) And it definitely counts toward the painting challenge. :) =D>
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Prince of Spires wrote: What's a mud room?
I asked the same question. Apparently, it's an entry room where you take off wet/muddy clothes.
:lol: you live and learn...
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Re: March-April 2016 Painting Challange

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Prince of Spires wrote::D Looking great :) apart from the carpet that is... ;) Nice house, lots of space :) And it definitely counts toward the painting challenge. :) =D>
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Prince of Spires wrote: What's a mud room?
I asked the same question. Apparently, it's an entry room where you take off wet/muddy clothes.
:lol: you live and learn...
City people :roll: Us hillbillies grow up knowing that :lol:
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Re: March-April 2016 Painting Challange

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I was hoping it was for mud wrestling.

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Re: March-April 2016 Painting Challange

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SpellArcher wrote:I was hoping it was for mud wrestling.

:)
Until we get to working on the garden, the big patch of dirt can easily be used for that- just add a hose! :D
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Re: March-April 2016 Painting Challange

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We get this impression of California that it's kind of dry and desert-y?

A little progress:

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SpellArcher wrote:We get this impression of California that it's kind of dry and desert-y?
The south is. The north is quite different.
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Re: March-April 2016 Painting Challange

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A couple of pics of the pegasus. I'm not sure on the sheild, it's one that was from something else years ago, but worked here. I might change it out later. I need to do the base too. The plan is to do a bunch of these larger bases all at once. Next will be to work on some mordheim shadow warriors, and the side project will be to get back to the handmaiden. After that maybe a bret knight for Mordheim and some HE archers. We'll see.

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Re: March-April 2016 Painting Challange

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Nice balance to this one and I love the repetition of theme!

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Re: March-April 2016 Painting Challange

#54 Post by Gandalf_82 »

Myth, absolutely great work buddy, very impressive models!

Dragon is coming along nicely Spires, especially like the wings, the effect works really well :)

Those Fiends are coming along nicely SpellArcher, look forward to seeing the finished models.

Duranthalis, that must have kept you busy! Good work, a bit of a chore but worth the effort!

I got back from honeymoon mid April and have managed to find quite a bit of time for painting since (by my standards at least), finished a company of Fallschirmjaeger for Flames of War I've been working on for over a year now (just a few infantry bases and a PAK40 to get me up to 1750 points) and have nearly finished a Panzer company as well.

Once that's finished I'm going to do the unthinkable and dig out the High Elves again and get painting them again after what's been over a year off now! Have played a few games of 8th lately and I've signed up to a weekend game in Dec this year so figured its about time I started work on some of the mass of unpainted models i've got!
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Re: March-April 2016 Painting Challange

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Gandalf_82 wrote:Once that's finished I'm going to do the unthinkable and dig out the High Elves again and get painting them again after what's been over a year off now! Have played a few games of 8th lately and I've signed up to a weekend game in Dec this year so figured its about time I started work on some of the mass of unpainted models i've got!
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Re: March-April-May 2016 Painting Challange

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Finished Fiends

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Forgive me Shannar but I took the liberty of amending the thread title. I've finished these at last.
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#57 Post by Shannar, Sealord »

haha fair enough. I've had almost no chance to paint this month myself. It's a shame your colour scheme didn't allow for some brighter colours on those Fiends. They are well done, but just don't pop the way they could.
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Re: March-April-May 2016 Painting Challange

#58 Post by SpellArcher »

I know what you mean Shannar.

They stand out because of the white but I'm yearning for a little more variation in my painting. I'm limited with the Slaanesh scheme because of my existing units. Once I've had a deeper think about some list changes I'll hopefully settle on something a bit more challenging to paint.
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Re: March-April-May 2016 Painting Challange

#59 Post by Shannar, Sealord »

Well, I do have to tell you that I left this thread open on the computer and the 5 year old saw them and said that they are "cool creepy zebras" which I'd take as a pretty big compliment.
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Re: March-April-May 2016 Painting Challange

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Love it!

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