Welcome my friends, to the 24th round of the League of Extraordinary Riveters Terrain Competition!
Pimpin' Aint Easy
Ok, so before anyone gets all up in arms over the slightly non-
PC contest title, were talking about the informal verb here, not the world's second oldest profession....
pimp
/pimp/
verb
1. act as a pimp.
2.
informal
make (something) more showy or impressive.
"he pimped up the car with spoilers and twin-spoke 18-inch alloys"
The name of the game is (still!) terrain building.
The League's aim is to encourage our fellow gamers/model-makers to kick it up a notch while building terrain for their tabletop, be it for wargames, board games or dioramas. We encourage participants to use this thread to trade ideas, inspiration, encouragement and feedback. Everyone is a winner in a League competition. Because, in the end, your entry is also your prize (and it's just what you wanted, we're good like that) However the Winneriest (Winnermost? most Winsom?) will ascend to Leagedom, pick the topic for the next round and be judge, jury and riveter.
If you haven't taken part before, check out the rules and previous rounds. (linked below.)
Each round has a “theme” or other defining attribute(s) that must in some way be applied to the your terrain project, to compete with other modellers for that most prestigious of prizes, membership into The League of Extraordinary Riveters [LoER].
The competition is open to everyone registered on Dakka Dakka, all are welcome to enter regardless of skill, experience, ability, etc.
The winner of each round hosts the next round, and the cycle continues.
The theme, limitations, rules, judging and prizes are all the responsibility of the host, although he or she can get help from others for some of those things...
For those who are returning once again to compete a most sincere and heartfelt welcome back!
Past Competitions:
Contest #1 "Lids" (dsteingass)
Contest #2 "Cookie Package” (Viktor Von Doom)
Contest #3 "Fightin' Pit!" (MrMerlin)
Contest #4 "For the title of Master Shrubber" (Meade)
Contest #5 "Vehicles!" (Bruticus)
Contest #6 "We're Not Worthy!" (Meade)
Contest #7 "Fire at Will" (hk1x1)
Contest #8 "All are welcome" (Camkierhi)
Contest #9 “Elementary" (Littletower)
Contest #10 "The Throne" (Camkierhi)
Contest #11 "On The Road" (Red Harvest)
Contest #12 "Wall me up, fence me in" (OneManNoodles)
Contest #14 "Making something extraordinary from the ordinary" (Dr H)
Contest #15 "The Trapdoor" (nmygravenimage)
Contest #16 "Got Wood?" (Viktor Von Doom)
Contest #17 "The (re)cycle of Life" (Guildenstern)
Contest #18 "The Portal" (inmygravenimage)
Contest #19 "Let it Flow!" (Camkierhi)
Contest #20 "Noise Polution" (Tek Thornison)
Contest # 21 "CARD-inal Sins" (Camkierhi)
Contest # 22 "A Series of Tubes" (Cleatus)
Contest # 23 "Child's Play" (Z-Ray)
We now return to our scheduled program...
In honor of the father of the LoER Terrain Contest
(dsteingass), whose terrain projects have inspired me to always improve my craft...and just in time for the new Necromunda release...this round's theme is
"Pimpin' Aint Easy".
Ok, so you all have a favorite game board or bit of printed card scenery that has inspired you to build it in the glorious, rivet-covered
Third Dimension at one point or another, am i right? (if not, start going through your card scenery and board games to getting inspired!)
This is similar in spirit to the "Pimp my Boardgame" contest that runs over on Boardgamegeek.com, which was inspired by the popular culture oddity "Pimp My Ride".
Your task is to model something that is printed on (or is inspired by) a board game board, or piece of card scenery (think 1995 Necromunda or other similar scenery that has 2D art that is meant to look like 3D texture or terrain).
This could be as simple as 2 or 3 Settlers of Catan tiles, or a small room from Warhammer Quest or Descent, to as complex and involved as a tile from Deathwatch: Overkill, or even a full board game board. (Check out
dsteingass' project blog for examples of what I'm talking about)
Alternatively, instead of 3D-ifying a piece of 2D game art (I'll be honest, that's really what I want to see the most), you could create some sort of terrain feature that shows off something that has been 'blinged' or 'pimped'. This could be a wrecked buggy that has been embellished with decorations (think Mad Max), an open market stall that has been covered with colorful bangles and exotic wares to attract the most potential customers, or an underhive night-club with garish neon signs and flashing lights.
Your work can be in any scale, for any system/purpose. All terrain is equal in the eyes of the League (...except of course for the specific purpose of judging competitions...)
Please post as many
WIP shots as you can (starting with your
raw materials if possible) We all like to see how others work (and perhaps we can learn a few things from each other along the way) Regular posts in this thread at the top of the page allowing more people to find this contest. (This of course means you'll have more competition but it will just be that much sweeter when you eventually win and in front of a bigger audience too) Posting
WIP shots, allows others to give feedback, share Ideas and engage in banter (a little trash talk is encouraged to help motivate the participants, but keep it civil and clean).
IMPORTANT!
while I want to see plenty of
WIP pics, don't post your finished project here. We want to save that for the big reveal and people's choice vote.
