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Painting Competition: March-April 2013; ENTRY Thread
Topic Started: 1st March 2013 - 04:44 PM (549 Views)
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March-April 2013 Painting Competition
Entry Thread

Category:

R.O.U.S. (Rodents of Unusual Size)


CATEGORY INFORMATION

Paint a legally-configured unit consisting of at least five or more Giant Rats and one or more Packmasters. Larger units are better. A huge horde of Giant Rats filling up a very large base, possibly with Skweel Gnawtooth and a bunch of other Packmasters, would be better still. Giant Rats don't have to be boring: impress us! Alternatively, paint a unit of five or more Skaven Wolf Rats from Forge World's Warhammer Forge line.


ENTRY RULES

- Each entry shall consist of a photo or photo montage of models built and painted specifically for this painting competition. There must be no images of an entry on this site or anywhere on the web, so that the competition may remain anonymous. (We all wish to be judged by our work, rather than by who we are. Asking voters to select their favorite models without knowing who created them is a step towards achieving that goal.)

- If you have already created a unit that fits this category, which is therefore ineligible, you may post it instead to the OUTSIDE THE COMPETITION Thread. You are free to do this even if you then enter newly-painted and unposted models in the competition.

- The image or photo montage for each entry is to be hosted on either a Photobucket or Flickr account. Please use one of these two free services: they both work.

- We will only post one image of the completed model per entry, but photo montage images are fine. You can do a search for "create photo montage free" to learn how to make a photo montage of your images.

- We may post a second image file or photo montage of your model if it has been scratch-built or converted, and the second image or photo montage shows the model in its original unprimed state. Simple kit-bashes of grey plastic parts don't really show up well, but where different materials are involved (plasticard, metal rods, green stuff, etc.), those photos can be invaluable to let people know what part of the model was created by Games Workshop, and what part was created by you.

- Here is a thread on the Warseer website with tips from other hobbyists on how to take good photos of your miniatures.

- Please keep the images to a maximum width of 900. Plan on a height of no more than 600 if you want your image to fit on screen at a resolution of 1268 x 780 without people having to scroll down. Scrolling down is not as bad as scrolling sideways, particularly for a photo montage, but a single entry should not take up more than two screens. Therefore, the maximum allowable height for an image is 1200. So consider 900 x 1200 to be the largest image you can submit for this competition. We may resize images that do not comply. Giant Scrolling Pictures of Doom are no fun!

- Don't be too small, either. People don't vote for models that they can't see. If your entire image or photo montage is less than 600 wide or 300 high, you should probably enlarge it. Compose your images carefully, and crop them appropriately, so that there is nothing cut off, but also no extraneous white space. We should be able to see your entire unit in one single shot, with additional shots, if used, showing us other angles or individual models.

- People are not judging your models, they are judging your photographs of your models. Therefore, it would be helpful for you to know something about photography. Get a tripod, use the macro setting on your digital camera and use a slow shutter speed if possible. Look at the critiques of photos made in the voting threads for earlier competitions. Blurry entries always lose, regardless of the skill of the painter. Having more megapixels on your camera isn't the solution when it comes to images on screen. A cheap but decent digital camera will take better pictures of miniatures than the most advanced phone. Remember, nobody here can see your model: we can only see the images you send us. It makes no difference how good your painting skills are, unless the quality shows up on the computer screen.

- Please don't put your name on the image, as entries are supposed to be anonymous! The image won't be used if it has your name on it.

- Every entry needs a title. Please include a caption in your PM so we can label your entry properly when the voting thread goes up.

- To enter, please send your image fitting the category via PM to both Olorin the Ancient and Skrits. If you only send it to one of us, your image may not appear in the competition if the one person you sent it to goes on vacation. If we haven't acknowledged your submission after several days, we probably haven't received it; send it again.

- There is a maximum of 15 entries per month, as that's how many options we are allowed to include in a poll. The first fifteen entries which meet all the requirements will make it into the competition; first come, first served. If you are the sixteenth person to send in a valid entry, you won't get in. However, if your entry is completed and you see that the competition appears to be full, you might as well make your submission anyway, since it's always possible that one of the earlier entrants will be disqualified and a slot will open up.

