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I am hugging the border of Harvard and Littleton. Girlfriend got a job at a Dressage Barn and I tagged along to make her food.

Holy crap! That's a LOT of minis!

Oooh, the Chronoscope stuff is in there too? Nice! I love those minis, so useful!

So about this terrain competition

I have friends in Ayer, Sparky, and I'm in Arlington, about 40 minutes away from you. Welcome!

I'm writing up the details of the competition now. I have a VERY specific goal in mind, and the possibility of a string of engagements. I also have to put together prize packages.

Ugh engagements? I couldn't even make it to my first engagement, and you expect me to run a gauntlet?!






(I wait with bated breath)

btw, Brian. Are you planning on keeping that treasure trove, or parting/selling some?

As I just kicked off a fantasy campaign, I'm probably going to keep most. If I sell anything, I'll let you know.

 dsteingass wrote:
btw, Brian. Are you planning on keeping that treasure trove, or parting/selling some?

If you're interested in the Vampire set, which is 230 miniatures, retail is about 400+ dollars, but you should be able to find something on eBay for like 350 or so.

No, just the female Dwarves for Ladygeek. Reaper is planning on releasing these all publicaly right?

Yes, that was the original aim of the kickstarter. To create a factory in their Texas facility, to switch from metal to plastic.


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If anyone wants to see the FULL breakdown of what I got in my order:

http://www.reapermini.com/kickstarter

It is MASSIVE.

She can now support herself on the tabletop.





I like big butts, and I cannot lie.



Yes, the tail is currently wonky.

Wonky, but clever - great way of doing the side of the tail fin. Neat!

What bits are those you used for the landing gear? They look great!

I think its 2 sets of SR gear next to each other but could be wrong...it does look great!

ok, let's assume I have 0% knowledge of Space Marine bits...

It is, in fact, two sets of the rear landing gear from a Stormraven, per side.

It looks awesome! love the design!

Fly Thunderchicken, fly!

All right, let's crank this baby up.

WAFL* Contest! Everyone loves waffles, right?

Please spread this around on your plogs. Thanks.

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The prizes:

The ORIGINAL Nuka Cola machine that started the =]L[=.
A giant bag of bits and stuff. Seriously. Epic. Even I don't know what'll be in it. But I'm stripping down my collection to focus on Minotaurs and IG.
Way OOP GW Posters!

The contest theme:

Discarded treasure. I am on a major recycling kick in my life. Recycling, freecyling, upcycling. Reduce and reuse. And it drives me insane when I throw away what should be perfectly good materials!

The rules:

You must create a piece of terrain the size of a CD/DVD. The terrain must utilize leftover modelling supplies. Examples of this are paint pots, plastic sprues, discarded packaging, and leftover plasticard. The debris of completed projects, normally placed into the dustbin. The terrain must be usable in a game of Warhammer 40K, but there are bonus points for making items usable in more than one game system. Multiple terrain pieces ARE allowed, as long as, collectively, they are the size of a CD/DVD. They should also maintain a similar theme (IE: You've taken four 40mm bases and built 4 jungle-themed objective markers). There is no required terrain type, the goal is to show people how to recycle things they would normally throw away into usable game terrain.

Scoring:

A maximum score of 100 is possible. Ties will be broken by the judges. If the judges are deadlocked, I will call upon readers of this plog to vote. If THAT deadlocks, I'll declare a tie, and divide up the prizes appropriately.

Competition requirements:
These are not cumulative. A few bitz used to enhance the terrain does not count toward percentage, but loading up your entry with bitz (instead of recycled parts) will not score high. Imagine you're a new modeler, and you have a few leftovers from your initial purchases.
Entry is 25% recycled materials or less - 0 points
Entry is around 50% recycled materials - 10 points
Entry is around 75% recycled materials - 25 points
Entry is around 100% recycled materials - 40 points

Modeling:
These points ARE cumulative. A focus on techniques and designs that are easy to copy/emulate will score more points, here. You're helping the masses make terrain. A unique entry might be something that makes the judges go 'ah-ha, that's a GREAT idea'. This is where you can score points for originality of design and making a cool scene or mini-diorama.
Entry is easy for a newbie to duplicate - 10 points
Entry shows a unique idea - 10 points
Entry is visually interesting - 10 points
Entry is usable for more than just Warhammer 40K - 10 points

Painting:
Points are not cumulative. Minimum three colors. Washes and highlights to qualify as well painted, at a minimum. Amazingly well painted is something that wows the judges.
Entry is painted - 10 points
Entry is well painted - 15 points
Entry is amazingly well painted - 20 points

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Weight will be given to people who come up with UNIQUE, creative uses for things most people throw away. Things thrown away: bits of dried putty, paint pots, dried paint, sprues, packaging materials, chopped up plasticard.

You may not use existing terrain or other creations, as with all League competitions, show your work. Deadline for entries is August 8th, 2013. Judging will occur a few days later, over the weekend. There will be no extensions allowed, as this is not a complex 'theme'.

Submit your "WiP" photograph ASAP. With your completed photograph, submit an explanation of what you've built, and what materials you used, as if you were writing a short tutorial.

Gits and Graven have agreed to be my judges.

--B.

*What, ANOTHER League contest?

I'll join judging crew if that's amenable. I don't think I can participate in 2 contests at once!

If there's too many contests going on, I can push my deadline back a week or two. What do you all think?

Well the league contest is till Oct. From my POV, it's more that I'll be away on holiday for the next couple of weeks, so am unlikely to be building. Also my head space is distracted by boob guns.

bang... there goes my chance to start my own lego competition...

but i like that theme...

i am in...i am so in!!!

oh, so you're giving away something that you obtained illegally? lol


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August 2014?

 Briancj wrote:
I can push my deadline back a week or two. What do you all think?

I think that more than a year is quite enough already.


i think that this might just be the first competiton that i see the start of

also this is also the first one that i will say "i'm in! " on.


so here goes. i'm in!

Wait, 2014?!

I'll give it a shot, finally have something to do with some of the random bits I have

I'm guessing 2013.. I cannot see Brian holding on to stuff for a year if he's looking to clean out his extras.

I'm in but I suggest you extend it out a few weeks Dakka folks are notoriously slow and you want a good showing.

Oops, yes. I've pushed it back by one week to August 8th, 2013. NOT 2014.

And, Dave? NOT MY FAULT YOU MAILED IT TO ME.

It is just time for it to move to someone else's boudoir!

--B.

I'm in, though it should be pointed out I have not completed a competition yet....in my life....in anything . I think it might be a remake of something I already built, but his time I'll go for 100% recycled .