IP 4 Round 3 THEME & MATCHUPS!

[supervike]

And the contest rolls on!!

Some damn fine painters got knocked out last round...

But right to it, huh...

Here are the RANDOMLY Selected matchups (random.org)

Seven matchups to tantilize you!!: Stubbdog returns as the well deserved 'Hey Gimme another Chance' contestant.

Thryth vs Skya
Morf vs. Wren
Beezlebrush vs. Slidedog
Brushmistresss vs Youngwolf7
Stubbdog vs Skrivanek
Bexley vs. r2j1
Dragonforge vs Demonherald

Oh man!! There are some fantastic pairings here!!

and now, I am sure, you'd like to know the theme of this wackiness?

Fine...again randomly selected from my 'master list' is...

Seeing Red

The theme is all about using incorporating RED into your theme. How you do that is completely up to you. Have it as the dominate color, a small but significant color, a humorous take....again up to you! Remermber though, pleasing the judges is vitally important...and as Stubbdog can testify, doing well in "theme" can make or break you!!

DEADLINE is

Sunday, the 25th of November, 6 pm CST

Will Skrivanek survive another round, or will Stubdogg capitilize on the new chance he has gotten?

r2j1 finds himself here dispite a lackluster last round, can he stop Bexley and that new camera of his?

It seems Skya got her groove on, but will Thryth be able to stop it?

Who will will the battle of the "d" names Dragonforge or Demonherald? I just know I wouldn't want to be in the middle of it!!

All that and much much more will be decided in this Round 3 of the 4th Iron Painter, which begins....

NOW!

[Dragonforge]

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO OOOOOOOOOO
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO OOOOOOOOOO

Not that match up.. DH is my friend....

[Sculpta the squig]

Time to dig up that mini...

Squig

[Hinton]

Some interesting match-ups. I have an idea for the theme, but I wonder how it will work out.

Good luck to everyone in this round and I'll see you all from the "I think I can" section!

[supervike]

Tough theme, tough matchups.

You didn't think this was the 'paper mache'' Painter, I hope....LOL

PLEASE keep in mind, contestants...that there is another 'Hey, Gimme another chance' award at the end of this round. But, wouldn't you just be better off beating your opponent straight up???

[EricJ]

oh yeah, the Demons vs. Dragons is going to be a fun one! :P

[Uberdark]

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO OOOOOOOOOO
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO OOOOOOOOOO

Not that match up.. DH is my friend....

then it is time to crush your friend then......or vice versa....

hehe

:)

[Ritual]

The suspense is building up! :vb_devil:

[Dragonforge]

then it is time to crush your friend then......or vice versa....

hehe

:)

Of Course Ubie..Ill pull no punches.. Ill smack talk him to the best of my abilities..

Remember last round..it wasnt about you..it was because you were my opponent..

Sit back and watch a master at work :)

[Thryth]

Argh!

Well, it's been fun. No chance that I will beat Skya, though. That second-chance thing sounds promising. :)

Skya, you can send me your address now if you would like. Any preferences on type of miniature? Do you mind if it is already cleaned and primed?

(BTW, I never claimed Iron. I remain: Thryth, the Zinc Miniaturist :) )

PS: I have no idea what I am doing for this round, but it sounds like a good theme.

[Morf]

Ha, that is funny I just mentioned today to somebody two possible themes: Blues (I wanted to paint a saxophon player) and Red. We'll see...

[Bexley]

Ooh. Yeah, this is going to be a tough matchup. I think I'll be spending my lunchbreak rooting through the warehouse, so that I can get going on an entry right away tonight.

[Dragonforge]

So Humm How to Get my Imperial Guard theme and Seeing Red together in this one...

[Morf]

Go with Traitor Guard.

[Dragonforge]

Go with Traitor Guard.

Possible..almost to easy..I need some good "Style" points on this one..

[supervike]

PS: I have no idea what I am doing for this round, but it sounds like a good theme.



Thats the beauty of this whole thing. Folks get pushed out of comfort zones, and sometimes cool things happen!!

It seems like in almost every previous incarnation of the contest, someone found themselves deep into the rounds, and wasn't quite sure of how that happened.

[demonherald]

hee hee I just sent a PM before I saw this.....
Yep your right Jeff Style points mucho needed .. I am ready for this one .. Just got about 12 different red paints ..Now to think how to pull off something that'll die down the fires of the Forge...
As mentioned already it's like a Kung Fu Film Title...I shall quench your Dragon style with my Demon Fu

I will bow my head and give you extra Kudos right now for trying to tie the guard into this one... It's the least I can do as I would hate to put you out of the competition without so much as a corteous bow....

[Hinton]

Come on, Thryth! As much as I like Skya and the other ladies, us guys are counting on you and Morf and YoungWolf to stop these women! Women have dominated the IP for long enough. It's time for the guys to take a stand and take the IP crown!

You can do it!

[Morf]

Do judges favor women? (ha, nice provocation!)

[Dragonforge]

hee hee I just sent a PM before I saw this.....
Yep your right Jeff Style points mucho needed .. I am ready for this one .. Just got about 12 different red paints ..Now to think how to pull off something that'll die down the fires of the Forge...
As mentioned already it's like a Kung Fu Film Title...I shall quench your Dragon style with my Demon Fu

I will bow my head and give you extra Kudos right now for trying to tie the guard into this one... It's the least I can do as I would hate to put you out of the competition without so much as a corteous bow....

Hey when you bow.. we can all see your frilly underpants under that skit you wear.. :inlove:

but yeah..I just added some reds too.. but this is gonna take more than just red paint....

[YoungWolf7]

Game on Brushmistress. Even is Supervike did misspell your name. ;)

I've got plenty of obvious choices for Red. Hell, 7000+ points of Khador ought to do it. :lol:

Got to be clever though. "It's all about style..."

[Morf]

How about: extra prize for somebody who wins a duel using as few red as possible?

[Skya]

:hmmmm: Hmmm... my opponent has already conceded. I think it must be a fake out tactic. He's trying to lull me into a false sense of security while he goes and sweeps past me.

I shall not be deceived!

:ridinghor

[YoungWolf7]

:hmmmm: Hmmm... my opponent has already conceded. I think it must be a fake out tactic. He's trying to lull me into a false sense of security while he goes and sweeps past me.

I shall not be deceived!

:ridinghor
I agree. A thinly veiled attempt at psychological warfare at best. Go get 'im. ;)

[r2-j1]

Well it's put up or shut up time for me, I need to rally. I have a really cool idea, but I'm not sure if the mini I want to use can pull it off. I'll have to examine it when I get home. I might have to come up with another one.

[slidedog]

Beezlebrush, you've had superior scores and I'll admit to you being a better painter, but I am great under pressure and I have the iron to face-off with you. I'll give it what I've got and may the most iron win. Now to find the killer idea that will impress the judges... and figure out some most excellent bribes.... and flattery... and somebody to come by and put extra mold lines in your mini... and foul your paint....:vb_devil:

Hey, I said I'm good under pressure, but I'm not above throwing the fix in...

Good Luck all and I hope the sense of relaxation pervading me after my Jamaican Vacation keeps the good vibes flowing and the blending smooth. Every little ting be Irie Mon!

[demonherald]

well as usual the blank expression has changed to a million ideas now to really concentrate and pull one off....(something my opponent knows all about )
one doable maybe just 1 definitely and 1 just tempting so may be back up and main again...now a shopping I will go....

[Lordfishbane]

Jamaican Vacation keeps the good vibes flowing and the blending smooth

AHHHH, to bad the theme isn't green eh, nod, nod, wink, wink, eh, know whot I mean?

[PaintMinion]

Wow, DH, you better pull something off here! I can't have you beaten yet! You have to win! How can I live with saying "I was knocked out by a third round loser?" Jeff, nothing personal. This is business. Get the second highest score this round like I did before and you too can say "I was knocked out by the winner!"

And me? Well, this Number 1 Loser will...will...oh heck, I'll just sit here quietly and paint, then upload and sigh very loudly from the sidelines--seems I'm seeing red....but red has been a part of every mini I've painted in the last 6 months. I can do this...yes I can, cuz it doesn't matter a hoot what I do...wait...um, somehow I'm missing the motivation today. (SIGH)

[Dragonforge]

Wow, DH, you better pull something off here! I can't have you beaten yet! You have to win! How can I live with saying "I was knocked out by a third round loser?" Jeff, nothing personal. This is business. Get the second highest score this round like I did before and you too can say "I was knocked out by the winner!"

