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Oath Complete! I even remembered to waterstamp my username in the photos this time!  And since my oath specifically called out magnetizing all their head and weapon options.   I'm not sure if you can claim manual achievements multiple times, but if you can I'm claiming A Recipe for Success with this little mini-guide I made. If not, then enjoy it anyway   edit: Dr. Gargunza posted:Third Place, 1 point: Duct Tape Electric Hobo posted:Third place, 1 point: Duct Tape grassy gnoll posted:Third place, 1 point: Duct Tape I'm still trying different ways of weathering models. When I get to my Kastelan Robots I'll have to dive into that, as I really like the grungy Kastelan look.
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Oath complete   I'm finally getting to the end of my matt varnish - it looks fine in real life, but shiny in photos. I'm just to cheep to bin it and get more!
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Oath Complete Despite really liking this sculpt I was not really feeling it when painting so I did a fairly quick and dirty job. Probably because it was transparent red plastic so I didn't notice a lot of mold lines and assembly mistakes until I started painting. Claiming Getting Back To Nature because those monkeys are clearly wildlife. Fezzes grow wild on the vine in the swamps of Malifaux. Also claiming A Faithful Replica, here's the official art. Electric Hobo posted:First place, 3 points: The Moon Monster Dr. Gargunza posted:Second Place, 2 points: The Moon Monster Wow, thanks! I was pretty proud of how that guy turned out.
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TheFinalTuba posted:I, TheFinalTuba, oath to paint 3 Keisotsu for Infinity. Oath Complete!  A commission for a friend to come. Screw yellow. :p
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Oath dubiously complete!   Apologies for the dogshit picture of the Kataphrons. I'm away from home until Wednesday and I had to finish them in the hotel. I'll update with better pictures when I'm home but I wanted to make sure I got in before month end! Edit: Have now updated with gallery-ready pictures. I forgot all about the challenge so no point for me, but I'm claiming Take one for the team for the Necron Immortals who are a neat squad of 5. Living Image fucked around with this message at 12:41 on Aug 2, 2018 |
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Oath Complete  Wizarding class of '18 being led on a field trip by their old, bald teacher and accompanied by the class familiar. Taking one for the team.   A big, burly Treeman, protector of nature (more specifically the enchanted forest at the school)  When damaged, shed pieces of treeman wood will sometimes retain a spark of sentience, and the wizards turn these into familiars to continue watching over the school. Here the guardian reminisces with the familiar crafted from his first major injury. (Daily Double - specifically October's Cocktail Mixers for the brown-red-orange-red-brown gradient in the leaves, and December's Hey me, meet the Real Me! for the meeting with the familiar)  Tidied up the desk real nice for Spic and Span.
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Oath complete! This month's nature entry.   
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Alright. I'm gonna do this and paint some drat neglected minis
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Oath Complete Low effort photography this month, as I can't be arsed to pack away my painting gear. 
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Oath Complete! As per usual I have no end of weird last minute computer issues as I am trying to edit and post a simple picture so here's just the one image. Enjoy! 
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Gonna go ahead and say Oath Failed, it's been too hot to paint but thankfully the heat wave is breaking where I am (sympathy for other melty goons).
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Oath Complete!! Enjoyed the terrain work this month… claiming Getting Back to Nature as it’s a whole pile of nature    Shown in context of how I was going to use to display  A few pics of progress along the way Baseline  Loaded up with “Red Devil ONETIME Lightweight Spackling” and starting a dark grey undercoat (mainly poster paints)  Coated with some dark brown washes  Overbrushed and dry brushed with mid-grey, light grey, white Black, brown, dark grey washes more grey and light grey dry brushing 
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Calling it good. Did a swampy base to go with my Adze's swampfiend nature.
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Booyah- posted:I, Booyah, oath for July: Oath complete! Claiming Take one for the team for the kill team squad of 4 genestealer cultists and genestealer in the middle. 
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Oath Complete! For the nature challenge, each cultist is striding through violently-coloured bracken.
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 OATH COMPLETE             That is totally battle damage on the Iron Ancestor, and not at all because the little fucker fell off its base on the way to the photo booth, resulting in a panicked grab which managed to chip the base and peel half his face away from the primer, no sir Claiming getting back to nature for the hedge rows. Static grass loving gets everywhere. Also claiming take one for the team for the biker dwarfs if I haven't claimed it before already.
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OK folks July is over! Onwards to August: quote:August - Netflix and Chill Also I've had some thoughts regarding this season's Mr Tryhard achievement as I've realised some of the challenges may be mutually exclusive. Instead of doing all the challenges on a single model, it would change to doing all of the challenges in a single month. What are people's thoughts on this?
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I, Grey Hunter, hearbye oath - 1 Scourge battleship (magnetized) 2 Scourge cruisers 3 scourge destroyers (magnetized between 2 options) 2 Scourge Frigates 3 UCM destroyers (magnetized between 3 options) 4 UCM Frigates 6 UCM Corvettes. All by TT combat, a very small scale. 
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I, Kommando, being of sound mind and skilled of brush, hereby oath to paint 1 Rubicon Models Jagdpanzer 38(t) Hetzer - 28mm 4 GHQ Mercedes G-Wagen - 6mm 3 GHQ Rheinmetall MAN HX series trucks - 6mm and an objective marker made of Warlord bits - 28mm This august. 
