The Entrants for March 2013 Are:

Talus - Ra, ruler of Abydos
Time Wizard - M10 Tank Destroyer Plaroon and Security Section
Cain Tiberius - SM Biker with Plasma Gun
estarriol - Set of three witches
Bob_to_Some - Aragorn, Gimli and Legolas from the LOTR collection
Spack - 1/87 scale card Tiger I tank

All completed entries must be submitted and posted in the competition gallery Competition Gallery - March 2013 between the 15th and the 25th of the month after which the voting poll will be opened. Only one entry per person will be permitted and the entry will consist of a single photo. Multiple images on the photo are allowable but if more than one photo is uploaded to the gallery at any time, the entrant will be disqualified. Voting will be closed at midnight (GMT) on the 27th of the month and the winners will be announced on the last day of the month.

Every registered member of the site may cast 3 votes for 3 different entries. The total of the votes will determine the 1st, 2nd, 3rd place winners. The first place winner will be named the "Painter of the Month" and will be listed on the site. In addition, first place gets 3 points, 2nd place 2 points and third place 1 point.

hands up if you saw me posting first!

ok that was a stupid thing to say

my entry... Ra!

supreme ruler of Abydos



model made in 1994, opened yesterday!


-disclaimer, street judge is for scale purpose only and not a part of this entry-

Okay, I'll jump into the ring as well. Following up on my German PZ IVs, I'm going to do this;



This is 4 M10 Tank Destroyers, and a Tank Destroyer Security Section consisting of 2 M-20 Utility cars and 1 jeep.

And...no street judge was included in the picture for scale purposes only and is not part of this entry either.

Holy smokes Batman! Talus, did you deliberately decide on a huge figure to paint just to put everyone else off??

Going to have to dig out my Judges this weekend!

Size isn't everything! Apparently.

I'd have said that bigger models are a disadvantage (not that this is super-serious) because 28mm and similar have much more detail provided by the sculptor and at a basic level are easier to make look good. Personally I find large plain areas a nightmare.

Spack wrote:Holy smokes Batman! Talus, did you deliberately decide on a huge figure to paint just to put everyone else off??

just thought i'd make an impression =P

Spack wrote:Going to have to dig out my Judges this weekend!

does that mean you arent selling me fear and fire? /sadface

Pah, you guys are totally skrewed..
I've been following the secret tips and tricks of golden demon winners.

Wow! Thanks KMB! I can't tell you how many useful tips I picked up in that video, and it showed me where I've been going wrong all this time!

Nice find!

help! call the police! that guy stole all my techniques! D:

Dnt tempt me to joine in on this one.

Well, all resistered members of the site are welcome.

H'mm. I might have a dig through my box of goodies and see what I can find.

Wouldn't it be better to have 3 weeks to submit with 1 week voting? Rather than 2:2. Regardless, it's cool to have a painting comp on here.

So I'm going enter a single SM bike w/ Plasma Gun from the DV box set.



I'm going to be working on an entire RW 'style' squad for my BA, including revamping some of my 10< year old BA force. But I'll only be entering the Plasma Gunner.

Nathanael

Just a quick one. When you say unpainted can you have them undercoated? The reason I'm asking is that when I go back to work I have to pre undercoat any models I take back to me due to not being able to take spray paints on a plane ( I've been collared at Dubai airport before for this!).

Right well I shall attempt to keep up, I shall be attempting Witches (something I normally farm out to Herne!).


AOS_Witch001 by orm_esty, on Flickr

markb wrote:Just a quick one. When you say unpainted can you have them undercoated? The reason I'm asking is that when I go back to work I have to pre undercoat any models I take back to me due to not being able to take spray paints on a plane ( I've been collared at Dubai airport before for this!).

We had wanted un-painted models to keep the playing field even and Spack had asked as well if primed or undercoated models would be allowed.

Is there any way you could take a pic of the models before you undercoat them?

Cain Tiberius wrote:Wouldn't it be better to have 3 weeks to submit with 1 week voting? Rather than 2:2.

You actually do have 3 weeks to submit the finished project.

You have to enter before the 15th. This is done to see how many entrants there will be and to keep anyone from "jumping in" last minute like if they see there are very very entries.

It also gives the moderators a chance to review the entry to make sure it qualifies.

And voting is actually only 4 days, the 23rd to the 27th.

But this is the first month, and we are still tweaking the competition format as we go. All suggestions and concerns will be discussed. Please keep em coming!

Wonderful

In response to markb and Spack's concerns about primed models, the moderators have ammended the rules to include primed only models, but completely unprimed models are still preferred. Models that are painted and are going to be repainted need to be stripped as completely as possible before being entered. You don't have to go nuts and make sure each and every fleck of paint has been removed, but it should be obvious that the old paint job has been removed.

This is because the intent of this competition is to open it up to as many members as possible, not to limit it. That's why any modeling genre is allowed.

We want to see the entries in their raw form to make sure they comply with the rules and to give the voters a chance to see the "before and after" images.

Right. So far 4 contestants, hopefully markb and Spack will jump in.

I'm in, but haven't picked a model yet. Have been out working all day today setting up at an exhibition, and will be away for a few days at another in London until Thursday. I'll see if I can post up a pic of the model I choose tomorrow, if not it'll be next weekend. But I'm in for sure

Im really tempted... I have a LOTR diorama I am building but its too difficult to do quickly...

Might put on something Chaos-y - will decide and post pic asap.

Bob, remember that all aspects of modeling are eligible. For example, you could do the terrain portion of the diorama one month and the figures the next.

The completed diorama couldn't be entered unless it was all done in one month, but it would qualify as 2 projects, 2 different month's entries, and will help kick start you into getting it finished!

Just a thought!

Okay, in between reading the posts here, I managed to get some work done on my entry.

I've now got all 7 vehicles primed along with the crew of the jeep.



Now I've got to clean up and prime the 12 crew members of the M10 tank destroyers!

I must be mad for getting into 15mm minis! And madder still for picking some open-topped AFVs!

Ok...

I will enter Aragorn, Gimli and Legolas.

I got eager (I haven't painted anything in about 18 months!)

So here are my unprepared models:



I also...almost finished Gimli!




This is fun.

Tomorrow night should be Legolas I thinks... then I can work on Aragorn next weekend

Nice set of figs! Good luck.