September Painting Challenge Category

Elros of Numenor · **Posted:** Wed Aug 24, 2011 1:48 pm

Red Corsairs wrote:

An excellent choice Elros, looking forward to seeing that

Thanks, gotta get him re-assembled though, and some parts need scraping back or resculpting...guess i got a bit of time

Also next month I turn 18

and I think there's something in store for a lotr release as well...Im gonna be checking this months WD.

Not long now...looks like it will be monsters unless there's a mad voting rush... :-D

Erunion · **Posted:** Wed Aug 24, 2011 2:43 pm

@ Bart -- I did my Gully in red and fleshy colors (with a little bluish for veins in the wing membranes).

For my monster(s), I may tackle my Mordor Troll and Troll Loader.

Dead Marsh Spectre · **Posted:** Wed Aug 24, 2011 2:45 pm

WOW!!!!!!!!!!! I don't know what else to say....OUTSTANDING!!!!!! :yay:

Erunion · **Posted:** Wed Aug 24, 2011 2:47 pm

Thank you, sir.

Dead Marsh Spectre · **Posted:** Wed Aug 24, 2011 3:42 pm

The water effect on the base is really impressive - How did you achieve it if you don't mind me askin' I've been trying to work out a way of getting that effect for my watcher in the water bases for a long time - I don't want to paint the tentacles until I know what I'm doing with the bases.

Hilbert · **Joined:** Mon Jun 06, 2011 7:07 am **Posts:** 2088

The poll end... Well done monsters won

Can't wait to see all monsters painted by the end of September... :-D

valpas · **Posted:** Wed Aug 24, 2011 5:21 pm

Well done, monsters!

An excellent excuse to buy a new big mini!

It would be good to have a list of what was agreed as an accepted "monster" so that people don't need to wade through all of this thread to find out.

-- Pasi

TheBucklandBrewer · **Posted:** Wed Aug 24, 2011 6:28 pm

Excellent! Monsters it is!

@ Erunion: thanks for the pic! He looks great! Nice job with the watereffect and very clever use of the warg-base!

I may go for Gulavhar perhaps... tempting... lol

Red Corsairs · **Posted:** Wed Aug 24, 2011 7:40 pm

valpas wrote:

Well done, monsters!

An excellent excuse to buy a new big mini!

It would be good to have a list of what was agreed as an accepted "monster" so that people don't need to wade through all of this thread to find out.

-- Pasi

Good idea Pasi. Here goes (I will also post this up on the thread for the Monster Challenge on September 1st, but for those that need it before then to get an idea of what they want to prepare I am posting it here too):

Eligible 'Monsters' for the September Challenge:

Ent
Treebeard
Gwaihir
Giant Eagle
Mordor Troll
Mordor Troll Chieftain
Isengard Troll
Catapult Loader Troll
Cave Troll
Buhrdur, Hill Troll Chieftain
Shelob
Spider Queen
Balrog
Dragon
Cave Drake
Witch-King/Ringwraith on Fellbeast
Mumakil
Gulavhar, The Terror of Arnor

Erunion · **Posted:** Wed Aug 24, 2011 10:17 pm

@Bart -- Thanks! I wanted to do that with the Warg base so that Gully would look like he was interrupted mid-meal. I even sculpted some intestines hanging out of him where the Chieftains foot plugs in!

@DMS -- To be honest, I don't remember exactly how I got that water effect, but I believe it went something like this:

Necron Abyss basecoat, Mordian Blue streaks, Fenris Grey streaks, Asurmen Blue wash.

Then I added the blood dripping into the water with Baal Red/Red Gore. After it was finished and sealed with Matte varnish, painted some Gloss varnish onto the water for some shine.

Here's a better angle of the water.

Hope that helps!

Hilbert · **Joined:** Mon Jun 06, 2011 7:07 am **Posts:** 2088

Very well.. Let the best monster win!

BilboOfTheWhiteTower · **Posted:** Wed Aug 24, 2011 11:04 pm

Jon, that is one outstanding model! You did one hell of a job on him!!

I truly hate the sculpt, but the paint job that you pulled off on this one almost makes me want to buy it.

Erunion · **Posted:** Thu Aug 25, 2011 1:52 am

Thanks, Dave! Like Bart, I didn't really care for the 'Eavy Metal paint scheme, but I like how my red one turned out, and also the ghostly scheme in the WotR rulebook.

valpas · **Posted:** Thu Aug 25, 2011 5:34 am

Red Corsairs wrote:

valpas wrote:

It would be good to have a list of what was agreed as an accepted "monster" so that people don't need to wade through all of this thread to find out.

Good idea Pasi. Here goes (I will also post this up on the thread for the Monster Challenge on September 1st, but for those that need it before then to get an idea of what they want to prepare I am posting it here too):

Thanks Jake! Those of us who don't have a local GW around need to start ordering online soon so that we'll be ready when the challenge begins.

Now I just have to decide... too many cool minis to choose from. This is also going to need some other painting to keep up with the backlog reduction oath since I don't have any of those big guns unpainted in my backlog.

-- Pasi

BilboOfTheWhiteTower · **Posted:** Thu Aug 25, 2011 6:37 pm

Erunion wrote:

Thanks, Dave! Like Bart, I didn't really care for the 'Eavy Metal paint scheme, but I like how my red one turned out, and also the ghostly scheme in the WotR rulebook.

Ohhh, I never saw the ghostly paint scheme of this model...do you think you could scan a copy of it for me?

Erunion · **Posted:** Fri Aug 26, 2011 1:46 am

The scan is not the greatest, because it's part of a larger army shot. The blueish skin matches all the other skin in his army, so I thought it looked pretty neat.

Sir Richard · **Posted:** Fri Aug 26, 2011 6:32 am

Wow! Yes, that color scheme makes him look... Deathly... Or maybe deadly was what I was looking for... Somewhere in between and both at the same time! :-)

SuicidalMarsbar · **Joined:** Sun Apr 24, 2011 1:14 am **Posts:** 1712

Oh darn, i REALLY want to buy a giant eagle so i can enter but i have a weird feeling that GW are gonna make an update for the upcoming "war in the north" videogame, in which case they will have to make a new eagle that is capable of beating the (rude word) out of trolls, and i don't want to pay lots of money for the current eagle, only for them to make a better sculpt+stats...

Red Corsairs · **Posted:** Fri Aug 26, 2011 11:12 am

I doubt they will make miniatures for a video game, much more likely they will just wait for the Hobbit. They've never made any for a game before, so I doubt they are going to start now. Besides, the Eagle mini is great anyway.

SuicidalMarsbar · **Joined:** Sun Apr 24, 2011 1:14 am **Posts:** 1712

I know, but after playing that game i just know i will be all: I need to include an eagle in ALL my armies!!! But i agree, the mini isn't too great and the only benefit of the model in sbg is that it can outfight dragons, trolls and other such evil things. And about not making mini's based on the game, it was only after the fat shaman apeared in conquest that the orc taskmaster was made so they must have a bit of inspiration. In addition, war in the north just screams out for a gw update based on it, everyone is suspecting a Lotr update, and i would like to hope that it will be this!

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