Dark Eldar Painting Competition

[Andy]

Update, 01/01/2011: Deadline is extended until 31st January!

Yep. To celebrate the launch of the new Dark Eldar range on November 6th, we're running a Dark Eldar New Year Painting Competition in association with Firestorm Games.



The Dark Eldar have been such a long-awaited release that we've decided to celebrate the fact by launching our new painting competition. For all the latest on the Dark Eldar releases, you can visit our Dark Eldar Rumours thread.

In previous competitions, people have often thought twice about entering, thinking that their otherwise very decent painting will have no hope of winning the contest, the moment a Golden Demon-type painter enters. Hence, we're now running two categories. The Main category is open to anyone, while the Pro category is open to those who consider themselves as such; those who can enter Golden Demon and get away with it.

Format

• Entry Deadline: 31st January, 11:59PM GMT
• Competition Runs Between: 3rd February - 17th February
• Winners Announced: 18th February
  
• Categories:
  - Pro Category (Consider yourself able to compete at a Golden Demon Standard)
  - Main Category (Anyone else)

The Rules
Rules are simple:

• It must be a Dark Eldar miniature from the new model range. Single model, Squad, Character, Vehicle, it's up to you.
• Three Pictures to be submitted at maximum.
• One additional picture of the finished model, alongside a piece of paper with your Username written on. This is to ensure the entry is your own, and this picture will not be used in the competition.
• You should accompany your entry with your Username, along with which Category you are entering. If we deem your entry to be entered into the incorrect category, it will be moved to the correct category, potentially without notice.

The Prizes
Firestorm Games have kindly given us prizes for each category - the top three in each category will win prize money to be spent on anything you like from Firestorm's online store.

In addition, the top three in each category will receive free access to our 1st Company subscription area.

• 1st - £40 to spend at Firestorm (+1st Co)
• 2nd - £20 to spend at Firestorm (+1st Co)
• 3rd - £10 to spend at Firestorm (+1st Co)

How to Enter
Simple. You need to either Email or Private Message me, with the following:

• Pictures of your model - a maximum of three angles.
• A picture of your model alongside a piece of paper with your username written on.
• Which category you're entering

Once your entry has been received, you will receive an Email or a Private Message in response to let you know your entry meets our rules and has been accepted into the competition.

Voting
Once the competition starts, entries will be assigned a number and displayed anonymously. From there, users vote for their favourite three entries in each category, allowing us to come up with winners from each. In the event of a tie, our Forum Moderators will decide which entry deserves the place. Voting will last for two weeks.

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And that's it! Roll on the new Dark Eldar range, and feel free to submit your entry as soon as you're happy with it!

[Andy]

A discussion topic for the painting competition can be found here: http://40kforums.com/vb/showthread.p...187#post510187