Unofficial X-mas Painting Comp. - Group I

[Ray Rivers]

Group I
Members may cast two votes!

"Santa's Little Helper" (Eureka Miniatures) - The Black Rider


"'...way past midnight and no one turned up! BAH, HUMBUG!!!" - vikotnik


"Keeper of the Emperors Naughty List" (GW Space Marines) - Danny the Chimp


"Santa Quar" (Zombiesmith) - bandit86


"Bad Boys for Xmas"
Chaos warrior (early Citadel GW) & special figure from Harlequin Miniatures - Admiral Benbow


"Scrooge" (Artizan) - Dan


"Fire Support Goblin" (Rackham) - Jase


"He knows who has been naughty!" (Foundry 'Bazooka Santa') - Overlord


Christmas Sophie (Reaper) - Sinewgrab


A BIG Thank You to BLACK CAT Bases for providing prizes

[Captain Blood]

Nobody does slime like Vikotnik 
A brilliant selection everybody. Most enjoyable. Well done Raymondo.

[Ray Rivers]

Nobody does slime like Vikotnik 

Boy ain't that the truth.   

[Danny the Chimp]

I may have shamed my self with my entry here...

But, by god and with the love of all that is holy...

Vikotnik, Bloody amazing mate! Really something special there! 

While Mr JBob may be coming in second... I wish I could say the same...

Gentlemen, you have outdone yourselves. Thank you and remember us plebs with sausages for fingers. Please help us all!! 

[JollyBob]

Hey Dan, have you noticed your spelling gets better the drunker you are...? 

[knitemare]

I may have shamed my self with my entry here...

I wouldn't get too down about it Danny, I received the same amount of votes and I feel pretty good about my entry.  The flesh on the face and neck didn't come out well in the photograph.  I probably should have given him a beard after all.

[Ray Rivers]

It's just a fun thing guys!

Don't take it too seriously.  I've been painting for 30 years and I still can't win a "painting contest" to save my life.  But then again, I'm quite happy with my "wargamer level" painting style.

I enjoyed all the entries.

Painting is only part of it really.  Look at vikotnik's entry.  Not only is it painted well, it is awesomely composed and a great photo shot.  This is art at its finest.

The vast majority of gamers will never achieve vikotnik's level, and I would wager that the majority of those aren't really bothered.

[The Black Rider]

I agree with it being fun! I only painted that model as it was the closest thing to hand that looked even vaguely xmasy! It has been great fun tho!

[Admiral Benbow]

Just a note to my entry:

If you look closely, you'll note that the right (Citadel) miniature is another victim of the dreaded lead disease, rotting away even under coats of paint and varnishes. 

As I like the figure very much and the stand is part of my Christmas army for HOTT, I would very much like to replace this miniature with a repainted "fresh" one.

So, if anybody has a spare Chaos Santa and would sell it to me for a resonable price, please send me a pm.

Thanks ...

[vikotnik]

Many thanks for the very nice comments, guys!

If You would have witnessed how rushed I have finished this vignette and how amateurish my photographic set-up was, You would be surprised.   

Benbow, a PM has been sent.

[Black Cat Bases]

Well done everyone! 

The winners have all been sent a pm with their voucher codes and details of how to claim their prizes.

Jo:)

[Ramshackle_Curtis]

Thanks for stumping up the prize!