Winners listings *addendum to the top of the first post 04.04.15*

[OSHIROmodels]

Just a reminder to the winners to send me their address so I can get your trophy out to you

Also, Tony Harwood (Dampfpanzerwagon on these very pages) has kindly donated his More Wargame Terrain book to the winner  

http://dampfpanzerwagon.blogspot.co.uk/2014/07/more-wargame-terrain-book-by-tony.html

Well done to all who entered and completed in this years Build Something contest  

This year there won't be any prizes as such but if the winners pm me I'll sort them a little trophy out  

Winners in descending order are...  

First place - Overlord with his flamer



Second place - Von Lucky and Santas toy factory



Third place - Dampfpanzerwagon's forge



Congratulations again to all who took part.

See you all early next year  

cheers

James

[Eric the Shed]

Thanks James for doing this and congrats to Overlord....

[dampfpanzerwagon]

Congratulations to everyone who took part and thanks to everyone who voted.

Tony

[McMordain]

Congratulations to the winners and everyone participating.
And an extra cheer to the eight people who woted on my rushed entry. Thanks.
 

[beefcake]

Thanks Jim for organising it. Great fun.
Congrats to all and winners most of all.

[Vanvlak]

Congratulations to the winners and everyone participating.
And an extra cheer to the eight people who woted on my rushed entry. Thanks.
 

I can say the same,but mine's even more rushed!
Congrats to the winners and many thanks to the badgered organised. 

[von Lucky]

Well done everyone - particularly Overlord. The range of entries (theme and composition) was refreshing.

I had lots of fun. Will be back next year/time.

[Duke Donald]

Congratulations everyone, in particular to the top three! And thanks James for organising it all.

[Andym]

Well done everyone! There was some REALLY nice entries this year!

Here's to next year already!

[gamer Mac]

Well done to the deserved winners.
Congrats to all the entrants and organizers.
Pick an easier subject next year please?

[Eric the Shed]

Once again congrats to everybody and in particular to James for pulling all this together in such a difficult time (house moving is stressful)

Couple of observations

1. The voting turn out was really poor - 124 voters from 5000 members on the LAF - its a shame these competitions cant be given greater prominence.
2. The voting was really tight at the top with only one vote between the top two - I wonder whether results might have been different if we could only exercise one vote or alternatively see the top two go into a shoot out?
3. Finally my only real gripe was seeing the voting results after I had voted - much better and to maintain suspense if this had been hidden until right at the end

Cheers folks


 
 

[Captain Blood]

Well done everyone. Very close at the top. Great quality builds all round. I really liked Dr Zombie's heap - I don't think the eventual vote count for that piece reflected the fact that it was a very nicely made piece of scenery. Just that there was a lot of stiff competition.

I trust you will all at least vote in the upcoming Lead Painters League when it kicks off season 9 in a week and a bit's time. Or better still, participate!  (I do appreciate you've been busy building something...   )

I agree Giles, 120-odd voters from a 5,000+ membership feels a bit feeble and hardly a great reflection of the wonderful work put in by all concerned.
The LPL normally attracts 400-500 voters on each round (so much higher, but still less than 10%). Well, we'll see what happens this time round...

To be fair, many of the 5,000 are dormant members, even with the Prof's regular culling of the membership list of people who have been inactive for years... I actually doubt LAF has more than a couple of thousand 'active' members. And many of them will not have visited in weeks. (Although I could be completely wrong on that).
But even so. You have a point.

More publicity next time 

[Eric the Shed]

I shall most definitely vote in the LPL but because my figure painting is awful - think three year old with a roller - I'll pass and gaze enviously at those far more talented with the sable than I

[Elk101]

Well done to everyone and especially the top placed. There's some great terrain pieces there. I've often wondered how many active members the LAF has as it's often the same few hundred names you keep seeing.

[Overlord]

A very close contest. 

Well done to everyone that entered.  A great selection of entries with a real variety of ideas.  Proves the topic was wide enough to include a good mix of genres/periods. 

The voting doesn't tend reflect the quality of so many entries, as only 3 can be chosen.  It means very good builds can end up with few votes, not because they are so inferior, but because the general quality is so high.  My own shortlist included half a dozen submissions and it was very difficult to reach a final three.  Winning with just over 12% of the votes cast proves how close a contest it was.

The total number of voters is rather low, but I agree that although we seemingly have over 5000 members, the active membership is far lower.  You cannot force people to vote and the contest was linked to from the front page.  Thank you to those that did take the time to vote.

A big thank you to James for running the contest, particularly when he was so busy personally.