IP3 round one WIP [Archive]

orkydave

03-04-2007, 03:52 PM

Chaos should lend itself to this theme really well! Good luck with it.

Heres mine (Thought I best post wip's as it will be that jaw dropping brilliant you all wouldn't believe I did it in 2 weeks otherwise!)

http://i85.photobucket.com/albums/k74/Orkydave/Dwarf1.jpg

orkydave

03-04-2007, 03:52 PM

and a back view too!http://i85.photobucket.com/albums/k74/Orkydave/Dwarf2.jpg

DrEvilmonki

03-04-2007, 05:42 PM

Is that a rasta dwarf? scared to think what that could end up looking like.

matty1001

03-04-2007, 06:09 PM

Here is the model i am painting:

http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n312/matty1001/Library-1170.jpg

Its a 10mm (you will be amazed at the amount of detail i will be able to paint onit!) scale LoTR fella, iv painted the cloak at the back, but im to tired to take pics now so il just leave it for now.

LavronYor

03-04-2007, 06:33 PM

???????

so far that is my progress.....

orkydave

03-04-2007, 06:59 PM

10mm Matty! Very brave of you for a painting competition mate, be interesting to see what you come up with for the flesh.

@professor villanousprimate- Yep, thats a Rasta Dwarf! The Idea came about from a play on words whilst reading a well known monthly GW publication! The dreadlocks are as far as the conversion goes however, as I am still in 2 minds wether this will be acceptable however and not cross the line and upset anyone, So I will steer well clear of any stereotypes that may be too much.In 16 hobby years I have never seen a dwarf with dark skin before (or even painted dark skin before!) so thought this would be challenging and true to the theme.

matty1001

03-04-2007, 07:03 PM

Hehe, its 54mm really, but if i tell everybodys its 10mm i might get away with it!

Bugger did i just say that!

Jubilee

03-04-2007, 07:46 PM

I was going to post a WIP photo, but all our weekend games were cancelled and I got alot of painting done over the weekend and I'm already pratically finished!

You guys are slow.. :)

/ali

Duende

03-04-2007, 09:38 PM

You guys are slow.. :)

Isn't that sentence redundant?

:ahhhhh:

LavronYor

03-04-2007, 10:49 PM

If you take it in the sense of intelligence, as opposed to speed of painting, then no.

callumrice

03-05-2007, 04:12 AM

Id show you a WIP of my bad boy but I think Fed ex still have him....

cdukino

03-05-2007, 04:19 AM

One word to give a little hint of what I'm doing.... well 3 actually:

Nemain Mac Feegle

Ritual

03-05-2007, 04:23 AM

Cool! I love the Mac Feegles... :D Not that that will gain you any extra points, mind you... or at least not that many... But I really love the Mac Feegles!!

Maestro

03-05-2007, 07:23 AM

I've started mine yesterday, and have no time tonight for painting.. Maybe tomorrow..

I'm gonna try to fit in a Wyrd mini every round, as I have quite e few lying around!

LavronYor

03-05-2007, 09:42 AM

I'm gonna try to fit in a Wyrd mini every round, as I have quite e few lying around!

Nothing like a little brown nosing:-)

vincegamer

03-05-2007, 09:45 AM

Love the Mac Feegles. Don't know what Nemain means.
So, is this a 1:1 scale then?

(oh, if anyone is curious, I'm doing Kage Dar)
http://www.coolminiornot.com/shop/images/SGM001_front.jpg
I couldn't find an unpainted pic, but suffice it to say mine will be different.
I drilled the approximately 25 holes necessary for the conversion this weekend.

Malebolgia

03-05-2007, 09:53 AM

@Vince: This (http://s1161342.fmnsedu.rug.nl/images/celticchick.jpg) is Nemain (as painted by me for Femme Fatale I).

Maestro

03-05-2007, 10:11 AM

Nothing like a little brown nosing:-)Damn straight... And don't even get me started about how GREAT I think the mini's are!!!

John

cdukino

03-05-2007, 10:42 AM

Love the Mac Feegles. Don't know what Nemain means.
So, is this a 1:1 scale then?

More 1:3 really as a Feegle is 6 inches. She's more like a young Kelda (females are very rare). She's turning out nicely. Blue skin suits her. I did find a perfect candidate for a male Feegle (much wilder, not sexy, booze drinking mad scotchman) which in retrospect might have made the feegle inspiration more clear. Ah well maybe later. No way i can do both of them on the base I made and make it look good.

And yep Nemain is a Celtos Gael fig (OOP due to being sued by Rackham when i-kore still owned the range). I could add a touch of scotish look and had enough skin and hair in that one to play with the Feegle coloursceme

EricJ

03-05-2007, 10:55 AM

matty1001

03-05-2007, 07:00 PM

Heres what i have done on mine:

http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n312/matty1001/IPWIP2.jpg

I had done all the freehand in red, then decided to do some in brown, then i went completely off the red so im going to paint over it all. But it takes AGES to get the colours right again. Iv already went over a red pattern which was just under the hood.
The trims will be done in Gold NMM, though iv never done this before (gold NMM) so that will be a challenge.
Other than that there is just a few bits which needs tidying up and slight reworking.

Henrix

03-05-2007, 07:16 PM

And here's my first WIP of a Cynwäll Equanime.

http://www.wyrd-games.net/photopost/data/514/Equanime_WIP1.jpg

Jubilee

03-05-2007, 08:05 PM

Well I would have had a WIP...rather a finished mini by now...except Nathan stole the damn thing for the new releases, I did a nice greenish stiched flesh coat and everything! Oh well, back to the drawing board for a new mini :D

There's nothing in the rules that says you can't use that mini for the purpose, as far as I know.. ?

/ali

LavronYor

03-05-2007, 10:01 PM

Hush, make him paint another. Actually, it is supposed to be painted in the time period of the contest. Otherwise, it would just be picking a painted model that fits the theme, and that is CHEATING, and we know what happens to cheaters...

they usually go into politics and well, don't get me started.....

Nathan Caroland

03-05-2007, 10:05 PM

In Eric's defense he did paint it Sunday in about six hours so its inside the time frame.

That being said, I'm curious to see him paint up another. :D

Stupidcow

03-05-2007, 10:41 PM

In Eric's defense he did paint it Sunday in about six hours so its inside the time frame.

That being said, I'm curious to see him paint up another. :D

You see that? The judge, the big boss man of Wyrd, is siding with his in house painter already. If anyone gets trashed by EricJ's entry you know why. :ripped:

Duende

03-05-2007, 11:23 PM

*bangs gavel*

What do you mean siding? It's just factual. He did start from a blank mini after the matchup and theme were announced and finished within the two weeks, so it would be a valid entry. Just because it was finished within a day and he didn't post wips doesn't change that fact.

