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Hey Cam, nice colours on the trooper. The brown and yellow work well together.

Pariah-Miniatures wrote:
So who is judging and to what standard is their opinion as to what qualifies the points going up or down in specific criteria. Did the judges win some super awards or go to art school to qualify them as ones who could spot intention versus mistake in the various categories? Otherwise it is just an opinion on what looks cool rather than any technically trained or merited opinion and talent.

The judges are Bebopdrums2424, Whalemusic360 and San76. Three of the most biased and lazy people on Dakka. They have no qualifications what so ever and will almost certainly choose their friends entries just because they can. Although they have been known to work for bribes from time to time, so if you have enough of what hey want then you may be able to buy their vote. They have no moral integrity what so ever and this competition is a complete farce.

Or.... What Whalemusic said.

Don't forget my art degree from hogwarts. Also I think there's a bachelors in anatomy from university of Miami floating around whale is that you?

Judges qualified!!!!! Who ever heard of such a thing. Never happened before. Otherwise I would never have won 3 competition on Dakka. Surely they just pick one out of a hat?

That's me out of this competition. Carry on lads.

Now where is everyones WIP shots. And does anyone still need the model, as I can get hold of more and will post world wide.

(Weety did you recieve yours ok, and are you happy enough, did I get the right one?)

Pariah-Miniatures wrote:
So who is judging

Three stupid monkeys !

Pariah-Miniatures wrote:
Did the judges win some super awards or go to art school to qualify them as ones who could spot intention versus mistake in the various categories?

Nope.
They are the judges because no one else accepted.

Pariah-Miniatures wrote:
Otherwise it is just an opinion on what looks cool rather than any technically trained or merited opinion and talent.

Like any serious competition, the only thing that matters is "who will pay the most ?".



Still waiting for my order. Hope it will come soon in the mail.

I'm in. And if you need a banner designed I can do that. Give me an idea what you want and I'll set it up.

Awww man I wish I hadn't already converted all of my guardsmen so I could take part. I'm looking forward to seeing everyone's efforts though!

@ Skalk: Fantastic! Welcome So glad youre joining us Ill just do a recolour of our current banner for gold silver and bronze winners with added text! Its nothing extravagant but it works for the time being

@Wellse: welcome. Youve got a month to scrounge around for one! I wont count you out yet

Hey guys, sorry I've been absent - been struggling to find wifi. Should be home by Monday, so will be lurking around more

Great to see all the progress on the all the guardsmen; looking forward to the next batch of wip shots.

As for judging....well, weety got it spot on. But just in case...I got my trusty magic 8 ball

Yea guys sorry i didnt mention before, but great work so far. Im really impressed! LOvely schemes too. This is shaping up to be a fun party!

Hey guys- I used Bebop's banner and coded it to point directly back to the front page of this thread (click banner in my sig). If anyone is interested in adding the banner to your sig click the link below, copy code, and paste into your sig via 'click here to edit your profile'

http://www.withstrengthweburn.com/dakka/bebop_banner.txt

Hahaha yea silly me, I didnt realise there was still another month to go on the competition, thanks for the heads up bebopdrums2424! Still plenty of time to get something together, cheers!

I would like in please

Thats fantastic! Welcome Brain! To everyone who has "joined", if you havent yet, please send me your front and back shots of your entry so we can officially add you to the the competition.

Thanks!
BB

Thanks Skalk Bloodaxe for putting that link up. Saved me a few minutes

Here is my contribution. primed and pre-shaded


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To show I'm still alive here is a very early (I mean super early) WIP shot

Nice scheme Nash! Im digging the judge dredd look!

I have to wait until the junk pile contest is closed but I'll have my stock Guardsman posted as soon as I can. I will finish before the deadline.

All good! I might extend it as it's the holidays and people are still finishing up their entries/votes for your junk pile comp. no worries at all. I'd rather everyone finish than worry about a deadline

Bb

I'm in.
Package received, soldier immediately assembled and submited to Bebop's approval.


My entry :



Surprising, isn't it ? ^^

Shouldn't there be a knife and kit on his belt too?

I thought it was optionnal, isn't it ?

Yes, it is optional

It's optional, but it's also a scoring category, so you know.

 lipsdapips wrote:
Yes, it is optional

Oh right, i missed that in the OP

Hey guys! Hope everyone is having ag reat hiliday so far!

Just to clarify, and i apologize for not making this clearer, a few contestants expressed desire to do w/o the kit. Since the spirit of the contest is to make a featureless mini exciting, i figured that they are only making it even more a challenge. And with out the kit being there they will lose out on the 5 point possibilty on it.
With so many restrictions already in place, i wanted to encourage people to join up rather than deny every question.

Hope thats cool with you guys.
Any questions feel free to pm me. Thanks!!

Oi Guys!! Merry Merry. Hows the painting coming?? weve got just under a month now till the end of the comp. Heres a little pic of the model ill be painting for the winner of the Best Color Scheme award! CAnt wait to do it



Cheers guys!

Ugh... boring old sarge... SNORE!



Here are a few shots of my entry. He is all but done at the moment. I'm just waiting for the base to dry.







I only need to touch up the red ribbons and the skin on his hands.

Awesome! Thats a fantastic color scheme and Sweet freehand Snrub. Thats a terrific entry!

Thanks B. You'll notice how i deliberately didn't get a close up of his face! That should tell you where my weakest spot is.

All looking great so far!