Good evening ladies and gents, I am here to announce to you all the exciting news that the 2nd annual Nerdcademy award is being launched right here, right now last year it was fondly named the 'Golden Nerdfest' and the magazines rated it thus:

" simply mind blowing we loved it" - Horse & Hound

" A visual feast for the senses & truly inspirational" - Quilting weekly

" Our lawyers will be contacting you" - White dwarf

" nice work but needed more floral arranging" - Peonies Digest

Well, there we have it! a stonking great review from last year and this time it shall be BIGGER BETTER & more full of FUN than ever before so without further adieu.....

This year the theme is something close to my heart, FACES yes, the bane of painters everywhere, but this is why i chose it I was taught to push the boundaries of what i feel comfortable doing and make myself research and learn new techniques by a friend and fellow painter who encouraged me to keep going and not quit when i thought I was never going to improve! and now i love painting those bare heads and faces from everything from marines to Orks! so thank you Tom for all your help!

So, now we know the basic theme, lets see what you do with it get creative! get clever, get painting, your entry can have as many faces as you like, can be a single mini or a small diorama on a 60mm base, it can have any other race you like but it still must include a human bare head somewhere in the entry. The competition shall run from 9th September 2013 until midnight on the 9th October 2013!

the judging criteria is as follows:

Build (100 points)
- quality of build (i.e, neatness) (30 points)
-adherence to theme (30 points)
-conversions/kitbashing (20 points)
-appropriate posing (20 points)

Painting (100 points)
-neatness (25 points)
-use of advanced techniques (25 points)
-overall effect & look (50 points)

Basing (30 points)
-theme/appropriateness to figure (10 points)
-build/customization (10 points)
-painting (10 points)

Overall impression of miniature (50 points)

and next it's your friendly judging panel!

Nerdfest09 (duh!)
Yggdrasil
Kingcracker
Whalemusic360

and finally, what you've all been waiting for! the trophy for 1st place! here's what i came up with to fit in with my current frame of mind







and second prize looks like these two posters which are really great!



third prize is yet to be determined but as I like to do, it shall be something a little ridiculous!

there may be questions and some final fine tuning but feel free to ask away!

GET PAINTING DUDES!

Damn, I wish I hadn't offered to take up the mantle of judge...

I would've been psyched by winning the Golden Throne of Squiddy Doom !!!

[edit : Good luck to all competitors !



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see? I told you so! Golden Throne with Damo's head is priceless!

Yeah.... I wouldn't even dare to give it a price estimate

My juices are flowing but do I have the time... We shall see!

Good man for running this, Nerd and also thanks to the judges who stepped up. I'll put my thinking cap on and see if I can come up with something that I can finish in time.

Well color me intrigued......

If last year was anything to go by, 3rd prize is the one to go for

I'm in! I have no idea what I have to do to join, but as long as it doesn't involve a blood pact, I'll do it...

...In fact even then I'd give it some thought, I am already evilly plotting.....

I have a great idea... though I stand NO chance given the quality of face-painters that have already entered.

Question for you Nerdy: Does it have to be a human face as you describe, or could it be an elf, dwarf or even something a bit farther out like an ork or ogre?

Oh yes, +1 to Gits question, that may well shape where I go with my entry...

While I may not enter, I am looking forward to seeing some of the entries. Good luck to those that enter.

On dear... that trophy made me laugh. And glad I'm a judge, because faces turn to Pooh when I attempt them lol.


Good luck to the entrants

As I told yas earlier, IM IN!

Got a pretty killer concept kicking around in my ming

And I LOVE the trophy!

Waahey i'm defo in. I've got some guardsmen who could use a face, and i do so hate painting skin.

After the fun that was Gitsplittas Mantis Maker comp i've been dying for something similar.

 Gitsplitta wrote:
I have a great idea... though I stand NO chance given the quality of face-painters that have already entered.

Question for you Nerdy: Does it have to be a human face as you describe, or could it be an elf, dwarf or even something a bit farther out like an ork or ogre?

Gits, don't underestimate yourself... Get to work !!

I also asked Nerdfest about that "HUMAN-only" feature of the competition... And I definitely think it would be better to allow all kinds of faces, as long as they're expressive !

Be they Ogres, Minotaurs, Daemons, Elves, Squats, whatever...

But I leave it up to the Comp Organiser to decide !

In it for laughs.

My worst nightmare faces

I'm going to have to see what I've got that has a face.

Don't know if this helps you Gits, but having actually reread the post Nerd did say: 'it can have any other race you like but it still must include a human bare head somewhere in the entry'

 J-paint wrote:
Don't know if this helps you Gits, but having actually reread the post Nerd did say: 'it can have any other race you like but it still must include a human bare head somewhere in the entry'

ooooops

Can I play please, I need an excuse to improve my faces.
How do I enter, do I just post a pic or do I have to pm someone.

 Camkierhi wrote:
In it for laughs.

No way! I'm in it it for laughs, you're a competition winning machine! Don't underestimate yourself pal.

I'd like an answer to Git's question too. I haven't settled on an idea yet but I'd like the option to work on another race just in case. However, if Nerdy says no that's cool too, I'm easy going and I haven't started yet.

 Casey's Law wrote:

 Camkierhi wrote:
In it for laughs.

No way! I'm in it it for laughs, you're a competition winning machine! Don't underestimate yourself pal.

I'd like an answer to Git's question too. I haven't settled on an idea yet but I'd like the option to work on another race just in case. However, if Nerdy says no that's cool too, I'm easy going and I haven't started yet.

Did you read the instructions, or have they been updated since? As many heads as you like of any race, but there has to be 1 bare human head in there somewhere.

Missed that... Thanks!

 Flinty wrote:

 Casey's Law wrote:

 Camkierhi wrote:
In it for laughs.

No way! I'm in it it for laughs, you're a competition winning machine! Don't underestimate yourself pal.

I'd like an answer to Git's question too. I haven't settled on an idea yet but I'd like the option to work on another race just in case. However, if Nerdy says no that's cool too, I'm easy going and I haven't started yet.

Did you read the instructions, or have they been updated since? As many heads as you like of any race, but there has to be 1 bare human head in there somewhere.

I'm not sure I like the implication. Yes I did read the rules. In fact i read the entire OP, shock horror, including the part where Damo encouraged us to ask questions because the rules may require fine tuning. I think Git's question clearly has value and I wanted to make my interest in the answer known.

Mind if I join?

I suck at faces but let's give this a shot anyway!

Now to rummage through the 'ol bitz box for something worthy of painting...

Do you think we could maybe cheat and just paint salamanders?

 Casey's Law wrote:

 Flinty wrote:

 Casey's Law wrote:

 Camkierhi wrote:
In it for laughs.

No way! I'm in it it for laughs, you're a competition winning machine! Don't underestimate yourself pal.

I'd like an answer to Git's question too. I haven't settled on an idea yet but I'd like the option to work on another race just in case. However, if Nerdy says no that's cool too, I'm easy going and I haven't started yet.

Did you read the instructions, or have they been updated since? As many heads as you like of any race, but there has to be 1 bare human head in there somewhere.

I'm not sure I like the implication. Yes I did read the rules. In fact i read the entire OP, shock horror, including the part where Damo encouraged us to ask questions because the rules may require fine tuning. I think Git's question clearly has value and I wanted to make my interest in the answer known.

Apologies, I should have worded that differently. My intent was to draw attention to the rules, hence I wasn't sure if they had bee updated which might be why you had missed the relevant section.

