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2017/07/08 21:27:20
Subject: Dakka Monthly Painting Challenge - The 20/21 League Table and HOF - August 20
I volunteered to run the League Table mainly because I think its nice to know that what your doing is being recorded and you can see how you have progressed or have something to aim for.
Brief History of the Challenge
In March 2015 Paradigm started the unofficial monthly painting contest. It's goal was to get DakkaDakka members to paint up their miniatures for fun and gentle rivalry. The community that has grown around the challenge is supportive and always willing to answer any questions. Inspiration is drawn from each member and a feeling of enthusiasm is nurtured. So come and join us, everyone is welcome no matter the painting standard or end goal. Its a great way to hit painting targets and keep motivated.
The Challenge as been a great success and we are now in our 4th Year, still going strong.
How the Scoring Works
The League table shows the percentage of votes received each month for the participants. This is the points you get for that month (Note; Minimum is 1 and Dakka polls round up to whole numbers) Each months score is added up to make the overall score for that year.
Below is the League Table for Paradigm's unofficial painting challenge here on Dakka, it will be updated as we go.
League Table
Hall of Fame The Hall of Fame shows the top 3 entries for each month, I hope you enjoy these wonderful models.
In 3rd place Ezki’s Kreig are dug in onto the frozen objective as Kriegsmen are wont to do, putting firepower downrange.
Cypher Lords in spring
Securing the objective
Amazing freehand.
In second is Chris56’s Cypher Lords. In contrast to the frozen, unmoving Kreig, we have springtime grace and motion.
And squeaking out the win with one vote, Freya’s lovely Infiltrators:
In 3rd is feltmonkey’s Foetid Bloat-Drone. It’s gross, and covered in layers of filth thousands of years old.
And on the flip side, in immaculately clean armor, polished with pride more times than can be counted by mortal minds, perfection embodied, queen_annes_revenge’s Emperors Children.
Taking first with a healthy margin, chocked full of so many details you discover new ones every time you look at it, rusty but proud, DV8’s Ironclad.
In second place, and fast becoming a familiar face at the top here,
SJM with an Ork Meganob
And out ahead in first, taking his second win in just 4 months,
Januine's Crimson Slaughter Chosen
July 2015 - Sneaky - Challenge 5 In third place, with 41 Votes, is
TP^DC Deputy Manager, with an epic Tau Stealth Suit diorama!
"XV-25 Stealth Suit Right"
In second place, with 46 votes,
Januine's Harlequin Troupe
And in first place, just one vote ahead, we have a tie between
In second place, we have a fantastic Magos Dominus by
Winter
And taking his third win (this is getting silly now ) and with what I believe is the highest score recorded so far, is
Januine with another Magos Dominus and his Castellax Automata bodyguard
Original Post
Thanks for the feedback and for making it a sticky, I'll add a few extra sections in over time to make it worthy of the place in the forum.
Don't worry Bottle I expect you up near the very top (No pressure )
If anyone spots any mistakes or feels there is something missing poke me and I'll try to sort it out.
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And in first, just ahead of the competion, Zach with Archaon, Lord of the End Time and all round bad egg!
May 2016 - Everyday Hero - Challenge 15 In joint 3rd,
Buttery Commissar with the colourful characters of Sparrow's Circus
The two Sparrows, father and daughter magicians:
Jake the (ex) lion tamer, his dogs and Wolfboy:
Tiny the strongman and Soni:
And ZoBo's gunners of the Grot Revolutionary Committee!
In second place, kb_lock's cunning Imperial Snipers:
And taking the win this month, Januine's stunning rendition of 'Mad Larkin' of the Tanith First and Only:
Original Post
Updated with the latest Month July 17 and also added in a "Bonus Stats" section, Congrats to anyone that has made it onto this section, you should be proud of your achievements
Hope you enjoy
p.s. Special mention to Para and Nev for being the only 2 to have entered every competition so far. amazing work and I really want you make the full 3 years and even more.
