Caedrus Posted June 30, 2021 Report Share Posted June 30, 2021 Greetings, fellow painters, and welcome to the Monthly Painting Challenge for July! Everything you need to know for the Challenge is right HERE. After a crazily busy June, I'm back with a vengeance and ready to get some painting done. While the Northern Hemisphere is getting seriously warm, I'm in the cold of the Southern Hemisphere, wondering how to use my spray primers*, and generally freezing. It was that discomfort that made me think of a nice Challenge for the month of July: The Discomfort Challenge! In the month of July, I challenge you to identify the thing that you least like in your painting, and to do exactly that for a miniature. Is it glazing? Face details? NMM? Whatever it is, the gauntlet has been thrown down! Have a fantastic July, look after yourself and your loved ones, and keep those brushes damp! Caedrus.* Honestly, nowadays, I just mainly use the airbrush... 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caedrus Posted June 30, 2021 Author Report Share Posted June 30, 2021 For the month of July, I will put myself out of my comfort zone. I am, at best, a poor hand with Green Stuff. I will finish at least one converted miniature. It might be an Eternal Flame proxy, a heavily converted Hannah, or a Firestarter. I'm not sure yet! Have a fantastic July, and stay cool / warm (as appropriate for your comfort!). Caedrus. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Engorn Posted June 30, 2021 Report Share Posted June 30, 2021 This is what I'm going to paint (plus Mancha Roja which hasn't arrived yet). I don't know if trying to paint the whole thing before July 10 counts for the challenge. I'm quite a slow painter... 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boomstick Posted June 30, 2021 Report Share Posted June 30, 2021 For July, I'm going to paint more undead and try to enjoy them. Not a huge fan of painting undead stuff, or skin in general, so I tend to take shorcuts on them where possible. Starting off with some Kirai pieces for a friend, already in progress, and then probably more to Seeker. WIP: 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Viruk Posted July 1, 2021 Report Share Posted July 1, 2021 25 soulstones as plan minimum for this month + 8 soulstones for Slate Ridge Mauler that's almost complete (will post pic later this week). As for the discomfort challenge - I typically paint with toned down, dark colors. These will be super bright and vivid 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnus Posted July 1, 2021 Report Share Posted July 1, 2021 I'm going to keep working on my King's Empire, getting closer to a fully painted force. I'll keep thinking about the challenge. Not sure what I'd like to tackle this month. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vessien Posted July 2, 2021 Report Share Posted July 2, 2021 I want to buy back and redeem myself the best way possible, so I am pledging the m2e Misaki core box, which has been almost finished since dec2020 and I will try to finish the Kharmic Debt box too. For the challenge, I will face both my "finishing things phobia" and the OSL fear. Not being able of finishing miniatures and calling them "done" is something that has been draging me out since I started in the hobby. And planning on performing osl on both Ototo and Misaki has not being helping me finishing the core box. So I am going to kill two birds with one stone! Or that is the plan at least. Here is the almost finished Ototo to keep an eye on me this month: (He's like "Hey dude, feeling finally like doing that osl thing from my tetsubo? The storm is comming you know...") 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diddick Posted July 6, 2021 Report Share Posted July 6, 2021 Hi there, since there's another painting contest, my pledge for July is going to be secret. 🤫 About the disconfort challenge, i'd say my kryptonite is eyes (specially the mini's right eye...) wood, and large flat surfaces, not sure if i'll face all of them on this month 🤔 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
astapable Posted July 6, 2021 Report Share Posted July 6, 2021 Some wip of my new skin mix. Like it? 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vessien Posted July 6, 2021 Report Share Posted July 6, 2021 14 minutes ago, astapable said: Some wip of my new skin mix. Like it? Wow, looks great! Do you mind sharing it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
astapable Posted July 6, 2021 Report Share Posted July 6, 2021 18 minutes ago, Vessien said: Wow, looks great! Do you mind sharing it? Share it if you like) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Boomstick Posted July 6, 2021 Popular Post Report Share Posted July 6, 2021 Finished up the Urami models I mentioned. In the process of trying to enjoy the undeadness of them I ended up trying out painting with mostly washes over a zenethal for the base coats, which really ended up working out for these colors, I think. @Caedrus Ends up being 45ss for the 6 of them so far this month. 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diddick Posted July 6, 2021 Report Share Posted July 6, 2021 5 hours ago, astapable said: Share it if you like) Like it! Also i think @Vessien meant if you mind sharing the skin recipe, i'd like to know it too 🙌 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
astapable Posted July 6, 2021 Report Share Posted July 6, 2021 2 minutes ago, Diddick said: Like it! Also i think @Vessien meant if you mind sharing the skin recipe, i'd like to know it too 🙌 Got it)feels myself so stupid😂😂😂 The recipe is simple actually: 1. Base-Mix of chocolate brown+german camo medium brown+Cork brown (ots about 0.5+1+2.5 ratio) 2. Major highlight-german camo medium brown+cork brown (1+4) 3. First highlight-mix 2+beige red (2+1) 4. Second highlight-mix 3+more beige red 5. Third highlight-beige red 6. Fourth highlight- beige red+ivory All paints are vallejo model color, you can also add another highlight with pure ivory 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stranglelove Posted July 7, 2021 Report Share Posted July 7, 2021 July pledge: For my Discomfort Challenge, I will try to matte varnish my models after painting them. I haven't done it since my Perdita crew which I oversprayed and ruined my paint job. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Viruk Posted July 8, 2021 Report Share Posted July 8, 2021 @Boomstick - wow, that was fast and the result is really good. I like the connection you have there between colors of Kirai and Ikiryo. @astapable - some seriously amazing work on the skin there @Vessien - nice work on the NMM and red seems to work well on Ototo's clothes 33 soulstones for me so far this month. The discomfort challenge was to make sure I use vivid colors as these will be used as additions to Kaeris' crews. More pics on my Instagram profile at https://www.instagram.com/what.the.faux/ 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Ja9nge Posted July 13, 2021 Popular Post Report Share Posted July 13, 2021 @Caedrus Could you change my pledge level to Henchman on the Challenge spreadsheet? It has been an efficient month so far. I have completed 24 SS worth of models: 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Engorn Posted July 14, 2021 Report Share Posted July 14, 2021 On 6/30/2021 at 7:43 PM, Engorn said: This is what I'm going to paint (plus Mancha Roja which hasn't arrived yet). I don't know if trying to paint the whole thing before July 10 counts for the challenge. I'm quite a slow painter... Mancha Roja, along with the wrastlers, hasn't arrived two weeks and a half later... But it is on its way. Although, now I'm working on something for the summer painting contest, so probably Mancha Roja and the wrastlers are going to be something to paint on August. Also on that foto is Burt Jebsen who is gonna be part of the August pledge (probably with the rest of the Infamous keyword). On the other hand, the rest of it is already painted... Captain Zipp: 15 SS Earl Burns: 3SS Fist Mate: 9 SS Merris LaCroix: 6 SS 3x Iron Skeeter: 3x7=21 SS 3x Flying Piglet: 3x3=9 SS Mechanized Porkchop: 7 SS @Caedrus that is a total of 70 SS this month (I'm not counting the three Malifaux models I'm gonna paint for the contest...). 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Viruk Posted July 16, 2021 Report Share Posted July 16, 2021 @Engorn- love the vivid colors and the highlights are super smooth. Playing such nicely painted crews is like giving Distracted +5 to your opponent! @Ja9nge - I like the slightly cartoonish tone you have there. Gremlin with the huge sack is my fav 33 + 16 for Mama Z, 1 for Doll, 8 for the Damned (dammmmm, one of the best M3E models ever!). 58 soulstones in July, looking to add more before the month is over 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lusciousmccabe Posted July 16, 2021 Report Share Posted July 16, 2021 59 minutes ago, Viruk said: the Damned (dammmmm, one of the best M3E models ever!). Looking at your paintjob, I'm going to have to agree! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caedrus Posted July 17, 2021 Author Report Share Posted July 17, 2021 Caedrus, reporting in! So, this month, I have been working on a model for the Hot Hot Hot! Painting Competition, which has also got something which puts me in my discomfort zone, so I'm being efficient with my challenges. So, while I can't really talk about that at the moment, I can show you what I've been up to! First of all, I wanted a quick win, so I slapped paint on three of my least favourite models ... the Molemen! I had a little fun with some glowing gems on their hides, but these were never going to be a major effort. Then, I made a start on Iggy... He's looking OK so far. It's a tiny model. I think I need some cooler colours to create an effective contrast, and to show the OSL a bit more effectively. Still, he's a bit of fun, and should finish easily into a nice miniature. Next, an Effigy! Now, this guy is mostly in blues, greens and purples. The reason for this is that I will be repeating the colours on the Emissary, hopefully doing some pseudo- iridescence on the wings and robe, similar to this: ...or at least, that's the objective. So, after this, I have some tidying of other models, and then I shall be desperatly trying to get back into the groove of finishing my Hannah. Meantime, everyone has really cranked up the vibrancy this month! @Viruk: Love the Zoraida family. The swamp slime, I can tell, is well done, but it never photographs well! Love the Damned's cold flesh / hot eyes. @Engorn: So, so much to love. The vibrant piggies, the colour-coded skeeter wings, the delightful flame / smoke plume behind Zipp and Merris, the crisp line work on the Porkchop. All superb stuff. For me, however, the green / red First Mate combination. Perfect choice. Brilliant. @Ja9nge: I adore this style. It's vibrant, clear and (this is a compliment) comic-book crisp. I think the squealer is my favourite. The flesh tone is pinker than I would use - and it's brilliant for doing so! @Boomstick: If you'd told me that you were using green and gold for your Urami, I would never have thought it was a winner of an idea. So, I was wrong. It's so strong a presence on the tabletop. Gorgeous. @astapable: At the other end of the spectrum is astapable. Those flesh tones are so subtle and smooth ... I'm so very, very envious. I wish I could do that! @Vessien: That Ototo is looking just delightful. I see a lot of yellow Ototos, but rarely red. I think it's a splendid contrast to the NMM, which is also very nice, by the way! Wow, as always, I am blown away by the skills being shown. I've been a bit lazy of late, but you folk have inspired me to focus again - hopefully I can keep up to your standards! Everyone, stay safe, and keep putting pigment to plastic! Caedrus. 3 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caedrus Posted July 18, 2021 Author Report Share Posted July 18, 2021 Late one Sunday night, Caedrus put a stupid idea into motion. Oh boy, here we go. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caedrus Posted July 19, 2021 Author Report Share Posted July 19, 2021 Late on Monday night, Caedrus had completed the bases, and started on the NMM for the Metal Gamin: Stay tuned... 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Viruk Posted July 20, 2021 Report Share Posted July 20, 2021 Moving to a total of 67 soulstones with this (big) Bad Juju. Still planning to paint at least one more mini this month 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caedrus Posted July 21, 2021 Author Report Share Posted July 21, 2021 Late on Tuesday Night, Caedrus had done very little, only completing the base coats for NMM... Stay tuned... (Oh, and in case you were wondering what I'm leading up to with this project, I have no idea) 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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