| Painting Competition: July-August 2013; ENTRY Thread | |
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| Olorin the Ancient | 2nd July 2013 - 09:12 AM Post #1 |
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July-August 2013 Painting Competition Entry Thread Category: The Elite and the Standard CATEGORY INFORMATION Plague Monks versus Stormvermin: which elite unit is better? These are the only two Skaven troop types that can take magical standards, and they both function as hammer units in games. Paint a legal unit of Stormvermin or Plague Monks, including full command and a magical banner. This contest will allow an additional image or picture montage to show your command group and magical standard in close-up. The entry should note which magical banner your unit is taking. (Making your painted standard look like the magical banner you're taking is part of the challenge, and accounts for half of this competition's title, The Elite and the Standard.) Remember, the unit must be legal, and Plague Monks and Stormvermin can only take magical standards worth up to 50 points. 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 painted a unit or models that fit this category, which are therefore ineligible, you may post photos 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 August 24, 2013. - In the early morning of August 25, 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 August 31, 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. --- 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! --- 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 --- LAST COMPETITION Category: Leader of the Pack Winner: Skritrik, Frikkin' Red Eyes (Vermin Lord) Edited by Olorin the Ancient, 24th August 2013 - 05:47 PM.
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| Olorin the Ancient | 20th August 2013 - 04:43 AM Post #2 |
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We have our first entry. This is, I think, a really fun challenge which will also give you a great unit to play with. Remember that when you enter, you need to specify which magical banner your standard bearer model is carrying. Only a few days left, people! |
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| Olorin the Ancient | 24th August 2013 - 05:52 PM Post #3 |
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We're up to three entries, with only a few hours left. If anybody is still working, and needs us to stretch the deadline for another 12 hours or so, please let me know. The competition will be posted on August 25, but if it has to be later in the day, it's okay as long as you let me know. We don't want to penalize those people who did get their entries in on time, but we'd also like as large a field as possible. |
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