Mental Health awareness painting challenge - Finished models

[Kurgan the Lurker]

It has now hit October 10 in some parts of the world so here is the Hall of Honor thread for your finished pieces. 
You may have been following along at these threads already:

 

WIP Thread

News and Rumors Thread

 

 

Mental Health awareness painting challenge.

From @zymbiotiz_arts_and_crafts over on the IG:

 

Attention Wargamers and mini painters. Today is the day, September 1st, the day we, Gustav (ZymbiotiZ) & Tom (Vresh) lay down our painting challenge to you.

This challenge is to raise awareness for Mental Health. To promote the hobby we love as a great way to help people cope with their mental health, and to show anyone who might be struggling that the community is here for them.

So in keeping with that the end date of this Challenge is October 10th, World Mental Health day. The second stipulation is that Green, the colour for mental health awareness, should be a prominent colour on your model or models. Our last rule is that your minis should be ones from you "pile of shame" it could be that model you've always been meaning to paint but just needed the inspiration or a long forgotten soldier still on the sprue.

We’re also asking everyone taking part to wait to post your pics for this challenge until October 10th and use #paintitgreenchallenge and #worldmentalhealthday in your posts and tag us both in the posts.

Just to be extra clear, this challenge is to raise awareness, paint minis, bring the community together and have some fun doing that. This is not a competition and there is no prize other than the friends we make along the way.
But you never know, we might run a competition in the future. 

In short:
1. Green to be a prominent colour
2. Minis should be from your ”pile of shame”
3. Post on October 10th using #paintitgreenchallenge and tag us in the post.

If this isn’t challenging enough, why not challenge yourself in one way or another by doing something that’s outside off your comfort zone, just as you need to challenge yourself for your mental health. Choose for yourself, perhaps paint in another style, use new colors, try out contrasts, avoid washes, paint a whole box within the time limit. Up to you!

You’re also more than welcome to share your story. Have you, just as we have, found respite and relief in the hobby? We’d love to hear, and if you want us to, well share it (with or without your name).

Have fun painting!

#paintitgreenchallenge #mentalhealthawareness
#therapeuticalhobbies #paintingformentalhealth

[Xin Ceithan]

 I actually finished a model for this. 
 

 

Thanks to everyone  for hosting, looking and participating! 

[Aramis K]

Done 

It's for Warcry so I can't post a pic here I think, but up on Insta:

https://www.instagram.com/p/CjhqqgNN3x7/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=

A green knight wright king, with flaming skull and black dog.

Vague metaphors for my own experiences, intrusive flaming thoughts, and the shadow of inertia. Painting helps.

The axe is from a dead friends pile of shame.

Be excellent to each other.

 

Edited October 10, 2022 by Aramis K

[Domhnall]

Here's my finished figure as updated onto my instagram https://www.instagram.com/gdonaldson26/

 

A striking scorpion from Artel_W. Photos aren't the best, but I'm practicing with photos! 

Hope you are all well, and happy painting. 

[FollowerofDG]

I don’t do instagram or any of that, but here’s my completion. 

[Guest]

 

My offering.

[Slave to Darkness]

33 minutes ago, Brother Captain Arkley said:

 

My offering.

We may not see eye to eye but damn thats a nice mini. The green is spot on and I love the spent casings on the base. 

[Valkia the Bloody]

And here is mine, Ironhand Straken.

[gaurdian31]

Mine as well.

Spoiler

 

[Lord_Ikka]

Mental Health Awareness miniature finished.

He's a little rough, a little rushed, and probably still needs some work, but I'm happy with it- a perfect model for the theme.

Going to go off on my mental health here a little bit. I come from a background that didn't encourage the sharing of emotion or was accepting of going to counseling for issues Cis-male, white, Conservative Christian-raised, and law enforcement career- the perfect storm for being emotionally stunted and only able to bottle up feelings. I have always used my hobbies to disassociate and deal woth my emotional issues by getting lost in them. Not a great way to process, but it was what I had always done and it made me distant from everyone, including my wife. Until I was forced to change.

Eight years ago, just after my son was born, I was such a mess that my wife forced me to go to therapy or she would leave me. This was probably the best thing to happen to me in a long time. I dealt with my until-then undiagnosed severe depression, my anger issues, and learned coping mechanisms to help me work through feelings in an adult, healthy way. Going to counseling strengthen led my marriage, made forced me to confront my own issues and abuses, balance out my hobby time with my family time, and helped get me the medication that keeps me in a good place. 

It took way too long for me to do it; I was always discouraged before because I was conditioned to think that theraphy and medication were for crazy people, or weak people, but they aren't. You are not crazy to need help, to need medication to have your brain produce the proper chemicals, or to just want to have someone listen to your pain. I want to encourage everyone to go to a therapist if they are feeling constantly sad, angry, apathetic, or just have a feeling that something "isn't right". There is no stigma in needing help and your life is too important to let yourself go through it in pain. 

Enjoy your life, love those close to you, and keep on hobbying! 

#paintitgreenchallenge #mentalhealthawareness #therapeuticalhobbies #paintingformentalhealth

https://www.instagram.com/p/CjjOQ0jtzdd/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=

Edited October 10, 2022 by Lord_Ikka

[Guest]

9 hours ago, Slave to Darkness said:

We may not see eye to eye but damn thats a nice mini. The green is spot on and I love the spent casings on the base. 

Master of understatement... But thanks.

[Magos Takatus]

I had mine finished ages ago but here's it posted in the finished thread: