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SA Oath Thread Season 10 Welcome to the Oath Thread, a place where we can all get together and paint our stuff! Useful Links: Galleries: So, What’s this oathing thing about? Simply put, each month participants will post an oath stating what they’re going to paint, and hopefully by the end of the month it’ll get done and we’ll all get to see a bunch of nifty painted minis! We’ve found it’s a great way to get motivated, regardless of whether you’re a veteran painter sitting on piles of unused plastic and metal, or a newbie just getting started with the hobby. As we go along there are bonus monthly challenges designed to get people to experiment with new techniques or paint something you otherwise wouldn’t have gotten around to, plus a set of overall achievements which can be earned any time. How does oathing work? Oathing is pretty simple. You just need a digital camera (ones built into modern phones are generally fine), a place to upload your pictures (like Imgur or similar), a computer screen showing the date (more on that later) and of course your models. You’ll then make an Oath post - this should be made during the current Oath month (e.g. for May's oath, post it during May):
Once you’ve finished painting your Oath, you’ll need to make a Completion post:
Earning Points Completing oaths will earn you points! In previous seasons this meant prizes, but in this season they’re mostly for bragging rights. You can earn points in the following ways:
Challenges Each month will feature one or more themed challenges. Simply paint up something to match a challenge, claim it in your completion post, and earn a bonus point! Note that in order to get this point you must state which miniatures match it - e.g. if you painted up a bunch of wizards, one of whom is throwing a fireball, you might write something like ‘Fire mage for the OSL challenge’. It’s best to make your claims bold so they’re easy to spot! If a month has multiple challenge options and you complete several of them this is still only 1 point for 'completing at least one challenge'. When claiming the challenge state which option you have picked. This season’s monthly challenges are:
Goals / Achievements In addition to challenges, you can also earn Achievements to gain points. Unlike challenges, these can be earned at any time in the season. Achievements are split into two categories: Automatic and Manual. Unless otherwise stated they are all worth 1 point. Manual Achievements These require claiming in a similar fashion the Challenges (e.g. Claiming ‘Need 4 Speed for the Inquisitor). Some require a bit of extra set up or additional work - check the descriptions carefully!
Automatic Achievements These are granted automatically upon the completion of the stated goals. You don’t need to claim them as the magic of our Spreadsheet does it automatically!
The Gallery & Judging Each month’s pictures will be entered into the Gallery for that month. Only pictures with your name on them will be submitted to the gallery. Additionally, WIP shots and initial Oath pictures will be excluded, what should end up here are the final pics of your oathed miniatures. The gallery will then be submitted to our panel of celebrity judges who will award bonus points to their favourite 3 oaths (3 points for 1st place, 2 for 2nd, 1 for 3rd), plus an additional point to the one they feel best exemplifies the monthly challenge (this can be one of the above). Once again we are invoking the Bachtere Clause - anyone who receives 1st or 2nd place in a month can only earn a maximum of 3rd place in the next month from that Judge. This has no effect on the ‘Best Challenge’ points. Unlike previous seasons, Judges are allowed to participate in Oathing. However they may not choose their own oaths when performing judgment! This season's judges are Electric Hobo, Dr. Gargunza, ijyt and Duct Tape Competitions From time to time Goons may post their own competitions in the Oath thread - usually these will be extra challenges or require painting specific types of model. These competitions are entirely separate to the main Challenges and Achievements and don’t affect your points, although it may be there’s an overlap between them anyway. It is up to the individual Goons running the competitions to specify the rules and requirements of their competition along with any prizes, although we do ask that at least a month’s notice is given before any such competition is started. Other Important Info & FAQs Terrain Pieces of Terrain may be oathed, pretty much everything that applies to miniatures also applies here. Bases As not all miniatures and gaming systems use bases, they are an optional part of the Oath. If you wish to make a fancy base your Oath, that’s fine so long as you state this! Otherwise it’s fine to use pre-painted bases, or even no bases at all, so long as the miniature that will be going on the base is fine. Coloured Primers It is fine to use a coloured primer (e.g. red) when submitting your Oath pictures. What’s not OK is pre-shading using an ink wash or similar, with the exception of basic