[PaintingComp] October 2025

[gorram 2666xp 4]

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Welcome to the fourth (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.

Given we’re officially in the best half of the year, the keyword for this month is:

Spooky

[sundancer 43713xp 0]

spooky…. does the annual electric bill count? XD

[poentje 4138xp 1]

I think I have some models which can fit the challenge. I’ll have a look when I return from my holidays in Sri Lanka in three weeks. I than have a couple of days to finish it before I leave for Spiel in Essen.

[blinky465 17178xp 0]

I should have guessed. Of course it was always going to be Halloween based! Nice.

Given we’d had

• Beach
• Mountains
• City

I was holding out for countryside (maybe rain/sunny weather).
But “spooky” could be fun too. I’m off to my local FLGS to buy some black, purple and orange acrylics….

 

[zoidpinhead 12703xp 1]

Perfect.  I was just sorting through the remaining minis for my Silver Bayonet 1850 project last weekend.  Plenty of spooky stuff to go at in there.

[horati0nosebl0wer 19817xp 2]

Romper stomper bomper boo! I got no ghosts but we have you.

A belated congrats to you @gorram and I look forward to everyone’s entries.

I missed out last month but I think I have just the thing for this month’s theme. I’ll leave previous work to be finished later in order to be fair for the competition. With my work schedule I’ll break this down into some mini (mostly manageable) marathon paint sessions on Saturdays.

[Lazagram 59xp 1]

Spoooky it is, I’m gonna have to get the cogs turning. It might be another printed entry; I’m not sure I have anything that would quite fit the bill on hand.

[gorram 2666xp 3]

I had another idea but as soon as I wrote the thread title I realised that we get to go with easy choices for the first year 🙂

I have a load of the Bad Squiddo models from the My Last Sunrise 2 KS *checks* 2 years ago… woof!

[somegeezer 18480xp 0]

One or two ideas, not least a few half painted models in the Silver Bayonet pile. I’m hopeful I can play this time.

Happy spooky season yers.

[gorram 2666xp 2]

The weather has properly turned dark and stormy here so this weekend, complete with weather warnings, seems like a good time to go digging in the collection for something spooky.

[grantinvanman 5841xp 1]

First negative weather promised here on Sunday. Motorcycle season is probably over … spooky!

I picked up the new Warhammer+ minis (first time I subscribed!), as both the Iyanden Spiritseer and the necromancer box were cool.

The necromancer will be my entry…

 

[sundancer 43713xp 0]

Just today is started to rain like the next great flood is coming. Oh well. Remain indoors!

[brennon 32773xp 6]

As I have spectacularly failed the last couple of times, I have decided to go all-in and get it done sooner rather than later…

Been utterly obsessed by ArcWorlde at the moment so the Spooky theme felt like a good chance for me to pick up another of the warbands and get some miniatures painted up.

[sundancer 43713xp 1]

*pushpost*

Yes, this is the thread @brennon mentioned in the XLBS and YES I finally got of my butt and started painting. Will report back later when there is more to show 8)

[blinky465 17178xp 2]

Just realised I’m away for a few weeks from 22nd, so need to get my finger out for this month’s entry.
Spooky you say…. tempted just to go with my first – and most obvious – idea….

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