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Also, started that Wordpress page that's far more sponsor-friendly than this thread, and much easier to maintain (which means it'll get maintained): https://somethingawfuloaththread.wordpress.com/ It's just a summation of the rules and a monthly post about the Judge's picks, plus sponsor announcements so they know they're appreciated. We presently have 9 Grand Prize sponsors I can trust to actually provide prizes (not going to mention any names of companies that very badly let us down over the past couple of years!), and it would be GREAT to have a 10th prize sponsor so we can have a nice round number. If anyone knows of a company, goon, person at game/model/accessory place, etc., that might be willing to chuck out a prize or two, please get in touch with them and ask - if they're happy to talk, give them my email address! it's krushgroove169@gmail.com. Or tell me to contact them and let them know I'll be in touch, etc.
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It got me to visit their page, where I learned that I apparently get a 10% discount as former military! Which is awesome since most places do active duty and retired only. I'm definitely going to be picking up some of their objective tokens for Chain of Command jump-off makers. Those question mark creates are perfect for the Schrodinger boxes they represent.
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I, Dr. Gargunza, having been driven slightly mad during the construction of this project, oath to paint the following: (1) Steamborg Executioner, (2) Steampunk Arachnids, (1) hand-made flag assembly and a portion of (1) Reaper Bones Blacksmith! The pewter minis are from the original metal Miners & Steamfitters Union (Ramos) crew box set for Malifaux, Wyrd Miniatures, 28mm. I'll be using the anvil from the Bones blacksmith as a topper for the flagpole, for which I'm attempting this month's technical challenge. You might notice that there is some greenstuff on the Steamborg, specifically building up the feet (to hold pins for stability) and the conversion of an added sleeveless t-shirt on the torso. The t-shirt dates back to my aborted attempts to put it together last year. I also added a "thumb" in white plasticard to the Steamborg's right claw. Unfortunately, I didn't think to take any photos of this model pre-conversion; I hope that's not going to be an issue. The original design without conversions looks like this (not my pic):  I guess let me know if there are any issues with this....
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Oath Complete! Very nice to paint, just about the right amount of detail, and found the exposure controls on my phone, so the brightness is less screwy. For some reason I've got a bit of artifacting on the faces, probably from Photoshop's image size compression.    And claiming I rolled a 6! for the ball marker (that's still a thing, right?). 
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I WhiteOutMouse Oath 1 GW Maulerfiend and 3 custom objectives. GW, 28mm on 120 oval base, objectives GW bits on 40mm (poker chips).
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Excellent news on the sponsors! Anyway, time for me to finally get around to Oathing month now the move's finished and my painting area's set up again. I, Zark the Damned, Oath the following for July 2015: 1 Savage Orc Boss from Avatars of War, 1 Captain Spanner and Poledancer from Hasslefree Miniatures, 1 High Elf Banner from Games Workshop, all 28mm.  Hopefully the pic's OK for Oathing, new phone and the lighting's different.
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OATHING FOR JULY: One Reaper Miniatures Succubus Because christmas in july! I do have a question about this month's theme as well; would it be reasonable as a theme challenge to decorate the big present with a flag? I was thinking of the doing the Canadian one freehand on it specifically, as it fits the theme what with Canada day having been this month and the colours are christmas themed too!
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Oath Complete:    The bait:   Patriotism ahoy 
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I counterspin, oath Dahlia and Skarath, from the Minions faction of Hordes by Privateer Press
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Yay for sponsors! And go faster red! Now as Ras and Ninja dudes are pretty much done I probably have time to tackle the dynamic duo. Oath Addition! I Ugleb hereby oath Arkham City Batman & Arkham City Robin for the Batman Miniatures Game. 32mm scale by Knight Models. 
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Oath for July 1 Dwarf Banner Bearer (Games Workshop).
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Oath Complete! 11 Kayazy Assassins (I hate hate hate painting units) and 6 flags, which qualifies me for the Aetherium Flag challenge. Go me! 
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Oath Complete Claiming the July challenge and Apprentice (with Spring Cleaning already counted earlier this month).  Aetherium models. Could have really used a highlight on the big dude... really need to practice highlight black skin.  Drake hounds, tried some glowing effects in the spawn points mouths that turned out alright!  Flag Bearers! The skin on the chibi lady turned out splotchy in the photo for some reason. I like the model despite the boob window. The other model bought his khakis at the Gap. 
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Calling it Oath Complete for this month I may do some touchups later but it's finished for all practical purposes. The Challenge is, hopefully, obvious. 
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Oath Complete    That was pretty motivating. Not sure if I'll do next month, as so many of the next things I want to paint are half-finished projects I started a year or two ago. But I'll certainly do another oath next time I start something from scratch.
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I, Kerzoro, Oath for for the month of July - 1 Vera Krabbenhöft, Battle Standard. (28mm, Raging Heroes) And I'm aiming for Speed Painting, where not finishing before July 20th ends is meaningless!   Let's get to work!
