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@Caedrus sadly I will have to drop out of the challenge for now.

Because of the Corona virus my current employment is at a risk and I need to put all my energy to find myself a new job. 

I will still follow the progress here and I must say you are all a great inspiration! 

Best of luck to all of you! 

I pledge the doppelganger this month again, but with hopes to finnish it in time!

@Caedrus unfortunately life happens and due to much at work and some other circumstances I will have to take my first mulligan 😔 

For this month I pledge a Doppelganger!

I hate painting skin, but I will use this as practice for smoother colour transitions.

Happy painting everyone!

@Nikodemus Love the colours! And whatever you say, this is a great paintjob  

@Nikodemus Haha true! And as I said, it didn't come out as bad as I first thought it would, but there is soo much I can improve on that one, I actually rushed it to get it ready in time.  

@Caedrus Thanks for your kind words :D And I can't understand that I forgot blood ión the base! Fixed it however:

So here is my mid-month update! 

Never had any spectacular skills in painting, but this might be one of my worst the last couple of years. I have a hard time finding any inspiration so I will just try to do something decent with this and hopefully feel more inspired for February!  

I'm starting this year with a Guild Investigator. 

3 minutes ago, Nikodemus said:

@Monkeyfist

Little known fact: napping baby butts make surprisingly adorable pedestals for minis:

Haha that's amazing, I have to try that!

@Caedrus is it still possible to sign up? If so I want to join in at Enforcer level!

A little about me:
I've been in to the miniature games since 1998 I think, on and off. Not played that much, mostly WHFB and Mordheim. I've actually never played a game of Malifaux! I just enjoy painting, but as many others I buy a box, paint one model and then buy a new one... 
I was in at the 2018 challenge but had to drop out because of life stuffs! I enjoyed it a lot, and it really motivated me to go through my box(es) of shame. 
My hope for this year is to paint up a full crew (not decided which yet) and hopefully have a chance to play a game or two as well. 
I got a son last year so ofcourse that take up most of my time but I reccon 6ss a month should be doabale.
 

On 7/28/2018 at 6:11 PM, Franchute said:

@Monkeyfist I am so sad! Somebody else leaving! After that great rat king you showed us last month I really wanted to see the rest of your Hamelin crew.

So am I! This challange was so much fun! 

And thank you for the nice words about my rat king! As I said in my post, I will post the whole crew on Instagram when it's done, just search for @aptassen! 

I'm sorry to say that I won't be able to complete my pledge this month, thus will be dropping out of the challange with this being my third mulligan. 

It's been crazy at work (I work at a hostel so summer is our busiest time of year) and lot's of stuff happening at home (fortunately good stuff though). 

I will of course not stop painting and for those who are interested to follow my work can see me at instagram @aptassenaptassen and I will hopefully have some time to join next years challange instead! 

I will still be looking in to this tread with delight, you guys are truly amazing and lot's of awesome paintjobs which pushed me to be better and I thank you all for the inspiration you've given me! 

Keep up the good work! 

I will continue with the Hamelin crew this month, so my pledge will be to finnish the Rat Catcher and Ratking I started last month, and if I find the time I will also do Nix (hate the model though) and some Rats.

So here's my mid month update: 

Rat King 8ss, 3x Malifaux Rat 2each so a total of 14 so far... As usual I get sidetracked and starts other models than the ones I pledge, but I have at least got half of the pledged Rat Catcher done as well, so would probably be able to finnish it this month! But I also started on my other Rat King... 

Forgot to post pictures yesterday! Also made the bases for the other Rat King and Rat Catcher. 

My pledge this month will be Rat King 8ss and Rat Catcher 6ss, and if I get inspired I will finish my Illuminated I pledged last month and Mr. Tannen. Pictures will come later today.

@Franchute you are correct, 23ss for me this month! 

I won't be able to finish the Illuminated that I pledged, so I'm stopping at 24SS if I'm not mistaken, 15 for Vintage Hamelin and 9 for WW. 

Awesome work all of you, it's truly inspiring to follow your works!

Ok so time for a mid month wip update!

Firstsly I completed my alt (vintage) Hamelin just now: 

And here's some progress on my Illuminated and Mr. Tannen:

8 hours ago, Caedrus said:

8 hours ago, Caedrus said:

@Monkeyfist- The pastels on your Weaver make her just that extra bit creepy. Kudos on the beautiful fabric and parasol.

Thank you! The most Weavers I've seen on forums usually uses pinks and reds and I wanted to do something completely different

7 hours ago, Franchute said:

 

@Monkeyfist I love the brushwork on the widow weaver. The highlights on the dress are amazing.

 

Thank you! The dress took me about 4-5 hours and the rest maybe 1-2, so I'm glad you liked it! Such an amazing model to paint, amazing details  Love your Rasputina, looking forward to see her completed! 

My pledge this month will be the Widow Weaver and an Illuminated, but during April I also started putting some paint on alt. (vintage) Hamelin, Lynch, alt. Francisco, Mr. Tannen and another Illuminated, so I will try to get as many of them done as possible! 

Since I missed both February and March I will try to catch up in SS count! 

1 hour ago, Franchute said:

Looking very good.  How many soulstones have you accomplished so far?

Thank you! I actually lost the interest in the model after the skin (which was the first parts I painted) so not to satisfied myself.

It should be 22ss if I'm not mistaken (alt Cassandra 8, Carlos 9 and alt. Performer 5) and I don't think I will be able to finish anything else this month! Lost a bit inspiration for the Dark Carnival though and started laying some paint on my Lynch crew, but very early stages yet so think I will pledge them for next month