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Other Stuff => Workbench => "Build Something" Contest => Topic started by: Vanvlak on September 10, 2023, 01:06:07 PM
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This description has been wildly plagiarised from my 2023 post for the Build Something Competition 2023, which in turn plagiarised Hammers’ similar post for the 2021 BSC.
Unlike the BSC, the Build Something Small Competition for 2023 has NO THEME.
That’s right, it can be a Palaeolithic, Roman, Napoleonic, Cold War, Sci Fi, Fantasy tree or garden shed or fountain or outhouse or forge or whatever. BUT there are constraints, to make sure it is small, and also to tie it down a little bit. You might not agree with some of them, but this is the first and also experimental run of this, and it is intended for fun too, so lets just see how it works.
CONSTRAINTS
1) The model should represent scenery, and should not be any figure which can be used as a unit or soldier or adventurer, but would represent an object or plant. If a vehicle, it should still be something used as scenery (e.g. an un-towed trailer, the wreckage of a car)
2) The size of the plan area (or base) of the object should not exceed 6 “ in any dimension, so the largest base area possible is 6” x 6”, that is, one quarter of a 1’ x 1’ board. 15 cm x 15 cm is equally ok of course! The height is a little more generous, 10” (just about 25 cm), for anyone with monolithic aspirations.
3) As in the case of the Build Something Competition (regular size), the aim is to build something from scratch, or at least mostly from scratch. A maximum of 25 % of parts, or a maximum of 25 % of the volume of the build, can be commercial or 3D-printed, but not more. So, for example, if you design a steam donkey (not a bad idea! – and yes, they exist, and are NOT steampunk animals) and end up using twenty parts, and only one part is 3D printed or commercial, a large boiler which is more than half the size of the whole model, this is still no go.
4) As in the case of the regular BSC, pics of the build are expected, but the finished, painted object is left unseen until the voting phase – more details about this below.
GENERAL RULES
Please use this child board in the Workbench section to post your build threads – there is no dedicated section for the BSSC, so we will use the BSC one, as they are similar.
The official start date is 01:00 GMT Saturday 16th September 2023, and all applicants must notify their intent to take part on the registration thread by Saturday 23rd September 2023 at the latest. They will then be listed in the registration post. The list of entrants will be in order of which their intent has been posted. Please let me know if your username is wrong in my list.
YOU CAN START YOUR BUILD THREAD IN THIS SUB-FORUM DIRECTLY.
Please name your thread according to this pattern:
BSMALL2023 <member name> <build title> - for example, 'BSMALL2023 Vanvlak Steam Donkey', where ‘Vanvlak’ would be the user's forum name and 'Steam Donkey' would be the object being built.
One entry per member (no joint contributions).
DEADLINE
Finished entries must be submitted no later than midnight Sat 14th October 2023, and the voting will start shortly after. This is a small build, hence the 4-week deadline.
The build threads of the entrants should include as many progress shots as possible, including sketches, sources of inspiration etc. NO PHOTOS OF THE FINISHED ENTRY SHOULD BE POSTED ON THE THREAD - painting in progress is not allowed, only primed entries are permissible on the build threads - if you are unsure then please ask. I would however turn a blind eye to small details which have to be finished before assembly (for example a pressure gauge for the steam donkey).
Keep in mind that the documentation of the build process has some impact on how people vote.
The first entries must consist of either one photo OR a photo-montage of the finished piece. No photo manipulation will be allowed apart from cropping, white balance and contrast within reason. Again, if you are unsure then please ask. You may include one separate 'standard' figure in the final entry photo to indicate the relative size of the entry.
Photo size should be 1000x1000 pixels and sent as a jpeg to bsc2022submission@gmail.com- yes, I know, I am using the same old email address from 2022.
Depending on the number of entries, voting will take place in one or more group, and then, again depending of the number of entries, the top one or two entries of each group will advance to a final vote.
You will be allowed to enter new photos between rounds if you like. It has proven a good idea to keep interest up among voters.
For the last round you will be allowed to use your build in a "fully dramatized" setting, meaning placing the model on a game board surrounded with as many wargames miniatures you like.
A NOTE ON BIAS AND CONDUCT
I (Vanvlak) will, hopefully be entering a build myself. If you think that is unfair (keep in mind I never do well in these competitions!), that’s fine, I will just have fun building a small whatever.
While everyone is allowed, as per usual, to comment in progress threads, please keep things encouraging and constructive.
Although winners will be voted by the members collective of the LAF, if there is any sense of foul play the judges’ decision is final, although we would hope that it won't be necessary given the friendly nature of the LAF.
SOME FINAL INDICATIONS
One feature of the entries is that they should be practical gaming or scenery pieces, so no varnished walnut veneer bases or artful backdrops with LEDs and baroque or rococo trimmings.
Any period or setting is allowed as long as it fits with the theme including sci-fi, historical, pulp, fantasy etc.
If you have any questions either ask them here or via pm, but please label your pm Build Something 2023.
