Winner! :)

While I have to digest some serious real live issues again (Teddy-Cat sickness), I received the official message from DakkaDakka, that I did win the Deathwatch Killteam competition!

I'm very proud that my "Stemming the Green Tide" ended 2nd in the public voting, but was then declared winner by the judges voting:

The public voting made it very clearly a two-horse race and the private
final judges voting was quite decisive.

So I'm now allowed to wear the "Dakka Paint Champ" signature - which I'll do proudly

and I will also receive a signed copy of the Deathwatch RPG from Fantasy Flight - sponsored by Fantasy Flight

It was a great competition and all the entries were excellent - if you haven't yet, check them out!
A big Kudos to Yekface and Daggermaw for the organization, Skumle Rafte who was the winner of the public vote (but ended then 2nd), Reaper Man 2020, and all the other participants!
So thanks again for all the votes and support, thanks for the great competition, and thanks for the price :)
Cheers

Klaus
P.S. Despite the setback with Teddy I hope to be able to post an update for Hellsryche later today.

Inquisitor Hellsryche (3)

Since the last Hellsryche post I continued with sculpting and modifying the individual minis.
Here you can see the right hand, that is now holding the seat.

Then I started to detail the prosecutor.

And worked on his Tiara-style hat.

I also started on the two "victims", the accused.

As you can see I intend to have two Space Marines as subjects of the Witch Hunters investigation.

Not sure about the chapter, but I think I'll make them Dark Angels (so this all fits together with the "Boz o' da Dakka" and the "Stemming the Green Tide" dioramas).

Another character is a monk.

I am absolutely happy with the way his pose worked out!

Here is most of the crew with various sculpted pieces curing over night.

The next day I worked some more on Hellsryche himself, giving him the first shoulder armour.

Another detail on the prosecutor, the "I" on the belt buckle.

Then I mounted the Marines heads and the signs.

One will the labeled "Traitor" and the other "Coward".

Hellsryche's second shoulder armour.

Then the gloves

with cuffs.

Some ropes to hold the signs.

Handcuffs.

The Monk also received some details - a proper monkish haircut too :)

The prosecutor is now completed.

The female inquisitor also turned out nicely.

I hope you all like the update so far.

Cheers

Klaus

Stemming the Green Tide

Well, the Deathwatch competition voting is over, so I'm now officially allowed to reveal my entry.
I'm appologizing to readers with limited bandwidth, as this post will most certainly eat it all up.
Tons of images!
"Stemming the Green Tide"

It ended 2nd with 349 out of 1413 votes (1st place had 351 votes).
The theme was:

Deathwatch Killteam Kompetition

They send the best to do the worst.

Across the reaches of Imperial Space the Chamber Militant of the Ordo Xenos stand watch to defeat the alien scum that threaten humanity.
Small teams of Space Marines, comprised of different chapters, are ready at a moments notice to fight the xenos threat at its heart. Whether its small tactical insertions or leading armies of Imperial Troops to defeat unhuman invaders the members of the Deathwatch are honor bound and sworn to defeat the impure threat of human extinction at the hands of aliens.

Challenge Rules:
The Space Marines of the Deathwatch do not follow the standard Codex Astartes. They use advanced and often experimental or unique weapons. Their wargear is chosen from the most holy armories of the Ordo Xenos. Their tactics are unconventional, even by Astartes standards. They are the best gifted, best qualified, best armed and armored bug hunters in the galaxy! Now its your turn to show us some real Deathwatch Marines. Show us the unique nature of the
Deathwatch, what makes them the best individual Space Marines around.

Since I don't have much Space Marine stuff - especially no fancy weapons I decided form the begining to base the entry rather on the situation than on any fancy weaponry.
So I developed the idea of a Deathwatch Killteam arriving on Dencara to defend a holy, ancient shrine against relentless attacks by the Orks.

I rumaged through my bits boxes to create the mummy, or at least skeleton of some holy warrior that was displayed in the shrine.

Most pieces are from the fantasy bretonian line, plus some vampire warrior pieces for the bones.
The finished skeleton.


Then I assembled the warriors that would become the killteam. As you can see there's the SGT from Space Hulk, a Grey Knight, and a special edition (I think it was for GW Online Order) Scout Sgt.
And here's the plan I drew up for the scene.


Then I started to build the sacophargus for Emilius van Hainbruch.
The death angel is also from that fantasy sprue.


With ProCreate I sculpted the velvet carpet underneath the mummy.

Some ornaments for the oputside.


And then I created the actual base for the scene. It was made from some instant plaster, that I pured into cardboard forms and let dry on the heater over night. Due to the fast drying it did get some cracks - these were indeed intentional, as I experienced it by accident previously.
Then I used my scribing tool to engrave runes and ornaments.
Here is the sarcophagus on the base pieces.

Another staging shot.

Then I sculpted some shoulder pad icons for the Deathwatch.

While the PC cured I primed the base black.

Then some drybrushing with Khaki and Bleached Bone

The Ornaments received first Tinn Bizz as base color.

And some highlights with Shinign Gold. Then I painted the first slogan:
"Nullus Mundus Ultra Meum Ius Est; Nullus Adversarius Ultra Meam Iram Est"
No world is beyond my authority; no enemy is beyond my wraith.
The second slogan was
"Iter Ad Munditiam Perfusum Est Martyrum Sanguine"
The Road to purity is sprinkeled with the blood of martyrs.
More shoulder pads and the banner.

another staging shot.

The Killteam ready for priming.

First paint on the sacophagus.

The stone slab on which he rests is marble.

The velvet carpet and the golden armour.


Emilius van Hainbruch in all his glory :)


With the closed sacophagus.

The Killteam primed in black with a first coat of dark grey and some red washes on highlighted areas (to simulate the shine of flames of the battle).

Mithril Silver for the left arm and shoulder.

Then I started to paint non-metal gold.


This is the palette I used for the gold.


Sergeant Lorenzo from Space Hulk

The Scout Sergeant

The Grey Knight.


I'm quite pleased with the cloak thingie.


The wounded Banner Bearer.

Note the power cable for his energy lance.

First time I really tried some OSL for the power cables and eyes.


Grey Knight "Draco"


The scout sergeant.





The Killteam is slowly coming together










Top view with all actors in place.

And the images from the lightbox - unfortunately I had the ISO too high and the images got very grainy. The reason for the high ISO was to keep the shutter as closed as possible for maximum depth focus.

But in the end it cost me first place as the submitted image was just too grainy to apreciate the scene...oh well, lesson learned.


Never the less, I am mighty proud of second place and very satisfied with my entry.





Again, sorry for the mass of images, but I hope you enjoyed the read and it was worth your time.

Cheers

Klaus