And me? Well, this Number 1 Loser will...will...oh heck, I'll just sit here quietly and paint, then upload and sigh very loudly from the sidelines--seems I'm seeing red....but red has been a part of every mini I've painted in the last 6 months. I can do this...yes I can, cuz it doesn't matter a hoot what I do...wait...um, somehow I'm missing the motivation today. (SIGH)

hey Sue if I lost to DH (Not saying Im going to by any chance in hell) bit if I were..we would probably have the top two score and Ill make it through with the mulligan.. but thats a big what if..cause Im gonna kick him to the ground..

Nothing Personal ;)

[stubbdog]

Man, I have had 2 ideas come to mind. Problems...

1st idea really isnt doable at all with miniatures, or at least not without some heavy conversions and couldnt do that within the timeframe. Too bad I cant sculpt worth a darn.

2nd idea requires minis that I dont have and probably would not be able to get in a timely manner. Thats what you get whn you are a gamer first, and then get a theme that doesnt really fit any of your gaming minis, and a wife that doesnt really want you to go buying any new minis.

Heck. There is my red... Maybe I will just shrink a photo of my wife and hang it on an imaginary wall.. Thats all the red I need... LOL...

[demonherald]

As I said on the first round I WILL do ya proud...I am Reddy for this round..Crappy photos aside I will knock Jeff out...it'll give him more time to think about reclaiming his Gold vehicle Demon from me at UK demons next year....

[stubbdog]

Can anyone sculpt up a couple of minis real quick like for me?

I need one of me sitting in front of my computer and what my expression would be while looking online at my bank account.

The second mini would be my wife and what she would look like if she were standing behind me looking over my shoulder....

[Dragonforge]

Can anyone sculpt up a couple of minis real quick like for me?

I need one of me sitting in front of my computer and what my expression would be while looking online at my bank account.

The second mini would be my wife and what she would look like if she were standing behind me looking over my shoulder....

Sure..but its going to cost you $800.00 :vb_devil:

[stubbdog]

Skya, I need to borrow your round 2 entry... Then make the changes for if someone just threw a rock through the window...

Oh...., is that paladin poseable?

[Frustrated Father]

wait...um, somehow I'm missing the motivation today. (SIGH)

Ermm .. freebies. Hows that help?

[slidedog]

AHHHH, to bad the theme isn't green eh, nod, nod, wink, wink, eh, know whot I mean?

I have no idea what you mean... not like it's rampant down there...

[Bexley]

I've got my idea and I've just picked up the minis. Now, I just need to make sure I start right away and put the whole two weeks into it.

[Morf]

Already started. Had two ideas but one of them requiered 4 miniatures out of which I own only one. So... I set off with the other idea which has evolved already thrice.

I think I'll give it a one night worth of sleep and a couple of glasses of wine.

[Thryth]

Thats the beauty of this whole thing. Folks get pushed out of comfort zones, and sometimes cool things happen!!

It seems like in almost every previous incarnation of the contest, someone found themselves deep into the rounds, and wasn't quite sure of how that happened.

Hey! Was that a shot at me? :thinking:

[Thryth]

Come on, Thryth! As much as I like Skya and the other ladies, us guys are counting on you and Morf and YoungWolf to stop these women! Women have dominated the IP for long enough. It's time for the guys to take a stand and take the IP crown!

You can do it!

Thanks for the support Hinton! :)

[Thryth]

:hmmmm: Hmmm... my opponent has already conceded. I think it must be a fake out tactic. He's trying to lull me into a false sense of security while he goes and sweeps past me.

I shall not be deceived!

:ridinghor

Hey! That's a good idea! Yeah, don't bother painting anything, keep putting it off. I can't possibly beat you. You can leave this for the night before the due date, then forget and... Thryth wins by DNF! :D

[Bexley]

Come on, Thryth! As much as I like Skya and the other ladies, us guys are counting on you and Morf and YoungWolf to stop these women! Women have dominated the IP for long enough. It's time for the guys to take a stand and take the IP crown!

Wait- you callin' me a chick, or a bad painter?

[Hinton]

Wait- you callin' me a chick, or a bad painter?

Not as far as you know. :tongue2:

No, I was encouraging the guys that are matched up against the ladies and since I've met r2-j1, I'm pretty sure he's a guy.

[r2-j1]

Well my original idea wasn't going to work. But I was hit with inspiration for a new one while going through my "cool minis" box. I hope I can pull it off.

[Dragonforge]

Ive got my plan of attack..Its Big its bad..and boy oh boy is it ever RED

[Bexley]

Well my original idea wasn't going to work. But I was hit with inspiration for a new one while going through my "cool minis" box. I hope I can pull it off.

I hope you don't... :P

[goblyn13]

Ive got my plan of attack..Its Big its bad..and boy oh boy is it ever RED

Hmm.. Great red dragon maybe?

[EldinTux]

In a quandry here. Do I want Thryth to win so I can say that I got knocked out by a third round winner? Or Skya to win to see my last opponent crushed?

Oh hell I'll cheer for Thryth on the male /female thing

GO Thryth, GO Thryth

PS I've got the perfect model for this theme - damn, I'll have to put it in the losers directory

[lizcam]

In a quandry here. Do I want Thryth to win so I can say that I got knocked out by a third round winner? Or Skya to win to see my last opponent crushed?

Oh hell I'll cheer for Thryth on the male /female thing

GO Thryth, GO Thryth

PS I've got the perfect model for this theme - damn, I'll have to put it in the losers directory

Make it sinister and put it in the Ebay comp afterwards. Kill 2 birds with one stone.

Oh.....Go Skya go! Got to hang witht he Ladies. I pretend to be one!

[Bexley]

"Hi, my name is Rackham McStupid and I'm going to cover the armor on this figure in incredibly finely sculpted filigree that is only a hair's thickness AND THEN RUN MOLD LINES ACROSS THE FILIGREE WHENEVER POSSIBLE."

Grrrr.

[Dragonforge]

Hmm.. Great red dragon maybe?

Nope..No great red dragon in the Imperial Guard..


Or is there..Dun ...Dun...dunnnnnnnnnnnnnn......


:dancing2:

[Dragonforge]

"Hi, my name is Rackham McStupid and I'm going to cover the armor on this figure in incredibly finely sculpted filigree that is only a hair's thickness AND THEN RUN MOLD LINES ACROSS THE FILIGREE WHENEVER POSSIBLE."

Grrrr.

Hey soon they will be pre painted plastic..and you wont have to bother :D

[demonherald]

Ive got my plan of attack..Its Big its bad..and boy oh boy is it ever RED

Cool your entering your Ass after the spanking it is about to receive:vb_devil:

I have a few ideas ...one a bit mad one a bit sinister and one outta the ball park...decisions decisions.. either way I hope to start today a full 8 days before I started my last round entry........

[breadhead]

Oooh, tough theme and some great match ups.

Am definitely going to get off my arse and put something up in the "I think I can" section, after missing last round due to laziness and anniversary and more laziness :)

Good Luck everyone!

[Thryth]

In a quandry here. Do I want Thryth to win so I can say that I got knocked out by a third round winner? Or Skya to win to see my last opponent crushed?

Oh hell I'll cheer for Thryth on the male /female thing

GO Thryth, GO Thryth

PS I've got the perfect model for this theme - damn, I'll have to put it in the losers directory

Thank you EldinTux, that is very nice of you. I will do my best.

However, what I think that you will have to end-up saying is that the person that knocked you out was knocked-out my the winner of IP4 (and IP1 was it?).

Thanks again for the support. :)

[Dragonforge]

Cool your entering your Ass after the spanking it is about to receive:vb_devil:

I have a few ideas ...one a bit mad one a bit sinister and one outta the ball park...decisions decisions.. either way I hope to start today a full 8 days before I started my last round entry........

Ummm Spankings.....

Oh did I say that out loud..

[Wren]

Cool your entering your Ass after the spanking it is about to receive:vb_devil:

I don't have a big stake in this match-up (if you two could somehow manage to eliminate each other to improve my chances I'd appreciate it! ;->), but I gotta say this is some excellent smack!

[Bexley]

Nope..No great red dragon in the Imperial Guard..


Or is there..Dun ...Dun...dunnnnnnnnnnnnnn......




There's no dragon, but there's a basilisk.

[Dragonforge]

There's no dragon, but there's a basilisk.

And a Chimera...



or it could be something completely different...

[Morf]

I don't have a big stake in this match-up (if you two could somehow manage to eliminate each other to improve my chances I'd appreciate it! ;->), but I gotta say this is some excellent smack!

Pfffff.... You better hope one of them screws it since you will be fighting for that "Hey give me a next chance" card. :wavey:

[Sculpta the squig]

Well, I started painting today and the armour is lookin' goooood.

