Competition - GothiComp
The 2006 Battlefleet Gothic Painting Competition
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This is the second Battlefleet Gothic painting competition. There have been some changes since the 2005 version
of this comeptition - Warp Rift has currently been put on ice due to a lack of submission, and the EpiComms
boards are in the final stages of moving across to their new home, as part of the Tactical Command forums, on the
new web site.
The general aim of this competition is simply to encourage players to get painting and show off what they can do.
I encourage people to enter no matter how good or bad their painting and converting skills are.
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The Goal:
The general aim of this competition is simply to encourage players to get painting and show off what they can do.
I encourage people to enter no matter how good or bad their painting and converting skills are.
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The Deadline:
The deadline for submissions is Monday 31st July 2006, 4pm (UK time).
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The Categories:
Generally, there is only a single category and all submissions are entered into this. This will be voted on by
the Battlefleet Gothic players. However, in addition, there will be a 'conversion prize'. This will be a token
prize for one entry based on the skill and style of any conversion work which has gone into the vessel, in an
effort to encourage creativity in modeling as well as painting. This will be judged by a select panel. All
entries are automatically submitted into both competitions simultaneously. The judges for the conversion prize
are myself, Warmaster Nice and Ray.
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The Prizes:
There are two available prizes for this competition, one for the painting winner and one for the conversion
winner, which are the same. In both cases the prize is a Battleship of the winners choice, or equivalent, up to
the value of fifteen pounds in the UK. The order will be placed with Games Workshop and the prize will be
delivered directly to the winner.
Both of these prizes are being provided by Specialist Games, for which we sincerely thank them.
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The Vessels:
Each separate entry should consist of a single miniature to be used for Battlefleet Gothic (however, note that
conversions, scratch builds and even vessels from outside manufacturers are welcome). The only exception to this
is:
- If the vessel is a light cruiser or equivalent, one or two vessels may be submitted as a single entry in
the same photograph.
- If the vessel is an escort or equivalent, then the submission must consist of between two and four vessels
in a single picture.
Aside from this stipulation, the entry is largely down to the participant.
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The Pictures:
You should submit a single picture per entry, no more. Each photograph should be no more than 640 x 480 pixels
large, and should remain under 75Kb. This limit is set by the size of the post on these boards, and is the total
size of the post, including pictures and text. Pictures which do not conform to these criteria may be resized or
otherwise altered, or disqualified from the event. If you wish, you may submit a single picture which consists of
your ship from a number of different angles, in effect a composite picture. However, the normal rules apply to
this in terms of size and dimension.
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The Submission:
To submit a picture of your vessel to this competition, you simply post it in the submissions thread on the GothiComms
board. Note that you must be a member of the GothiComp boards to enter this competition.
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The Voting:
Voting will take place here on these boards. Entries will be split into heats of up to nine entries each. The
winner of each heat will go through to the next round until a winner is determined. Please note that entries
will be placed into heats in the order in which they are submitted here. Therefore, if you are intending to
submit more than one vessel to this competition, it may be in your interest to spread out your submissions, to
ensure that you do not have all of your entries in the same category and are therefore competing against
yourself (since only a single entry from each heat goes through to following rounds, having entries in multiple
heats increases your chances).
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Additional Rules:
All decisions are final, any prizes are non-negotiable and the competition organizers reserve the right to
remove competition entries or request that they are resubmitted or altered. We will hopefully never need this
stuff, but just in case...
That is it. Feel free to email me with any questions that you may have. Now, what are you doing still reading
this? Get painting!
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CyberShadow
Submissions and questions: gothicomp@epic40k.co.uk
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