September Painting Challenge: Hobbits

Red Corsairs · **Posted:** Mon Sep 11, 2017 7:52 am

Painting Challenge: Hobbits!
Welcome to the September Painting Challenge. This months subject is Hobbits.

Your entry should be a single miniature and the model must be a Hobbit, whether it be Frodo, Pippin, Bilbo, Farmer Maggot or an unnamed militia.

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 October 6th 2017. WIP images are welcomed and encouraged. A maximum of 4 photos of your completed entries please, this allows you to show your miniatures off from front, back and each side which is more than enough. If you would like to compile more than four pictures into one file it is ok to do that.

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. With the introduction of The League Winners from the previous month are now eligible to enter and win consecutive challenges without penalty.

Good luck! Second Breakfast for the winner on me!

Goblin Town Crier · **Posted:** Mon Sep 11, 2017 12:56 pm

This will be my last challenge for a while

and Iv gotta do it quick as I am moving to Canada in 6 days! I probably should be packing so i've picked Frodo and Sam in their orc disguises as hopefully I can smash them out fast!

Im gonna paint up both of these little guys and the best will be my entry.

slinky · **Posted:** Tue Sep 12, 2017 10:34 am

I have 5 Merries lined up for this month:

As with the Goblin Town Crier, I will see which comes out best and enter that one

Red Corsairs · **Posted:** Tue Sep 12, 2017 2:57 pm

I look forward to seeing both of your entries!

Goblin Town Crier · **Posted:** Sat Sep 16, 2017 8:46 pm

Got 'em done! It was a close call as I have a one way flight to Canada in the morning!

I'v picked Frodo as my entry so here he is:

Well guys it's been a pleasure, I've really enjoyed the hobby challenges and hope they continue to inspire everyone. Hopefully I'll be able to join in again in the future.

Red Corsairs · **Posted:** Mon Sep 18, 2017 10:07 am

Excellent detailing on such a small figure. Lovely work.

Coenus Scaldingus · **Joined:** Sat Aug 17, 2013 9:14 am **Posts:** 1121

Very fine job on the little fella indeed, great rust effects. Will see if I manage an entry for this month; painting the small ones doesn't tend to take too long.

Red Corsairs · **Posted:** Wed Sep 20, 2017 10:03 am

Coenus Scaldingus wrote:

Very fine job on the little fella indeed, great rust effects. Will see if I manage an entry for this month; painting the small ones doesn't tend to take too long.

Due to the delay in it being posted, you've an extra week to enter at the start of October too.

slinky · **Posted:** Fri Sep 22, 2017 9:48 am

Here's my entry - Merry in Rohan armour:

I agonised over which one to enter, but this one just won my internal battle

Goblin Town Crier · **Posted:** Thu Sep 28, 2017 9:51 pm

Nice job on Merry, I like your hilighting on the cape and armour. Good job on the eyes too; gives him so much character!

Lothíriel · **Posted:** Fri Sep 29, 2017 7:58 pm

Lovely entries!

I've never seen the orc armour hobbits painted so that's a nice change for me.

joshuar_au · **Posted:** Wed Oct 04, 2017 2:07 pm

All looking great so far!

Here is my entry:

GiantHogweed · **Joined:** Wed Aug 23, 2017 3:46 pm **Posts:** 7

So it migth be to late to enter but if it isnt here is my entry
before
https://imgur.com/a/mClhz
after
https://imgur.com/a/epKvQ
https://imgur.com/a/XCNvU
Not really happy with it but its better now than before. I spent most of the times trying to get the colours match the movie. Im not sure it really matches.

Mapper · **Posted:** Mon Oct 09, 2017 9:47 pm

In imgur, if you do the get share links from the arrow down menu, copy the BBC code (forums) and paste into your post, the pictures will be in the post with no further editing needing to be done.

Nicely done on your painting!

Red Corsairs · **Posted:** Tue Oct 10, 2017 2:00 pm

Not too late

I'll get the voting thread up shortly, along with October's thread.

Goblin Town Crier · **Posted:** Thu Oct 19, 2017 2:27 am

Hey, is there gonna be a vote soon? Maybe for next months challenge we could just start it early and have a month and a half. So it could be something big like a monster or warband or something like that? Then we could get back on track with the timings? Just my thoughts, anyone agree?

joshuar_au · **Posted:** Thu Oct 19, 2017 4:38 am

Goblin Town Crier wrote:

Hey, is there gonna be a vote soon? Maybe for next months challenge we could just start it early and have a month and a half. So it could be something big like a monster or warband or something like that? Then we could get back on track with the timings? Just my thoughts, anyone agree?

Sounds good to me

draked · **Joined:** Sat Aug 13, 2011 3:17 am **Posts:** 266

These are all fantastic. Looking forward to voting and the october challenge!

Goblin Town Crier · **Posted:** Sun Sep 30, 2018 1:57 pm

So as the Hobby Challenges have been resumed with the new spur of enthusiasm from the latest edition and that for whatever reason this one never got a vote, I motion that myself, joshuar_au and slinky are all winners here!

...if not in points at least in spirit! :frodo:

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