Squig

[Duende]

Even though I'm out, I've begun my own for the "I think I can" gallery.

[Wren]

Pfffff.... You better hope one of them screws it since you will be fighting for that "Hey give me a next chance" card. :wavey:

Am I worried as a fairly non-creative person to be up against the author of one of the most creative entries from last round? Pshaw!

[Dragonforge]

Am I worried as a fairly non-creative person to be up against the author of one of the most creative entries from last round? Pshaw!

Hey just find a cool figure and slop some red paint on it.. you will be ok ;)

[demonherald]

Hey just find a cool figure and slop some red paint on it.. you will be ok ;)
And there it is an insight into Jeffs creative abilities.....so how does the "Slop" technique work..... ahhhh I see plenty of good examples in your CMON gallery.:laugh:

Had a great day today.. Migraine for most of it..Then used what I thought was an old brush to put some super glue on a base to do some leaves and realised it was one of my Brand new Davinci brushes.. so the seeing Red theme is already building....

[Dragonforge]

And there it is an insight into Jeffs creative abilities.....so how does the "Slop" technique work..... ahhhh I see plenty of good examples in your CMON gallery.:laugh:

Had a great day today.. Migraine for most of it..Then used what I thought was an old brush to put some super glue on a base to do some leaves and realised it was one of my Brand new Davinci brushes.. so the seeing Red theme is already building....

It's amazing that on some days you can manage to find your butt with both hands..

So does this mean you used your glue brush to paint that dreadnought? It does look like it .

My day = :bowsucker

DH's day = :banghead:

[Wren]

Had a great day today.. Migraine for most of it..Then used what I thought was an old brush to put some super glue on a base to do some leaves and realised it was one of my Brand new Davinci brushes.. so the seeing Red theme is already building....

Ack! We should all bow our heads for a moment's silence in honour of a brush's life cut too short!

[Dragonforge]

Ack! We should all bow our heads for a moment's silence in honour of a brush's life cut too short!

No clean it out with acetone..or nail polish remover and then a good wash with brush soap.. should be ok.

[demonherald]

No clean it out with acetone..or nail polish remover and then a good wash with brush soap.. should be ok.

The mourning consisted of SH%T F%$K B£%&arding Bo*(&cks...
And the repair and rescue went something along the lines of a new Javelin record as the brush cleared the length of the street....

amazingly all that helped the migraine clear a bit.....:bigok:

[eastman]

No clean it out with acetone..or nail polish remover and then a good wash with brush soap.. should be ok.

What he said (I've had this happen before when superglue dripped onto the paper towel I wipe my brushes on). All is not lost.

Take your favorite brush conditioner (I use Mona Lisa "Pink Soap" for this) and leave it in the brush for a couple of days before rinsing. It will undue any damage caused by the superglue and acetone.

And for some reason, this ONLY happens to new brushes.

[Brushmistress]

Game on Brushmistress. Even is Supervike did misspell your name. ;)

I've got plenty of obvious choices for Red. Hell, 7000+ points of Khador ought to do it. :lol:

Got to be clever though. "It's all about style..."

I am not afraid of your Khador! Why should I be, even if painting red is my worst color and I've been sick for days and I can't think of anything to do? Man, gotta get to work here or I'm gonna get schooled!:banghead: Game on Wolfie!

[Skya]

Skya, I need to borrow your round 2 entry... Then make the changes for if someone just threw a rock through the window...

Oh...., is that paladin poseable?

*snickers*

Her right arm is the only thing that isnt attached, at least in the metal version. I vaguely recall there being a resin one.. ;)


Now I just need to figure out if this idea stuck in my head is even possible without building a box diorama, which I absolutely refuse to do on a two week schedule. :P

[Thryth]

Now I just need to figure out if this idea stuck in my head is even possible without building a box diorama, which I absolutely refuse to do on a two week schedule. :P

Now, that's just mean! ;)

[Skya]

Yeah well, I was trying to figure out a way to do someone looking through infrared goggles, and the only way that I've come up with so far is a box diorama with the goggles as the spot where you look into it, and trust me that *SO* aint happening.

[Thryth]

I was thinking about the infrared thing too, but the best I came-up with was glowing red binoculars. I don't think that's going to cut it. I started with 20+ ideas, and currently have it down to 6 (and only one of them involves more than one miniature). Hopefully I will start painting soon. :)

[Wren]

I've settled on an idea, prepped some, sculpted some and am mid-prime. I haven't bought a new can of my spray primer for a few years until recently as I more often brush prime, and so far it seems thin, almost runny, so I'm waiting to see if the priming has actually worked...

[demonherald]

started an emergency back up piece..ordered parts for main iea but covering my bases rather than rely on the post...
I'm looking forward to seeing how everyone approaches this one it's a theme that can be interpretated so many ways.....
I thought about the infra red thing too....was thinking either night vision ..green monotone or predator vision..thermal map type..but gave up that one as even though doable I ain't got that kinda time really..

[LavronYor]

wow, thermal map would be really cool...

[Sculpta the squig]

I'm halfway through my mini :Þ

Squig

[Morf]

Had a great weekend working over mine entry, if things go well, I might be able to post it next weekend.
It is the first time I am fully happy and enjoying how the things are coming, maybe because I am back to my favorite painting style/genre.

And I just realized, this is the first time I am painting a Reaper miniature in my life...

[PaintMinion]

Ermm .. freebies. Hows that help?

Thank you. I'll be posting my finished miniature tomorrow. :goodbad:

[stubbdog]

Well, I have gone thru a few different ideas that I really liked, but then over the weekend, I had an edict handed down by she who must be obeyed. After looking at the status of my bank account (with only $25 in it) "Thou shalt not purchase any new miniatures for this contest, but have to work with the miniatures you own..."

So, after some moaning and groaning, I gave in to the powers that be, and had to trash my ideas, and fall back on a make do plan since none of the ideas that I had involved minis that I own.

So, I will go ahead and share a couple of the ideas that I had which I will not be working on..

1. Playing off of Alice in Wonderland "painting the roses red", I was going to have a team of sci fi laser rifle guys, but instead of shooting lasers, they would basically be highpowered paint spray guns. as gonna build a little ladder scaffold system up to fake flower and have them painting away, with a couple of sergeant type characters in the back to check up on them.

2. Same as above but using dwarf spearmen with their spears changed into big paint brushes.

3. And idea about the red light district... there is a miniature from either Hasslefree or Heresy, cant remember right now where is a gentleman kinda in shock and confusion scratching his head.. was gonna get him and have him looking in the window where a pole dancer or the like was gonna be there enticing him.

I had some others but those were my favorite at the time.. but alas, none of those will get done by me cause I dont have any of the minis necessary do any of those...

So, I looked thru my minis I do have, and trying for the make do plan on this one. I found something thatI think will turn out ok if I can pull it off. It will have me stretching in two areas that I have never really tried before so win or lose will be good for me. Gonna have to do a bit of actual sculpting with my greenstuff and a good deal of freehand work. So, the challenge is on for me.

I spent a couple of hours prepping last night, should be able to prime a good portion tonight and work on that sculpting.



Good luck to everyone else in their ideas this round. Hopefully, you wont have as many restrictions as I do.

[Frustrated Father]

I have to admit its themes like these that I find the most interesting because, I for one, don't have a clue what I would do myself if I was to paint this theme.

[Dragonforge]

Heres a question.. are we all getting to hung up on the "Seeing" part of "Seeing Red" as the instructions are...

The theme is all about using incorporating RED into your theme. How you do that is completely up to you. Have it as the dominate color, a small but significant color, a humorous take....again up to you! Remermber though, pleasing the judges is vitally important...and as Stubbdog can testify, doing well in "theme" can make or break you!!

Just a thought..its bugging the hell out of me to.. and Id hate a misinterpretation of the title screw everyone up..

Oh well Ill be "seeing" what I can do too :P

[Frustrated Father]

Depends really. Look at some of the interpretations of 'Paint It Black'. Some took the traditional route, others went off the wall (and it paid out for them). Just comes down to the job completed and how the judge(s) interprets it.

[LavronYor]

Interpretation can be a bi- otch.....

[r2-j1]

I have to admit its themes like these that I find the most interesting because, I for one, don't have a clue what I would do myself if I was to paint this theme.

It is a little tricky. My original idea was to do a red eyed tree fron wher the only red was they eyes so they would really draw the eye. I have had a MSB warrior frog for awhile, and I just love the sculpt, but the eyes just weren't big enough to pull off the effect needed to was going for. So I started sorting through my other minis, and while I could have just painted them red schemed, none really felt particularly suited to the theme.

