DreadTober 2025: Tervigon Complete

 

Hi folks,

Well, DreadTober is done and dusted for another year. It is a challenge that creeps up on me, followed by 4 weeks of bedlam. I find it really cathartic to keep the challenge going, I really do love it and feel so inspired checking out everyone's work. I had a couple of plans for it this year that didn't come to fruition, life just clamped down. Hopefully I can give it a little more of my time and energy in 2026.

I managed to finish my project a little early, though the last night was crazy. The colour shift paint I use has to be painted over a gloss black finish to have the best effect. Just after cracking the paint out my suburb was hit with this insane pulse of humidity, which started messing about with everything I was trying to do. The varnish was frosting, the pigment was pooling and drying weird and glue just would not set. I cranked the air-conditioning in my little room to try and stabilise the conditions, which seemed to help. I still ended up holding the model together for ages waiting for the glue to hold. Here are some photos of the finished beasty:

 

I am pretty happy with how it turned out, especially the Termagant conversion. The photos don't really do the colour shift justice; moving the model around the board is a joy.

My son also managed to finish a project off for the challenge. We had a great time searching for basing materials in our FLGS, and settled on some swampy green clumps. I can't tell you how proud I am after watching him paint this thing over the course of the month. He has a couple more Tau kits to work on; hopefully he keeps this momentum going.

Certainly worth of a big fat stamp, while I stew over what to do next...

See you across the table,

Marc