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Ilor posted:Oath Complete! Behold my Fat Yuan Yuan! Your before space is way better than after I had unpacked and cleaned up.
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December Oath Complete! 1 Ral Partha pewter mini and 1 Reaper Bones Mind Flayers say happy new year!   Claiming Scene (Hey me, meet the Real Me!) for 'baby' and older mind flayer. It took me a while to decide on the white octopus color for the skin, I always had something like that in mind but when I started researching and saw everyone go purple I realized I must have made that up based off of the old black and white photo from the 1st Edition AD&D Monster Manual (my go-to source for all monster info).
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wdarkk posted:I, wdarkk, Oath 7 miscellaneous spaceships by Ground Zero Games. wdarkk posted:Because I loving hate myself and also am not doing anything worthwhile for the rest of the month, oath addition: Oath Complete!      I feel like I learned a lot working on this. Doing the custom decal was pretty cool, if nerve-wracking.
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Oath Complete!    *Phew* I used up all the runway on this one. Of course, as I'm taking pictures I'm finding things I want to clean up and add but I was able to get these 'finished'. Lots of stuff I'd love to change in a perfect world but this get me moving towards a tabletop army. Also, I need to decide how I'm going to finish my bases. I'm leaning towards snow over dark brown grass but I haven't spent the time to build test bases and get a method and result I'm happy with. I am really enjoying my home brew variant Biel-Tan scheme as cuts down on the amount of white I need to paint while giving me room to practice fun shades of green. If anyone has tips I'd love to get feedback.
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Oath Complete! But what if, in some alternative far future, Janus Drake had been a lady?  Claiming Me, meet the real me for the switched gender. 
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OK folks, December (and the year) is over! Onwards to Januaryquote:January - Every Step you Take
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I, KingMob, Oath for January 2019... Legendary Bahadurs (Corvus Belli) for Aristeia. 
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I Hereby oath 6 Gangs of Rome gangsters and 1 Citizen of Rome. 28mm, Warbanner Minis.
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For January I, Galaspar, oath ten Traitor Guardsmen (GW 28mm)
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Love those Eldar! I, Ashcans, oath this Privateer Press Grundback Driller for January. This will round out my Rhunic battlegroup. 
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I Ugleb hereby oath for the month of January; 2x Vending Machines by TTcombat 5x Back Alley accessory scatter terrain piles by TTcombat The God drat Batman, 80th Anniversary version by Knight Models 
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I, LazyAngel, oath for January, Shakti, Yadu Officer and one Yadu Trooper, both from Infinity
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I, Conan the Librarian, do hereby oath to paint these miniatures you see before you in the first month of the year 2019. They include four (4) Eldar Guardians, one (1) Eldar support weapons platform, and two (2) Ur-Ghuls from Blackstone Fortress, all in 28mm by Games Workshop. 
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I, Zark the Damned, oath the following for January 2019: 1 Leman Russ Punisher Colonel Schaeffer's Last Chancers All 28mm by GW Hopefully I will remember to take WIP pictures this time! Zark the Damned fucked around with this message at 15:54 on Jan 5, 2019 |
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Yvonmukluk posted:I, Yvonmukluk, Oath 1 28mm Games Workshop Space Marine. wdarkk posted:Because I loving hate myself and also am not doing anything worthwhile for the rest of the month, oath addition: Approved (December) December should now be up to date in the spreadsheet - https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/17l0uEMpeIJ9DCqQMIOo1aX39zre1NFVUiixHS8YfgBs/edit#gid=23 - I'll work on the gallery next weekend.
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KingMob posted:I, KingMob, Oath for January 2019... Grey Hunter posted:I Hereby oath 6 Gangs of Rome gangsters and 1 Citizen of Rome. 28mm, Warbanner Minis. Galaspar posted:For January I, Galaspar, oath ten Traitor Guardsmen (GW 28mm) Ashcans posted:Love those Eldar! Ugleb posted:I Ugleb hereby oath for the month of January; LazyAngel posted:I, LazyAngel, oath for January, Shakti, Yadu Officer and one Yadu Trooper, both from Infinity Conan the Librarian posted:I, Conan the Librarian, do hereby oath to paint these miniatures you see before you in the first month of the year 2019. They include four (4) Eldar Guardians, one (1) Eldar support weapons platform, and two (2) Ur-Ghuls from Blackstone Fortress, all in 28mm by Games Workshop. Zark the Damned posted:I, Zark the Damned, oath the following for January 2019: Approved!
