Iron Painter V: The Kickoff!!

[supervike]

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y59/supervike/ironpainterver2.jpg




First off, so good to see all of you again, and I'd like to welcome the new faces as well.

Iron Painter is a very special type of painting contest, and it will test the mettle of all who compete, as well as the judges.

PLEASE, familiarize yourself with the rules located here:

http://wyrd-games.net/showthread.php?t=3224

To me, the rules are important, but not as much as the SPIRIT of the rules.

Let me also say that I cherish few other things more than fairness. I do my best to keep everyone happy, and I will try and be as fair as I can to all concerned. If problems arise, I'll deal with them in that regards.


We will have DNFers (Did Not Finish). I've no problem with that. This contest is grueling, and it is a bigger commitment than you may think.


BUT no more further ado....


The following are the matchups that were randomly chosen by RANDOM.ORG:

mcsneed vs. Darklord

Thryth vs. 350Kilotons

Wingz vs. Lukhan Sanath

Sculpta the Squig vs. HamishMcGreigh

Ringsnake vs. Ben$quig

Valmont vs. Morf

Matty1001 vs. wargriffon

Artemis Black vs. LavronYor

alizardincrimson vs. Thecadian

Moavoamoatu vs. tadme48

fieldarchy vs. Hinton

CommanderY vs. v22TTC

Paintingploddy vs. Grinning Buddha

JakubT vs. Coil

vincegamer vs. Bexley

Brushmistress vs. Jed

steelcult vs. Przemas

stubbdog vs. orkydave

Duende vs. ThunderhawkerMinis

Asmodai1973 vs. waghorn41

Dragonforge vs. CaffeineBoy




Study your opponents well!! But, remember, its all about pleasing the judges!

Theme is ultimately important, and has been the deciding factor in many of bouts!

SPeaking of THEME, Your theme for the First Round of the FIFTH Season of Iron Painter is:


"I GUESS THATS WHY THEY CALL IT THE BLUES"

Now how you interpret that theme is all up to you and your deviousness. Judges like to be wowed, so do your best. If you want to use all blue, have at it. Have another take on it...again have on it.

You have two weeks to do your best, the deadline is

SUNDAY APRIL 27 (my daughter Emily's 15th birthday!!) at 6 pm CDT (my time, same as Chicago time, look it up!)


No girl on girl action in this round, and the lovely ladies are outnumbered this time. It's never stopped them before, as we have had 4 straight Women victories. Can the men rise to the challenge?

Will VincegameR return with a vengeance after a long Wyrd layoff?

Will Bexely end up doing filagree?

How long until Laveryon Yor gets a misspelled name?

Has the spreadsheet tally sheet made Math calculations Easy on the vike?

Will a new face dominate this Season, or will it be an old hand?

All this and more will be decided by this Season of IRON PAINTER!!!

Which begins,


NOW!!!

[Hinton]

I knew it! I just knew it!!

Somehow I just knew that I was going to be matched-up against Meg in the first round.

Damn.

Good luck to everyone in the first round.

[Thryth]

Thanks Jim, it very nice of you to put all of the effort that you do into this.

Who are our judges this time around? Same as IP4?

Now if I only had a miniature that looked like Elton John... :)

[v22TTC]

Cheers Supervike for sorting all this out, and good luck to everyone! I'm off to research CommanderY.... ;)

[Dragonforge]

Ok who's CaffeineBoy ????

[Dragonforge]

Cheers Supervike for sorting all this out, and good luck to everyone! I'm off to research CommanderY.... ;)

Umm that would be Mr. Slayer Sword Winner ...Thomas Schadle

http://www.minivault.com/


Nw you can help me with Caffeineboy ????

[v22TTC]

Cheers Dragonforge! Checked his FFIII entries and saw they were all PP, thinking, `Oh well, that'll be a Cygnar 'jack he'll be doing then...' then checked your link.... You know in a cartoon when someone opens a door and there's, like, some great big beast on the other side and they slam it quick!... Oops! Will go back for another peep in a minute... some nice blues going on there....

'Fraid I can't help you with your opponent's form in return (I'm kind of new to all this... kind of...).

[steelcult]

I'm so boned. Not a bit of ultramarine blue anywhere in the house.

[Dragonforge]

Does anyone make a mini of BB King..

[v22TTC]

Well, I've only had one good idea so far but I can't imagine anyone makes such a mini... but my Muses never desert me!

Could be worse though - I could be up against a guy who won a Slayer Sword with a blue mini.... Have to confess that such awards don't impress me a hair but that is one fine mini! In fact, browsing his galleries, the one thing that constantly jumped out was how excellent his blues are.... Eek!

Might have to do an OrkyDave and get 15 out of 5 for theme or something....

[stubbdog]

Good luck one and all, i look forward to a spirited contest, even if i have no idea why they call it the blues.

[Commander Y]

Well, Veet (can I call you Veet?) - you have the advantage. At least you can peer through my galleries - I have no idea who you are. Or how to address you... v22TTC? Maybe "Veetcy..."

Looks like I left for Darts 15 minutes early... Could have hashed out the Theme Ingredient with my dart buddies.

Actually... Probably better I DIDN'T know beforehand.

Luck, all!

[Moavoamoatu]

Good luck to all of you.

Supervike, where can we post photos of WIP and final miniature ?

And do we have to post WIP ?

[orkydave]

''Might have to do an OrkyDave and get 15 out of 5 for theme or something....''

Actually, it was 21 out of 20!

Cheers Vikey, nothing springs to mind straight away, so off to have a think.

BRING IT ON STUBPUP!!!

[Moavoamoatu]

Were you inspired by Elton John Supervike ?

Don't wish it away
Don't look at it like it's forever
Between you and me
I could honestly say
That things can only get better

And while I'm away
Dust out the demons inside
And it won't be long
Before you and me run
To the place in our hearts
Where we hide

And I guess that's why
They call it the blues
Time on my hands
Could be time spent with you
Laughing like children
Living like lovers
Rolling like thunder under the covers
And I guess that's why
They call it the blues

Just stare into space
Picture my face in your hands
Live for each second
Without hesitation
And never forget I'm your man

Without me girl
Cry in the night if it helps
But more than ever I simply love you
More than I love life itself

And I guess that's why
They call it the blues
Time on my hands
Could be time spent with you
Laughing like children
Living like lovers
Rolling like thunder under the covers
And I guess that's why
They call it the blues

Wait on me girl
Cry in the night if it helps
But more than ever I simply love you
More than I love life itself

And I guess that's why
They call it the blues
Time on my hands
Could be time spent with you
Laughing like children
Living like lovers
Rolling like thunder under the covers
And I guess that's why
They call it the blues

[Ritual]

Well, I'm judging again.... I think. I haven't really been asked or officially appointed, but IIRC I wasn't in the first Iron Painter either. Just happened to read through the forum thread and saw myself being listed as a judge! ;)

[Sculpta the squig]

Off to research HamishMcGreig...

Squig

[matty1001]

Hhhhmmmmmm, my favorite music style, but my least favorite colour to paint.

Il have to get my thinking cap on...

[Darklord]

hmm, maybe a space marine in a wednesday shirt coming up!!

[Paintingploddy]

I've got a chance, my opponent says he only has one arm. Woohoo.

I hate blue though.

[Duende]

My match shouldn't be a problem. My opponent spends too much time writing his own name to get much painting done, Mr. ThunderhawkermynamegoesonforeverMinis.

:p:

[Sculpta the squig]

Hmmm, I had one brilliant idea but it involves a miniature I thought I had but turn out I didn't and ordering it would probably result in rushing it :( But I don't really know wht else to do sav for painting something blue which would be a bit boring theme wise...

Squig

[supervike]

Just remember all IPers....with the numbers the way they are, we should see alot of the

'Hey Gimme another chance' awards. (see the rules for more explaination...basically it is the highest scoring NON-winner, who will automatically advance despite losing.)

(assuming DNFers don't whack up the numbers...)

[LavronYor]

Well, it only took Jim one post to misspell my name. Jeff, PP's Doc Killingsworth could be converted to a BB King, and Tom, " Luck all" ? is that Good Luck or Bad Luck? Iron painters don't need luck. A small offshore account for bribes, maybe, but Luck is for Demon Weiners.

We need Smack talk. and maybe a miracle or two.

Now, who is this Black guy, I mean Artemis Black guy?

[steelcult]

Had a couple of good Ideas, but neither the time nor the stuff to do em. So I'm going with idea#3.

[Sculpta the squig]

Ordered that miniature I was thinking of, and then I found a perfect one that I have! :(

Squig

[goblyn13]

Well, it only took Jim one post to misspell my name. Jeff, PP's Doc Killingsworth could be converted to a BB King, and Tom, " Luck all" ? is that Good Luck or Bad Luck? Iron painters don't need luck. A small offshore account for bribes, maybe, but Luck is for Demon Weiners.

