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Since next year is leap year there should be an alternative for February where you paint something that's leaping.
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Maybe the themes could be tied into the narrative (if there is one) rather than being based on the seasons? e.g. our intrepid Ork has been wandering around the caves for a while and steps outside only to be blinded by all the light, so the theme is Light. Not sure whether it's worth having fixed categories like in my previous post (technical / creative) or if it's worth having a broad theme and letting different people interpret it with their Oath? e.g.'For the month of April I am oathing this Space Marine and because the theme is light I am doing OSL on it's eyes' or 'For April's theme of light I am adding blaster beams to these Star Wars ships pewpewpew' - then possibly having an 'approval board' checking whether the Oath fits the theme? Probably too much work though.
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Mar 25, 2015 18:18
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October is a good example. In honor of Halloween incorporate a classic monster trope into your model. And spring could be more than just about green, but about new life. Maybe take old bits or models and reimagine them as something new. I think varied themes are the most interesting so it's not all the same time and again. Colors, but different! I'd imagine gets old. And I think don't be afraid to really constrict down what a theme consist of. Constraints breed creativity. So maybe for October it's not just any classic monster trope: It's incorporate classic mummy or werewolf tropes. It sounds really narrow, but it's surprisingly broad. It could be as simple as some hieroglyphs or a red cape or scratch marks or a silver bullet or a looming curse or canopic jars. And one month could just be technical challenge(theme: workshop): pick a technique that you've always wanted to try or that you're not very good at. OSL, NMM, weathering, whatever. Pash posted:Since next year is leap year there should be an alternative for February where you paint something that's leaping. Zark the Damned posted:Maybe the themes could be tied into the narrative (if there is one) rather than being based on the seasons? e.g. our intrepid Ork has been wandering around the caves for a while and steps outside only to be blinded by all the light, so the theme is Light. These are good ideas. Gareth Gobulcoque fucked around with this message at 18:50 on Mar 25, 2015 |
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Mar 25, 2015 18:34
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krushgroove posted:(Halloween? is that done in Australia?) Not to any great extent, but we know when it is. After it first came over with cartoons in the 80s/90s before going away, it's made a recent resurgence in adults as men have realised Halloween parties are a great way to get women to wear sexy costumes. SRM posted:For July: Patriotism! Display your national pride, or the pride of some fictional country. Would be a great month to paint up banner bearers or what have you. I like this idea, accepts that most of the thread is American and therefore unable to grasp the concept of national days in other countries not on July 4, but lets the rest of us go with our own colours  Reversing the season celebrating months for us southern hemisphere dwellers sounds like an idea as well
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Mar 25, 2015 18:48
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I'm loving the talk so far, let's keep it going! Limiting the themes to particular things in each month is good, allows for future expansion and not getting too stale very quick. NTRabbit posted:Not to any great extent, but we know when it is. After it first came over with cartoons in the 80s/90s before going away, it's made a recent resurgence in adults as men have realised Halloween parties are a great way to get women to wear sexy costumes. quote:I like this idea, accepts that most of the thread is American and therefore unable to grasp the concept of national days in other countries not on July 4, but lets the rest of us go with our own colours quote:Reversing the season celebrating months for us southern hemisphere dwellers sounds like an idea as well Any suggestions then?
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Mar 25, 2015 19:37
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krushgroove posted:February photo album is here: https://plus.google.com/photos/101792256154658567736/albums/6130198205460913697?authkey=COWIz4yQ8LHgywE My picture doesn't appear to be in here. Bad Decision Dino posted:Oath complete!
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Mar 25, 2015 19:57
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Oath Complete!  I'm Claiming Themed Group for the 5 girls on kitties. The Bows on the desk by them are magatized and can swap with the shields and xbows on their backs. As shown in this picture:  Also Claiming the Jurnual for this damage to the shield:  Also claiming box art for Traitor Magnus here:    The picture did not turn out great, I can retake it if need be.
