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A Dakka Tutorial Challenge - 'Get Your Teach On!'



What an amazing success this tutorial challenge turned out to be, as we received over 45 amazing painting and modeling tutorials posted in the month of May!!! Kudos to everyone who took the time to post a tutorial. . .I think this site and the hobby in general is a better place when people take the time to share their knowledge with others.

But right now its time for the all important public vote to narrow the entries down to the TOP FIVE FINALISTS for the judges to vote on! To review the full rules for the contest click here!

Remember: You can vote for as many entries as you like!
Vote for at LEAST one, but feel free to throw votes around to as many of the entries as you feel deserve it based on whatever criteria works for you. Remember the goal of this challenge was just to create the 'best' painting, modeling or hobby tutorial, so whatever that means to you, vote that way (I highly recommend getting a pen and paper to write down all your favorites you plan to vote for as you scroll through them all)!

The top five entries with the highest number of votes after around four days of public voting will become our finalists from which a winner will then be picked by a panel of judges. Entries marked as a 'mod entry' are not eligible for finals consideration but that doesn't mean you shouldn't still vote for them!!!

The winner, as picked by the judges, will be getting that whopping £130 (GBP) in-store credit plus free world-wide shipping from WaylandGames.co.uk.

To refresh yourself on any of the entries, click below on any of them to be taken to the original tutorial thread and get your learn on.

Good luck to all entrants in the poll!



#1) Army Display Base by Envy89 on 5/01.



#2) Converting a Lasgun into a Grenade Launcher/Sniper Rifle by lalabox on 5/02.



#3) Stripping Paint from Plastic Models by Bongeh on 5/03.



#4) Greenstuff Skull Badges by Insaniak on 5/03.



#5) Chemical Mould-Line Removal by InquisitorFabius on 5/04.



#6) Creating PDF Files by FoxPhoenix135 on 5/04.



#7) Making Life-Size Purity Seals by assultmarine on 5/06.



#8) Magnetizing a Carnifex by Bongeh on 5/06.



#9) Magnetizing a Valkyrie by Ifurita (mod entry) on 5/06.



#10) Greenstuff Wreath Badges by Insaniak on 5/07.



#11) Making Cobblestone Bases by karlfranz on 5/09.



#12) Working on Multiple Armies Simultaneously by Malfred (mod entry) 5/09.



#13) Converting a Combi-melta by Somnicide on 5/9.



#14) Making a Modular Table by dashrendar on 5/10.



#15) Pinning Your Models Properly by Cypher871 on 5/12.



#16) Painting a Savage Orc by Cyporiean on 5/13.



#17) Using Paint Agitators by legoburner (mod entry) on 5/14.



#18) Making 10mm Buildings by P4NC4K3 on 5/15.



#19) Converting Space Marine Mk6 "Beaky" Heads by whatwhat on 5/15.



#20) Feral World Imperial Guard by darkkt on 5/16.



#21) Making Artillery Emplacements by General Mayhem on 5/17.



#22) Painting Faces with Inks by Charlatan on 5/17.



#23) Converting Tau Drones and Sensor Towers by Cypher871 on 5/18.



#24) Free Handing For Dummies by littleboyblues on 5/20.



#25) Making Miniature Carrying Cases by kutzmon on 5/22.



#26) Speed Painting a Plague Marine by delfabs on 5/22.



#27) Painting Cadian Faces by Lanky-feck on 5/22.



#28) Converting Ork Heads by Cypher871 on 5/23.



#29) Greenstuff Cloaks by assultmarine on 5/23.



#30) Scratchbuilding Ork Buildings by RickC1971 on 5/24.



#31) Stripping Paint Off Resin Models by The_Blackadder on 5/25.



#32) Creating Cheap Necron Flayed Ones by Gavin Thorne on 5/26.



#33) Using LEDs in your models by Kc7sbp on 5/28.



#34) Painting Camo by Northern on 5/28.



#35) Making a Casting Mold with Resin by JB on 5/28.



#36) Instant Plastic Filler by Cypher871 on 5/29.



#37) Greenstuff Purity Seals by Insaniak on 5/29.



#38) Making & Painting Crystal Outcrops by Septic on 5/29.



#39) Making an Eldar Jetbike Warlock by CrimsonTurkey on 5/30.



#40) Creating Cheap Necron Immortals by Gavin Thorne on 5/30.



#41) Greenstuff Chains by Insaniak on 5/30.



#42) Scratchbuilding a Foam-Board Thunderhawk by Clthomps on 5/31.



#43) Sculpting Ork Flash Gits Hats & Coats by Ian Sturrock on 5/31.



#44) Painting Scales and Scale Camo by realgenius on 5/31.



#45) Greenstuff Tips & Tricks by whatwhat on 5/31.



#46) Scratchbuilding Your Own Realm of Battle Board by Trasvi on 5/31.





