Well the dust has settled on the 2012 Painting Competition, and we had a massive 320 entries this year! Before we get into the winners, we'd like to thank every single person who put an entry in, for taking the time and effort to take part. It's always great to see the transformation from little shiny bits of metal to fantastically painted figures on your tables. All of us here hope that you've had as much fun taking part as we have watching the entries come in each day.
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So, the Judges have been locked away in the decision room for quite a few days now, and they have emerged with their final points. There were so many entries to go through this year, and so many difficult decisions to be made. I hope everyone is as happy with their decision as we are!
And so, without further ado, the winners are:
Foot - Pre-20th C. (71 entries)
This category had 3 entries fighting it out for the top two slots, and in the end it was the clean and accurate brushwork which swayed the Judges favour.
1st place: Republican Romans, by Theo - wins £20 Pendraken credit, and a copy of 'Beneath the Lily Banner'!
(http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j92/Teo97/fin1.png)
2nd place: Late Roman Command, by Mexican Dave - wins £10 Pendraken credit!
(http://i974.photobucket.com/albums/ae224/davetatties/Pendraken/152-1.jpg)
Foot - 20th C. (19 entries)
This category had one clear winner, using a black line/shading technique which the judges liked, and picking up 10 points from the Judges along the way. There were then another 5 all fighting it out for the second place. There were unfortunately quite a few entries which looked like they could have been fantastic, but the images didn't allow the figures to be seen well enough.
1st place: SCW Nationalist Command Group, by Rubenmegido - wins £20 Pendraken credit, and a copy of 'Blitzkrieg Commander'!
(http://www.rubenmegido.com/clientes/scwcommand.jpg)
2nd place: SCW International Brigade, by TinyTerrain - wins £10 Pendraken credit!
(http://data7.blog.de/media/134/6214134_92fdbecf45_o.jpeg)
Mounted (40 entries)
This was another category dominated by 3 entries, with nice clean work again being the order of the day in choosing the winner, who picked up a respectable 10 points in total.
1st place: AWI British command, by J.S. - wins £20 Pendraken credit, and a copy of 'Beneath the Lily Banner'!
(http://s1.directupload.net/images/120228/fvtkxjyr.jpg)
2nd place: Cossacks, by 17-21l - wins £10 Pendraken credit!
(http://www.pendrakenforum.co.uk/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=4556.0;attach=1493;image)
Vehicle (35 entries)
Despite having the greatest number of entries to be awarded points, this one was another in which 3 entries held off all of the competition! The detailing and careful work on these three made it so difficult, that we've actually got a tie for second place! We've decided that both entries will receive a prize anyway.
1st place: Ratsburg vehicle, by Irregular Wars - wins £20 Pendraken credit, and a copy of 'Blitzkrieg Commander'!
(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-2ZsnxaPOcTA/Tyz7hma6e3I/AAAAAAAAAdU/DELTQQ_mRFo/s1600/DSCN4553.JPG)
2nd place tied between:
Crusader II, by Fred12df - wins £10 Pendraken credit!
(https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-X0zbNLbUCrc/TzA3X-i69nI/AAAAAAAAA3A/UOcfQCaQgWU/s1100/CrusaderTank.jpg)
and the Opel Blitz with Quad AA's, by Rubenmegido - wins £10 Pendraken credit!
(http://www.rubenmegido.com/clientes/Quadflak.jpg)
Fantasy & Sci-Fi (38 entries)
This category had the least number of entries to be awarded points, with only 6 entries getting any mention. This was the closest one in the whole competition, and we've actually got 3 entries all tied for 2nd place! Again though, all of them will be given a prize!
1st place: Lizard Lasers by Blacking Art - wins £20 Pendraken credit, and a copy of 'Future War Commander'!
(http://i1124.photobucket.com/albums/l575/PendrakenMiniatures/2012%20Painting%20Competition/lizards-s.jpg)
2nd place tied between:
Giant by Luddite - wins £10 Pendraken credit!
(http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/ll102/sjhhej/Pendraken%202012%20competition/P5021613.jpg)
Beggar Group, by Enbaji - wins £10 Pendraken credit!
(http://img109.imageshack.us/img109/8803/scifi3.jpg)
Dwarf axemen, by Benmoor - wins £10 Pendraken credit!
(http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7205/6796017482_580bca1b5e_b.jpg)
Open - Single Base (48 entries)
This one had two clear favourites, the judges this time favouring the scratchbuilding and conversion work on two of the entries. Other entries did well in this category, and it was tricky for the judges to pick their favourites. The winner was actually the highest scoring entry across the whole competition, with 11 points in total, from a possible maximum of 15.
