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Welcome to the (new) miniatures and scenery painting Oath Thread! This is a place to make an 'Oath' to complete a miniatures painting project, typically monthly, however you can oath whatever start and end dates makes sense for your own project. Both miniatures projects and scenery projects (and the combination of the two) are welcome. Oaths are typically made for painting unfinished figures and scenery, however feel free to promise key renovations of painted figures, overhauls, whatever it is the work you want to do for the month. The purpose of this thread is to help motivate us painters and hobbyists who just require deadlines to get anything done, and also any discussion about whatever projects people are working on. This sounds different from the previous Oath threads... All of the contest elements and rules been retired in favor of this new (and much more relaxed) style of Oath thread, more about that later. What are the rules There are no rules. Ok then, what are the 'guidelines'
Monthly prompts are here to give you ideas for a project, especially when you are stuck (with maybe some figs you don't have a good opinion of, but still want to get painted). There will both be the following list of propmt ideas, but also a specific monthly prompt for each month, that might be one of the existing prompts, or maybe not! This will be random most of the time but may be topical by month (e.g. Halloween, winter, etc.) Here is the set from Season 13, which will be expanded on:
While we impose no rules on painting Oaths, we recommend a set of Traditions developed over years of oathing, as yet another source of motivation.
Links that might be useful when thinking about your projects: So... why the change from the previous style of Oathing? Over the last couple years attendance and judging dropped off, and for the die hard Oathers there was less and less interest in the competitive aspect. At the end of season 13 it was generally agreed that we wanted some kind of 'oath' thread, just a lot more relaxed (and ideally a lot less work to administrate), so this new style of Oath thread was proposed. The Oath threads have been great motivators and certainly kick started a new era of minis painting and scenery projects for me, and it's worth digging through the old threads and see all the great work that was done. So welcome to the (new relaxed style) Oath thread, and remember it's a Oath you make to yourself! [1] As there are no rules. gameraMan fucked around with this message at 21:42 on Aug 1, 2023 |
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Lol I have no idea how to fix the thread title. Anyhow kicking off the new Oath season with a stumble with one week left in May, I'm gonna try to get a bit of painting done however feel free to start an Oath you plan to finish by end of June (or whenever)
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May 23, 2023 02:48
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I, gameraMan, Oath a bunch of creatures for May! In keeping with the new relaxed approach, I Oath to paint some of these creatures in the picture below (a mix of wizkids and reaper):  I'll say more than 1 fig, and less than 20 :-) Oath is to finish *something* by end of May.
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May 23, 2023 18:28
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I fixed the title for ya! It's nice to see the oath thread is still doing its thing. I haven't painted a mini in like five years but this used to be the motivator for me, and it was fun doing prizes & spreadsheets & whatnot.
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May 23, 2023 23:10
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Leperflesh posted:I fixed the title for ya! Yay thank you for the fix!! Yes hoping to keep this thread going and people painting :-)
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May 24, 2023 00:05
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Thanks for kicking this off! As a creature of habit I’m going to
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May 28, 2023 14:16
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I'll join in and post some stuff that'll make use of the relaxed format. I, Bad Decision Dino, oath a single Squat for May! With a couple of days left in the month, I just wanted a fun model to paint a try out some of the new paints (new Vallejo Game Color, SC75 Alchemy, SC75 artist acryllic and SC75 oils) and new wet palette (RGG studio XL 2) I bought, and try some new techniques. I had a little hobby time in the afternoon when my kids were napping, and decided to get started on trying to get a nice airbrushed gradient on him before I thought about taking a picture.  I, Bad Decision Dino, oath a Balrog and Dweller in the Dark for June! Next month I'll finish off this Balrog and Dweller in the Dark to round out my Moria army for MESBG.  I, Bad Decision Dino, oath 500 points of Sons of Horus for August! One of the thing I want to try with the more relaxed format is oathing a bigger project and then coming back to it each month. The stars appear to have finally aligned on me being able to play Heresy, and I am very hyped. My list (for now) consists of 18 models (centurion, 7 reavers and 10 despoilers). I'm still waiting on some of the bits and paints to come in the mail. My partial goal for June is to get everything built, converted, magnetized, primed and to airbrush the primary colour transition (green and colour) and a coat of gloss on all the models. 
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May 29, 2023 19:40
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Bad Decision Dino posted:I'll join in and post some stuff that'll make use of the relaxed format. Oath complete!  This guy was mostly an excuse for me to try out an oil wash.
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May 31, 2023 11:53
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I, with a rebel yell she QQd, Oath to paint Espern Locarno (GW) in May!