A BIG, BIG, BIG thanks again goes out to the sponsors for this challenge, both WaylandGames.co.uk and Dakka user LBursley, who came up with the idea for this contest but also put up a big chunk of his own money as part of the prize!

good luck one and all

Agreed good luck all I hope to see more tutorial in the future from all of you.

Good luck everyone. Just wanted to say thanks to yakface for doing the hard work and making 92 thumbnails too! Glad to see the poll system can handle 46 options

How long does polling go on for?

I think "Yakface" said 4 days(But maybe I recall incorrectly).

There's been some really great tutorials this last month. I hope all the authors continue their great work and some new ones jump in!

morgendonner wrote:I hope all the authors continue their great work and some new ones jump in!

I'd certainly like to keep going with them... at least for as long as I can justify the time...

Well done Dakka, there are so many great tutorials in here I have a feeling I'm voting for everybody

- Salvage

45 FTW!

Should be re-named 'Green Stuff, For Dummies' Though, better title!

SonsOfLoki wrote:45 FTW!

Should be re-named 'Green Stuff, For Dummies' Though, better title!

I agree, it is an excellent article!

Man it was really hard to pick.

My vote was based on the scope of the tutorial (is it too easy, too difficult to repeat), use to me (will I be inspired to follow the tutorial), the amount of materials involved (could I afford to use the tuturial), and finally neatness of the tuturial (well written, does it match the original scope of the instructor).

Great job to everybody and thanks for the work.

Woo hoo, got more than one vote.

Wow! Great work everyone! ...and to yakface for putting it all together! I missed some of these during the month but now that I've read through them, there is some fantastic stuff here! This contest is a boon for DakkaDakka!

I tended to vote for the ones anyone and everyone can use, regardless of their army, game or skill level.

Ifurita wrote:Woo hoo, got more than one vote.

same here! I was just glad to get some votes period!

Lol, right there with your dashrendar! There was such a great turnout and that the content of the tutorials had a little bit of everything in the hobby for all levels of skill. Definitely added much needed content to the tutorial forum!

Thanks to everyone who entered this competition for all those little tips, tricks and tutorials

Are there any plans for the next challenge? if so is it modelling, painting or something else like this one was?

Can you change the name on mine?


Its made out or foam board. only the canopy is made of plasti-card

What an amazing number of tutorials in a relatively short period of time. Well done Dakka

Well done Dakka for bring producing it all and Yakface for compiling and making all this.

And I'm surprised that someone (13 someones) voted for me.

Wow great thread

yeah,
Congrats to dakka for getting so many entries.

#35 - Making a Resin Casting Mold by JB
got my vote.
Using golf tee's for pouring funnels= Genius!

PAnic...

I voted on #15 pinning by cypher. I think that it was a very easy tutorial to follow for beginners, AND it is easily used by anyone, with any army.

Apparently 11 people are mad enough to vote for me!

lovin tutiorials
can we have a modelin one next

Panic wrote:yeah,
Congrats to dakka for getting so many entries.

#35 - Making a Resin Casting Mold by JB
got my vote.
Using golf tee's for pouring funnels= Genius!

PAnic...

Thanks Panic! I appreciate that!

assultmarine wrote:lovin tutiorials
can we have a modelin one next

I'm sure Yakface and LegoBurner will come up with another good idea. Thanks to LBursley for coming up with this one! I've learned a lot and now have more creative inspirations than I can do anything with at the moment.

I'd recommend turning most of these tutorials into articles as soon as possible after the contest before they sink down into the expected deluge of new P&M tutorials. They're easier to find as articles since they are sorted by type (if the author builds them correctly). I know I don't want to spend a long time searching for Insaniak and Whatwhat's GS tutorials. If only my new Procreate putty and clay shapers would get here sooner...

Of course, JB. You all have equal access to converting your tutorials into Articles as the
Article system is open to all Dakka users.

malfred wrote:Of course, JB. You all have equal access to converting your tutorials into Articles as the
Article system is open to all Dakka users.

Yep, I know. I was just "beating the drum". I'd like to be able to get to many of these tutorials again. I can't try all of the ones that I like in a year much less a month, and by the time I get around to most of them, they will be way down deep in the thread pile.

I'll be turning mine into an article as soon as the contest ends. There's already a spot in the articles for casting that is basically an empty placeholder. There's a couple of really experienced casters (BrotherArgos and Sersi come to mind immediately) on Dakka that should probably write articles on the finer points of casting using pressure pots, vacuum chambers, and other equipment. I'll stick to the easy stuff, but I wouldn't mind learning more from the experts.

Mine is already there, too. If you see my article, I essentially typed in the code for the wiki
for everything except the categories and the image files.

malfred wrote:Mine is already there, too. If you see my article, I essentially typed in the code for the wiki
for everything except the categories and the image files.

I was speaking about adding on to Scarab's FAQ article on casting at http://www.dakkadakka.com/wiki/en/Dakka_Modeling_FAQ:_Casting. Is there another casting section in the articles?