Contest Entry thread: The Feathered Serpent comp. (Jul-Sep)

I'm glad to welcome you all to our Eleventh


FEATHERED SERPENT PAINTING COMPETITION


In The Feathered Serpent, we pick a different theme each time, and the goal is to represent the theme or find ways to turn it to the ways of the Old Ones.

The theme of this round, as chosen by @Explodingzeb, the winner of the last challenge, is


"PATTERNS".


These can be natural, like markings on creatures. Or they can be painted, designs on shields or cloth etc. .

The goal is just one: to exalt those details that make your model stand out!

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The Prize: The winner earns the glory and a place in the Hall of Fame thread. The winner also gets to select the theme of the next painting challenge.

The Rules:

• All models entered should not have been painted more than a year ago from now.
• All miniatures presented must have been painted by the entrant.
• Max one entry per person.
• Max 3 images per entry (including pictures in collages), of reasonable size.
• No voting for your own entry.
• Open entries and open voting. Everyone can see who painted what.
• Models can be of any manufacturer and conversion but must fulfill the criteria of the given theme.
• Original models (sculpts) in this specific instance are not allowed, unless you can include them in a composizion that includes old models.
  
• A diorama is a valid entry, as long as it fits the theme.
• if you want to re-enter a model that was already listed in a previous competition, pm me before doing it.

The Schedule:

Week 1: now - Theme announcement and entry thread created
Week 9, Saturday, august 30th: Entry thread closed. Voting thread opened.
Week 11, Saturday, september 13th: Voting thread closed. Result announced. Winner asked about next theme.


This thread is now open for people to post their entries. Please state a name of the entry along with the pictures. The thread closes on the 30th of august 2025 at (roughly) 23:59 but it could be extended a little if there's the need for it. You can also comment and discuss in this thread, it is not restricted exclusively for entries

 

We are all thrilled by the theme

 

Just one pic, and it rocks!

 

the rear is not painted! it's an old jedi trick.

BTW, i really like the way (due to the difficulty of freehand painting a small surface with small details) the final result seems a crude sign, as the one that could indeed be painted by scaly hands.

 

Sweet! the last picture let us notice the fact that we have not only the pattern on the banner, but ALSO the natural pattern on the frog's skin.

 

Wow, great model!