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Title: And The Winners Are!
Post by: Leon on 05 March 2015, 07:02:48 PM
The 2015 Pendraken Painting Competition had a huge 229 entries, our 2nd highest turnout in the five years we've been running it, so that's to everyone who has taken the time to paint up an entry.  Every year the standard gets higher and higher and the judges have had such a difficult decision on their hands.

The Judges never seem to have an easy job on their hands, and this year was no different.  There were several close categories, and we've got a few tied 2nd places this year as well!

Just for info, each judge had 6 points in total to award.  3 points went to their 1st place choice, 2 points to their 2nd place, and 1 point to their 3rd choice.  The points from all 5 judges were added together to give us our winners and runners-up.

And so, without further ado, the winners are:


Foot - Pre-20th C. (29 entries)

There were come very nice entries in this category and the points were split over several of the entries.  In the end it was the tidy colourful work and careful detailing that caught the judges eyes, but things were so tight that we almost ended up with a tie for 1st place!  It's worth mentioning though, that Streetgang's entries split the opinions and the points, so he almost missed out on winning a prize!


1st place: Roman Shieldwall, by Streetgang - wins £20 Pendraken credit, and 5 painted buildings from Escenografia Epsilon!
(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-LhN3dfgsTL8/VOkc3mPQ1MI/AAAAAAAAAfk/ckQHCXqjY5w/s1600/Green1.JPG)
"Great colourful artwork, lovely detail."


2nd place: SYW Grenadiers, by ali657 - wins £10 Pendraken credit!
(http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e338/ali6571/Mobile%20Uploads/54063195-1d6d-441f-aed4-d447f00118b5_zpsv0sxuuhg.jpg)
"A complete different approach on painting style, really liked these."




Foot - 20th C. (14 entries)

This category had a smaller number of entries compared to the others, but it was still a strong showing.  There were some nice camo patterns attempted on several of the entries, but in the end it was the clean and tidy work that pushed the winners over the finishing line.  


1st place: US Paras in Normandy, by BH62 - wins £20 Pendraken credit, and a £30 voucher from Last Man Last Bullet!
(http://i1124.photobucket.com/albums/l575/PendrakenMiniatures/2015%20Painting%20Competition/BH62%201_zpsku9vobnn.jpg)
"Nice tidy painting."


2nd place: WWI Middle East Brits, by WeeWars - wins £10 Pendraken credit!
(http://www.michaelscott.name/10mm/pencomp15/20thCentury-Foot)
"I liked how the painting on these matched the period and area of conflict, you can only do so much with sun bleached uniforms and sand covering every thing."




Mounted (26 entries)

This was really one of the standout categories in this year's competition, such a high level across so many entries that it really had the judges scratching their heads.  It was so close in fact that we've got a three-way tie for the Runner-Up position, all Late Roman figures as well.  Again, Streetgang's multiple excellent entries split his points and meant that he missed out on 1st place!


1st place: Late Roman Cataphracts, by barbarian - wins £20 Pendraken credit, and any kit from Severn Models!
(https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-cl0uhZczSWQ/VOefgyYTO0I/AAAAAAAABaE/thDzd20f-B8/w500-h457-no/clib-001.png)
"I love the use of the colours here and the way they catch the eye."


Joint 2nd place: Late Roman cavalry, by irregularwars - wins £5 Pendraken credit!
(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-BEUNsXzfDOI/VOm5SK4GxeI/AAAAAAAADEE/dF0oClypmq0/s1600/IMAG0430%2B(1).jpg)
"...good use of colour with an eye for detail."


Joint 2nd place: Late Roman Cataphracts, by streetgang - wins £5 Pendraken credit!
(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-neg9FucimtQ/VOkW4mlIgAI/AAAAAAAAAeo/QI3uQlEt8Ho/s1600/Catahphract1.JPG)
"Great work, look spectacular."


Joint 2nd place: Late Roman cavalry, by streetgang
(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Fx7qFitwWFc/VOkW5NhLpDI/AAAAAAAAAew/cB9Cy2fJJ-c/s1600/Horse2.JPG)
"...the detail is just great and the painting is clean and effective."




