So, we need a new way picking themes - and need the help from you. So, let me see some suggestion for what would you like to do?
To make it easy for me, I’ll ask you to name your idea a “title” and give us a small desciption what the challenge would be about:
Example:
Title:
"Blast from the Past"Challenge:
The idea being any model that evokes a sense of archaic, ancient, historical or obsolete feeling. This is potentially very broad, but it should open up a lot of possibilities for people. Nothing is too old, and even more recent things can apply: kinda like disco!! Please note that this does NOT have to include historically accurate stuff, so if you want to go Steampunk or Diesel punk, go right ahead. Just remember we’re looking for that “old, out of date” feeling.
And please try and keep the challenge as open as you can, so it don’t favoure any base shape, miniature size, scale, range, genre, manufacturer etc.
Around the 20th, I’ll pick what I see as the top 5 themes and set up a poll for picking the August challenge theme. So feel free to comment others ideas so I get a sence of what people would like doing.
No 1 suggestion: - The model you have converted for fun. Quixotic or silly. I have a BB goblin on a pogo stick I use as a Squig Hopper. You Know something like that would be my preference for a still playable or usable mini.
Good start. Shouldn’t really comment the suggestions, but I have a slightly problem turning it into a modelling challenge (like GH), so not that happy about challenge themes about conversions alone. Altering a miniature is not everybody’s ‘cup of tea’, so not that keen on the idea - but if 10+ guys tells me that what they want, we might give it a chance. But do prefer challenges that keeps things open for all
The idea of this model, is to represent something big, or scary or ugly or just plain mean. Maybe a combination of all those attributes.
Title:
"A face only a mother could love"
Challenge:
Find the ugliest model you have, whether it is actually an ungly beast/creature, or whether it simply badly cast, broken, or simply just un-loved. Paint it up and make it “feel loved” again.
Got 200 miniatures that would fit that first theme, G2 - like that
Got a few ideas myself, too:
Title: Get off your high horse
Challenge: Any mounted miniature - from Napoleon to a SM bike rider. The miniature has to be presented with, by, on … his mount.
Title: Greenday
Challenge: Paint a miniature where the overall colour is green
Title: What movie?
Challenge: Give us a famous movie quote - and painted a miniature to go with it (a character, a scene etc.) - and perhaps photoshop the quote into the picture if you like. Feel free to use any style of miniatures you want.
Perhaps something like this (painted miniature is so utterly stolen from crusader miniatures)
Challenge: Paint the miniature with the most unrealistic or ill body proportions that you can find in your collection. Ham-sized hands, mini heads or mega feet all counts.
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Title: "Laws of dynamism"
Challenge: Paint a miniature with the most dynamic stance that you can find.
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Title: "Overwhelming equipment"
Challenge: Paint a miniature equipped with something too big - be it armour, weapon, backsack or other equipment.
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Title: "Weirdo"
Challenge: Paint the weirdest miniature in your possession.
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Title: "Beauty and the beast"
Challenge: Paint the ugliest and the most beautiful miniature that you own.
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Title: "Art of War"
Challenge: Paint the most warlord- or general-like miniature you have. Alternatively, you may also paint his army staff.
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Title: "Civilian"
Challenge: Paint an unarmed, non-military miniature.
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Title: "Lay of the land"
Challenge: Paint a piece of terrain.
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Title: "Beast"
Challenge: Paint an animal, non-humanoid miniature.
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Title: "Janus’ honesty"
Challenge: Paint a miniature with the facade of a nice person, but the sign of a slick deceiver (eg. dagger behind its back).
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Title: "Hero"
Challenge: Paint the most heroic miniature in your possession.
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Title: "Libido"
Challenge: Paint a miniature of attractive looks.
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Title: "Slave"
Challenge: Paint a slave- or serf-like miniature, preferably humbled.
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Title: "Rank and file"
Challenge: Paint one or several rank and file miniatures.
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Title: "Flying levitation"
Challenge: Paint a miniature whose body does not touch the ground.
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Title: "Great base! But where’s the mini?"
Challenge: Paint a miniature with a base so exaggeratedly done that it distracts the eye from the miniature itself.
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Title: "Miracle"
Challenge: Paint one or several miniatures, alternatively in a diorama, that to your mind gives the impression of a witness, giver or receiver of a miracle.
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Title: "Unclean"
Challenge: Paint a miniature touched by dirt (eg. blood, trench mud, soot, slime).
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Title: "Banner bearer"
Challenge: Paint a miniature with a standard, icon or placard.
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Title: "My roots"
Challenge: Paint a miniature with a connection to your history.
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Title: "Stern gaze"
Challenge: Paint a miniature with a stern gaze.
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Title: "Those colours doesn’t match…"
Challenge: Paint a miniature whose dominant colours are those that you dislike to paint the most.
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Title: "Joy"
Challenge: Paint a miniature that signals joy and happiness.
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Title: "Fury"
Challenge: Paint a roaring aggressive miniature.
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Title: "Amputation"
Challenge: Paint a miniature with some limb or body part missing.
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Title: "A heartful gift"
Challenge: Paint a gift to a friend, family member or colleague.
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Title: "The agricultural base"
Challenge: Paint a miniature with a connection to agriculture of some sort.
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Title: "Triumphant"
Challenge: Paint the miniature with the most triumphant looks in your possession.
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Title: "To climb a cliff starving"
Challenge: Paint a miniature beset by hardship of some sort.
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Title: "Opulence"
Challenge: Paint a miniature of wealthy standing.
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Title: "Ditch digger"
Challenge: Paint a miniature occupied by work of some sort.
