[PaintComp] December 2025

[sundancer 44182xp 2]

Welcome to the sixth (hopefully not last) monthly painting competition (PaintComp) down here in the forums. Taking a page from @warbossd gaming club book as inspiration there will be a key word or phrase set at the start of the month and anybody how likes to participates paints something up, builds something or what ever creative outlet strikes them

Then, not later than the 25th of each month you post your results here (not in the project system!) and we all get to do a community vote on it!

There are no prizes involved, only fun! It’s not mandatory. It’s just for fun.

The keyword for this month is:

water

[grantinvanman 7689xp 1]

Can it include frozen water or snow?

[sundancer 44182xp 1]

I don’t see why not. The state of matter is not specified! Go nuts.

[danlee 22807xp 2]

Time to look through my Heroes of Might and Magic models and decide which is most wet looking.

[zoidpinhead 12765xp 2]

This theme has provided the excuse I needed to get a small order in.  A suitable miniature is now on order so let’s hope it gets here in time.

[horati0nosebl0wer 20466xp 1]

I think before starting I’ll game the system but I don’t know how well that’ll go as its now winter.

[gorram 3204xp 2]

Oooh, I need to finish up my Secret Santa stuff but next week I’m pretty sure I’ve something to use for this one. GLHF everyone!

[danlee 22807xp 2]

Here’s my ice golem:

 

Dan’s 2025 Side Projects

 

[zoidpinhead 12765xp 3]

Here’s my entry. A Ral Partha Water Elemental. Complete with gloss varnish finish. I feel like I’m back in the 1980s again 😄

[poentje 4180xp 4]

After completing my entry for Giftmas I went on to paint the model for this challenge. Had a good look in my pile of opportunity and the most suitable model is this one. It’s The Drowned from Batman Gotham City Chronicles season 3.

The Drowned is a gender-flipped, evil Batman (Bryce Wayne) from DC’s Dark Multiverse (Earth-11) who becomes a water-controlling metahuman villain after her lover’s death, leading a war against Atlantis and eventually joining The Batman Who Laughs to spread chaos, possessing Atlantean powers, an army called the “Dead Waters,” and a vengeful obsession with wiping out metahumans.

I also thought about entering my Night’s Watch faction, but it was already painted fot about 70%, and I wanted to enter something I painted from scratch. The Night’s Watch are now on my painting table and will probably be finished before the end of the month (I hope).

[grantinvanman 7689xp 0]

@poentje Like Mrs. Nimbus, nicely done!

[horati0nosebl0wer 20466xp 4]

Since we counted snow I’m putting in my Christmas themed BB treeman. The commission from last weekend had me in knots and the other entry idea was going too slow.

[grantinvanman 7689xp 3]

Now that Giftmas has happened, I’m including what I painted and sent as my entry. The snow was made with the first snow of the year for me in Calgary, proof shown!

[Lazagram 114xp 1]

Sadly, a lack of inspiration and a waaagh-shaped distraction got in the way of an entry this month, but lovely work on the pieces gang 🙂

[horati0nosebl0wer 20466xp 2]

Um.. hello @sundancer It looks like Giftmas screwed the schedule but can we see the poll to get next month’s theme set up before the new year?

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