[P] Voting for Dec - Christmas/Winter

Ukfreddybear · **Posted:** Sat Jan 04, 2014 6:33 pm

It is time to decide the winner of the December painting challenge. Lots of entries so thankyou to everyone who participated. Honorable mentions go to snowlock for the awesome snowy Bag End, and Legolas31 for the creepy Dead Marshes scene with a spectre breaking through the ice. Unfortunately both were ineligible as neither member could provide proof that they were painted during the month of December.

So here are the contestants:

Erurainon the Trombonist

Rognarr

Frogmortonjustice65

Dr Grant

Manadar

edge67

PowerOfWill

thefryer

Martinus

Mortaal

Dr Grant · **Joined:** Fri Aug 03, 2012 1:50 pm **Posts:** 1339

Great entries everyone, might take me a day or two to make a decision this month.

P.S. DMS, any reason the close up of Azog didn't make the cut? A close up pic might do me more harm than good but I thought we were allowed 4 pics? Sorry to nag, I know this thread must be a nightmare to organise! :-)

Rognarr · **Posted:** Sat Jan 04, 2014 7:09 pm

I seriously can't decide.. but I want to see the votes so badly.. what a dilemma!

-Bolg- · **Joined:** Sat Jan 05, 2013 8:45 pm **Posts:** 120

mortaal
it's just to good.
love Thror

Lucas

Bandobras Took · **Posted:** Sat Jan 04, 2014 7:45 pm

Had to go with Erurainon. So clever! Very hard to decide as all were excellent so well done to everyone who participated!

SidTheSloth · **Posted:** Sat Jan 04, 2014 7:51 pm

I went for PoW... most festive easterling I've ever seen...

Highlordell · **Posted:** Sat Jan 04, 2014 8:20 pm

Went for Frogmorton's Gandalf and Saruman mounted, mainly because its such a cinematic diorama, you can just envisage them charging through the snow.

Great job everyone though, Mortaal's was brilliant aswell, just for the sheer amount of painting done.
Good luck all!

Pandarchon · **Joined:** Thu Nov 15, 2012 7:45 am **Posts:** 26

Too many beautiful dwarves in the last entry for me not to vote for them.

Harfoot · **Posted:** Sat Jan 04, 2014 9:42 pm

Brilliant entries, going to have to think about it, really close decisions, well done all

JamesR · **Posted:** Sat Jan 04, 2014 10:06 pm

I went with Edge 67 and the giant, rabbid, mutant hamster lol. It's a very well painted piece and the gold just did it for me

mertaal · **Posted:** Sat Jan 04, 2014 11:15 pm

Euranion for me: a great combination of theme and painting skill. It was a tough decision: so many nice entries. Mortaal, Edge 67, Rognarr… the list goes on. In the end, the festive theme takes it

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NarsilReforged · **Joined:** Sun Sep 22, 2013 11:13 am **Posts:** 316

I voted Santa Dwarf... Just so much swag.

valpas · **Posted:** Sun Jan 05, 2014 9:16 am

I would have liked to vote for several entries as this was one of the toughest choices. Eventually I chose Erunaion's dwarf. The red and white colour scheme looks so good and it is exceptionally well painted; the highlights are really smooth and natural-looking. Mortaal's Grimhammers are also awesome.

-- Pasi

crixalis · **Joined:** Wed Mar 13, 2013 12:45 pm **Posts:** 170

Much as I like Mortaal's grimhammers, Santa Dwarf is the winner for me in this competition. I love his rosy red cheeks from the cold, and his cloak is superb, very crisp and clean. I wish I could see a closer picture of his axe, but the vote still goes there from me.

Nice work from all entrants though

Dorthonion · **Posted:** Sun Jan 05, 2014 1:37 pm

I see many people having the same dilemmas as myself - there are so many great entries. Very, very well done folks.

Coenus Scaldingus · **Joined:** Sat Aug 17, 2013 9:14 am **Posts:** 1121

All of them great entries, and indeed a difficult decision.

Would advice Manadar, thefryer and Martinus to crop the pictures next time, as 80% of the area shown is of little interest, and it's very diffcult to judge the quality from what is visible.

Erurainon's entry is excellent, great blending on red (always a lovely colour to paint) and good attention to details, as shown in that characterful face.

Rognarr's snowy base is very nicely done, and I like the hair colour too - a difficult one to get right without it becoming too bright.

Frogmortonjustice65's efforts on the white are commendable too, managed to get a good deal of variety in there, which shows especially well on Gandalf.

Dr Grant's Azog looks equally great, Warg may be a bit clean (notably the head) but a great piece nonetheless, I like your basing style too.

While edge67's models isn't my cup of tea, it obviously is very nicely painted but it's that magnificient base that really stands out.

Great blending and NMM by PowerOfWill, although just because of that high standard, the back of the shield and the slightly too bright front of it stand out, simply because of the context of that fantasticly done helmet.

Finally then Mortaal with the terrific army, it is slightly difficult to appreciate how much is down to painting techniques and how much to a great choice of colours, but it sure looks fantastic. From a competition point of view the bases could use more variety, but I realise a layer of fresh snow simply looks like that!

Gene Parmesan · **Posted:** Mon Jan 06, 2014 4:13 pm

Not a bad one in there this month. Very hard to pick but I went for mortaal. It just has that "I want to buy these minis now" factor.

army-of-the-dom · **Joined:** Tue Aug 06, 2013 9:06 pm **Posts:** 258

Had to go for Dr grant, as good as thror and co are i just thought that the warg looks great and azog is brilliant.

Legolas31 · **Posted:** Tue Jan 07, 2014 12:00 pm

very good entries, Erurainon has recieved my vote though as it is such good painting and ties in well with the theme. I changed my idea halfway through the month and forgot to take a proof picture of the new idea...I will add my entry to my WIP instead

Ukfreddybear · **Posted:** Tue Jan 07, 2014 12:43 pm

Dr Grant wrote:

Great entries everyone, might take me a day or two to make a decision this month.

P.S. DMS, any reason the close up of Azog didn't make the cut? A close up pic might do me more harm than good but I thought we were allowed 4 pics? Sorry to nag, I know this thread must be a nightmare to organise! :-)

Sorry about that. :oops:

I formulated the voting thread and it just got missed off when I was cutting and pasting all the photos from the other thread. I have since added it.

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