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Mar 25, 2015 22:57
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I like both the idea of posting the whole year's Journals ahead of time, and giving a choice of thematic vs. technical journals (or just switching over to thematic altogether, although for my own part I know that I've really enjoyed what a few of the more technical journals prompted me to do that I might not have otherwise tried out as a painter).
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Mar 26, 2015 08:16
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Journals that I think would be cool are a retro themed month where you would choose to oath something out of print or an 'old school' theme like SRM does so well! I also really wish I would have known to oath when you were encouraged to paint from as many different miniature lines and ranges as possible.
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Mar 26, 2015 08:27
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OK, so I've re-ka-jiggered the challenges and added technical challenges and theme challenges for each month. I've used as many of your suggestions as I can fit in, where I can fit them where they make the most sense. There are some empty challenges, so I'm totally open to ideas for new stuff, changes, whatever. Have a look: Challenges (formerly Journals or Logs) Each month has a theme, and every theme will have its own technical challenge and theme challenge related to the main theme. It's your choice which challenge you want to do to earn Challenge Points, and you're welcome to do both for DOUBLE POINTS! Aussies and anyone in the Southern Hemisphere can choose to use the alternate theme calendar if they wish. The calendar you choose won’t be tracked, but we’d like everyone to attempt each theme so please stick to one calendar. May: School’s out! Let’s celebrate the big yellow school bus!
Bad Decision Dino posted:My picture doesn't appear to be in here. I've added your pic, thanks! krushgroove fucked around with this message at 11:40 on Mar 26, 2015 |
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Mar 26, 2015 11:38
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So which months are swapped in the alternate calendar? March <-> November and August <-> January? Suggesting the red paint challenge be the December technical challenge Also sports for the August theme challenge, and some manner of painted or modeled and painted flames for the technical NTRabbit fucked around with this message at 12:00 on Mar 26, 2015 |
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Mar 26, 2015 11:55
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I think it'd still be neat to have the charity challenge. I'm not sure if having all the challenges be seasonal is the way to go, though understandable it there won't be a narrative next season. I think some of the technical challenges could do with trying out new techniques, like the OSL, NMM and Weathering ones from this season. Not sure if doing both challenges should be worth two points, I was more thinking along the lines of 'if you do either of these get a point'.
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Mar 26, 2015 12:48
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August is a good month for bonfires, grilling and giant forest fires, so how about painting some fire/smoke/hot metal. That would also be a good time to throw in some OSL and such.
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Mar 26, 2015 12:51
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OK some slight updates to the challenges list, I've added red to December and flames/OSL to August. Still a few empty spaces open to suggestion. How is this looking so far? Will you guys be happier planning models and projects ahead of time? Challenges (formerly Journals or Logs) Each month has a theme, and every theme will have its own technical challenge and theme challenge related to the main theme. It's your choice which challenge you want to do to earn Challenge Points, and you're welcome to do both for DOUBLE POINTS! Aussies and anyone in the Southern Hemisphere can choose to use the alternate theme calendar if they wish. The calendar you choose won’t be tracked, but we’d like everyone to attempt each theme so please stick to one calendar. May: School’s out! Let’s celebrate the big yellow school bus!
NTRabbit posted:So which months are swapped in the alternate calendar? March <-> November and August <-> January?  In my first version I simply subtracted/added 6 to the various months to get a rough idea of the seasons
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Mar 26, 2015 15:47
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As Zark said, would it be possible to remove the idea of extra points for doing both challenges? It seems as though it's effectively doubling the amount of journal/challenge whatever that we have to do (in order to get full points). I felt like the spirit of the technical/theme split was to make it easier/friendlier to notch it every month, and this seems like it's moving in the exact opposite direction. Maybe make it so that you can get points for at most one challenge a month, but encourage anyone who wants to do both for a personal goal and/or thread accolades?
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Mar 26, 2015 20:10
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I'd be fine with that, I want to make the thread more inclusive and welcoming and reduce the amount of points counting, if possible.
