Ledgem posted:

Oh sorry, Malifaux.Should I edit the post and add it in too or is this fine?

enri posted:

Sorry for being a pain in the arse

Having said that...

Oath addition! I enri, hereby oath to paint one 40mm base, made by Games Workshop, this is.. er.. 28mm scale?!

This will be my 'get based out!' entry but I'll mention that again in my oath complete post just to be thorough about it



Hope that's all cool

krushgroove posted:

ATTENTION PRIZEWINNERS

All your loot is in the post as of tomorrow

EXCEPT:

Dagon posted:

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I, Dagon, oath 10 Games-Workshop Kroot for July

Pre primer and pre cut and swap, any green on the base is just sand and flock that will be primed over.

Since these are sniper Kroot, I cut off the extra blades and crap from their guns, and added various bipods, pouches, and sights.

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Good Start! - complete 3 oaths (this is new)
You missed a bit - complete 6 oaths
Captain Consistency - complete 9 oaths
Butter-Smooth! complete 12 oaths!
all consistency bonuses stack with each other, so if you complete 12 oaths you will get an extra 4 points, but if you only complete 11 oaths you will get 3 points

Leperflesh posted:

What are you gonna put on it, though? Your epic guys? Or... yeah, I guess according to the rules, you don't have to have a model on there, huh. Are you just going to post the finished base in your oath complete, for judging, but then later mount a model on it? That works apparently!

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NUMBER OF PICTURES
To limit the number of entries that have a huge number of pictures, we have a hard limit of how many pictures will be allowed per entry:

• An 'entry' means a single model, whether a single individual on foot or a vehicle, OR a group of individuals (like army squad) or vehicles (an air squadron or tank platoon)
  
• Every participant is allowed 2 pictures of each entry: for example, front & rear, left & ride, front & 3/4 view, etc.
  
• Every participant is also allowed 1 close-up picture of up to 2 single models, whether an individual or vehicle, OR 2 close-up pictures of a single model

This means that if you oath and complete 1 model, you can have 4 pictures maximum. Also if you have a squad of 2, 5, 10, 30, 100 guys, you can have 4 pictures maximum. However, if you have 2 different groups of models, say a Dreadball team and a Malifaux starter set in the same oath or oath addition, you can have up to 8 pictures (4 pictures of each entry). The idea here is to take a couple of 'overview' pictures of your group of models, and find the BEST 1 or 2 models for close-ups. This allows the judges to get a sense of the color matching and theme of your group, and then get an idea of your final execution with your paints, brushes and skill. This also limits the number of extreme close-up shots anyone can submit.

This is purely to limit the number of completed posts that have 1 picture a squad of 5-10 models...and 5 pictures for every single model. There are very few people who do this, but when someone does a nice model group and has just 1 or 2 pictures, and someone else has an equally skilled presentation and has 30 pictures, there's a problem.

When collecting the pictures from the completed posts at the end of each month, I'll only take the first 4 pictures of each group, and then move on to the next entry in the post and take the first 4 pictures for that group.

Composite photos: Based on current entries, 5 is the average number of photos that are used for composite/montage photos, so 5 will be the maximum. The composite photos should still be under 1024 pixels wide and include the username of the participant.

PICTURE SIZES AND HOSTING
Initially I wasn't bothered about the size of the photos, but for the people that are going for judging points, it's unfair if some people have 3000px wide images straight out of their camera (the equivalent of taking a loupe or magnifying glass to a model if it were in your hands) and others have a picture 400px wide because they've cropped their photos properly. I'm sure no one had any intentions of taking advantage and most people have just posted links to their original images, but we'll need to implement something to make sure everyone gets a fair shake.

So, what that means if you use the various free image hosting solutions:
Imgur: if you upload something straight from your camera, use the 'Large Thumbnail' BB code, which provides a link to a 640px-wide picture. If you edit your photos, resize it to 1024px or less wide, upload it and feel free to use the 'Original' BB code Imgur provides.
Google Photos/Picasa: open the image in your album and just right-click and 'Copy image URL', the photo will be between 600-800px across
Flickr: find the image in your album, right-click and select 'View Large' size, then right-click and 'Copy image URL', the photo will be 1024px across
Photobucket: use Imgur.com instead, as mentioned previously Photobucket pictures can disappear from your post for some reason. Imgur doesn't require signing up, but if you do your previous pictures are saved and can be organized into albums.
LPix: I'm not familiar with this site but it's free and unlimited to use for SA goons

Using these sizes also helps keep the thread browsing easy, with no need for the 'timg' tag and no pictures going wider than the thread tables.