When you are finished,
PM me your pics for consideration by our expert judges: Myself and (Insert volunteer judge names here - former winners and LoER members please
PM me if you'd like to help out?)
Speaking of Pics, Good photos win competitions, we can't judge what we can't see. And if you incorporate any lights, sounds or moving parts send a video so we can all bask in the warm glow of your mad modelling skills.
Rules:
1: Talk about fight
cl...er...I mean...the Competition.
2: Talk about the Competition! Tell everyone. Post it in your blogs. Add the banner to your signature.
HTML code for the banner.....
{url=https://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/744197.page#9690508]{img]http://images.dakkadakka.com/gallery/2012/11/8/429237_md-.jpg{/img]{/url]
change all the "{" to "["
It should look and work like this one:
3: Must be completed by the deadline.
And when I say "must", I mean "around then". I hardly know what I'm going to do this weekend let alone in two months time and I hold all of you to the same lax standards as myself.
The Deadline is midnight on the 14th January 2018
My local time is PST/UTC-8 ( check it here for accuracy:
California Time )
But anything sent on your local 14th of January will be accepted, I understand that some of us are a bit slower and tend to wait until the last miunute. (Ehem...me..)
4: Your piece should be scratch-built or heavily converted. Model kit parts can be used, especially if used in an unusual way, but you will get more points for something you sculpt yourself, so keep that in mind. Unconventional parts are highly recommended in addition to those you will be using as part of this competition.
5: Your model should be a piece of terrain or a diorama that can be used for gaming purposes. It cannot be a playable model in itself (a crashed tank must stay crashed), but removable models (people) are fine.
6: Any scale, any setting and any board game or gaming system are welcome. A nice mixture of fantasy, sci-fi, historical, or modern will make this contest all the more interesting. If you don't play a game, that's fine too; just make a display piece, but keep rule 4 in mind.
7: The women are right, size doesn't matter. You can make as small or as large a model as you want. Bear in mind the time-scale and don't bite off more than you can chew. We've all made that mistake!
8: Final Entry: Six or more photos of your final entry, showing top, front, both sides, back and all the important parts - not to be posted in this thread.
PM me with links to your galleries, albums, etc. As said above, please take the time to take the best photos that you can. Idealy your
PM will include Photos, a description of what materials went into your entry and any specific techniques used, feel free to include some fluff/background/context to help everyone fully grasp your terrain genius.
9: AMBITION: Push yourself. Try something new! Always wanted to use LEDs? Go for it! Fancied weathering powders? Here's your chance! I'll be looking at your galleries for previous work, entries etc. I want everyone to feel that their best has a fair shot at this. This is very important, Another words it might not be the BEST model that wins, but the one that has shown themselves to have pushed that envelope.
10: Not so much a rule, but it wouldn't be the League of Extraordinary Riveters if there are no rivets. This also means similar small details are highly valued (rivets are the best example of this level of detailing).
11: Sprue. Find a use for the often discarded wonder material and bonus points will be yours.
12. Small bonus for being small, I have repeatedly seen amazing large pieces being made, and am guilty myself of such, however so many fall by the way side because the thing grows arms and legs and runs away with time. So a small bonus will be awarded to those who can give me a piece on a CD or less. This is not a hard and fast rule. See Rule #6 for size matters.
13. THE RULE OF COOL trumps all.
If you are unsure of anything just ask away.
Judging will be an Archaic formula of my own devising with bonuses for; creativity, coolness of concept, attention to detail (does it look like the art? Does it stick to the theme?)clever use of components/materials, the Judge's gut feeling and public voting.
Push yourself, folks. Go the extra mile.
Prizes:
Membership to the League of Extraordinary Riveters as top prize. You will be allowed to fly the League's banner and be recognized as a modeller devoted to Rivets.
Warm feelings inside and the bragging rights that your peers love your work.
Also, to boost excitement and have a little bit more of a carrot to inspire people to finish and do their best work, I'd like to offer an actual prize to the judges' choice and the peoples' choice, haven't figured out what that is yet, but most likely a bit of custom built scatter terrain....open to suggestions!
Judges: Me and (Insert volunteer judge names here - former winners and LoER members please
PM me if you'd like to help out?) for the main prize. For the People's Choice award - potentially EVERYONE ON DAKKA (no pressure)
Even if you are not entering, feel free to comment and offer up ideas, they really boost the community.
I think that's everything. LoER veterans, let me know if I missed any details.
That's it, people! Now quit reading this and go make some terrain!
PARTICIPANTS
Viktor von Domm
Z-Ray
Syro_
boundless08
kestral
Apollinaire
Guildenstern
INSPIRATION
Deathwatch: Overkill tiles by 'Rekrom' from
aleatorblog.de.
Warhammer Quest (original) tiles by 'Goatmoerser' from
aleatorblog.de.
Necromunda card terrain by 'dsteingass'
here on Dakka.
Hero Quest furniture by 'Baramyne' over on
HeroQuest Remaster
Zombicide tiles by Lien over on
Boardgame Geek
A few more Necromunda pieces by myself...
Imperial Assault terrain by 'BulldogUK' over on
Warseer