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Despite rowdy judges throwing their beards around telling me i'm slow! .................... we have a winner!



What!..... A RESULT!?




................ YES!!




I now proudly announce the winner of the second annual Nerdcademy award for 2013, with the theme of 'faces' a worthy winner and entrant who pushed their skills and put effort in akin to entering a 'real' painting comp without further ado ...............

First prize of the Golden nerdfest trophy! is...............


............. J-Paint!



Bloody good job dude, worthy by far as a winner!

and now onto second prize! the winner of those two lovely high quality posters is.........



...... Bebopdrums!




awesome paint Bebop! that marble and attention into your base was a high point of skills!



now the strangest and probably least coveted prize! 3rd prize of a lovely black and white pin up shot of yours truly signed and framed! the winner (if you can call them that?, who really wins with this!) of third prize is..................






................Melacuvak!!



Well done man! sweet paint, sweet model, sweet pose! and a good sport!




O.k now to have a quick summarize of how it went! firstly, I really enjoy doing this little event, we meet new Nerds and get talking about how to do things to make our experience in this hobby more rewarding and enjoyable, plus I get to generally make fun of myself and hopefully get a few laughs or at least groans of amusement which is fun!
The level this year of the winners is pretty damn high in my books and the scores of the remaining entrants was really very closely together which I loved seeing means the judging criteria is accurate and the judges were all honest and critical in the right areas! and speaking of judges! THANK YOU!! without you it wouldn't have been possible I appreciate the time and effort you have put in to make this a great little project!

I've already got an idea for next years trophy 2nd and 3rd are eluding me at the moment so feel free to drop me a PM and give me some ideas lol! and may I also ask for the winners to PM me with their addresses so i can send your prizes out to you in a couple of weeks

THANKS EVERYONE FOR TAKING PART!!

until next year!

Nerdfest09

Woohoo! Congrats all...agreed on the choices too. Jpaint takes the cake! Congrats bro! Good Job judges!

Good job to the winners. Those were really outstanding paint jobs a deserve the win (well, except the 3rd place prize).

Congrat to winners.

I think we all hate Melacuvak now... everyone wanted that 3rd prize SO MUCH !

Grats to the 3 winners. All worthy placements.

Thanks to the judges for the time and effort put in to judging such awesome entries.




Hey Nerdy, any idea what next years comps gonna be? (I wanna get started early)

Congrats to the winners, well done. That final line up was awesome.

Thanks for great comp, and to everyone for their time and efforts.

Great job participants! Excellent standard of painting on all the winners!

Aah YES!! the end is here. Congrats to everyone that entered, the was some really nice works entered. If you want to know where you can improve for next time, shoot me a pm and I'll tell you where and why I negged your entrant.

Because I'll be honest, I checked everyone's work on OTHER MODELS to see if you were really pushing yourselves,and some of you lost crucial points for not trying anything new. Anyways! Enjoy those trophies everyone!




This has made me want to have a contest as well. I've some things in the pipe works for later * evil laugh *

Good job everyone and congratulations to the winners!

I'm interested on feedbacks on my entry.
PM me or comment in my P&M blog if you have advice/tips/anything that could help. ^^

Bloody hell Damo, you've just reduced everyone in this warehouse to tears of laughter! The picture of your third prize is not what I'd have expected to see!

Funny as feth though pal, cracking work lol

Awww I wanted third prize so bad! Lol well done to the winners.

Awesome job chaps, very impressive work all round.

Well done, and well deserved to the winners. Don't envy the judges their job!
And @Damo... Arr... that'll replace the whale in me nightmares...

I was in your nightmares? That's...weird.

I can give my scores to anyone interested as well. This one was real hard to judge, though I did like the challenge. I tend to come up with different levels of scoring, where if you did x and y, but not z, you got so many points. I didnt directly compair each one to the other, but some of you scored exactly the same in some catagories for some things (like if it is a stock model, 0 points for conversion/kitbash, if you used 2 kits or 1 with gs, etc).

