Caedrus Posted February 28, 2020 Report Share Posted February 28, 2020 Welcome to the 2020 Wyrd Painting Challenge! This is the thread for the March Painting Challenge. I’m Caedrus, and I have the very great pleasure of being your host for 2020. While I am proud to be your host, this competition belongs to all of us, and if there’s anything that we can better to improve the Challenge, please do let me know. March is here, and in Australia, that means the end of summer (and this has been one to forget!). For our Northern hemisphere folks, spring has sprung! March is named for Mars, the God of War. Its flower is the daffodil, and (one of) the March stone is aquamarine. Let's get out there and paint a yellow and blue warrior! Or you could combine the two and make a nice green, fitting for St. Patrick! The link to the painter spreadsheet is HERE, and I’ll update the February numbers in the next few days. The 2020 Wyrd Monthly Painting Challenge is all about: Having fun painting! Motivating yourself, and encouraging others. Being part of a great, friendly community. Giving and receiving constructive advice. And, finally: Getting some pigment onto plastic! This is not a competition in any way. The pledge categories are the following: Minion: you paint at least 1 Soulstone worth of Wyrd miniatures each month Enforcer: you paint at least 6 Soulstones worth of Wyrd miniatures each month Henchman: you paint at least 11 Soulstones worth of Wyrd miniatures each month Master: you paint at least 16 Soulstones worth of Wyrd miniatures each month Tyrant: you paint at least 31 Soulstones worth of Wyrd miniatures each month The rules: The challenge started on January 1st, 2020. Models count for the month in which you finish them. You can finish painting a model that you started before the beginning of the month. Everyone may fail to make their monthly goal twice and stay in the challenge. This is using a mulligan. See the Buy-Back rule, below. You can choose to go down a pledge level during the year, but you cannot move up. A model is considered painted if it is (1) based (even glued onto a black base counts); (2) tournament legal. That means that if it's a translucent, based model, it counts automatically. If it is any opaque material, then the standard is: Every part of the miniature painted, and three colours minimum. A new rule for 2020: The Buy-Back Everyone has good months and bad months. To encourage people to continue to paint, we will be trying out a new rule this year: the Buy-Back. In the past, if you have used your two mulligans, you’re out of the Challenge! However, in 2020, you can buy your way back into the challenge. All you have to do is to undertake your normal pledge and paint for the month, AND undertake the pledge and paint from one of the months you mulliganed. E.g.: Sarah is painting at Enforcer level (6SS/month), and she’s needed to mulligan for the third time. She announces that for the upcoming month, she’ll paint 12SS. If she does so, she’s back in the Challenge! At such a time, it might be worthwhile considering dropping down a category, but that’s up to Sarah! Miniature Values: Malifaux Almost all models count as their Soulstone value; but Masters count for 15 soulstones. Zero cost models count for 5 soulstones. Proxies (constructed from Wyrd models) count for their proxy value. The Other Side Titans count for 25 soulstones. Commanders count for 15 soulstones. Adjunct models count for 5 soulstones. Otherwise: A 30mm base model is worth 5 soulstones. A 40mm base model is worth 7 soulstones. A 50mm base model is worth 10 soulstones. Markers count for 2 soulstones if they're flat, or 5 soulstones if they're 3D and fancy Terrain · Scatter Piece (5SS): A modest piece of terrain, or a small number of scattered terrain pieces. These are the spray-can and dry-brush pieces. · Focus Piece (10SS): A terrain piece that represents a focal point of pride in a terrain board. These pieces require a decent amount of construction and painting. · Centre Piece (20SS): A terrain piece that is a significant centrepiece to the terrain. A handmade forest, a mausoleum, or a train engine. · Masterpiece (50SS): A gorgeous, unique terrain piece that makes people wonder if you get out much. · War and Peace (100SS): A complete, themed 3’x3’ terrain board. My very best for March, and 2020! Caedrus. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caedrus Posted February 28, 2020 Author Report Share Posted February 28, 2020 Greetings All! My very modest starting pledge this month is a single Death Marshall. Then I might get ambitious and try to clear my Shelf of Shame! Have a great March, all! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gloomy Posted February 28, 2020 Report Share Posted February 28, 2020 For March I'm gonna try and finish the Nightmare and the Urami Keywords. To finish Urami I just need to do 3x Gaki and Nightmare I need to do 3x Insidious madness, 3x alp and a carver. To be honest I probably wont get all that done but I'm thinking big and whats left over can spill in to April 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Antinea Posted February 29, 2020 Report Share Posted February 29, 2020 Plan for March is finishing my M2E Vanessa Chambers & M2E Taelor that are sitting hald done on my shelf. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Viruk Posted February 29, 2020 Report Share Posted February 29, 2020 No particular order in my mind at this point but I want to paint something from Eurypides's set. All minis are assembled. I think i'll do the Gigants first... 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nikodemus Posted February 29, 2020 Report Share Posted February 29, 2020 Brush priming that Wanyudo was surprisingly challenging. Lots of odd angles to it. Doing Minako Rei's box and a Tanuki for March. Starting with a Tanuki since I don't need to have 3 summons painted to play it. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lusciousmccabe Posted March 1, 2020 Report Share Posted March 1, 2020 My pledge is some of the Nico crew I started yesterday. Most likely the three zomboys sloppily indicated with arrows. Seems to make sense to batch paint them. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TeaCrusader Posted March 2, 2020 Report Share Posted March 2, 2020 This month I shall pledge my Miss Fire! And my Carlos to finish my wildfire crew! (Lets ignore the two firebranded I haven't made) 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sol_Sorrowsong Posted March 2, 2020 Report Share Posted March 2, 2020 Bokors again, hope to get them finished in short order. Then Envy or some Oxfordian mages. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkeyfist Posted March 2, 2020 Report Share Posted March 2, 2020 I pledge the doppelganger this month again, but with hopes to finnish it in time! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Nikodemus Posted March 2, 2020 Popular Post Report Share Posted March 2, 2020 Tanuki done! Fairly quick one to start the month with. Few lazy evenings worth of paint for this furball. Can't even remember when's the last time I drybrushed a model this heavily. Had trouble deciding on a colour scheme at first. Ended up not really using coloursNot quite black 'n white but... black 'n sepia perhaps? Planning on a darker, shadow marker inspired look for Katahiro. Hopefully with Wanyudo and Minako I'll get back to using some colours. Here's hoping everyone else is also off to a good start for March 21 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PetitDalek Posted March 3, 2020 Report Share Posted March 3, 2020 I wanted to paint something colourful, so I primed a rooster rider. They are fun models. Two weeks ago, I randomly found Lilith's avatar at a mini store, so I bought it. That thing was almost impossible to glue together, but it's done. I haven't decided yet, if I'll add wings on Lilith, might look nice. 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bedjy Posted March 3, 2020 Report Share Posted March 3, 2020 15 hours ago, Nikodemus said: Well, do you really use the same scale of models as anyone else!? Love this one (even if the poor lad seems to be missing a pair of something ! ) 1 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diddick Posted March 3, 2020 Report Share Posted March 3, 2020 15 hours ago, Nikodemus said: Looks great! how to you highlight the hair and thing hat? one by one or drybrush? I always have lots of troubles with thin details and can't seem to figure out the best way to work on them 😕 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Purple Mist Posted March 3, 2020 Report Share Posted March 3, 2020 Hello, This month I'm going after some more scenics from Streets of Venice range: 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnus Posted March 4, 2020 Report Share Posted March 4, 2020 With Adepticon around the corner I’m pledging to round out my January and February pledges to build some fully painted crews. Pledging 3 Rooster Riders and 2 Bayou Smugglers, also have the Lucky Effigy and Lucky Emissary as stretch goals. Really want to be able to field 50ss worth of painted models. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stranglelove Posted March 4, 2020 Report Share Posted March 4, 2020 Ended up quickly finishing Fenton Brahms: That's all my CotBM minis complete! I'll post a group photo when I finish the fireteam bases. Almost wish I was taking them to Adepticon to compete again. Alas, I am taking Kirai to compete in the Malifaux tournament, so I'm pledging two Goryo and Toshiro the Daimyo: I may go back to the Family tag for some stretch goals, but I have a lot of Warcry terrain to finish as well. Happy painting, all! 