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Grab-bag oath for August 1 Blooded Saek, 1 Armiger Helverin, 2 Deathwatch Veterans, and 2 Imperial Knights 
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I, KingMob, Oath for August Smoke and Mirrors team for Aristeia, 28mm, Corvus Belli
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And since I've had the day off today, claiming Need 4 Speed on Blooded Saek: I would also like to claim The Daily Double for June and November (he's a buff half naked dude and his axe is covered in blood). I think this is allowed but let me know if it's not.
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Grey Hunter posted:I, Grey Hunter, hearbye oath - Kommando posted:I, Kommando, being of sound mind and skilled of brush, hereby oath to paint Corrode posted:Grab-bag oath for August KingMob posted:I, KingMob, Oath for August Approved! Corrode posted:I would also like to claim The Daily Double for June and November (he's a buff half naked dude and his axe is covered in blood). I think this is allowed but let me know if it's not. This is fine, don't forget to claim them with your Completion post. ---  The spreadsheet should now be up to date up to the end of July, go check I haven't missed you. https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/17l0uEMpeIJ9DCqQMIOo1aX39zre1NFVUiixHS8YfgBs/edit#gid=14I will likely be working on the gallery on Sunday.
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Zark the Damned posted:Approved! Thanks buddy. Also I updated my completion post to have pics with the username in so they're gallery-ready, I don't think the point is in the sheet though.
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I, Duct Tape, oath to paint Belisarius Cawl and six pieces of Sector Imperialis Ruins terrain in August.
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I, gameraMan, oath one WizKids Beholder for August 2018.  Claiming Big Brother because, EYES!! Also will be throwing in Spic and Span to get that out of the way… gameraMan fucked around with this message at 14:20 on Aug 5, 2018 |
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I Ugleb hereby oath for the month of August, an Adamant, Diamond, Obsidian and Amber Shaltari cruisers for Dropfleet Commander. By TTcombat in ridonculous scale.  And hopefully an oath addition later to get some frigates done, but we shall see!
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I, The Moon Monster, oath 1 Isharann Soulscryer by Games Workshop for the month of August
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I, grassy gnoll, oath these three Mavericks and two Desperados by Corvus Belli, 28mm
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I, Zark the Damned, Oath the following for August 2018: 2 Reactors and 1 Pipe, GW, 28mm (Rescue Rangers as I already started basecoating them a while back) 6 Gryphhounds, GW, 28mm 1 Pegasus, GW, 28mm (the wing needs reattaching) 1 Imperial Engineer, 28mm, Gamezone 1 Banshee, 28mm, Hasslefree (not undercoated yet) I may make an addition later depending on how this lot goes.
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Duct Tape posted:I, Duct Tape, oath to paint Belisarius Cawl and six pieces of Sector Imperialis Ruins terrain in August. gameraMan posted:I, gameraMan, oath one WizKids Beholder for August 2018. Ugleb posted:I Ugleb hereby oath for the month of August, an Adamant, Diamond, Obsidian and Amber Shaltari cruisers for Dropfleet Commander. By TTcombat in ridonculous scale. The Moon Monster posted:I, The Moon Monster, oath 1 Isharann Soulscryer by Games Workshop for the month of August grassy gnoll posted:I, grassy gnoll, oath these three Mavericks and two Desperados by Corvus Belli, 28mm Zark the Damned posted:I, Zark the Damned, Oath the following for August 2018: Approved! Edit: Gallery is up! https://imgur.com/a/JDPFPXb - go check your stuff is there and it'll get submitted for judgement this weekend! Zark the Damned fucked around with this message at 21:50 on Aug 6, 2018 |
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For August I oath a Dracodile Privateer Press 
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For August I, Galaspar, oath two Plagueburst Crawlers (GW 28mm) The guy in the middle will be mounted on one of the vehicles as a tank rider - he's an ancient Palanquin rider with an inexplicable looted Eldar weapon, so this seems like as good a home for him as anywhere.
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I, Nighttheii, Oath for August: Devastator Squad, Exemplar Cinerators + UA, Severius 2, Wolf Rider GW and PP 
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I, NTRabbit, oath to paint for the month of August 14 Brokkrs, 4 Heavy Weapon Brokkrs, 6 Brokkr Engineers, 6 Brokkr Chiefs, 2 Bomb Bots, and an Urban Demolisher Weapons Platform, all Forge Fathers by Mantic (28mm) 
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I, Ilor, do Oath the following for the month of August: 2x Haqqislam Kameel Remotes (28mm, Corvus Belli)
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Red Shoe posted:For August I oath a Dracodile Galaspar posted:For August I, Galaspar, oath two Plagueburst Crawlers (GW 28mm) Nighttheii posted:I, Nighttheii, Oath for August: Devastator Squad, Exemplar Cinerators + UA, Severius 2, Wolf Rider NTRabbit posted:I, NTRabbit, oath to paint for the month of August Ilor posted:I, Ilor, do Oath the following for the month of August: 2x Haqqislam Kameel Remotes (28mm, Corvus Belli) Approved!
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For August, I, LazyAngel, oath three Endrinriggers (GW, 28mm)
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 July judgement!Third place, 1 point: Bonds0097  A good looking marine boy. I like the black and the hammer's head. Second place, 2 points: Duct Tape  Still a really nice, and well executed, color scheme. First place, 3 points: Red Shoe  I love these monsters, the painting is very bleak in a good way and you can still easily distinguish the different pats of it. Bonus, 1 point: Red Shoe  I like your mixed plant life on the base, and the painting on the mini fits in.
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