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Greetings Terrans, I can’t believe it, but February has rolled around again – must be time for another Fembruary challenge!! Long-time followers of this blog will know the drill by now, but for any Johny-come-lately’s, the deal is ‘Paint at least one Female miniature’ – it’s that simple! I’m not bothered what genre, game, manufacturer, painting style or material you go with. It can be a squad, a single mini, a diorama, or whatever takes your fancy… I’m just looking for awesome portrayals of the feminine in miniature form, as part of an ongoing conversation about how women are presented within our hobby.
Once you’re done, you just need to blog about it & link back to this post. I would also be grateful if you could use your own blogs to push the challenge even further – the more, the merrier after all! I’ll do a round-up in early March, (usually in time for International Women’s Day), where I will also choose my favourite from the submissions. There are no prizes, just kudos & high fives from your peers. To give you an idea of what I mean, here’s a link to the submissions from 2018 and 2019.
For my part, I’ll be revisiting my Daughters of Khaine & adding to the warband of Seros the Red:
See you on the other side ;-)
Jenn said:
This is a wonderful idea.
I’m not usually one to push a “feminist agenda” in my model hobby, but I am sure I can find something female to paint up for this challenge – after all who doesn’t like a fun community challenge!
Alex said:
Cool, good to have you on board Jenn – looking forward to seeing what you find!
imperialrebelork said:
It’s a lot of fun a and really the only challenge I take part in.
theimperfectmodeller said:
Excellent Alex. Was hoping this was coming up again not least of all because I bought a number of female figures to do just in case! Hopefully I will have the first one to post next week.
Alex said:
Awesome, good to hear it mate :-)
cupcakesandmachetes said:
I look forward to this challenge every year. Not that I participate, but I love seeing the results. :)
Alex said:
The results are the best bit for me too – it’s great seeing what folks come up with!
Thomas said:
I’m in.
Alex said:
Excellent 😁👍
Wudugast said:
Glad to see you’re doing this again, I’ll try to get something painted for it and maybe even post something to spread the word. Very much agree with CupCakesAndMachetes and yourself, the best bit is seeing what everyone comes up with :-)
Alex said:
Awesome – fingers crossed you can fit something in mate… as an ex-chsmpion, you have a reputation to uphold!
Marvin said:
Count me in, too! In anticipation of a 3rd year of FEMbruary, I’ve already selected a couple of figures. Looking forward to seeing the Daughters of Khaine and all the other varied and imaginative contributions your excellent scheme inspires once again this year.
Cheers,
Marvin
Alex said:
Cheers dude, good to have you aboard :-)
imperialrebelork said:
I was hoping this would come around again and guess what I bought the minis I wanted for this challenge back in October haha. I love it.
Alex said:
Well played mate – looking forward to seeing what crazy shit you come up with!! :-)
imperialrebelork said:
Haha
Anonymous said:
I’ll put a post up on Instagram to promote it as well man
Crimson Oracle said:
This is awesome, I just kitbashed a new version of one of my Escher champions who got carapace armor, and my bits for my chaos Escher gang arrive Thursday, I’m totally in
Alex said:
Brilliant -chaos Escher sound boss!!
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26soldiersoftin said:
Fembruary 2020: I have some 4 Boy Scouts to change into Girl Scouts ready for March.
Alex said:
That sentence would be horrible in any other context, but in this case, cool! :-)
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davekay said:
I think I will be in this year too for the first time, and I’ll also reblog this post to spread the signal.
Alex said:
Awesome, good to have you on board mate – thank you!
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Bjorn Stormborn said:
Sounds interesting, I might join in and give it a go! 😀
Can I paint a Gryphound for the challenge, or is it only humanoid female models?
Alex said:
Cool man! I reckon it needs to be something demonstrably female though, so hounds, mounts, monsters etc. are out I’m afraid… nice try though :-)
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Ann said:
Don’t know if anything “demonstrably female” will find its way onto my rather sparse painting table this month, being ensconced as I am in painting some male dwarves, and finishing up poxwalker #17. I have a “shaman” that I bought off of Etsy, but with all of the furs and such I can’t honestly tell if this person is an old man or an old woman, lol. Maybe something will present itself before the end of the month, who knows?
In any case I’m with you in spirit! :)
Alex said:
Can you be sure that those Dwarves are male? ;-)
Ann said:
That is very true, but I think that’ll be a slippery slope I won’t test. I mean if you allow my bearded lady dwarves into your challenge who knows what will be next?! The mind reels at the possibilities. :)
Alex said:
:-)
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John Robin said:
Thanks for running the challenge again, this is my offering this year Molly the Street Assassin. As I don’t blog I’ve linked to my post on the Oldhammer forum and here it is http://forum.oldhammer.org.uk/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=25105
joe m. said:
I’m in! Posting updates here: https://www.joesavestheday.com/2020/02/fembruary-2020-hobby-challenge.html
Alex said:
Cool – looking good mate!
joe m. said:
Cheers mate, thanks for organizing again! Here’s my final shots for this year: https://www.joesavestheday.com/2020/02/fembruary-20-finale.html
Alex said:
Awesome :-)
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Alex said:
Lovely job mate, and thank you for taking part!
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Alex said:
Very cool mate, and thank you for joining in
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Warburton said:
Finally managed to enter this competition…. I hope you like my humble efforts :)
Alex said:
Of course I do – lovely job as always mate!
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Alex said:
And another one! Nicely done mate – I do like these old proto-Avengers
mikeland82 said:
Managed it again this year, https://starshipvorenus.wordpress.com/2020/02/24/fembruary-hq28-chaos-sorcerer/ thanks
Alex said:
Brilliant mate – great subject! Thanks for joining in :-)
mikeland82 said:
Thanks Alex… once again thanks for hosting this.
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Alex said:
Another lovely mini, and thanks for brightening the pic on that Knight-Incantor as well – cracking work mate!
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Alex said:
Brilliant mate :-)
theimperfectmodeller said:
All four figures are on this post Alex.
https://theimperfectmodeller.wordpress.com/2020/02/26/tims-miniatures-musings-no-38/
Alex said:
Perfect, thanks mate
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Alex said:
Awesome job mate, and thanks for taking part again!
Argentbadger said:
Terrific, thanks for organising this community challenge again. I look forward to seeing the high quality of submissions this year.
I’ve put my entry at https://thebovineoverlord.wordpress.com/2020/02/28/painted-satyxis-gunslingers/.
Alex said:
Brilliant, and thanks for taking part again mate!
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Alex said:
Yusss!!!!
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26soldiersoftin said:
Hello Alex. Made it on the last day of FEMbruary month itself! https://tabletopscoutingwidegames.wordpress.com/2020/02/29/fembruary-leap-day-2020-girl-scouts-patrol-finished/
Alex said:
Cool! Nicely done mate :-)
26soldiersoftin said:
Thanks Alex and for organising the third #FEMbruary challenge.
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Azazel said:
Outstanding work by so many people in the community. I missed this one, but I’ll be trying to get more female figures into the neglected model mix over the next months, and then try to get something special for next Fembruary!
Alex said:
🤞😊