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It's been a while since I did one of these, so what the heck!  I, Sydney Bottocks, Oath for July: 1 Black Tree Designs WW2 German infantry mortar team (mortar, 2 crew, & spotter) and 1 BTD WW2 German infantry LMG team (gunner and loader).  (from left to right: mortar spotter, mortar & crew, machine gunner, machine gun reloader) The figures are just primed and basecoated only, no other colors are present. Not expecting to win anything, but it'll be a good motivator to help get my brother's Bolt Action army done for him. 
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Arson Fire posted:Oath Complete Given the quality of this offering, I really, really hope you oath more. This is a scary-as-hell, bad-rear end, well-painted bug-monster.
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OATH COMPLETE    And my Theme + Technical this doofus with the flag of my home state, one of my favorite places on earth, Kentucky. I don't know what's in those crates and barrels, but it's probably booze and guns.    Rolled a 6!
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Oath Complete! Also claiming Speed Painting!     I think I would have been done earlier but I hit a snag when I began painting and the flagpole promptly fell off the figure. added the rocks at that time since after I glued it back together it wouldn't... stand... up.ANYWAY. Why was it important for me to finish today? Because the USA is not the only country that celebrates it's independence day on July. Colombia celebrates on July 20  (... wrong flag but I think you get it).Based the colors of her uniform on the ones most commonly associated with Simon Bolivar. Aka this guy:  I don't think he had modern guns or a facial mask but eh. ... also, Aetherium Flag. Just in case 
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Turns out I had a single model with a banner, so Oath addition! 1 15mm space pig-ork. From god know where. 
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oath addition! I just finished up the dragons so let's see if I can squeeze in this LotR objective marker before heading to Gen Con. No idea who made it, was a door prize from the 2009 Adepticon. nesbit37 posted:i, nesbit37, oath for July smaug from Games workshop for BotFA and 4 dragons from Dark Sword Miniatures. I'm not sure what scale the dark sword dragons are supposed to be but since they are the same size as smaug and I am painting them for use in a 10mm game I am going to say 10mm.
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OATH COMPLETED! My 15mm skeletons are going to be used in an icy setting and since I accidentally frosted them when I sealed them, they will probably just stay frosty. Happy accidents   The riphorn came out looking real nice however this is the best picture I could get.  I also made some Flags for my favorite and wholly best scenerio in Warmachine "incursion" These will be the July Technical Challenge, I rolled a 6 and the Aetherium Flag bonus  The center and right flags are made from GW ogre bits I got from a friend and the left flag is a Rackham Orc Banner
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Dr. Gargunza posted:I, Dr. Gargunza, having been driven slightly mad during the construction of this project, oath to paint the following: (1) Steamborg Executioner, (2) Steampunk Arachnids, (1) hand-made flag assembly and a portion of (1) Reaper Bones Blacksmith! The pewter minis are from the original metal Miners & Steamfitters Union (Ramos) crew box set for Malifaux, Wyrd Miniatures, 28mm. I'll be using the anvil from the Bones blacksmith as a topper for the flagpole, for which I'm attempting this month's technical challenge. WhiteOutMouse posted:I WhiteOutMouse Oath 1 GW Maulerfiend and 3 custom objectives. GW, 28mm on 120 oval base, objectives GW bits on 40mm (poker chips). Zark the Damned posted:Excellent news on the sponsors! Ledgem posted:OATHING FOR JULY: One Reaper Miniatures SuccubusBecause christmas in july! counterspin posted:I counterspin, oath Dahlia and Skarath, from the Minions faction of Hordes by Privateer Press Ugleb posted:Yay for sponsors! And go faster red! Indolent Bastard posted:Oath for July 1 Dwarf Banner Bearer (Games Workshop). head58 posted:Oath Complete! 11 Kayazy Assassins (I hate hate hate painting units) and 6 flags, which qualifies me for the Aetherium Flag challenge. Go me! Kerzoro posted:I, Kerzoro, Oath for for the month of July - 1 Vera Krabbenhöft, Battle Standard. (28mm, Raging Heroes) Sydney Bottocks posted:It's been a while since I did one of these, so what the heck! Electric Hobo posted:Turns out I had a single model with a banner, so nesbit37 posted:oath addition! I just finished up the dragons so let's see if I can squeeze in this LotR objective marker before heading to Gen Con. No idea who made it, was a door prize from the 2009 Adepticon. I'm trying to catch up with stuff while I'm away, hopefully I can get the June photo album compiled tonight before I drop dead of tiredness!
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oath complete! done with these 5 10mm dragons of Middle Earth. I am claiming the July technical challenge and i rolled a 6! For the lotr objective marker. I am claiming Box art for the the red dragon (not smaug).       This guy goes with this box art from the dark sword product page on it:  http://www.darkswordminiatures.com/shop/index.php/miniatures/visions-in-fantasy/red-dragon.html  This guy I painted after a male austrailian water dragon:    
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Germ posted:OATH ADDITION!!! Another OATH ADDITION! I oath this tiny 15mm shield man by Old Glory. 