Awesome idea Nerdfest!

sadly,. at the rate i paint no way i get done by October. really looking forward to seeing the entries though.

Wow great interest so far guys! and no need to argue this is a place of harmony & love! and Bolters & Heretics & scantily clad sisters of Battle.....

lets address the concerns that have arisen shall we?

O.k I would like all entrants to PM with a conformation of their entry into the comp as it can be easy to miss throughout the posts

an image of the constituent parts posted in this thread before painting so we can see you before paint begins, if some parts are scavenged or primed from other parts in your bits box that's o.k but the completed model must be primed and painted as a blank canvas please.

the main concern is FACES, o.k I can see it may impede some from entering and that's why I thought i'd say any races faces can be included but a human face must be there somewhere it can be on the base, it can be a skun face hanging from a belt but I really want to see people try and paint one, if it appears after a day or two that it's too constricting then I may re evaluate that part, but the Faces are the theme, and as I say "Faces are the window to the soul.....and Face"

lets all have some fun with this comp this year! think left of center and push yourself, also remember it's a competition piece and doesn't have to confirm to any standard gaming rules! also I encourage us to work together and pump each other up and if something doesn't sound right or, like I said, needs fine tuning then please bring it to my attention and we'll sort it out as soon as we can eh!

 Flinty wrote:
Apologies, I should have worded that differently. My intent was to draw attention to the rules, hence I wasn't sure if they had bee updated which might be why you had missed the relevant section.

Thanks, I understand you didn't mean anything by it and you have my apologies too. Looking back I was a bit quick on the draw to get offended and I shouldn't have blasted you in any case. Sorry mate.

Nerdy that all sounds grand! I have an idea I think but I haven't chosen a subject yet. Will require a little further musing... Is it 40k only? I didn't see that mentioned anywhere.

Casey, it seems now that there are so many great miniature companies out there it would be a shame to limit the models, I would prefer 40K models but I'm not going to ask people to buy anything especially for the comp and they can feel free to use what they have as long as it's 28mm scale :-)

ach... and there is me..hoping to get away with a giant riveted head....

Attention PLEASE !!

Competitors are required to :

1. PM the following people to confirm their subscription : nerdfest09, KingCracker, WhaleMusic360, and Yggdrasil ;

2. Post a picture (or more) of their undercoated entry in this very thread ; (undercoat can be any colour, white, black, grey... any single colour should do, as long as it's clear it's not a basecoat - if there are concerns, feel free to PM any of the aforementioned judges who will sort it out).

3. Entry can be anything, any system, any brand, but somewhere it MUST include, at least, a HUMAN - BARE - FACE (that should, ideally, be a focal point). Hence the theme of the competition : FACES ! (again, PM a judge if in doubt)



Good luck to everyone ,

Golden Nerd-judge Yggs, "the face-bane"

PM sent Nerdfest.

Painting a humain face ? Challenge accepted.

If I have enough time, I'm in.
I already know what model I wanna paint !

 Minus wrote:
Painting a humain face ? Challenge accepter.

If I have enough time, I'm in.
I already know what model I wanna paint !

Hey Minus !

You are France's last (and only) bulwark against those English so-called "hobbyists"

So you'd better get to it, and win the trophy !!!

Pfft. The Patriotic and freedom-loving Hobbyists of 'Murica will see you all in the dust! Ya know. Cuz yer all terrorists or somethin

'Murica!

And that's how Damo's contest turns into World painting championship !

I have a project to finish first (see my P&M blog ^^ ), and then I start my entry. I hope it won't take too long before I start the assembly of my miniature.
I love the challenge, so I decided to paint a FEMALE model. 'cause female faces are so much more difficult to paint than men's ones.


Yup, french people can paint too. Or at least they try.

 Minus wrote:
And that's how Damo's contest turns into World painting championship !

I have a project to finish first (see my P&M blog ^^ ), and then I start my entry. I hope it won't take too long before I start the assembly of my miniature.
I love the challenge, so I decided to paint a FEMALE model. 'cause female faces are so much more difficult to paint than men's ones.


Yup, french people can paint too. Or at least they try.

You're our champion, man !! (also, PM sent )

And FEMALE faces are eligible !!!

Am in the middle of a move at the moment which wont actually wrap up till about the 17thish so I cant place an order for my entry yet. If I can get moved in, get my order delivered in time AND find my brushes after the move I'll be in.

I'll do my best to win for the glory of Canada or a Timmies victory doughnut...

which ever is easier...

Wait... you want us to pump each other?

Ummm well I have started cracking on with my entry, and using the hands from this as inspiration:




I have taken this:



and when it gets here, this:



To make a Daemon of tzeentch!

...I have so far got to here:




...Not sure If we are meant to be putting up WIP shots, but what the heck!

Work in progress are more than fine! we gotta keep the excitement palpable in the thread! :-) and by the looks of things so far, you'll certainly meet the bare head criteria lol!


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Quick update of who I believe are confirmed entrants for the comp? if i've got any wrong make sure you let us know :-)

Commander Cain
J-paint
Snrub
Minus
Gitsplitta
Ramos Asura
Camkierhi
Casey’s Law
Flinty
Mad_eddy_13

I'm in! Also, can I give you a standing ovation for the magazine remark regarding white dwarf. Just picture you on a stage, addressing a whole bunch of GW executives, and me. I'm the only one who stands up, but i'm damn impressed. Had me laughing for sure. I'll get some stuff going asap!

Yeh I haven't sent a pm yet but I'm 90% confirmed. I'll pm when I know I have a subject to paint. Actually, do I pm all 4 of you? That's how it reads.

Also are we tied to 28mm? I'm glad you said that because I was about to start something larger.

Well, 28mm scale casey, so any model within that range from any manufacturer. :-)

I haven't sent my confirmation PM either yet. Still considering.

 Casey's Law wrote:
Yeh I haven't sent a pm yet but I'm 90% confirmed. I'll pm when I know I have a subject to paint. Actually, do I pm all 4 of you? That's how it reads.

Also are we tied to 28mm? I'm glad you said that because I was about to start something larger.

No, you don't have to pm all 4 of us. What scale were you considering?

I was considering sculpting a bust at like 1/6 or something but that's cool. I'll put my thinking cap back on.

 Casey's Law wrote:
I was considering sculpting a bust at like 1/6 or something but that's cool. I'll put my thinking cap back on.

You could do that and have them fiddling with a 28mm scale model with a bare human head (although if the bust was 1/6 scale, the human wouldn't be 28mm scale to them... *brainsplode*)

Hey Nerdy, did you get the 2nd pm i sent you?

PM sent for my entry

Good thinking Flinty! I'll add it to the possibility pile.

Entry pm sent.
Is this guy an acceptable entry?

Doesn't he wear... a mask ?


(I started building my miniature )

Doh! On closer inspection of the head, it appears you are correct. Cue the quick head swap.

 Minus wrote:
Doesn't he wear... a mask ?


(I started building my miniature )

Damn Minus !!! Don't help the competitors !!!

(Ok, it's great you did... I would've otherwise )

There's no glory if there's no risk.
I don't fear any of them.

Lol. Looking at the competition I don't have a chance anyway, ah well it's all experience.

Whoa, slow down with the updates people! I haven't even decided on a model to paint yet!

 Minus wrote:
I don't fear any of them.

That's because you're a high quality painting machine!

tomcat31 wrote:
Lol. Looking at the competition I don't have a chance anyway, ah well it's all experience.