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Nikodemus Posted March 4, 2020 Popular Post Report Share Posted March 4, 2020 18 hours ago, Diddick said: Looks great! how to you highlight the hair and thing hat? one by one or drybrush? I always have lots of troubles with thin details and can't seem to figure out the best way to work on them 😕 This guy was mostly drybrushing and washing. I was surprised myself but the sculpted detail took drybrushing really well. In addition I did some rough layering + successive washes on the tail to get bit of a colour transition going there. Drybrushing isn't my usual method outside of basing. It's just not as "fun" to apply. But I wanted to get this guy done fast. ____ Speaking of fast, here's what I did on my day off yesterday: Katashiro done. Really leaned on the fact that they're summoned out of "shadows". Added some red because I guess that's the thing I add when working with black (ok these ended up at 'grey'). Quite unhappy with my reds here. I should work on my reds. Maybe some day. Regardless these are certainly fine enough to play with. Next up WanyudoThinking about a blue flame/lifeless skin/dark wheel theme for it. edit: if it looks like I'm going fast, well yea I am. But I'm also compensating hard for the fact that I've got two 7-day work weeks coming up this month. Need to get my output up now to reach my goal for March 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chou Posted March 4, 2020 Report Share Posted March 4, 2020 Hey there! So March is here and some cool models are coming to the painting table: * Carrion emissary: 10 SS. Beautiful and massive model, I really like its aura of decay during the game. * Dead rider: 11 SS. I'm not really sold with this one, the model is cool but the few times I've used it, it underperformed. On the other hand, it might be me underperforming. * Mary "Blacktongue" Bonnet (Molly): 15 SS. My second Resus master! Still trying to master Von Schtook, but will give her a go once her keyword is done. * Wayward Mariner (Necrotic Machine): 3 SS. Possibly the coolest model in the box, and since the totem is free I think it has to be always the second model from the starter to be painted. * Mani and the Voice (Phillip and the Nanny): 8 SS. This is the only model I like less than the regular one... oh well. The total will be 47 SS (a lot for few models). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caedrus Posted March 4, 2020 Author Report Share Posted March 4, 2020 @Chou: Agreed on all fronts re the Brine and Bones set. How disappointing that the Wayward Mariner is only 3SS! Looking forward to seeing this one, as my B&B set is looking at me, just wanting to be painted! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GlowingFruit Posted March 5, 2020 Report Share Posted March 5, 2020 Going on this month with the 3 M2E ronins from the vikis crew box. A total of 18 SS this time. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nikodemus Posted March 5, 2020 Report Share Posted March 5, 2020 @Stranglelove Liking the flames and overall palette on Brahms. Best of luck with filthy ressers👍 ____ WIPpery is afoot: Reasonably happy with the woodgrain. Looks nice enough 'live'. Currently working on flames, you see two smaller bits of flame painted to completion here. Tried out a few different ways to do them. Still not sure which I prefer. Or maybe I'll mix both Either way, there's a few layers of blue/white to go before I move onto the skin. And yes, I know the fire is painted wrong. Don't care, I dig the look All in all a laborious mini. Flames wrapping around, woodgrain everywhere. Just the act of getting the brush everywhere, bah. But I'm liking where I'm heading. Took two evenings to get to this point. I estimate another 2-3 to the finish line. We'll see how long it takes for me to get to those evenings though. Have a good one, everyone! 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nikodemus Posted March 5, 2020 Report Share Posted March 5, 2020 @Caedrus I seem to be missing my ss count for January in the spreadsheet. I did Yasunori for 10ss. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Chou Posted March 5, 2020 Popular Post Report Share Posted March 5, 2020 So yesterday was a very productive day (especially since I didn't go to work) so I got to finish the Carrion Emissary: Not gonn lie to you, using the airbrush for the clothes and drybrushing the wings really sped up the process! 20 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stranglelove Posted March 5, 2020 Report Share Posted March 5, 2020 @Chou Would you share your gray cloak recipe? It's very clean. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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