Zenithal priming and shading. What happens if I fail an Oath? Not much, you won’t get any points for that month and won’t go into the Gallery. It’s possible that someone could feel bothered enough by this to buy you an Oathbreaker avatar but it’s pretty rare unless you make a habit of it! Can I make more than one Oath in a month? Yes, it’s perfectly fine to do this so long as you follow the same rules as the initial Oath. They are usually labelled as ‘Oath Additions’. However, you need to make sure that all your oaths get completed and are included in a single Completion post, otherwise it counts as failure! I forgot to post my Oath picture before starting to paint! We understand that sometimes life gets in the way and people will get distracted between taking pics and posting their Oath. If you have a valid (date stamped, unpainted) ‘before’ picture it’s OK to post it outside of the 3 day window. However, participants who abuse this leniency frequently may have their Oaths rejected, especially towards the end of the month (i.e. don’t take the picture at the start of the month, then post it just before your completion at the end of the month once you’ve done the painting! This is against the spirit of Oathing and will not be looked upon favourably). Zark the Damned fucked around with this message at 21:24 on May 11, 2020 |
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The first three challenges are now up. I'm still working on the rest and will try get them up soon!
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# ? May 1, 2019 21:22 |
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I, KingMob, Oath for May... Hellboy, Johann, Liz and Abe for the Hellboy Boardgame by Mantic. Thanks for setting up another great oath thread!
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# ? May 2, 2019 15:00 |
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I, Grey Hunter, Oath 31 Soviet Infantrymen, 28mm Warlord Games
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# ? May 2, 2019 18:05 |
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I'm very glad this thread is continuing on into another year, one of the main reasons I even got back into this hobby in the first place.
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# ? May 2, 2019 23:13 |
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I, LazyAngel, oath for May, Dad of Boi, by Klukva Miniatures (around 30mm) Resemblance to a Sony-copyrighted video game character is, of course *entirely* incidental.
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# ? May 3, 2019 16:44 |
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ijyt posted:I'm very glad this thread is continuing on into another year, one of the main reasons I even got back into this hobby in the first place. Same here, it's the main thing that keeps me painting, even at my glacial pace. Thanks for continuing it another year, I'll be back with an oath for this month!
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# ? May 3, 2019 18:40 |
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Yay, after burning out half way through season 9 I am excited to get back on the horse! I just started a dinos riding dinos army so this will be great motivation. Oath incoming very soon.
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# ? May 3, 2019 20:23 |
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Thanks to the judges both from last season and this one, and thank you Zark for spending the time organizing all this and keeping on top of it. Last season was an absolute blast. Having the monthly deadline to finish models was a great motivation to get things done, and the challenges for each month served as good inspiration on how to tackle different models. I'm still trying to decide how deep I want to dive into this season. The biggest thing holding me back is that I need to build a lot of repeats of what I built last season. More Dragoons, Skitarii, Dunecrawlers, Enginseers. This would make for a sort of dull Oath season. On the other hand, I have a bunch of new Necromunda, Underworlds, and Forge World models I really want to build. I could try a 50/50 mix of old and new each month. I'll look through my backlog and get an oath going this weekend.
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# ? May 3, 2019 21:26 |
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# ? May 4, 2019 01:43 |
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KingMob posted:I, KingMob, Oath for May... Grey Hunter posted:I, Grey Hunter, Oath 31 Soviet Infantrymen, 28mm Warlord Games LazyAngel posted:I, LazyAngel, oath for May, Dad of Boi, by Klukva Miniatures (around 30mm) Approved! LazyAngel, how was the casting quality / cleanup on that guy? I've been eyeing up Klukva for a while... Asmodai_00 posted:Ah poo poo, I forgot to get a primed mini shot. This is after one color and one wash, and I swear on goon honor I just started him tonight. Unfortunately I have to reject this, the oathing rule is primed, no painting done yet. However it's still early in the month so you have the chance to make another Oath!
