Wyrd Painting Contest: Femme Fatale III - 2008

[Bungle]

Just got this email...... any interest?

With the new year here its time to start up another Wyrd Painting Contest. As with all the Wyrd
contests this one is themed as well and we bring back our most popular theme of all. Without further
preamble, I'm happy to announce the 'Wyrd Painting Contest - Femme Fatale III!'

    For the seductive, irresistible and ultimately dangerous ladies. The only requirement here is
that the ladies look good and are dangerous. Any weapon toting, spell wielding woman that can take
your breath away, literally, will do just fine!


The categories for the contest are:

    ALTERNATIVE: The lovely ladies that just don't seem to fit in to any other categories. This
can be gun toting cowgirls, chainsaw wielding cheerleaders or any number of other miniatures that we
haven't thought of.

    DEADLY DUEL: A diorama with two or more combatants locked in combat or something equally
disturbing. At least one miniature must be female.

    FANTASY: Sword wielding barbarians, harem guards or lovely lasses ready to put a charm on you.
If the miniature is pure fantasy, this is her category.

    SCI-FI: Gun toting ladies of the deadly future or weapon wielding aliens dancing a song of
death or perhaps a steampunk lady of the night. A wide range of miniatures will fit nicely into this
category.

    SIMPLY SCANDALOUS: Ladies that have for one reason or another forgone clothing and have
decided to share their charms with us. Also, with the number of talented painters in the community,
ladies who's clothing has been painted sheer so as to see through it will be placed within here. I
expect this will be a large category!


The specific rules for the contest can be found on the Wyrd Miniatures website on the forums under
'Wyrd Painting Contest: Rules and Information' as well as questions and answers that have arisen
in the past which may be of some help to you.

The contest will run from January 5th to February 25th and during that time competition entries
can be submitted. At the close of the contest, voting will commence for one week where you will be
allowed to vote anonymously through the Wyrd forum software as well as leave comments and critique
which we have found our previous entrants have greatly enjoyed. After the voting, announcements
will be made and prizes sent to the winners, along with the random prizes that we give away with
every contest.

In order to participate in the contest you must create an account on the Wyrd Miniatures website
in order to submit an entry and to vote in the polls which will decide the winners of the contest.
You are encouraged to enjoy the forums and participate, but it is NOT required in any fashion in
order to enjoy the Wyrd Painting Contest.

Wyrd staff CAN enter the contest and have a chance to win.

When participating in the competition, you must submit a miniature that is in line with the
current THEME that is being hosted. The miniature can be from any miniature manufacturer. Conversions
are both allowed and encouraged.

All submissions must be yours alone, no passing off of someone else's work as your own. You CAN
submit a miniature that someone else has converted or sculpted for you though - just not painted,
based .. etc.

You are allowed to submit MULTIPLE entries to the contest. As many as you can paint, you can
submit.

The miniature cannot have been displayed in any form elsewhere on the internet or published
mediums such as magazines. ALL entries must be new unseen paint jobs! All contest entries will be
displayed anonymously to prevent unfair advantages based on name (this isn't a popularity contest) and
thus there can be no signatures or watermarks upon any entries. No announcing on forums, web page,
blogs or any other type of medium about the type of miniature that you will be painting, nor
concept sketches.

When photographing and editing your pictures, please submit them in .JPG (JPEG) format, with a
file size of no larger than 250k. Photographs can be no larger than 800 pixels wide. I'm not much
worried about length as it will allow you to fit in angles of the photograph. If you send me a
photograph that doesn't fall within the limits prescribed above, it will be deleted. Due to the sheer
number of people that have entered unedited photographs in the past we will no longer do any editing
for you. There are many free photo resizing programs out there. You can find one here at
http://www.irfanview.com/ Wyrd staff will attempt to notify anyone who's pictures were deleted due
to size or for any reason, but can not guarantee notification.

Miniatures can be submitted at any time during the contest until voting starts. None will be
showcased till the day after the final submissions date. Submissions will be accepted up till Midnight,
EASTERN U.S. time, on the closing date of the currently running contest. Submissions after the
cut off date will NOT be accepted, no exceptions.

In order to submit an entry for the contest, go to the current contest gallery and upload your
entry. As the gallery is set for moderation, your submission will NOT show up immediately but will
instead wait for me to review and edit accordingly. When submitting your contest entry, please take
the time to describe the miniature and as well as any other contest notes you wish me to review
before editing. DO NOT add any web page links, mention of your name/handle, links to larger pictures
or any other form of personal identification to your description.

