Dakka Painting Challenge: Nitty Gritty Armor

The latest DPC has drawn to a close and all of the entries are up for judging! Head over to the voting thread and check out the fantastic entries, and let your voice be heard!

Dakka Painting Challenge: Nitty Gritty Armor

A new Challenge has arrived at DakkaDakka.com. This one is for all you tread heads and vehicle hounds.

From the Announcement:

The worse the weather, the more you are required to be out in it.



Off the assembly line she rolls, onto the train headed for combat. Six months in and the hatch barely opens any more and the view port has been bashed out by some local kids with rocks! The idler wheel is about to fall off and the skirt armor has holes the size of fists from all of the blasts it's taken! And the dust!! Oh the dust!

This is just one of a million stories you can create as you move forward with this challenge! The idea is simple, paint a Tank/Skimmer/Walker/APC and make it feel/look real and used! It's time to use all of those techniques you've been wanted to use for all these years but never quite had the right project to try them out on! Water Streaks, Oil Marks, blast damage, paint chipping, rust, mud, dirt, dust, jet exhaust, scorch marks! The amount of weathering is up to you!

The Deadline is November 8th! For more details check out the thread on DakkaDakka.

Dakka Tutorial Challenge - The Winner Is...

DakkaDakka.com has chosen the winner for the Dakka Tutorial Challenge! Head over and check out the winning tutorial!

And if you haven't been to Dakka's new tutorial section, be sure you head over there and see what has been going on there. Some really cool ideas being shared that side of the web. You might even see a few tips you recognize!

Dakka Tutorial Challenge - Voting

Hey all, I just wanted to to direct your attention to DakkaDakka's latest contest that has just wrapped up, called "Get Your Teach On!". It was a drive to get the new 'Painting and Modeling Tutorials' section beefed up, and boy did it ever work! There are 46 completely new tutorials over that way from sculpting to some serious freehand. Go check out the new section and be sure to drop by the voting thread and let your voice be heard!

Dakka Painting Challenge - Winner Announced

The Winner of the Dakka Painting Challenge: Bump in the Night has been announced! Head over and congratulate the new Champion!

Dakka Painting Challenge - Bump in the Night

Well the deadline has passed! The entries are in and now it's up to everyone out there to vote on their favorite! So head on over to the voting thread and let your voice be heard!

I'd like to thank everyone for participating and for their support over this past year! It's been great to watch this evolve into the competition it is today!

Dakka Painting Challenge - Bump in the Night

It's that time again! I know it's a bit sooner than usual, but we moved it up to coincide with the Halloween season! Be sure to check out all of the details and get in on the fun!

Dakka Painting Challenge

As some of you know, I run the Painting Challenges over on DakkaDakka.com. I've been putting them together every few months to give Dakka members a chance to test their mettle against one another and see who's paint-fu is stronger!

Last month, I charged the community with the task of searching through their collections and pulling out some of the more 'Old School' models they own and get to painting them finally! Click here for a rundown of the rules. And I have to say, they did so with vigor! Some of the models folks scrounged from their collections I haven't seen in a very long time, or I haven't EVER seen before!

As of this morning the polls opened up and the voting has started heavy! Head on over and check out all of the great submissions. While you're there, be sure you cast your vote on all of your favorite models (you can vote for more than one!)!

Here's to more successful Challenges!