ALL VOWS MUST BE IN BY JANUARY 10th
Welcome to the January Painting Challenge. We are now into the 2nd year of these, first 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.
You can expect to be 'reminded' of your vow around the 20th of the month if we don't see any further posts after you make the vow.
I'll also compile a gallery of completed vow photos before the thread is locked at the end of the month, so don't just claim a vow is complete, show us!
This one will run for December, January and February. (Note that this is three one-month challenges, not one three-month challenge.)
Vows for January
SeriousCallersOnly: 6 wyches (cancelled the maybe raider)
Chaplain Harlean: leman russ and 2 ig heavy weapon teams (maybe 10 guardsmen)
Mr Wall: 16 Dwarf warriors
Sandrew: 5 assault marines + 2 psykers
TheWarden: 3 XV8s
Myung: 24 Necron Warriors and a Necron Lord, 8 immortals
Archonbjorn: squad of grey knights (how many?)
Web Ghost: two converted Nurgle rhinos
NaOtama: 10 Dire Avengers (Inc Exarch)
Brasidas: 10 Dire Avengers
Magus_42: 1 wraithlord, 2 warp spiders, 1 autarch
NovuM: chimera
TheGreatAvatar: 40 Skeleton/Zombies (2 units of 20), 1 Skeleton Catapult converted to a Basilisk
Nubis: ten Dire Avengers
Kiarstill: Void Dragon Phoenix
Mecha: dark elf mordheim warband (how many?)
WookieGunner: one squad with Exarch done with the second squad (plus Exarch) as a maybe. (how many?)
mime: Wraithlord, and finish my Hawks (how many?)
tarrin: 3 x 8 individuals squads of Khorne Berserkers
loydb: Avatar + 2 rangers
dustparticles: Wave Serpent , 20 Guardians + 2 heavy weapons platforms, 10 Dire Avengers, War Walker, Farseer, (sqaud of banshees or scorpions)
Killersquid: Wraithlord, Possessed squad and an ork Nob.
Unscientific Postscript: three Dire Avengers
Ultrablue42: 10 marines
Jsingh: 5 grey knights
Kitsune Tsuki: Protectorate of Menoth Reckoner, Legion of Everblight Forsaken
Colonel-comissar Gaunt: Deathwing Terminators, Dire Troll Mauler, (Axer)
Marshall George Timson: 9 chaos raptors
Snatchcat: Eldar Falcon and Farseer
CheesyRobMan: 1 Centauri Balvarin carrier, 2 Centauri Maximus frigates, 2 Centauri Corvan scouts, 2 Centauri Darkner cruisers, 6 Eldar Swooping Hawks and 1 Swooping Hawk Exarch
Targetawg: 3 GK dreads
Completed Vows
SeriousCallersOnly: 6 wyches (cancelled the maybe raider)
Chaplain Harlean: leman russ and 2 ig heavy weapon teams (maybe 10 guardsmen)
Myung: 24 Necron Warriors and a Necron Lord, 8 immortals
Brasidas: 10 Dire Avengers
Magus_42: 1 wraithlord, 2 warp spiders, 1 autarch
mime: Wraithlord, and finish my Hawks (how many?)
Marshall George Timson: 9 chaos raptors
CheesyRobMan: 1 Centauri Balvarin carrier, 2 Centauri Maximus frigates, 2 Centauri Corvan scouts, 2 Centauri Darkner cruisers, 6 Eldar Swooping Hawks and 1 Swooping Hawk Exarch
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.
Winter Challenges:
Month 1 Thread:
http://www.40konline.com/index.php?topic=126897.0Autumn Challenges:
Month 1 thread:
http://www.40konline.com/index.php?topic=121405.0Month 2 Thread:
http://www.40konline.com/index.php?topic=123060.0Month 3 Thread:
http://www.40konline.com/index.php?topic=124843.0Summer 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