- You may send in your entries up until April 23, 2013.

- In the early morning of April 24, 2013, entry will close, and we will open a poll with all the images received so voting can begin. Please note that anyone with Slave status (less than 25 posts) will not be able to vote in the poll. See here for details.

- The voting may begin earlier if we receive all fifteen entries before the 24th, or later if we don't get enough entries in time.

- Voting will end on April 30, 2013.

- It goes without saying that the models whose photos you submit must be entirely your own work, though you may get others to take and edit the photographs, if you wish. Submitting other people's work as you own will get you banned.

- See here for a list of all the painting competitions for the year.

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Number of Entries received so far - 3/15

We will try to update this tally as entries are received, so that you will know how many places are still available. This is also the thread for competition discussion. Good luck!

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PRIZE

The top three entries gain a place in the Painting Competition Gallery of Fame , which showcases the first, second and third place-winning models for all of our competitions.

Entering the competition will earn you a point towards your painting rank system (P.R.S.) total, whether you place in the top three or not! The first three places will also earn additional P.R.S. points as follows:

1st Place - 5 points
2nd Place - 3 points
3rd place - 2 points

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LAST COMPETITION

Category: Weapon Team Work

Winner: Jona, "Warpfire Thrower v.13.0"
Edited by Olorin the Ancient, 23rd April 2013 - 11:05 AM.
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It might be a stupid question, but I wondered if we're allowed to send work-in-progress pictures to Olorin and Skrits to get some feedback on them. As you will be seeing which pictures are whose anyway, it doesn't really compromise the anonymity requirement, does it?
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You're definitely allowed to send work-in-progress shots to Skrits and me. How much advice you'll actually get might depend on which of us you PM, the questions you're asking, and (to be honest) the mood each of us is in.

Speaking purely for myself, I'm always happy to give advice about the photos, and often do that even when I'm not asked. My feeling is that we're here to look at the painting, and so I want every model to be presented with the best images it can possibly have. People tend to overlook a model's best features when they can't see them clearly. I always want every entry to have the best photos it can, and I'll badger and badger people until they get it right.

I'm a bit more reticent about offering painting advice on entries, because I feel that it really isn't my place. My position as a Hobby Tunnels moderator doesn't make my opinions and ideas about painting miniatures any more valuable than anyone else's, and while I do have thoughts about pretty much every entry that's submitted, it wouldn't be appropriate for me to express them, especially before a competition is done. If you were to PM me privately, and ask for my advice, and I was in the right frame of mind, I might perhaps comment on some minor, easily-fixable technical issues (a mold-line, an unevenly-painted base rim, a need for more defined highlights, etc.), but I would feel uncomfortable mentioning major issues that would force someone to redo an entire competition entry. Ultimately, they're not my entries, or Skrits'; the models belong to the people who made them, and should reflect their visions, and their ideas. But even if we hesitate to say much, you're always free to ask.
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Basicly what he said. I might go a tiny but further then Olorin when it comes to painting tips but at the same time I won't go into every small detail. Seeing as it is a painting competition I think we can give our opinions about what looks good and what not but pointing someone to a "how to paint wings" tutorial on youtube when I think the wings don't look good would be going to far. ;)
So you can definately ask for critique and comments, just don't ask things like: "How can I make this conversion/paintjob even cooler?! "

Edited by Skrits, 10th March 2013 - 09:59 PM.
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Okay, cheers both. :)
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Alright folks you have had your month of planning out what to do, it's time to get out the paintbrushes and paint and show us what you got!

We are still waiting for entry number 1 you have only about 3 weeks left to get your entries in.
Get to work! :) *Cracks whip*
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Actually, they're due by April 23, so there's only two weeks left. Giant rats are really fun to paint, and there are all kinds of different ways to make a Packmaster!
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We have our first entry!
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And we have our second entry.
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We've received our third entry, and the voting thread will be posted tomorrow, on schedule. If you'd like to submit an entry, you have just under 24 hours.
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