Hello everyone! Last year's anniversary painting contest was such a success, we are running another one! The rules are slightly modified from last year's, so please read carefully.
Eligibility
All participants must have an active account on the Man Battlestations forums.
Submissions
All submissions are due by Friday, 04 April. One submission is permitted per forum member, consisting of a single picture no larger than 3 megabytes in size at a max resolution 0f 800 x 600 pixels. Any submissions larger than this size will be re-sized by the administrators. Pictures can be submitted either by posting them on the official submissions thread, or emailing them to gamerandy05@gmail.com.
Subject
Each submission must be of a subject related to naval minature wargaming (i.e., a ship or ships of some kind). The game can be of any era or scale. Multiple ships ("fleet shots") can be included. Additionally, multiple angles can be incorporated into a single submission, as long as the overall submission is still within the limits above. No models submitted for the 2013 contest can be re-submitted for 2014.
Voting
Submissions will be voted upon in separate voting threads via a forum poll. Voting will take place over two or more rounds, with the submissions being split into a number of individual rounds. Each round will last no less than 5 days. Once the contest has been narrowed down to the 3 finalists, the final round of voting will be held and the winner declared. The administers reserve the right to cast tie-breaking votes.
Prizes
Prizes will be in the form of gift certificates to The War Store (
http://www.thewarstore.com/). All currency amounts are in USD.
1st Place: $50
2nd Place: $30
3rd Place: $20
If we get less than 9 submissions, all the voting will be done in one round. If we get between 9-12 entries, there will be two rounds of voting; the first round will have 3 "heats," with 3-4 submissions each. This will allow members to vote more, as you will be able to vote once per heat. If we get more than 12 entries, then there will need to be a third rounding of voting to narrow down the field. The goal is that by the time we get to the final round of voting, we will be down to the top three entrants. Here is the official schedule for voting:
Round 1: 7-14 April
Round 2: 14-21 April
Round 3 (If necessary): 21 April - 28 April.
In all cases, the voting threads will be closed at Midnight GMT (That's 0000Z for you Navy types
).
Feedback and suggestions are welcome, please post them below. Good luck and happy painting!
UPDATE 3/23: Based on some changes to my schedule, I've pushed back the submission and voting by one week. You now have until the 4th of April to get your submissions in!