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Title: "My drink, my heart"
Challenge: Paint a miniature with a drink of some sorts (eg. beer tankard, wine glass, goblet).
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Title: "Do you recognize him?"
Challenge: Paint a miniature of a character from a book, comic or movie.
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Title: "Rest"
Challenge: Paint a resting miniature.
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Title: "Favourite"
Challenge: Paint your favourite miniature.
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Title: "My ears! The noise!"
Challenge: Paint a miniature seemingly occupied with producing noise of some sort.
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Title: "Country contrasts"
Challenge: Paint one rural and one urban miniature.
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Title: "My pet"
Challenge: Paint an animal miniature in the colours of your pet.
Wow!!???! That’s a lot of suggestions and like quite a few - but would like you to pick you own top 3-5, please.
And then I don’t think we need more now - but if you got a über cool theme, well lets have it. and I’ll keep this thread open, so we have something to pick from.
- and then I’d like to start hearing what participants would like seeing for August,
I then suggest that I set up a thread with with the 5 most interesting ones. When we have picked one (most voted for) the other themes will go into September’s poll + a new theme from here. If a theme has no votes at all (or maybe just a single vote) - I’ll also remove it from next month poll - but can be suggested again here. In that way, a popular theme that hasn’t got the most votes, will then get a second, third, forth… chance as long as it’s voted for. In that way, I think we’ll get the most popular theme, but perhaps not the most challenging ones
Poll will end on July 31th - and give you exactly one month to paint Next will be set up around the 20th of August ending August 31th, choosing September’s theme etc.
It sounds like a good system. Who knew Danes could invent such?
Do I have to pick top themes? Out of that spam I launched?
Shall I just pick my own suggestions or is it open to pick others? If the first, plucked from my own at random:
1. Title: "To climb a cliff starving"
Challenge: Paint a miniature beset by hardship of some sort.
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2. Title: "Amputation"
Challenge: Paint a miniature with some limb or body part missing.
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3. Title: "Lay of the land"
Challenge: Paint a piece of terrain.
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4. Title: "Beauty and the beast"
Challenge: Paint the ugliest and the most beautiful miniature that you own.
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5. Title: "My pet"
Challenge: Paint an animal miniature in the colours of your pet.
Otherwise, just swap 2, 3 and 5 for the following:
Title: "What movie?"
Challenge: Give us a famous movie quote - and painted a miniature to go with it (a character, a scene etc.) - and perhaps photoshop the quote into the picture if you like. Feel free to use any style of miniatures you want.
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Title: "I wouldn’t want to meet you in a dark alley"
Challenge: The idea of this model, is to represent something big, or scary or ugly or just plain mean. Maybe a combination of all those attributes.
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something cheesy, this could be a model with cheese or just a model who can be used in a cheesy way.
Now we are talking You guys will have like a week to state you favourites and I’ll then try and pick five that seems/looks most popular. When choosing please take into account that I expect you to actual entering BS if the theme should come up
It sounds like a good system. Who knew Danes could invent such?
Admiral
Yeah! who would have thought that - but I had help
Running out of suggestions? Didn’t you receive a ton of those earlier?
Perhaps I can find the time and photo quality to join in this time around. Suggestions:
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Title: "Veteran of war"
Challenge: Paint a war veteran miniature, this could be anything from a unit of grizzled Imperial Guardsmen to a scarred Ogre in full swinging melee, or a Dwarf resting with his arm on a bloodied axe. Naïve looks are to be avoided!
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Title: "Machinery of Destruction"
Challenge: Paint a war machine of any sorts. This could be anything from Malakai Malakaisson’s Goblin Hewer, or a modern tank miniature, to a Chaos Dwarf Dreadquake or a Space Marine Dreadnought.
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Title: "Up, up in the sky!"
Challenge: Paint a flying miniature. This could be anything from Tyranid Gargoyles to a WWI biplane or a Goblin Doom Diver.
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Title: "Boring like a bullock"
Challenge: Paint one of the most boring miniatures in your collection.
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Title: "Salty Sally"
Challenge: Paint something naval or aquatic. This could be anything from ship models to pirates or sailors or sea monsters or fish.
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Title: "Stoopin’ low"
Challenge: Paint a miniature that stoops like a monkey. This could be anything from a gorilla to a Warhammer Orc.
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Title: "Beard"
Challenge: Paint something bearded.
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Title: "Skullz"
Challenge: Paint a miniature with an overabundance of skulls. This could be anything from Skulltaker to a Dreadfleet island.
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Title: "Flying the old colours"
Challenge: Paint a miniature in the first paint scheme you ever used or invented in the hobby, albeit more skilfully this time around!
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Title: "Majestic like a statue of mayonaisse"
Challenge: Paint a majestic miniature. This could be anything with majestic looks, such as a noble dragon or a king or an august wizard.
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Title: "Gunline again?"
Challenge: Paint something you would not like to see in an enemy gunline!
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Title: "An army marches on its stomach"
Challenge: Paint a model that is either eating or is associated with cooking. This could be anything from a chef, a cannibal having a meal or an Ogre Butcher.
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Title: "Religious matters"
Challenge: Paint something religious. This could be anything from a priest, a praying soldier, a temple or even an eating Ogre (since eating is religious business in the Mountains of Mourn).
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Title: "I tell ya it’s just a flesh wound, pal!"
Challenge: Paint a miniature with potentially lethal battle damage. Examples of this: An Elf Prince with an arrow in his chest, a human with a spear through his gut, a Dwarf with a sizeable wound or a soldier who just lost an arm.
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Title: "Unshod"
Challenge: Paint a barefoot miniature, that is, one lacking shoes or boots.