Youd be surprised at how much you improve when you REALLY push your skills. I entered Damos contest last year and I tried all sorts of things I never tried before painting wise. I can actually wetblend paint now! Thats a good skill right there Just push yourself and try your best. Cant ask for anything more

 KingCracker wrote:

tomcat31 wrote:
Lol. Looking at the competition I don't have a chance anyway, ah well it's all experience.

Youd be surprised at how much you improve when you REALLY push your skills. I entered Damos contest last year and I tried all sorts of things I never tried before painting wise. I can actually wetblend paint now! Thats a good skill right there Just push yourself and try your best. Cant ask for anything more

Seconded !!!

As I said earlier, tomcat31, that kind of competition is really a good way to improve your skills !!!

I agree, that's why I entered. Just because I'm not expecting to place, it doesn't mean I'm not going to try. Sorry if I seemed a bit defeatist guys

Alrighty I have my entry model ready to go!!!

Just a basic Lasgun to Longlas conversion but it works for a kickass sniper (or custom character sniper...)


and back view


With primer


and basic coulors blocked in...


sorry about the quality of the last shot - my camera needs a new battery asap...

mad_eddy_13 : Great conversion !!

We'll see how it turns out... That face really is characterful !

Seeing as only competition I have entered was the golden throne one you threw last year or whenever nerd, I may do this one too!

I had an idea for the mantis warriors contest that was run, but was too busy to do it..

Now may be the time... I hope you all are prepared....

Eddy that is a kick arse sniper. I like the base too. Where's it from?

 Snrub wrote:
Eddy that is a kick arse sniper. I like the base too. Where's it from?

to all those who like my conversion, thank you, and stay clear of crosshairs - the base is actually part of the Citadel 40k basing kit that I got for this sort of project (badass conversions that need a good base)

Also any ideas for camo? its going to be grey and black urban but I don't know what pattern yet...

Looking good so far

Ok heres my mini for the comp and a wip or two

That is a sexy model.


Time to start marines i think. The new tac squad just looks to good to pass up.



Also is that supposed to be a Hawk Lord?

Looking great, mad_eddy & lipsdapips !!

Question for lipsdapips : was this one built with the new Tactical kit ?

Ye its the new tactical squad, loving these new releases!
And snrub
I would never betray my Ultramarines by painting another chapter , it's just dark because I haven't highlgihted yet

Guys, excellent work so far, great ideas and LDP that face is looking good so far especially the eyes, very nice man!

and skifi, glad you're back for another crack! looking forward to whatever fiendish idea you have this year! :-)

 lipsdapips wrote:
Ye its the new tactical squad, loving these new releases!
And snrub
I would never betray my Ultramarines by painting another chapter , it's just dark because I haven't highlgihted yet

Oh it so totally is blue... I'm blind as a friggin bat.

Looked at it and thought it was purple, which i thought was strange since your avatar is clearly an Ultra. And the link in your sig as well as the rather hefty amount of Ultramarine pics in your gallery would also lend weight to the fact that you collect Ultras and not Hawk lords.

Looking like a winner there Lips! That new tactical sprue is pretty awesome.

Amazing work,


rethinking again due to peoples ability to actually paint brilliant faces.

Yo, yo! Another WIP, finished the highlighting, armour and skin today, also, details are based in black.

You sure he's not a Hawk Lord lips? He still looks awfully purple.

He looks seriously pissed though. One can only imagine he's about to put the power fist to good use.

Are you for cereal Snrub? He looks blue as can be to me
haha yes, seriously pissed and a bit lazy eyed, but I have since fixed that issue, now he just looks seriously pissed >

Nah i'm pulling ya leg. He's starting to look like an Ultramarine now. It's a nice blue too.


Speaking of cereal, i think i'll have cocopops for lunch today.


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Here's my "bitz" shot/s. Gonna prime him tomorrow.




Bitz used are...

nerdy...? I wanna enter...

does this damsel of the wastelands in distress qualifies for your comp?






cheers, vik

Well. It's a pretty poor showing from me I'm afraid. This is where I'm up to so far

Wait wait wait !
Wow !

What's the deadline again ?
Man, you all post images of almost complete paintjobs... I didn't even BUILD my model...


Looks like I'll have to hurry a little bit.

Already some really impressive works on here!

Nice updates guys! still plenty of time to enter, doesn't finish until the 9th of October :-) and Vik that model is fine i'd love to have yo onboard, just shoot me a PM with your request for entry and I'll put you on the list!

LDP/tomcat31: both classy work! good thought put into the Iron Warrior model and LDP can't get crisper paint than that dude! smooooth!

Sorry guys, my multi headed daemon hand thing from earlier isn't working out, the body I was going to use with the hands has got lost in the post, damn you royal mail, so would it be ok if I enter this guy instead nerd? I am aware he has a hood so isn't exactly 'bare head'

Update, sorted the scary eye issue. Lol.
Although for some reason he still has a hare lip.

I think I have it...






Just working on some rules for this guy now so far it has been a lot of fun and forced me to venture into the world of faces, good luck to everyone on this and I'll be around all week *leaves stage with a sweeping bow*

Id give it a go if a naked to the breeze tau head would be acceptable?

 FatBoy wrote:
Id give it a go if a naked to the breeze tau head would be acceptable?

The rules state that at least 1 naked human head is required, so as long as you have your Tau talking/fighting/tickling with a human, its all good

^Flinty got it right there, Tau are fine but somewhere you need a human head in your entry ;-)

and seeing as some are close to or finished, i'll put the next part up now, when you have completed your entry and are happy to submit it, please take some good pics (or the best you are able to get) and email them to me with your Dakka name so i can compile them together and post them up at the end! you can reach me at hondaboy999@hotmail.com I know, I know, I've had that address since I was 17! and now....i'm not 17 :-)

good luck everyone and keep painting!!!

As you went unanswered j-paint, I'll say yes. Just keep in mind the face is a specific part of the grade, and if there isnt much visible, we have to grade what is much more critically. Not that you still wont nail it, but it is worth a mention.

My mini's finished, I've sent you an email Nerdfest

Ok I am in my new place now and got my sternguard kit so will be entering. Will send the proper entry pm and post up Wip pics tomorrow when my internet is fitted.

Same here. My FW marines arrived so I will be getting some pics once I am back from uni. Just need to decide on a colour scheme!

Finished painting my grotesques, I start the assembly of my entry... RIGHT NOW !

Email sent. Please let me know if it doesn't arrive.

Progress!

I decided to do a chapter master for my Thousand Sons so took some references from the new GW Master of Relics and (imho) made something far more dynamic looking.

Not sure I am finished adding bits to him yet but you all get the general idea.



Shall I post an undercoated pic on this thread as well or will this in all it's resiny goodness suffice?

Now, paint!

Chapter master or company master/captain?

Oops, yeah that's a typo, he will be a Company master. Or rather, Fellowship master as that is how 1K Sons divide up their ranks. I get a little confused at times!

Hey all, first time poster and I'm entering a painting comp! This one to be exact! Here's my chappie:

Welcome to Dakka! Good luck in the contest, interested to see what you can do.

Thanks, I'm looking forward to everyone elses as well.

Yay, more parts for the Dakka paint machine! :-) good to meet you Boltgun_billy and good luck! I recieved your email as well as tomcat's so it's all good! some interesting models already popping up here, I like the head swap on the TT model, nice choice for something different!

I love comps, so much pretty to look at.

OK something WIPy for my entry, finally have a proper internet connection again:



And with a touch of paint:



Obviously alot to do still, and was only using phone camera

Edit:

Bit more work being done...