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# ? May 4, 2019 14:04 |
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OK, the rest of the Challenges are now up. Hopefully they're clear enough, if anyone has any queries post them up. Have a good season everyone!
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# ? May 4, 2019 19:52 |
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Zark the Damned posted:Approved! LazyAngel, how was the casting quality / cleanup on that guy? I've been eyeing up Klukva for a while... Really, really clean - a little flash, but not much. Parts go together very nicely too - no gap filling was needed.
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# ? May 4, 2019 21:09 |
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I, Ashcans, Oath this Reaper Bones Eldritch column for May
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# ? May 5, 2019 02:33 |
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For May I, Galaspar, oath a Biologus Putrifier, a Master of Executions and a Plague Surgeon, all by GW
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# ? May 5, 2019 17:59 |
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I, Duct Tape, oath for May a Sydonian Dragoon and eight Servo-automata. The Dragoon and Games Workshop and the Servo-automata are Forge World. I'm trying to up my game for model painting this season, so I hope to blast these out and get some addons going.
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# ? May 6, 2019 01:04 |
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I, Mikey Purp oath for the month of May: one Seraphon Bastiladon with Solar Engine from Games Workshop.
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# ? May 6, 2019 03:23 |
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I'm pretty new to the hobby - just started last November and have been working on a 40k Orks army since. I've been eyeing the oath thread since then and want to give it a go. I, schwein11, Oath to paint six Ork Barricades from Games Workshop for May 2019.
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# ? May 7, 2019 04:08 |
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schwein11 posted:I'm pretty new to the hobby - just started last November and have been working on a 40k Orks army since. I've been eyeing the oath thread since then and want to give it a go.
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# ? May 7, 2019 04:26 |
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schwein11 posted:I'm pretty new to the hobby - just started last November and have been working on a 40k Orks army since. I've been eyeing the oath thread since then and want to give it a go. Awesome, apologies on behalf of your wallet.
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# ? May 7, 2019 09:17 |
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Oath Complete! The lighting washed out the colours (I really need to get a lightbox), however, these were a joy to paint.
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# ? May 7, 2019 15:18 |
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I, Brock Samsonite, Oath some Spooky Ghosts for May
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# ? May 8, 2019 01:18 |
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I, catfacejoe, oath this spitfire Deva from Corvus Belli for May. Cat Face Joe fucked around with this message at 18:58 on Jun 1, 2019 |
# ? May 8, 2019 05:05 |
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Curse you KingMob, those are gorgeous! I Ugleb hereby oath for the month of May, Liz Sherman, Abe Sapian & Johan Krauss with their character busts from Hellboy the Boardgame, by Mantic Games.
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# ? May 8, 2019 13:23 |
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Heh, thanks, fellow excellent-game-haver! I'm eager to see your finished paint job.
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# ? May 8, 2019 14:26 |
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I, Zark the Damned, Oath the following for May 2019: 10 Escher Gangers from GW, 28mm
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# ? May 8, 2019 18:58 |
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Oath Addition! 3 Rashaar slaves, from Carnevale
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# ? May 10, 2019 18:42 |
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I, gameraMan, oath 1 Griffon for May! Heartbreaker Miniatures, from 1993 Earthdawn collection. Will do color blending for A smooth start The last couple seasons of Oaths have really helped keep me motivated to get painting done, thought it would be great if I didn't procrastinate and have to rush things right at the deadline! Still just the total amount of painting I've done as a result has helped me a lot in terms of brush control and maintaining paint consistency. Plus there's a whole lot more painted figs for me to display now! Thanks all -
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# ? May 10, 2019 19:24 |
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I Oodles oath one squad of tactical marines. This is my first oath in 7 years. And I apologise for the late upload, I’ve got 4 children and barely have time to poo.