We need Smack talk. and maybe a miracle or two.

Now, who is this Black guy, I mean Artemis Black guy?

That would be this guy:

http://www.artemisblacks.com/

[Ritual]

That would be this guy:

http://www.artemisblacks.com/

A least he's got a good selection of potential entries to chose from. :)

[matty1001]

I'v had a think and looked through all of my mini's (only got about a carrier bag full) and I don't have anything that made me think it would fit in with the theme.
So I'v just gotten a mini I'v wanted to paint for a while now, and Il just have to do bits of it blue.

I wonder how many people do Black Scorpion's Bob Dylan...

[Bexley]

Will Bexely [SIC] end up doing filagree?

I can answer that.

"No."

Even though my office-mate is now e-mailing "suggestions" which consist of every Rackham Griffin figure he can find with filigree on it.

I really wish I had stopped in here before leaving this morning, though, so that I could start going through my bits trunk, instead of sitting here at work fidgeting trying to think of what I can do.

[Darklord]

mine hasnt even got a pic of a mini up anywhere so should not be a problem for me

[waghorn41]

Blue's my favourite colour, now if only I could paint...

[Artemis Black]

Well, it only took Jim one post to misspell my name. Jeff, PP's Doc Killingsworth could be converted to a BB King, and Tom, " Luck all" ? is that Good Luck or Bad Luck? Iron painters don't need luck. A small offshore account for bribes, maybe, but Luck is for Demon Weiners.

We need Smack talk. and maybe a miracle or two.

Now, who is this Black guy, I mean Artemis Black guy?

That would be me and you're going down mister!

Assuming that I can learn to paint in the next two weeks.
And Salute, the UK's biggest gaming show, doesn't take up any of my time.

Ok, maybe you're not going down so much as sliding on into the second round but the thought is there.

A least he's got a good selection of potential entries to chose from. :)

My greatest *cough* and only *Cough* advantage!

[Grinning Buddha]

I've got a chance, my opponent says he only has one arm. Woohoo.

I hate blue though.

Well using that logic Mr Paintingshoddy err I mean ploddy honest 'guv you should have to get twice as many points to win then eh? :smokin:

[v22TTC]

OrkyDave: I meant being up against someone who paints blue so well, I'm going to have to own the theme so completely that the judges will each feel compelled to award me 15 out of 5 for theme for my entry... I know Supervike said `never to be repeated' but he hasn't seen my entry yet....

CommanderY: Just as it's written, I suppose, phonetically - vee twenty-two tee tee cee. v22's groovy, preferably lower case so I don't get confused with the Osprey tilt-rotor.... It's short for verse 22 Tao Te Ching, just so you know... though entering a competition might be a slightly roundabout way of acheiving that aim.... ;)

But you'll be needing all the advantages you can get, so my name's Rob and I've never finished a mini (except for a few for the cabinet and intro table at GW 5-6 years ago - but they really don't count:banghead:), so there's nothing to show. But I'm pretty arty, so trying to apply all that to 3D minis. I was going to try to finish something but as soon as I knew IP was coming 'round again I thought I might as well keep my powder dry and save the writing a new round in painting history for this competition, as I progress through to winning it....:bowsucker

If I'm putting the bits together correctly, you might know Angel of Menoth, so he can fill you in about what `I'm like'.... Not being egocentric but it's always worth knowing these things....

Reckon I've got my piece sorted in my head and it's not a GW mini (hurray!) and further, is Wyrd goodness!:)

Artemis: Need more stuff! Help!

PS I'm not really this arrogant - just trying to get the smack rolling!...

[Commander Y]

and Tom, " Luck all" ? is that Good Luck or Bad Luck?

Good, of course. Good luck to everyone. Well... everyone except Dragonforge.
Those damn Leprechauns already have enough luck.

[Commander Y]

Hey... since I'm new to this and all - where do the finished pieces go? And when? I mean - I see the deadline, but let's say I finish tomorrow - can I already put it up? Or should I keep it until the last possible moments before uploading?

I guess what I'm getting at is - is it all a big surprise until the big "reveal" at the deadline, or... um... Anyone? Hello?

[supervike]

I will start a gallery in which you can put your pics.....and I'll also have a WIP gallery too, just in case anyone wants to use that.

It'll all make sense once the galleries are up!



HERE WE GO:

direct link to the two galleries under the IP 5 heading

http://wyrd-games.net/photopost/showgallery.php?cat=550


OR, just click the GALLERY tab located right under the WYRD title bar....drill down to IRON PAINTER, and bobs yer uncle....

[wargriffon]

Hhhhmmmmmm, my favorite music style, but my least favorite colour to paint.

Il have to get my thinking cap on...
You and me both kid, I don't mind painting blues but what mini do I choose to paint and keep the judges happy :(
I think I will have to hit the Guinness for some inspiration.

[Artemis Black]

Reckon I've got my piece sorted in my head and it's not a GW mini (hurray!) and further, is Wyrd goodness!:)

Artemis: Need more stuff! Help!

PS I'm not really this arrogant - just trying to get the smack rolling!...

Here I am to save the daaaay!

Actually it's a shame we didn't draw each other in the first round. I could have accidentally sent you a miscast by second class mail via sweden :D

[HamishMcGreigh]

Sculpta the Squig vs. HamishMcGreigh


Awwww crap....

[Sculpta the squig]

Why thank you, I'm flattered :)

Squig

[orkydave]

Well I can't find any suitable models for all my clever ideas, so it looks like I'm just going to have to wow the judges with pure skill with blue paint this round!

[ThunderhawkerMinis]

My match shouldn't be a problem. My opponent spends too much time writing his own name to get much painting done, Mr. ThunderhawkermynamegoesonforeverMinis.

:p:
Huh? What? What'd I miss - I fell asleep reading that one...:laugh:

Thats Mr. ThunderhawkermynamegoesonforeverMinis to you:P

And if I may be so bold as to paraphrase Hamish

Duende vs. ThunderhawkerMinis

Awww...crap...

[LavronYor]

Don't tell me that she scared him so bad that he sh*+ himself..

Hmmm.. that would be scary..

[ThunderhawkerMinis]

Nah she will have no such luck. The wife gave me a great idea tonight.

[Duende]

The wife gave me a great idea tonight.

What, .....blue balls?

:girlhit:



(Oh, that was a low blow!)

But better give it up now! My great and grand idea will blow your out of the water!.......... just as soon as I think of it.....

[Bexley]

I've got my idea, and I already own the mini.

And no filigree!

[steelcult]

Damn and here I was looking forward to fillagree

[wingz]

Id like to do the smack talking thing .. but i know nothing of the guy im up against .. Im sure hes an under cover GD reapercon and god know what else winner.. But I will stun him with my very average skills

[Dragonforge]

I have a great idea for my entry.. but Im going to have to sculpt most of it cause there is no figure to fit what I want to do.. I need to get this "Color" theme right this time.. the 'Seeing Red" in the last IP is what spelled my doom. Curse you Vikey and your darn color themes ...

[Paintingploddy]

Double points shouldn't be hard to get. I'm planning on doing the Blue man group, they should be worth triple.

[Brushmistress]

What, .....blue balls?

:girlhit:



I actually thought about doing that idea, but my husband looked at me like it was the most inappropriate thing he'd ever heard. :)

So where's Jed, or Zed or whoever my opponent is? He's around so infrequently I've forgotten his name and style - I guess I could call him Mr. Blue Pumpkin OSL.

[ThunderhawkerMinis]

:vb_devil:Oh you want to play dirty... like your painting? Okay.

[wargriffon]

Well several ideas came to me during the night, good job I'm a bad sleeper it gives me plenty of time to think :D

Question is now how do I warm the judges to one of my ideas will boobs work for a blue theme, hmmmm.

Shame I can't get a model of Smurfette really lol

There is no way I am doing a bloody marine though :) thats just too simple :)

[fieldarchy]

I knew it! I just knew it!!

Somehow I just knew that I was going to be matched-up against Meg in the first round.

Damn.

Good luck to everyone in the first round.

Are you scared? Are you quakin' in yer wee lil boo'ies are ye?

And the great thing . . . I already had a mini planned that should fit riiiiight into this theme! Alright a little more work on my GD entry and then bustin' out a nice piece!

[Morf]

Duende placed the first shot! Nice one!

OK - I'm surprised to see we are already rolling. That's great!
The question is what am I going to do?

... After 5 minute research on my opponent... All I know he is 4 years older than me. Man, those bones aches with every year after the 30th birtday. I am worried about you!

[LavronYor]

Shmack me!