WOW the work here is scaring me, Like I said I am in though so here is a little pic of the bits.



Just hope I can do it justice.

I'm thinking of entering and I've already nearly finished what I would call my entry, but I am wondering - are Salamanders acceptable? Considering they are pitch black skin and I'm not sure how easily their faces are painted compared to the normal white or african tones people tend to do, I don't know if it would be frowned upon/mocked?

From a judging stand point, I can tell you there are going to be some categories you will not score well on (from me at least) due to the loophole nature of it. While meeting the rules of the competition, it doesn't meet with the spirt very well. That said, if its all you've got, it's better than nought. Though I'd suggest it might be an amazing chance to start on an allied IG or other SM chapter force (or any other human figure).

Ah well, it was more of a spur of the moment thing to enter. Just out of interest, as I probably won't be entering now, but where would it fall short?

The adherence to theme would be the biggest. Overall effect (aka the judges opinion of the model) would also be affected to a degree. Not saying you shouldn't enter, just that you should go in with those expectations. Also this is all imo, other judges may feel differently.

Hi warpig, Whalemusic is right, you most certainly can paint a sallie for the comp but it would be a double edged sword if it's done well it could be simply awesome and different but if it falls short he'll just looked a little over cooked saying that it would be a chance for you to try and push your painting which is what this is all about that, and hanging out with mates eh! this is a sallie face I have done that may inspire you to have a go?

Awesome pic.

So here is mine, basic layout.



Hope this is ok, It's titled Face to Face.

 Camkierhi wrote:
Hope this is ok, It's titled Face to Face.

But... they have no face !






Ok, this is my entry. Very fine detailed model. Oh my Gork, I'll have to be good at this one.

Giggity...

Where did you get her Minus?

She'd make an awesome Inquisitor/Sister of battle. Or with a bit of work a killer looking Arbites Judge.


I'll be starting work on my own paintjob tomorrow. I've fallen days behind the everyone else because i was house sitting for a friend. (Stupid friends and their stupid vactions. Stupid pets that need to be fed and valuables that need to be not stolen. Like anyone cares. Or like i've got better stuff to do anyway. *grumble grumble*)

It's a model from WarForge (their products can be found here http://eurobitz.com/ ). Their second miniature, the first one is a female commissar that you can see in my gallery.
This one was sculpted by Graphigaut. Maybe you don't know his name, but he entered an amazing Sister Of Battle at french GD last year, based on the dark elves sorceress :





(@ Mods : I hope this is not considered as undesired advert' )

I've seen that model, but only from the company. How was the mold, as far as details and casting issues? Any chance of a pic next to a space marine at some point?

Oh thanks for the link Minus. I've been looking for the not-Commissar for ages. Would you reccommend the resin version or the metal?

@ Whalemusic : I'll do comparative shots. I'll post them in my P&M blog, in order to not turn Nerdfest's topic into mine. ^^
No particular molding problem on my copies, neither on Viktoria nor on Alicia. On Alicia, there are 2 (tiny) bubbles in her hair that were easily filled with liquid green stuff. The mace was also bent a little bit, but this is a classical defect on such long and fine parts.
Details are... crazy. I have no idea how I'll paint her so far !

@ Srnub : I bought both versions. The metal one is pretty nice, but the resin version has finer details wich is normal I guess. If you want it to paint, take the resin version. If you are rather a gamer instead of a pure painter, I'd recommend the metal one wich is less likely to break.

If you have more question, no problem, but ask me on my topic instead (link in my sig )

Thanks Minus, useful to know. To be honest i'm not even sure why i even asked you that. I don't know why i thought you'd have both of them... Lucky for me you did.



Righty-o. Here's my entry in the basecoat stage. I'm really not happy with the green. It's meant to be far more Karki. I've also noticed a few things that need to be touched up. As well as getting rid of that hidious thing of his face.


The pic should be zoomable in the gallery but for some reason it's not. Oh well.

Bit more progress on this guy. though I do have a different guy I might switch out to in a more actiony pose.

My word people! you have been busy looking good guys i'm pretty pumped to see everyone's models together on here at the end, it'll be a wicked cool post for people to scroll through

Aaaaaaaaaaaand!........ THIRD PLACE IS HERE!


yes, finally the much sought after 3rd prize has been revealed after long sleepless nights of trying to work out the most ridiculous thing i can possibly offer anyone! ................

















.......................... Don't be scared now! ........................














Ta Daaaaaaaa! enjoy!

I'd be more interested in that issue of white dwarf you're holding if i'm honest....



What exactly is 3rd prize? Is it a computer wallpaper? A poster? (if so what size?)

Oh my

A real size poster ? A night with Damo himself ?
Great !


@ Snrub : you probably asked 'cause you know I'm crazy.
You can use brown washes on the green to get a more khaki result.

 lipsdapips wrote:
Oh my

Outstanding commitment brother!

Fixed that for you. My God man... learn some etiquette. My eyes are still burning!

 nerdfest09 wrote:
My word people! you have been busy looking good guys i'm pretty pumped to see everyone's models together on here at the end, it'll be a wicked cool post for people to scroll through

Aaaaaaaaaaaand!........ THIRD PLACE IS HERE!


yes, finally the much sought after 3rd prize has been revealed after long sleepless nights of trying to work out the most ridiculous thing i can possibly offer anyone! ................

















.......................... Don't be scared now! ........................














Ta Daaaaaaaa! enjoy!

Spoiler:

@Nerdfest and Whalemusic - I don't expect to place or win, but I'll do it simply for the giggles and the opportunity to finally sort out how I'm gonna do my Salamanders faces. Feel free to mark it down Whalemusic, but as Nerdfest says - I'm in it more to expand my knowledge than to score points. It may look good, it may look severely 'over-cooked' but in my eyes it's better than fearing what could happen and not trying at all... Carpe Diem.

PS: Unfortunately I didn't get a chance to photo it in it's undercoat form, but all the bits were primed and assembled as one - there was no paint on it prior to this comp - is that Ok?

I still need to find a mini for this, must have a hunt round tonight.

I'm not really just entering now because the third place prize has been put up

Still WIP. But that third prize is making me push myself. Pictures not the best.










And tight in on faces, (getting a bit of glare from camera, comp pics will be better.)




Still lots to do, but please keep your comments coming, I thrive on feedback.

Awesome entries again guys! thanks for the good work! loving the effort you've all put in! :-)

and 3rd prize! silly me, it's a beautifully printed photograph that shall be signed personally by me! I may even include a frame lol! my commitment to you guys and the hobby mean I have no shame! :-)

I'll pop an updated entrants list up at the end of the week so if I've missed anyone to date or if anyone has to retire we can get our ducks in a row! :-) Keep your brush moist guys!

Camkierhi> Thats looking brutal, great staging and a good sense of conflict, which is something I still lack the confidence to do (can do one miniature at a time but setting a scene is beyond me creatively atm)

Also as a side by side two different models I am working on to figure out how to do a better head:

Brutus:

Judas:

That is brilliant work.

SO here are couple shots of me faces.

Marines face.




Ork face.



Thoughts!!!

More on me blog, don't want to dump it all here. Still not quite happy with over all model, so this is not my entry pic. Thank you.

Bwahahaha! That marine is so screwed!


Keep it up everyone, these are looking great!