I'd be interested on how I stacked up the models with the other judges, if you have that info available Damo.

Wow that's definitely a prize I dont already own... would be somewhat disturbing if I did. My wife thought it was fantastic though which was more disturbing. Great contest and fun to enter as always, and I actually have taken to doing a little more detailing on my faces now beyond skin eyes and done so it seems to have given me a definate nudge in the right direction.

I thought we had until the 19th.. whoops! Congrats to the winners.

Wow no way!!! I was not expecting that at all guys! I thought I had been trounced fair and square, by bebop especially!

I can only say a very humbled thank you to the judges who will be getting vast pay offs in the post shortly!

Really though must have been a nightmare to judge, everyone did fantastically well!

Bring on next years' Damo!

Thanks for being the final judge, Damo !

And congrats to the winners !!

TBH I'd rather post the whole points that I've awarded to each of the entries... But I don't want to appear rude to someone !

If that's ok, I'll just post the results in here...

(I'm so sad I couldn't compete for the third place )

Congratulations to the 3 winners. All are worthy winners , coincidentally they're the ones I'd have chosen.

Damian, Christmas is coming up dude......Id like an autographed semi nude NerdFest picture. Just sayin

Ok, as it seems a few asked for it, here's a quick summary of your works :

- Dkellyj : Pic didn't show the faces properly, so it was hard to judge... I am not too fond of the different proportions (swords seem much more realistic, but at odds with the 40k oversized weapons). I did like the theme though

- Graven : Loved the model, though I couldn't tell whether it was converted or not. The weathered armour looks great, all in your distinctive style. You also pu a lot of effort into the face (highlights). I just think it lacked a bit of definition (eyes mostly).

- Ramos : A stock Princeps, so you missed a few points in "kitbashing" category, obviously. Love the deep blue, but knowing your skills, I'm sure the wrinkled head could've looked much bettter ! A nice entry.

- Melacuvak : Ranked #3 for me. The dynamic pose, depth of highlights all over the model, and characterful face (thank you new SM kits) nicely painted (thank you Melacuvak's painting skills) - stubble, shaved head, eyes, mohawk... Sharp contrasts to top it all ! Only downside : the base was too simple.

- Camkeirhi : coolness factor 9/10, it just lacked some "neat" painting to give it the grade it deserved. The opposition of two faces was the kind of thing I expected in that competition. I think you don't dilute your paints enough. A great one !

- tomcar 31 : Great kitbash, the hazard stripe really look impressive ! The high collar helps in making the head the focal point. Picture quality / lighting sadly couldn't allow to judge the paintjob properly. Also what looks like a mould line on the hammer "head" (right hand).

- weety : Amazing entry... It was hard to compare the 4-5-ranking models !! A really special style, very realistic... Head is probably one of the best (if not THE best) of all models, in terms of colour contrasts & depth. But the judging system also focussed on other things (basing, kitbashing) that made your model dive into the points total... Sorry weety ! In a pure "overall impression" comp, you ranked #2 in my book. With nerdfest's items, you turned out to be 4th !

- snrub : liked the base (much more effort than most other entries), helped make the character into the focal point. with a bit more work on the highlights & shadows, would have ranked much better ! Face was better than the rest, also

- Minus : Absolutely charmed by the blue hue of the metals, and the deep, vibrant reds. Flesh seemed to have had a lot of work put into it (pinkish cheeks, recesses), but it didn't really show on the picture... #5 for me.

- lipsdapips : Sharp paintjob, really neat !! Mould lines on the bolt pistol ugh :( Face looks great, with dark recesses & clean highlights, only problem is the eyes... He seems like he's squinting... Without that, you could've made it to top 5 !

- mad eddy : love the converted rifle, camo looks fine... Sadly, the pic quality couldn't allow me to analyze the details properly... Face was ok, with a few highlights... The scars on the face didn't show as scars, too bad though.