[Thryth]

@350kilotons Hi! I would assume that you have had a chance to see my previous work. What can you tell me about yourself? :)

[Skya]

Well several ideas came to me during the night, good job I'm a bad sleeper it gives me plenty of time to think :D

Question is now how do I warm the judges to one of my ideas will boobs work for a blue theme, hmmmm.

Shame I can't get a model of Smurfette really lol

There is no way I am doing a bloody marine though :) thats just too simple :)

Trust me, Smurfettes are easy to find: Ebay (http://cgi.ebay.com/Vintage-Smurfette-figurines_W0QQitemZ220220962167QQihZ012QQcategoryZ 13673QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem)

;)

[wargriffon]

Trust me, Smurfettes are easy to find: Ebay (http://cgi.ebay.com/Vintage-Smurfette-figurines_W0QQitemZ220220962167QQihZ012QQcategoryZ 13673QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem)

;)
lol thanks I have the figure I want to paint now though and after a little research I even have the colour scheme and layout for it that I want to use.

I have even made the base and both are sprayed up ready to go all I need to do now is a final check and clean up of the figure and touch up a few spots of undercoat and I will be commencing painting tomorrow :D

Matty you found anything in that carrier bag of yours yet?

Its no good waiting until Salute next week you know it will be too late by then :D

[Morf]

I looked again at the list of particpants, I am disappointed.
Where are you: PaintMinion, Demon Herald, Wren, Skya?

[Thryth]

You look at it with disappointment, I look at it with relief. :D

It would have been nice to have a chance at a rematch with Jubilee or Skya, though. (then again, maybe missing that chance is a relief too ;) ).

[Skya]

I need to get off my ass and get some commission work done. Demonherald might be able to juggle commissions, hospital recovery and Iron Painter at the same time, but I'm only human. :gurney:

Besides, I figure I should give the rest of you spuds a chance to earn your brushes. :P

:whip:

[Sculpta the squig]

Finished constructing the base, it has/will be my first real foray into plasticard and water-effects. Of course my opponent is also experimenting with water effects, y'know, like pissin himself in fear:vb_devil:

Squig

[Bexley]

It's not an "effect" if it's the real thing.

[350kilotons]

@350kilotons Hi! I would assume that you have had a chance to see my previous work. What can you tell me about yourself? :)

Well, I'm 6 feet tall, have dark brown hair and eyes, like chocolate and long walks in the park holding hands ...

Oh, you mean the painting!! *cough*

You know, I wish I could say that I was a multi-time GD winner and personally trained by Mike McVey (all praise be to him), but I would be lying. The truth is I got into painting minis with Rogue Trader in 1988. I painted one snotling then stopped till '91 where I painted a sum total of 32 miniatures, the last 7-9 of which I had mastered blending to make all the colours of my minis very very muddy and then stopped painting. I have painted 2 miniatures in the intervening time, both Space Orks. I got back into painting a couple of months ago and have painted 9 night goblins (yay black undercoat spay!) and another Space Ork.

I bet I had you a little worried when I told you when I first started. But not as worried as I was when I saw your galleries. However, I have my idea, and if I was Mike McVey I would own you. But as I am not, be prepared to be mildy amused by my stunning mediocrity.

Oh, this is the smack talk ... err ... did I tell you I have won like a thousand Slayer Swords (including the Pan-Mars Inaugural) and was a personal student of Mike McVey?

You look at it with disappointment, I look at it with relief.

It would have been nice to have a chance at a rematch with Jubilee or Skya, though. (then again, maybe missing that chance is a relief too ).

Well, don't get too comfortable because you just might get one of them in the next round. I mean ... err ... what's that funky smell?

Oh, it's me. Bath time.

[v22TTC]

Hi CommanderY: I'm guessing you're not one for ye olde smacke talke, so cool - I'm sure I'll get my fill in the next rounds. ;)

But seriously, I was wondering how you want to play this, in terms of smack, revealing what you're doing, WIPs and `how's it going?'s.... It's all good to me, so I'll go by what you'd prefer....

Reckon I'm going to be a bit of a Vincegamer - you know, laugh in the face of the box and go through the centre of the theme into an alternate universe, dragging the theme with me... but will I have time? As to the painting skill, who knows?... It's the whole digital doings that's giving me the total fear and I've only got access to a 4 megapixel camera - will post in the hobby bit asking for HELP! But I can promise, as a `perfectionist', that what I submit won't be crap (so it won't be a walk-over for you) and that barring my head actually falling off, I won't DNF!

I'm waiting for somebody to describe me as a dark horse... please....

I've sketched the scene and the minis in it and made notes of how I'm going to convert them but I usually like to give minis some respectful time before sawing them all up... sorry Nathan to do this to your pretties (will buy some replacements to paint up as intended).

I suspect this will be a pretty interesting `battle' and you're exactly the `type' of opponent I was hoping for, as it happens - though bordering on the `be careful what you wish for': I did want a GD/Slayer Sword winner (so I could drop some smack about folk who paint the GW way and work out some issues) but perhaps you're slightly too much of a good thing.... ;)

Good craic mate!

[Grinning Buddha]

Double points shouldn't be hard to get. I'm planning on doing the Blue man group, they should be worth triple.

Zzzzz very shoddy indeed, bring it on i say coz all that means is you are coming in :3:outta 2

[Thryth]

Well, I'm 6 feet tall, have dark brown hair and eyes, like chocolate and long walks in the park holding hands ...

Oh, you mean the painting!! *cough*

You know, I wish I could say that I was a multi-time GD winner and personally trained by Mike McVey (all praise be to him), but I would be lying. The truth is I got into painting minis with Rogue Trader in 1988. I painted one snotling then stopped till '91 where I painted a sum total of 32 miniatures, the last 7-9 of which I had mastered blending to make all the colours of my minis very very muddy and then stopped painting. I have painted 2 miniatures in the intervening time, both Space Orks. I got back into painting a couple of months ago and have painted 9 night goblins (yay black undercoat spay!) and another Space Ork.

I bet I had you a little worried when I told you when I first started. But not as worried as I was when I saw your galleries. However, I have my idea, and if I was Mike McVey I would own you. But as I am not, be prepared to be mildy amused by my stunning mediocrity.

Oh, this is the smack talk ... err ... did I tell you I have won like a thousand Slayer Swords (including the Pan-Mars Inaugural) and was a personal student of Mike McVey?



Well, don't get too comfortable because you just might get one of them in the next round. I mean ... err ... what's that funky smell?

Oh, it's me. Bath time.

Well, you seem friendly! Hi!

Thanks for the information. I had no idea who I was up against, it's nice to have read your message. It certainly seems that you can paint much more quickly than I do.

Well, if you do well in theme, you probably have an advantage. I usually paint an entry thinking I've nailed the theme, but have the judges disagree. :( (Sometimes I do okay too, though).

I'm haven't been much for smack-talk in the previous Iron Painters. Especially since I'm often against much better painters. I would like to make it to at least round three though. It's become a tradition. :)

Thanks!

[goblyn13]

It's the whole digital doings that's giving me the total fear and I've only got access to a 4 megapixel camera - will post in the hobby bit asking for HELP! But I can promise, as a `perfectionist', that what I submit won't be crap (so it won't be a walk-over for you) and that barring my head actually falling off, I won't DNF!


Don't worry too much about the megapixel count, higher resolution just means it captures more flaws. Now that isn't to say don't take pictures. Also learn to love the macro feature on you camera (its the flower icon, and realize it does change color on most digital cameras) but realize that not every picture requires that you use the macro feature. And always shoot about 15 times as many pictures as you need.

[v22TTC]

Cheers Goblyn13, seriously, this digital stuff really makes me feel like an old man... and the way it always seems to do what it wants, not what I want as with good ol' analogue....

I was going to leave this for a week or so but it's getting me worried, so should probably get it sorted in my head sooner.

Do you mean that the macro feature itself changes colours more than the camera itself would?

It's probably best I post in the hobby bit but I'm still trying to get my questions straight....

[Remembers fondly the days of doing photography with an SLR, black and white film and developing own prints....]

[350kilotons]

.... I would like to make it to at least round three though. It's become a tradition ...

I don't know about round three but you shouldn't really have any problems in getting to round two. I saw your gallery and it's really, really good. I like the almost porcelein feel some of your paintjobs have and the flesh on the Achilles Biomech and the sheer top on the vampiress in particular stand out. You can also paint eyes, which I can't do because the damn sculpts have improved so much since I was last painting (for goodness sake they're like 2mm across and .5mm wide nowadays. And don't get me started on the damn recessed eye sockets ...).

I am really looking forward to seeing your entry and I hope you would do me a favour by giving me some tips on how to improve my standard when I post mine if that's ok.

[Bexley]

Heh. You know someone is old school when they still refer to them as "Space Orks."

