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13-Day Painting & Hobby Challenge: Rules & Information; UnderEmpire Anniversary Celebration Event: April 18-30
Topic Started: 13th April 2013 - 11:23 AM (240 Views)
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13-Day Painting & Hobby Challenge: Rules and Information

Thursday, April 18 to Tuesday, April 30


Every year, the UnderEmpire celebrates its anniversary in April. For the UnderEmpire's ninth anniversary, the Hobby Tunnels moderators are delighted to announce a new annual event: the 13-Day Painting & Hobby Challenge. Although we will continue to hold other Painting & Hobby Challenges throughout the year, the 13-Day Painting & Hobby Challenge will occur only once a year, at the end of April. The aim of any Painting & Hobby Challenge is to encourage people to devote a real chunk of time to working on their hobby, spread out over an entire 13 day period, so that entrants can do their hobby work when it is most convenient for them. You might work on your models every day and build up massive P.R.S. points, or perhaps for just a few hours that you have free. It's up to you. Either way, the points you earn in the Challenge are really bonuses, cumulative with whatever you earn from Painting Vows and various competitions. Note that the Challenge is not a competition: you're working individually to see how much you can accomplish, and it has nothing to do with whatever anyone else may accomplish. In Challenges, if you get anything done, you're a winner, and we're all rooting for each other to do as well as possible.

Taking Part

To join in the event, take of a photo of the models you are going to assemble and/or paint on top of a newspaper from the current day (with the date shown in the photo). If you don't have a newspaper, you can improvise by taking the photo in front of your PC, with the screen showing the start page of the event.

Once you have entered you can paint whenever you like, for however long as you like. Some may paint after getting home from work until they go to bed, while others might just do a few hours. Each time you start a new patch of hobby activity, take a photo at the start and at then another when you finish. This is a sort of 'logging in and out'. Let us know how many hours (in quarterly hour increments) you did in the session, as well as how many vow value points (V.V.P.s) you completed (see painting vows for details).

In the thread's initial post, we will keep a log of how much time you have completed, as well as V.V.P.s and your current number of P.R.S. points collected. It will be in the following format:

Name: # hours\V.V.P.s completed\current P.R.S. points collected

Example:

Scarfester: 7.25\26\3
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[b]Scarfester[/b]: [color=red]7.25[/color]\[color=yellow]26[/color]\[color=green]3[/color]
So in this example Scarfester has painted for a total of 7 and a quarter hours, completed 26 V.V.P.s and has currently earned 3 P.R.S. points.

We will keep these running totals updated as the week goes on!
Just make a log in and log out post for each session and we will monitor your progress.

Note that you do not need to start the event on the first day, but can join in when you like and go through the end of that week. (We don't wish to exclude people)!

The actual 13-Day Painting & Hobby Challenge thread will be posted on Wednesday, April 17.

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Earning P.R.S. Points

P.R.S. points are earned both for the work you do (as measured in V.V.P.s) and for the time you spend. So you will collect a P.R.S. point for every 10 V.V.P.s you complete, as well for the total time you've devoted to your hobby during the week, as shown below:

6 hours - 1 P.R.S. point
12 hours - 3 P.R.S. points
18 hours - 5 P.R.S. points
24+ hours - 6 P.R.S. points


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Feel free to post your questions in this thread and we will use it as an FAQ of sorts.

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FAQ

In order to compete in the 13-Day Painting & Hobby Challenge, do you first have to have a basic monthly Painting Vow that you're working towards?

No, the 13-Day Painting & Hobby Challenge is completely separate from the Painting Vows; but as long as you're participating in the weekly challenge, you might as well make a Painting Vow and get the extra P.R.S. points for the work you're doing.


Do you have to post a picture of what you're going to attempt to get done each time?


Yes. You will need to take a photo of what you are aiming to get done, to prove that you have done your work within the week. If you are taking photos of models you are going to assemble, be sure to take them of the sprues rather than the box.

With every entry, we need clear evidence that the models have been done in the time frame. Take your photos either on top of the newspaper from that day, or with the first post of the entry thread onscreen in the shot. All subsequent shots should include the newspaper or screenshot as well.
Edited by Skrits, 13th April 2013 - 01:53 PM.
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Yay, another challenge, I always enjoy taking part in these, they keep me motivated and spur me on to do extra. Maybe I'll manage to get a vow done this month, count me in!
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I would _love_ to be in this, but sadly I must focus on Adepticon (next Thursday - Sunday) for now, which leaves no room to work on other stuff.

Good luck to all participants. I'll be watching to see how it goes.
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Good luck, Sleboda. What are you taking to Adepticon?

By the way, remember that the 13-day challenge is not a competition, so you'll be free to join in, if you like, when you get back.
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I'll be going with Tomb Kings (though not the list I would prefer since I did not complete my new Tomb Guard unit in time).

Good point on the challenge. I'll see where I stand on Monday.
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Excellent! I am excited for this one, I really enjoyed the last Weeklong challenge I participated in so this should be great :)
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We are now live!

The Challenge thread has been posted and is open.
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