If you don't edit your photo sizes and just upload the original photo you've taken, I'll resize them to to 640 as mentioned above, but I won't do any editing other than that (no sharpening, no filters, nothing!). If your photo is smaller than that, I won't be blowing it up to that size (because it'll look worse). You have plenty of opportunity for editing your pictures to make them look their best (Google even does 'Auto-Enhance'!) so I will leave that to you guys and gals.

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Grabla the ork stumbled into the doc's surgery/workshop clutching the remains of his arm, after foolishly trying to retrieve his favourite shock-stikk that had fallen in to the squig pen.

"Doc, you az got to 'elp me!"

The doc took one look at Grabla, and began shaking his head

"Dat looks bad, you iz gonna need a new arm. Luckily I just 'ad a speshul delivery"

The doc walk over to rummage in big metal bin of body parts, pulling out a limp space marine torso. With a quick twist, he snapped off the arm sheathed in a big blue power fist.

"I 'erd this 'ere is as strong as a power klaw. It'll do just da job. Why don't you sit right 'ere and we'll get to work..."

Mt. ORourke posted:

Khadhul posted:

I Khadhul, oath to paint during the month of July, one Space Marine Commander from Games Workshop/Forgeworld.

Serotonin posted:

I, Serotonin, oath 1 Shaltari Gaia Heavy Gate, 2 Spirit Light Gates and 4 stands of Shaltari Braves (12 troops)for Dropzone Commander by Hawk Wargames for July

Grabpot Thundergust posted:

I, Grabpot Thundergust, do oath that I shall paint these 5 GW Deathwing Terminators.

Android posted:

I, Android oath two obliterators and a Nurgle sorcerer from Gw and one Caledonian volunteer from Corvus Belli.

Signal posted:

I, Signal, oath to paint two Marseille Class Cruisers, eight Lyon Class Frigates, one Voltaire Heavy Interceptor and sixteen Tiny Fliers from Dystopian Wars/Spartan Games (in 1:1200 scale, I think) and two Crusader Brethren from Infinity/Corvus Belli in 28mm

SRM posted:

Gotta Do This Bonus Style! I, SRM, am making an additional Oath!
I am oathing ten counts-as Iron Warriors Plague Marines, made with Games Workshop bits.

Derlix posted:

I, Derlix, oath these botes!

TarDolphinorShark posted:

I TarDolphinorShark oath 1 Pathfinder Goblin from Reaper.

A_Bluenoser posted:

I, A_Bluenoser, oath these 24 French Napoleonic Infanterie de Ligne from Baccus Miniatures. The scale is 6mm.

Fyrbrand posted:

Oathing a Khador Battlegroup box. INcludes the following models:
Warcaster Kommander Sorscha
Destroyer Heavy Warjack
Juggernaut Heavy Warjack

Mt. ORourke posted:

Oath Addition!
1 Cyclops Raider (Privateer Press)

Ledgem posted:

Oathing for July: Yan lo, Soul Porter, Two ashigaru and Izamu the Armour

Grey Hunter posted:

I Grey Hunter, Wish to add this Kroot Shaper to my oath.

enri posted:

Oath addition! I enri, hereby oath to paint one 40mm base, made by Games Workshop, this is.. er.. 28mm scale?!

Ashcans posted:

I, Ashcans, oath 1 GW Assault on Black Reach Nob

Ashcans posted:

I have dorked around so far and now it's a third of the way through the month. Doh. Guess I am going to take it easy.

I, Ashcans, oath 1 GW Assault on Black Reach Nob



I will be doing the cut and swap thing and post the follow-up later!