[Thryth]

@350kilotons All of those are very nice things to say, but there are far better painters here than I. I would be happy to make suggestions if I see anything that I feel I can comment on (after the scores :D ). I look forward to seeing your entry.

@Bexley Old School, eh? [old timer voice]Back in my day we had Squats, and were proud of 'em! The term beakie didn't exist because all of our Space Marines had pointy faces! As a matter of fact, back in my day 25mm miniatures were 25mm!!![/old timer voice] :D

[Bexley]

Well, most people have heard of Squats. But calling Orks Space Orks is much more likely to be a sign that someone was around then. (Not to say you weren't, of course.)

[Thryth]

Just my attempt at humor. :D

[Bexley]

Gyrinxes would have been funnier. Or Pisceans. :P

[orkydave]

Hey, where has all the smack talk gone, you big bunch of losers!

[Brushmistress]

I'll always call them Space Orks! I started this whole miniatures painting thing with 20 Gretchen, painted in amazing 8 bit color (red, silver and green was it for me!). I actually hated it and didn't think I'd ever paint something else, but if it hadn't been for ugly plastic Space Orks, I wouldn't be painting here today!

[Sculpta the squig]

Go frother yourself orkdave, you big camel.

Squig

[Commander Y]

Hi CommanderY: I'm guessing you're not one for ye olde smacke talke, so cool

Just didn't want to make you cry like the girl that you are inside.

You introduced yourself by saying "I've never finished a miniature," but only after I got an email from Jeremy that said, "I know him! He's never finished a miniature!"

So I figure I can spraypaint a turd and get by this round, thanks to the DNF I'm counting on from you. :ciao:

My idea is locked, the main ingredient is cleaned, filled, and ready for primer. I'll knock out the base tonight, and should get to painting tomorrow.

You're doomed, dude.

Oh - I wrote a simple photography article on how I do it - but it's pretty basic, and there are much more knowledgeable photogs out there with much more in depth articles. But something in there might help out:
http://minivault.com/Photography.htm

[jed]

So where's Jed, or Zed or whoever my opponent is? He's around so infrequently I've forgotten his name and style - I guess I could call him Mr. Blue Pumpkin OSL.

oh don't you worry, I'm here - not that I have any idea of what I am going to paint!

as for my style - I simply don't have one!
like the name 'mr.blue pumpkin' tho, cheers!
:D

[steelcult]

Well, hell, here comes Plan C. Even though I'm prolly gonna get kicked in the first round again.

[LavronYor]

Half the people will get kicked in the first round and half in the second.

[goblyn13]

Half the people will get kicked in the first round and half in the second.

There you go trying to apply logic to the whole thing, Lavrunyarrer

[v22TTC]

A-ha! That's more like it! [Rolls sleeves up.]

Well, I've cleaned up most of the models I'll be using - yes, that's plural - and sawn them up: sculpting tomorrow! I'll admit you might have been in with a chance if they were Infinity models (made of tungsten carbide as they are) but ten thousand blessings upon Wyrd for having models that can be filed, and even bent into shape - I've effectively gained a day or two!

You might dominate the Oscars but this is Cannes baby, and I'm strictly indie!

[*Cough* and cheers for the photography link - I've been really enjoying mooching around your site *cough*]

Artemis: Will certainly get more stuff but think I might just go with what I've got for this - I'm pretty much going to have to sculpt most of what I need, scenery wise anyway....

OrkyDave: Looking forward to seeing your entry - bet you've had to research what blue is, living in Coventry: yes there are other colours besides grey!:tongue2:

[Commander Y]

...if they were Infinity models (made of tungsten carbide as they are)

Must be your feeble wrists and withered upper body physique. I've no problem cleaning those soft and skinny Infinity models at all (I think they're made from a lead/butter alloy, actually...).

[v22TTC]

Well, I meant cleaning them up whilst retaining some detail - not like chucking them to your pet gorilla with a power sander to clean up, like you seem to have done with your Nomads.....

[Duende]

Oh you want to play dirty... like your painting? Okay.


I just started my entry tonight. I just sniffed up couple of different blue paints and then sneezed all over them. That ought to be enough to beat BlunderBirdieMinis. Dirty, snotty, whatever!

:D

[v22TTC]

Oh yeah...:-


So I figure I can spraypaint a turd

I'm flattered that you've decided you need to take your painting up a notch from your usual.... I know you GW fanboys struggle when there isn't a Codex reference pic to work from so I'll drop a hint - spray the turd blue!...

Mmmm, must admit though, I did have a "WTF am I doing - that's way too much work!!!" half hour earlier, complete with running around, flapping my arms about and wailing about being verily doom'ed... but that's all behind me now....

Do you actually like the blues, by the way? I love it: been making a proper nuisance of myself the last few days, singing random blues tunes - "If it wasn't for bad luck, I wouldn't have no luck at all...." Yes! Classic! :)

[orkydave]

Of course there are other colours besides grey in Coventry, theres the beautiful sandstone from the 2 Cathederasls we have, not to mention all the medeival buildings that are still standing in the city centre, then theres all the gorgeous clad new buildings that have went up in the past 5 years or so, and then even our football team are known as the Sky Blues!

Mini prepped but not undercoated, will be a piece I intend to game with afterwards, so will be killing 2 birds in one stone. Now just to knock up a cool base and get it all prepped.

[ThunderhawkerMinis]

Blues - not greens.
-or-
"I guess thats why they call it the phlegm"

Oh yeah...:-



Do you actually like the blues, by the way? I love it: been making a proper nuisance of myself the last few days, singing random blues tunes - "If it wasn't for bad luck, I wouldn't have no luck at all...." Yes! Classic! :)



And I actually downloaded the Elton John tune. Sadly no inspiration there as my mini almost ended up with giant sequined sunglasses.

[Brushmistress]

Blues - not greens.
-or-
"I guess thats why they call it the phlegm"


And I actually downloaded the Elton John tune. Sadly no inspiration there as my mini almost ended up with giant sequined sunglasses.

LOL- that would be faaaabulous!:laugh:

[stubbdog]

And I actually downloaded the Elton John tune. Sadly no inspiration there as my mini almost ended up with giant sequined sunglasses.

Damn, nearly stole my idea... lol

[v22TTC]

Mmmm Elton John... speaking of spray-painting a turd....

And re: phlegm - one of the joys of being a dirty, evil smoker is the veritable rainbow of phlegm you end up with; always something new to look forward to in the morning!... ;)

[demonherald]

all this talk about blue paints interesting...now get some real balls and do the theme without any blue.....there are a ton of possibilities....wow the expectant audience people.
I am back from hospital and slowly recovering you have all had a lucky escape this time round but next time the crown is mine.....

DF make sure you don't get knocked out on another colour round.....that would be bad.

Commander Y and V22TTC LMAO

orkydave I like ya mate but 2 things 1... coventry can claim the title of blues but not a football team and 2 stubbdog sent me the dragonblood griffon diorama as my prize for narrowly beating him last time round so I might side with him..but then I do love ya....

some interesting pair ups and an interesting starter theme.. good luck all... (Except DF)

[Morf]

And I actually downloaded the Elton John tune. Sadly no inspiration there as my mini almost ended up with giant sequined sunglasses.

I saw the video. Man, two days later I still can't sleep.

Hey, where has all the smack talk gone, you big bunch of losers!

Wow. I hope you paint better...

Half the people will get kicked in the first round and half in the second.

Wow. I hope you paint better than count. Roughly 50% in the first, roughly 25% not counting the DNFs and HGAC.


SMACK TALK!

[Moavoamoatu]

...now get some real balls and do the theme without any blue.....

It will be hard :

http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/msnbc/Components/Photos/040923/040923_madelton_vmed_9a.widec.jpg

BTW some inspiration here :

http://www.shieldsnet.org/images/strange/elton_john_swineman.jpg

[LavronYor]

Uh, Morph, half get eliminated each and every round. A few bounce back from elimination due to the I think I can or I thought I could or I don't suck as much as you think or I don't understand that each pairing has one winner and one loser, but those are the rules and Stupervike won't change them. You can try bribing the judges as that is perfectly legal, but don't blame me if they seem a bit pricey.

Now go paint and sin no more...or sun no more..or whine no more..

Best of luck. Peace. Toodles.

[steelcult]

Wow - you people do math like gibbons type - poorly.

[v22TTC]

Corporal Why?: Been checking the components of my entry today and it all seems a bit unsporting it's so masterful. It's like I'm this trapdoor spider just been waiting all these years for some poor, innocent Slayer Sword winner to come blundering past so I can pounce!