Damo. ..that 3rd place prize.... is Uh....AWESOME! Totally jealous of who ever gets 3rd place

So here's my entry thus far. I've done some highlights on the green and yellow. The face is also nearly done but i'm having real trouble getting a nice clear close up shot of it. Anyone have any tips for taking face shots?
Overall it still needs a bit of work before i'll be happy with it. The highlights need to be cleaned up. I've noticed a few glaringly obvious missed spots..

 Minus wrote:
@ Snrub : you probably asked 'cause you know I'm crazy.
You can use brown washes on the green to get a more khaki result.

Thanks for that tip Minus. I've ran out of my brown wash so i used a flesh wash instead. Didn't give me the exact look i wanted but it was still one i am happy with.


Cam - Your marine/ork fight is really well done. It that one of the Kromlech mega armoured orks?
Mel - Your marine is tops. Love the hair stubble on his head. Great pose and a great paintjob.

Sorry, wrong thread!

This looks exciting though, great work so far

Happily done despite having switched models midway through, fun as always to take part and try to test/improve myself as I go it was nice to get some more experience painting skin/faces especially with the new witch elves coming out to paint soon!

So new WIP and completed photos of Veteran Sergeant Brutus of the Blood Golems, Hero of the Czagar Deep and posed as he issues a challenge to his foes:





Will shoot off the email soon.

^ "YOU...............YOU'RE MINE"


good work Mel he looks suitably badass and dynamic! if I was GW employee i'd say he was downright cinematic!

miniature was painted by Dingholio @ pyramid paint studio

So much painted models already...

I haven't even decided on my colour scheme.

O.k, here's the list I have of the people entering the competition so far, please let me know if there's any mistakes? and don't forget to email the finished images to my email when you're done! :-)

Entrants for Nerdcademy Award 2013-09-09
Commander Cain
J-paint
Snrub
Minus
Gitsplitta
Ramos Asura
Camkierhi
Casey’s Law
Mad_eddy_13
Lipsdapips
Olly
Tomcat31
Skifi
Boltgun_billy
Warpig1815
GiraffeX
Dingholio

Damn it all. I find out about this contest, let me see, 4 days before I go on vacation, with the absolute PERFECT model for the contest. Hmm....

You know what? Challenge accepted. XV117 Abyss and Shas'vre Snowflake inbound. The base size will be...um...interesting.

Edit: Okay, got the thing primed despite the constant wind storm that is the Arabian desert. I hereby vow to make this happen before I leave.

Just emailed some more pics of my entry to you, now to see what everyone else has...

Coolness! more paint for the paint gods! not seeing much in the way of progress shots on here yet? i'm guessing there'll be an influx towards the end! just want to see all the great ideas you guys have concocted :-)

 nerdfest09 wrote:
Coolness! more paint for the paint gods! not seeing much in the way of progress shots on here yet? i'm guessing there'll be an influx towards the end! just want to see all the great ideas you guys have concocted :-)

boooooom guess who's bck lol hello duddy when did you get into nude modeling ha ha ha .

It's looking like I won't have enough time to get this beast done before I go on vacation, but behold the wrath of the FACE.

Holy cow. That is awesome. And purple. And big.

But is it human....



Awesome riptide mate.

The pilot has a face, and that's good enough for the contest's rules. It's a shame I didn't have a couple more days to work on this. There was a whole other thing planned for it, and the thing would have had a thing. And more boobs, of course. Le sigh, what might have been.

 bossfearless wrote:
The pilot has a face, and that's good enough for the contest's rules.

Nope. A HUMAN face is required.


Someone asked me a comparative shot with GW models. So let's go :




As you can see... I started putting some colors on her. I only started. What's the deadline again ?

Meh. There were going to be two more faces on the model and they would both been human.. Oh, and Space Marines aren't human anymore, so they don't count for the contest. Since we're getting picky about it.

Sent email. Here are some pics of my entry, Finished.












Good luck to everyone, can't wait to see your entries.
Cam

Here's my entry

 Minus wrote:


Someone asked me a comparative shot with GW models. So let's go :

As you can see... I started putting some colors on her. I only started. What's the deadline again ?

She is a tall lass, eh? Thanks for the comparison.

Hey Nerdy is there a limit to the size or amount of photos we can send you?

Hey Snrub, you can send through whatever as best you can, but probably just a few good shots that show the model in all it's glory :-) size wise, as long as we can make out the details then we'll be sweet!

and on that note! it's October already! not long until she's all over for another year :-)

One week left infact? I'm excited to see the other entries in their finished glory

Here's my finished entry a Grey Hunter for my Skyrars Dark Wolves army.

Ohmagad only one week. >___<


@ whalemusic : she's rather tall and her shoes have the highest heels she could found at her local Imperialshopforall. ^^

Nice Dark wolf GFX! don't forget to send your pic to my email address dude! :-)

Already done

Lol I should have checked my email first then eh!

Wanna see some WIP ? ^^

 bossfearless wrote:
It's looking like I won't have enough time to get this beast done before I go on vacation, but behold the wrath of the FACE.

Metal Gear Tau, Sons of Greater Good

She's looking very nice Minus, really like the metallic affect you have there.

Sent you an email with my pics Nerdy.

I had do to some verification thing though so i'm not sure if it sent. If it didn't tell me and i'll resend it.

Hey snrub, no luck on the email mate :-( just checked and it didn't get there.

minus, that is looking splendid dude! love the metals so far, very nicely done!

Ok it definitely sent that time.

Lets just hope i sent it to you!

Well I'm late...

Pregnancy can be a real bitch. Congrats Gutsnagga!

 KingCracker wrote:
Pregnancy can be a real bitch. Congrats Gutsnagga!

What? I don't comprehend.

You'll learn when you're older.


Good call KC.

*bows*

Thank you thank you, Im here all week.........Im lying Im here always and forever

Is it too late to enter? I like human faces. I couldn't eat a whole one though.

If you think you can finish up in a few days, you can totally still enter.

 weetyskemian44 wrote:
Is it too late to enter? I like human faces. I couldn't eat a whole one though.

I had quite a double-take when I read over your post just then!

I'm gonna try to get my marine finished up NF but I do have a few essays to churn out for uni so hopefully I can spare the time.

Priorities Commander Cain, learn them

Okay, foolish as this may be, in goes my hat to the ring. Here's a wip - bit of a crappy pic, and very close to the wire.

The mini is Saint Mary from Dark AGR, though I'm using her as a counts-as Kyrinov. I've added a GS teardrop (gulp) and painted irises as well, which isn't clear from this shot, I appreciate. Mainly, in doing this I'm forcing myself to try harder!
Edit for marginally better pic.

Brilliant work. Like the colour tone at the moment.

Weety of course you can churn out an entry if you're up to painting under the pressure of 3 days left this is the final roll call of entrants and last reminder that all entrants must have emailed me a finished image or two of the model to my email at hondaboy999@hotmail.com once i get all the images I will compile them into a message to send to the other judges, we will then score all entrants and the judges will send me back a email with the scores from each entry which i shall compile and release the final results! it's getting close and it's getting fun!

entrants list (again, lmk if i've missed you)

Commander Cain
J-paint
Snrub
Minus
Gitsplitta
Ramos Asura
Camkierhi
Casey’s Law
Mad_eddy_13
Lipsdapips
Olly
Tomcat31
Skifi
Boltgun_billy
Warpig1815
GiraffeX
Dingholio
Bossfearless
Inmygravenimage
Camkierhi
Weetyskemian44


NF09

You missed me! On which note did you recieve the email with my entry or do I need to resend?

