Quarterly Challenge


What better way to close the year than with a punk-talgic challenge? 

Yes — it’s time to look back at the future that never was!!

For this challenge, you’ll paint a miniature inspired by the many worlds of Retrofuturism — from the brass gears of Steampunk to the neon rayguns of Raypunk. Let’s celebrate every wild vision of the future imagined in the past!

For this quarterly challenge and all future ones, Scott will be participating and showing off your entries as well! When the quarter is over, Scott will release a video in the theme of the challenge and showcase all your hard efforts. He has missed the last two due to his current move, but will be back-tracking to complete all the previous ones. (I promise)


By the fourth and final quarter of 2025, you must paint a miniature or bust inspired by the Retrofuturism theme.

Submission requirements

Your model can come from any brand, any scale, and any material — plastic, metal, resin, or even 3D printed. What matters most is that it fits within one of these classic retro-futuristic aesthetics.

Retrofuturism References:

  • Steampunk – The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, The City of Lost Children

  • Dieselpunk – Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow, Metropolis, Wolfenstein (2016)

  • Atompunk – Fallout, Forbidden Planet

  • Raypunk – Flash Gordon, Buck Rogers, Plan 9 from Outer Space

  • Decopunk – Bioshock

  • Teslapunk – Fringe, The Prestige

These subgenres are cool, but don’t fit this theme (For now)

Biopunk, Cyberpunk, Clockpunk, Solarpunk, Gothic Punk, Stonepunk, Cassette Punk, etc.

Finally: 

  1. The model must be new for this challenge — assembled or primed at the start.

  2. You cannot submit models painted before the quarter began.

Quarterly points

You want to earn more points, don’t you? Well let’s see some small challenges for you! 

  • OSL Effect:  Can you create an interesting lighting effect for your figure? Can you give it some more sinister or horror ambiance?
  • NMM Effect: If you use any figures with metals or similar, could you try to create a non-metallic effect?
  • Is that a reference to...? Try to paint a miniature that is part of an old classic retro-futuristic movie! It can be the miniature itself, colour palette or some other reference!

Here are some questions related to the challenge:

Deadline: When does it need to be finished?

  • All submissions must be completed by January 8st, 2026.

Can I use models already painted?

  • Models must be new, assembled, or primed at the start of the challenge.

  • You cannot use models painted before the quarterly as part of an army submission.


What scale can we choose?

  • You can choose any miniature / Bust of any scale and from any brand you want! 

Can the miniature be 3D printed? Or must it be a plastic, metal or resin-casted type?

  • You can choose any miniature you want!

Point System Refresher