- J-paint : #1. Clearly. Discoloured skin on both the model AND the cherub, scar tissue looks ace. Dusty armour, dirty tabard, agressive pose, a bit of freehand... If I had to nitpick about something, it'd be the candlelights ! And the highlights on the purple, as well (though it's a tough colour to highlight WHILE keeping the same hue !). Also, base isn't the most detailed one, though the colours were great ! You clearly deserve to be the winner !

- GiraffeX : Love your Skyrar's Wolves already : the grey & light blue make for a sharp contrast, weathering is top-notch... I just feel like the head could have used some more efforts, considering the theme. Those BA heads are nice, but quite hard to work with. Also... base ??

- bebopdrums : Well, OSL, freehanded marble, stone-like wrinkled skin, almost monochrome palette... Clearly a winner too !! Too bad J-paint's one was more striking lol, so you ranked #2 for me (And you lost some points for the lack of kitbashing). Astonishing model. Wish I could own it...

If you have any other questions / feel I misjudged your work, please do not hesitate to PM me !! I'd gladly answer !!
I also tried to be as honest as possible... Don't resent me if you think I've been a bit harsh

It's been a lot of fun to see all those wonderful pieces !! Congrats to the winners, and thanks to the others for entering the competition !! I've never won any of the painting competitions I've ever entered, so I know how frustrating it can be, and how hard it can be to place your merit in the hands of others !! You can all be proud of what you've achieved ! If only because it was a test of skills !!

Keep it up,

Yggs.




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Great! What an experience, competitions are always a great time. Well done you winners, well deserved! Thanks for the feedback also. Cant wait for next year

@ Yggdrasil . Fair play dude, everything you said was true. Think I need a decent camera. Btw the right hand is a bolt pistol and yes I did miss the mould line, it's not visible irl but blindingly obvious in pics. Plus I've only been painting 18 months. Thanks to nerdfest for organising the comp. I'll be back next time hunting that 3rd place

Thanks for posting ygg! Good to know whats goin on in the judges minds...id like to see similar posts from the other judges if they would oblige? Im sure we can all agree to be openly criticized amoungst our peers

I've been replying to anyone who has pm'd me, that way I can get a bit more in depth with it.

Yours is pretty easy though BB. You took a hit in the kitbash/conversion category. Stock models got 0 points from me. I don't think I could point out any painting flaws.

Haha! thought of one. Your pic wasn't particularly well set up. A pic of you holding the model < a well lit set up shot in a light box.

LOL!!!!!!!!!! Thats the dig for me on that model. Because i wanted to photo the base as well, i had to tilt the model a certain way and the ol' iphone couldnt handle it. Sadly, the WIP pics are much cleaner and actually less gritty than the finished product. :( a real drag...One of these days ive got to get a real camera and my photo chops together.(side note: if there any links to a photoshop tut where you can put the mini to one of those cool background like the pros do id greatly appreciate it ) But totally agree. And what, you didnt dig the gloves??
And one final funny lil detail...the models back is supposed to have a backpack, but i lost it, so i GS'd his back...SOOOO THERE!!!!

I will go so far as to say (and really, this is a general observation that does not reflect this competition), i think "kitbashing" is a relatively basic skill when it comes to miniatures, and in my book, holds little value next to painting execution. ie...an exceptionally painted stock model would still win out to a less exceptionally painted model that had been kitbashed. Not to say this was the case here, i still believe j paint rightfully earned the spot Just, if i were a judge, thatd be my criteria.

Well in that case, 10 points to griffendoor! Or something.

Bebop there is a nice tutorial for using GIMP here. GIMP isn't quite photoshop but it is free!



Thanks to the judges for their PM's concerning my entry. Some good insight there. I'm in the process of replying to them now.

Glad you liked my paintjob yggdrassil, that means more to me than any number of naked nerd photos! Next year I will bash some kit.