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Yeah,
                     ++ Pimp my Sorcerer 40K! ++


Baiyuan and chums are running a awesome private contest...
It's a shame it's closed off from everyone because the Idea is really good! So I've stolen it!
This is the exact same Tournament but made for Everyone!
Yayyyy!

Ok so the basic Idea is.

Tell us your getting involved!

buy one of these 4 new Plastic WarHammerFB Sorcerers and Convert them to fit into 40k.

++ The mini's are released on the 9th of July. ++

During July and August you update this blog with your progress.

Each entry must have a minimum of 1 unpainted Work In Progress photo.

Basing should be appropriate to the model it's representing.

Each entrant must then post before the 3rd of September a finished 'Submission' photo.

I'll form a panel of dakkanauts and at the end we'll decided who won!

Ok So here who has signed up so far;
++ Competition over Entries round up on Page 16 ++
++The Results are on page 17++

  1) Panic
  2) Yggdrasil
  3) Axlbush
  4) GiraffeX
  5) alphaomega
  6) 02Laney
  7) pixelpusher
  8) Ssgt Carl
  9) jariksolo
10) RiTides
11) Morathi's Darkest Sin
12) Chowderhead
13) Fingers
14) endtransmission
15) Medium of Death
16) ArbitorIan
17) winnertakesall
18) Dakkadan
19) Flying Pooo
20) Cottonjaw
21) jariksolo
22) Dysartes
23) rodgers37
24) Rinkydink
25) Lord Kaesar II
26) Matt.Kingsley
27) Perkustin
28) Ghost in the Darkness
29) Hyenajoe
30) ghosty
31) Leggy
32) HAZZER
33) LavuranGuard
34) tipios
35) Shadow Nugz
36) Igandris
37) prototype_X
38) Zefig
39) o Oni o
40) ImperialGuard
41) Rabies
42) 02Laney
43) DasFluspferd
44) prime12357
45) DarkStarSabre
46) Llamahead
47) notprop
48) SnakeByte
49) Santobell
50) chuckwilliams
51) Sageheart
52) TheNewMexicanGeneral
53) Mekaniak
54) Obsidian Raven
55) WaaaaghLord
56) Da GeneruL
57) STC_LogisEngine
58) Killamop
59) Cvife
60) Imperial Monkey
61) fasterthanlight
62) Col Hammer



Panic...

I'd gladly take part in this FRIENDLY (that is, not like the other one) competition, but shipping delays will probably mean I won't get my mini until the first week of August...

Is there any time limit to join? If not, I might order one of them anyhow, then figure out how to complete it quickly...

It should be funnier than the other one, anyway... Let everyone have fun!!!!


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Also, 40mm should be good enough for a proper base size... That's nearly twice as much as what you'd get for the original model...

I'll throw my hat into the ring - if you'll let me :-).

Thought i'd already joined up but guess i didnt submit the post properly. I then saw the other blog which gave me a chuckle - up the rebellion!

The new wizards were news to me so just checked out the link. No idea which one to go for yet - looks a bit daunting. But i guess thats why they call it a challenge.

Subscibed

I like the idea of a FRIENDLY version of this contest, I have one question though.

If there is a second wave of plastic sorcerers in August, are we allowed to choose from them as well?

I would like to get involved in this

yeah,
Glad to have you onboard chaps. I think this will run nicely along side the original blog.

Yggdrasil wrote:I'd gladly take part in this FRIENDLY (that is, not like the other one) competition, but shipping delays will probably mean I won't get my mini until the first week of August...
Is there any time limit to join? If not, I might order one of them anyhow, then figure out how to complete it quickly...
It should be funnier than the other one, anyway... Let everyone have fun!!!!
Also, 40mm should be good enough for a proper base size... That's nearly twice as much as what you'd get for the original model...

The idea itself is fun, now it's for everyone!
I think basing should be 40mm or under... can't really think of a reason to be larger?

Axlbush wrote:... But i guess thats why they call it a challenge.

indeed!

GiraffeX wrote:I like the idea of a FRIENDLY version of this contest, I have one question though.
If there is a second wave of plastic sorcerers in August, are we allowed to choose from them as well?

