| Swarm Tyrant |
 |
 |
Joined: Thu Jan 02, 2003 6:22 pm
Posts: 9348
Location: Singapore
|
EpiComms Painting Competition 2007 - EpiComp07
Welcome to the EpiComms Painting Competition, 2007
The focus of the painting competition is to show the best in painting and modelling in Epic and at 6mm.
2007 Epic Painting Competition Rules
The following competition rules will apply throughout the competition and are final and not open to discussion.
No purchase is necessary for entry into the competition.
Access to the competition is via EpiComms at www.tacticalwargames.net. Potential entrants to the competition need to complete some personal information before proceeding to the competition.
The deadline for entries to the competition is 4pm, 30th November 2007 (UK time). All competition entries received up to and including the closing date will be entered into the competition.
The competition will be judged during December 2007.
The winner for each category will be the entrant with the highest vote.
There is no cash alternative to the prizes on offer. The prizes cannot be transferred to any other individual.
By entering into the competition entrants will be deemed to have accepted and be bound by these rules. The judges? decision is final and no correspondence will be entered into. It is a condition of entry that winners agree to make themselves available to participate in any public relations activity arranged by EpiComms.
In addition, submission to this competition automatically signifies acceptance of all conditions, and permission for the entry picture/s to be used on this site, or the Exodus Wars or Dark Realm web sites.
Prizes are limited to one per member. In the event that a single members wins across multiple categories, the winner will be able to select the single category/prize that they would like to accept, and the judges and administrators will redistibute prizes across other winners as they see fit.
Submissions are not restricted in components used. Any miniature parts, at any scale and even household objects may be used. However, the resulting miniature must clearly be appropriate for a specified unit in the game of Epic. Also, additional restrictions and changes to these regulations apply to categories 5 and 6. Also, clearly, these regulations do not apply to category 4.
Categories:
All entires must conform to one of the following categories:
1 - Single Unit - May be a single light vehicle, infantry stand, flyer, or armoured vehicle unit.
2 - Single War Engine ? Defined as any single model classified as a War Engine in the rules.
3 - Epic Battleforce - Defined as a grouping of complete units (under any rules version) that must contain vehicles (including war engines) and/or infantry. It must contain at least 8 units (of any combination of infantry, vehicles, flyers and/or war engines). For example, your entry could comprise 8 stands of Tyranid infantry or could comprise 5 Leman Russ tanks with three BaneBlades.
As a special condition, any entry made up of only units classed as War Engines, may be half strength - ie consisting of at least four war engines.
4 - Art - This category consists of any new work of art, through any medium, such as pen or computer cgi. Please be aware that the same picture size restrictions apply to this category, so members should ensure that their pictures are displayed in the optimum way at this size. Please also note that 'photoshopping' a picture is not elligable for submission. Your picture may consist of a number of elements or layers. It may contain photographic elements as background only, but the majority of the picture must be original material, freely constructed by the artist. Animations are not elligable for this category. If you have any doubts about your composition for this category, please contact me before creating or submitting your work.
5 - Dark Realm - A submission for this category must consist of a formation strength of at least 8. Infantry units and light vehicles have a strength of 1. Standard vehicles have a unit strength of 2. Heavy fliers have a strength of 4. Heavy walkers have a unit strength of 8. Therefore a submission could consist of four vehicles, four infantry units and two vehicles, a single heavy walker, etc. All miniatures entered into this category must be standard Dark Realm miniatures only.
6 - Exodus Wars - A submission for this category must consist of a formation strength of at least 8. Infantry units and light vehicles have a strength of 1. Standard vehicles have a unit strength of 2. Super heavy vehicles have a strength of 4. The Droid Controller has a strength of 8. Therefore a submission could consist of four vehicles, four infantry units and two vehicles, a single droid controller, etc. All miniatures entered into this category must be standard Exodus Wars minaitures only.
7 - Conversion - All submissions to categories 1, 2 or 3 are also automatically entered into the conversion competition. This section will be decided by specific judges and not open to forum member voting. The judges for this category are: CyberShadow, Maksim, nealhunt.
Prizes
Prizes are being donated by the following EpiComms members:
1 - Single Unit
Five, Multi part Forge World Epic Marines
(OldManMyke)
2 - Single War Engine
Capital Imperialis
(CyberShadow)
3 - Epic Battleforce
Twenty Five pound credit note with Dark Realm Miniatures
(darkone26)
4 - Art
Twenty five pound credit note with Exodus Wars
(netepic)
5 - Dark Realm
Twenty five pound credit note with Dark Realm Miniatures
(darkone26)
6 - Exodus Wars
Twenty five pound credit note with Exodus Wars
(netepic)
7 - Conversion
Twenty pounds worth of items, plus postage for this value, from the Forge World web site.
(vanvlak)
Entry Conditions:
You can enter as many times as you like in as many categories as you like, but an entry may only be entered for a single category.
The entry has to have been completed in the last year, OR has not previously been seen/photographed before. ?Thus you can photograph and enter stuff from your collection that hasn?t been published before.
Entries not complying will be removed from the competition.
You will retain all copyright etc for your entries, but by submitting your entry you are authorising the photographs to be used in the Competition Gallery.
Submission Procedure:
1 - Paint your miniatures, or draw your picture!
2 - Take a digital picture of your entry. Digital images should be in JPG format, be no larger than 800 x 600 pixels and no larger than 75Kb in size. Advice is available if you have trouble changing your digital camera images. Remember only one picture per entry and no multiple image entries. Your photograph must be a single shot of your entry. Images not corresponding to these guidelines may be *adjusted* or removed.
3 - Go to the Competition Thread and open up the post for the category you wish to enter. Reply to that post with your details, a brief details of the mini and add your picture as an attachment. Please create a new post for each entry. Only one picture per entry. No links to other pictures are allowed. Please also avoid having one picture with multiple shots on, you may be asked to re-submit the photograph. Please also ensure that your pictures is uploaded to the boards. Pictures which are submitted as a link and hosted elsewhere may need to be adjusted to comply with the competition regulations, and this will be done without the members consultation.
4 - The moderators will check to see that your entry fits the criteria for that category and that all necessary information has been provided.
5 - Your picture(s) will be uploaded into the Competition Gallery under the relevant section for all to see and admire!
6. This year you will be allowed to add links to further pictures and comments in the linking and comment thread.
7. This year you will be allowed to comment on entries and add further information on how you painted the miniatures in the linking and comment thread.
8. You may not add comments or links in the entry threads, any such links or comments will be deleted.
Points Of Contact
For picture submissions, clarification of any rules or running of the competition, contact CyberShadow via PM or email (details in my profile).
_________________ https://www.cybershadow.ninja - A brief look into my twisted world, including wargames and beyond. https://www.net-armageddon.org - The official NetEA (Epic Armageddon) site and resource.
|
|
