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What is Battle Cry Painting Competition?

BCPC is New England’s entry into the large scale painting competition format. It is hosted annually by The Battle Standard Tabletop Game & Hobby of Manchester, CT. It is an opportunity for hobbyists of all miniature gaming genres to compete amicably in a show of talent and ability. Competitors register to submit their own creation(s) to be judged against the talent of their peers. Winners are awarded the official Battle Cry trophy in brilliant gold, securing their place in BCPC history as a testament to their painting skills and recognition as an exceptional artist in the arena of miniature painting. 2nd place and 3rd place Runners-up also receive recognition by way of a decorative plaque that can be proudly displayed to document their effort to be the best. The annual event will bring in artists from all over the Northeast (possibly further) interested in taking home the trophy. Take the opportunity to display your best piece of work, compete with your peers and enjoy the many creations presented. Welcome to Battle Cry!

Date: Saturday April 6th 2013

Cost:

$5 per category entered
All competitors receive a $5 off ($25 or more purchase) coupon for their initial entry

Time / Schedule:

All models must be at the store no later than 1pm
Viewing of models: 2-4pm
Judging: 4-5pm
Awards: 5pm

Rules:

Submissions must be entered before 1PM on competition day
Submissions must be the work of the presenter
Competitors may only enter one submission per category
Battle Cry judges determine the category that best fits your entry (should the immediate guidelines not dictate clearly)
You must be present to collect your awards (runner-up will collect in your absence)

Prizes:

1st place in each category will receive a gold trophy of The Battle Standard’s official mascot “Wallace” in the themed Battle Cry pose. This unique resin trophy was sculpted for Battle Cry by Latvian sculptor Oskars Pantelejevs and recast in a limited number specificly for the competition by Ron Lee Casting of Burbank California.
2nd and 3rd place will receive a plaque mounted version of the “Wallace” Kettle Hat in the color representing their place, silver or bronze.
All placing participants will receive gift cards to the store.

Categories.

SciFi
(Which includes but is not limited to 28mm Warhammer 40000, MERCs, Infinity, Dark Age, etc)

Single Model

Squad (3+ models)

Vehicle/Monsterous Creature

Fantasy
(Which includes but is not limited to 28mm Warhammer Fantasy, Privateer Press, Malifaux, etc)

Single Model

Regiment (3+ Models)

Large War Machine/Monster

Small Scale
(Which includes but is not limited to Flames of War, Dystopian Wars, Battlefleet Gothic, Various small scale historical, etc)

Single Model

Squad (3+ models)

Link To event if you would like to see the Trophy. http://www.thebattlestandard.com/battlecry




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Feel free to comment on the post and trophy. This is our first go at this competition and as much feedback as we can get would be great!

The hand in the air will be holding a useable paintbrush as well something high quality.

Looking forward to it!

Kinda local, I'll have to sharpen my paint brushes for this.

Hope you can make it Dez! Where you from?

A couple of questions as this matters in the long run for you. Who is the judge/judges and what accreditation's do they have to qualify them. I ask because if your wanting to make it a well known event that people travel to them having a gamer from the store or some rogue trader winner judge it then that does little for validation. I am not trying to sound rude but more help you in the long run. Also have you set a basing and display size and are you judging those into factor as well. Cool trophy btw i will post this to team North America and get some demon painters to it. Finally rules on entries previously used. Can they be entries from that we won with in previous comps.also you may want to consider a best of show as well just a suggestion.

TheBattleStandardCT wrote:
Hope you can make it Dez! Where you from?

Longmeadow, MA. Right on the border of Enfield.

 Dez wrote:

TheBattleStandardCT wrote:
Hope you can make it Dez! Where you from?

Longmeadow, MA. Right on the border of Enfield.

I live in Enfield myself. It's very local considering the lack of hobby stores in general.


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 Empchild wrote:
A couple of questions as this matters in the long run for you. Who is the judge/judges and what accreditation's do they have to qualify them. I ask because if your wanting to make it a well known event that people travel to them having a gamer from the store or some rogue trader winner judge it then that does little for validation. I am not trying to sound rude but more help you in the long run. Also have you set a basing and display size and are you judging those into factor as well. Cool trophy btw i will post this to team North America and get some demon painters to it. Finally rules on entries previously used. Can they be entries from that we won with in previous comps.also you may want to consider a best of show as well just a suggestion.