I had not really thought about that... I don't see why not, although you'll only have 1 month to chop it up and paint it!!

Panic...

I have just had a cool idea for one of these four, need to hit the bits sites now!

I'm in, if you'll have me - just seen the wizards and they are top notch (well worth a conversion or two).

Laney

I'm in! This'll be fun

JUst to clarify, we dont actually have to convert it into a 40k psyker do we? It can be anything we wish?

I would certainly participate if I may

Sounds intersting If I can scrape together the money to buy one of them im in. I already have an idea to fit a future army I plan on doing.

I may also give this a go, those new models do look amazing .

Also Panic, the color of something you're using for text isn't showing up for me on the "work safe" Dakka color scheme / theme. It's the word "Everyone" in the OP, and the word "nicely" from the first line of your next post. Just in case anyone else noticed the same (I was able to see the text when I highlighted it, at first I thought you were just pausing for dramatic effect )

The Dark Elf, She see's nothing!

Well thats a pretty basic cryptic clue to my entry.. and aye, sign me up please.

Sure, what the hell! I need a Libby anyway.

Hey dude i'll get involved too!

Sounds like fun. Count me in.

Not sure which one or what I'll do yet, but hey

sign me up guv!

it's nice to be accepted...

If i thought the invitational Friendly was going to be challenging enough , i guess i was wrong , with another friendly comp and more talented kitbashers , the challange just got even bigger. will be Interesting to see what everyone comes up with in september. Btw Flying poo posted some lovely links to the sprues in the original thread so everyone can see whats in store for them.

yeah,

Axlbush wrote:JUst to clarify, we dont actually have to convert it into a 40k psyker do we? It can be anything we wish?

Convert it to anything in 40k you can dream up!

neil101 wrote:If i thought the invitational Friendly was going to be challenging enough , i guess i was wrong , with another friendly comp and more talented kitbashers , the challange just got even bigger. will be Interesting to see what everyone comes up with in september. Btw Flying poo posted some lovely links to the sprues in the original thread so everyone can see whats in store for them.

Thanks for the heads up.









Panic...

ooh. i wonder if I couldn't turn that Tzeench goober into a 2nd generation genestealer hybrid.

Hey guys,
I can't say that I'm surprised that people are sad they weren't invited to the original contest, seems like PDH and I had a really good idea there and everybody hates not to be invited to the best party in town.

It was never the plan to come around like elitist jerks who want to exclude people from having fun, that's simply not the case.

Our idea started as a "couldn't be more friendly" contest between JUST Peter and me, then we had the idea to include other guys from our friend lists, no more no less. It was not our intention to hurt anybody and looking at how pointed some people's remarks are, it's quite obvious they are deeply hurt. We didn't mean to!

Imagine it to be a party, that's the best example:
So you're planning to have a little house party and you invite a couple of close friends to come over and have a couple of beers and watch the game. That's going to be fun!
Problem is everybody in your neighbourhood/workplace/school finds out and now they say "Great, I like beer AND sports, I'M COMING!!!" Now your private sit-in has become a happening for the whole town and you have to tell people they can't come and that it says so on the invitation.
So you're the bad guy now because you wanted to have a nice quiet evening with your friends, and not your own football arena.

I don't think it's being an elitist jerk, if you just want to meet with friends, it's just normal social behaviour.
It's not normal social behaviour to crash a party, just because it's for example in a public park and it looks like fun.
Try it, walk up to a group that's having a BBQ in the park and tell them you're in because you like meat. They will either tell you politely that they are sorry, but you're not invited or more likely they will kick your ass!

Have your own BBQ, nobody will be mad about it! The same holds true here, we didn't want to keep people from having fun, it just wasn't an open group.
Unfortunately people are lazy readers sometimes and instead of reading at least the whole first entry of a thread, just read the topic and write "Yeah, count me in!" Which leaves PDH and me with the ungratful task to say: "Sorry dude, it's invitational, if we have a slot we'll get back at you." It's hard not to sound like an donkey-cave when your telling someone he is not invited.

