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Sticky thread in the P&M forum.

Sad that I am going to have to wait til I get home to look and vote - phone is not really up to it

Wish they put it on the front page so that more people will vote.

Great idea, I will ask in the P&M section thread..

I think they have done that previously for other painting comps?

heartserenade wrote:Wish they put it on the front page so that more people will vote.

Patience is a virtue!

It takes a little work to get the front page post up correctly (its there now). But its also the dead of night on a Sunday for much of the world, which is a pretty slow time for Dakka. There will be plenty more votes rolling in for the next 5 days.

Pft, everyone should live in a proper time zone!

yakface wrote:
Guys,

Please do not freak out if your WIP picture isn't perfect. Inquisitor Lewis simply said the best way to take a WIP pic is in front of something with a date on it, not that this is the only way a WIP pic would be accepted.

Again, the whole point of requiring a WIP pic is to make it a tiny bit harder for someone to just steal a pic of a fully painted model off the internet and submit it as their own work. Yes, WIPs can be faked and yes you can easily find WIP shots of finished models on the net as well, but frankly there's no real way to make an online competition this way 100% secure. We're just trying to add the thinnest layer of protection against fraud (and counting on people hopefully spotting stolen pics if they do ever get submitted).

So yeah, don't fret. Take a WIP pic and if you forgot to take a WIP pic then take a pic of your model in front of something current and that will be good enough. If you're concerned about the WIP then write an email explaining the situation to the contest email address and all will be fine.

Relax and enjoy!

This is what I did .... my but my entry was not selected. Best of luck to all those whose entries got in...good job.

It might be worth while getting in touch with them again in case there was some kind of mistake?

My WIP was just a pic of the unpainted model (with no newspaper, computer in the background with Dakka on it etc.) and my model was entered.

I already sent a PM.

there are entries anyway that would outclass mine. I just thought that it would be cool (as i just started Infinity) to get one of my models entered in a competition.

Gah... my initial pass through of "who I want to vote for" was 11 entries...

Pointblank wrote:I already sent a PM.

there are entries anyway that would outclass mine. I just thought that it would be cool (as i just started Infinity) to get one of my models entered in a competition.

I notice there are now 42 entries, so did yours get in? Mine was totally outclassed as well, I was just going for the pity 'awwww he must be new' vote

I think I voted for about 15 of them in any case, some great stuff in there!

Okay, I think I wouldn't be able to eat well for the next couple of days because of the excitement...

heartserenade wrote:Okay, I think I wouldn't be able to eat well for the next couple of days because of the excitement...

Well if you win but you die out of hunger.... they can send the prize to me.

Pacific wrote:
I was just going for the pity 'awwww he must be new' vote

I think I got one of those Feels good.
And now I know just how much better everyone else is at painting

The CF wrote:

Pacific wrote:
I was just going for the pity 'awwww he must be new' vote

I think I got one of those Feels good.
And now I know just how much better everyone else is at painting

Are you kidding me..I was going for the ULTIMATE WIN!...1st 2nd and 3rd place simultaneously!....Then im like ...crap who am i kidding... i'll just join for the sake of participation.....and...uh... world peace.

So are we allowed to reveal our entries now?

I guess so...voting is done anyway but don't take my word for it.

Mine is not in the top 5 so I guess I could post it now in other forums. It is obvious what my entry is anyway... duh.

I had quite good hopes of mine doing reasonably well before I saw some of the awesome entries other people made

I look forward to being able to post my entry - I think we might have to wait until the final 5 are selected though.

SilverMK2 wrote:I had quite good hopes of mine doing reasonably well before I saw some of the awesome entries other people made

I look forward to being able to post my entry - I think we might have to wait until the final 5 are selected though.

I believe that has already happened. The 5 highest voted entries are selected for further judging by some secret jury.

It's a shame that the Yuan-Yuan didn't even make it to the top 5. It was easily the best painted model of all, and it was pretty exciting as well (more than some of the finalists at least). There were many more models that I would've liked to see higher up. The Myrmidon Officer or whatever looked prety exciting, but the photo was so busy that no detail was discernable. It's possible to see some detail when you zoom in, but it's too pixelated to judge how well the paint was applied (I'm guessing that it looks good, though). My pick for the winners has to be Saladin, Securiate and Tokusetsu Butai.

The last one is definitely my favourite out of those 3. Nice coulours and details, cool base, cool model.

The Saladin... I honestly don't see the magic. It has some very well blended parts (inner thigh weaving, chest piece), but overall it's not as impressive as many other pieces. Some parts even look sloppy. Really boring base as well. I think it can compete with mine almost when it comes to most uninspired base.

The Securiate. I don't like the model, but this guy somehow made it look very appealing. I agree with some of the comments that it looks more like a diorama than a single model, but it features some nice coulours and looks fairly well-painted.

Well I didn't finish bottom but I was closer than I'd have liked. Felt my pic really let me down, as it became apparent it was so small broken down into multiples as it was, the fact I did the faction symbol was barely visable.

Also had to agree with my scheme issues, it and its buddies have since been touched up and a colour has been replaced that makes them look one hundred times better in my eyes.

Although I was going for a deliberate colour clash anyways due to the anime stylings.

As I'm in the bottom five, I see no point in waiting to reveal who mine was, so this was me.



I was happy with it, oh and the bottom pic has been moded purple, as that is the colour change. I used 'paint' to test it here at work, liked it alot and then applied it to her and the rest when i got home, looks a lot better. Obviously not that bright though.

I agree with the thick paint comments from endtranmission as well. Normally I thin my paints, but I think in the mad rush, I skipped simple stuff like that and its hurt me a lot.

Will take shots of her and her three companions and update my Infinity thread tomorrow.

Inanimate wrote:

SilverMK2 wrote:I had quite good hopes of mine doing reasonably well before I saw some of the awesome entries other people made

I look forward to being able to post my entry - I think we might have to wait until the final 5 are selected though.

I believe that has already happened. The 5 highest voted entries are selected for further judging by some secret jury.

Sorry, I meant that the finalists had been chosen between to give a 1st, 2nd and 3rd

Think you've done an awesome job on that paintjob Morathi's Darkest Sin! Really nice, bright colours. TBH my own criticism is a personal thing in that I don't really like the model. When I look at it, I can't help but think about that Zelda game on the 3DO

Here is my entry, I think a poor half-assed photo didn't help my efforts. Also, the colour scheme and general paintjob

My was the Sin-Eater. You know, the



... I still have a lot to learn, but this competition was rather educating at least!

This is mine:

My Nomad Prowler (entry #2):

Here's mine
I expected 0 votes, so that's 1000000000000 times better than expected =D
Comments and tips wanted =)
I'm looking at you EndTransmission, help me achieve ''more contrast and study of where light fall'' =)

All well done, and all make excellent additions to your Infinity armies!

Pacific wrote:
Here is my entry, I think a poor half-assed photo didn't help my efforts. Also, the colour scheme and general paintjob

My entry was the Myrmidon Spitfire, who has already been stripped alongside of the rest of my Myrmidons.

I quoted you because I really think that the poor photo is what held my entry back; but the color scheme for my ALEPH is definitely a fairly dark one so that makes it a smidge more difficult to really accentuate anything.

On a side note, did folks get why the word Chaos was on her leg, or did they think I was trying to make a play on the 40K meme?

Just wondering.

I'll just go ahead and post mine as well.
Entry #35: Combined Army Skiávoros

That is AWESOME!

Not sure how I missed it/overlooked it until just now.

Seriously though - well done indeed!

Do you have any more pictures of your painted stuff you can share?