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Thanks to the power of insomnia, Oath Completed! The Last Chancers  Leman Russ Punisher, possibly a Tank Commander. The weapons aren't glued in (I just noticed the turret gun isn't in properly) so they can be swapped out as needed. And for the Jurnal:    Started with a base coat of P3 Uniform Grey. Camo Squares added using AP Uniform Grey and P3 Hammerfall Khaki.    Weapons and a few details picked out in P3 Traitor Green, and the commander base coated. Then the metal bits in GW Runefang Steel, then an all over wash of AP Dark Tone wash (not worrying about streaking etc. as it's a speed painting job and I kinda want it to look grim and muddy).  Finally the little lenses on the turret picked out in AP White.
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Ok time for my monthly question!! Some ages ago I started working on this building which was supposed to be an inn, but didn't like how it turned out especially the floor so it's been sitting incomplete for a long time:  I was thinking for this month I would finally re-do this whole thing including re-surfacing and re-painting the floor, but also reworking the walls, adding windows, etc. Could this count as Rescue Ranger? thanks -
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I Weirdo Oath two modrons from the Nolzur's Marvelous Unpainted Miniatures line.
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I, Ilor, do Oath the following for the month of January: 1x 28mm WW2 Italian (Gaddis Games) This guy is going to be my color-test mini. If he works out well, there will be an Oath Addition of more like him. If not, he'll get stripped and re-painted - repeatedly, if necessary.
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I, gameraMan, oath 1 terrain inn for January! A combination of Hirst Arts molds for the floor plus a bunch of balsa wood n' stuff.  Will do Every Step You Take plus attempting to claim Rescue Ranger since I'm going to completely re-surface and repaint the floor, and also re-do the whole wall scheme as well.
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Oath Complete  This team seemed to be downgrade in plastic quality from the previous 2. Lots of muddy / blurred detail, especially on Shona and Queen. Hopefully the 2019 teams are better. Claiming Every Step you Take: Skin tones are fully done, blocking in base coats.  Washes applied to some earth tones, some highlights completed.  Metallics and dark colours applied. 
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Weirdo posted:I Weirdo Oath two modrons from the Nolzur's Marvelous Unpainted Miniatures line. Ilor posted:I, Ilor, do Oath the following for the month of January: 1x 28mm WW2 Italian (Gaddis Games) gameraMan posted:I, gameraMan, oath 1 terrain inn for January! Approved! gameraMan posted:Ok time for my monthly question!! This sounds fine to me.You're still rescuing an old project which is the aim of the achievement. Also, December's Gallery is now up - please double check your pics and it'll go for judgement next weekend. https://imgur.com/a/cDFKLAF
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I, Duct Tape, oath for December an Armiger Helverin, 5 Sicarian Infiltrators, and 8 supply crates.
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I, grassy gnoll, oath one Meng cartoon tank Aaaand finished. Claiming Need 4 speed, and recipe for success. I was gonna do the monthly jurnal, but apparently forgot to take my third WIP picture. D'oh.    Here's how it went.  After airbrushing on middle-grey primer, go back with a fine airbrush and do some pre-shading with black primer. Really go crazy with this stuff if you're painting a dark shade like GI green, as I did, because all that pre-shading work will vanish very quickly without the contrast. Basecoat in your darker shade. I did about one part thinner, one part flow improver, and five parts paint for each coat.  Once you've got your basecoat, go in from the top and start with your lighter shades. You want a zenithial thing to give it some highlights. Once you've got your shading and detailing to your satisfaction - I did some edge highlighting and picked out spots in metallics, gloss varnish the whole thing. Gloss varnish will give you the right surface you need for both decaling and ink washing. I do my own ink solutions, at about 1:5:6 ink to water to flow improver. That stuff pops right into crannies and makes stuff pop. Black ink will give you a nice cartoony contrast, while dark brown or purple can work for a little subtler shades, depending on what you're doing. Gloss varnishing first helps your shade solution flow into place, and you want your decal surface as smooth as possible. Mirosol and Microset are actually just as good as they're hyped up to be. Once you've got your gloss down, slather a goodly amount of Microset on the spot you're going to place your decal. Slide in into place, then let the solution dry. This'll go surprisingly quickly, even if you douse it. Once it dries, apply the Microsol to soften the decal and let it sink into cracks and onto contours. If your decal has wrinkled, you can try and slather more Microsol on it and work out any kinks, air bubbles etc with your brush. If it's super wrinkled, slash at them with your hobby knife to break the surface, then go over it with Microsol again. Basically, melt the decal until it's in place how you like it. It's really astonishing how well you can smush a decal with this junk. If you're like me and can't remember which solution is which by name, they're labeled number one and two on the relevant bottles. Set goes on first, sol goes on last. Last comes weathering. I was hoping I could get away with some plain muddy washes, but it just wasn't enough to show up on a dark model again. Next one I'm going to buy some actual pigments and splash those around. Finally, once everything's fully dry, give everything a matte varnish. This'll protect your painting and weathering, and take things back down from the shine you inevitably got on the gloss step. You can give it a few coats by your choice, but mind anything that's either intended to be shiny or is built out of transparent plastic, which will fog immediately. Between the extra layer of varnish and the microsol, this'll make the edge of your decals disappear. It's extremely choice.
