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 Miss Dee wrote:
Wants to bin it?

I can't let her do that! Even when I tape it to a pillow and snuggle...... Er...... Good job everyone!

Amazing work everyone! I wish I wasn't so busy with the league this year that I coulda joined in on this. Oh well I'm very much lookin forward to next year and you bet your shenanigans I'll be taking home third place. I just bought a new house and have a great spot in my living room that will be perfect for the prize.

It was so close. My top 5 choice were seperated by 4 points.

Anyone that wants jerkbag judge thoughts let me know. I'll get at Cam for sure.

Yeah, hit me up with some jerkbag judge thoughts.

I know where I consider mine to fall short, but it's good to get another perspective (I might have missed something).

And I've given out enough of my own "thoughts" in the past.

I'm willing to give feedback as well. Just post that you want it and WM and I can get back to you with our thoughts.

Alright jerkbag judges. Be jerkbags to me then.

HA! The way I see it, Ramos wins!

Congratulations to Insaniak, Ramos and J-paint. Three very deserving winners, that's for sure.


Many thanks to Damo for running the comp, the judges for judging and the other entrants for making the judges lives hard by putting forth so many killer entries.

Ramos Asura wrote:One particular technique I absolutely loved was Snrub's harsh lighting + painted shadow. Never woulda though of doin somethin like that!

I'm honestly a little surprised that more people didn't do it. To me it seems like a style of painting that was made for a competition like this. Especially given that the Sin City subject matter. I was expecting every man and his dog to get in on the harsh lighting.
I look forward to seeing what someone of your skill could do with the technique though Ramos.

KingCracker wrote:

 Miss Dee wrote:
Wants to bin it?

I can't let her do that! Even when I tape it to a pillow and snuggle...... Er...... Good job everyone!

There is nothing to be ashamed of my friend. Who wouldn't want to snuggle up to that hunk of sexy nerdy man meat.

whalemusic360 wrote:Anyone that wants jerkbag judge thoughts let me know.

Gitsplitta wrote:I'm willing to give feedback as well.

Yes please. I'd like jerkbag judge thoughts and feedback. It would be very much appreciated.

Congrats to all the winners, this was a very fun contest full of inspiration and a great eye opener.

Also, looking good there Nerdfest, wish I had curves like that

Just a note to the winners. as i'm getting ready to head off to Hawaii for a couple of weeks of sun and fun there will be a delay in posting prizes :-( I have other packages to send off as well so i'm planning a bulk mail out when I get back! but i'll keep you 'posted' :-)

Definitely was a lot of fun. You don't realize how hard it is to only do a gray scale until you actually start doing it. Congrats on the winners. If anyone would like to PM me, I would love feedback on what to improve on as well. Thank you!

 Ramos Asura wrote:
Oh my...
Third place...

Now I need to find a place to hang this piece of FINE ART! (aw yeah you know you're jealous, guys)

I think I speak for everyone when I say we expect to see a pic of you posing next to this new generation of artistry.

Got to say I loved snrub's piece. My second fave was the Dwight piece. Third was Camkhieri's Marv.

I also liked Insaniak's marine, which reminded me somewhat of the blue flowers theme sometimes used in Rogue Trooper, especially in the Prog 2000 Mercy Heights coda.

For those of you who asked for judging specifics of your piece... I'll get in touch today. Sorry for the delay.

Received a little package in the mail...

Pride of place in the cabinet

Nerdcademy entry & award. - Check.
Reconstructed Aquila Lander. - Check.
Frigging Golden Demon. - Check
Unicycle Ork. - Check.
Old ass Orks and Guardsmen. - Check.
Sweet looking Inquisitorial diorama. - Check.
All of the above within 30cm of each other. - Check check.



My status...
[ ] - Not Jealous
[X] - Jealous.

^ really this....

Wow...




But yeah, I got mine, too!

A framed photo of our favorite Nerd down under... With a bare down under...


He also shipped me a fantastic T-Shirt. Thanks nerdfest!!


Still looking for a place to put the picture now... maybe on the WiP shelf?

I feel... woefully inadequate...

Not to be left out my goodies arrived today as well!

So much cool stuff! Ive never even heard of two of the companies so this will be great chance to try and branch out a bit!

Wild West Exodus is owned by Battlefoam I think. Dark Potential is owned by MiniWarGamer from the Canada.

 whalemusic360 wrote:
Wild West Exodus is owned by Battlefoam I think.

Yeah its the same guy who own's them both.

Completely jealous, of both the prizes you have and the abilities you have, worthy winners of much skill and talent.

Enjoyed this one emencally, and learned alot.

Thank you Nerdy, and everyone.

Glad everyone got there well earned prizes! I would rather have a fun little comp and donate items for others than be like Smaug and hoard everything lol

i'll try and be more present next comp so stay tuned! might happen sooner rather than later......


depends what sort of ideas you guys can throw at me?

Would be nice for more frequent competitions

Could easily scratch the prize support from them and have the 1 big one each yea.

Constant competitions would give people something to work for all of the time.

 nerdfest09 wrote:
Glad everyone got there well earned prizes! I would rather have a fun little comp and donate items for others than be like Smaug and hoard everything lol

i'll try and be more present next comp so stay tuned! might happen sooner rather than later......


depends what sort of ideas you guys can throw at me?

It being Christmas soon

 Snrub wrote:
Frigging Golden Demon. - Check

To be fair, it's only a bronze one... and I won it as much for the novelty value of the rebuilt Aquila (I was the first to do that, as the 2003 Oz GD was only a couple of weeks after that set arrived in stores) as for the actual standard of the entry...

I do still take it out of the cabinet and pat it occasionally, though...

 insaniak wrote:
To be fair, it's only a bronze one...

Oh... It's ok everyone. It was only a bronze one. We all have those lying around.


Your reconstructed Aquila was showcased in one of the local white dwarfs was it not? I'm pretty sure I remember seeing it in one of the old issues I've got lying around.

I'm not sure. I know there was a picture in the issue that had all of the GD winners. I also sent them a bunch of WIP pics showing the build process as they had mentioned an interest in possibly doing a feature on it, but so far as I know that never actually happened.

Good news, I finally finished. Yes, I realise this is way late for any consideration, but this is the first model that I have finished completely, and it was an interesting challenge - I wanted to share it!

Thanks for sharing KB! :-) I am really glad you showed us the finished result! your whites look great on the marine and are weathered really really nicely, it'd work beautifully on a White Scars army :-)