OneBoot is INSANE! Ma'al Drakar in 7 days Challenge

[OneBoot 77688]

For those of you unfamiliar with Goblin Painting Challenges, started by our very own @buglips*the*goblin, here is a link to the Kaladrax thread that started it all:  http://forum.reapermini.com/index.php?/topic/51269-kaladrax-in-seven-days-buglips-is-crazy-wip .

 

For this Challenge, I will be painting up Ma'al Drakar in 7 days, using no brushes larger than a size 0. 

 

The rules are posted below:

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1.  You may use no brushes larger than Size 0.  As Size 0 can vary by company and brand, the average bristle  dimensions are 10mm long by 1mm wide.  When selecting brushes, try to be as close to this guideline as possible. 

 

2.  You have 7 full days to complete from your posted start time (including a picture with a time stamp from a phone or computer screen is helpful to establish this) to complete the model.

 

3.  All visible areas must be painted, and all paint must be applied with a regulation brush.

 

4.  No drilling, filing, mold line removal or other preparation work is permitted before start time.  The only preparation allowed is to dry fit your pieces to make sure the model is complete, and do any boiling and reshaping necessary to correct warping and return the model to "factory spec".   You may also clean the pieces with soap and water.

 

5.  All pieces as included in the box set at retail must be painted.  This includes, for example, the 5 adventurer figures included with Dragons Don't Share 2. (Note that this means you cannot remove any parts) 

 

6.  You must declare in your thread title that you are doing a 7-day challenge (ex: Ma'al drakar in 7 Days).  This way your thread gets noticed as a challenge so we can watch the fun and make arrangements for the prize if you succeed

 

 

I will be starting my Challenge at 1:00 PM Pacific Daylight Time on August 2nd 2017 (link here).

EDIT: If you want to skip all of the talky stuff, here's the link to my completion picture.

EDIT: And here's the link to the final entry pictures.

 

Let the insanity begin!!!  

 

Huzzah!

--OneBoot :D

Edited March 22, 2018 by OneBoot
Added link to final entry

[OneBoot 77688]

(sung to the tune of 15 Birds in 5 Fir Trees)

 

Ma'al Drakar
He's in my sink
Oh how shall I scrub
Off all of these things? 

 

 

Big dragon Ma'al Drakar
Check out these wings! 
Oh what shall I do
With these giant floppy things? 
Oh what shall I do
With these giant floppy things? 

 

 

Scrub 'em up good, then stew' em in a pot
Wash them, rinse them, with all I've got! 

 

 

Snarl, shout, I'll scrub your snout
All of your teeth, and underneath
Until the fight, forum's delight
Ya hey! 

 

 

Wash and scrub 'em, paint and glue' em
'Till scales gleam, and necks beam
'Till limbs squeak and plastic's sleek
Oil's gone, and greenstuff's on

 

 

Assembled lie, beneath the sky
So Ma'al shall cry
And shine so bright, for our delight
Ya hey! 
Ya-harri-hey! 
Ya hoy! 

 

 

Huzzah!

--OneBoot :D

[Froggy the Great 61723]

That's what Bilbo Baggins hates;

So carefully, carefully, with the palettes!

[OneBoot 77688]

14 minutes ago, Froggy the Great said:

That's what Bilbo Baggins hates;

So carefully, carefully, with the paints!

 

FTFY ;)

 

Huzzah!

--OneBoot :D

[Froggy the Great 61723]

7 minutes ago, OneBoot said:

FTFY ;)

Yes you did.

 

As a Moderatory note:  Constant "Are you done yet?" posts are known to cause undue stress, so y'all please refrain.

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2 minutes ago, Froggy the Great said:

Yes you did.

 

As a Moderatory note:  Constant "Are you done yet?" posts are known to cause undue stress, so y'all please refrain.

Could Kit write a script (sorta like the Broccoli one) that auto-converts "are you done yet?" --to-> "...waiting patiently..."

??

[Gargs 5898]

Yay!  Moar Victims! Errrr. Challengers!

[OneBoot 77688]

 

 

IT'S TIME TO START

 

Huzzah!

--OneBoot :D

[Jordan Peacock 6040]

Awesome new paintbrush and smartphone holder!  :D

 

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 How did phone take picture of itself??

[OneBoot 77688]

3 minutes ago, Jordan Peacock said:

Awesome new paintbrush and smartphone holder!  :D

 

 

He is Ma'al Drakar! Eater of brushes! Holder of smartphones! And destroyer of sanity!!!

 

He's also attempted to sabotage my challenge before it even started. I snapped my starting pic with my camera (so I could have my phone clock in the picture), and as soon as I plugged the camera into my computer so I could upload the picture, the computer stopped recognizing the mouse. Restarting it didn't have any effect.  So I had to load my camera drivers onto my husband's computer so I could get the pictures off so I could make my post!

 

And of course, as soon as I made my post and went back to my computer, the mouse was working again. Spooky.

 

But I'm showing him who's boss. I've got him laid out on the operating table (aka Lazy Susan), surgical tools (clay shapers) and greenstuff at the ready. Who's in charge now, huh? HUH?! 

 

 

Huzzah!

--OneBoot :D

[Chaoswolf 114788]

Good luck, OneBoot!!

 

>settles in on the couch<

[OneBoot 77688]

Taking a bit of a breather after spending the last few hours pushing and coaxing and scowling at putty.

 

The plastic surgery was a success, and the patient is currently in recovery. He was certainly not the most...cooperative patient I've had, though. He snarled and twisted and bit at my legs and kept yanking on my headphone cord, but after a 2 hour procedure, he's starting to look like a whole new dragon beast.

 

Post-op pics:

 

 

Thoughts:

-I really should have gotten the extra firm clay shapers. The ones I got are quite flexible, to the point where I'm almost fighting the tools to get the results I want. The softness came in handy when I was smoothing, though, so I guess there's that.

-I'm looking forward to when the putty is set enough that I can handle him without worrying about putting fingerprints in yet ANOTHER section of greenstuff.

-This step was both a lot more fun and a lot more tiring that I'd been anticipating. Like seriously, I had no idea gap filling could be so much fun. My hands are a bit tired though (already! this is not good D: )

 

Gonna grab a bite, then get to lining the things that don't have GS on them.

 

Huzzah!

--OneBoot :D

[Thes Hunter 43784]

1 hour ago, OneBoot said:

 

He is Ma'al Drakar! Eater of brushes! Holder of smartphones! And destroyer of sanity!!!

 

He's also attempted to sabotage my challenge before it even started. I snapped my starting pic with my camera (so I could have my phone clock in the picture), and as soon as I plugged the camera into my computer so I could upload the picture, the computer stopped recognizing the mouse. Restarting it didn't have any effect.  So I had to load my camera drivers onto my husband's computer so I could get the pictures off so I could make my post!

 

And of course, as soon as I made my post and went back to my computer, the mouse was working again. Spooky.

 

But I'm showing him who's boss. I've got him laid out on the operating table (aka Lazy Susan), surgical tools (clay shapers) and greenstuff at the ready. Who's in charge now, huh? HUH?! 

 

 

Huzzah!

--OneBoot :D

 

In that pose, he looks just like my Bishop when he's asking Ripley to stop beating up on him. 

 

 

[Guindyloo 47423]

Are you leaving the heads off to paint? I was planning on assembling mine too, everything but the heads.