And from what little I know, Eric is planning on doing a different mini for the IP anyway, hopefully he will entertain up all with WIP shots along the way this time. *nudge, nudge, Eric!*

You just worry about Sclupta right now, SC. Worry about Eric if/when you two meet up in a future round. ;)

Nathan Caroland

03-05-2007, 11:31 PM

Hey, I'm bought and paid for. Twinkies ...

Stupidcow

03-05-2007, 11:54 PM

TAB Studio

03-06-2007, 12:15 AM

I am in stealth mode :juggle:
(Note how busy I am)

EricJ

03-06-2007, 01:13 AM

yeah, I might post some WIPs, IF I had the mini in hand...still waiting for it to arrive, probably should have picked on that I had...oh well :D

vincegamer

03-06-2007, 09:51 AM

Well, I still prefer the surprise.
I may post a series of WIPs in the last couple of days.
I managed to get a couple hours of painting in. The skin tones I've chosen are going to take a lot more work though.

Oh, and I counted. I actually had to drill 35 holes for this project. (that includes both holes for each pin job)

EricJ

03-06-2007, 10:29 AM

wait, 35 doesn't divide by 2...some holes must not be for pins! (figured it out all on my own, smart)

orkydave

03-06-2007, 10:45 AM

I would thought that anything that Eric paints up for Wyrd would be an 'official' paint job and colour scheme, and therefore totally unsuitable for a DIFFERENT coloured flesh themed competition?

Just my thoughts!

(not that I am trying to find a sneaky and underminded loophole to throw a spanner in the works of one of the strongest painters in this competition mind!!!)

Good work so far Matty, the freehand is looking good and I swear you are improving with every mini you paint!

Cindy and Henrix- They look like cool minis to paint up with lots of flesh to play to the theme.

@ Henrix- I have heard that nail varnish remover is great at protecting your mini's mate, why not try it on this one !!!!

(not that I am using sneaky underhanded tactics to sabbotage my opponent either!)

Iff

03-06-2007, 10:47 AM

Maybe he managed to include a three-way pin. ;)

I'm going a bit in the same direction as Orkydave, it seems. Not rasta per se, but I have a dwarf prepped and primed, with a preliminary color scheme in mind. I don't have a camera at home, so probably no WIP shots from me...

Iff

Maestro

03-06-2007, 10:50 AM

wait, 35 doesn't divide by 2...some holes must not be for pins! (figured it out all on my own, smart)Eric, if you pin 2 arms to a torso and drill the hole right through the torso into both arms, you'd have 3 holes for that 1 pin. Doesn't devide by 2, does it..?

God, your thinking is about as shoddy as your craftmanship...

John

Duende

03-06-2007, 11:21 AM

I would thought that anything that Eric paints up for Wyrd would be an 'official' paint job and colour scheme, and therefore totally unsuitable for a DIFFERENT coloured flesh themed competition?

I was just saying, technically, it would be a valid entry, however it would score low in the "use of theme" area. Also, it appeared that I was supporting Callumrice in the other IP thread, so how could I be favoring both? I'm still waiting for a nice bribe from either.... oops, did I say that outloud?

And Meastro, I already used Eric and "shoddy" in the same sentence. Find your own adjectives to insult him with! Hardly the creative one, are you? Your IP future doesn't bode well.....

;)

EricJ

03-06-2007, 11:52 AM

hmmm, I guess then he must have...A LOT of arms for that many holes...so the new tactic is to confuse me long enough to miss the deadline!?

And it's skin of a different color, not "non-official" color, nothing says the official color can't be different, does it? :D

EricJ

03-06-2007, 11:54 AM

and what's with that word coming up next to my name so often, it's unnatural I tell you!!!

vincegamer

03-06-2007, 11:56 AM

I just keep wondering: different from what?

Oh, that and that it's "flesh" of a different color, and "flesh" doesn't necessarily mean skin.
For instance it could be the flesh of a peach.

Wren

03-06-2007, 12:15 PM

If you have a peach with flesh of a different colour, I suggest that you do not eat it...

I picked out my mini, inspiration for said (one of those where I'll never paint it as cool as it is in my imagination ones sadly), prepped and primed back on Friday, but I've gone back to working on commission stuff in the meantime, so it's all nekkid and has flesh of no colour as yet.

DrEvilmonki

03-06-2007, 01:38 PM

Yeah I'm just going to paint mine with normal skin with a note attached explaining the flesh underneath is orange coloured - you just can't see it!

vincegamer

03-06-2007, 01:51 PM

epidermus: pinky-tan
endodermus: purple!

supervike

03-06-2007, 02:54 PM

whats subcutaneous mean? I thought that was the term for 'inside the skin'/

vincegamer

03-06-2007, 03:19 PM

you got it.
You Da Man!

callumrice

03-07-2007, 04:36 AM

You see that? The judge, the big boss man of Wyrd, is siding with his in house painter already. If anyone gets trashed by EricJ's entry you know why. :ripped:

Thatll be me then! FF, you cant let Eric put this entry in, he didnt paint it in the timescale provided! Make him paint another.

One of my hopes of going through is that Eric runs out of time! Please, come on, you know you want to!

callumrice

03-07-2007, 04:45 AM

yeah, I might post some WIPs, IF I had the mini in hand...still waiting for it to arrive, probably should have picked on that I had...oh well :D

Snap Eric, take it you too took the snail mail option from GW??!!

Malebolgia

03-07-2007, 04:51 AM

B'hakoth arrived yesterday and I will assemble him tonight. I will paint him Sunday next week. I will ingest all kinds of paint in 'the wrong entry point' and just fart over the miniature. Should be enough to walk to round 2...easy does it.

Maestro

03-07-2007, 04:55 AM

Snap Eric, take it you too took the snail mail option from GW??!!Maybe he ordered it from Privateer Press.. Which meens it just MIGHT be in time for IP4 or 5..

Go brush your teeth Callum.. And you to Tyneth!!
John

Wren

03-07-2007, 11:59 AM

Phear my l33t art skillz! Anyone paired up against me should just go ahead and surrender honourably!