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# ? May 12, 2019 08:34 |
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gameraMan posted:I, gameraMan, oath 1 Griffon for May! LazyAngel posted:Oath Addition! 3 Rashaar slaves, from Carnevale Zark the Damned posted:I, Zark the Damned, Oath the following for May 2019: Ugleb posted:Curse you KingMob, those are gorgeous! Cat Face Joe posted:I, catfacejoe, oath this spitfire Deva from Corvus Belli for May. Brock Samsonite posted:I, Brock Samsonite, Oath some Spooky Ghosts for May schwein11 posted:I'm pretty new to the hobby - just started last November and have been working on a 40k Orks army since. I've been eyeing the oath thread since then and want to give it a go. Mikey Purp posted:I, Mikey Purp oath for the month of May: one Seraphon Bastiladon with Solar Engine from Games Workshop. Duct Tape posted:I, Duct Tape, oath for May a Sydonian Dragoon and eight Servo-automata. The Dragoon and Games Workshop and the Servo-automata are Forge World. I'm trying to up my game for model painting this season, so I hope to blast these out and get some addons going. Ashcans posted:I, Ashcans, Oath this Reaper Bones Eldritch column for May Galaspar posted:For May I, Galaspar, oath a Biologus Putrifier, a Master of Executions and a Plague Surgeon, all by GW Approved! Welcome to the hobby scwein11, and welcome back to the hobby Oodles. Also a special announcement, we welcome to Season 10 our fourth judge, Duct Tape, who has now been added to the spreadsheet (which should now be up to date).
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# ? May 12, 2019 11:43 |
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OATH COMPLETE! Claiming Take one for the team and A smooth start (I think I remember that's how you do this?) drat it feels good to be back.
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# ? May 14, 2019 00:23 |
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Oath addition: I oath an additional five Fulgurite Electro-priests for May. These are your standard 28mm scale Games Workshop models.
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# ? May 17, 2019 07:40 |
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I, Doorknob Slobber, Oath to paint the following for May. Amallyn Shadowguide from Blackstone Fortress.
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# ? May 17, 2019 15:05 |
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Ugleb posted:Curse you KingMob, those are gorgeous! With varnish drying, and game night drawing near, it's time for a... Oath Addition! Coat-wearing Hellboy, Horny Hellboy, Sweet Pancakes little Hellboy and bust(y) Hellboy! All for Hellboy the Boardgame by Mantic Games
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# ? May 17, 2019 17:14 |
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Just finished my first mini and found this thread, so why not! I, Grizzled Patriarch, oath 1 Umber Hulk from Nolzur's Marvelous Miniatures in 28mm for the month of May.
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# ? May 17, 2019 22:27 |
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I Weirdo Oath 4 Minitaurs from Reaper's Bones 4 KS. The paper shows my planned artistic references.
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# ? May 18, 2019 02:49 |
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Dammit, Zark, I wish I could quit you. I told myself I was going to take a break from Oathing once the last season ended, but here I am. I, Ilor, do Oath this unit of ACW Union Cavalry (15mm, Battle Honors):
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# ? May 18, 2019 04:23 |
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Ilor posted:Dammit, Zark, I wish I could quit you. I told myself I was going to take a break from Oathing once the last season ended, but here I am. Grizzled Patriarch posted:Just finished my first mini and found this thread, so why not! I, Grizzled Patriarch, oath 1 Umber Hulk from Nolzur's Marvelous Miniatures in 28mm for the month of May. Ugleb posted:With varnish drying, and game night drawing near, it's time for a... Duct Tape posted:Oath addition: I oath an additional five Fulgurite Electro-priests for May. These are your standard 28mm scale Games Workshop models. Doorknob Slobber posted:I, Doorknob Slobber, Oath to paint the following for May. Amallyn Shadowguide from Blackstone Fortress. Approved! Weirdo posted:I Weirdo Oath 4 Minitaurs from Reaper's Bones 4 KS. The paper shows my planned artistic references. Approved, I hope you brought some Tartar sauce
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# ? May 19, 2019 16:36 |
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Zark the Damned posted:Approved, I hope you brought some Tartar sauce
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# ? May 20, 2019 19:20 |
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Oath addition: 3 seraphon ripperdactyl riders from Games Workshop (pic was taken last night but I just got around to posting it...hope that's ok).
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# ? May 22, 2019 05:41 |