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Congratulations Riveters! A contest well-done! It was a pleasure !

Awesome, well done Cleatus, a worthy addition to our ranks indeed! I for one would like a breakdown of score/ feedback, and am happy for it to be public. And thanks to the judges, and Cam especially onwards comrades!

Wow, you guys, I'm honored!

Well done chaps.

Congrats!! well done all who finished. I'll take a copy of the butchery of my stuff as well

Congratulations winners and finalists (just finishing something is a win in my book).

Just some brief comments from me this time (I was supposed to be competing...):
TW: Nice shape. Great paintwork as expected. Nice textures. Not sure what it is; no obvious (or less obvious) clues to it's purpose. While not overly important, I do like a story to be shown in a model.

Maniac_nmt: Nice design. I like the roof texture. Can't see anything from a quick look over to critique. Maybe some props (towels, washing...) to go with the tub of water. That also reminds me of something similar I made recently:

Graven': I believe I commented over in your thread when you finished it. Looks great. Nice work on the weathering.

Kestral: Nice functional piece. Good design. Nice use of the sprue part. The base blue areas look a little plain when compared to the rest of the model. You could go so far as the add smooth blending and shading over those areas, or just add a little texture with some quick and gentle dry-brushing.

Llamahead: Full marks for volume and usability. The simple design of the texture works well. Shame you couldn't keep them flat (curse of the glue cure). Maybe try keeping them under a large pile of books to see if that straightens them out.

Cleatus: Great design. Fun piece. The metals look nice too. Congratulations.

Guildenstern: Notwithstanding the Python reference. I like the design and especially the floor. Only thing I can think to add is the swept/raked effect on the sand in front of the outhouse where the door would have scraped over it. Nice wood colouration you have too. I'll let Red' critique your roofing design...

Well done all, again.
Eyes peeled for the next round.

We got 30 votes in the poll. That's a nice amount.

Congratulations to all, especially Cleatus. All the entries were outstanding, and it was an honor to be a judge this round.

I'll see about some commentary later tonight when I get home, and have a chance to review my notes and spreadsheet (yes, a spreadsheet. I find them addictive. I've been using them since Lotus 123.) I'm just now heading that way. What a strange week this has been. Again. It's nearly 70 F outside.

 Dr H wrote:
Not sure what it is; no obvious (or less obvious) clues to it's purpose. While not overly important, I do like a story to be shown in a model.

Uh oh! looks like I forgot my fluff. The gist of it was that the building was a lead-wrapped storage/containment facility for radioactive materials...so 2x the hazard (see lead/rad signs). The setting is near-future and the scale is 28mm. the building itself is probably the equivalent of a 2.5-3 story building. also may have forgotten to post my WIP with the building materials...I'll have to check for that.

@Guildenstern - somehow missed the interior shots of yours. Love all the little things!

Also, as graven said, public comments are good.

I have to admit my secret...I SUCK at judging. I had 4 people tied for 2nd place. That's just not sustainable, but you guys ALL rocked this round!

I'm working on a theme for the next round. Got a few ideas brewing.

Well done and give it plenty of thought.

OK I don’t normally do this myself, but have to admit how much the critique has helped me in the past, so here we go again just in any old order….

TerrainWalker
This is a beautiful piece, so well painted and a table full of this would be a truly awesome sight. My only comments would be, you could maybe add some vegetation or more posters. OK I know it is an industrial building and not really a derelict, but it feels safe. You can churn these out all day long, I know you can because you do, they are each wonderful pieces, to a very high standard, and there is nothing really “wrong” with this. Others just pushed that personal envelope a little further.

Maniac_nmt
So pretty, and wonderfully modelled. And yet again I would say nothing “wrong” with the piece. Maybe I could say the building is “clean”, a bit of dirt/weathering to the wooden frame, the white is very clean too. But I am being picky. You guys can see where we are with this, we had to get down to very fine nit-picking, and to say that someone is better than this is really hard. I have also seen your other work, and again (though you tried new things) this is in your comfort zone to a degree, your work is beautiful.

Inmygravenimage
Yet again a beautiful piece, really well thought out in game terms, a great theme, in the nature of constructive criticism, either the flash did not help you with the weathering paint finish or we need to have a chat, it is brilliant and well thought out, but when I have to get really picky, it looks a little unnatural. TW’s has a very natural feel to it. You know just how picky we have to be to separate you guys, and you know I am being crazy picky to say that, it is a brilliant piece and well deserving of the podium.

Kestral
Stunning, every time I look at it, it is stunning. And again to say that there is anything “wrong” with it is an injustice, you really tried with different techniques and stretching yourself. My only words would be maybe..”Maybe” it is quite clean for a grimdark civilian bridge. And if I am being hyper critical, your walls look a little thin. But that is the whole 40k is thicker than anything else thing really. They are probably a truer scale than mine.

Llamahead
You dared to be different, and got extra for it. Brilliant work, lots of hard work too. Mass production is difficult. To be hyper picky, although you tried to vary it a little it is very much “samey” and variety is the spice of something or other. The only other comment would be one word “warped”, not sure why in particular but it is there and as we have to be very picky to separate all these great entries it matters.

Guildenstern
Wonderful. Like so many of you, a real brilliant piece, lovely atmosphere. And like the others nothing “wrong” here, but the two small points that made any difference to me were, wall paper hung sidey ways, and the interior is very very clean, I now you could argue well it is a food shop and should be clean, but I am fairly certain that the universe where this wonderful shop is, does not have health inspectors (only our RL world is stupid enough for that) a broom in the corner with a little dust about it would have helped to explain the cleanliness.

Cleatus

The deciding factor in the end was how much you pushed yourself with this. Everyone produced work I would be proud of and tried very hard, it just feels you tried to push your personal envelope a little further. Now you need to work on your weathering a little and I personally like to see more colour in my graffffiiiittttiiii. Poor grots obviously only had a pot of white wash.

Now please do not take anything to heart here, and please accept this in the way it is meant, to help you for the future. These are all great pieces, and thank you so much for competing in our silly competition. Please keep trying.

Oh and lastly, not seeing many rivets lately. I understand that you feel they may not fit every aesthetic, however bonuses are to be had for inventive ways to incorporate some.

Thank you all, hope to see you in the next round.

This competition is over. The next competition has begun! Link:
https://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/720769.page