Vehicle (39 entries)

This category had a mix of entries, from bold camo schemes to more subtle detailing, but there were two entries that really caught the judges attention and picked up the majority of the points.  The Winner in this category is the first of two entries that picked up a maximum 15 points from the judges, so well done to that man!


1st place: Vietnam Air Cav, by Matt of Munslow - wins £20 Pendraken credit, and 5 painted buildings from Escenografia Epsilon!
(http://i1096.photobucket.com/albums/g340/MattofMunslow/aa9bd71e-1fa7-436d-bd21-d23c498b84bd_zpse70180d3.png)
"Stunning and when you take into account the work that was required to produce the piece well worth the three points."


2nd place: Panther, by BH62 - wins £10 Pendraken credit!
(http://i1124.photobucket.com/albums/l575/PendrakenMiniatures/2015%20Painting%20Competition/P1080681_zpswm77ufmw.jpg)
"Nice tidy work, great detail on the commander."



Fantasy & Sci-Fi (31 entries)

The Fantasy and Sci-Fi category was a similarly tight category, with only five entries picking up points and three of those fighting it out for the prizes.  Special mention has to go to Ironduke for the sheer number of entries, both in this category and others!  In the end it was some nice detailed animal work and some very nice highlighting that took the prizes.


1st place: Mounted Samurai Apes, by Ironduke - wins £20 Pendraken credit, and a 2 player Starter Set from Hawk Wargames!
(http://i1124.photobucket.com/albums/l575/PendrakenMiniatures/2015%20Painting%20Competition/image12_zps93c3b1ee.jpg)
"Great use of bright colour on black to make the armour stand out on the Apes and those tigers would give Matt's tiger skins a run for their money."


2nd place: Goblin Red-Paws, by celtofkernow - wins £10 Pendraken credit, and a PHR Starter Army from Hawk Wargames!
(http://i1324.photobucket.com/albums/u614/Celtofkernow/10mm/goblins04_zps6d2e5a9d.jpg)
"Great colours and shading, most natural looking entry."
"This shows what can be done with a simple but effect shading."




Open - Single Base (54 entries)

This category saw an excellent turnout, with a great mix of ideas and styles on show.  The variety of the entries is always something we enjoy seeing at Pendraken HQ and it's one of our personal favourites!  Picking the best out of over 50 entries was always going to be a difficult task, but in the end our judges had two clear favourites.


1st place: Kublai Khan, by Matt of Munslow - wins £20 Pendraken credit, and a copy of our new Warband Fantasy rules!
(http://i1096.photobucket.com/albums/g340/MattofMunslow/64eb5192-63a9-426c-a7b9-f14d144ad248_zps0cgvykwd.jpg)
"I guess we all thought the helicopter was the best thing in here, till the Khan arrived!"


2nd place: Lee with his dog, by maciek - wins £10 Pendraken credit!
(http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/gg191/mk_1972/leeIMG_7603.jpg)
"...It is only a small base with three figures on but they are very well painted and presented."




Open - Army! (36 entries)

All of the judges agreed that this was the hardest category of all to decide on, with so many outstanding entries on show and the judges finding it very difficult to pick just three for their points.  Loads of 10mm figures, all nicely painted on the table, what's not to like?!  After the dust had settled though, there were three entries battling it out for the prizes, with the eventual winners just edging ahead of third place.


1st place: Sub-Roman British, by streetgang - wins £20 Pendraken credit, and a 6 month subscription to Wargames Illustrated!
(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-PBSRMQ6BB0g/VOkjzY2KvDI/AAAAAAAAAgI/tF9_hYmMqZw/s1600/British%2BFoot1.JPG)
(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-J2Ry_L0dSAw/VOkjzqomaEI/AAAAAAAAAgQ/wA58udLOe1k/s1600/Army%2BHorse1.JPG)
"Love this army, cracking detail and nice close ups."
"Superb detail."


