ALL VOWS MUST BE IN BY December 10th
Welcome to the December 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 December
SeriousCallersOnly: Ravager, 10 man DE squad
Valar: Falcon + 10 DA
Kitzune Tsuki: Legion of Everblight Forsaken
Hellboy: 8 tactical word bearers, 2 chaos hounds and 7 goliath gangers
Yentz: 10 Steelhead Halberdiers, Arch-Domina Makada, 1 Renegade' Epic Magnus, 6 Paingivers
Rojo: 44 dark eldar warriors (including 3 sybarites and a bunch of heavy and special weapons), 3 Raiders, 1 Ravager
Khemri: Arch-Heretic, 15 traitors, and 2 sentinels
Chaplain Harlean: 1 bassie with 2 crew and a Ig sergeant
Grand Master Judah: 750 point Black Templars army: Emperor's Champion, 12 Initiates, 8 Neophytes, 6-man Assault Squad
Warpath: 10 Dire Avengers, 1 Autarch, 2 warlocks
Loydb: Avatar+ 2 rangers
CheesyRobMan: 6 Swooping Hawks and 1 Swooping Hawk Exarch
Evil_Toast: 6 Ranger's and 6 Howling Banshee's incl Exarch
Myung: 16 Fire Warriors, 12 Kroot, 12 Drones, 6 XV25 Stealth suits, 6 XV8 Battlesuits with all weapon options, 3 Piranahas and Drones, 1 Drone Sniper Team, 1 Ethereal
NaOtama: One immolator
Big Boss: 5 Wardancers, 1 Highborn, 2 Glade Guard Command Groups
Parak: six black ops guardsmen
Arun: 10 Guardians, 4 Black Templars Space Marines
DB_Reaper: 1 Lord of Change, 6 Flamers of Tzeentch
Kiarstill: Farseer, 6 Banshees, 5 Fire Dragons, 20 Dire Avengers, 3 Warwalkers, 3 Vypers and 5 Pathfinders
Web Ghost: Defiler
Colonel-Comissar Gaunt: Space Marine Dreadnought (TrollBlood Axer)
r boyd: two units of 8 guardians and 2 heavy weapons
Niclas Rousk: 5 Shining spears with Exarch (jetbike Autarch)
Macharianmike: 11 tactical marines and Marneus Calgar
Marshall George Timson: 10 possessed
prot: falcon
Captain Tuesday: 1 Vostroyan HSO, 3 lascannon teams
Myles: Eldar Cobra
Legionnaire: 10 guardsmen
Completed vows
SeriousCallersOnly: Ravager, 10 man DE squad
Chaplain Harlean: 1 bassie with 2 crew and a Ig sergeant
Myung: 16 Fire Warriors, 12 Kroot, 12 Drones, 6 XV25 Stealth suits, 6 XV8 Battlesuits with all weapon options, 3 Piranahas and Drones, 1 Drone Sniper Team, 1 Ethereal
NaOtama: One immolator
Marshall George Timson: 10 possessed
prot: falcon
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=121405.0Month 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