Contest Entry thread: The Feathered Serpent comp. (Oct-Dec)

I'm glad to welcome you all to our Twelfth


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 @Hojdar, the winner of the last challenge, is


"PEACOCKING / DRESSING UP".


The idea is to emphasize making our models extra fancy and stand out among the rest.
Ornate feathers, exquisite clothing, glimmering gold and jewellery and gemstones, marble stone. weapons, fancy hats, diadems, crowns and so on.


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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, november 29th: Entry thread closed. Voting thread opened.
Week 11, Saturday, december 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 29th of november 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

 

That would be an unusual take on the theme.
(Not impossible, given that Slaanesh exists, but i wouldn't recommend it)