Absolutely understood and point taken very seriously. In our first year the official judges are the store staff BUT we're no schlubs and do have plenty of experience under our belts, we're just not accredited as you suggested. We have competed ourselves and some of us worked for GW for years in management engaging directly with some of the Judges at Golden Demon. So you can expect serious critique and considerations while we understand we still need to build our reputation. Once we establish this first year, our goal will be to include more accredited judges as you detail above. This year we simply want to get the event out there and gauge interest in another venue for folks to show their work and receive rewards for their efforts. We're putting our all into it and hope that shows through in the end.

All of your replies and support for the event are well received and we hope very much to see everyone there to compete! Thanks!

Empchild, I have personally have gone over judging criteria for golden deamon competition a few times and painting lessons with Tim Lison (13 gold, 6 silvers, 3 bronze and 4 slayer swords.) I am not nearly as good as a painter as he is, but I definitely have had some good teachers. Tim has also sent me a few judging tips and a rubric. The other two judges we have 20+ years of painting between them and have won a few competitions themselves. I have all the faith in the world anyone that partakes in the competition will be very satisfied with the judges.

Tommy

Sounds like you guys are good for me . I do say again though you may want to consider a best of show as well. It's more of a vanity.thing for us competitive painters but it helps draw in the legitimate competitions over time. Also i would narrow down your rules a Littleton more such base and diorama sizes as people can go way overboard. Also specify is basing will be.judged with the model or just the painting. Finally say if your willing to allow entries that won at other comps or not. Some do and some don't it can work both ways in or against you. I think you guys are off to a great start and i for one will be there as i love painting comps and with lovely trophies like that how can i resist.

 Empchild wrote:
Sounds like you guys are good for me . I do say again though you may want to consider a best of show as well. It's more of a vanity.thing for us competitive painters but it helps draw in the legitimate competitions over time. Also i would narrow down your rules a Littleton more such base and diorama sizes as people can go way overboard. Also specify is basing will be.judged with the model or just the painting. Finally say if your willing to allow entries that won at other comps or not. Some do and some don't it can work both ways in or against you. I think you guys are off to a great start and i for one will be there as i love painting comps and with lovely trophies like that how can i resist.

We'll hash out a little bit more of the judging criteria and post it up ASAP. At this time there is no restriction on whether a model can be entered that has won a previous competition. Our thoughts are that a person's work should be able to win several competitions just as a movie or a song or any other piece of art can win multiple awards. I will say however that re-entering a previously entered model that has won our competition in the past in some regard without significant changes would be frowned upon and make it very difficult for us to consider it, though I won't rule it out completely. Being our 1st year, I don't think we'll need to worry about this yet.

Again thanks for all of your comments and we all look forward to seeing you there!

We are getting some great feedback and looks like the participation is going to be very high! So can't wait to see the models people bring.

I'm definitely gunna enter! Been a while since I've been there

to everyone that has gave us feeback. We have updated a few things and working on some more. This will be a epic painting comp!

 TheBattleStandardCT wrote:
to everyone that has gave us feeback. We have updated a few things and working on some more. This will be a epic painting comp!

You mean this will be Legend...wait for it............................................ARY!!!!!!!!! I saw your posters everywhere this weekend at Templecon and I can't wait. Plus if you happened by my table you would have seen my studio Mcvey model I am working on that I intend to enter.

 Empchild wrote:

 TheBattleStandardCT wrote:
to everyone that has gave us feeback. We have updated a few things and working on some more. This will be a epic painting comp!

You mean this will be Legend...wait for it............................................ARY!!!!!!!!! I saw your posters everywhere this weekend at Templecon and I can't wait. Plus if you happened by my table you would have seen my studio Mcvey model I am working on that I intend to enter.

Very cool! Spread the word! Best in Show award is official!

I know what I am painting for the staff challenge! Could it be a shinny Forge World Model?????

I can not wait for this, so many good responses and its great to see upcoming painters coming into the store asking for a little friendly advice.