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In 3rd, with 36 Votes, Feltmonkey's majestic Tyrant of Halpai:
In second with 39, ZoBo's Great Unclean One:
And taking the win, Midget Gems with one of the most well-suited to the theme entries the challenge has ever seen:
Doctor StrangeOrk, Or How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Loot The Bomb’
Taking third place this month, Moolet's super-crisp Blood Angels Intercessors. Certainly a few good men to have on your side in a firefight!
Taking second, Modock's fantastic adventuring party. Fine fellows to take questing!
And out ahead, Feltmonkey's pirates! They're almost certainly not 'good' (morally speaking! The paintwork is of course great!) and only one of them's a man, but they're still a fearsome crew you wouldn't want to mess with!
Taking third, and setting what might be a record of 9 podium finishes in a single rotation of the challenge, Modock's Dragon-slaying Dwarf!
In second, Feltmonkey with a Sylvaneth Treelord that shows of some superb use of colour and texture.
And taking the win by a very large margin, Keezus with the imposing figure of Mister Graves.
Original Post
No worries, Its interesting to do.
And at the half way point for the year
Congrats Modock for the number 1 spot, you have been entering some consistently good models
The next 7 places are all very close (within 9 points of each other) Feltmonkey has jumped into 2nd with Zobo and Bottle climbing the ranks too.
Well done to Modock, Feltmonkey, Chris56, Paradigm, Keezus, N1ceguypaul, Nevelon and Vejut. Who have all managed to enter all the challenges so far in this year.
A Special Congrats to Zerg whos made the 24 entries mark, I'm very glad to have you and your entries with us for over 2 years now
Hopefully I'll get round to doing the "Archive" section this month.
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1 point outside the top 5 (which admittedly is waaay more than I probably deserve)... Something to fight for in the remaining months!
And special congratulations at this stage to Modock, the lead you've pulled out over the rest of the pack this year is frankly astonishing! 70 points total and only 2 entries that didn't make the top 3, with every month thus far entered... Inspirational and impressive stuff.
Thanks from the heart Para! I'm really grateful for the kind words mate. None of this would be possible without your dedication to monthly painting challenge.
You keep this community together. All praises to you.
2017/11/17 01:57:50
Subject: Re:Dakka (Unofficial) Monthly Painting Challenge - The 2017/18 League Table and HOF
Hah! My cunning strategy of just showing up has me ranked above far better painters! Victory through perseverance! Now all I need is Para to miss a month to be the undisputed king of stubbornness. Of course, he just needs 5 minutes or so to bang out a top-notch mini, so this is unlikely to happen; any faster and his proof pictures and finals would cause a time paradox.
Fun to see the numbers and the entries all in one place.
In third place, ZoBo's monochrome take on Boss Snikrot!
Way out ahead, a close fight for the top two, both of whom had nearly double the votes of the next highest scores! In second place, another black and white entry with Feltmonkey's comic-book-style Dark Angel:
And taking the win by just two points, Chris56's winter-themed Farseer and Wraithguard!
In third place (thanks guys), Paradigm's trio of Predators!
In second, Chris56's take on the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles:
And in first with a whopping 46 Votes, 15% of the total votes cast, Modock's inspiring Heldred, in my opinion one of the finest models the challenge has ever seen:
With that diorama, I'm sure to be dropping a place this month, MG!
Well I got to get it finished first
I'm sure you will come up with something just as good (you have been so far )
Yeah you are doing well Nev, beating the 1 entry winners now, your Mannfred Von Carnstein in June seems to have been the most popular so far and rightly so, a very good entry
I'm just glad you guys are looking at and using the table, makes the effort worthwhile, although I always notice I've done something wrong after I post the pics up. Like this month all the bold numbers have gone and 3rd - 4th are the wrong way around (I'll make any tied places for points joint at the end of the year) I keep meaning to do the archive section but never get around to it, it means going back through every challenge to get all the info which I need to be in the mood for.
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Midget Gems wrote: I'm just glad you guys are looking at and using the table, makes the effort worthwhile, although I always notice I've done something wrong after I post the pics up. Like this month all the bold numbers have gone and 3rd - 4th are the wrong way around (I'll make any tied places for points joint at the end of the year) I keep meaning to do the archive section but never get around to it, it means going back through every challenge to get all the info which I need to be in the mood for.