Well, not really, but I have to try to get some smack in here and there. This is a colour test for the mini I plan to do. It's based on some cool looking fish. I have doubts that I'll get this mini to look even half way as cool as the fish, but it's worth a shot. I don't always do colour tests, but there were two sorts of fish I liked and I needed to explore the options for the blue, too, so it seemed like it'd be useful to do for this one. Bonus points to anyone who can figure out the mini from my photorealistic renditions! ;->

http://http://www.aquariumfish.net/images_01/oranda_red_and_black.jpg
http://www.aquariumfish.net/images_01/ryukin_red_02.jpg

Bah, I seem to have forgotten how to imbed photos, so here's a link - http://wyrd-games.net/photopost/showphoto.php?photo=1382

EricJ

03-07-2007, 12:19 PM

Nathan Caroland

03-07-2007, 12:48 PM

That little yellow envelop that pops up with 'Insert Image' helps.

Wren

03-07-2007, 01:04 PM

That little yellow envelop that pops up with 'Insert Image' helps.

I tried that, putting in the link of the gallery page, and it just showed up as a link. I think what I'm missing is how to get the URL of just the photo to insert. Or perhaps I'm being a dunce in some other fashion completely, sorry. :-<

vincegamer

03-07-2007, 01:32 PM

I opened the link, right-clicked the image, copied the address, came here, clicked the little picture icon,
http://www.wyrd-games.net/photopost/data/514/colour-test.jpg
pasted the address, moved off of it because it was highlighted, finished typing and this is what I got

Duende

03-07-2007, 02:40 PM

Wren, use the "EDIT" function and change the "URL" in the brackets [ ] around the image address to "IMG".

I just used the quote function from your post and did that, and the result is below:

http://www.aquariumfish.net/images_01/oranda_red_and_black.jpg
http://www.aquariumfish.net/images_01/ryukin_red_02.jpg

Pretty fishies! :D

orkydave

03-07-2007, 04:33 PM

I disagree Eric, Fate is a fickle thing, and I believe this is the gods way of mocking you, as you cannot blame GW for not having an entry ready and going out in round one, just your own shodsmanship!!!

@ wren, they look like very hairy calf muscles, are you doing a fishy beastman or deamonette standing on the heads of two dinosaurs who have fallen out with each other and not making eye contact?

Malebolgia

03-07-2007, 05:32 PM

B'hakoth is assembled and puttied. Was quite some work (took me about 2-3 hours, but me and putty aren't the best friends), but I am really looking forwards to the painting. It is mean to be green!

Wren

03-07-2007, 06:15 PM

vince - I'll have to test again once I've made progress and have another picture. I tried doing what you said and when I right-click on the picture I just get the option to copy the actual picture, I don't get an address to copy. Something must be slightly different with this version of the site software, because I did manage to suss this all out on my own to post WIP pictures on the last IP.

orkydave - sort of a cross between your two guesses actually (though not a GW mini), though minus the bickering dinosaurs. Not that that isn't a cool concept for some future date. ;-> I'm impressed you could discern actual limbs in my stellar sketches.

vincegamer

03-07-2007, 06:35 PM

Whoops.
I was trying to be step by step and I skipped a step.

right click and select "properties" then copy the line that says "address"

Ahem, back to smack talk: Clearly from the color test Wren is painting a water nymph relieving herself.

TAB Studio

03-07-2007, 09:28 PM

"Phear my l33t art skillz!"

You're going to have to do better than that Wren
I have to understand it to work, thank goodness for the
Todd he is gamer bilingual.

vince I would love to hear you do some ink blot tests.

Wren

03-07-2007, 09:48 PM

"Phear my l33t art skillz!"

You're going to have to do better than that Wren
I have to understand it to work, thank goodness for the
Todd he is gamer bilingual.

Hm... if you're insulting the text rather than the drawing, then I don't think I have anything to worry about this round! ;->

@vince - ah, that makes more sense now!

TAB Studio

03-08-2007, 01:05 AM

Nah a pictures worth a thousand words
Your s said it all

callumrice

03-08-2007, 04:19 AM

hey, I ordered from GW, did the quick ship option, and I got my box yesterday, and it was even packed correctly! Anyway, now I have plenty of time to assemble and crush Cal. Hey, when step one of the plan is "rely on GW for competiency" and it works out, you know the stars must be alligned in my favor on this one :D

You think the stars are aligned for YOU?

Not only did I too get my GW models yesterday, I paid snail mail prices for it! Now thats luck!

Its a sign Eric, a sign.

Woooooooo!

cdukino

03-08-2007, 06:59 AM

Base is mostly done including water effects and plants (whi need painting still). Nemain is about 70% done too I should say. I am cursing her sword though. That one is hard to do NMM on with the etched in lines

vincegamer

03-08-2007, 08:26 AM

Okay, here's some sneak peaks.

and someone guessed right about the holes.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v498/vincegamer/IP3b.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v498/vincegamer/IP3a.jpg

You didn't actually expect me to give anything away, did you?

supervike

03-08-2007, 08:27 AM

See...now that is how you do a WIP! Let the viewing public in a a few tantalizing shots....piqueing their curiosity!

matty1001

03-08-2007, 08:35 AM

Is that a nipple in the top shot!?

It looks to me like a woman made of cheese! or failing that....SPONGEBOB!

Stupidcow

03-08-2007, 09:24 AM

The top one looks like a face of a mouse and the lower one cheese.

Maestro

03-08-2007, 09:32 AM

Is that a nipple in the top shot!?Matty; you need to get out more man!! That's not what a nipple looks like...

cdukino

03-08-2007, 09:36 AM

That's a good idea. I will try to take a little sneek peek picture of my Nemain as well. Vincegamer sure got me guessing what the heck it is he's painting.

callumrice

03-08-2007, 09:41 AM

Matty; you need to get out more man!! That's not what a nipple looks like...

Hmm, better get my nipples checked out...

vincegamer

03-08-2007, 09:42 AM

Well, I will tell you that it's NOT Sponge Bob (though that would have been cool if I'd thought of it).
Sponge Bob though wouldn't have fit my interpretation of "flesh of a different color", since Sponge Bob IS yellow. If I were doing Sponge Bob for flesh of a different color I'd have to do him green or pink or anything but yellow.

matty1001

03-08-2007, 09:43 AM

Rounded, different shade to the rest of the flesh, pretty nippily if you ask me.

Now im intrigued what your nipples look like John! (though not in a homoerotic way!)

Maestro

03-08-2007, 11:53 AM

(though not in a homoerotic way!)Sure you're not.. :flirt:

EricJ

03-08-2007, 12:01 PM

I think the only logical solution to our nipple controversy is to have everyone on the boards post photos :D

cdukino

03-08-2007, 12:44 PM

Little teaser: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v502/cdukino/teaser.jpg

vincegamer

03-08-2007, 12:48 PM

Oooh, nice teaser.

I'm thinking it's a shingy g-string on one of those blue star wars chicks.

