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i'm halfway there, mate...

cheers
jah

I only got the minis I ordered a couple of days ago. I don't like working under pressure!

Just saw this and have something suitable built - so on to painting ASAP Cool theme!

Last day for entries!

Doh... Im still in the middle of building mine...

Very unfortunate as mine will be the first in the world to be done -_-

Eh, not gonna make this one. I can't "grind" painting.

Well, entries have been a little light-on so far, with quite a few would-be entrants saying that they just ran out of time to get theirs finished.

I also have a family funeral this week, making judging a little problematic and not really the first thing on my mind...

So, I have decided to extend the deadline to the 7th of May. If you have an entry nearly finished, you now have an extra week to finish it off. If you have already submitted an entry, feel free to take the extra time to tweak it and resubmit if you feel so inclined. And if you haven't started an entry yet, I would point out that the low number of entries so far means really good odds on winning the random prize...

phew ok then I am in

Very cool. Friday night is usually my gaming night, so I was frantically building Termagants and converting Tervigons this week for my game tonight, leaving me no time to work on my planned entry to the contest... I should have time next week, though.

Oh wow, completely forgot about this. 7 days, eh? Lets see if I can hammer something out in time.

...Well played, insaniak. You'll get your entry.

Exciting... looking forward to seeing pics of the entries . Migsula! Jah-joshua! Very high level contestants in here, assuming they get theirs done

Go, guys, go!! And don't even think about seeing "Iron Man 2" this coming weekend until after you're done! (Or think of it as a reward for finishing...)

Okay, finished mine and sent the pics off... 4 hours before the deadline

Looking forward to seeing the competition!

Not gonna finish mine. :( Work got in the way, curse it (although admittedly it is quite fun work). Next time!

Looks like the entries are up in their gallery. Fewer entries than I expected!

And the winner is...


Our team of judges this year consisted of myself, my wife M, Jon 'Yakface' Regul of Dakka Dakka, and Sebastian 'Automaton' Archer of Oz Painters and Guild of Harmony. Our thanks to Jon and Sebastian for their assistance.


Each judge ranked the entries based on standard of painting and theme, with rankings awarded points on a sliding scale. The entry with the most points is the winner.

So, for this year's Shades of Red, I would like to congratulate Tom Kerr for his winning 'Squig Race' entry:



And our random prizewinner, chosen using the random number generator here is "The Dreadnote", for his Zombie Hunter diorama.

You can see the other entries, and a bigger pic of the winner, in the gallery here.

Thanks to those who entered. While the entries were low again this year, it's always fun to see where people take a given theme.