Then, just as I was nearing the end of my "pile o' minis" and was starting to despair of not having a good idea I stumbled upon my Wyrd Imp set. They fit perfect. I'm going to do a little vignette with all 3 each in a different shade of red. So thats my plan. I built them this weekend (no easy feat), and will start painting this week.

[Dragonforge]

Depends really. Look at some of the interpretations of 'Paint It Black'. Some took the traditional route, others went off the wall (and it paid out for them). Just comes down to the job completed and how the judge(s) interprets it.

Well the only off the walls really was the goobo painting "IT" black..the rest were just black figures or black cloths.

This ones a bugger...

:banghead:

[demonherald]

well my back up is almost ready to paint..My main is dependent on delivery of pieces...If it comes in next two days may be possible if it doesn't then it's back up time..... would it be cheating to post wips of both and see which is turning out best???

it's a real tough cookie to get theme right but I have a few thoughts one with no red used at all....but relies on judges knowing what I am showing which means some very careful planning ..... I can see all of us seeing red through blood shot eyes at the end of this one...

[Morf]

I'll share an idea I haven't used. Mostly because I have no AE-WWII Russians yet.

Imagine a camo American Sniper on a tree, several Red Army Soldiers passing just below him.

Title: Seeind Red, but the Red don't see me!

[YoungWolf7]

After much head-scratching and playing with puns based on the word red, I finally settled on a literal interpretation of the theme. This will be a massive undertaking though. Hopefully I can pull it off in 2 weeks. I can't pull any punches this round, not up against Brushmistress. She'll pummel me if I don't give it all I've got.

[Wren]

I have to admit that I'm not a fan of the colour ones. Paint it Black was the round I DNFed on last IP. (Not because of the theme, because of wanting to enjoy the vacation I was paying for instead of hunching in a hotel room painting. :->) My idea for that one was to try and paint a bunch of surfaces other stuff we call 'black' but which aren't really, so to paint for the black round using no black paint for a base coat.

This one I had three ideas for. The first was the thought that the judges will be eagerly anticipating some blood-thirsty interpretations of the theme, which is not really my style. The second was what I thought the most obvious meaning of the exact wording of the theme, but I'm not sure it is now that everyone's going on about night vision goggles and other stuff I never thought of. The last is something I also thought was really obvious but no one's mentioned yet, so I'm going to keep it under my hat a little while long. I'm trying to combine ideas two and three.

[supervike]

I'll share an idea I haven't used. Mostly because I have no AE-WWII Russians yet.

Imagine a camo American Sniper on a tree, several Red Army Soldiers passing just below him.

Title: Seeind Red, but the Red don't see me!


I like it!!!

[demonherald]

That's a cool idea.. Of course another route is the naked chicks wrestling raspberry jelly....

[Dragonforge]

This one I had three ideas for. The first was the thought that the judges will be eagerly anticipating some blood-thirsty interpretations of the theme, which is not really my style. The second was what I thought the most obvious meaning of the exact wording of the theme, but I'm not sure it is now that everyone's going on about night vision goggles and other stuff I never thought of. The last is something I also thought was really obvious but no one's mentioned yet, so I'm going to keep it under my hat a little while long. I'm trying to combine ideas two and three.

Yeah that was my thought, a whole bunch of OSL red entries.. Night vision goggels..red lights..red light district.. fire..

<shudders to think of back to back OSL projects>

My goal is "Smack you in the face obvious" yet clever at the same time..

Tick Tock..

[LavronYor]

Demonharold and Dragginforge could both just do a mini of their avatars....

[demonherald]

I actually thought that too Lavron ... a demon fighting a Dragon but that is a piece I am working on to take to World Model Expo and is a little bit involved for IP a fully scratch built dragon for starters .. 1 lb of Magisculp and counting.....
I think mine is gonna be pretty much smack in the face too no time or brain/willpower to get clever with this one....

[supervike]

That's a cool idea.. Of course another route is the naked chicks wrestling raspberry jelly....

I like it!

[YoungWolf7]

Gah!

Sculpting fletchings on an arrow might be beyond my meager skills.
<_<

[demonherald]

cut them from card or the plastic bubbles that blisters come in.. cut a thin strip first then diagonal fletches......

[eastman]

That's a cool idea.. Of course another route is the naked chicks wrestling raspberry jelly....

Sounds like a winner to me. :1:

[YoungWolf7]

Scrapped my first idea last night after looking at it again and the time frame.

Spent the evening cleaning and assembling models for my second idea.

As I was falling asleep a third idea popped into my head.

So yeah, I'm starting all over tonight. :lol:

And I'm teaching a painting clinic tomorrow night, so I really won't be able to get rolling until Thursday night. That's CSI night, so Friday is looking better....

It's a darn good thing next week is a short week here in the States.

[skrivanek]

I think I've got the mini I'm using down - going to introduce some Sci Fi this round with some Infinity Yu Jing.

Although, my biggest barrier to completion right now may be all the stupidly good console games out/coming out. Guitar Hero III has been eating into my time - then there's Assassin's Creed, Mass Effect (looks so good I've taken a couple days off work to play it), and Super Mario Galaxy. It's a crazy month for video games.



Aaron

[stubbdog]

Scrapped my first idea last night after looking at it again and the time frame.

Spent the evening cleaning and assembling models for my second idea.

As I was falling asleep a third idea popped into my head.

So yeah, I'm starting all over tonight


Don't you just LOVE/HATE it when that happens? I had something similar happen. I am still going with my final idea that I resigned myself to a couple days ago after the edict handed down from my wife. But, as I was finalizing the basing setup last night just before priming, a couple more things popped in and decided to occupy my visage of what the piece should ultimately look like...

The idea is starting to get really cool and I am really liking it.... BUT... the more cool the idea is getting, the more work is being added and the days are less and less... so my current status is AAAAAUUUUUUUGGGGHHHH

So, I am currently guessing that I will have to paint roughly 3-4 hours every day to get the thing finished in time. Partly due to the fact that I am a very slow painter. Now, lets just hope I can get the physical objects to look like what my brain's idea of them is thinking.

[YoungWolf7]

I have my best ideas either in the shower or as I'm falling asleep. Something about the subconscious still being active I suppose.

[Bexley]

I was cleaning one of the figures last night. I went to stick it into the cork I use to hold figures as I paint them, and snapped the leg off.

Of a $40 miniature.

@##@$%@$!!!!

[Morf]

I feel bad for you. My mini budget is something like 8$ this round ;)

[Duende]

I was cleaning one of the figures last night. I went to stick it into the cork I use to hold figures as I paint them, and snapped the leg off.

Of a $40 miniature.

@##@$%@$!!!!

I smell a Rackham.....




Am I right? Am I right??? ;)

[stubbdog]

It is a little tricky. My original idea was to do a red eyed tree fron wher the only red was they eyes so they would really draw the eye. I have had a MSB warrior frog for awhile, and I just love the sculpt, but the eyes just weren't big enough to pull off the effect needed to was going for. So I started sorting through my other minis, and while I could have just painted them red schemed, none really felt particularly suited to the theme.



Which frog do you have? the one clinging to the bamboo? I love that sculpt. I have not bought it yet, but have just been waiting for the right excuse to do so. And funny enough that was the first mini I thought of related to this contest, but couldnt figure out how to get it to work right. And then came the non purchase edict from the wife and made it a moot point anyway..

Anywho, the point being that I think that is a cool mini and even if you dont use it at some point in this contest, I am looking forward to seeing how you paint it up.

[r2-j1]

Which frog do you have? the one clinging to the bamboo? I love that sculpt. I have not bought it yet, but have just been waiting for the right excuse to do so. And funny enough that was the first mini I thought of related to this contest, but couldnt figure out how to get it to work right. And then came the non purchase edict from the wife and made it a moot point anyway..

Anywho, the point being that I think that is a cool mini and even if you dont use it at some point in this contest, I am looking forward to seeing how you paint it up.

Yeah thats the one I have. I have had it for ever, but have yet to do anything with it. I think I'm saving it for something special. I'm a bit intimidated it to a degree and don't want to paint him till I think I can do it justice.

[Wren]

And I'm teaching a painting clinic tomorrow night, so I really won't be able to get rolling until Thursday night.

Or the new topic of painting clinic becomes... painting red! ;->

@skrivanek - I'm trying to decide whether or not I'm relieved to hear that my husband isn't the only person obsessed enough with Mass Effect to have booked time off to play it...