WhiteOutMouse posted:

Well, I am a little behind with all the rules and crazy new things. But I missed some months already, and I want to get back into oathing. At least I don't have to min-max for all the little points since I am quite out of the running by now. Maybe I can just... paint. What a concept.

I WhiteOutMouse oath 4 of the long aegis defence line walls *Games Workshop.

Avenger_Mullah posted:

I, Avenger_Mullah, hereby oath 1 strip of Warmaster black orcs (GW), 1 Grandpa Dunger (Ramshackle), 1 Grimdalf (Hasslefree) and 2 zombies (Studie Miniatures)

Leperflesh posted:

What are the scales for these four figures, please? Also, should "studie" be "studio"? Googling doesn't find them...

Leperflesh posted:

I was wondering where you went off to. Well, you might not be in strong contention for the top ten in points, but you can still win prizes and stuff!

I'm going to call your oath this month "terrain," I think.

lunchbox624 posted:

I, Lunchbox624 Oath to Paint 1 Space Marine Chaplin in TDA, 1 Attack bike and 2 space marine bikes from the Games-workshop line of mini's

Pash posted:

I, Pash, Oath these 5 Tau Drones from GW for the month of July!

overthefalls posted:

I, overthefalls, oath the following for July 2013: 5x Temple Flameguard, Privateer Press

Brock Samsonite posted:

I, Brock Samsonite, Oath 1 Infinity Keisotu Butai by Coruvus Belli and 1 Maugan Ra by Games Workshop for the Month of July.

Avenger_Mullah posted:

I, Avenger_Mullah, hereby oath 1 strip of Warmaster black orcs (GW), 1 Grandpa Dunger (Ramshackle), 1 Grimdalf (Hasslefree) and 2 zombies (Studie Miniatures)

Bavius posted:

I, Bavius, oath to Save Da Whales on my Zhadsnark Biker Boss and do solemnly oath to paint 12 Ork boyz - all 28 mm GW models

WhiteOutMouse posted:

I WhiteOutMouse oath 4 of the long aegis defence line walls *Games Workshop.

Booley posted:

I oath 1 Tau Crisis Suit Commander from Games Workshop


The arm has been repositioned to be straight rather than bent, it originally looked like this.

quote:

So, is this gold base coat? From the photo, it looks like it may have a wash or something else on it.

moths posted:

God loving damnit, I just sealed most of my oath and frosted the fuckers.

I got to it with a better sealer right after, so maybe that fixed it?

Fuuuuck.

moths posted:

That's good to know. Will brush-on gloss do the trick, or should I use spray?

So far the satin varnish I used seems to be mitigating the damage pretty well. I still have a few frosty assault rifles, but I was able to save the mecha suits and most of the regular dudes, and the ones I didn't especially like got the worst of it.

JoshTheStampede posted:

Doesn't have to be right after. Gloss varnish will melt the frost, then revarnish matte. I've never failed to recover frosted minis that way.

moths posted:

I didn't even think to do in in AC, but that should work perfectly since AC works by removing the humidity. I live in PA. We have three minutes in September when the humidity dips below 50%, which is when I guess I'm supposed to spray everything I own.

But thanks everybody, you'll see how they came out soon! (I hope.)

Rikthor posted:

I, Rikthor, oath (2) Persian Infantry, 28mm, from Wargames Factory.



For Detektuv’s Jurnal: Cut and Swap!

Booley posted:

Oath Addition 2 Tau Piranhas, from GW

Red Shoe posted:

Additional oath! Croe and 9 Cutthroats, Orin Midwinter, a giant skeleton, gravedigger, ghostly armor, pirate dwarf, and gentleman dwarf. Croe's Cutthroats and Orin are Privateer Press, the rest are Reaper.

WhiteOutMouse posted:

Should have mentioned the gold, sorry. It was the Badger gold color airbrushed on. No wash or anything else, I did work on the smaller pieces before MSP convinced me to oath the untouched part.

moths posted:

I didn't even think to do in in AC, but that should work perfectly since AC works by removing the humidity. I live in PA. We have three minutes in September when the humidity dips below 50%, which is when I guess I'm supposed to spray everything I own.

But thanks everybody, you'll see how they came out soon! (I hope.)