2nd place: WWI Austrians, by golem - wins £10 Pendraken credit!
(http://i.imgur.com/V8VrV1E.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/FgpQuRB.jpg)
"Really nice set of figure with a clean paint job finished of with subtle base work."
"Very tidy painting, nicely highlighted and well presented."


So congratulations to all of our winners, we'll be contacting you each individually to get your prizes sorted out, probably after we get back from the WMMS show on Sunday.  We'll also get your Winner's medals added to your profiles!

We'd like to thank our Judges for giving up their time to judge the competition, it's always a difficult task going through all of the entries, so we're grateful to them for their time.  

And of course, huge thanks to everyone who has taken part this year, I hope you enjoyed taking part and you've managed to chip away at your lead mountain!

Coming up next will be the Aart Brouwer People's Choice Award, where all the entries who achieved at least a point (plus a few of my own favourites!) will go into a public poll to decide a winner.  The voting on this will run for one week, with a closing deadline of Thursday 12th March.  The winner of this category will receive a £20 voucher for loads of Minibits goodies and also a Scourge Starter Set from Hawk Wargames!  Please make sure to place your votes here: http://www.pendrakenforum.co.uk/index.php/topic,11626.0.html (http://www.pendrakenforum.co.uk/index.php/topic,11626.0.html)!


And finally, as a special bonus for everyone who entered, we've got one more prize to give out!  This participation prize will be given out to one randomly selected person who has entered this years competition.  The Winners and Runners-Up will be taken out of the pot first, and then we'll draw a name from the hat to find our winner!  The lucky person will receive £10 worth of Pendraken goodies, along with a Shaltari Tribes Starter Set army from Hawk Wargames!  We'll announce this at the same time as the People's Choice winner, so stay tuned!

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Title: Re: And The Winners Are!
Post by: Luddite on 05 March 2015, 07:05:17 PM
Well done everyone!   :D
Title: Re: And The Winners Are!
Post by: Duke Speedy of Leighton on 05 March 2015, 07:06:22 PM
Fantastic results and well done all those worthy winners.
Really strong field. All brilliant winners.
:D 8)
Title: Re: And The Winners Are!
Post by: Aksu on 05 March 2015, 07:08:51 PM
Congrats to all, especially to the winners, excellent stuff!
Cheers,
Aksu
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Post by: paulr on 05 March 2015, 07:11:04 PM
Very well done to all the winners =D> =D> =D>

Well done all =D>

:-bd =D> :-bd =D> :-bd =D>
Title: Re: And The Winners Are!
Post by: getagrip on 05 March 2015, 07:14:17 PM
Well done all!

Stunning entries  :-bd
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Post by: Ace of Spades on 05 March 2015, 07:17:06 PM
Congatulations to all winners!
Absolutely fabulous work; keep it up!

Cheers,
Rob
Title: Re: And The Winners Are!
Post by: scotthabanero on 05 March 2015, 07:20:34 PM
(adopts gracious loser face whilst blue language clouds thoughts)

well done everyone, some of my favourites won, especially the samurai apes!
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Post by: xccam on 05 March 2015, 07:22:24 PM
All extremely well deserved! Couldn't agree more with almost all of them!

Bit disappointing and surprising that not a single Napoleonic entry placed at all.
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Post by: Bodvoc on 05 March 2015, 07:23:35 PM
Congratulations to all the winners, top class work.
Title: Re: And The Winners Are!
Post by: Subedai on 05 March 2015, 07:24:38 PM
Congratulations to the winners and everyone who entered. Just shows what can be achieved with 10mm figures. (I had a strange feeling that Kublai Khan would be placed somewhere).  :D

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Post by: Fenton on 05 March 2015, 07:25:13 PM
Well done everyone
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Post by: Ironduke on 05 March 2015, 07:36:55 PM
Well done all, really enjoyed seeing the entries, and must say didn't mind losing out to those that won, all very well deserved
Title: Re: And The Winners Are!
Post by: cbr3d.com on 05 March 2015, 07:41:56 PM
Fantastic competition entries, well done to the all the winners, runner-ups, but also to all who entered. 