I can help a little with the legwork. I just sifted through all of Paradigm’s posts in the painting section (76 pages worth!) to get links for all the competition threads. Poll/Competition/Vote for each month. Plus a few affiliated threads.
Bloody hell Nev! That's some productive stalking! Cheers for the legwork!
Quite a blast from the past to look back at that first thread... Waiting for 5 people to see if there was enough interest, and this year we have 74 people in the League so far with a couple more this month!
Also something very inspirational there, Nev saying that he might struggle to get an entry complete inside a month... And here he is now, 33 entries for 33 round if I'm remembering rightly! If that's not a testament to the community we've built up around these challenges, and the productive spirit that's created, I don't know what is! Congratulations mate, you're the poster boy of this whole shebang!
Paradigm wrote: Bloody hell Nev! That's some productive stalking! Cheers for the legwork!
Quite a blast from the past to look back at that first thread... Waiting for 5 people to see if there was enough interest, and this year we have 74 people in the League so far with a couple more this month!
Also something very inspirational there, Nev saying that he might struggle to get an entry complete inside a month... And here he is now, 33 entries for 33 round if I'm remembering rightly! If that's not a testament to the community we've built up around these challenges, and the productive spirit that's created, I don't know what is! Congratulations mate, you're the poster boy of this whole shebang!
And you were worried about being able to participate in your own contest.
In my defense, I was worried about having to go from sprue to finished in a month. Which I can do if the stars align at the right time of year. But is generally quite rare. The fact that I’ve made them all speaks to the open interpretation allowed on the topics (some I’ve had to stretch a bit) and my squirrel/packrat nature of keeping the primed and ready to paint pile full. Although for some entries I had to dig deep into old, forgotten boxes for something to paint.
As always, it’s a joy to participate in these. Lots of fun, and it helps push my envelope as a painter, both in subjects and techniques.
In third on 35 points, queen_annes_revenge with the Warmaster himself, Horus. Best of luck at the GD!
Taking second with 39, lipsdapips makes the podium again by exchanging his usual boys in blue for some Sons of Orar:
And taking the win with what might be the highest percentage score and points total the challenge has seen in years, DV8's truly epic Lord of Undead, Nagash:
Wow, do we have a very crowded podium this month! 5 entries tied for the top three spots (and several more a mere handful of votes behind)! So without further ado, let's show off the awesome calibre of this month's winners.
Sharing third place, with 20 votes, queen_annes_revenge with this expertly composed Imperial Pilot
and Captain Brown's Sisters of Battle armour:
In second, a mere vote ahead, Chris56's Gundam diorama:
And sharing the top spot on 23 votes a piece, we have feltmonkey's imposing Imperial Knight:
In third, still a good way clear of the rest of the pack, DV8 with a resplendent Custodes Shield Captain:
Just out ahead, Feltmonkey with the monstrous Dreaded Ambull:
And taking the final win of the rotation, Modock chalks up another victory with a sublime Szalamandra:
Paradigm wrote: Bloody hell Nev! That's some productive stalking! Cheers for the legwork!
Also something very inspirational there, Nev saying that he might struggle to get an entry complete inside a month... And here he is now, 33 entries for 33 round if I'm remembering rightly! If that's not a testament to the community we've built up around these challenges, and the productive spirit that's created, I don't know what is! Congratulations mate, you're the poster boy of this whole shebang!
Echoing those words. Thank you very much Nev, that is a great help to have it all in one place, I'll get my act together and put the effort in to finish that section off.
I really want you guys to make the 3 year mark, just a few more months to go
As always, it’s a joy to participate in these. Lots of fun, and it helps push my envelope as a painter, both in subjects and techniques.
I feel the same, its given me a great excuse to create things that normally I would never have even considered. Thanks to you both for running this challenge for so long and all your entries
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Table and Archive section updated, thanks a lot Nev
I couldn't work out a better way of getting all the images in one thread, doing each month as a spoiler took up a lot of space and took away the focus from the current years challenge. I tired doing a spoiler within a spoiler but couldn't get it to work it seems to ignore the 2nd spoiler, unless I'm doing something wrong?