Id resend and put your PM header in all caps That gets his attention usually

I finished painting Alicia Von Gaut.
I'm not 100% satisfied with the photos, but I did my best.

Hope you'll like her.




Edit : better image

She looks ace Minus. Really nice look you achieved on the metal.

Beautiful. Is she available?

From here Cam.
http://eurobitz.com/

Thanks but not exactly what I meant. LOL

Ooooh i see.....

You're a sick, sick man and you need help.


(That was a joke in case anyone missed it.)

Seems like the competition will be hard enough

 Camkierhi wrote:
Thanks but not exactly what I meant. LOL

Haha.
You can ask her. But beware of her mace.


I edited my previous message to post a better image.

Fine addition Mr Minus

Yikes. That's mighty fine!
Anyhoo: Kyrinova, done:

Complete with teardrop for the suffering of the faithful!


And bloody chunks of the faithless.

Lol, how fitting that conversation went the way of my usual replies! she is lovely minus! i'd have her!

and Mel, yes mate I did indeed get your entry! :-)

(Nonchalant whistling) I'll just set this photo down here and be on my way.

Showoff.....

Guilty as charged!

*gulps*

Guess its time to pack up and go home. Ain't no beating that.


Aside from already being a gorgeous looking mini to start off with, that paint job just sends it above and beyond. The head is just immaculate.

 Minus wrote:

Someone asked me a comparative shot with GW models. So let's go :

What's that weird looking Meltagun from?

Hussle, hussle hussle people! only hours left until the close of comp!! remember to email me your entry or it won't be counted :-)

 Azazelx wrote:
What's that weird looking Meltagun from?

It's from WarForge too, like Alicia. ^_^ ( http://eurobitz.com/en/121-warforge )
I buy a lot from them.



That priest warrior doesn't look much happy.

He just stepped on a nail.

Sent you that email nerdfest - I hope I'm not too late!

 whalemusic360 wrote:
He just stepped on a nail.

Haha. Definitely THIS !

He could be the tall burglar from home alone...


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Or do I mean the short one. Whichever was bald

OMG weety that's just ridiculously brilliant. Not fair. Ban him he's 15 seconds too late surely. please, somebody. Ok just give him the prize for blooming heck sake.

 Camkierhi wrote:
OMG weety that's just ridiculously brilliant. Not fair. Ban him he's 15 seconds too late surely. please, somebody. Ok just give him the prize for blooming heck sake.

ahem...her

Lulz. Thanks giraffex for pointing that one out - although I liked everything else Camkierhi said!

truly sorry, did not know you where so inflicted. Humble apologies.

Hours left!?

Oh hell... here I thought Id have tomorrow to work on it too!

I may not make it in time, which is sad.


How many hours, then?

Eastern US time says ive got less than 8 before the 9th hits.....

Rules say midnight of the 9th.

Aye, so ive read ... i guess I just kinda automatically registered that as being tomorrow night. Blast!

Similarly unhelpful was me losing track of days this weekend and thinking that -Friday- was the 9th xD (turns out thats the day of a career fair I was planning on attending)


One of my concerns was timezones (one of the problems with a multinational competition, yeah?) as 12 midnight here might be too late if we were going, say, by GMT (in which case id have less than an hour and a half, i think)

As usual, Im probably overthinking things. Feel free to throw stuff at me.

Wow. That's one ridiculously impressive face, and in such a short time too. Well done dude.

wait...can i join this comp? With a just finished mini?
is it too late?

Sorry i simply was too lazy to read any rules :/

Bebop

I reckon you've got a cliffhanger race to upload pics and email them to nerdfest on! Swiftly now.

whelp! I emailed and sent my pics in. its 7pm here in nyc so i think i got in ok?? Not sure:/ Heres my entry if it counts, if not good luck everyone and see you guys on the next one!





good luck guys all these entries are fantastic!

Bebop you should be alright if you chuck up some WIPs from the beginning. And IIRC you did start this mini within the last month right?

Yup i did. i got all the wip pics too, they are on my plog and i can easily transfer them over. where should i post the wip just here too? edit: just in case these too need to be in before midnight. here are WIP pics








sorry if thats too many. its probably kinda obnoxious that i photobombed at the last second. but i literally just saw this thread :/ and we are all friends here anyways

Samurai IG.
Veteran SGT WIP (prior to GSing the shoulders so the hero-scale arms fit the true-scale body...every model was GSed in this manner):


3 Veteran Sgts completed. Sashimono (banner) symbols and clothing color distinguish the units:




Complete Vet Squad:

Stellar work bebop... that marble is crazy good.

@ dkellyj They look great, loving the samurai theme.

Having seen Weety and Bebops, wish I had not bothered now


Still always third prize to go for guy's.

Gits thanks

Cam dont feel that way mate! You are a talented painter and heart goes a long way! We all start somewhere and youll only get stronger with mates like us around Be proud of your work

*chuckle*

Now THAT'S incentive!

Perhaps if you could convince the Nerdwench to do the same... that might "stimulate" some activity amongst the faithful.

Hey Nerdy did you get my email w/photos i sent? I know it didn't send the first time and i just want to confirm that the 2nd one did send.
Just the thought of it maybe not having got through is making me kinda anxious...

Hi Nerdfest! great idea mate! I'll be entering a commission peace I did recently ^___^ its WIP atm.

Well I am still stuck with a basecoated model here so I think I am pretty much out of the comp! Stellar work by all though, I especially like your missionary Bebop, lots of detail throughout the model from the cloth to the parchment to that amazing marble effect.

Bit disappointed that I couldn't finish in time but on the plus side I think I aced both my midterms today.

It's the small victories that count eh CC?

Never before have I seen washes dry so slowly!

Im nearly finished with my entry- should manage to come in just under the wire!


And dont worry CC- Ya may not be able to win em all, but the ones you do win are all the sweeter ^^
Hope to see you in future contests!


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And with mere minutes to spare, here's my entry!

Alas, its not all of what I was planning, but then again, I thought today was Monday until a few hours ago!

Here is the Princeps to the Warhound Titan i am currently painting.

WiP:


Complete:

I can see the finish line! and it's looming closer and while some entrants have channeled Usain Bolt and sent pics of finished entries hundreds of metres ago there's still some racing to lower their head through the tape knowing there's a glorious and useless bunch of prizes awaiting :-)

by my watch we have 6 hours and 27 minutes left... tick.....tick....tick

and snrub...yep got it mate lol!

Eek! Nearly forgot. Sent.

These are the guys & girls I have received completed so far! and boy do they look good together, I'll put the pics up here on my days off

Inmygravenimage
Camkierhi
Weetyskemian44
GiraffeX
Tomcat31
Mad_eddy_13
Lipsdapips
Ramos Asura
J-paint
Snrub
Minus
Bebopdrums
dkellyj
melacuvak

 weetyskemian44 wrote:
He could be the tall burglar from home alone...


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Or do I mean the short one. Whichever was bald

Thats the short one. His head was burned by an improvised flamer thrower


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 nerdfest09 wrote:
I can see the finish line! and it's looming closer and while some entrants have channeled Usain Bolt and sent pics of finished entries hundreds of metres ago there's still some racing to lower their head through the tape knowing there's a glorious and useless bunch of prizes awaiting :-)

by my watch we have 6 hours and 27 minutes left... tick.....tick....tick

and snrub...yep got it mate lol!

