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Re: Challenge 2014!!
« Reply #280 on: November 7, 2014, 12:24:21 AM »
You say they're upside down? They're not on my computer screen. Okie dokie I redid them. Please let me know if they are right side up.

That Is so weird. They're still upside down for me. Just bizarre. Doesn't make them any less lovely, it's just strange!

Nice stuff Ludo. I like that bomber!
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Re: Challenge 2014!!
« Reply #281 on: November 13, 2014, 04:30:41 AM »
Here's my Coven Throne revisited...


6+1+1=8 more for November......+ the 8 for Nagash is 16 so far.
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Re: Challenge 2014!!
« Reply #282 on: November 14, 2014, 03:43:25 PM »
Plastikente ... Any chance of some close ups?
Your wish is my command:






I always like to kitbash a bit of old with new in my Dark Eldar - it redeems some of the sorry looking models in my bits box!  And it adds a bit of continuity to an army that began quite a while ago.

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Re: Challenge 2014!!
« Reply #283 on: January 29, 2015, 05:57:57 AM »
Well, hopefully everyone comes back to the site and completes their entries for 2014. I think we've achieved a heck of a lot over the past 12 months, and can be proud of that fact.

I'll post up my Nov and Dec achievements separately. November first.

I was away on holiday with Mrs Loosh for most of November, so I had to get some cheap points to make up for that fact! Cheap points = basing!!

First to be done were January's Orks. Yup, poor little green skins had been standing on bare plastic for the best part of a year.


Boss close up.


Some Skaven, close up.


Actually, a lot of Skaven. 40 to be precise.


Storm Vermin


And finally the Rat Ogres and Weapon Teams got their bases completed.


All in all there were:

40 x clanrats
20 x Stormvermin
2 x Rat Ogres
2 x Weapon Teams
25 x Orks (Included in shot is 1 test figure from 2013)

Giving a November total of 89 points.
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Re: Challenge 2014!!
« Reply #284 on: January 29, 2015, 02:01:27 PM »
Awesome work man. Last year ended up a bit of a bust for me. If we get a 2015 challenge going though I'll have (eventually) some stuff to post. I've currently got two large Tyranid conversions in the works plus the start to a new Blood Angels army. A GC, MC, Furioso dread, 10 Tacticals, 10 Death Co, and 23 terminators should keep me busy for a while.
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Re: Challenge 2014!!
« Reply #285 on: January 29, 2015, 02:07:57 PM »
Wow. That's a pretty big list to start 2015! Good luck to you bud!

I'm preparing for 2015 to be something of a wash out. 2014 was huge for me (I think about 30 minis was the most I'd ever painted in a year before!), and I'm not going to lie, my unpainted mini pile seems to be as big as ever. I know it isn't, but it's still a formidable task.

Which reminds me, I haven't posted December yet. I'll take some photos over the next couple of days and get them up. December was a pretty good month.

And here we are with December:

I continued the theme of trying to finish painting models that have been lying around for a good, long while. This month, it was what I had left from Dark Vengeance. I had painted up the Terminators and cultists in 2013, but that still left a lot of power armour.

First up were the Tac Marines:


I decided to just follow the painting guide that GW produced a while back. Fairly happy with the result...tbh, I just wanted quick results that looked good on the tabletop.


Next up were the bikers:


Again, follow the recipe and hope for the best. They're ok. I think I'll be happier once I've based them and maybe done a little weathering.


I finished off the 'loyalists' with the chapter master:


And the limited edition Chaplain:


I probably should have had some green on this guy, but over December I was away with work and had no internet. As such, I plumped for red, as I had a lot of it, and it's a spot colour on every other Dark Angel, so I figured it would work. I think it does, to a degree.


More coming later.
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Re: Challenge 2014!!
« Reply #286 on: January 31, 2015, 03:16:40 PM »
I have updated my table to show the scores as they stood in November. I will let the participants of this thread decide how they manage the scoring after the site crashed in November. I would have totalled the scores but I haven't had broadband since Friday and I am now doing this using BT Fon on an Android tablet which is troublesome to copy/paste on.

THE SCORES!

Jan |Feb |March |April lMay |Jun |Jul |Aug |Sep |Oct |Nov |Dec |
Aurics Pride30   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Ludo14 16   52 131   165 35 34 50 26 52 71
LOH34   0   8   20   31 177 43 14   0   0
-V-42 76   135   72   0   0   0   0   0   0
Naabster26 21   0   66   0   0   0   6   0   0
Fejj06  6   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Plastikente32   0   0   0   0   13   0   0   0   35
GST47 42   ?   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Looshkin125 47   79   50   0   16   0   0   80   96
Rasmus76 42   92   157   0   0   0   0   0   0
Dread  0   7   3   0   0   0 263   10   0   128   16
Dawnlight Avenger  0   6   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Oink  0   0   0   160(345)   0   0   0   0   0   0
Sm3G  0   0   32   37   0   0   0   0   0   0
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Re: Challenge 2014!!
« Reply #287 on: January 31, 2015, 11:08:34 PM »
  1+1+1+1+4
  2+6+1+1=10
  1+1+1+1=4

I need to add my araknarok tonight.
So 18 pts for decemember...

