ALL VOWS MUST BE IN BY October 10th
Welcome to the Autmn Painting Challenge. We have been running these all year now under Loydb, Khemri Demon and now me. The goal of this challenge is to get some of that unpainted lead that most of us have laying around table-ready. At the start of each month, participants pledge to have a squad painted by the closing date.
I'll list vows made, name and praise those that make it and name and shame those that don't.
This one has run for September, now October and November. (Note that this is three one-month challenges, not one three-month challenge.)
Vows for October:
SeriousCallersOnly: Haemonculus + 5 incubi
Kitsune-Tsuki: Seraph, 7 dire avengers
Myung: 12 fire warriors, 1 devilfish
Chaplain Harlean: Hellhound and heavy weapons team
Scribble: Skull Pass Gobbos - 40 spearmen, 20 archers, troll, 10 spider riders, shaman, general
Nicolai Gortz: 7 Termies + Chaplain
Khemri: Dwarf Thane and Basilisk
Valar: Finish 8 wardancers, 5 Ork nobz, WE Standard bearer
BigBoss: 7 wardancers w/command, WE BSB, Raven Guard dread
Lt Fury: 12 Kasrkin stormtroopers, 3 heavy weapons squads, 16 guardsmen
Yentz: 10 Trolls, 6 praetorians, Lord Tyrant Hexeris
LoydB: Finish ranger squad (how many?)
Archonbjorn: 1 dread, 1 inquisitor
Col. Gravis: 3 Ratling snipers, 10 praetorians, gatling gun
Marshall George Timson: 15 Zombies
Hellboy: 8man Word bearers squad + dreadnought
TheDean: 5 Guardians, 2 support platforms, warlock
Merlyn921: 4 scorpions + exarch
naikee: wraithlord + 5 avengers
unscientific postscript: 3 swooping hawks + exarch
Evil_toast: 5 x Warp Spiders + Exarch, 3 x Wraithguard, 3 x Swooping Hawks + Exarch
Guardian of the rose: 16 guardians
Big Tuff Cream Puff: 4 destroyers
Trooper Caffran: 15 Night Lords + dreadnought
Necrontyrtitan: Black Templar command squad
Vows Completed:
Chaplain Harlean
Hellboy
Kitzune-Tsuki
Yentz
Big Tuff Cream Puff: 4 destroyers
Marshall George Timson
SeriousCallersOnly
Loydb
Marshall George Timson
Myung
A squad, for the purpose of definition, would be anything that counted as a unit choice (e.g. HQ, Elite, Troop, etc.). This includes retinue for the independant char (e.g. familiars, bodyguards, etc.). I'd personally like to see multi-model squads -- the purpose of the challenge is to get a bunch of lead painted in a 3-month period -- but maybe you're planning on doing a kickass conversion/paint job for an army leader, nothing wrong with that.
RULES
1. Vows will be frozen 10 days after the start of the challenge. There is no changing of *any* vow after day 10. Say what you'll paint, then paint what you say. If you don't already own the models you want to paint, I suggest not making the vow until you do.
2. This is more of a request than a rule. *Please* post work in progress pics if you possibly can. One of the best things about the thread is watching stuff come together.
3. The model doesn't have to be texture based -- but the base must be painted.
4. Vows in parenthesis/brackets are essentially maybes and therefore won't count towards a fail if you don't do them.
Autumn Challenges:
Month 1 thread:
http://www.40konline.com/index.php?topic=121405.0Summer Challenges:
Month 1 Thread:
http://www.40konline.com/index.php?topic=115714.120Month 2 Thread:
http://www.40konline.com/index.php?topic=117736.0Month 3 Thread:
http://www.40konline.com/index.php?topic=119627.0Spring Challenge (only 1 month due to site down time)
Month 1 Thread:
http://www.40konline.com/index.php?topic=113337.0Winter Challenges
Month 3 Thread:
http://www.40konline.com/index.php?topic=108890.0Month 2 Thread:
http://www.40konline.com/index.php?topic=106494.0Month 1 Thread:
http://www.40konline.com/index.php?topic=104115.0Painting Challenge FAQ
Q: Do I have to do Games Workshop figs?
A: No. Several people make Warmachine vows. Since Warmachine doesn't use squads in the same way that 40K does, I suggest that it be at least a 3-man squad (Menoth Choir, etc.), or a warcaster + at least one warjack.
Q: I need to change my vow!
A: You have until Day 10 of the month.
Q: What if I don't have a camera?
A: We operate on the honor system. If you say you did it, we believe you. There are no prizes, so you only get the satisfaction of lying on the internet if you choose to do so.
Q: Will you do one of these every month?
A: That's the goal. Assuming the board manages to stay up
Q: Hey, what if we finish our vow but decide to paint more?
A: Paint away! If you mean, can you get a head start on next month, I guess so. But it's kind of cheesy to make a vow with a 75% painted unit at the start of the month...
Q: I want to paint a squad of Howling Banshees and a single Ranger. Is the Ranger legal?
A: Yes. The "must count as a troop choice" rule establishes the minimum. Anything above that doesn't have to conform, it's just bonus.
Q: When is the closing date?
A: The month runs with the calendar month. Vows freeze on the 11th.
Thanks to Loydb for getting this up and running (come back any time), and Khemri Demon for continuation. Lets see those vows.
I'll kick off....
SeriousCallersOnly: another 10 man raider squad (no raider for them until I get a sweet deal on ebay), haemonculus, (maybe 5 incubi)