*thinks to self*

EEK!! I can do this.....Im a Judge....no...the Judge........I can pull this off! People will call me "Your Holiness.......er....Judgyness....YA! Judgyness....." I am....all that is Judge.......Like the Judds... but with a ge at the end....and one less d........and I cant sing for crap.....and Im barely "have sexable"...............CRAP! IM NOT A JUDGE!!! I CANT DO THIS! AAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! *dies slow....and by that I mean I just slunk down further in my computer chair......


*pops back into reality now*

Yea Duder.....totally ready. Lets kick it

I dunno what the feth that was KC but it made me chuckle.

Its an insight into my head. Youre welcome

Eeegads man. The horror!

Lol, more horror than 3rd prize!!

That is you naked on a painting table right? Well its certainly a unique prize!

Yes, that is absolutely correct Weety! I tried to do something a little different that would try and push peoples skills so they wouldn't come third!!

My skills are definately worth a top 15 so far...maybe even a 14th place (unless more people jump in at the last minute).
LOL

Sorry dude but that fifteenth place is ALL mine. Lol

So in a way, third place is almost...a punishment? Unless you're into that sort of thing

Exactly, a punishment for doing well enough to place, but in placing, YOU COMPLETELY FAILED AT LIFE!

My tombstone will read "Brilliant but failed".

OKI DOKI, we all know who wants that "nekkit Damo" picture

I'll be honest, space marine posters don't really go with my decor. A tasteful nude nerd would look lovely though. It could be a conversation piece at parties. But it's not as good as a golden toilet of course!! If I won that it would have pride of place on the mantlepiece next to the staffordshire shepherdess and the three plaster ducks.

I don't actually have a mantlepiece but I live in hope.

Don't drop your brush people! here's the finalists final images compiled for your viewing pleasure!


thanks again to everyone for taking part and having a bit of fun! I've already decided on next years trophy but prizes are alluding me for 2nd and 3rd, suggestions welcomed

dkellyj


inmygravenimage


Ramos asura


Melacuvak


Camkeirhi



tomcar31


weetyskemian44


snrub



minus


lipsdapips



mad_eddy



J-Paint



GiraffeX


Bebopdrums



Damo

OoooOOOOooooOOO look at those entrants! Im honestly, a bit sad that I have to be a total jerk when looking at everything

Daaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaamn!

There are some heaps good models in that lineup.

Simply stellar talent on display there Nerdy...

Damn id hate to have to be the judge here. :/ Look at all that miniature glory. Congrats everyone for such talented, creative and well executed entries!

Well I DO hate being a judge here

Wow what a line up.....amazing.

Good luck all. Especially the judges.

 bebopdrums2424 wrote:
Damn id hate to have to be the judge here. :/ Look at all that miniature glory. Congrats everyone for such talented, creative and well executed entries!

I guess they'll put whoever has sent more $$$ in a suitcase first.
Anyway, that's how I proceeded on Gits Mantis contest.

LOL. Love that movie...

I judged you all. I have to say, overall I was pleased with the work. Though Ill give 1 tidbit of advice for EVERYONE that wants to join another comp again.


For the love of all things sacred, DO MORE TO YOUR BASES!!!! I nabbed so many of you guys because the bases were either really bland, or seemed like "OK I just finished painting for 12 hours, this base can do with just a drybrush"

I wish I'd shown some wip of my bases now. Lol. They don't show up too well in photos. Although, I really can't compete with those marble tiles.

 KingCracker wrote:
I judged you all. I have to say, overall I was pleased with the work. Though Ill give 1 tidbit of advice for EVERYONE that wants to join another comp again.


For the love of all things sacred, DO MORE TO YOUR BASES!!!! I nabbed so many of you guys because the bases were either really bland, or seemed like "OK I just finished painting for 12 hours, this base can do with just a drybrush"

QFT.

I am currently in the process of judging, and... the bases were easy points to grab !!!

It's not like you didn't know the judging scale

Sorry, Im gunna be a bit slower in judging. Just worked a 12 and another tomorrow. I'll be done on Saturday though. Also, I hate you all for such good models.

Judgment has been sent.

1 of you really stands out as a winner for me ; the other 2nd through 5th were pretty hard to settle... And for the rest, either the build or painting wasn't up to the top tier...

Though the competition was hard for me too, all models have their great ideas & character ! Congrats to everyone in advance !

 Yggdrasil wrote:
Judgment has been sent.

1 of you really stands out as a winner for me ; the other 2nd through 5th were pretty hard to settle... And for the rest, either the build or painting wasn't up to the top tier...

Though the competition was hard for me too, all models have their great ideas & character ! Congrats to everyone in advance !

I had one that was a clear winner IMO, and a blob that were REALLY close to one another. Which equals to a good comp I think.

I couldn't help but notice that publicity for this thread has stopped at a crucial time, everything ok?

Yeah, we're waiting for the judges to judge the models...

Wait ? What am I doing here then ??

Sorry, I'm an awful person, still got the last 4 to go through after work. Got roped into doing a 5k yesterday. It was even worse than it sounds.

Uhum!!

I got my numbers in, not my fault!

Damo did tell me he was going to have less free time this week than normal, so I suspect he is just crossing the i's and dotting the t's. Or whatever.

Yes, its OK everyone, Damo is slower then that fella in Sling Blade

Despite rowdy judges throwing their beards around telling me i'm slow! .................... we have a winner!



What!..... A RESULT!?




................ YES!!




I now proudly announce the winner of the second annual Nerdcademy award for 2013, with the theme of 'faces' a worthy winner and entrant who pushed their skills and put effort in akin to entering a 'real' painting comp without further ado ...............

First prize of the Golden nerdfest trophy! is...............


............. J-Paint!



Bloody good job dude, worthy by far as a winner!

and now onto second prize! the winner of those two lovely high quality posters is.........



...... Bebopdrums!




awesome paint Bebop! that marble and attention into your base was a high point of skills!



now the strangest and probably least coveted prize! 3rd prize of a lovely black and white pin up shot of yours truly signed and framed! the winner (if you can call them that?, who really wins with this!) of third prize is..................






................Melacuvak!!



Well done man! sweet paint, sweet model, sweet pose! and a good sport!




O.k now to have a quick summarize of how it went! firstly, I really enjoy doing this little event, we meet new Nerds and get talking about how to do things to make our experience in this hobby more rewarding and enjoyable, plus I get to generally make fun of myself and hopefully get a few laughs or at least groans of amusement which is fun!
The level this year of the winners is pretty damn high in my books and the scores of the remaining entrants was really very closely together which I loved seeing means the judging criteria is accurate and the judges were all honest and critical in the right areas! and speaking of judges! THANK YOU!! without you it wouldn't have been possible I appreciate the time and effort you have put in to make this a great little project!

I've already got an idea for next years trophy 2nd and 3rd are eluding me at the moment so feel free to drop me a PM and give me some ideas lol! and may I also ask for the winners to PM me with their addresses so i can send your prizes out to you in a couple of weeks

THANKS EVERYONE FOR TAKING PART!!

until next year!

Nerdfest09

Woohoo! Congrats all...agreed on the choices too. Jpaint takes the cake! Congrats bro! Good Job judges!

Good job to the winners. Those were really outstanding paint jobs a deserve the win (well, except the 3rd place prize).

Congrat to winners.

I think we all hate Melacuvak now... everyone wanted that 3rd prize SO MUCH !

Grats to the 3 winners. All worthy placements.

Thanks to the judges for the time and effort put in to judging such awesome entries.




Hey Nerdy, any idea what next years comps gonna be? (I wanna get started early)

Congrats to the winners, well done. That final line up was awesome.