It'll be like the biggest FU to my GW drone detractors back in the day... "No, I'm not going to paint the Haldir's Elves the 'Eavy Metal way because (a) they look crap, (b) the Fellowship film showed how Peter Jackson will present Elves and gold metalic paint and chestnut wash ain't gonna cut it!" Heresy! Guess who was right?

Sooo, one of my most precious friends has just returned and I reckon I'm going to spend the next two days drinking Guinness and chatting politics and philosophy... if you're still here when I get back, there'll be no mercy!

"Oh-oh smokestack lightning, dum dum, de-dumdy-dum dum dum dum dum dum...." ;)

[LavronYor]

i ' LL hav yu no, i hav my 4 gibuns do al my tiping nd 3 r hapy nd th ohtr 2 r ok.

man, th sapient sapient.....

[vincegamer]

Oh, is this thing going on already?
I guess I better start thinking of something.
Who's this Bexley I'm up against? probably some total crap painter.
I can probably wait another week to get started.

[johnboyjjb]

How are the themes chosen? Who chooses them? Is it all at the will of the almighty Supervike?

[vincegamer]

Reckon I'm going to be a bit of a Vincegamer - Wow. In my absence I've become a common noun.

[supervike]

Wow. In my absence I've become a common noun.

There's nothing common about it!

Good to see you back!

[Bexley]

Not total crap. Like, 85-90% crap.

[LavronYor]

Welcome back vince...

[Duende]

Wow. In my absence I've become a common noun.

And a rather Manly noun it IS!

Welcome back to Wyrd, vince!

[Wren]

I looked again at the list of particpants, I am disappointed.
Where are you: PaintMinion, Demon Herald, Wren, Skya?

Sorry Morf, the Fall/Winter ones work much better for me. I'm just back from a 10 day vacation, so I'd have missed the start (and it's not like I'm geared up for painting this minute...) and I've got lots of competition entries and a few commissions to work on the next few months. I hope to be in fine iron shape post-Gen Con, though.

This looks off to a great start. Good luck to all the competitors! Looking forward to seeing how the ladies crush this time, as always. :->

[v22TTC]

Vincegamer: I'm of the wrong socio-economic class to be taught grammar but you'd be a proper noun, surely....

Anyway, hope you get the second highest score or you'll make a liar out of me (best of luck - I love your theme interpretations :) )....

[PaintMinion]

I looked again at the list of particpants, I am disappointed.
Where are you: PaintMinion, Demon Herald, Wren, Skya?

I'm working on new class materials and demos for ReaperCon as well as my ReaperCon Masters entry, a special commission for a friend, and another dragon commission, dealing with tax trouble, school trouble, finding my husband a new job by April 30th, medical testing and appointments before our health insurance runs out. That was just more important to me than IP this time. Although both Skya and I were thinking about joining in the next batch again. :-)

[demonherald]

I looked again at the list of particpants, I am disappointed.
Where are you: PaintMinion, Demon Herald, Wren, Skya?

more of the same ... operation on the 9th and just in the recovery phase coupled with a bad run up the last couple of months for me with partner out of work , Gran in hospital and a broken camera meaning my painting currently is mercenary and money making sell out...the little time I am actually spending painting .... so no chance to join in the fun.. but I can still heckle and who knows by the next round I might be fit enough to stat up some think I can entries....as for other pieces I am working on watch this space............

[Hinton]

Are you scared? Are you quakin' in yer wee lil boo'ies are ye?


Nope.

I can say without hesitation, reservation or even a trace of fear:

I will have an entry.
You will advance to the second round (unless you DNF).

[HamishMcGreigh]

Where do we post the photos when we're finished again? And how many is typical?

[supervike]

One one picture is acceptable, and you post those in the GALLERY, under the current IRON PAINTER ROUND.

You can find it in the upper row of this page.

Oh, and sorry I haven't been around much. I think the flu bug has finally left me...and to be honest I didn't think I was going to make it for a while. I had chills, fever, and even a bit of delusional behavior. I haven't been that sick for quite some time. Still not 100 percent, but good enough to get up and go to work today.

[demonherald]

must have been Ill if it was only a BIT of delusional behaviour.....

[supervike]

must have been Ill if it was only a BIT of delusional behaviour.....


Usually, I'm more than delusional!

It was some freaky stuff though....For instance, I was convinced all the 2's and 4's had disappeared. I don't know what them even means now, but I was convinced they were gone.

The other thing I can remember is that my bed was stacked very high on cinder blocks and sandwiches, and i was worried the sandwiches were disappearing because I was on the FOOD network trying to sell them.

I was freaked out about it, and I can remember sitting in the dark in my bathroom and saying to myself "ok, I'm not on any tv show, my bed is fine".....

And I wasn't even on any sort of drugs!!

[Wren]

Fever dreams are pretty spooky. I hope you had someone checking your fever and making sure it didn't spike too high, that's dangerous for an adult. There has been some weird stuff going around this year. Hope you've kicked the worst of it and start feeling better ASAP!

[eastman]

Fever dreams are pretty spooky. I hope you had someone checking your fever and making sure it didn't spike too high, that's dangerous for an adult. There has been some weird stuff going around this year. Hope you've kicked the worst of it and start feeling better ASAP!

Had that fun last month. I have no idea what my fever was, since my digital thermometer decided to die while taking a reading. A few days later when I replaced it, I know I was still hitting 101-102F. Good thing I was taking lots of vitamin-I that weekend.

[Wren]

Eek! I'm sorry to hear you got hit too. Hopefully you didn't suffer for too long? I'm starting to feel like I've won the lottery by not having come down with anything yet this season, but I guess I shouldn't talk too soon...

[Duende]

Glad to see you back, Jim. I was wondering why there was a thread all about nipples on here yet there was hardly a peep out of you in it. Hope you get backl to full health soon!!

:D :nurse:

[Sculpta the squig]

Started painting my entry today, mainly the base so far but I'm really happy with it (found a great way to do rust) :D

Squig

[v22TTC]

Still doing my sculpting, and camera research.... Kind of feeling that I should have started painting by now (hence why I've been a bit quiet with the smack...).

Without starting up a whole new post and to help save me some messing about time, out of the Vallejo Game Colour series, which would folk say was the most primary blue?

Don't want to spoil the surprise but I think I'm going to have a bash at the ol' only black, white and blue thing - don't think I've given myself quite enough challenges yet ;) - so I'd like the blue that will remain the truest blue when black/white is added in varying amounts....

I'm guessing Imperial Blue....

[demonherald]

Usually, I'm more than delusional!

It was some freaky stuff though....For instance, I was convinced all the 2's and 4's had disappeared. I don't know what them even means now, but I was convinced they were gone.

The other thing I can remember is that my bed was stacked very high on cinder blocks and sandwiches, and i was worried the sandwiches were disappearing because I was on the FOOD network trying to sell them.

I was freaked out about it, and I can remember sitting in the dark in my bathroom and saying to myself "ok, I'm not on any tv show, my bed is fine".....

And I wasn't even on any sort of drugs!!

sorry obviously not the best of times for ya but really cheered me up...especially the sandwiches.....

[supervike]

Oh, its a blast after the fact.....

But egads it was tough getting through! And that's just the flu! Imagine if I had something to really whine about...I'd be insufferable!

[ThunderhawkerMinis]

I'd be insufferable!

Relative to what?

[Moavoamoatu]

The miniatures are done, the scenery is done and I started painting today too, but not much blue in my entry....I should have posted my Femme Fatale Sea Elves in IP contest. :(

[LavronYor]

4 Jim, I 2 have been feeling bad, but I 2 am better 4 now. I think it was the 4 sandwiches and 2 cinder blocks that I got on channel 4 or maybe channel 2 whichever one the food channel is. Fever Dream, was it 1 O 2 or 1 O 4 degrees.

Anyway, I'm glad you're feeling better.

Mmmmm... sandwiches...

[LavronYor]

Sorry I had to double post, I couldn't stop on post 911.

[demonherald]

Hey ya set of wusses.............end of the first week approaching and not a WIP in sight..........come on will ya .............grumble grumble ...,mumble moan....

[Dragonforge]

Hey ya set of wusses.............end of the first week approaching and not a WIP in sight..........come on will ya .............grumble grumble ...,mumble moan....

Hey I actually have to start something to have a WIP...

[Sculpta the squig]

Hey ya set of wusses.............end of the first week approaching and not a WIP in sight..........come on will ya .............grumble grumble ...,mumble moan....

I am not a wuss, I just don't want my opponent having a heart-attack just yet.

Squig

[goblyn13]

I am not a wuss, I just don't want my opponent having a heart-attack just yet.

Squig

What's gonna give him a heart attack? the laughing fit he has seeing your WIP?