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May 31, 2023 13:17
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Oath complete!
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May 31, 2023 16:24
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Oath ... Progress! So I really wanted to paint some little dudes, I chose these guys and got this far:  However my eyes really suck and my one magnifying glass just isn't cutting it, gonna have to shop for something better and bigger if I'm gonna continue these dudes. So kicking these into next month! Thanks folks who joined in for this short month!
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Jun 1, 2023 01:50
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with a rebel yell she QQd posted:Oath complete! Really nice work! (In 1 day wow...) gameraMan fucked around with this message at 01:55 on Jun 1, 2023 |
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Jun 1, 2023 01:52
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Start of June Oaths! Ok we did in fact start a new oath thread, albeit a bit late, but now let's start a whole new month of painting! For this month I shall declare Repair Time as a Prompt for the month and a new Prompt in general. For Repair Time, revisit something you were never quite happy with, or is in fact technically broken and requiring an actual repair. I certainly have more than enough Oath'd figs where I made the end of the month but was not necessarily happy with the result... Post a pic and explain the task in hand, whether it be an actual fix or just a rework of an old paint job. Let's see what we can improve!
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Jun 2, 2023 02:41
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I, Beffer, oath to paint this mummy which is a random print that I picked up with something else on a whim Long time oath thread lurker, first time participating poster. I'm looking for some painting inspiration at the moment, so hopefully this will give me a kick up the arse, even if it's just one mini.
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Jun 3, 2023 06:40
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Oath complete I guess the motivation part worked. Now to start improving my painting and photography 
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Jun 4, 2023 08:38
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Sorry for the delay in chiming in! I, Ashcans, oath to repair this Eldar War Walker for June. As you can see it’s in rough shape, so I’m going to reassemble it with pinning as needed. 
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Jun 9, 2023 12:59
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I, gameraMan, oath to fix a thing and finish another thing! First I'm going to try and finish up my little demon dudes from last month, but also claiming Repair this month to finally motivate me to fix the broken hand on this LOTR statue of one side of the Argonath (I think this came with a DVD set): 
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Jun 10, 2023 02:55
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I, Muir, Oath to paint some Star Warses! I just finished assembling the core box for Star Wars: Shatterpoint and am pretty stoked about it. I'd like to paint the whole box, but we'll see how many I get through. I got back into painting off and on for the past couple of years (Warhammer Underworlds mostly) but have fallen off for the past several months. I'm probably going to stick mostly with Contrast paint for this project so it might be feasible to get through all 16. 
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Jun 10, 2023 05:46
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gameraMan posted:Repair Time Oh do I have something for this.  Observe these five Stormboyz that went off my balcony in the ultimate Deep Strike because I was in a rush and had an unearned confidence in my new magnet bases to hold up on a windy day of priming. Observe that they're still missing a few heads and a jetpack, lost somewhere on the concrete a floor below, that haven't emerged after a week or so of squinting around furtively every time I leave the apartment. So, I, Destrado, oath the repair and painting of these 5 Stormboyz for June. Might not quite make it by then, but it'll hopefully force me to stop futzing with highlights and colour changes on my other stormboyz to get these done.
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Jun 17, 2023 13:51
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I Beffer oath this GW grey seer His tail broke when I hit him with a toothbrush after a Dettol bath. He's been sitting primed on my paint box for several months, but cometh the hour cometh the rat.
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Jun 18, 2023 08:14
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Muir posted:I, Muir, Oath to paint some Star Warses! Better photos to come eventually, but I got the whole core set painted up! 
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Jun 24, 2023 21:52
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Oath complete! Except I still haven't learned how to take decent photos. I will keep trying but for the moment...  Edit: I tried with my DSLR. At least the depth of field is OK and it's more or less in focus. Any bluriness is my dodgy painting at this point:  Edit2: now with the white balance fixed: 
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Jun 28, 2023 08:53
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I, with a rebel yell she QQd, Oath to paint Pious Vorne (GW) in June!
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Jun 29, 2023 14:29
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Oath complete! 
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Jun 30, 2023 11:55
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Oath progress! Is what I'll proclaim this odd month, where I started some work on one coast, but had to spend a couple weeks on another coast (where I promptly bought some more paint so I could start up some new work) and so it's a bit of a hodgepodge. ANYhow... A couple really lousy last minute imps and quasits pics, taken last minute before leaving:   Now this is the hand replacement that I didn't get a chance to actually paint properly, but it's pretty close to where I want it:  Then when I got to the other coast I bought a bunch those Army Painter 'speed paints' to some mixed results (and here is the oath pic I forgot to actually post):  With progress but also not quite complete wizard dudes (with terrible taste):  Anyhow it's great seeing everyone else's work, especially stoked to see the 'Repair' theme trigger some interest (I kept not doing repair type work since it didn't into the 'oath structure', which was kind of anti-motivating...) Ok next month here we come!!