(then again, I think that way about a lot of things)

TAB Studio

03-08-2007, 01:18 PM

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v215/thehedgewizards/funtidbit.jpg

my little tidbit

vincegamer

03-08-2007, 02:01 PM

I'm trying, but it's really difficult to see the g-string in that one.

cdukino

03-08-2007, 02:37 PM

well my entry is finished :) Just did the final touches to the base. I'm very happy with her.

vincegamer

03-08-2007, 03:39 PM

HER!
ha! see, I was right!

cdukino

03-08-2007, 04:02 PM

haha... well I kind of already mentioned which miniature I was doing ;)

vincegamer

03-08-2007, 04:07 PM

Yeah, but you could have changed your mind.

Besides, I said what I was doing but they still can't figure it out.

Sculpta the squig

03-08-2007, 04:39 PM

Hah, I started painting today, the mouldlines and miscasts and undercuts *shivers* horrible casting.

Squig

callumrice

03-09-2007, 04:52 AM

Well Ive started some basework on mine and I have to say, Im suitably impressed! I gave a tip away earlier on another thread "my painting would be better if...". Bet you cant guess what tip it was!

S looking cool though, Im getting quite excited now. I know Im up against Eric but I might as well make him work for his place in the next round and who knows, he may not even get an entry in on time, going on past experience!

vincegamer

03-09-2007, 08:28 AM

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v498/vincegamer/IP3c.jpg
So how's my writing look?

TAB Studio

03-09-2007, 08:38 AM

Callumrice.....Kermit the frog?? something neon green?

vince your letters look real clean, can I see a few more to judge precisely :vb_devil:

Duende

03-09-2007, 08:42 AM

Well Ive started some basework on mine and I have to say, Im suitably impressed! I gave a tip away earlier on another thread "my painting would be better if...". Bet you cant guess what tip it was!

My painting would be better if...
I stopped painting with my pliers
I used paint instead of my own blood
I looked at the model whilst painting it
I stopped thinking "it just needs a little more neon green"

You're painting Retarded Animal Babies???!!

callumrice

03-09-2007, 08:49 AM

You're painting Retarded Animal Babies???!!

Spot on!! How wierd is that!

Nah, TAB studio is closer.

Forget the frog though....

Ooooohh, have I just gave too much away? Who cares! Theres only a week to go anyway and the way Im going Ill be ready to post the bad boy for Monday coming.

Prepare.....

matty1001

03-09-2007, 08:59 AM

Ah yea, i remember what you are painting now!

callumrice

03-09-2007, 09:09 AM

Ah yea, i remember what you are painting now!

haha, teasing them with your inside knowledge are you Matt??

vincegamer

03-09-2007, 09:42 AM

I decided to make a change last night, so even though I have already painted all of the skin, I had to drill another hole and this morning I glued a pin in it.
(the astute will note that I did not drill 2 holes and yet I used a pin...)

You know, I'm getting close here. I think I'm going to have to figure out what to do for a base pretty soon.

callumrice

03-09-2007, 09:51 AM

Is it a yellow hedgehog?

EricJ

03-09-2007, 10:38 AM

Spot on!! How wierd is that!

Nah, TAB studio is closer.

Forget the frog though....

Ooooohh, have I just gave too much away? Who cares! Theres only a week to go anyway and the way Im going Ill be ready to post the bad boy for Monday coming.

Prepare.....

oh no, I was hoping you wouldn't post until the last minute...if I see yours early I'll probably realize I don't have to try to hard to win :P

But mine is coming along well, painted half of 1 arm last night, but the important part was I figured out my scheme, so while it's small annoying freehand, it should go quicker now :D

Duende

03-09-2007, 10:57 AM

Egads, I just had a mental flash of Eric doing "The Illustrated Man" from the Ray Bradbury novel.

That would just figure....

EricJ

03-09-2007, 11:25 AM

Egads, I just had a mental flash of Eric doing "The Illustrated Man" from the Ray Bradbury novel.

That would just figure....

no, it's a troll :P

vincegamer

03-09-2007, 11:48 AM

How would he make the little tattoos move?
Maybe some kind of reflective paint so at different angles the image changes shape?

cdukino

03-09-2007, 02:08 PM

Well my entry is posted in the gallery: http://wyrd-games.net/photopost/showphoto.php?photo=1388&cat=515

You hear that Marijn?!... Get a move on you lazy bugger ;)

green stuff

03-10-2007, 03:35 AM

Love the setting Cindy! What did you use for the water?

PS : and good paint job ;).

cdukino

03-10-2007, 04:16 AM

Valleyo still water (love this stuff eventhough it does shrink a lot, But with plenty of ayers it looks good), Vallejo water effects (lot less happy with this one. It's like handcream (colour and consistancy and way of working with it.) If put on more then about a mm thick it doesn't dry u clear enough, or not at all or takes for bloody ever. But with very thin layers working it up, keeping on the safe side it does work). And white paint

matty1001

03-10-2007, 04:16 PM

Well the 54mm LoTR fella went **** up. Because it was just a 'collectable' style mini, the emphasis on the detail wasn't to great. The mail armour was proving impossible because of the lack of detail. I could have pulled something off, but due to limitations in the sculpt it would have been much harder, with not as good results. (if you understand what i mean!)
Sooo....im going to continue a piece iv started during these two weeks, it ain't perfect for the theme idea, but i can probably achieve a much better paintjob on it than the first idea.

Wren

03-10-2007, 08:12 PM

I actually made a bit of progress today. In the spirit of fairness to TAB, who must be quaking in her boots to be paired up against the reigning Iron Painter, I have decided to use my entry as a test of the P3 paints. My last attempt at using these did not go that well, but as they have three colours that fit one of my fishes, two of which are not great coverage colours traditionally, I thought I would put them to another test as the P3 paints are supposed to have wonderful coverage. Also because of the fairness to my opponent and everything, right.

I didn't do a side-by-side test, but I'm not super impressed with the coverage on the orange. It took roughly five bazillion coats, which seems in line with anyone else's orange. It is a nice intense colour, though. That makes orange a bad choice for this mini, as it has a lot of shallow detail that might be a little softened by the many coats. I have not started on the flesh yet, but I did do some work on 'hair of a different colour'. I'm not sure if the magenta has great coverage, I will have to test that some time as I love that colour but it's frustrating to get a basecoat with the equivalent Reaper Master Series paint. The orange at the roots doesn't seem to be showing up as nicely in the photo. And let's see if I can actually get the photo to show up this time before FF completely despairs of me...

http://www.wyrd-games.net/photopost/data/514/hair-wip.jpg

vincegamer

03-10-2007, 09:09 PM

You're probably getting tired of my pics being so enlarged they are pixelated beyond recognition.
Well, this one isn't altered at all.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v498/vincegamer/IP3e.jpg

Man am I tired of yellow. I think I'm going to show some green:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v498/vincegamer/IP3f.jpg

Okay, okay, enough undecypherable stuff. Everyone else seems to be doing special bases so I guess I have to do something special too.
I started base work, although I may have to scrap these pieces and start over.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v498/vincegamer/IP3d.jpg

Wren

03-10-2007, 09:23 PM

I am really getting curious about your entry vince!

cdukino

03-11-2007, 03:42 AM

I know which figure Wren is painting :) Looks like she has the same idea I had at first but switched to Feegle.