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Mar 26, 2015 20:18
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I'm still fairly new to the oath thread but here's my two cents or whatever it is in your upstart colonial currency: * I really like the idea of knowing what the monthly jurnal/challenge thing will be in advance. I only recently started mini painting again and my hobby budget is limited, I don't (yet) have piles of random stuff on hand to cobble it all together on the fly so at least this way I can try to line stuff up and attempt the occasional challenge. * I'm not sure what the point is of not allowing oaths in the final week of the month and as a participant it seems meh. My best guess is that it was intended to simplify admin and avoid a situation where an oath isn't accepted until the last minute/rejected after someone started painted because the organiser didn't check the thread for a few days. I would like to see it removed but do think first! * I love this thread.
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Mar 26, 2015 23:50
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The problem was that people were waiting to oath until their models were already painted. The last day of the month was a lot of: I'm oathing:  and Oath Complete!   Essentially they were shielding themselves from having incomplete oaths by making sure they don't oath more than they finish. I think this was in the Fix thread, or maybe the one before that? I'll use this as my oath complete post, by the way. No journal, couldn't think of a way to do it.
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Mar 27, 2015 04:45
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This may be way out there but I have an idea for february's technical challenge. I've been reading up on some color theory in an attempt to spice up my color schemes, so how about making people leap around in the color wheel? Go to https://color.adobe.com, pick a triad or compound color scheme and paint a figure using all of those colors and only those colors (+ shades of them to make shadows and highlight).
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Mar 27, 2015 08:19
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Oath Complete! The Jurnal is the scratches I cut into the griffon's beak. The griffon's colouring is loosely based on Australian Wedge-Tailed Eagles.    The   For Strike a Pose I took the pseudo-Avengers out for a heroic sunset photo op.   For In Battle I was going to take some photos of myself having a go at the new Malifaux 2.0 ruleset, but an ambulatory pumpkin decided that this would not do.  Despite the best efforts of the poor Flammenwurfer, the interloper remained undefeated.  This called for heroic action!  Unfortunately, the heroes were overcome by the soft fluffiness of their foe, and were last seen fast asleep, snuggled into piles of orange fur.  So that's Jurnal, Boxart, Strike a Pose, and In Battle! edit: There was a casualty! Turns out, being sat on by fat cats is not good for high-heeled minis. 
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Mar 27, 2015 08:26
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krushgroove posted:September: New TV season time! Traditionally this is when new network TV series start, so hey let's roll with it! Idea for the technical: Part of a new TV season is finding out where the story is going next, what's changing this season, etc. So take one of your earlier, rougher models and do an updated version of it, changing something (or many things) for the better! Either strip the original model (making sure you have a picture first) or paint an identical/similar model, like another of the same type of unit! Describe what you did differently to improve the model this time.
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I really like that idea!
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Mar 28, 2015 12:44
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Oath Complete!  
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Mar 28, 2015 19:47
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Oath complete:  Jurnal apart from the scratched paint, two bullet holes in the front of the Killa Kan: 
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Mar 29, 2015 14:26
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Oath Complete!  Jurnal is that smaaaashheed up slab of Mega City One he's rampaging through, but I also painted some dings and bullet scratches on the Sentinoid because it's unstoppable. (Mostly on the top right dome, but also on the crazy fists.)
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Mar 30, 2015 03:40
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I like the inclusion of both technical and thematic journals. In the seasons that I've participated in, the journals where I've done weathering, or NMM have been the most educational, but the most fun I've had has been painting mustaches on tanks. Some suggestions for the journals, some are way too specific. I'm not too fond of having to paint a specific color, there's a big chance that a specific color is not present in the schemes I've chosen for my armies, so I'd have to get a one-off model which would never see the gaming table and get some new paints. And I don't think I'm the only thread participant who owns a grand total of one shade of yellow paint. Also the school bus is way too specific. Oh, and maybe the TV show theme could just be the break the 4th wall journal? Alternatively, April and April's Fools should be 4th wall (with technical being NMM).
