[P] JANUARY Challenge - Battle of the 5 armies

Dead Marsh Spectre · **Posted:** Wed Jan 07, 2015 10:44 pm

OOh errr sorry been a little busy and didn't realise this had not been set up already. Apologies.

Welcome to the January 2015 Painting Challenge. The topic this month is

THE BATTLE OF THE FIVE ARMIES

This month will be a single miniature challenge and is open to anything at all from the Battle of five armies. Only one model can be submitted for the vote.

1. To enter the painting challenge, the miniature you are painting must not be painted before starting and picture proof must be shown of the miniature 'pre-painted' (unprimed, undercoated or if you are repainting and old miniature - in its' original paint scheme) otherwise your entry will not be eligible.

2. You may join the painting challenge in progress at any time, but must submit photographs of the completed miniature by midnight GMT of January 31st 2015. WIP images are welcomed and encouraged. A maximum of 4 photos of your completed entry please, this allows you to show your miniature off from front, back and each side which is more than enough. If you would like to compile more than one pictures into one file it is ok to do that

Pictures of completed models must be submit using a third party hosting site such as photobucket or imageshack. Pictures submit by attachment will not be eligible for the vote. Any problems PM me.

3. Miniatures that are completed in time will be eligible to win the challenge. The challenge winner will be decided by the vote of the OR community. The community will choose one winner and one runner-up from the completed miniatures. Votes should be cast not simply on painting skill, but on merit, including creativity, application of painting techniques, artist improvement, etc. There is no prize available for the winners of this challenge, the challenge is solely for community participation and as an incentive for people to reduce their backlog and improve their painting skills.

4. Winners from the previous month are able to participate in the next months painting challenge, but they are not eligible to win in consecutive months.

Good luck to all!

joshuar_au · **Posted:** Wed Jan 07, 2015 10:56 pm

Is it anything from the whole movie or just from the battle itself?

I would like to do the old Bolg /Gundabad general sculpt which makes a brief appearance in the movie...

Dead Marsh Spectre · **Posted:** Wed Jan 07, 2015 11:05 pm

Anything from the movie no matter how brief.

Frogmortonjustice65 · **Joined:** Sat Jun 22, 2013 10:21 pm **Posts:** 129

does this mean the mini has to be from the Battle of the Five Armies film line of releases? Are minis from AUJ, DOS and LOTR permitted as long as they represent something from BOFA?

the big goblin · Last updated 7-1-15

Might do one of the the new Thorins Company dwarves I got for Christmas.

Dead Marsh Spectre · **Posted:** Wed Jan 07, 2015 11:22 pm

Frogmortonjustice65 wrote:

minis from AUJ, DOS and LOTR permitted as long as they represent something from BOFA?

Exactly this my friend.

Lord Hurin · **Posted:** Thu Jan 08, 2015 1:43 am

So a LoTR Legolas would be eligible, even though he has a new profile? I don't have any BoFA minis and I haven't seen the movie yet (I know, I know...)

Are Gundabad Orcs, Radagast on foot or Hunter Orcs on Wargs in the film?

Dead Marsh Spectre · **Posted:** Thu Jan 08, 2015 1:53 am

Any Legolas is acceptable. all others mentioned also fine.

IntLemon · **Posted:** Thu Jan 08, 2015 2:13 am

Lord Hurin wrote:

Are Gundabad Orcs, Radagast on foot or Hunter Orcs on Wargs in the film?

Gundabad orcs are definitely in the film. Radagast spends most of the time on his sleigh, but I'm pretty sure he hops off at some point. Can't remember about hunter orcs though. I don't think wargs are in the film, but they are in the book. You can see them in the some of the TV spots though with footage that wasn't in the theatrical release, so presumably they'll feature in the extended edition.

joshuar_au · **Posted:** Thu Jan 08, 2015 9:45 am

heres my proof pic

been quite a while since ive entered, haven't had time to do any painting lately

Dead Marsh Spectre · **Posted:** Thu Jan 08, 2015 10:48 am

Great mini Josh. I'm painting the new ft & mtd now. Won't be entering the challenge tho, no proof pic.

Lord Hurin · **Posted:** Thu Jan 08, 2015 4:18 pm

Dead Marsh Spectre wrote:

Great mini Josh. I'm painting the new ft & mtd now. Won't be entering the challenge tho, no proof pic.

Oooh, painting one for yourself Kev? That particular mini seems like it would be one that would be hard to give up after it was done... Must catch up on the BoFA stuff myself. I'm just hoping a few Orcs get released at some point

Dead Marsh Spectre · **Posted:** Thu Jan 08, 2015 4:22 pm

Lol I wish it was for me. The Orc Drummer is for myself but the Bolg is going to a client of mine. It was actually commissioned by his wife for his birthday without his knowledge. I like her style:-)

I don't worry about giving the models up at the end anymore. All part of the masterplan muuaaaah ha ha haaaaaaaaarrrr

Ares B · **Posted:** Thu Jan 08, 2015 6:14 pm

I'm easy to convince.

Here's my daughter's Christmas gift Thorin. She's pressuring me to do prime job with him, so the expectations are high.

Dead Marsh Spectre · **Posted:** Thu Jan 08, 2015 6:16 pm

Great model choice Ares. Just a quick reminder but finished entries submit via the attachment option are no longer eligible for voting. use an image hosting site such as photobucket or imageshack. Makes maintaining the challenges much easier for the mods.

Any problems PM me buddy.

Thanks

Ares B · **Posted:** Thu Jan 08, 2015 6:30 pm

Ok, no problem there. I just hope I can do acceptable work, I've noticed I may be needing new glasses for those pesky details.

SouthernDunedain · **Posted:** Thu Jan 08, 2015 7:13 pm

I just finished my Thorin KutM...damn you man put this up earlier

Just kidding...

I have lots of new releases to paint...I do have Fili and Kili to do for the 18th Jan so maybe I'll do one of them.

GothmogtheWerewolf · **Posted:** Fri Jan 09, 2015 3:34 pm

Can the finished pics from the Sculpting/Converting challenge be used for this (as I haven't started painting yet) as I want to submit one of the Trolls?

Dead Marsh Spectre · **Posted:** Fri Jan 09, 2015 3:52 pm

@Gothmog - sure, why not.

GothmogtheWerewolf · **Posted:** Fri Jan 09, 2015 4:42 pm

In that case then, here's my proof pic for the challenge, haven't decided which one I will enter yet though.

[P] JANUARY Challenge - Battle of the 5 armies

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