[demonherald]

What's gonna give him a heart attack? the laughing fit he has seeing your WIP?

hee hee...
just post any of your work Jeff all looks like WIP to me anyways.....:vb_devil:

[v22TTC]

I've got some metal models with the first layers of GS blobbed on... nothing much to see yet.... :( Hate having to wait for the ol' GS to set, up against a deadline and motivated (for once)....

How's it going over there CommanderY?

[steelcult]

Eh cant be arsed to do a wip.

[demonherald]

I reckon a new rule is in order Jim.. In the event of a tie WIP's are used for the finnal decision........hee hee......

[Commander Y]

How's it going over there CommanderY?

I'll never talk! You'll get nothing from me!! NOTHING! Do you HEAR ME?!??? NOTHING!

Oh... erm...

Pretty well, thanks. Base is completely finished, and my "main character" has a handful of layers all over him.

So, no, you won't be getting a DNF from me, I'm afraid. You'll have to not only FINISH a model, but also produce something that doesn't look like it was fished out of the bottom of a commode.

Oh, hey... 2000 Flkushes is blue...

New Idea! Gotta Run!

[v22TTC]

Cool! Smack aside, it's an honour to cross brushes with you - and more importantly you seem like a sound guy! :) I've no doubt that my entry could rock the mellonfarming universe... whether it will or not is down to the time/talent fairies (my Muses have done me proud).

Every day that I haven't actually started painting is a weight.... I'm impressed with your handful of layers thing though - didn't realise that people did things like that... sounds like a lot of work.... ;)

I've just signed up for a 2D painting competition as well, thinking the start was going to be a while away - seems it might be quite close!

I dunno - sat on my arse for 36 years and finally get motivated and it's all kicking off!

[LavronYor]

Man, I must get started......

Blue....

Blue....

Steel...

oops, I mean Iron....

how is the Black chap doing????

[goblyn13]

um, he should be at Salute right now

[Morf]

I started painting. Blood for the Blood God!
Oh wait, there is no blue in Khorne... what are you doing Morf???

[Sculpta the squig]

My minis base is also finished, and the mini itself is in progress.

Squig

[waghorn41]

Erm, permission to panic guys?
Just started my mini and realised I've only got a week. :eek:
Praying I'm not a DNF but as I'll get my arse kicked by Asmodai it hardly matters.
Ho hum, back to the brushes...
If only I'd been able to get the mini I wanted for the first round I'd be a lot happier.

Good luck to you all I'll be following your progress, well I'll probably have lots of time to spare :D

[ThunderhawkerMinis]

My mini is almost done. The base is sculpted and awaiting further detail.

[v22TTC]

Still sculpting and arranging the elements to form a pleasing composition - there's one pretty glaring detail I totally hadn't accounted for... how opaque metal is.... :)

Spent an hour fishing white tac out of the details on one mini with a pin (Cheers Demonherald)... `Don't say glue, say UHU'... been saying more than that!... Grrrr!

I seriously hope I've got all the preliminaries sorted by tomorrow night so I can post a WIP, before I start painting... I'm a bit worried but I reckon it's like Chinese cookery - it's all in the preparation!

[demonherald]

Cmon Waghorn don't be fading at this early stage....British pride and all that.....

[Grinning Buddha]

Well my original choice of mini finaly arrived today (after I'd spent a good portion of yesterday laying down the base coat on my back up :cussing:). So, now I just have to sculpt a couple of little details and I'm off...

Now, anyone want to show me how to sculpt :thinking: yeah really all I've made is a ribbon...

Still gonna whoop yo butt :spank: Mr Ploddy, honest mate!:flypig::peace:

[vincegamer]

Okay. I decided on the miniature to use and how to paint it. Now I just need a piano.

[Sculpta the squig]

Finished my Alice in wonderland commision, so now I have lots of time to paint my entry in.

Squig

[Moavoamoatu]

Okay. I decided on the miniature to use and how to paint it. Now I just need a piano.

You can easily build it or sculpt it but I know where to find a 28mm pewter piano if you want.

BTW concerning my IP entry, I sculpted all my instruments. The miniatures are done (six!!!). I am a bit fed up. I just have to paint the instruments and the base and I am done...probably tomorrow.

[Sculpta the squig]

So almost everyone is going for a music theme then? I was going to do someone really depressed, but I couldn't get the right minis. :/

[Hinton]

So almost everyone is going for a music theme then?

I'm not.

Started my mini this morning; hopefully have it up tonight.

[vincegamer]

My original idea was the blues brothers, but I don't have appropriate minis.
Then I thought Elton John, but again, no minis.
And yeah, if you can tell me where to find a 28mm Piano that would be great, even if I don't buy it now. I still have my girl band diorama to make.

[wargriffon]

I haven't gone for a music theme and I know several others I have spoken to recently haven't either including my opponent :)

Guess I will flop out this round if it has to be a music theme but I won't be on my own :D

[Moavoamoatu]

For the piano :

http://www.knuckleduster.com/store/cart.php?target=product&product_id=166&category_id=32

I also thought about the Blues Brothers but had no time to modify existing miniatures as they don't exist.

I wanted then to make a Jazz Band diorama but there are no Jass Band miniatures.

Si I went for a home made conversion....with blues (all meanings in one piece).

[Moavoamoatu]

So almost everyone is going for a music theme then? I was going to do someone really depressed, but I couldn't get the right minis. :/

I know some "depressive" minis : RAFM Call of Cthulhu range, oop Paranoia Citadel minis,....

[Moavoamoatu]

I still have my girl band diorama to make.

Which miniatures do you use for it ?

[Maestro]

Remember, it's all about competing! Competing in Iron Painter is more important than winning it; in my eyes you're all losers..


Especially SuperCow and Callumrice!

Also; has anybody made the first joke about Supervikes spelling and calculating skills yet?? (Note: I'm too lazy to go through all the previous posts to check it)

[vincegamer]

Which miniatures do you use for it ?
So far I've got the Ice queen from here for keyboard, a couple Reaper bards for flute and electric guitar, another bard from some company I can't remember (playful personalities? charismatic characters? something like that) for vocals and base, and Privateer Press manhunter for drums

[goblyn13]

So far I've got the Ice queen from here for keyboard, a couple Reaper bards for flute and electric guitar, another bard from some company I can't remember (playful personalities? charismatic characters? something like that) for vocals and base, and Privateer Press manhunter for drums

Magnificent egos: http://www.magnificentegosminis.com/

[Grinning Buddha]

Ok the err modification aka sculpting is done (to the best of my ability anyhow0 so, it's onto the base! :thinking:

[Moavoamoatu]

So far I've got the Ice queen from here for keyboard, a couple Reaper bards for flute and electric guitar, another bard from some company I can't remember (playful personalities? charismatic characters? something like that) for vocals and base, and Privateer Press manhunter for drums

Thanks.

I am looking forward to see your band finished.

[v22TTC]

Music for me too, plus just about as much of everything else I can think of that addresses the theme... still sculpting!

Re: The Band: Reckon the R Cynwall musician (with flute) is about as sweet as I've seen... was half tempted to shoe-horn her in to this IP piece... wasn't sure how much I could milk, `Well, she's an Elf... you know what they're like...'.

[Skya]

Come on people, theres a WIP gallery for a reason! I'm having a hard time believing that orcydave is the only one Iron enough out of the entire lot of you to put up WIP pics.

[v22TTC]

I'll post a WIP before I start painting... so ya'll can admire the blobby, green cack trowelled on all over the place.

[steelcult]

I'm not going with the musical theme - something a bit more obvious, methinks, but we'll see.

[Darklord]

i'm so iron i have TWO competitions ending on the same day, and i'm gonna win them both. i will begin my Ip entry in 2 days and still kick my opponents ass

[supervike]

Also; has anybody made the first joke about Supervikes spelling and calculating skills yet?? (Note: I'm too lazy to go through all the previous posts to check it)


No, it was unanimously decided that everyone will not poke fun at supervike in anyway. I wanted them to, but the people were adamant....

[Ritual]

Also, AFAIK, Jim hasn't tried to calculate anything yet.

[Paintingploddy]

@Grinningbuddha - No fair, if you are going to pull stunts like that I'll have to start painting before Saturday.

[PaintMinion]

Come on people! Grab your iron and get to it! I'm done!:D

[LavronYor]

And I thought my 4s and 2s were a bit pokey...

Must get started....

Must get started....

Damn HGTV, wife has me doing plumbing work and nothing is blue...

I guess it would be a work in progress....

[goblyn13]

Damn HGTV, wife has me doing plumbing work and nothing is blue...


there's always the Blue water

[Commander Y]

Come on people, theres a WIP gallery for a reason! I'm having a hard time believing that orcydave is the only one Iron enough out of the entire lot of you to put up WIP pics.

Iron enough, eh?

Like, say...