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Duct Tape posted:I, Duct Tape, oath for December an Armiger Helverin, 5 Sicarian Infiltrators, and 8 supply crates. LazyAngel posted:Oath Addition! An Asura, and an Apsara Cyberdancer, both from Infinity grassy gnoll posted:I, grassy gnoll, oath one Meng cartoon tank glitchkrieg posted:I, glitchkrieg, oath these Shadespire spooky ghosts for January. Approved!
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December Judgements Third place, Duct Tape  Second place, Conan the Librarian These guys are crisp, more than anything else. These are two colors I've struggled to paint consistently, with nice clean lines and sharp jewel effects. First place, Ilor  An excellent paint job, including disgusting stains, and thematically appropriate for the month wins first place. Bonus point, King Mob  Gata's alt-sculpt is about as thematically appropriate for December as it gets.
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 December Judgements! Third Place, 1 point: Conan the Librarian  Bright, vibrant colors, excellent contrast, and a fun 2nd-edition feel all around. The only things that would make these models look even more like they stepped out of a 1990 White Dwarf are a blue gradient background and Goblin Green square bases. 2nd Place, 2 points: Ilor As a fellow Fat Yuan Yuan 1st Place, 3 points: Galaspar  This is both a delightfully executed gender (not palette) swap for the Rogue Trader, and an excellent conversion from the Escher kit. Both designs are over the top, but the punk-mohawk-and-feathers head swap somehow swings around into the aristocratic. I like that you've chosen the same shade of brown for the respective Traders' beast trophies; nice unifying touch. Bonus, 1 point: Duct Tape  ...I mean, these robots are just relentlessly good. Excellent color contrasts between the hull plating, hazard stripes and lenses; finely detailed weathering; and an aggressive posture make for another fine creation.
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I, NTRabbit, oath to paint for January Star Saga Tyrant Blaine by Mantic (28mm) Galadanoth, Elf Sniper by Reaper (28mm) Shamanic Boudi by Hasslefree (28mm) 
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 December judgement!Third place, 1 point: Duct Tape  You just keep churning these super cool robot things out. Great as always. Second place, 2 points: Conan the Librarian  You've got some nice and clean greens here, and the color scheme works great. The gems adds some good contrast. First place, 3 points: Galaspar  I like these super flamboyant models, and all the colors add to the garish flamboyancy. They're also very nicely painted. Bonus, 1 point: Ilor  I just love these models! It's always great when they show up.
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Thank you for the kind judge words! Truth be told, I wasn't particularly happy with how those Traders turned out, they were a bit of an experiment. I'm glad you liked them though, I'll have to try painting other flamboyant characters in future.
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Oath complete Ahh, photographing models, when all your hard work looks terrible. I even tried some new things this month that don't look half bad until you use and SLR and a good lightbox to pick out all the faults.
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NTRabbit posted:I, NTRabbit, oath to paint for January Approved
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Oath Complete!  Here are some progress shots:    And here is a link to an Imgur gallery with progress shots, as well as additional pictures of the final product.
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