Greetings esteemed gentlemen,

I trust that you all survived the relevant celebrations and are ready to progress with 2011.

Steel Crown Productions has elected to host a monthly challenge to the TacComms community, contestants will have until the 25th of each month to submit an entry. From the 25th we'll open up a vote to the community as to which entry they prefer based on the months criteria. The winner will then receive a prize of their choice (any blister) from the online store with free shipping. Only one entry per person can be submitted for judging.

I'll get this typed out in neat and stickied but for now:

The January Challenge: Janus - the two faces of miniatures

Playing with the fact that we are moving from one year to another, we've come up with this particular challenge.

Starting with two identical 6mm scale miniatures (from any manufacturer, not just SCP) paint and convert the miniatures to represent polar opposites of each other. We request that the community votes for the best example of this concept, not just the best painted. Our main stipulation is that we must be able to see that the models were originally the same form. In the case of infantry, it would need be a complete base with one or more figures, again, whichever infantry figures you use they must be identical squads before you start painting/converting.

Examples might be:

[*]Two Games Workshop Space Marine Land Raiders, one Chaos and one Imperial
[*]Two Exodus Wars Guild MBT's, one Guild and one Edenite
[*]Two Games Workshop Imperial Guard Leman Russes, one Ork and one Imperial

Other ideas might not even be faction based, you might opt for:

[*]Environmental opposites: An advanced vehicle that has been converted for both aerial and submersible purposes.
[*]Age opposites: A brand new advanced version of a vehicle and a rusted, mothballed version lost in time.
[*]Camo opposites: Desert camo versus winter camo - especially if the vehicle shows conversion work enhancing it's suitability for the terrain.

Anyway chaps - have fun and I look forward to seeing your entries.

Please submit all entries to my exoduswars.com webmaster address before the 25th. There is no restriction on posting up entries on TacComms prior to the voting to get feedback or show off :p, however we do ask that your miniatures have been started and finished in the month of January. This is as much about getting people motivated to paint as it is to gawp at some awesome miniatures.

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Very nice, great idea, and really appreciate the motivation to do some painting and modeling.

One question: what about the poor bloody infantry? Would you be talking about a stand's worth of infantry, or four? or 12?

Ah yes infantry, poor beggers.

I'd be ok with a single figure as long it was appropriately based, a squad however gives more opportunity to show off your skill.

I've editted the original post - cheers for the feedback.

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Hmmm ? I'll have to think about this ...

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Legion 4 "Cry Havoc, and let slip the Dogs of War !" ... "People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf."

I take it I can't submit two photos: one of myself as napolean, the other of me hunched over barbies dream house?
because that's the true Janus face of minis...

A scary thought mad ...

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Legion 4 "Cry Havoc, and let slip the Dogs of War !" ... "People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf."

Well, whilst we opened it up to all manufacturers. Maybe we should clarify that products should be 6mm in size.

Otherwise, your suggestion sounds magnificent.

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lightbulb moment.

Love this idea, what better way to get people to paint then bribing them with prizes! , some one shoulda thought of this sooner!.

I'm just going to post now(so you buggers don't take my idea lol) that I'm going to do a Imperial and a chaos feral warhound.

Grand idea!

I'm thinking Edenite Zombies could make a good piece... might see what I can do with that.

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Way ahead of you, dude

The Aves is almost dry on my feral, just a few details in Greenstuff to go before he's ready for the "Before" photo with his do-gooder cousin.

It shall be a pleasure to clash paintbrushes with you, sir!!

They took my JOB! err I mean Idea!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uORAyORWRAA

Its on!

Ya, I'm not using any green stuff other then to fill some holes (damn you forge world!) but replacing all the weapons, head, and rear vents with more chaosy things, plus I shaved off the escape hatches, CUS THERE IS NO ESCAPE FROM CHAOS!! lol

Entry Submitted.

*bump*

Just a reminder chaps, get your entries submitted .

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And the winner (voting skipped as only only one entry!) is Ogre44 who now gains his EW freebie blister.

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