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Oath Complete Sorry for the lovely pics, house is still a mess after the move and I haven't had chance to set up a decent spot for pics.   Daemonette Standard bearer for my counts-as WHFB Daemon army (I sure timed starting that back up well with AOS out... sigh). Also the Technical Challenge and my Aetherium Flag.   Captain    Savage Orc. Again a pain to photograph, it's much brighter in real life. Painted in fluorescents to represent a 'Waaagh Demon' aka Khorne Herald for when I dabble with summoning/daemonkin allies in 40k. Last pic with Weirdboy for contrast.
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Oath Complete The cars now look suitably post apocalyptic.  Eagle, Ready to hunt.  The Longbows, Katana's and mortars.  I cannot get a good photo of these guys to save my life, I've been trying for half an hour, but my lightbox got knocked when the inlaw's came down, and something just isn't right. Also, the new matt varnish I've got seems to be leaving more of a sheen than the last lot, while it looks ok on the models, which is playing havoc with my photos.
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June photos are here! https://goo.gl/photos/NLrsPRpKjWjreRnb9 Please check to make sure your June Oaths are in here, in the next couple of days I'll be giving the link to the Judges!
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It's late in the month, but... I, Ski, for the month of July, hereby oath one Storm Troll from Privateer Press. 
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Germ posted:Another OATH ADDITION! Godsdamnit, Krushgroove, I'm sorry for making this month a bookkeeping nightmare, but I'm going to go one more OATH ADDITION. I promise that when I'm done I'll make one cohesive oath completed post with all my stuff gathered in one place. I'm going to paint these 6 ruined columns and one stone arch, made by me for 28mm models. 
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Germ posted:Another OATH ADDITION! ski posted:It's late in the month, but... Germ posted:Godsdamnit, Krushgroove, I'm sorry for making this month a bookkeeping nightmare, but I'm going to go one more OATH ADDITION. I promise that when I'm done I'll make one cohesive oath completed post with all my stuff gathered in one place. No worries, Oath away, OATHS ACCEPTED!
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Is it a problem if I've not been entered into the July spreadsheet yet, with neither the original oath or the completed one?
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Oath Complete! Just like I mentioned in my original post, painting this put me in a huge dissatisfaction spiral, the paint job is pretty terrible (especially that power klaw) and it just reinforces my drive to not paint. Ugh. On the plus side, I did paint something. Maybe I'll revist the klaw if I ever feel more proficient, but I just don't feel like I can aim the brush and keep it stable enough to hit things like that, but I did want to try. I did get the really noticeable spot on the spikes after I saw it in the picture, at least. Actually looking at the picture makes me see about a million terrible things in higher resolution!  The 6-pack! Backstory Kaptain Badsnaggle had wrangled up the baddest, snazziest, flashiest (uv course) set of Mega-Armor out there from some worthless git Bad Moon (no other Orks could afford Mega-Armor, you see), and Kustomized it up proper, getting rid of that lame Bad Moon on the belt and putting a fancy gold belly plate in, throwing on a righteous Kaptain's hat, planting a proper Jolly Ork on the engine, painting it up in a nice Piratin' Purple and wearing Lucky Blue Pantaloons. Then his grotty team of Rulez Lawyers let him know that Mega-Armor had gotten an upgrade and his set barely qualified him as an 'Ard Boy, let alone a MAN. "It'll be a moral victree, boyz... we've still got all the teef right? Oi, we spent 'em on the Armor? Maybe... Maybe Nazdreg's hiring..." July technical challenge maybe? if that Jolly Ork is considered a banner. thegodofchuck fucked around with this message at 18:49 on Jul 27, 2015 |
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July oath complete.   Dwarf close up  and I didn't wimp out, I did the back as well  Claiming theme challenge: paint your nation, state, region, or whatever flag, the best you can
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Ok, This is my final .... July Oath Complete!!!! For easy reference, I'm claiming Speed Painting (the banner pole) , I Rolled a 6! (the objective markers / shot glass coasters), the July Patriotism ahoy! challenge (painting red, white, and blue and freehanding stars on Captain America, and painting a real-life banner pole for my wargaming club). I also really hope my banner qualifies me for the Aetherium Flag prize draw. First up, here's the new stuff:  Here’s the arch in it’s full glory:  And again with a Warp Spider for scale – the thing is huge!  Like most of my stuff, the arch is designed to be removed in case it gets in the way on the gaming table.  I also used the new style of columns as trade-ins for the doric (ionic?) columns I had done before. Here they are on their own:  And plugged into the ruins base I painted for last month's oath:  I also painted a little tiny 15mm Captain America to use as a leader for my Flames of War army (I mostly play US Armored Infantry). The idea of Cpt. Rogers leading my tiny mans to war against the Red Skull fills me with glee. Hopefully it’ll piss off some purist grognards in the process. The set he came in was by Old Glory, and also contained Thundarr the Barbarian and friends. I’ll have less justification working them into a WWII army, but assaulting Nazis and Russians with Ookla is a justification in and of itself.   The previously-completed pieces are as follows: Germ posted:OATH COMPLETE! And, the objetive markers I completed for this month are here: Germ posted:OATH COMPLETE! (again) Finally, for reference, the before picture for the Speed Painting Challenge is here: Germ posted:I, Germ, do hearby oath this PVC pipe for the month of July!
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