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Woooo! My rubbish Ultramarine got me into the top 5!
Cheers for the work on the archive, it seems the Photobucketpocalyse has claimed a few entries but most are still there. Yeah, spoilers within spoilers don't work, it's fine how it is to be honest.
Not to be That Guy after all your hard work, but you listed Nov 17 as Armour Up, not Hold The Line.
Wow, thanks very much to Nevelon for compiling the challenge thread links for us. It'll save me some time come February or March when I do my yearly challenge recap in my P&M blog.
It's interesting to see how much everyone has improved since the first challenge. I've missed a handful of them, but I've entered most of them since it started, and it's good motivation for me to keep painting. I never get many votes, but I don't let that slow me down. It just means I'm in very good company as far as skills. This last challenge was my second best in terms of raw numbers of votes, falling 1 short of my best (in the BOOM! challenge).
My armies (re-counted and updated on 9/25/20, including modeled wargear options):
Dark Angels: ~16000 | Space Marines (Blood Ravens and others): ~900 | Space Wolves: ~3800
Astra Militarum: ~800 | Officio Assassinorum: ~600 | Imperial Knights: ~1300 | Sisters of Battle: ~1900
Check out my P&M Blogs: ZergSmasher's P&M Blog | Imperial Knights blog | Total models painted in 2019: 62 | Total models painted in 2020: 40 | Current main painting project: Indomitus Marines, as Dark Angels
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2018/03/03 03:56:06
Subject: Re:Dakka (Unofficial) Monthly Painting Challenge - The 2017/18 League Table and HOF
A huge congratulations to everyone that took part and voted in any month of this years challenge. The points are for fun but here is a rundown of the year.
The top 10 positions for this year are:
1st - Modock with 106 points 2nd - Feltmonkey with 86 points
3rd - Midget Gems with 74 points
4th - Chris56 with 71 points
5th - Moolet with 63 points
6th - Paradigm with 62 points
7th - ZoBo with 58 points
8th - Keezus with 54 points
9th - n1ceguypaul with 45 points
10th - Bottle with 37 points
A very well deserved win Modock, your painting really is something some of us can only dream of. It's been brilliant fun watching your creations take shape and how skilfully you change the tone of a colour.
Feltmonkey did really well to keep up and in doing so has created some masterful work (story about his son wanting to hold the treeman is the best though )
And a great battle between myself and Chris56 for 3rd/4th I really thought you were going to catch me at the end. Thank you for making me up my game with some of my entries knowing you where right there behind me.
The main point of the challenge is to get people painting, a set of people managed to submit finished entries for each challenge or most months. A big well done goes to:
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2019/03/20 07:25:57
Subject: Dakka (Unofficial) Monthly Painting Challenge - The 2018/19 League Table and HOF - End of Year Table
Zed wrote: *All statements reflect my opinion at this moment. if some sort of pretty new model gets released (or if I change my mind at random) I reserve the right to jump on any bandwagon at will.
2019/05/18 22:54:12
Subject: Re:Dakka (Unofficial) Monthly Painting Challenge - The 2018/19 League Table and HOF - End of Year Table
So, target for next year is to beat Nevelon (sorry Nev, but you’re the closest person above me who completed every month).
So I got into the top twenty again
16th I think is an improvement over last year (although Midget Gems, do you have a shot of the table as it finished in 2019?]
I managed to complete every month, which was my big target for the year
I didn’t manage to beat Nevelon [shakes old man fist]. Next time Gadget, next time!
So a solid performance, but does feel like I’ve plateaued this year a bit; I’ve appreciated the individual comments on entries, but does anyone have any “meta” advice for how I could improve in general?
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2020/03/14 08:30:50
Subject: Re:Dakka Monthly Painting Challenge - The 2019/20 League Table and HOF - Finish of Year 5
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Ultramarines, 3rd Co. and friends, 15K+ 
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~16000 | Space Marines (Blood Ravens and others): 
~900 | Space Wolves: 
~3800
~800 | Officio Assassinorum: 
~600 | Imperial Knights: 
~1300 | Sisters of Battle: 
~1900
(although Midget Gems, do you have a shot of the table as it finished in 2019?]