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Jul 1, 2023 01:25
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Oath complete! I managed to put this thing back together, but the process confirmed for that this is among the worst designed models ever conceived. I hate it.    I have another of these I never finished, maybe one day I’ll get the motivation for it.
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Jul 1, 2023 02:19
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starting this up for July. I, Laumella, oath to paint up this Epic Encounter Been in a bit of a slump painting wise, so thought I'd break it with an organised project with a defined aesthetic: 21 figures, ranging from snakemen grunts up to a massive snake monster with some interesting character pieces on the way. Many of the grunts are just getting a speedpaint, but I've done a zenithal that I'm going to enhance with a drybrush that should create some interesting light and shade.   
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Jul 1, 2023 17:27
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I should probably get in on this for more motivation to finish my dumb bullshit. I, Cthulu Carl, oath to paint these Demonship minis 
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Jul 1, 2023 19:07
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Lamuella posted:starting this up for July. Speed paint test on one archer. Not entirely in love with the colours, or the speedpaint effect. Might instead try a brown wash across everything and then snakeman skintone and other details over the top. We'll see.
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Jul 1, 2023 20:18
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I, Beffer, oath to paint this pit fighter from Grimforge Miniatures (and probably to post a badly lit out of focus picture of it) in the month of July
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Jul 3, 2023 02:23
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I, Elf Actualization, oath to paint this Canoness and Battle Sisters in the month of July
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Jul 3, 2023 02:49
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Do we have a prompt for this month? Trying to get motivated on a project.
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Jul 4, 2023 00:15
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July Oathing! Sorry a bit late been traveling, glad to see some oaths already kicked off! Anyhow I dug through the last few years of monthly challenges and found a few that aren't in the current list, and more or less randomly have chosen for July... Maximum Carnage Include some gore or battle damage on your model. Maybe they won the fight or maybe they lost it, but either way something took some heavy damage! Or maybe all the damage/gore is part of the model's base. (I think for future months, I might literally roll dice to pick the monthly...)
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Jul 4, 2023 17:20
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Lamuella posted:Speed paint test on one archer. Not entirely in love with the colours, or the speedpaint effect. Might instead try a brown wash across everything and then snakeman skintone and other details over the top. We'll see. So you're using the Army Painter speedpaints too? Yea I'm a little iffy on how they work, trying to decide if i prefer my usual '20 layers of paint' approach...
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Jul 4, 2023 17:24
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gameraMan posted:So you're using the Army Painter speedpaints too? Yea I'm a little iffy on how they work, trying to decide if i prefer my usual '20 layers of paint' approach... I did one in speedpaints and was feeling a bit iffy. What I've done is to do a second one with a heavy brown wash over the zenithal, then picking out skin and cloth in regular acrylics. Both take about the same amount of time, and I think I like the look of the wash / acrylic better. Speedpaint is on the left, acrylic on the right.
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Jul 4, 2023 18:11
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I, Ashcans, oath 5 Repentia and their Superior for June Seems like a good candidate for damage?
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Jul 5, 2023 21:00
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Ashcans posted:I, Ashcans, oath 5 Repentia and their Superior for June Looks like it to me! Now I need to get my own oath out lol...
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Jul 14, 2023 23:15
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Lamuella posted:starting this up for July. OK, so two and a bit weeks into July here's where we are:  Mix of techniques on these. I gave up on speedpaints because the results, while quick, were too brash. Instead I did a zenithal on everything, a brown wash over the zenithal, and then a mixture of either acrylic paints or acrylic inks. Partway through the month I bought a bunch of dropper bottles for various projects and used them to mix up appropriate strengths of red, yellow, and blue ink in solution with matte medium and a little bit of airbrush flow improver. The result was a really workable glaze that I could mix to get green and orange (while using blue and red as well) for skintones. I tried doing the same with gold ink with slightly less success. Still to go: two character minis, one zombi snake, and then Big Snake.
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Jul 16, 2023 21:57
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I, gameraMan, Oath 1 Roper Beast for July Going with Gore over damage, but anyway 
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Three out of five Demonship minis done Just have the two Blade Demons left. Right now they're red, but I dunno, I might redo them in orange to keep things bright.
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