Here is the moment you all have been waiting for, the end results of the The Come One, Come All Malifaux Painting Competition!!!!!
I first want to say thank you to all the people who submitted models and did their best to give us models to gawk at and judge for the masses! Congrats to you all regardless of who end up finishing first in this competition.
Second I want to thank all of my awesome judges for their spectacular help and going out of their way to really take the time to break down each model and put a score according to each category. I could not have done this without them!
So without further Ado, here is the final results for the models in the order of final submission according to the final entries post found here
http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/60/455806.page
Each category (Paintjob, Base, Overall ) had 30 possible points and the entry with the most points over all three will be our winner, our judges were also nice enough to submit some pros & cons to help anyone interested in an outside opinion.
1: Ophelia - Bymygravenimage
Paintjob - 22.5
(Pro) nice, vibrant colors. Good use of gradual blending up to the highlights drawing the eye to the breasts (kind of the point of the model). The muted colors of the clothing provide a nice counter-point to the screaming colors of the ork critter, once again... drawing the eye to the breasts and lips. Nice trick. / Lovely details on base, face and gun./ nice neutral colour scheme with just a hint of red to contrast against the green
(Con) The mini itself has had a lot more attention paid to it than the base, the difference in quality between skin and spear is quite noticeable.
Base -19.5
(Pro) custom made, lot of effort put into it
(con) the stuff on the base, while interesting... doesn't really carry the theme of the figure, it's just seems like random bits. / The model base is a little unclear of what it is, try to be more clear with what your trying to portray, maybe add some Wetness.
Overall - 21.5
(Pro) the mini is very small but the painter managed to keep it all rather well defined
(Con) parts look more rushed than others
63.5/90.0
2: Dead lady justice - Rameses
Paintjob -21
(pro) - looks nice and clean
(con) - photo is tiny and I can't actually see how it was painted. Could just be all drybrushed bar the skin and I can't tell :( Shame.
Base - 19
(Pro) Looks fine, but I'm not sure what rubble & rocks are doing on a hard-wood floor.
(Con) exact same as above, tiny picture is letting the painter down
Overall Model -22
(Pro) Lovely skinwork, nice looking base, really nice details
(Con) Photo needs more white balance,
[b]62.0/90.0
3: Tealor - Method
Paintjob - 23.5
pro - smooth blending, really nice whites with good grey shades/Nice colour tones, skin looks very nice/ Tremendous job on the face and eyes.
con - only real con is the hair, which lacks definition
Base - 19
pro - clean and nicely shaded
con - lacking any real detail. Tiny bit of grass would have made a huge difference / Plain (which is fine) but I don't think the color choice compliments the figure very much.
Overall model - 24
(Pro) feel the base should not penalise it too much, it's a lovely paintjob. / Stunning figure
(Con) kind of a boring setting. Wish I could zoom in on this one.
66.5/90.0
4: Baby Kade - IKPainter
Paintjob - 25.5
pro - smooth and clean / Nice use of color & good shading / Amazing detailing and beautiful shading!
con - lacking any real constrasing/shading
Base - 26
pro - lot of effort put into the colour choice and contrasting / Lot of extra work went into this I think. The tiles, the extra fiddly bits... impressive.
con- bit messy, paint along the sides
Overall - 25.75
(Pro)Great effort,
(Con) negatively affected by the difference in contrast between the model and bases paint job, lot more shading on the base. / somehow the sum of the parts is less than the parts taken individually. Anti-synergy
77.25/90.0
5: Lilith - Hellum42
Paintjob - 18
(Con) very unclear picture with heavy shadow difficult to see any real detail which is a shame.
Base - 24.5
(Pro)Huge amount of effort put in, clear even with a fuzzy shot.
Overall- 20
(Pro) Gorgeous base
(Con)Real shame about the shot
62.5/90.0
6: Nurse - Zesto
Paintjob - 24.5
pro - excellent skin, multiple colour tones used. Really nice. Slight transparancy through white is an excellent touch / I really like certain aspects of this paint job (actually I like the whole thing)... but somehow it's a bit crude looking.
con - slightly messy, but that is mostly due to the painters style, and not really a con
Base- 22.5
(Pro)base is actually rather simple bar the blood splashed on top / blood spatters and pooling are a nice touch. Gives you a clear idea of this woman's intent.
Overall - 24
(Pro) Stunning face detail, dress has some dark shading but some beautiful color blending.
(Con) Might want to refine Technique
71.0/90.0
7: Party Crasher - Wildchevy
Paintjob - 23
(Pro) Very clean and neat, / Nice bold colours, great hair and face, amazing skull detail
(Con) but appears to not really have any shading or highlighting. Either that or it is so subtle that the shot is not picking it up due to size.
Base - 20
(Pro) Neat and has some nice additions to it
(Con) Red brick that reflected the red in her hair would have been a better choice I think.
Overall - 22
65.0/90.0
8: Nurse - Fango
Paintjob - 25.75
(Pro)Extremely clean and really nice blending / Very good work on the white coat the hair is very striking as are the face and skin tones. / very nice work
(Con) only let down is the white which has shading a tiny bit too subtle.
Base - 23.5
Very neat, and gorgeous colour choice to help contrast the rest of the mini. / color is a nice choice though for the fig
Overall - 24.7
73.95/90.0
9: Seamus - Forgotmytea
Paintjob -20.5
(Pro) Clean, Good freehanding. / Decent work but not much in the way of advanced techniques
(Con) but no shading or highlighting visable / perhaps some my shading and high lights
Base - 20.5
(Pro) Plain but does not distract.
Overall - 20.5
61.5/90.0
So Ladies and Gents, We let fate decide and the entry with the most points is
Baby Kade by IKPainter with a total score of 77.25 / 90.0
Congratulations to IKPainter for his lovely entry.
I also want to thank everyone again for being apart of this and to look forward to future competitions such as this one with a different theme each time! (Any suggestions or remarks are welcome so that I may make the next one just as good if not better)
Till Next Time
Cutthroatcure