So from my point of view, it looks like this:

Please have your own contest, I have absolutely no problem with it, neither has anyone else. I hope you'll all have loads of fun and I'll be watching all your conversions with excitement. The more people, the more conversions, that's a good thing, I agree.

I would just ask everybody to refrain from slandering our contest or judging the people who are part of it, just because we planned an event of a smaller scale and we couldn't invite everybody to the party.

I hope both contests will be a great success and more importantly, that people will just enjoy the P&M and not let misunderstandings cast a shadow on it.

@Panic:
Naming your contest after ours and claiming it's "friendlier" looks like a cheap shot from somebody who feels hurt. It saddens me that you felt excluded and I think there is no need for any rivalry or aggression. Both blogs should be able to coexist peacefully and I'm sure both will be loads of fun. We're honored that you liked the idea so much and we're happy that you want to open it for everybody, on the other hand it's a pity that you got so upset by it. We would appreciate it, if you came up with your own name for your contest and wouldn't refer to ours in any negative fashion. Let's all be friendly, there is enough room in this city for more than two similar contests, no need for hard feelings.

Agreed, the points have been made, and there is no reason both threads can't exist alongside each other in peace.

Let's all bury the hatchet, I don't think anyone had malicious intent, even if many don't agree with the reasoning, it isn't a crime to have a closed contest. Panic has stepped in to fill the void, so what say we all fist-bump and get on with the contests!?

Despite the well-meaning post above...

I'M IN TOO!

(Dunno what I'll do yet...)

Also I am in, Chaos Sorceror for me I think.

yeah,
Baiyuan
Your right I took a cheap shot in naming this blog.
I did this intentionally as it is the same great contest, with your great idea, but made for everyone.

I've removed 'Friendlier' from the title.. As my intentions are not to start a rivalry.

I just really liked your Idea and wanted to play. I made this clear in your thread and you're correct I was disappointed that not everyone could take part. You are entitled to run a private contest with your friends, but your doing it in a very public forum and that is kinda weird...

I think both Blogs will coexist and will both be great! I'm loving the Ideas so far in pimp my wizard, and I can't wait to see what you and your friends come up with.

Panic...

Great, I'm glad we could solve the situation and now that everybody has a chance to be part of the fun, we can go back to our sinister conversion plans. Wish you all the right amount of inspiration!

Panic wrote:
I just really liked your Idea and wanted to play. I made this clear in your thread and you're correct I was disappointed that not everyone could take part. You are entitled to run a private contest with your friends, but your doing it in a very public forum and that is kinda weird...

Hey Panic, this is awesome ya'll are running a contest as well. I can wait to see what everyone comes up with!

I can appreciate the fact that people were excited about the idea and wanted to participate in our contest. However, I don't really see how it is weird to run a closed event on a public forum. The members participating in our contest are all people who we post regularly on one another's blogs, and Baiyuan and PDH invited those of us who talk to each other here on a fairly regular basis. I don't really think it's much different from a "Tale of X Gamers" army building blog or a "VS" blog you see on many forums. Perhaps it could have been done better by sending all the invites and establishing who the participants were before creating the thread to avoid confusion on who was able to participate.

In any event, you've come up with a great solution by taking the initiative to start your own thread open to all, and that is awesome! I really hope there aren't any hard feelings!

yeah,
I think your right if it was more clear from the start that this was a tale of 10 gamers there would have been no issue.
I think we are all cool now.

I've Just placed my advanced order for three of the Sorcerers...
The Vampire Counts Necromancer, Dark Elf Sorceress and Tzeentch Sorcerer Lord.
I'm not sure which one is getting the chop yet! maybe all of them!
Roll on July so the Serious business can get started!

Panic...

I'd love to get in on this, but I can't see having the time. That necromancer looks super cool, I think I might have to pick one up for some converting. Is there a deadline for joining... wait - I'll just scroll up.

Also, I'd like to say that I think it's awesome that the group projects keep coming. The marine/ork swap, the dakka conclave, and now this... did I miss any? Anyhoo, very cool.