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It's back! This is your chance to show the rest of Dakka what you're made of!


Basic Challenge Rules:
1.) Abide by the spirit and guidelines of the Challenge theme presented below.
2.) Take a WIP shot of your model(s) before painting. Send your WIP along with your entry.
3.) Paint your model(s)!
4.) Take another shot of the completed model(s) and send it in to dakkapaintingchallenge@dakkadakka.com with your Dakka Handle as the photo's filename. Also be sure to include your dakka handle in the email, just in case. Oh and be sure it's in before 11:59pm Eastern Standard Time (GMT-5:00) the night of the Deadline!!
5.) The day after the deadline, all the entries will be presented for all of Dakka to see! Along with this will be a poll for the community at large to pick their favorite from the bunch.
6.) Public voting will last for 5 Days. The winner will then be announced a few days later, chosen from amongst the top 5 entries by a hand-picked panel of Dakka Painting Challenge judges.


Notes:
The model(s) you enter can not be shown on Dakka or any other website, it's specifically for release in the Voting Poll. Models found to be posted prior to the Voting Poll will be disqualified. This does not claim publishing rights. Once the voting is over, feel free to post your model all over the web !

Please only send one WIP shot with your entry. If you decide to send more than one final painted shot, I will pick the best of them and post it alone. You may create a collage for the model(s) to show detail (back, front, close ups, etc.) and send it as your entry.

Administrator and Moderator entries will be marked with a "Team Dakka" watermark. Admin and Mod participants can't win prizes, but don't let that keep you from voting for them! Defeating one another is more than enough a reward...


Images:
The pic of your model(s) must be either 1000x800 pixels or 800x1000 pixels . The voting is done blind, that way favoritism has nothing to do with who wins. No text, watermarks, or icons on the entry at all. File Names will be changed after I receive them. If having resizing issues photobucket provides decent editing tools.



Dakka Painting Challenge Presents: To INFINITY & Beyond!



This Dakka Painting Challenge points the spotlight at the game of Infinity. Infinity is a 28mm metal miniatures game that simulates combat and special operations in a science fiction environment with Manga aesthetics. Infinity miniatures are characterized by the high quality and detail of their modeling, the dynamism of their postures and their futuristic aesthetic...in other words, the perfect subjects for a Painting Challenge. If you've never looked at any Infinity miniatures before, or have always wanted a reason to paint one of these miniatures, this Challenge is perfect for you. Just take a look at some of the amazing official paint jobs from the Infinity website and prepare to get inspired (click the images to see larger versions of the pics):







The Deadline:
Your entry picture (including your WIP pic) must be received by 5/13/12 11:59pm Eastern Time (GMT-5:00)


Challenge Theme Rules:
• Absolutely any single miniature (and no more than that) produced by Corvus Belli for the game of Infinity.
• Conversions are allowed, so long as the model is primarily made up of Corvus Belli parts (feel free to ask questions if you're unsure).
• Bases must be complete. You can get as elaborate as you want with the base, but it must at least be flocked/painted or something similar.



The Prize:
The sponsor for this challenge is none other than the actual company that makes Infinity: Corvus Belli. They've graciously offered the following amount of Infinity product, which you will be able to select from their site:

• First place prize will be €100 euros.
• Second place prize will be €65 euros.
• Third place prize will be €35 euros.

All shipping charges will be covered as well, so your prize will stretch a bit further!

A massive thanks goes out to Corvus Belli for their amazing support towards the Dakka community and if you haven't checked out the Infinity website or given the game a chance before, now's the time!


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If you have ANY questions regarding the competition, please feel free to ask here or email: dakkapaintingchallenge@dakkadakka.com

Thanks as always to inquisitorlewis, for helping to run this competition.

For those of you who might be new to Dakka and haven't seen this before, check out The Dakka Painting Challenge Article.

Happy Painting and good luck!

And so it begins...

Thanks for getting this sorted guys!

KaPow! Now to pick which one of my un-built models to start on tonight

Hmm now do I paint something I have or buy something I don't have yet?

Good luck to everyone and I can't wait to see the entries!

CDK wrote:Hmm now do I paint something I have or buy something I don't have yet?

A wise man would use this event as an excuse to buy a new figure.

Great stuff, thanks for giving the go-ahead for this Yakface!

Now to wait until 24 hours before deadline and then go into a painting frenzy

That's really cool. Big thanks to Yakface and all behind the scenes for getting this organised.

RIght, I have some Ariadnans en route from the Maelstrom stock clearance sale... and a load of Aleph already assembled but unpainted... which mini?!?

Time to put my painting-fu (or lack there-of) to the test

And since my Infinity stuff arrived today, I think it is a sign!

Yeah I am down for this... so down...

I'm entering too... but sadly, only for the thrill of competition!

Please remember to snap a dated WIP shot of your model. Best way is to just place the mini in front of your computer screen with this thread open.

Good luck everyone.

So we can paint more than one model? Seems interesting.

Just bought my first and last infinity model.

So we can wait to put the last pic up ON 5/13? Or do we need that in the next couple of days?

Perkustin wrote:Just bought my first and last infinity model.

Yeah, that's going to need a bit more of an explanation!

Alpharius wrote:

Perkustin wrote:Just bought my first and last infinity model.

Yeah, that's going to need a bit more of an explanation!

It sure is!

I've been eyeing the mini's for a while. I guess its time to lay some cash down!

I wish I had some Infinity models. I don't think anybody anywhere near me sells them. They look like a ton of fun to paint.

kavika0311 wrote:I wish I had some Infinity models. I don't think anybody anywhere near me sells them. They look like a ton of fun to paint.

http://www.thewarstore.com/infinity.html

Neal is a good guy. Ask him for Reinforcements.

Also, who are the Dakka Painting Judges? I need to know in order to send out..... postcards... yeah, let's go with postcards.

Buy some from Shae-Konnit ! =P
If it's in stock, he can ship it fast enough so you have time to paint it =)
http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/442723.page

Thanks a lot for those links. All of the ones I was looking at were european stores. There's a good chance I'll be entering.

Shae-Konnit is from Europe too.
But if it's in stock, he said it would take about a week.

I've put in orders at both Maelstrom and GiftsforGeeks to make sure I get something delivered by the deadline. So whether I'm painting a Sophotect, Devas or Myrmidon may depend on what comes in on time!

Infinity Painting contest......

CHALLENGE ACCEPTED

I joined Dakka Dakka to enter this competition. Great to see Infinity getting more coverage.

Painted my first Infinity figure last night/this morning and they have so much more detail than GW's stuff it is amazing

Now, to decide what to enter...

(by the way, does a "WIP" picture of a sealed infinity blister count? I started painting without thinking and didn't get a WIP picture of the model itself...)

SilverMK2 wrote:
(by the way, does a "WIP" picture of a sealed infinity blister count? I started painting without thinking and didn't get a WIP picture of the model itself...)

Just take the WIP pic right now.

As always, the whole point of the WIP pic is to make it a little harder for people to just swipe someone else's finished pic off the net somewhere and claim it as their own.

yakface wrote:

SilverMK2 wrote:
(by the way, does a "WIP" picture of a sealed infinity blister count? I started painting without thinking and didn't get a WIP picture of the model itself...)

Just take the WIP pic right now.

As always, the whole point of the WIP pic is to make it a little harder for people to just swipe someone else's finished pic off the net somewhere and claim it as their own.

Kind of already finished painting (the model almost seemed to paint itself it was so nice to do)

Doesn't really matter - got a whole 300pt army of them through the post yesterday, so I will just paint up another one

good luck everyone!
cant wait to see the entries

wish i was confident enough in my painting to enter