Perhaps the great show that this competition was will gain some attention among those who have yet to experience the 10mm world, the entries definitely deserve it.

:-bd to one and all.
Title: Re: And The Winners Are!
Post by: Kassad on 05 March 2015, 07:45:45 PM
Congatulations to all winners! Wonderfull models really.
Title: Re: And The Winners Are!
Post by: Leon on 05 March 2015, 07:46:43 PM
The Aart Brouwer People's Choice Award is now open as well, so make sure to place your votes: http://www.pendrakenforum.co.uk/index.php/topic,11626.0.html (http://www.pendrakenforum.co.uk/index.php/topic,11626.0.html)

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Title: Re: And The Winners Are!
Post by: andymac on 05 March 2015, 07:48:48 PM
This was by far one of the hardest years to judge. The ever increasing standard of the art work and the imagination make the job of a judge a hair greying one.

A big well done to the medal winners, they had to work hard for them.  A big thank you and well done to all who entered the competition, with out you all this would not be the great competition it has become.

Andy Mac  =D> =D> =D>
Title: Re: And The Winners Are!
Post by: Techno on 05 March 2015, 07:52:44 PM
Many congrats to all the winners !
Thanks for making the choices so difficult !  ;)

Ah... Now Leon's posted that...It's your turn to suffer !!  ;D ;)

Well done to all !!
Cheers - Phil
Title: Re: And The Winners Are!
Post by: jchaos79 on 05 March 2015, 07:55:15 PM
Congrat to the winners!
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Post by: gregernest on 05 March 2015, 08:03:49 PM
Congratulations everyone!
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Post by: hetairoi on 05 March 2015, 08:06:12 PM
Congratulations to all the winners! Keep improving the level year by year...  =D> =D> =D>
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Post by: fred. on 05 March 2015, 08:20:43 PM
Congratulations to the winners - all of them are excellent entries - seeing them together in one thread is really impressive.

And the list of scoring ones in the People's awards thread also contains even more 10mm goodness.

So excellent work - with lots of creativity on show as well as good painting.

Thanks to Pendraken for the comp, and for getting together such a good selection of prizes from other companies too.
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Post by: blacksmith on 05 March 2015, 08:28:21 PM
Congratulations to all and especially to the winners who deserved it so well. The level is so high.
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Post by: OldenBUA on 05 March 2015, 08:29:34 PM
Congratulations to all winners! And a big thanks to all the judges, whose job can´t have been very easy, but must have been very entertaining! I´ve just cast my votes on the people´s choice, so I can imagine a bit how difficult it was!
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Post by: vonlacy on 05 March 2015, 08:37:11 PM
Congratulations to all the winners.
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Post by: barbarian on 05 March 2015, 08:38:58 PM
We should call it the Clib's sculpts competition.

The army of Streetgang is wonderful.
Title: Re: And The Winners Are!
Post by: Womble67 on 05 March 2015, 10:24:51 PM
Congratulations to everyone who took part. There are some fantastic entries this year and the judge's certainly have my sympathy

Take care

Andy
Title: Re: And The Winners Are!
Post by: capthugeca on 05 March 2015, 10:48:18 PM
Well done, everyone.
Some incredible work there - incredible they're all done with a 10mm figure.
And, well done and thanks to Dave, Leon and all the judges.
I'm going away now to start practising for next year.
Title: Re: And The Winners Are!
Post by: seano1815 on 05 March 2015, 11:12:44 PM
Congratulations to all the winners and runners up =D> =D> =D>. the bar is raised every year, I enjoyed all the entries well done eneryone
Have a great weekend
Sean
Title: Re: And The Winners Are!
Post by: Matt J on 05 March 2015, 11:42:46 PM
Thanks to Pendraken for holding this great competition and well done everyone for entering.