Malebolgia

03-11-2007, 09:49 AM

My IP entry is going like **** :(. I primed him Friday first with white and then with a green spray from Tamiya. Couldn't probably get a worse result than that...the green dried real splotchy (like the surface underneath was greasy) and all detail was covered by the green paint.

He is now in the acetone, but with only one week ahead and with all kinds of stuff going on here at home I'm not overly enthousiastical about this :(. The putty has to be redone and I probably cannot use the green spray again because of the hideous results.

I hate times like these.

vincegamer

03-11-2007, 10:23 AM

I am really getting curious about your entry vince!
Good. That's the purpose of these pics.
I actually find it hard to take a pic that doesn't completely give away what I am doing.
I thought the jig-saw puzzle in the last pic might give it away, but then I realized you'd probably have to think like me to see it.

I wonder if Jim knows what it is, since he hasn't posted here in a while and I did tell him about the concept a long time ago.

callumrice

03-11-2007, 03:07 PM

A glimpse of part of the models thatll whip Erics behind into next week.

:cheers:

supervike

03-11-2007, 03:23 PM

cdukino

03-11-2007, 04:29 PM

@ Malebolgia. Very sorry to hear that. Maybe it's better to forget about the big guy and do a smaller quicker one instead?

LavronYor

03-11-2007, 07:02 PM

vince may have an easy time here, as I have had a pinched nerve in my neck and haven't been able to paint. I do thrive under pressure, but if I don't get some relief in the next two days, I fear I may be an Iron pyrite painter.

supervike

03-11-2007, 08:03 PM

Lulling your competitor into a false sense of security? Genius!

Wren

03-11-2007, 08:22 PM

You have my sympathies LavronYor, I had a pinched nerve once and it was just unbearable agony. Hope it gets better soon!

Malebolgia

03-12-2007, 04:53 AM

Okay, I decided to get back to my orginal plan and paint the Wyrd zombie with mohawk and 2 katanas. He is ready for paint and I'll start him tonight.

vincegamer

03-12-2007, 07:52 AM

dad gum.
Now I will feel bad about the thrashing I give you.

On a related note, when doing a fancy base, do you usually cut off the slotta before painting?
After seeing what others have done I realized I was going to have to do a special base, so after having painted everything but his boots I then clipped off the slotta and took the dremel to clean up the bottom.
I only broke 1 thing on the mini while doing so!

Anyway the base is built and mostly painted, though the wife says it needs a coke and maybe a hotdog. I'll see what I can do.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v498/vincegamer/IP3i.jpg
Hey, kinda looks like a valentine!

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v498/vincegamer/IP3j.jpg
Nothing at all like a valentine :(

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v498/vincegamer/IP3h.jpg
And a simple, straight - forward base WIP shot.

Duende

03-12-2007, 09:50 AM

Hey, overcoming adversity is what brings out the "IRON" in the painter. This isn't "Wilting Flower Painter" after all.

Nice seeing some WIP pics in the gallery! Less than a week to go! Get cracking!

Wren

03-12-2007, 10:52 AM

My progress from this weekend is more wilting flower - I still hate the coverage of orange. Also the colours I've selected seem to be no joy to photograph. Since all I managed was to refine the hair in ways that are probably unnoticeable and paint another zillion coats of orange to cover up paint spatter and such, I am not bothering with another WIP just yet. Maybe this evening, though...

callumrice

03-12-2007, 11:07 AM

My progress was actually good at the weekend but I am very aware Im slowly running out of time with still a substantial part of the mini left to paint!

Its one of those minis that when you have painted one bit, you decide that the next part is detrimental to the mini looking good, then once thats done, you decide that the next part is the most important and so on. So now, I believe I have the most important part of the mini left to paint in a short timescale. Going to get cracking on it the nite! Looking forward to it now, even although Eric has probably concocted another masterpiece!

EricJ

03-12-2007, 11:52 AM

So far I am happy with mine :D I made good progress this weekend and probably about half done, which isn't bad considering I've only really put 3 days into him and have almost week left, so even though it's a big project, I hope to get him done :)

matty1001

03-12-2007, 07:53 PM

Made a base, ballsed it up, tried to fix it by covering stuff up, ended up having to cover majority of it up. Now it looks alright, but nothing like it was meant to!

LavronYor

03-12-2007, 08:04 PM

Well, I got an MRI today ( and laying flat with nerve pain in my arm and unable to move was not fun ) and I have started on Lyrica ( a drug specifically for nerve pain), so I will do my Iron best to produce something not shameful ( unlike FF2, which was shameful ).
Thanks for the well wishes everyone.
" A man went to East Asia, and upon returning, noticed a burning sensation when he went. He saw an American doctor, who having examined him, said, " You have Mongollian VD. We will have to amputate." The man stammered, " I think I want a second opinion" and left. The next day, he saw an Asian doctor and after his exam, he asked the doctor " Will you have to amputate?" The doctor smiled and said, " Oh no. In a week, it will fall off on it's own."

At least it is only my arm that hurts..

vincegamer

03-12-2007, 10:23 PM

Are you sure you're not trying to make me get lazy?

Seriously though, don't strain yourself and I wish you a speedy recovery.

matty1001

03-13-2007, 08:59 PM

Well here is the base, it doesn't have so much negative space when the miniature is placed onit. The snow isnt really meant to be there, but a cock up with water effects meant i had to add it, otherwise it was laughable!
http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n312/matty1001/base.jpg

And here is a sneak peek of the model, the painting is going well, apart from the theme bit. It was easier in theory than it is in practice, and if i had the time i would start a new mini, but considering this is the second mini iv attempted for this iv already wasted enough time.
http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n312/matty1001/sneakpeek.jpg

Wren

03-13-2007, 09:12 PM

Accidental or not I thinkt he snow base looks very nice, and that's a great looking tree! As far as I can tell the mini is looking good too.

callumrice

03-14-2007, 05:05 AM

Yep, looks good.