Thanks for great comp, and to everyone for their time and efforts.

Great job participants! Excellent standard of painting on all the winners!

Aah YES!! the end is here. Congrats to everyone that entered, the was some really nice works entered. If you want to know where you can improve for next time, shoot me a pm and I'll tell you where and why I negged your entrant.

Because I'll be honest, I checked everyone's work on OTHER MODELS to see if you were really pushing yourselves,and some of you lost crucial points for not trying anything new. Anyways! Enjoy those trophies everyone!




This has made me want to have a contest as well. I've some things in the pipe works for later * evil laugh *

Good job everyone and congratulations to the winners!

I'm interested on feedbacks on my entry.
PM me or comment in my P&M blog if you have advice/tips/anything that could help. ^^

Bloody hell Damo, you've just reduced everyone in this warehouse to tears of laughter! The picture of your third prize is not what I'd have expected to see!

Funny as feth though pal, cracking work lol

Awww I wanted third prize so bad! Lol well done to the winners.

Awesome job chaps, very impressive work all round.

Well done, and well deserved to the winners. Don't envy the judges their job!
And @Damo... Arr... that'll replace the whale in me nightmares...

I was in your nightmares? That's...weird.

I can give my scores to anyone interested as well. This one was real hard to judge, though I did like the challenge. I tend to come up with different levels of scoring, where if you did x and y, but not z, you got so many points. I didnt directly compair each one to the other, but some of you scored exactly the same in some catagories for some things (like if it is a stock model, 0 points for conversion/kitbash, if you used 2 kits or 1 with gs, etc).

I'd be interested on how I stacked up the models with the other judges, if you have that info available Damo.

Wow that's definitely a prize I dont already own... would be somewhat disturbing if I did. My wife thought it was fantastic though which was more disturbing. Great contest and fun to enter as always, and I actually have taken to doing a little more detailing on my faces now beyond skin eyes and done so it seems to have given me a definate nudge in the right direction.

I thought we had until the 19th.. whoops! Congrats to the winners.

Wow no way!!! I was not expecting that at all guys! I thought I had been trounced fair and square, by bebop especially!

I can only say a very humbled thank you to the judges who will be getting vast pay offs in the post shortly!

Really though must have been a nightmare to judge, everyone did fantastically well!

Bring on next years' Damo!

Thanks for being the final judge, Damo !

And congrats to the winners !!

TBH I'd rather post the whole points that I've awarded to each of the entries... But I don't want to appear rude to someone !

If that's ok, I'll just post the results in here...

(I'm so sad I couldn't compete for the third place )

Congratulations to the 3 winners. All are worthy winners , coincidentally they're the ones I'd have chosen.

Damian, Christmas is coming up dude......Id like an autographed semi nude NerdFest picture. Just sayin

Ok, as it seems a few asked for it, here's a quick summary of your works :

- Dkellyj : Pic didn't show the faces properly, so it was hard to judge... I am not too fond of the different proportions (swords seem much more realistic, but at odds with the 40k oversized weapons). I did like the theme though

- Graven : Loved the model, though I couldn't tell whether it was converted or not. The weathered armour looks great, all in your distinctive style. You also pu a lot of effort into the face (highlights). I just think it lacked a bit of definition (eyes mostly).

- Ramos : A stock Princeps, so you missed a few points in "kitbashing" category, obviously. Love the deep blue, but knowing your skills, I'm sure the wrinkled head could've looked much bettter ! A nice entry.

- Melacuvak : Ranked #3 for me. The dynamic pose, depth of highlights all over the model, and characterful face (thank you new SM kits) nicely painted (thank you Melacuvak's painting skills) - stubble, shaved head, eyes, mohawk... Sharp contrasts to top it all ! Only downside : the base was too simple.

- Camkeirhi : coolness factor 9/10, it just lacked some "neat" painting to give it the grade it deserved. The opposition of two faces was the kind of thing I expected in that competition. I think you don't dilute your paints enough. A great one !

- tomcar 31 : Great kitbash, the hazard stripe really look impressive ! The high collar helps in making the head the focal point. Picture quality / lighting sadly couldn't allow to judge the paintjob properly. Also what looks like a mould line on the hammer "head" (right hand).

- weety : Amazing entry... It was hard to compare the 4-5-ranking models !! A really special style, very realistic... Head is probably one of the best (if not THE best) of all models, in terms of colour contrasts & depth. But the judging system also focussed on other things (basing, kitbashing) that made your model dive into the points total... Sorry weety ! In a pure "overall impression" comp, you ranked #2 in my book. With nerdfest's items, you turned out to be 4th !

- snrub : liked the base (much more effort than most other entries), helped make the character into the focal point. with a bit more work on the highlights & shadows, would have ranked much better ! Face was better than the rest, also

- Minus : Absolutely charmed by the blue hue of the metals, and the deep, vibrant reds. Flesh seemed to have had a lot of work put into it (pinkish cheeks, recesses), but it didn't really show on the picture... #5 for me.

- lipsdapips : Sharp paintjob, really neat !! Mould lines on the bolt pistol ugh :( Face looks great, with dark recesses & clean highlights, only problem is the eyes... He seems like he's squinting... Without that, you could've made it to top 5 !

- mad eddy : love the converted rifle, camo looks fine... Sadly, the pic quality couldn't allow me to analyze the details properly... Face was ok, with a few highlights... The scars on the face didn't show as scars, too bad though.

- J-paint : #1. Clearly. Discoloured skin on both the model AND the cherub, scar tissue looks ace. Dusty armour, dirty tabard, agressive pose, a bit of freehand... If I had to nitpick about something, it'd be the candlelights ! And the highlights on the purple, as well (though it's a tough colour to highlight WHILE keeping the same hue !). Also, base isn't the most detailed one, though the colours were great ! You clearly deserve to be the winner !

- GiraffeX : Love your Skyrar's Wolves already : the grey & light blue make for a sharp contrast, weathering is top-notch... I just feel like the head could have used some more efforts, considering the theme. Those BA heads are nice, but quite hard to work with. Also... base ??

- bebopdrums : Well, OSL, freehanded marble, stone-like wrinkled skin, almost monochrome palette... Clearly a winner too !! Too bad J-paint's one was more striking lol, so you ranked #2 for me (And you lost some points for the lack of kitbashing). Astonishing model. Wish I could own it...

If you have any other questions / feel I misjudged your work, please do not hesitate to PM me !! I'd gladly answer !!
I also tried to be as honest as possible... Don't resent me if you think I've been a bit harsh

It's been a lot of fun to see all those wonderful pieces !! Congrats to the winners, and thanks to the others for entering the competition !! I've never won any of the painting competitions I've ever entered, so I know how frustrating it can be, and how hard it can be to place your merit in the hands of others !! You can all be proud of what you've achieved ! If only because it was a test of skills !!

Keep it up,

Yggs.




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Great! What an experience, competitions are always a great time. Well done you winners, well deserved! Thanks for the feedback also. Cant wait for next year

@ Yggdrasil . Fair play dude, everything you said was true. Think I need a decent camera. Btw the right hand is a bolt pistol and yes I did miss the mould line, it's not visible irl but blindingly obvious in pics. Plus I've only been painting 18 months. Thanks to nerdfest for organising the comp. I'll be back next time hunting that 3rd place

Thanks for posting ygg! Good to know whats goin on in the judges minds...id like to see similar posts from the other judges if they would oblige? Im sure we can all agree to be openly criticized amoungst our peers