4 hour / 4 colour painting competition

**10 ball** · 06-08-2012, 06:36 AM

Hello all. Last month me and few others organised a small 4 hr painting comp. Great fun so were doing it again.

Date: over the weekend of 30th June to submit minis here on the Monday 2nd July.

Rules: 4 hours only (all on trust

) AND only 4 colours - this includes washes / glazes etc. eg Skull white / vallejo grey / devlan mud / tam clear red

any mini

mini can be assembled, based and undercoated but base must be painted within the 4 hours.

Post the entries on this thread with the voting links - the winner is the highest score. BUT ITS ABOUT THE FUN OF IT SO BEGINNERS PLEASE ENTER

Thats about it I think, any questions just pm me or ask on this thread.

Winner gets a new Ferrari 458 supplied by AndyG & Milosh

LOL

**Garshnak** · 06-08-2012, 06:44 AM

4 Colours? That does sound mighty interesting. People would be allowed to mix those colours right? And does the primer colour add in to the colour count? :P

Not participating though.

I still don't have a camera (camera phone makes them look like blurry smudges). But I wish the best of luck to those who do!

I'll still do this challenge though, but not in 4hrs probably and I won't be able to show it.

**AndyG** · 06-08-2012, 06:44 AM

I'm in dude can't wait

**Milosh** · 06-08-2012, 09:20 AM

I'm in sir. It is any four colors of our choice, correct?

Garshnak; yes, mix the colors to any multitude of shades.

**10 ball** · 06-08-2012, 09:27 AM

yep any 4 colours.

Garshna, good question about the undercoat being used as a 5th colour. i think the undercoat should be just a standard white, black or grey. Unless anybody else disagrees?

Just a separate note - last time there was some discussion about using air brushes, Ive got no problem with it. If anybody disagrees please say.

**Milosh** · 06-08-2012, 09:51 AM

airbrush is fine with me.

**Garshnak** · 06-08-2012, 09:57 AM

Ooh, I know what colours would be perfect to pick then!

Only what mini to paint...

Perhaps I should try getting a camera...without any money. Don't think theft is going to be an option, since I'm kind of bad at acting inconspicuous. That's the only reason. :P

**lono** · 06-08-2012, 11:28 AM

I'm totally up for this. I guess my undercoat will have to be a part of the 4 hours, as I use an airbrush to do zenithal underpainting before I get started. Would that be 'cheating' if I did it beforehand?

**Kris370** · 06-08-2012, 11:49 AM

Oooh I may be up for this. I happen to have a mini i was planning to paint soon using not many more colours. Would be a fun challenge to limit it to 4. Though can the undercoat show through if its just a black or white?(Say for deep shadows to work up from)

Also will it be a set time over that weekend as in we all start at the same time and end 4 hours later so as to prove we didnt take longer, as im working both the saturday and sunday so will only really have time free on the evenings(GMT)

Kris

**Einion** · 06-08-2012, 12:03 PM

Sounds like good fun, and anything that encourages painting gets a thumbsup.

Not sure if I'd be able to take part on the day, but if I were I know which four paints I'd want to use so that colour restrictions nearly go away

Einion

**skraaal** · 06-08-2012, 12:11 PM

I'm in, can't paint it over the weekend though as I work weekends. I will do it in 4 hours though and post pictures on the Monday.

**10 ball** · 06-08-2012, 12:48 PM

It can be any time over that weekend, even in 1 hr instalments if needed

As for the undercoat questions as far as I'm concern the mini needs to be a blank canvas ie.
White, black, grey. Then add the 4 colours.

**PegaZus** · 06-08-2012, 01:39 PM

Originally Posted by 10 ball

It can be any time over that weekend, even in 1 hr instalments if needed

As for the undercoat questions as far as I'm concern the mini needs to be a blank canvas ie.
White, black, grey. Then add the 4 colours.

Right but can the white/grey/black be used (bringing colors used in the mini to 5)? Eh, not that it matters I suppose. Just for fun anyway.

Not sure what I'm doing that weekend, so I'll have to see. Plus need to find a mini I can do in four colors. Yeah I could mix but might be more fun that way.

**boubi** · 06-09-2012, 04:01 AM

I am in! It is a really good challenge for beginners or not!

Can any medium used, ones which cannot change the color of the original paint? for example Tamiya thinner, GW lahmian medium, etc...?

**10 ball** · 06-09-2012, 03:56 PM

Yes thinners, varnish etc are ok

**kathrynloch** · 06-09-2012, 07:32 PM

I like the idea!

I could really throw a monkey wrench into the works and ask if I can use dry pigments.

Seriously, fantastic idea 10! I'm in and will use acrylics so poor 10 doesn't tear his hair out.

**boubi** · 06-09-2012, 10:03 PM

Hi All,
Here my entry, just finished it yesterday evening (China time). I will be on business trip for the next weeks so I cannot put it later. So I decided to make my entry this week end! Anyway it is only 4 hours painting! Actually I was surprised that I could respect the 4 hours base included. I really enjoyed painting with only 4 colors it pushes you to find some tricks to make color variations with few alternatives. I hope you will like it. Sorry for my early entry, but got no choice!
I used the following colors Vallejo Ivory, Vallejo Dark sea blue (mistake on the picture), GW Bestial brown and GW Elysian green.

Here the votey link:
http://www.coolminiornot.com/307572

Here the pciture:

Enjoy!!