1st place: Sir John Hawkwood, by Matt of Munslow - wins £20 Pendraken credit, and a £20 Caliver Books voucher!
(http://i1096.photobucket.com/albums/g340/MattofMunslow/SirJohnHawkwood.jpg)
2nd place: Samurai General, by BlackEdl - wins £10 Pendraken credit!
(http://i346.photobucket.com/albums/p435/BlackTemplarDad/Black%20Templar/Warmaster/DSC_0053-2.jpg)
Open - Anything Goes! (69 entries)
This was by far the hardest category to judge, with some of the judges saying they could have easily created a top 5 or even 10. In the end, it came down to the overall look of some of the bigger entries which took the points. It's a shame that we couldn't award more points in this category, as so many others deserved it. In the end, we had a 1st place, and then another tie for 2nd!
1st place: Battle of Bull Run, by general btsherman - wins £20 Pendraken credit, and a £16 Micromark voucher!
(https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-apAx4PNsjSg/T07GuRZY37I/AAAAAAAADXU/83Hg72fVW0k/s1280/P9110295.jpg)
2nd place tied between:
11th Armoured Division, by fred12df - wins £10 Pendraken credit!
(https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-DqIGouNu0Wk/T0vyW_hTaNI/AAAAAAAAA5E/ELMWFyWRiJE/s1024/Main.jpg)
and the Duchy of Cheddar, by, Irregular Wars - wins £10 Pendraken credit!
(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Xmv_uwSu7Os/TzchwoWbOII/AAAAAAAAAec/QV1Gjx4D-YE/s1600/DSCN4609.jpg)
And there they are! A huge congratulations to all of our winners, we'll be contacting you each individually to get your prizes sorted out. Again, thanks to everyone who has taken part, I hope you enjoyed it and that it at least helped motivate you to get some painting done!
Next up will be the People's Choice Award, where all the entries who acheived at least a point (plus a few of my own favourites!) will go into a public poll to decide a winner. The voting will run for 5 days, and at the end of that, the winner will receive a voucher for loads of Minibits goodies! Please make sure to place your votes in this!
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Congratulations to all the winners and runners up, really enjoyed the competion, such a high standard of painting, motivated me to dust off the old brushes. Lokk forward to next years 8) :P
I would just like to thank Leon and Goat Major who encouraged me to participate in the competition. Never took part in one before but I do love painting and I thoroughly enjoyed these new Pendraken Republican Romans. To be honest they are some of my favorite figures ever (this pose of the hastati in particular) in any scale and given the size of my lead mountain that is saying something. ;)
Another plus for me is that I discovered the Pendraken forum and given how much I like the 10mm scale, it is another lovely place to make friends across the world.
Thanks again for allowing me to participate and of course to the judges who chose my entry and congrats to everyone who took part. There was some lovely stuff in there both in conception and execution.
Cheers
Theo
Congratulations to all winers!
Oups! Sorry! I mean winners! :D
All good stuff
IanS
Well done, people!
And well done, all those who didn't win. I've enjoyed scrolling through the pages each day to look at the various painting and basing styles.
And thanks, Leon, for running it.
Cpngratulations to all winners :)
Congrats, Enbaji!! :)
Many congrats all !
Really damn fine work all round :-bd
Cheers - Phil.
Congratz guys.. I'll have a go next year if my order turns up! Ahem..
Cudders
Well done to everyone. I would have entered more piccys in more categories but the time just vanished. Still there's always next year, isn't there ?
Well done some very nice painting there would like to have some of them in my collection!
Well done to everyone who entered and naturally to all the Winners!
Congratz to all of the Winners and to all of those that were able to enter the competition ;)
Very inspiring work by all =D>
Congrats to all the incredibly worthy winners !!!
I've got to say that the quality of entries was outstanding - I've really enjoyed looking at everyone's pics
Congrats to all the entries, well deserved winners all!
The judges must have had a hard time!
Mad Lemmey
I was not expecting to win. I want to thank all the folks at Pendraken for making such a great product. Expect to see even bigger and better Civil War battles from me in the future. Thanks again.
-Bryan
Well done to all the entrants the quality (and quantity) of the entries was excellent. Thanks to Leon (and the sponsors) for setting up the comp.
I'm pleased that I managed a couple of second places - after seeing the really high quality of the other entries. Hopefully Leon can use some of the entries to promote the ranges as I've discovered all sorts of great figures that I didn't know existed.
Congratulations to the winners
Next Year i wll Get better pics and of course moré stuff to this fantástic competition ;)
Best regards
Hi,
Suprised and bowled over to get 2nd place in the 20th C category. I suppose that means I will have to paint the rest of my AVBCW figures now!