Iron enough to compete this season? :vb_devil:

[HamishMcGreigh]

Whellp... I'm finished. I'll get some photos done and post it in the gallery tomorrow. Enjoy your victory, Sculpta. ;D

[orkydave]

Come on people, theres a WIP gallery for a reason! I'm having a hard time believing that orcydave is the only one Iron enough out of the entire lot of you to put up WIP pics.


YEAH! I ROCK!!!!!

You lot suck bum, you big bunch of Motherchikins!

[Grinning Buddha]

@Grinningbuddha - No fair, if you are going to pull stunts like that I'll have to start painting before Saturday.

Hey, no my fault if you are getting insecure :vb_devil:

[Sculpta the squig]

Whellp... I'm finished. I'll get some photos done and post it in the gallery tomorrow. Enjoy your victory, Sculpta. ;D

Shall I send you my address to save you time?

Squig

[Morf]

Almost done. Should post some stuff tomorrow.
I'm quite happy with the way it turned out. Valmont, unless you are Haley or Ritual undercover, start praying ;)

[Moavoamoatu]

I posted my WIP...now you can laugh...before crying.

[Artemis Black]

Man, I must get started......

Blue....

Blue....

Steel...

oops, I mean Iron....

how is the Black chap doing????

He isn't, yet :) I was indeed at Salute but now I'm back and will be starting my entry tomorrow.

There's really no need to worry though, it'll be the first miniature I'll have finished painting in about 3 years.

Oh and mine has bog all to do with music either.

[Moavoamoatu]

Hello,

I am done and posted my entry in the gallery. 39 left to post...come on guys (and girls).

[waghorn41]

I had to take a break last night, hands shaking too much. My youngest son told me I was going to be a grandad...........
Hopefully I'll finish but if Asmodai is reading - send me your address for the $5 now to save time later. :)

[orkydave]

Congratulations waghorn!

Is this your first grandchild?

[HamishMcGreigh]

Pics for mine to come later tonight.

[Dragonforge]

Well I finally found where I hid the figure I wanted to use and based him up in a little Mini diorama this morning. now I need to eaid for everything to dry and then primer him tonight. This leaves me 5 days to paint..not a problem.

Now the trick here is to show him being blue..with out using blue...

[Darklord]

2 weeks, 2 days is all i need to win through

[Moavoamoatu]

2 weeks, 2 days is all i need to win through

I hope it's not like sex : the more you talk about it, the less you do :vb_devil:

[Darklord]

I hope it's not like sex : the more you talk about it, the less you do :vb_devil:

my wife doesnt let me do either

[Morf]

Done. Good luck in finishing Everybody!

[stubbdog]

well the stoe just called to tell me my order is in. Will e picking it up on the way home from work...

[Bexley]

Yeah, I should probably get rolling on mine too. Like, maybe on Friday or something. This was a baaaad time to sign up for this.

[steelcult]

Bout 80% finished myself - just got to base part of the minis.

[v22TTC]

Still sculpting.... It doesn't even look like I've sculpted that much... don't know where all the time's gone - but I do know these musos are a tough audience! "Aargh, it's only 28mm - give me a break!" Suppose it's worth mentioning that I've never finished converting a mini either....

Man, I really hope Round 2 is something I can just paint....

Sigh....

"They call it Stormy Monday, but Tuesday's just as bad...."

Kudos to those who've already finished! :)

[Grinning Buddha]

Still sculpting.... It doesn't even look like I've sculpted that much... don't know where all the time's gone - but I do know these musos are a tough audience! "Aargh, it's only 28mm - give me a break!" Suppose it's worth mentioning that I've never finished converting a mini either....

Man, I really hope Round 2 is something I can just paint....

Sigh....

"They call it Stormy Monday, but Tuesday's just as bad...."

Kudos to those who've already finished! :)

ROFL you took the words right out of my mouth although now, I'm not even sure I'll even make round two as mine might just be a little too dark on humour for most :ahhhhh:My best half says its the work of a twisted Country & Western hating Brit inspired by Hank III :weirdo:

Besides not finishing conversions I've also never sculpted anything other a ribbon and I've really been quite adventurous on this... Oh well, we shall see!

[Wren]

This is a crowd that eats dark up for breakfast and asks for seconds, so I'm not sure you need to worry about that!

[Darklord]

This is a crowd that eats dark up for breakfast and asks for seconds, so I'm not sure you need to worry about that!

yep, they do call it wyrd after all!

[Commander Y]

Geez...

Got home from an evening of Winery with my in-laws (and me wife ain't even bleeding in TOWN!) to find a chair full of pups.

My girl Dachshund just had a litter, and y'all are the first to know.

Looks like 1 out of 3 made it.

Mom seems OK. She chose a papa-san chair about a foot and a half off the ground, up in the computer loft, as her "nest." Now how to get her and the baby in the kennel without losing a hand...

I'm not sleeping tonight, huh? Cripes...

[Paintingploddy]

Good luck with the remaining pup.

[Grinning Buddha]

This is a crowd that eats dark up for breakfast and asks for seconds, so I'm not sure you need to worry about that!

Well its going to go one of two ways; you'll get it and it'll be probably semi funny (just crappily painted) or it just plain and simple won't do anything for you :vb_devil:

@Commander Y; Good luck with the weeiner monster they are crazy pups!

[steelcult]

Commander Y - Congrats on the addition - sorry to hear about the other two. I had a German Shepard/Alsatian growing up that when she had pups she would go where she couldn't be seen, have the puppy, clean it then bring it to my dad, leave it with him, then go do the whole process again. Since she averaged 10 pups a litter, this could take a while.

[LavronYor]

Congrats Tom. I have a friend here who has Dachshunds and was amazed to hear that they were bred to be Badger Hounds.

[Maestro]

Geez...

Got home from an evening of Winery with my in-laws (and me wife ain't even bleeding in TOWN!) Something tells me the missus never vitits the websites you post on...

[lauth81]

Congrats Tom. I have a friend here who has Dachshunds and was amazed to hear that they were bred to be Badger Hounds.

um, yes, that (badger) is what "dachs" means after all, you know ... ;-)

[v22TTC]

Dark humour: Cool! The Blues is full of the stuff! :)

Will `defo' upload a WIP tonight - still needs a bit more tidying up, details-wise but it'll do. Best I can do with my 20cm minimum focusing distance and 3 x optical zoom....

But you can never have too many learning curves in one go, so the resizing/pixelation is foxing me and it remains to be seen whether I can actually upload... expect a blank picture and another question about resolution....

I also seem to get logged out if I spend more than 5 mins trying to do anything on this site, so that might be a problem too.....

CommanderY: Congratulations on the puppy - not much better than a puppy! :) [Insert gag about my hoping you do lose a hand at your liesure.... ;) Mmmmm... dark humour....]

[LavronYor]

I didn't know that, even though it makes sense. He had explained that they were bred to have a fat pad around their neck so that if a badger tries to get them by the throat, it won't hurt them much. Also, they are long so that they have longer lungs to help them in tunnels. He has a pair that are extremely cute.

[steelcult]

And like most dachsis I've met, probably psychotic as a rabid wolverine :P

[350kilotons]

I shall (hopefully) be uploading a final piccy tomorrow (photo duties are being handled by a friend). I wasn't able to do the entry I wanted as I lacked the skill, so it's a single mini only, I'm afraid. It also contains a number of firsts for me; the first time in a long time I have used a white undercoat - the first time in a long time I have actually finished a miniature - my first cork base and... my first attempt ever at that new fangled 'I can't believe it's not metal' technique all the kids do now.

I have to say it hasn't turned out too well. But there is blue involved (on the mini as well as my mood on seeing the result).

All being well, mediocrity rides on the morrow!

[Thryth]

Hi 350! I thought that maybe you had forgotten about IP. :)

Well, there should be a lot a similarities between our entries:
- one miniature
- white primer
- been about 5 months since I finished a miniature
- well, no cork for me, that's different.
- NMM

I don't think that I will have anything posted until Sunday, though.

I look forward to seeing your entry!

[Darklord]

well i've just started my entry, still more than enough time to paint a mini to win through to the next round

[Sculpta the squig]

Almost finished now, but what happened to your pictures Hamish?

Squig

[supervike]

Hamish asked me to remove his pics so he could redo them, so I did!

[Grinning Buddha]

Blah well I've just been told I'm now on the short list for neuro surgery tomorrow AM so, if don't get to finish my mini it wasn't for lack of trying... just maybe trying a little too late...

Anyway I've posted a WIP but, if Mr. Ploddy wins because I DNF I'm going to demand a rematch in IP VI!

[Commander Y]

Just waiting for the final varnish to dry...

Veetsy, no hope of a DNF from me now. I give you the Raspberry. Your situation is Dire, you big Cry Baby.