I'm off to plan for next year...new warband category you say  :-\ erm, I'm thinking large war wagon carrying shrine to the bull headed god covered in Minotaurs being pulled by war mammoths or lots of slaves  :-\

or maybe those cannons from Plassey  :-\ lot of oxen though....
Title: Re: And The Winners Are!
Post by: streetgang on 06 March 2015, 12:21:16 AM
Thank you Pendraken for this competition, and thank you everyone for the kind words. I am absolutely honored, with all of the stunning entries, I was just hoping for an honorable mention someplace. I will have to give a kiss to my wife because her excellent camera and advice for shooting photos really helped a lot. Looking forward to next year's competition,it is a great pleasure to see everyone's 10mm eye candy.
Title: Re: And The Winners Are!
Post by: Leon on 06 March 2015, 01:49:14 AM
And all of the Winners & Runner-Ups have had their medals allocated!

Congratulations to everyone again.

:-bd
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Post by: General Bt Sherman on 06 March 2015, 01:57:12 AM
Congrats to all the winners. Nice work!
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Post by: kev1964 on 06 March 2015, 05:49:21 AM
Congratulations winners, all well deserved.



kev
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Post by: jambo1 on 06 March 2015, 05:55:51 AM
well done to everyone, an inspiration to all. =D> =D>
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Post by: Guilz on 06 March 2015, 08:04:53 AM
Congrats to everyone!  What a wonderfull painting job!
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Post by: irregularwars on 06 March 2015, 08:15:30 AM
Wow. Congratulations to all. It was another great competition!

I'm absolutely honoured - and a little humbled - to have placed second (tied with Streetgang/Joshua). There were some great mounted entries there and I really thought I didn't have a chance.

And well done to Clib for having soooo many scuplts among the winning entries  ;)
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Post by: maciek on 06 March 2015, 08:38:26 AM
Congratulations for all participants !
Many thanks !
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Post by: Hertsblue on 06 March 2015, 09:27:48 AM
Congratulations to all our winners. And a big thank you to the judges for a sterling job.
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Post by: fsn on 06 March 2015, 09:37:27 AM
Just a word to the winners - I hate you all.

But it's a hatred born of pure jealousy.  :(

@Judges I want my inducements back - and you better not have sucked the chocolate off any of them. I dunno, bought panels just don't stay bought!


I'll be back - and better - FSN
Title: Re: And The Winners Are!
Post by: petercooman on 06 March 2015, 09:41:22 AM
Quote from: fsn on 06 March 2015, 09:37:27 AM
Just a word to the winners - I hate you all.

But it's a hatred born of pure jealousy.  :(

@Judges I want my inducements back - and you better not have sucked the chocolate off any of them. I dunno, bought panels just don't stay bought!


I'll be back - and better - FSN


IOU's are no real bribes.


just sayin'
Title: Re: And The Winners Are!
Post by: nikharwood on 06 March 2015, 10:04:40 AM
Huge congratulations from me to the winners - and a huge thanks to all who entered; it's always a privilege to judge this competition and incredibly difficult to allocate the points. I love the fact that the standard keeps improving year on year - and really showcases what can be done in this great scale.

Well done all  8)
Title: Re: And The Winners Are!
Post by: Lord Kermit of Birkenhead on 06 March 2015, 11:01:40 AM
They'll look good when they are painted.....

IanS
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Post by: celtofkernow on 06 March 2015, 11:03:24 AM
Well done all!  =D>

What a fantastic competition.... so much eye candy and i didn't have to pay  ;)

Be back for more next time!
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Post by: Pavlovs_Dog on 06 March 2015, 11:27:18 AM
Well done  to  all the winners !  Many congratulations !