Thanks to Leon, the Pendraken team and the sponsors for a great competition.
Cheers, Craig
Tiny Terrain Models
http://www.ww2games.blog.co.uk
OMG! I´ve won the 20th century foot category and a 2nd place in vehicles. I´ve never expected that! :o
There were some really, really good miniatures in the competition and a lot of inspiring work out there.
Congratulations to the rest of the winners and the rest of the contestants too!
surprised and delighted to win the open single base category :) :) :) :) :) :) :)
I'd like to thank my wife for looking after our troublesome brood and allowing me the time to get at least one entry in.
Thanks to Leon and Pendraken for hosting a great compo and providing fantastic sculpts.
Also from my side a big thanks to Pendraken and everyone who voted for my entry ! :)
Looking forward to next year :-bd
Wow, I'm a bit flabbergasted at placing with both entries... >:<
Thanks to Leon and all the judges, and well done to all the other winners. Excellent fun and a really good showcase of Pendraken's range.
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Congratulations to the winners and runners up.
A big thank you to all who entered.
And finally, a huge thank you to Pendraken team for this competition.
Goddam it, not even placed. Bah humbug. sore loser. mutter mutter. ;D
Congrats to everyone that took part and those that won. Just you wait till next year.
Never mind next year Gavin - you need more painted figures THIS year !
Congratulations to all the winners - some great inspiration there to get on and finish the rest of my lead mountain!
Looking forward to trying again next year!
Congrats to all the winners. Terrific standard. Makes me forget how small the little beggars actually are. :o
Well done everyone!
Congrats!
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Congratulations !
Not only to the winners but to everyone who could get his a' up and start painting :)
Regards
Yup, well done everyone and especially to the winners.
Thanks for all the lovely 10mm eye candy :-B
My congrats to the winners and to all th entries.
Well done Pendraken!
Sandro
Cracking competition again this year chaps.
Well done to all the top dogs too; some fine brushwork on display.
Looking forwards to 2013 now!
I think a bit more effort should secure a top spot next time. :D
Congratulations to all winners and their fantastic entries, well done! ;).
Many congratulations to all participants.
It was triply good, to have acquired motivation to paint and participate, see excellent models painted, and get to know models of different periods and themes, which until now I had not grasped.
Cheers
Congrats to all the winners in each category. I had a go this year but realise I will have to up my game by a country mile to get anywhere close! A well, maybe next year.
Yip well done guys , gives me a few ideas for next year. Have to sort out how to put better quality pictures on the site as normaly I use the ATTACH facility which limits us to low quality size picys. Can anyone tell me how to stick bigger pictures on please? :-\ I can then stick some Napoleonic Russian/French in the photo section later in the week.
All the best and get your ideas going for next year :D
Quote from: 17-21l on 08 March 2012, 11:00:36 AM
Yip well done guys , gives me a few ideas for next year. Have to sort out how to put better quality pictures on the site as normaly I use the ATTACH facility which limits us to low quality size picys. Can anyone tell me how to stick bigger pictures on please? :-\ I can then stick some Napoleonic Russian/French in the photo section later in the week.
All the best and get your ideas going for next year :D
There's a few options, the easiest way is to get yourself some kind of online photo account, like Photobucket, Flickr, etc. and then use that to link them. You can always send them to me and I'll add them to the Pendraken one for you as well. If you wanna throw an email to me at the Pendraken address, I'll run through starting a Photobucket account.
I use photobucket.
I'm told Flikr is better.
Quote from: Luddite on 08 March 2012, 04:01:01 PM
I use photobucket.
I'm told Flikr is better.
The Pendraken one is Flickr, and it is definitely easier to organise and move the pics about, but I prefer Photobucket for linking photo's to here. With Flickr, you have to individually open each image, then click 'Share', then highlight the code, then paste it to here. When you're doing large batches, like the show reports, that becomes a right pain. With Flickr, you can just hover, click the code to copy it, and paste it straight in.
I use Picasa Web albums from Google. Mainly because I can directly upload to it from the Aperture editing software I use. Linking to photos is pretty easy, view them in the picasa page, right click and copy image address.
My compliments to all winners!! Excellent paintworks guys!!
:( Ha ha - you lot are talking ancient Manderin (sic) to me, I think the better option is to send pics to Leon ;D
But cheers for all the options lads.
cheers :-\
A lot of great entries this year making it tough for the judges I'm sure! Congrats to all the winners - very well deserved!
Cheers,
Kev
News story now up on TMP, congrats again to the winners! http://theminiaturespage.com/news/?id=1025141649 (http://theminiaturespage.com/news/?id=1025141649)