I'm hoping to enter two categories (painting and conversion) assuming real life family issues don't take a bite into my hobby life.

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ahh I see, o will make a Only OR next time then!!

There are so many sites around the place that our member's enjoy visiting besides here: World of Miniatures, the Last Alliance, The Palantir, CMON, etc etc, and it would be unfair to say 'OR-only guys' when it came to entering the competition.

But we think we've given you enough time to prepare for the OR Awards, we've had the countdown running now for 35 days and you've still got plenty of time to make a start on something new if you want to.

So it would be great to see new material and new talents coming out for our Awards - especially since the prizes are pretty darned good too (there's a Birch Tree Giant from UKFreddyBear in amongst them). It's the best miniatures competition on the web quite honestly, so it'd be great if people made that extra effort.

I reckon I will be entering the terrain contest next time around (can't do it this time because I have been busy with so many other projects), but I'm looking forward to seeing what the 'opposition' is like in next month's competition!

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Dagster

I've got a question about entering the beginner category. Do you know yet how you are going to evaluate this status? I've only been painting minis for less than a year so in some aspects I'm very much a beginner. However, I'd like to think that I've progressed enough to enter the general competition. Should I go ahead and register as a beginner and let the committee judge for itself??

Deciding wether you're a beginner or not is an old pain. Some people find it hard to realise that their work is average (or even below), whilest others strongly believe that what they produce is nothing more than beginners work. To help with this struggle members will have to registrate if they would like to participate the Beginners Category.

One of these the registration page will be placed online, allowing every member to (pre-) upload their entry. Committee will decide if it is Beginners work, and can join the competition. So yes, in the end it's us who decides, but the first step is yours anyway.

EDIT: Beginners Registration

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[size=84][b]Potenza[/b] - Silly (ex-) Staff Member - Beer Swilling Rock Pig[/size]

One question about competitions. What's the picture size limitations and pic dimensions. Because I have to start thinking about how to present my bigger project

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My WiP thread

www.independent-painters.blogspot.com/

800 x 800 pixels, 128K.

GIF, JPG, PNG file formats accepted.

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Dagster

I am going to be making a start on my entry today, hopefully I can acomplish a fair bit by the end of the day.

Since we are only allowed one entry, can the photos for the entry be "photoshopped" such that they show split images (lets say the front and back of something?) I know that a lot of gallery images do this.

Although im not on the comittee, ill answer ur question, yes you can!

To show both the front and back you can photoshop it! You can even do so I believe for the background like if you want to photoshop the background I believe you can do that! The only "photoshopping" you cant do is on the model, for example making a sword looking more shinier than it actually is!

Hope that Helps

CapOfMen is right, you can merge two or more images of the model into one picture to show the back and front if you like.

The sort of photoshopping we're trying to stomp on is people enhancing the image to hide any faults or 'improve' the painting quality - you know, the sorts of things WD do in their articles... ooops did I really say that? Just kidding!

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Dagster

Does this include resin bases, these are commercially available and are very popular now. I use them nearly all the time and they do enhance a model especially if you are not confident at making scenic bases.
I would just like to know before I complete my entry as i don't want to be disqualified by falling foul of this rule.

I'm not sure, and I am not in the competition comitee but I would say its ok to use resin bases, as long as you paint them, or else we would have to sculpt our own minis too.

Resin bases are mostly, if not always, okay. A base is a only a small part of the full Miniature, mostly not very remarkable. That rule is meant to avoid terrain entries that are no more than a bought item with a paintjob.

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[size=84][b]Potenza[/b] - Silly (ex-) Staff Member - Beer Swilling Rock Pig[/size]

um...i've got a question about the craftsmen competition, what is counted as production???

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thanks for the answer mate.

Any kind of Middle-Earth industry, agriculture, fabrication, manufacturing,... you can think off. This covers so much options, it would suprise me if you can't find a good idea yourself actually. I can't give you examples either, I might reveal someone's project without knowing - but if you aren't sure wether your idea suits the theme you can always PM one of us.

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[size=84][b]Potenza[/b] - Silly (ex-) Staff Member - Beer Swilling Rock Pig[/size]