Dont think Im going to gloat much to Shoddy Eric today, I had a dog awful nite of painting last nite.

I wasnt really in the mood last nite and tried to rush a part of the mini. Subsequently it was looking rough. Really bloody rough, like I'd just dunked it in a tin of paint! So after repainting the basecolour back on my progress last nite was absolutely nowt!

Need to get SOMETHING done tonight or heaven forbid, a half finished entry will be entered. Cant have that on my record.

Maestro

03-14-2007, 05:52 AM

Really bloody rough, like I'd just dunked it in a tin of paint!Isn't that your usual standard??

Badum-Chiiiiing!! God, I'm sharp today.. :s

Ritual

03-14-2007, 06:10 AM

Only a couple of days left to go, folks! So far, there's not been much evidence of progress here....

Will there be more than two complete entries?
Who will win the Dutch Duel?
Will Eric surprise us all and actually submit an entry?
Will John have to put on the big girl's blouse, himself?
Will Wren live up to her Iron Painter title and advance?

There's lots of questions that will be answered shortly. At this point we only know that DrEvilmonki is a weenie.

vincegamer

03-14-2007, 07:05 AM

Can someone suggest to me how to make a tapered cylinder?
Okay, I know that's self contradictory. What I really want is a section of a cone that is not very angled. In other words, how do I make a cup like the kind you get in fast food restaurants?

TAB Studio

03-14-2007, 07:47 AM

coffee cup look or soda at the game type thing
:D
Cork( I have tiny tapered cylinders from an assortment craft pack I got a Michaels here) fimo,easy to sculpt and size
Piece of clear plastic rod sanded lightly at end and painted
Top to a small size loctite glue container
there is hardware piece that may work but like a end cap thingy but I do not know how to explain it.
I walk around the house open up all cabinets, eventually I find something.

EricJ

03-14-2007, 10:20 AM

oh crap, I forgot about this thing...what am I supposed to be doing again? :)

callumrice

03-14-2007, 10:30 AM

@Eric "shoddy",

You submit a photo of your pet and the cutest wins. Remember?

matty1001

03-14-2007, 01:21 PM

Well iv finished mine, it ain't the best i could do, but iv been trying to get a certain technique right for so long im pretty sick of it now.
Though i don't know wether to post it up today or wait until Saturday.

matty1001

03-14-2007, 01:48 PM

Whats the file size limit on this site? 200kb or 300kb?

EricJ

03-14-2007, 02:13 PM

@Eric "shoddy",

You submit a photo of your pet and the cutest wins. Remember?

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v491/EricJ/Random%20photos/Gatoupsidedown.jpg

do I win? :D

Nathan Caroland

03-14-2007, 02:55 PM

300kb

matty1001

03-14-2007, 03:03 PM

Cheers FF

vincegamer

03-14-2007, 03:33 PM

when is this thing over again?
My wife had surgery Monday and I haven't gotten round to painting anything since Sunday. Rules say 6pm on Sunday. I seem to recal a change but maybe it was a change to Sunday.

TAB Studio

03-14-2007, 03:55 PM

It was a change to Sunday you are right, I hope your wife is fairing well and has speedy recovery.

Wren

03-14-2007, 04:04 PM

I hope your wife's doing all right vince.

I painted today, but I'm not sure I should have bothered. I'm cranky, and it just made me crankier. I'm still not sure about the P3 paint, maybe it's a wetblender's wet dream, but I layer and glaze, and it seems tricky to get the consistency I want. And I hate the bottles. I didn't think I cared that much, but apparently I've become a dropper bottle convert along the way. If they were at least twist off... but this flip top thing, I get paint all over me every time I open the things which I worry about smudging on the mini. I usually use toothpicks to get paint out of twist top bottles, but it doesn't work as well with these narrow, deep jars, so I'm using a paintbrush and it's messier, makes my water messier more quickly, and doesn't seem as exact. I think I'm using three times as much paint as normal (and I normally use a lot of paint compared to many people I've seen) between the messes and the consistency problems. It's got great colour intensity and is a nice smooth paint, but I'm getting the feeling it just doesn't work with my style of painting. Ah well, maybe I'll try a little more tonight.

Mosch

03-14-2007, 05:33 PM

Should have my entry done tomorrow. However, it sucks.

Meh. Stupid Vallejo green that won't cover at all....

matty1001

03-14-2007, 05:36 PM

is hollywood anywhere to be seen? Heeellllllloo, where are yooooooou

matty1001

03-14-2007, 06:22 PM

Sorry for the double post.

But heres my entry, iv also added it to the gallery.
Its meant to look asif the face is drawing magical power and giving off a glow. But my OSL skills are a bit crappy to say the least, and this fella's face is TINY! Hence how the theme would have been easier to paint on the 54mm model!

http://wyrd-games.net/photopost/data/515/medium/Gandalf-the-Grey-IP3.jpg

vincegamer

03-14-2007, 06:36 PM

Not bad.
I think theme wise it might have worked better if you had used some sort of colored light - green being the most obvious.

LavronYor

03-14-2007, 08:42 PM

Or red or blue or purple or orange.....

and vince , I hope your wife feels better..

TAB Studio

03-14-2007, 09:40 PM

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v491/EricJ/Random%20photos/Gatoupsidedown.jpg

do I win? :D

Oh **** Eric ....
Gato is dead, who's going to paint for you now?

Wren

03-14-2007, 11:46 PM

I am becoming increasingly convinced that cats twist themselves into those contorted positions as a sort of way of saying nyah, nyah, look what I can do and you can't stupid monkey. At least I'm pretty sure that's why my cat does it.

EricJ

03-14-2007, 11:57 PM

you know, they also have to clean their butts with their tongues...I think that evens it out... I don't think I'd take being that flexible if that's what I had to use it for :(

Wren

03-15-2007, 12:21 AM

That is a really excellent point!

Edit: I'll go ahead and add some WIP progress. I went back to the skin this evening. I decided to use paints with which I'm more familiar in my highlight and shade mixes to save a bit of sanity on trying to mix colours and muddle through consistencies. I am much happier with this evening's progress. Though this is not the easiest paint job to photograph. I think this is the first time I have ever had a mini photo I had to desaturate to get it to look more like the real world...

http://www.wyrd-games.net/photopost/data/514/wip1.jpg

supervike

03-15-2007, 01:10 AM

Tick tick...Sunday is looming closer.

TAB Studio

03-15-2007, 02:38 AM

I am oh so more than ready :D

EricJ

03-15-2007, 03:28 AM

okok, I'll give a small WIP too:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v491/EricJ/PaintingWIP/IP-wip1.jpg

He's not done yet, but probably 75% done, should have plenty of time to finish him up I think :)

callumrice

03-15-2007, 05:05 AM

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v491/EricJ/Random%20photos/Gatoupsidedown.jpg

do I win? :D

DAMMNNNN!!!!

(so cute...)

orkydave

03-15-2007, 08:12 AM

I'm all done and photo's to follow later!! A bit nervous about this as I have no idea how good my competitor is!

Some really nice stuff so far guys! Hope I don't lower the bar with mine!

vincegamer

03-15-2007, 08:22 AM

How's about a distinguishable WIP from me?

Here's a boot. I'd love comments.
Actually, after I left it alone overnight and looked at it this morning it seemed to look much better.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v498/vincegamer/IP3k.jpg

Oh, and I've finally decided to let the cat out of the bag and show some real shots in the WIP gallery.

Stupidcow

03-15-2007, 11:16 AM

I too finished painting my model. You hear that Sculptofasquid? Finished I said. I knew you were hoping I'll be like Shoddy Eric, forgetting all about it and end up with nothing to submit?

Was planning to post but battery died out on my camera so it'll be tomorrow. For those curious, you can click on my blog to see the latest pic. I made some changes to his skin but more or less thats how it'll look.

Wren

03-15-2007, 11:35 AM

I am oh so more than ready :D

I dunno, you seem a bit over-confident for someone who hasn't ponied up a WIP or a finished product in the galleries...

@vince - I think the boot looks great, very leathery. And there is cheese involved, cool! Very fun idea you have there.

TAB Studio

03-15-2007, 04:07 PM

I did post a wip :D

vincegamer

03-15-2007, 04:21 PM

Is that a nipple in the top shot!?

It looks to me like a woman made of cheese! or failing that....SPONGEBOB!

Yes, that was a nipple, but a male nipple. Sheesh. I did say I was painting Kage Dar - even posted a pic of the advert paint job.
And it did involve cheese, so 1.5 points!

matty1001

03-15-2007, 04:38 PM

Haha! Wheres John with his funny shaped nipples!

LavronYor

03-15-2007, 05:15 PM

wow, vince nipples and cheese are two of my favorite things...

mmmmmm..... ni oops I mean mmmmmm cheeeeese....

Maestro

03-15-2007, 06:58 PM

Haha! Wheres John with his funny shaped nipples!Hmmmm, I'm getting a bit worried here... Malebolgia, did you think my nipples looked wyrd last time you nibbled them softly???? :|

My entry is done and uploaded.. Look and weep as you view true beauty...

Henrix

03-15-2007, 08:05 PM

A bit nervous about this as I have no idea how good my competitor is!

Ah, well, we'll see about that... I'm not certain you'll even have any competition :embarasse

I've been downed by a depressive bout (ah, the joys of being bipolar), so I haven't gotten much done this past week.
With some luck I'll get my mini done, but I can't promise. Perhaps I'd better start looking for a mini to send you. ;)

(Wow, my smack talk really sucks, doesn't it?)

LavronYor

03-15-2007, 08:21 PM

sounds more like smooch talk

sorry about your bp, I hear that exercise helps...

orkydave

03-15-2007, 08:36 PM

Sorry to hear that too Henrix, wishing you all the best and hope you get something done in time mate.

(I think I need lessons in this smack talk malarkey!)

Anyhoos, heres mine, the Black Dwarf! (A play on words of the GW magazine title!)
http://i85.photobucket.com/albums/k74/Orkydave/DSC00211.jpg

callumrice

03-16-2007, 05:39 AM

And BANG!!! Im finished.

Im afraid to say lads, no model I have seen so far comes CLOSE to matching what I have in terms of the theme! If I don get top points for theme at least, I dont know what will!

Ill post my pic tonight Shoddy, you can rest easy until then.

Maestro

03-16-2007, 05:46 AM

Callum, did you paint a rainbow warrior?? (in your case dunk it into a couple of different paintpots and call it a day..)

John

callumrice

03-16-2007, 06:03 AM

And whats wrong with rainbow warriors Maestro??!

Managed to do a whole squad, 200, in 7 quick dips!

Maestro

03-16-2007, 06:29 AM

Good atention to detail, with 7 dips!

callumrice

03-16-2007, 06:31 AM

Well, being that there is seven colours in the rainbow, I guess it figures!

take it you just dropped yours in the green? Gave it a quick boot around the garden, let the dog chew on it for a while then took some lovely photos?

Oooooh, I love smack talk!

Maestro

03-16-2007, 08:12 AM

Well, I guess I don't need more than that to score better than you.. And saying that Wyrd mini's look like honks of metal chewed on by a dog isn't the wisest thing to do on this forum, methinks..

NATHAAANN!!! Look what Callum said about your mini's!!!

It was fun to know you Callum..

callumrice

03-16-2007, 08:49 AM

**Tell tale...... youll pay john, youll pay..**

Now come on Nathan, it was blatantly obvious I have shown nothing but respect for your amazing minis. I mean, truly brilliant, amazing, unique minis. I thought it daft to even send one to maestro though, he could only ever bring down the look of them. It was a tragic waste of a mini and in my humble opinion the worst dunking job I have ever seen on a mini.

Please, accept my humble apology for that tricksy maestro messing with my words, he is a dork.

Im so sorry.

TAB Studio

03-16-2007, 08:51 AM

Stupidcow

03-16-2007, 12:04 PM

stupidcow you have a beautiful mini there, great painting work your new mix worked very well , I have to give that a whirl, I use the glaze already sometimes , hmmm, anyways good job to all so far it is fun to see the results dribbling in

Thanks for the compliments. :) I did some changes to his skin and I'm now more pleased with the results. He should be up in the gallery in bit. Good luck to you too.

LavronYor

03-16-2007, 02:55 PM

Well vince, there are my WIP so far. err, at least over in the WIP folder.

orkydave

03-16-2007, 03:56 PM

Mines all uploaded, just waiting for my opponent to step up to the mark and be a man now!!!! I would hate to go through on default so come on henrix, show us what your made of!!!

vincegamer

03-16-2007, 04:25 PM

Well vince, there are my WIP so far. err, at least over in the WIP folder.
Oh, I see, going for cheap points using sex appeal.
Well it won't work bud. You forget the judges aren't all men this time around.

LavronYor

03-16-2007, 08:46 PM

Right after I posted those, I got called in to the hospital for an emergency case and will not get to work on it anymore tonight. I am on call for the whole weekend, so if the hospital keeps me busy, I will be hosed.

vince, I did say that I liked cheese and nips.....