At the closing date of the contest, the submissions will be published to the proper contest
gallery, anonymously, and the voting will begin.

In order to vote, you must be a registered member of the website.

A poll with your choice of winners will be presented to you where you select your favorites. While
viewing the contest submissions in the gallery, you will be allowed to leave comments and
critique on the entry. Please try to be constructive with these comments.

Public Voting will be open for seven days immediately after polls are posted for the contest.
After the voting, announcements will be made and prizes sent out.

As always, we have a load of goodies and prizes to give away and this contest is no different. 1st
through 3rd place winners in each category will win prizes and this year we're also including
Wyrd T-shirts for Best of Show, Best Base or Diorama and Best of Wyrd winners which will be
personalized announcing your domination of the contest!

Naturally we'll be continuing out 'Random Schmuck!' and 'Complete Schmuck!' random awards as well,
where random entrants and voting/commenting participants receive miniatures and/or gift
certificates as encouragement for participating and as our way of saying thanks for taking the time.

Should there be any questions, or if anything is unclear, PLEASE take the time to ask in the
forums as that is the quickest way to receive clarification on a subject as well as bring it to the
attention of others.

Best of luck and heres to another fun and successful painting contest!

Regards,
Nathan Caroland
Wyrd Miniatures
www.wyrd-games.net

[matty1001]

Il be entering. Wyrd's annual comps are some of the best on the net IMO.

[Hawkins]

 i wont be, i have some o the models but im no where near good enough to enter :icon_cool:

[gi6ers]

i wont be, i have some o the models but im no where near good enough to enter :icon_cool:

Bollocks! You'll get some of the best feedback out there if you do and there are random prizes for entering.  Might have a go myself...

[alrith72]

Bollocks!

Will you please say what you mean in future  ;)

It is daunting to enter a comp knowing that you are no where near the standard of the other people who enter but i am going to enter this one just for the experience.

@Hawkins, Matt is right of course, i've lurked on the Wyrd forum for ages and always looked over the comps and it seems a decent place for honest and helpful feedback.

[matty1001]

I find it's more honest because you don't know who painted the model.

Everyone should enter! Even I walked away with a 3rd place in the TT!

[Bodhi]

Don't think it has to be one of THEIR models.
Here's an offer: Anyone who is a really skilled painter and wants to pay a nude lady original sculpture. PM me.
It is not pure idealism but would make useful advertisement for me.
A lot of eyes on that contest.

Edit: Position filled. That was quick. Guess you're allin for a surprise  :icon_wink:

[Caerban]

I was a bit of a chicken with the DoD this year, my diorama skills definitely need some honing but I might just give this a go. It'll help me toward the DoD for next year if nothing else. Assuming life, the universe and everything give me 10 minutes to myself to get a bit of painting done. And that I manage to come up with a half decent idea  :icon_mrgreen:

[Bodhi]

Don't think it has to be one of THEIR models.
Here's an offer: Anyone who is a really skilled painter and wants to pay a nude lady original sculpture. PM me.

That was a vital misspelling... "Pay" in above sentence is supposed to be "paint". I pay the painter by donating the sculpt, he pays me through painting it and entering it into the contest. Certainly no money involved.

[dargrin]

I wish I had less on my plate....

[Hawkins]

sorry i wasn't trying to sound like i was dodging, for me its a personal thing, i try not to enter things just for 'cause'. I'm pretty good for my local area (one of the better ones anyway) but for me id rather enter with the best possible entry i can, and at the moment thats not possible. As for feedback  and advice, i can think of no better place than here or the Fod for help, so I'm OK.
But i do appreciate the attempt at a kick to my ass and the helpfull urging.

[Dr.Evil]

If me, Gi6ers and matty1001, can get 1st, 2nd and 3rd in the TT fantasy section, then anyone can.

If I can find a figure that fits for the comp and I want to paint, I may enter.

[alrith72]

Your Orc was awesome though!

[Keeper]

Your Orc was awesome though!

Now, now, Alrith, if you're going to use the word awesome, you know that you need to use the word 'dude' as well! ;)

But you're right. It is an awesome Orc! :D

Dude. ;)

[alrith72]

What i meant to say was that the orc was jolly well painted (is that better dude?)