« Last Edit: February 1, 2015, 08:12:18 AM by Dread »
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Re: Challenge 2014!!
« Reply #288 on: February 1, 2015, 07:07:18 PM »
Well, I promised more, so here are the further updates for December.

I continued with Dark Vengeance. Chaos this time. I thought I would enjoy painting these guys, but with the regular chaos marines, I just grew quite frustrated. It was almost as if there was too much detail on these guys, and I just couldn't apply consistent effects or technique. I'm not too happy with these guys. May redo them at some stage, but at least they're ready for the tabletop. Anyhoo:

The Chosen:


And Kranon the Relentless:



The Hellbrute, whom I like a lot more than the other guys. There was enough room to actually get a standard 'armour effect' going on, without a billion and 1 details to break it all up.



Thankfully, that was last of the choas guys that I had to do. Apart from the hellbrute, these guy almost killed my enthusiasm. Fortunately, I still had my Space Hulk Terminators to look forward to. And I tucked into them with Relish. BTW, these guys look a lot brighter than they are...a little over exposure.

Scipio, Omnio, Goriel and Zael:


Valencio, Leon and Claudio:


Lorenzo:


Finally Gideon:


Closeups:



So that was December. A pretty good month in which, apart from 2 librarians, I completed my Space Hulk and also my Dark Vengeance sets. That makes me happy.

The scores:

10 x Tactical Dark Angels Painted (10) and detailed - the 5th Company markings on the left knee (10) = 20
3 x Ravenwing Bikers Painted (3x2) and Detailed (Radar Scopes) (3) = 9
1 x Company Master Painted = 6
1 x Chaplain Painted = 6

6 x Chosen Painted = 6
1 Chaos Lord Painted = 6
1 Hellbrute Painted = 6

9 x Space Hulk Terminators Painted (9) and detailed (Weathering, Blood Effects) (9) = 18

December Total = 77
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Re: Challenge 2014!!
« Reply #289 on: February 6, 2015, 08:42:18 AM »
So, what's the plan with this?  Are we going to have a new thread for the new year, or just extend this thread?

If we extend this one, will we re-set scores for 2015, or just keep racking them up?

I personally vote for new thread and new scores for a new year (and a resurrected site  ;D).

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Re: Challenge 2014!!
« Reply #290 on: February 6, 2015, 12:29:08 PM »
I second that vote, new thread.
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Re: Challenge 2014!!
« Reply #291 on: February 7, 2015, 11:50:28 PM »
Final update. Total A is how the scores turned out following the rules of this thread. total B is how the scores look if you take into account pictures posted for months that had already finished.

THE SCORES!

Jan |Feb |March |April lMay |Jun |Jul |Aug |Sep |Oct |Nov |Dec |Total A|Total B |
Aurics Pride30   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   30
Ludo14 16   52 131   165 35 34 50 26 52 71   0   646   671
LOH34   0   8   20   31 177 43 14   0   0   0   0   327
-V-42 76   135   72   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   325
Naabster26 21   0   66   0   0   0   6   0   0   0   0   119
Fejj06  6   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   6
Plastikente32   0   0   0   0   13   0   0   0   35   0   0   80
GST47 42   ?   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   89
Looshkin125 47   79   50   0   16   0   0   80   96   0   0   493   659
Rasmus76 42   92   157   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   367
Dread  0   7   3   0   0   0 263   10   0   128   16   0   427   445
Dawnlight Avenger  0   6   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   6
Oink  0   0   0   160(345)   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 160    345
Sm3G  0   0   32   37   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   69
« Last Edit: February 9, 2015, 10:49:22 AM by Alienscar »
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Re: Challenge 2014!!
« Reply #292 on: February 9, 2015, 09:56:09 AM »
Woot!  I won.  I didn't even get my December pictures in yet either. 







MC Painted and based = 7
Strike squad painted and based = 10
Manticore painted and detailed = 8

25 for december
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Re: Challenge 2014!!
« Reply #293 on: March 5, 2015, 03:26:35 AM »
Congrates Ludo!!

So is there another comp?
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Re: Challenge 2014!!
« Reply #294 on: March 5, 2015, 04:47:31 AM »
From what i saw there is yet to have a topic for 2015 but i believe that would be such a waste not doing one 😆 as a bad mainter seeing sweet mini really is nice. So i would like to see more from you guy's :)
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Re: Challenge 2014!!
« Reply #295 on: March 5, 2015, 10:08:56 AM »
Congrates Ludo!!

So is there another comp?

Traditionally the Challenge thread is started by either Oink or V if neither of them is around any more, or they do not want to start another Challenge, then you or one of the other painters from last year will need to start it.
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