Pics before I leave for bowling tomorrow!

[v22TTC]

Veetsy! :laugh: Yeah, must be dire, if you felt it deserved a capital D.

To tell you the truth, my 'ead's in a feckin' biscuit tin, I'm hating every second, full of worry about time, not sleeping right, stressing like a mofo and fighting this b*stard tooth and claw for every inch; all whilst not having a clue what the feck I'm doing... still gonna give you a good spanking though!;) Don't worry though, I'm not going to accept a mini or $5 from anybody I defeat - that includes you, since you've been such a good sport (and you've got an extra little mouth to feed... :)).

But I've learned an awful lot in this crazy-ass crash course and struggling with this pig has certainly given me a deeper understanding of that Blues feeling... when I finally get around to painting, it'll certainly be with feeling!!!

[Paintingploddy]

I might DNf in solidarity (well maybe not). Good luck though.

[350kilotons]

... I look forward to seeing your entry!

Well, it will be your ticket into the next round, so no wonder!

The picture isn't the best quality, I have adjusted curves in Photoshop to get it closer to the actual paint scheme, and the person taking the picture didn't realize he had to get one of the back, where the blue is, but it's a blue-ish mini anyway.

It's a bit of a damning indictment of my level of painting ability, and I don't think I should have gone the NMM route without practising first, but I suppose I won't get any better without making the effort.

I shall look again on Monday as I have to use a public terminal (who knew you had to pay your internet bill?) ;)

[Thryth]

Looks good, I think that you are being a bit rough on yourself.

My painting skills seem a bit rusty at this point, and I am trying to change my technique a bit, which isn't helping. That's always the problem for me for Iron Painter, do you try something new that might work better, or stay with what you know?

[Commander Y]

Put up a WIP shot. It has about a day and a half of work put into it o far - but the prep took two months. I just can't seem to get the eyes right...

http://wyrd-games.net/photopost/showphoto.php?photo=2123

[demonherald]

Nice one Commander ... winner......

Thryth that caught between techniques phase is a real bummer and impacts on painting so much I know exactly where your coming from as I am just about getting over a hill like that myself.. didn't help that I had to switch into full on army painting mode to get some commissions out...
good luck...

[Bexley]

I had a figure already that I thought captured what I wanted nicely. It's a fairly simple figure (I picked it for theme, but maybe unconsciously because of its total lack of any kind of stupid decorative edging) so getting done shouldn't be an issue, barring calamity. I think I may have to go overboard on basing, though- the figure seems like it may be too simple, so I think the entry will need to get its flash from the groundwork.

[Moavoamoatu]

Put up a WIP shot. It has about a day and a half of work put into it o far - but the prep took two months. I just can't seem to get the eyes right...

http://wyrd-games.net/photopost/showphoto.php?photo=2123

Now you just have to paint it blue and you're done.

He is so cute, my daughter would love it.

[Brushmistress]

Put up a WIP shot. It has about a day and a half of work put into it o far - but the prep took two months. I just can't seem to get the eyes right...

http://wyrd-games.net/photopost/showphoto.php?photo=2123


Awwww! He's so cute! :inlove:



My entry is now uploaded.

[Commander Y]

Entry uploaded!

I'm just proud I finished one round.

[waghorn41]

Oh s**t I just looked at the entries that are finished. I really shouldn't have entered this competition, my eyes ain't sharp enough even with a magnifier and my hands are not steady enough evenm witha 0000 brush. Oh well it was fun while it lasted, pic should be up soon. :o:

[LavronYor]

Uh when is the deadline?

[Bexley]

Sunday, 6pm Central Time, I believe.

I just got a cool idea for mine, too, to add an additional interpretation of "blue."

No, not that. Get your mind out of the gutter.

[thecadian]

Well ive posted my mini up,

Darn my lack of photography skills :mad:

Cant wait to see what the rest of you put up!

James

[Przemas]

the mini i was working on fell from my desk and is in thousand tiny pieces :/ . got to come up with something quickly....

[vincegamer]

Still haven't painted anything yet, but I spent about 10 minutes today carving a piano.

[matty1001]

I'm definitely having problems with mine. Now I know why I never paint blue, at all.

Also did a base, but then decided it was to small, so redid it larger, but forgot to put a colour in the mix which means it is to dark and the weathering effect doesn't show properly.
Might redo it after the comp, it should only take a few hours.

So i'v done about 20& of the model, but I really don't want Martyn to get through due to me being a DNF!

[wargriffon]

I'm definitely having problems with mine. Now I know why I never paint blue, at all.

Also did a base, but then decided it was to small, so redid it larger, but forgot to put a colour in the mix which means it is to dark and the weathering effect doesn't show properly.
Might redo it after the comp, it should only take a few hours.

So i'v done about 20& of the model, but I really don't want Martyn to get through due to me being a DNF! Matty if it helps I am also having problems with the blue on my figure and I have a lot more of the damn colour to do than that piddly little thing you are doing :D

I have actually done all the blue now along with a bit of free hand that also doesn't meet my expectations so all that is left now is the nmm :( and then try and get a decent shot of the damn thing, should be done by Sunday though hopefully unless it gives me any more trouble.

[steelcult]

@WG - repainting the bloody ship blue doesnt count me boyo! Its a mini painting contest, not a ship painting contest! :p:

[Sculpta the squig]

Almost done mine now, just need to finish the bone (no jokes please), one little wrapping and the gun take photos and I'm finished. And thank [nonspecific deity] for that, cause it's gonna be a really buisy (and present filled) weekend :D

Squig

[v22TTC]

Well, I've hit that super-serene mode you get when you know you're up against it... or at least I had until I saw the good Commander's entry.... Resigned myself to not getting any sleep 'til Sunday night, so might as well just go for it. Just a few bits left to glue on then I'll be painting - hurray!

Have deliberately not listened to any Blues until I started painting... so, ummm that's my secret weapon.... [Sigh....]

Who knows with judges though - my entry might just be different enough to float someone's boat: it honestly will look boss... but will it be boss enough?...

[LavronYor]

Still haven't painted anything yet, but I spent about 10 minutes today carving a piano.

I hope it is not 1:1 scale vince.

Well, I got a WIMP up, I mean WIP....

[Bexley]

Grr. My figure is sculpted so as to indicate a strong wind. On my way home from work, I realized I had another figure that fit the scene perfectly, and was even also sculpted with items blowing in a strong wind.

Except in the opposite direction. To include him, he'd have to be facing the primary subject, with his back to the viewer. Lame.

Probably just as well. I'd likely not get him done in time to add him to the scene anyway.

[matty1001]

WG, I actually changed the figure haha, and did a bit of converting. I'v just stuck a quick WIP up, still got a way to go, including anything blue...

[supervike]

Deadline is looming!! Paint...Paint my pretties!!! (insert evil Wizard of Oz witch laugh here)

[Thryth]

For some reason, I suddenly feel like a flying monkey. :)

[Skya]

Iron enough, eh?

Like, say...

Iron enough to compete this season? :vb_devil:


I've proved my Iron twice now, rookie. Try that bluster on me again when you've done the same.

It's good to see that there's some good WIPs up now. Sorry to have taken so long to get back to here. Last Friday I hit the hospital for the third friggin time this month, this time with food poisoning or some virus that's very similar. The rest of this week I spent on a suprise trip out to GAMMA, which even though I was still recovering pretty solidly rocked.

[Wren]

Hope you're feeling better now Skya. See any neat stuff to tell us about at GAMA?

[Skya]

Hope you're feeling better now Skya. See any neat stuff to tell us about at GAMA?

Much, thank you.

GAMA rocked. I got to see the Anima Tactics stuff all painted up. They look so much better in person and as expensive as they are I may have to pick up a couple. The Dust stuff pretty much kicks ass even though it's prepainted. I snagged a limited edition fig and got to drool over all the stuff in the case. The Mutant Chronicles figs looks sweet, but I dislike the booster style their selling them in. I like to know what I'm buying, thank you. Oooo and I got to try Reaper's new ProPaints, which I have to say I'm really liking a *lot* better then the old ones. Much smoother, none of that chalkiness, and they're very opaque. I gots to do some more experimenting with them, but I fully expect I'm going to end up using them regularly. I got bunches of pictures, hopefully I can find some time to get them off my camera.

[Darklord]

mines coming along nicely to say i only started thursday night and i still have time to go to another competition today, get back and finish a round 1 winner!

[wargriffon]

@WG - repainting the bloody ship blue doesnt count me boyo! Its a mini painting contest, not a ship painting contest! :p:
Painting the ship blue is a damn sight easier than trying to paint grans of sand blue :D

[Przemas]

done... barely.....

[steelcult]

Well, crap - still not quite done yet - but I got two days, right?