[demonherald]

It is a little tricky. My original idea was to do a red eyed tree fron wher the only red was they eyes so they would really draw the eye. I have had a MSB warrior frog for awhile, and I just love the sculpt, but the eyes just weren't big enough to pull off the effect needed to was going for. So I started sorting through my other minis, and while I could have just painted them red schemed, none really felt particularly suited to the theme.

Then, just as I was nearing the end of my "pile o' minis" and was starting to despair of not having a good idea I stumbled upon my Wyrd Imp set. They fit perfect. I'm going to do a little vignette with all 3 each in a different shade of red. So thats my plan. I built them this weekend (no easy feat), and will start painting this week.

is there a link to said Froggy dude would love to see what it looks like sounds like my cup of tea ..I love Frogs.....
Well my Stand By entry sucks .. The parts for my main entry look like they are gonna be late so I am a bit stuffed at the mo.. will get something done I have a million ideas like everyone else but time is pressing.. relatives coming from Australia this week so next week will be pretty much eating and drinking as well as sightseeing so mini time is tiny.Add into that several commissions on the go and I am gonna have to be a busy little Ba*&$rd to get something good done..
good luck all..

[YoungWolf7]

Or the new topic of painting clinic becomes... painting red! ;->

@skrivanek - I'm trying to decide whether or not I'm relieved to hear that my husband isn't the only person obsessed enough with Mass Effect to have booked time off to play it...

I've seriously considered that. The topic is "The Basics" though. I think I'll have one newbie there. Maybe I'll bring the piece along and slap some paint as a "demonstration". ;)

[stubbdog]

is there a link to said Froggy dude would love to see what it looks like sounds like my cup of tea ..I love Frogs.....

http://90plan.ovh.net/~msbtoys/ecom/product_info.php?cPath=22_92&products_id=107&osCsid=f2400bb6f229026c9fa31a5e2219b22b (http://<a href=)

Or just go to www.msbtoys.com (http://<a href=) and click on their "shop" link.. Among other things, they have a lot of animal based warrior characters.

My favorites are the frog, elephants, and the upcoming Komokuten model.

[Bexley]

I smell a Rackham.....




Am I right? Am I right??? ;)

Yup. Cheap French crap.

[YoungWolf7]

Wow. Those are really different.

[demonherald]

http://90plan.ovh.net/~msbtoys/ecom/product_info.php?cPath=22_92&products_id=107&osCsid=f2400bb6f229026c9fa31a5e2219b22b (http://<a href=)

Or just go to www.msbtoys.com (http://<a href=) and click on their "shop" link.. Among other things, they have a lot of animal based warrior characters.

My favorites are the frog, elephants, and the upcoming Komokuten model.

awesome..They rock my boat..Oh and Stubbdog...my fiancee hates you......looks like another month scraping the motgage....

[r2-j1]

Yeah MSB stuff is great. I just wish it was a bit easier to get here. I bit the shipping bullet about a year and a half ago and ordered like $150 worth of stuff. I'm glad I did it then and not now considering the value of the dollar since then.

[stubbdog]

R2,
Fantization.com carries a large assortment of MSBT stuff.

In fact they even have one of the elephants that MSBT has labeled as out of stock. If my current bank account weren't down to about $5.75 and still needing to fill my car with gas, I'd buy it.

[Bexley]

Whoa! Journey to the West figures? Gimmegimmegimme!

[r2-j1]

R2,
Fantization.com carries a large assortment of MSBT stuff.

In fact they even have one of the elephants that MSBT has labeled as out of stock. If my current bank account weren't down to about $5.75 and still needing to fill my car with gas, I'd buy it.


I know, but I have found Fantization's service to be a bit hit or miss. Back when I bought mine, they hadn't started carrying them yet.

[supervike]

I agree r2-j1....I am a bit leary about Fantization as well...it's always come out well for me in the end, but sometimes the wait was LOOOOOONG.

[r2-j1]

I agree r2-j1....I am a bit leary about Fantization as well...it's always come out well for me in the end, but sometimes the wait was LOOOOOONG.

Yeah that is pretty much it. That said I love to hit their booth at Gencon because their selection is good and you can avoid all the hassles. The amount of MSB stuff they brought to this years show was pretty small unfortunately.

I miss FozzBozz. They were my favorite catch all small company minis supplier. Great selection and good service.

[supervike]

Do you use the WarSTore? I always get great service from that guy. In fact, I've NEVER had a single issue with him (and I buy lots!)

[r2-j1]

Oh sure the Warstore is a great store. They just don't carry very many smaller miniature lines, which is what I'm usually looking for when I shop online. If I'm getting minis from larger mini lines I try and get them from my LGS.

[stubbdog]

And that was one of the main reasons I am no longer an online retailer. I was losing money all over the place trying to guess what to keep in stock, and if I ever was out of stock people just go to a different place.

But, tis all good, I am very very happy to be back in the land of just being a painter/player and no longer worried about the daily sell...

[Bexley]

What the crap? The shipping on that stuff is ridiculous. What do they do, wrap them in lead sheeting?

That really sucks. Man, France is really hating me these days.

[LavronYor]

Having been to the Warstore out on the Eastern end of Long Island, NY, in person, I can tell you Neal has an amazing amount of inventory. Usually at least a dozen of every model by most major manufacturers, and the candy store display of Chessex dice is rather cool in itself.
That said, it ain't no picnic to find, but it is worth it.

[supervike]

I've been dealing with Neal from way back. I actually used to have to call him and place my order over the phone!!! He was a great guy then, and all the success is not only deserved, but BECAUSE of him.

[PaintMinion]

Well, my frelling figure from last round frosted when I sealed her, and now my fragging entry for this round has frosted as well! I'm ...I'm...well, a lady doesn't use that sorta language! I'll be trying to fix them today, and take the pictures...but also trying to figure out of it's just this bottle of sealer doing it or what.

So...is the losers gallery up for Round 3 yet?!

[Frustrated Father]

Same gallery, we don't give you losers no special treatment! nyaaaah!

Sucks about the sealer, sounds like its time to toss it.

[YoungWolf7]

Well, my frelling figure from last round frosted when I sealed her, and now my fragging entry for this round has frosted as well! I'm ...I'm...well, a lady doesn't use that sorta language! I'll be trying to fix them today, and take the pictures...but also trying to figure out of it's just this bottle of sealer doing it or what.

So...is the losers gallery up for Round 3 yet?!

I assume you're bringing it indoors to dry. Preferably under a warm lamp? A hair dryer on low does the trick as well.

[LavronYor]

Just hang on to it. The Winter theme is bound to come up one of these years.

[PaintMinion]

It's brush on sealer, RMS Matte. Never had it frost before in 6 months I've had to do brush ons instead of sprays. (SIGH) Nothing worked today. I guess I'll be doing quick fixes and getting out my pro spray mask, breathing like Darth Vader, and use Dullcote. I can't afford to waste all that paint time! They should have been up on ebay by now so I'd have the money for bills. Rrrrg.

[YoungWolf7]

Brush on varnish? Ick. IMO of course.

Didn't manage to start my entry at the clinic last night, but I did have some happy folks with the new info I imparted to them so that was good. :)

[PaintMinion]

The doc made me promise to never inhale any of the sprays in this hobby after he saw the MSDS's for them. My husband got me one of his pro masks like he wears at work (he's a research chemist), and although he did get me a purple one, I really would rather use brush on than put that mask on...or I have to convince him to go spray for me. ;-) I'be been using brush on for about 6 months now and never had a problem and always good results until now. We're thinking it was lack of proper shaking at some point and the ratio is now off. We'll test that theory shortly.

[Bexley]

But benzene smells so good...

[Wren]

We're thinking it was lack of proper shaking at some point and the ratio is now off. We'll test that theory shortly.

Given I didn't really start having (milder) problems until half-way through the bottle I'm curious to hear how your tests turn out.

[Wren]

I miss FozzBozz. They were my favorite catch all small company minis supplier. Great selection and good service.

I've never had any problems with Fantization service. I admittedly do not keep particular track of how long things take to arrive, but it's never been a length of time to start me being worried. On one occasion I ordered some paint, and when they pulled it from the shelf they noticed all the bottles had gone chunky. He called me on the phone to ask if I wanted to switch to another product or wait until they could try to get it in from another supplier or what, he was really thoughtful about offering me a lot of options.

I certainly wouldn't mind if they'd offer a bit more in the way of discounts, and that's just one of several reasons I also really miss FozzBozz. I've got no problem at all with the Warstore, but when it comes to Reaper and PP and so on, I'd just as soon run out to my neighbourhood store, which is very well stocked. What I want to be able to do online is order from the myriad of small producers. I just hate paying shipping, and won't do it if I only want one or three minis. I'll either order from someone who has a variety of stuff I want or just not order at all and wait for GenCon, or wait until there's a bunch of stuff I want from the same manufacturer, which depending on their product focus and speed of production, may never happen.

