IP8 round 1

[reapergirl]

Are those from Fairy Meat?

Nah, it's the evil empire.... Bits from the wood elf dryad sprues.

[ringsnake]

not as surprising if you remember it's a there-can-be-only-one type of three way...
some people don't wanna get their heads cut off for just few minutes of fun.

anyway, I see two finished entries in the gallery ... are you guys giving up already? you still have some time to make your entries better

It's a week's worth of fun, but I had no idea that the punishment for losing was decapitation. I expected defenestration at the worst!

---------- Post added at 04:12 PM ---------- Previous post was at 04:10 PM ----------

Nah, it's the evil empire.... Bits from the wood elf dryad sprues.

They can't be evil when they give us so many bits and pieces to play with. Maybe if I was in the Southern Hemisphere I'd accept calling them evil, but not here in the States. My entry owes a lot to all the cool little bits and bobs that came with the Talos Pain Engine.

[marshimartian]

I suppose I'll be the first of my opponents to post. Actually didn't see first round posted until Friday. Lucky for me, I've hoarded a mass of unpainted miniatures, so I had just about everything I needed, bring on the week of intensive painting!

And to my opponents:
Vos mères puent de baies de sureau!

[ixminis]

I've got paint slapped a bit now. Still hoping to have time to add things to the base so it's more than a single figure. We'll see... we'll see...

[Ledgem]

I think I have switched Ideas 3 times now.. I think I have one that finally fits.. Is having only one full mini safe if its on a diorama of sorts I wonder...

[Quase]

some of my better stuff is on CMON.

Right...
I knew I shouldn't have gone and looked...
You average around 8... I never got past a 7 (didn't even score a 7)

Still, you'll have to do your best, because my entry will blow you (and the judges) off of their socks

If you're looking for me on the interwebz, Quase's my name and painting's my game

But I know what you're thinking. "Did he put his best on there to score a 6?" Well, to tell you the truth, in all this excitement I kind of lost track myself. But being as this is the Iron Painter, the most powerful painting competition in the world, you've got to ask yourself one question: Do I feel lucky? Well, do ya, punk?

[RealGenius]

and so the smack time begins... in round 2. RealGenius, Abhorsen - sorry, not gonna waste my smacking potential already. but, I do wait to see what you come up with guys good luck.

Thanks, good luck to you and Abhorsen as well.

And I'd like to take this moment to compliment you on choice of your beverage.

Yes, I'm going with the "dioramas are for suckers" meta-theme for my entries (or entry, as the case may be).

Dioramas are for suckers... and for those that need to compensate for other shortcomings.

guys, do you really think that wasting every minute of these two weeks on painting will help you?

Hardly! In fact, I'll spot you a whole week. Glad to see you've made some progress. Yes, yes, I'm sure that fancy diorama isn't compensating for something else...

And who says your two opponents are "guys"?

[ixminis]

lol - we've gotten pretty generic with the term "guys" these days haven't we?

[LeopolddelaSolail]

I have nearly finished my piece of work.
But have some technical problems by uploading wip pics.

[Nameless]

And I'd like to take this moment to compliment you on choice of your beverage.

thank you I'll make you one as kind of a compensation for kicking you out of IP

Yes, yes, I'm sure that fancy diorama isn't compensating for something else...

oh, wait till I finish this, you'll be even more entitled to call this compensation ;)

And who says your two opponents are "guys"?

I can call you "ladies" if you prefer