Jerry
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Post by: Redstef on 06 March 2015, 05:40:28 PM
Congratulations to all the winners. Some fantastic work on show and deserving of the placing.
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Post by: TONTON FLINGUEUR on 06 March 2015, 07:41:10 PM
Congratulations to the winners and in other one participants, there was really beautiful realizations, deeply next year
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Post by: ali657 on 07 March 2015, 09:38:49 AM
Congratulations to all the winners and to all that took part. The judges must have had a hard time deciding, I'm still struggling with my vote.
Matt's entries had it all for me, originality ,imagination and superb painting and Streetgangs entries were all potential winners. And me, well I'm well chuffed. So I say thank you to Leon all at Pendraken and the judges and everyone that entered for making this competition what it is.
              Cheers Al.   
Title: Re: And The Winners Are!
Post by: mollinary on 07 March 2015, 08:01:52 PM
Fantastic work everyone, including the judges!  =D> =D> =D> =D>

Mollinary

PS. Looks like Matt of Munslow is destined for next year's Judges Panel!  ;) :D
Title: Re: And The Winners Are!
Post by: O Dinas Powys on 07 March 2015, 09:23:48 PM
As always there is some awesome work here, congratulations one and all  =D> :-bd

Cheers!

Meirion
Title: Re: And The Winners Are!
Post by: fsn on 07 March 2015, 09:25:50 PM
Quote from: mollinary on 07 March 2015, 08:01:52 PM
Fantastic work everyone, including the judges!  =D> =D> =D> =D>

Mollinary

PS. Looks like Matt of Munslow is destined for next year's Judges Panel!  ;) :D

That's a brilliant idea. Everyone who wins this year has to be a judge next year to give the rest of us a chance!

I support your proposition Mollinary!
Title: Re: And The Winners Are!
Post by: Fenton on 07 March 2015, 09:29:39 PM
Hmm

Not sure about that.

That would mean that in a few years I will be the only competitor and still probably not win
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Post by: mart678 on 07 March 2015, 09:35:34 PM
 To the Winners

Very impressed :D :D :D :D
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Post by: getagrip on 07 March 2015, 09:36:21 PM
Quote from: Fenton on 07 March 2015, 09:29:39 PM
Hmm

Not sure about that.

That would mean that in a few years I will be the only competitor and still probably not win

It's when you're the judge and the only entrant AND you don't win, you have to worry  :D
Title: Re: And The Winners Are!
Post by: Fenton on 07 March 2015, 09:38:27 PM
Well  I wouldn't vote for myself. That would dishonest
Title: Re: And The Winners Are!
Post by: getagrip on 07 March 2015, 09:43:20 PM
Quote from: Fenton on 07 March 2015, 09:38:27 PM
Well  I wouldn't vote for myself. That would dishonest

Yep, or clever :D
Title: Re: And The Winners Are!
Post by: Matt J on 07 March 2015, 10:39:45 PM
QuotePS. Looks like Matt of Munslow is destined for next year's Judges Panel!

nah, I'd be rubbish  ;)
Title: Re: And The Winners Are!
Post by: Techno on 08 March 2015, 08:29:27 AM
Hah !!
You just want to avoid paying for headache pills !  ;)
Cheers - Phil
Title: Re: And The Winners Are!
Post by: mollinary on 08 March 2015, 10:36:30 AM
Quote from: fsn on 07 March 2015, 09:25:50 PM
That's a brilliant idea. Everyone who wins this year has to be a judge next year to give the rest of us a chance!

I support your proposition Mollinary!

Not so much a proposition, more an observation really.   ;)

Mollinary
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Post by: Forez42 on 08 March 2015, 08:59:33 PM
Congratulations for all the winners, Great work.
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Post by: Bishop Lord on 10 March 2015, 10:02:06 AM
Congratulations to the winners,  great 10mm painting  :) :)

Jason.
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Post by: Szymon on 10 March 2015, 02:04:02 PM
Congratulations to all winners ! Highly deserved indeed  :)
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Post by: Leon on 12 March 2015, 03:39:48 AM
Make sure to place your votes in the People's Choice Award before 7pm tonight! 

http://www.pendrakenforum.co.uk/index.php/topic,11626.0.html (http://www.pendrakenforum.co.uk/index.php/topic,11626.0.html)

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Post by: CPTHilts on 14 March 2015, 01:14:10 AM
Congratulations to the winners and thanks for this great competition. It was my first painting competition and I am looking forward to next year's competition.