[LavronYor]

I just wish that we could get Ravage magazine easier.....

[YoungWolf7]

Things have gotten real quiet. Have we all lost our Iron?

I actually get to start today. Whee!

[Frustrated Father]

Usually gets quiet the last three rounds I've noticed as folks realize this is just a touch harder than they thought it was, and by then, its usually the factor of 'oooh, I'm not going to show of my wips cause that putz I'm up against will get ideas'.

:D

[Brushmistress]

Things have gotten real quiet. Have we all lost our Iron?


Not a chance Wolfie! It's just been a busy week, that's all (been playing too much darts and WOW).
I can't let you beat me in round three - this is where us girls show you fellas what Iron is and give you some lessons in painting!:vb_devil:

[Skya]

WIP pics are half the fun. Come on people!

[demonherald]

My back up entry has been scrapped and my main entry pieces arrive on Monday..but relatives over from australia now so chances of finishing are pretty slim...I'll try not to DNF but can't promise anything..don't want it to be easy for Jeff but at the same time..Haven't see the rel's for 10 years so a lot of catching up to do and I don't want them going back to my country of origin with tales of how I ignored them to paint a model.......

[Wren]

I was being a little coy at first, but now the lack of WIP on my end is more down to the fact that there hasn't been as much W as there should have been by now. And I broke the swivel on my main lamp. It doesn't make much of a difference for painting, but makes getting decent lighting on my photography set up very difficult I've discovered. I've got a replacement being shipped, I'm hoping it'll arrive in time for the deadline so I don't have to waste time fiddling with the broken one.

[Sculpta the squig]

That reminds me of when I was little and my mother told me about the poem "To my coy mistress" and I asked if the guy had been in love with a fish :D lol

Squig

[LavronYor]

Uh..... that would Koi mistress....http://wyrd-games.net/photopost/data/36/medium/Wyrd26.jpg

[Thryth]

@Skya I'll see if I can post anything tonight (I'm sure that you'll be amused because...)

I was really hoping that the miniature I ordered for this contest would be here by this weekend, but that did not happen. This means that, at best, I will not be able to start on the miniature until Tuesday, but that is problematic as we are hosting Thanksgiving (and I actually pull my own weight in the kitchen for the event), which means limited time this coming week, so...

Not looking good, but I will try my best to not DNF.

[Dragonforge]

That reminds me of when I was little and my mother told me about the poem "To my coy mistress" and I asked if the guy had been in love with a fish :D lol

Squig

Squig when you were little? You are little..I have t-shirts older than you :P

[Skya]

Good luck to you, I know the holidays are a rough time to be doing something this crazy.

[Bexley]

I've started painting one figure, and the other one (which I had to replace after breaking off a leg) is cleaned and will get primed tomorrow.

[Dragonforge]

Well if this contest was themed "Seeing crap" I would win hands down..But since its not..the major portion of my entry just went into Castrol Super clean to hopefully be stripped by tomorrow. Yeah!

The sad part was at one point it looked awsome..and then I thought..hey Ill try something Ive never done before..and well..8 hours..lots of bad TV and cursing later..and now 4AM.. Gah!

Curses...

[Sculpta the squig]

Squig when you were little? You are little..I have t-shirts older than you :P


Cough, "litteler" then, anyway, I own miniatures older then my self :D

Squig

[Duende]

Well, Squig, I knew you were young, but I didn't know just how young you were until I looked at your profile. Geez, I think most of my belongings are older than you! ;) Even so, I'll say you act much more mature than many many of your age that I've seen. You're a real asset to the Wyrd community!

(just don't use vikey as a role model ;) )

[Sculpta the squig]

Thanks Duende ;)

Squig

*Edit* My B-day's in ten days :D

[Dragonforge]

Well if this contest was themed "Seeing crap" I would win hands down..But since its not..the major portion of my entry just went into Castrol Super clean to hopefully be stripped by tomorrow. Yeah!

The sad part was at one point it looked awsome..and then I thought..hey Ill try something Ive never done before..and well..8 hours..lots of bad TV and cursing later..and now 4AM.. Gah!

Curses...

Well I'm back to stage before I tried the new technique.. can't aford any more screw ups again.

Castrol Super Clean stripped my Plastic model clean over night, by the way.. Love the stuff.

[Dragonforge]

Cough, "litteler" then, anyway, I own miniatures older then my self :D

Squig

you remind me of my 10 year old nephew when he says.. "remember when I was a kid" LOL

Hey just busting your chops.. as Duende said your pretty mature for your age..

[LavronYor]

I think your pretty mature for the people on this board....

or as mature as the people on this board....

or more mature than the people on this board...

or more mature than most of the people on this board...

[Dragonforge]

I think your pretty mature for the people on this board....

or as mature as the people on this board....

or more mature than the people on this board...

or more mature than most of the people on this board...

Covered your bases there didnt you.. :laugh:

[YoungWolf7]

Ugh. This is going to be tough. I just lost my supervisor for the rest of the week, so now I have to do his job as well. Hello 12+ hour days...

[Dragonforge]

Yeah this one is kicking my ass too.. I had my "Issues" and then put it back to "right" and well after about 8 hours of painting yesterday took it right back to "Crap".. and I didn't even try anything new..

Damn you Supervike..your getting the best of me.. I may scrap the whole idea tonight and go for something more simple and only hope my simple is more complex that DH's simple..LOL

Pttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttt.... ;p

[supervike]

muhwhaa haa haa!


taint easy being iron!!

[r2-j1]

I'm getting some good work done on mine tonight. It's nice to be picking up some steam. I should be able to knock it out with plenty of time to spare. My worry now is that my entry may be too "red".

[Skya]

Meh, I started out going, "ooo, cool" and then fell into a slump of really not wanting to paint.

[PaintMinion]

I have repainted my frosted minis. (sigh). Now to get back to finishing Red Sue. Pictures tomorrow.

[Brushmistress]

I'm still at the models primed but unpainted stage. I'm still with my first idea, but like Skya, I just don't want to paint it now. :-(
Just say to do DNF right!?

[r2-j1]

Whewww I definitely hit a stride last night and am now over half way done with the project. And unlike last round where the work in progress was bringing me down, my results thus far have me really pumped up. I might be able to finish tonight, at the very least I will finish before the weekend.

[YoungWolf7]

muhwhaa haa haa!


taint easy being iron!!

I doubt that truer words have been spoken on this thread.

I'm iron, make no mistake. But it ain't easy.

[Wren]

I'm not quite as slumpy as some of the group (sorry to hear about the failed experiments and other frustrations people have been experiencing :-<), but there's a big part of me that just wants to be a lump in front of the TV or play some games or whatnot. I gained some extra time over the past couple of days while hubby was on a business trip which I'll lose in the next couple of days to appointments and Thanksgiving dinner, so I'm coming out pretty much even time-wise. I'm very grateful my new lamp has arrived already, I didn't even think about losing so many standard business days this week to the holiday when I ordered it. I'll try and get a WIP up later today.

[Duende]

Go Wren! I see you you have you Iron Panties on!

(sorry, I misread vike's comment in the shoutbox earlier and just had to use what I thought I read.) ;)

[stubbdog]

Lots of ainting done last night... But, sill exponentially more still to be worked and reworked on.... I am going out of town for the holiday, but this will be going with me.

[Thryth]

Well, still slow-going for me. I had wanted to get enough work done on my lighthouse/rolling-pin/traffic-cone/coat-hanger WIP to post a new one, but did not get a chance yet. Hopefully tonight I will be able to finish that. The good news is that my miniature has arrived, although I still have to complete the finishing/priming part before I can even begin the painting part.

[demonherald]

Meh, I started out going, "ooo, cool" and then fell into a slump of really not wanting to paint.
ditto...although time is dissappearing fast so I am moving forward just the limited time I have I have got so many cool things I want to paint instead...

[LavronYor]

Go figure, the ones that wish they were still in are out, the ones still in wish they were done....

Iron.....

[Skya]

Getting back in the groove. Decided I need to do Cyclops first so I could figure out stylistically what I'm going for before trying to beat the reds into submission and get them to do anything specific. So the blues are done, I'm about to start the blacks and then I'll go to the golds. Unfortunately my eyes are wonking out on me. I'll be fine focusing for about an hour, hour and a half and then I just wont be able to focus and I'll have to take a half hour break. I put my glasses back on and it take ten minutes for the world to stop warbling, not exactly conducive towards good painting. Hopefully it will turn out ok and I wont end up with me having been painting something that looks entirely different to everyone else.