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Mar 30, 2015 15:35
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Oath Complete!   The journal is the bloody wounds, missing eye and general not fun having of the wounded player markers.
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Mar 30, 2015 16:25
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Oath complete! Lost my camera again, so lovely cell phone pics will have to do:    Journal is a lot of scratched and overly chipped paint on the middle bike. Bikes are such an unfun slog, I'll be glad when I finish this command squad up and can never paint a bike again. I think I figured out how to paint white helmets in a way I like though, so the month wasn't a total disaster.
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Mar 30, 2015 17:33
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OATH COMPLETE       Journal: Not sure if this counts, but my dog ate one the the fire elemental's arms, so I tried to make it look like he was regrowing it with green stuff. Or I would have but my 10 year old green stuff is now finally unworkable, so I used vallejo plastic putty instead. Also Fly your Flag cause god drat.
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Mar 30, 2015 19:43
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Gareth Gobulcoque posted:Awesome ships. These are seriously great.
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Mar 30, 2015 20:33
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Oath complete! lovely lighting and lovely cell phone pic - something for me to work on in future.
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Mar 31, 2015 04:06
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 March oath completed!  Claiming themed group. The raising of the Banner at Iwaaagh Jima      Claiming INQUISITOR'S JOURNAL, The Battle of Iwaaagh Jima was a major battle in which the United Ork Armed Forces landed and eventually captured the island of Iwaaagh Jima from the Human Imperial Army during Worlds Waaagh II. The battle was immortalized by a photograph of the raising of the Waaagh Banner on top of Mount Snikgor by three Grot Marines. edit: I already claimed backstory in a previous month, but I'm leaving the story up. Indolent Bastard fucked around with this message at 04:18 on Mar 31, 2015 |
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Mar 31, 2015 04:08
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Oath Complete! Jurnal On the wound in the cowboy puppet; he's bleeding stuffing! Box Art  I Rolled a Six! Treasure markers for Super Dungeon Explore
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Mar 31, 2015 04:21
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Oath Complete! Marauder for this month's jurnal, his paint is showing some claw marks.  Constance Blaize  Gallant  Throne of Everblight  Blackfrost Shard  Tomble and Syndrael
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Mar 31, 2015 05:43
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Giant Ethicist posted:Oath complete! This is pretty similar to the colour scheme I almost went with for my PHR! I didn't have the contrast right though and ended up switching colours out and going a different direction. I like how yours turned out.
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Mar 31, 2015 10:49
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Oath complete! Would this count as a themed group being all Gotham-like? I'm also claiming Box Art for Solomon Grundy & Scarecrow:        If only this month had been the weathering jurnal rather than battle damage! Unless the rips in Grundy's suit count that is.    I'm pretty happy with how this lot have turned out in the end. It has been a long, long time since I painted anything like these and I had to push myself with mixing colours much more rather than just using the paint straight from the bottle. There was a moment where Scarecrow was looking like this:  And Grundy was very close to:  Worked out well in the end though! 
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Mar 31, 2015 15:06
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Just had a look at the points spreadsheet and noticed that I haven't been given my parts list achievement for my December oath but that I have already been awarded box art which I hadn't claimed before. Also as this is my fourth completed oath I should have claimed Apprentice already.
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Mar 31, 2015 15:17
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I think all the Apprentice, Master etc. cheevos for number of Oaths complete are being done at the end. No-one has them yet.
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Mar 31, 2015 15:55
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Oh poo poo, there are 31 days in March. I guess I should take better pictures of my completed oath now that I've found my camera. I think the procedure for that is to quote the oath complete post and then put the new pictures in the new post. Is that correct?
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Oath Complete!  Themed Group, with Journal     Themed Group and Conversions    Journal   Just really red.   Delightful model to paint.         Not looking forward to having to fight these guys...
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