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[MonkeySloth]

Hello all, you asked for and so here it is a wonderful spring contest graciously supported by Reaper (thanks Kit!).

This one is a little different then past forum contests as it's being run by different people but we kept most of the rules Kit has used in the past but the biggest change is there are 3 categories this time around!

They are:

Single Fantasy (Pathfinder, Dark Heaven Legends, Warlord, Bones, LJC, Mouselings)

Single Non-Fantasy (Chornoscope, Savage Worlds, CAV)

Diorama – more than one figure or one large figure (50mm base needed normally) on an awesome base


Prizes (each category):

1st--$50 reaper online gift card
2nd--$25 reaper online gift card
3st--$15 reaper online gift card

Best In Show Prize: If there are enough entries we'll have a best in show prize. This is still TBA.

Other prizes: Several of the Judges are professional authors and cartoonists and they've all expressed interest in adding swag to the contest. How these books will be awarded is still being decided.

General Rules:

• All entries must be made by Reaper.
  
• Entries must be in by May 17^th at 11:59 pm MST
  
• Enter as many times as you want but only one entry per person per category can make it to the final voting round.
  
• Each entry needs to be uploaded to the appropriate thread. Please attach your entries using the forum uploading feature or hotlink from the Inspiration Gallery. We want to make sure they're visible at all times.
  
  • Link to Fantasy thread
  • Link to Non-Fantasy thread
  • Link to Diorama thread
• You may submit between one and four images of each entry. They do not need to be stitched into a single image file.
  
  • Diorama entries should have between two and six images. (If you can catch it all in just one picture, is it REALLY a diorama?)
• Digital enhancement ("Photoshopping") of your entry is strictly prohibited.
  
  • No clone brush, healing brush, airbrush, or other brush work. Fix your paint with paint, not with Photoshop.
  • No adding or removing background elements from the image
  • If you add a logo or a watermark Reaper cannot use your image in their gallery. Note that if your image is selected for the Reaper gallery, you will be credited by name under the image.
  • Cropping, global color balance, and global level adjustments are allowed ("global" means "the entire image." You may not "pop" colors by only selecting some areas for level adjustment.)
• You are allowed to enter miniatures and dioramas that will also be entered into the Master Series Open for this Year’s Reapercon.
  
• There are no rules on when a figure has to be started or if you finished it before the contest. We want this to be a fun contest and would hope people will paint something for it but don’t want to police people.
  
• The judges or Reaper reserves the right to remove entries if deemed inappropriate, but the general nudity rules will be lifted for this contest.
  
• The judges and Reaper can clarify and amend rules at will.

Voting Rules

• Voting will be done using the Instant-runoff voting system
  
  • http://en.wikipedia....t-runoff_voting
• There will be a vote for each category as well as for a best in show.

[MonkeySloth]

Please don't post your entries in this thread as it's for discussion only. I'll have links to the separate category threads added shortly.

[Howard Tayler]

You forgot the best part: CELEBRITY JUDGES!

Dan Wells, author of "Partials" and the "I Am Not A Serial Killer" series
Howard Tayler (me), creator of "Schlock Mercenary"
Larry Correia, author of the "Monster Hunter International" and "Grimnoir Chronicles" series
Robison Wells, author of "Variant" and our resident Insane Terrain creator.

Plus a couple of experts -- Jordan "MonkeySloth" Sanderson and Jason "Stubbdog" Stubbs who wrote about 75% of Warlord 2nd Edition and has been around Reaper Town for the better part of the last decade.

[MonkeySloth]

I'm glad you didn't add Rob to that list because he's a looser and in no way an award winning author who builds awesome terrain for gaming.

And Jason would be Jason Stubbs, aka Stubbdog here on the forum who has been very helpful.

[Howard Tayler]

I totally edited my post. How could I forget Robison? HE'S SO CRAAAZY!

[Nameless]

thanks MonkeySloth, this will be fun! time is short though

Diorama - more than one figure or one large figure (50mm base needed normally) on an awesome base

is cavalry model (on an awesome base ) big enough for this category?

are bits from other manufacturers allowed (like zombies digging out of the ground)?

[MonkeySloth]

I'd say yes as we wanted Diorama to be kind of an everything else section.

Also I'd think bits from other manufactures are allowed, especially for the Diorama category. We want to support Reaper as much as possible since they're supplying prizes but I understand that people may want to just use things from their bit box instead of buying some figures just to cut up when they already had something that would work. Heaven knows that I've got more in mine then I'll ever use.

[fuzzyguy]

I'm down for this. Freshly out of Iron Painter and into a new contest!

[MonkeySloth]

Glad to have you.

[Nameless]

entries coming up already? cool!

[MonkeySloth]

I'm excited as well. I went on vacation and came back today to a lot of good entries.

[cookjimjr]

I have a question about the diorama category. Other than my figure, all other components on the base are from another manufacturer. The components set up the scene, but before I get all hyped up to get this one painted and entered I want to make sure it would be acceptable.

[MonkeySloth]

Yes.

You can see Nameless and I discussing this a few posts above for a more detailed reply.

[MonkeySloth]

Just a friendly reminder that you have a little over two days left to get your entries in. The deadline is 11:59 Mountain Standard Time on May 17th!

[MonkeySloth]

Only 12 hours left to get your entries in!