[PaintMinion]

Hey, my recent blood tests clearly show me low on iron in my blood. Not enough to concern the doctor, it's normal for my condition, but enough to explain why I still feel crappy. He says 2-3 more months and I'll be better...so when does the next Iron Painter start?!

[Sculpta the squig]

I have been told I have "mononucleosis" and the doctor says I MIGHT have rgained my health in January, JANUARY :(

Squig

[Wren]

Try to look on the bright side, Sculpta, maybe you can act all pitiful and milk it to wring extra sympathy Christmas presents out of your relations? ;->

[YoungWolf7]

Must... muster... energy... to... finish...

[Bexley]

I actually got some work done last night. Not enough to bother with a WIP shot, though. Maybe tonight. I get the four day weekend, though, and having Rackham's lead studio painter in the office all week is fairly inspiring and has me antsy to really sit down and go at it.

[Sculpta the squig]

Try to look on the bright side, Sculpta, maybe you can act all pitiful and milk it to wring extra sympathy Christmas presents out of your relations? ;->


Lol, don't you think I know that :D or as they say on this newfangled internet; "Roffle"

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[LavronYor]

Hey, my recent blood tests clearly show me low on iron in my blood. Not enough to concern the doctor, it's normal for my condition, but enough to explain why I still feel crappy. He says 2-3 more months and I'll be better...so when does the next Iron Painter start?!

NOt soon enough...

[stubbdog]

Curse you bexley... wish could get the lead painter..

What office is that?

[Bexley]

Fantasy Flight Games.

Jeebus, though. As awesome as picking his brain for tips and advice is, I look at what he's working on and feel very very inadequate.

[stubbdog]

@bex: pick his/her brains related to color recipes! I have a few that I am very interested in learning paint recipes for:

Ophidian vortiran (http://www.rackham-store.com/boutique_us/liste_produits.cfm?type=637&code_lg=lg_us&num=40)

Ophidian Archer (http://www.rackham-store.com/boutique_us/liste_produits.cfm?type=607&code_lg=lg_us&num=40)

Master of Carnage (http://www.rackham-store.com/boutique_us/liste_produits.cfm?type=266&code_lg=lg_us&num=6) (specifically the reds)

Misericord



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I just packed up the car for my drive to the in-laws... it is ridiculous the amount of painting related crap I have to take. I thought I was just gonna take a few things, but the more i was thinking about what was left to do on the piece the more stuff kept going in the box... paints, lights, brushes, stuff to finish the base, sealers, more more more...

LOL!!!

Well continued good luck to all the contestants.. including myself, to be able to finish on time...

My opponent has been mysteriously quiet all week....

Happy holidays to those here in the states and well... uh... happy end of the week to all the rest...

[Morf]

Happy Thanksgiving Everybody! I posted my entry and feel definitely good about being able to paint the Pulp City stuff finally!

[r2-j1]

Well I got home this evening after being stuffed on turkey and football, and sat down at the painting desk. I was able to finish up my piece. I'll be giving it a coat of sealer or two tomorrow, and I hope to get my photos taken and posted also.

In the end I really enjoyed this round. It took me a little bit to get going, but once I did I ended up having tons of fun with it. And the results aren't to shabby either.

[YoungWolf7]

Posted my last WIP I think. I've got to go full out in order to finish this weekend. Lucky for me, I have to work today. <_<

[Skya]

Wheeee! Done! Now I just need to take pics.

I think that will wait till tomorrow.... Oh wait it is tomorrow. *sigh*

[Thryth]

Well, that's as done as I am going to get. Eek! Look at the time!

[Beelzebrush]

ack!

Still not finished. I'm confident it will be but I'm definitely taking it close to the wire. :doh:

[YoungWolf7]

With the site down over the last 2 days I was wondering if it would be up in time for the deadline to post our entries. Looks like I have my answer. Now to paint like the wind!

[Frustrated Father]

We just took it down so that ya'll wouldn't play the arcade games. Really ...

[Dragonforge]

We just took it down so that ya'll wouldn't play the arcade games. Really ...

Ive NEVER played those silly games and I can 100% guarantee that I never will...

[Sculpta the squig]

I have taken pictures (2) of my terrible entry, but I don't have the software or time to join them together, would it be OK if I uploaded them separately?

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[Frustrated Father]

It's the losers gallery so I'm not so worried about it, but one is preferable (we would stand on the one only rules wise though if it was in the running for knocking someone out). You can upload them both though and later on a single picture can be uploaded.

Either way, looking to see everyones interpretation of the theme, whether they are Iron or Iron Deficient.

[Sculpta the squig]

Thanks ;)

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[Thryth]

There's always Gimp: http://www.gimp.org . It's free and Open Source.

[Sculpta the squig]

I would but my internet provider charges ridicoulous amounts of money for every MB over aset limit and I have already used it up for this month :(

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[YoungWolf7]

I'm in under the wire. 90 minutes to spare. w00t!

[slidedog]

Made it! Cut it closer than I thought I would...


Ole'!

[Dragonforge]

I would but my internet provider charges ridicoulous amounts of money for every MB over aset limit and I have already used it up for this month :(

Squig

You have a limit? Oh thats gotta suck..

[supervike]

All done! Round THREE is in the books. Only Bexley didn't finish!! Tough break there...

[r2-j1]

No Bexley huh?

Clearly I have proven my iron by catching a DNF streak.

It laugh at all the scrubs who lie at my victorious feet.:vb_devil:

[Bexley]

Yeah, rub ti in.

I dug it out fo the trrash. I think I will take pictures romorrow.sucky thing is, aside from the @$%@# filigree, it was turning out as one of my best minis yet. The reds were spectacular, despite hwp hard a color it can be to paint. As mush as I want to nevr see the stupid thing again, I think I'd be better off finishing the thinmg off instead of quitting.

I'll posyt em and ask for tips on the filgree. Maybe I just need to set it aside for a few months- i think that the figure was just beyond my cirrent abilities. even paitnign teh trim slowly, it wasn't turning out taht great.

Sorry for the typos, still a litlle bizzed fom the consoolation booxing. :)

[Wren]

Sounds (reads?) like you got pretty consoled! I'm sorry that the filigree wore you down to that extent, but I'm happy to hear about the salvaging. I think the idea of putting it aside for a time and coming back to it is a good one.

[Bexley]

I wanted an greenish-ivory color, to contarst with the reds. I painted ALL of teh filigree black first, with the intention of painting just the top edge ivory, so that it would be neatly defined by a black between the ivory and red. Paintinmg it balck went smoothly- it took way longer than I had anticipated, but it looedk really good. But if I thinne dthe ovory enough to flow well, it tended to run off the filghree and then all along the dge of it by capillary action. But if I kept the paint thick enough to the prevent that, it went on all globby and ugly. Maybe I should have painted it ivory first and then super carefully lined it, but that seemes like the wrong approach, and probably even more time consuming than the one I chose.

I don't know. This'll make mor esense with pictures and sobriety/.

[Wren]

Your approach sounds good to me, I think painting ivory and lining filigree would be a nightmare I'd not soon volunteer for! I find different brands of paints or even different colours within a brand can have radically different 'feel's or requirements for thinning enough to achieve flow - maybe do a test with a couple of other colours/brands? Another way which might be too time-consuming to bother with is to first go over the top edge with white or another lightish paint you find covers well without going runny and then do the ivory over that?

[stubbdog]

DUDE!!! I looked at my pics I turned in... There is a red spot on his arm in some of hte pictures. I just looked at my mini a minute ago and there is no red dot. Must have been a dry flake or something, I have no idea..

Anyway, cant do anything about it now, for the judging but really chaps me... what i get for taking pctures at 3:30 in the morning. I knew I was going to be driving home from the inlaws today and wouldnt get home in time to take pictures here, so I did it last night.

[Sculpta the squig]

You have a limit? Oh thats gotta suck..

Well, the limit os only from stuff downloaded from websites that aren't Icelandic, which is a bummer because the icelandic torrent site recently closed down due ot a lawsuit.

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[Bexley]

Well, the problem isn't with coverage- even thinned it covered just fine (yay P3). Where the filigree was more pronounced it went on okay. It was just where the filigree was particularly fine or barely raised off the surface. You know when you paint a wash into a corner, and the paint flows all along the corner on its own by capillary action? On the finer bits, if I went off the top of the filigree even just a hair, the paint would do that, and run all up along and around the filigree. The only way I could seem to avoid it was to keep the paint thick, but then it went on really rough and bumpy (which is why you normally thin the paint.) It still covered fine, it was just, well, painting fine lines with really thick paint.