Thryth

03-16-2007, 10:39 PM

Oh, I see, going for cheap points using sex appeal.
Well it won't work bud. You forget the judges aren't all men this time around.

I'm counting on it. ;)

(Assuming that I actually get done :( )

WolfDreamerNZ

03-17-2007, 05:54 AM

Houston - we have a problem.

Deadline is upon me and I don't think I'm going to make it. My two ladies had a wee accident and had to be restarted - and with my day like it is tomorrow - I'm not sure I can pull it off....

So Monki - how's yours coming along?

DrEvilmonki

03-17-2007, 06:02 AM

My lad will be done. Not a masterpiece by any stretch but I think suits the theme pretty well.

Edit - remember they are a day behind us, so in effect you have until Monday.

Iff

03-17-2007, 10:04 AM

I'm still working on my entry. A bit behind schedule, but I should be ok. I haven't anything from red in a while; did he get scared when looking at the pictures on my website? (Well, I did warn him, didn't I? :D)

Iff

vincegamer

03-17-2007, 11:19 AM

I am on call for the whole weekend, so if the hospital keeps me busy, I will be hosed.You were going to get hosed in this comp anyway, so nothing's changed.

TAB Studio

03-18-2007, 01:28 AM

Posted a WIP in the gallery ....... so ready and waiting to pounce.
The big day is today folks, are you ready???
Are you skeerd yet Wren, oh you should be, you should be! muhahahahaha!

Wren

03-18-2007, 01:49 AM

Pshaw, I'm not scared. I'm feverish, and hacking up a lung, and otherwise poorly disposed, but have shown my true iron by soldiering on and finishing my entry tonight. I just need to seal, photograph and post it by the deadline.

(Sadly the whole feverish thing means I'm too stupid right now to figure out your hint in the WIP picture, though. Other than fire + brush makes me cringe a little for the brush. I look forward to seeing your entry!)

LavronYor

03-18-2007, 10:54 AM

We have until 6 vikey's time correct?

vincegamer

03-18-2007, 11:10 AM

Yes, but it shouldn't take you that long you give up after seeing my superior painting skilz.

LavronYor

03-18-2007, 12:09 PM

I must say that this model kicks that old lady's ass ( see last IP), however, I ain't going down without a fight....

supervike

03-18-2007, 01:19 PM

Less than 6 hrs to go!!! I was panicking earlier, as I lost my Internet connection, but its working now!!

TAB Studio

03-18-2007, 03:52 PM

I put a close up in the Wip gallery for you Red
Thanks for the comment!

EricJ

03-18-2007, 04:18 PM

mines done :D

just finishing the base then photos ;)

Wren

03-18-2007, 05:19 PM

Got mine up. I had trouble uploading the photos, they were getting shrunken down although the image size was under 200kb. I made a shorter montage with only two views and that worked. Is it possible for me to delete the excess images or does an admin need to do that? Also I can upload a picture with the other two views if the judges want it.

All the entries I've seen so far look great (I think you have this one in the bag TAB!), but I'm still pretty under the weather so I'll have to come back and comment later. Good luck everyone!

green stuff

03-18-2007, 06:17 PM

Thryth

03-18-2007, 07:54 PM

Do to work, both Tyneth and me haven't been able to finish our entries in time. Sorry to Jim, Maestro, Thryth, and the other Iron Painters for letting you down.

Just for kicks, we uploaded our latest WIP in the gallery section.

Good luck to all for the next rounds.

You mean... I get to go on to the next round!?

I hadn't considered that possibility :D

Great work by the way. Your WIP is looking really great.

supervike

03-18-2007, 07:56 PM

No more entries....Judges do your thing!

Stupidcow

03-18-2007, 10:46 PM

I finished commenting on all (I think) the entries. Boy it was hard, not because of the numbers, but the pics seems to be switching positions every now & then and I had a hard time tracking them.

WolfDreamerNZ

03-19-2007, 02:10 AM

Bugger! I just got back from work and after a full out weekend - obviously missed my deadline. So hats off to everyone who finished - excellent work.

I guess I can now tell you my plan that didn't come to fruition.

Celebrity mud wrestling! Flesh is definitely coloured differently after some time in the ring - so I had two models - one standing over the other - both covered in mud with bits of their natural skin/hair tone showing through. The two girls were also different ethnicities so there again was a play on flesh of a different colour theme. A small section of the ring complete with posts and ropes was constructed and I built up the mud with many small layers of PVA.

Great plan (I thought) but too long to execute when you have to start over - so no joy in foiling DrEvilMonki's rise to the top. So - good luck to all those who continue and mr monki - what kind of figure would you be after as a prize?

DrEvilmonki

03-19-2007, 02:14 AM

I like surprises! I will PM mt address

Nathan Caroland

03-19-2007, 03:39 AM

I finished commenting on all (I think) the entries. Boy it was hard, not because of the numbers, but the pics seems to be switching positions every now & then and I had a hard time tracking them.

Fixed that. Thanks for bringing it to my attention.

Stupidcow

03-19-2007, 04:07 AM

Fixed that. Thanks for bringing it to my attention.

No worries, just be lenient when judging my entry :)

callumrice

03-19-2007, 05:55 AM

Ye, I had the same problems last nite cow, they kept bouncing about!

supervike

03-19-2007, 09:29 AM

Good job fessing up and telling us how you didn't finish Wolfdreamer! Much better than the 'no show'. Part of this contest is the short time frame...we kind of expect some people not to be able to finish...thats what makes it fun!

vincegamer

03-19-2007, 09:50 AM

Come on peope. I've alrady started round 2!

Duende

03-19-2007, 09:54 AM

@WolfDreamer - You could still always post what you got in the IP WIP gallery like GreenStuff and Tyneth did, then we could at least what you almost had, and DrEvilmonki can thank his lucky stars that he didn't have to compete against it. :D

supervike

03-19-2007, 09:55 AM

Come on peope. I've alrady started round 2!

My how I love confidence!

What if

a. you don't advance?
b. it doesn't match the theme?
c. maybe I missed the point?

vincegamer

03-19-2007, 10:26 AM

Well, c is generally a given so that shouldn't affect anything.

a. What, just because we've submitted our entries I am not allowed to talk smack anymore?

b. Doh! (you mean you didn't get the bribe?)

DrEvilmonki

03-19-2007, 11:39 AM

Actually I think it was more likely she simply realised she didn't have a hope of beating me.

TAB Studio

03-20-2007, 12:34 AM

I just finished posting comments on each mini, man that took a couple of hours for me, yes I am slow, but I appreciated each comment I had so much, I felt good about returning the time.
Vike thanks very much for starting and administering this, it's great been great fun!