Forum adverts like this one are shown to any user who is not logged in. Join us by filling out a tiny 3 field form and you will get your own, free, dakka user account which gives a good range of benefits to you: No adverts like this in the forums anymore. Times and dates in your local timezone. Full tracking of what you have read so you can skip to your first unread post, easily see what has changed since you last logged in, and easily see what is new at a glance. Email notifications for threads you want to watch closely. Being a part of the oldest wargaming community on the net. If you are already a member then feel free to login now.

Well, here was my entry. As you can see from the last photo, my model stood alone, but was not good enough to get into the top 3.

I may be selling this figure soon, or accepting best offers, so keep an eye out.

It wasn't my best work, as I had a mad-rush to finish it in time for the entry.

The photos don't do justice to the time that went into the skin, particularly. There were at least a dozen colors and blends, and probably 30-40 hours on the face. Enjoy!

Top notch work man, I like all the different colors. How it didn't make the cut is beyond me.

Fantastic. I'm really digging the NMM. Great work on it.

Take heart in knowing that the top three must have been utterly bonkers.

Looks like A great paint job....

That is one incredible Badrukk! Absolutely jaw-dropping work there man!

Do something as good as that next year but with a scenic base (always gets 'em) and you have a good chance of getting a Gold award I'd say.

Brilliant model! Keep it up!

Cheers,

Jack.

Orkestra wrote:Fantastic. I'm really digging the NMM. Great work on it.

Take heart in knowing that the top three must have been utterly bonkers.

I wish that were true, and I'll explain in a moment. 2 of the 3 were great pieces.

Thank you all for your wonderful compliments! The consolation is bittersweet for me, and thus I will likely sell this model to the top offer, or place it on eBay should no one here pick it up.

Blightdron wrote:That is one incredible Badrukk! Absolutely jaw-dropping work there man!

Do something as good as that next year but with a scenic base (always gets 'em) and you have a good chance of getting a Gold award I'd say.

Brilliant model! Keep it up!

Cheers,

Jack.

That's good advice. And most of the time, it is true.

At this Games Day, however, the model which knocked me out of the top 3 was an Ork pilot which wasn't on a base. No base at all. It was glued to a trophy block. There was no sand, no texture, no grass or flock, no paint. Just a guy on wood. Furthermore, the surface of the block was 25mm, but the official GD requirement for a model in the 40k Large category is 40mm. The model itself had visible and sloppy brush strokes, no blending, drybrushing everywhere, and a "muddy" paint scheme. I wasn't the only one complaining to the judges about the entry, as not only was it poor (you'll see it on the website and/or the White Dwarf soon enough), but it was an illegal entry.

The judges said to us, "Yeah, we considered that it was an illegal entry..."

The "..." is not an effort to exclude the remainder of the dialogue. That's all the judge said while looking down at the floor.

Slightly disappointing given how well they judged everything else.

Anyway, thanks again for the encouragement. Had I spent more time on the figure, I could have made it without question. I thought the scheme fit his fluff.