Maybe I just haven't developed the kind of brush control I need to do this one. I'll give it another go in a day or two, and if I'm still having trouble, I'll just come back to it in a few months.

I might also try skipping the blackline effect altogether, and just paint the trim entirely white. Maybe I can get away without it and it'll still look decent.

[Hinton]

I was going to try and get an entry in for the "I think I can" section, but so many other things were going on that I couldn't even come up with an idea.

Good luck to everyone this round and sorry to hear about the problems you ran into Bexley.

[YoungWolf7]

No Bexley huh?

Clearly I have proven my iron by catching a DNF streak.

It laugh at all the scrubs who lie at my victorious feet.:vb_devil:

Don't worry. You'll be up against someone with REAL iron in round 4. Promise. ;)

[EricJ]

man, I thought last round was good, but you've all out-done yourselves! I'm not sure how I plan to judge this time around, it's going to be a tough one

[Frustrated Father]

I'm just giving everyone 5's and making it easy on myself so ya'll can bitch the other judges out.

[Beelzebrush]

@ Bexley - I remember having the same problem with filigree some time ago. I think I solved it by painting the top colour first and then to get the outline I painted clean water with a drop of glaze medium around the edge. The paint can then be touched against the clean wet area and it spreads itself (by capillary action as you mentioned). I found the colour tucked itself nice and close to the filigree. It may take a couple of coats but I think it should work.

[stubbdog]

Beezle, you might have to do a write up with pictures on that advice... I could have used it on my round 3 steed's filigree.

[Bexley]

@ Bexley - I remember having the same problem with filigree some time ago. I think I solved it by painting the top colour first and then to get the outline I painted clean water with a drop of glaze medium around the edge. The paint can then be touched against the clean wet area and it spreads itself (by capillary action as you mentioned). I found the colour tucked itself nice and close to the filigree. It may take a couple of coats but I think it should work.

I might give that a try. I was looking at the studio master for the Red Lioness (which is actually sitting on my desk right now- how cool is that?) and it does have a fine black line between the filigree and the rest of the model. It looks as though it was painted by the method I attempted, but I can't be sure.

Seriously, though, I was so sleep deprived by that point that maybe coming at it with a full night's sleep will make a big difference. It probably didn't help that I was trying to rush it, too. I woke up at 7am, and thought, "well, all I have to do is the filigree and the sword and I'm done. Should wrap that up by 2pm easy, then finish off the base by 5pm and snap pictures." By 3pm, I had managed to just finish painting the initial black, and still needed to do the Thrall Flesh and highlighting.

I think I am just going to set a goal of painting one armor plate each evening. Then it won't be overwhelming, I won't get the urge to bail on it, and I can also work on DNF entries.

But first I'm going to paint some nice easy Space Marines, with big ol' thick easy-to-paint shoulder trim.

[supervike]

Tough break Bex!

But, there is no shame in a DNF who gave it their best shot. Hold your head high..(but not so high that you fall over backwards)

[skrivanek]

Congrats all - there are some very good entries.

An now, for a tale of Iron Painting:

I was all geared up to have the whole week and even a couple days off to work on my figure. I was slammed at work the first week and only had time to do the prep work and prime the mini (a Hac Tao for the Yu Jing faction in Infinity, for those who've asked).

Then painting-disaster struck - a last minute trip to California (I'm in Maryland) where I'd be leaving directly from work Tuesday to go to the airport. No chance of taking the mini and paints with me - there'd be no time.

So, I catch the redeye back Saturday night/Sunday morning, get in at 6:00 a.m. and drive to have breakfast with my aunt and uncle who were in town for Thanksgiving but leaving that day (I hadn't seen them at all). Get out of breakfast at 10ish and then settle in to paint. I am not a fast painter to begin with, so I was really feeling the crunch.

Overall, I'm pretty happy with my mini, from a gaming standpoint - but it is not a show piece, I don't think. The background color was unfortunate, but I didn't have time to setup a grey background (which would have been ideal) - so it was either Red or Blue and I figured Red would be the lesser evil (and hell, it fit the theme - you can't help but see Red when you look at my mini!).



Aaron

[Wren]

Wow, that is impressively Iron!

[Bexley]

Now that I have time, I can also do the full idea I'd had, which was the lioness facing off against a Master of Carnage. I scrapped the MoC for time; now I can do the full scene as I'd originally intended.

If only I'd opted to scrap the Lioness and keep the Master... But since the theme was "red" it made more sense (at the time) to keep the Red Lioness. I might not have done as well in theme, but I'd have done a lot better than not finishing at all.

[demonherald]

Skrivanek ..whatever the result you are Iron...would have been all too easy to DNF ..respect ....

[skrivanek]

demonherald: Thanks - I won't lie - I thought about it. But this contest is the ideal way for me to push myself and get rid of some unpainted lead - and I hate to fail (but losing is ok).



Aaron

[stubbdog]

As I too am someone that normally takes week or months to paint something, and know what it was like trying to cram mine into a week and a half, I can only imagine what it was like trying to cram your s inone day. Definitely changes the way I look at your piece.

[YoungWolf7]

I don't envy the judges, but they've only got thirteen entries to score this time around. Get crackin'! :P

[supervike]

One judge is already done.....


and its NATHAN!!!

But, just to let you all know...>I have to work NIGHTS this week (except for today) so the timing may be a little askew...I'll do my best to keep us all regular and on schedule...just an FYI.

[skrivanek]

Sounds like supervike is trying to make us all ingest bran or something....



Aaron

[Brushmistress]

One judge is already done.....


and its NATHAN!!!

But, just to let you all know...>I have to work NIGHTS this week (except for today)

Solution found- judge them tonight! Pretty Please. :flowers:

[Dragonforge]

I'm waiting on Pins and needles..the suspense is killing me...

[Skya]

Given that Nathans always the last one done we just might actually get an early judging this week. That'd rock.

[demonherald]

Hey hey that means they might get posted at UK times....not that I ever seem to be offline a lately the little one is going through a real bout of head colds and not sleeping at all..which means I'm not sleeping either...all good fun.

[stubbdog]

suspense... anxiety... impatience...

[demonherald]

I'm waiting on Pins and needles..the suspense is killing me...
I would hae thought the pain of sitting on uncomfortable spiky things would be worse

[stubbdog]

accupuncture... of the brain...

[YoungWolf7]

One judge is already done.....


and its NATHAN!!!



Some miracles do happen. :D

[EricJ]

my votes will be in shortly after I get home from work today, nearly gotten them all done, wanted to sleep on them though before turning in :D

[supervike]

Don't you have a mattress?

[slidedog]

Now we just need Super to take a lunch break on the night shift and tally up... hint, hint

[Dragonforge]

are rituals in?? If not can't tally with out his...

[Ritual]

No, mine aren't in. So supervike can tally all he wants... it's not gonna help you! ;)

Will try to do them later tonight...

[slidedog]

Just projecting into the future after EricJ said his would be in tonight. Just pushing and prodding and being generally annoying...:wavey:

[Ritual]

Sorry, can't do the judging tonight... I am suffering from a really bad cold since last week and I am still pretty weak from it. Today I also had to go to work, so now I'm feeling pretty knackered. But, I will do my judging tomorrow, that's a promise! Sorry to keep you on the edge.

[demonherald]

my votes will be in shortly after I get home from work today, nearly gotten them all done, wanted to sleep on them though before turning in :D
And I thought jeff would be uncomfortable on the pins and needles

[slidedog]

Sorry, can't do the judging tonight... I am suffering from a really bad cold since last week and I am still pretty weak from it. Today I also had to go to work, so now I'm feeling pretty knackered. But, I will do my judging tomorrow, that's a promise! Sorry to keep you on the edge.

Take your time, I was fighting a cold while I was working on this entry, it was a b*tch. Headaches, shakes, general yuck. Couldn't concentrate well. We're looking for considered scores not through the fog of a nasty head cold, get better soon.

We'll wait patiently... tap, tap, well OK we'll wait, maybe not so patiently but with understanding of your pain. Lots of fluids!!! ... uh, without alcohol...

:You_Rock_

[Ritual]

The worst thing for me is constant nose bleeding! I've stood hunched over the sink with blood litterally pouring out of my nose five times allready tonight. :(

[slidedog]

Youch that sucks. I get bloody noses a lot too, very dry climate here. Not a single bloody nose while I was in the dampness of Jamaica (no cracks!), but as soon as I got back to the winter dryness of Denver, they started the minute I blew my nose.

[demonherald]

That ain't good get yourself well chief.