It's not possible to cover all the eventualities, so please use your common sense and play fair. :D
Post any rules queries and comments as replies.
Note: The name 'The Potato Cup' for the BSC comes from an early run of the competition where a number of items were offered to the winner, among them a raw unpeeled potato. The winner picked the potato. The name stuck. I thought it only fitting to call the fictional prize of this small offshoot ‘The Potato Peel Award’.
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I am onboard.
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I'm up for it, though (at the moment) I have no idea what I'll make.
No that is not strictly true. I have LOTS of ideas, just not a clue as to what I'll make.
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I'll play! Not Biblical this time!
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I'm in. No idea yet what I will not finish this time though :D
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I’m in, I have an idea what I can do :D
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I am in as well, a first for me and it might give me good motivation for making a thing!
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Great - thanks guys!
I still need to come up with an idea for my own entry.
Hope you have some fun with this. :D
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I think I can do this. Probably something SciFi'ish as I need some tabletop bits and bobs for my 5 Parsecs From Home campaign I hope to start this winter.
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I am in, I have an idea that should be fairly easy to do,
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I'm in.
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Count me in.
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Good show, there might be a future to this BSSC :D
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Always down to start & not finish another terrain project!
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@vanlak is it too late to add me to the list?
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@vanlak is it too late to add me to the list?
No, this is a fun competition (even more than the regular sized BSC), so go ahead! :D
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No, this is a fun competition (even more than the regular sized BSC), so go ahead! :D
I don't know if I should thank you or not. lol Appreciate it.
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I don't know if I should thank you or not. lol Appreciate it.
What's a building project without a deadline? :D ;)
Good luck.
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Shoot, I missed this announcement. Regardless, good luck my fellows!
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Shoot, I missed this announcement. Regardless, good luck my fellows!
The only real deadline is the finishing line - 14th October - and I am convinced you'd manage a small build in two weeks, so go for it! :D :D :D
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and I am convinced you'd manage a small build in two weeks, so go for it! :D :D :D
+1 :)
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Right, one week to go, everyone, so let's wrap this up with a plethora of entries :D
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Well I'm finished, so that's one entry.
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Well I'm finished, so that's one entry.
And I'm .... horribly delayed! Unless I finish today there is no way I will get it done, week from hell at work coming up :(
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My entry is finished. Now follows my usual lack of tech skills.
How to get the picture to the right size & even less likely is
how to do a 'composite' picture.
??? ::) :o >:(
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Well it's finished...my food bunker is all painted up, snapped and my entry photo has been sent off.
Good luck to all working away on their entrys this week and good luck to everyone who gets it finished in time.
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Well it's finished...my food bunker is all painted up, snapped and my entry photo has been sent off.
Good luck to all working away on their entrys this week and good luck to everyone who gets it finished in time.
Got it - and that's two so far :D
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Tomorrow is the building deadline, so you should post a pic of the finished - but not painted (undercoat is ok) - model by tomorrow, although I would close an eye if it's by Sunday ;)
I might not have been clear, but the pic of the painted build, which is sent to me, does not have to get to me by tomorrow! We can allow a week or two for painting.
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Oh just seen this post now, that is reassuring! Gives me some time to paint then.
Suppose I am also done. Good luck to anyone who puts the finishing touches on their piece.
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Tomorrow is the building deadline, so you should post a pic of the finished - but not painted (undercoat is ok) - model by tomorrow, although I would close an eye if it's by Sunday ;)
I might not have been clear, but the pic of the painted build, which is sent to me, does not have to get to me by tomorrow! We can allow a week or two for painting.
Ah, ok. This makes more sense. Here I was rushing to finish my painting. Now, I have to rush anyway as my house is being packed for renos.
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I might not have been clear, but the pic of the painted build, which is sent to me, does not have to get to me by tomorrow! We can allow a week or two for painting.
Oh, see I thought that tomorrow was the deadline for pics of the finished piece. That's fine by me if is not as my decals didn't show up this week. :D
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Tomorrow is the building deadline, so you should post a pic of the finished - but not painted (undercoat is ok) - model by tomorrow, although I would close an eye if it's by Sunday ;)
I might not have been clear, but the pic of the painted build, which is sent to me, does not have to get to me by tomorrow! We can allow a week or two for painting.
Two more weeks would be fine, job is hell at the moment
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I might not have been clear, but the pic of the painted build, which is sent to me, does not have to get to me by tomorrow! We can allow a week or two for painting.
I should come here to read more often lol
I finished the painting today and sent in the picture, but if this is the case I will do some additional (painting) detail work.
Also I will use the time to try and make some better pictures. I'm really satisfied with how my build turned out, but I can't seem to make decent picture of it...
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Done, finished and submitted!
Many thanks to everybody for the support, complimentary comments and general good naturedness of the competition and most of all to Vanvlak for being stupid I mean kind enough to organise it!
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Submitted.good luck everyone.
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Thanks all, entries are coming in, and I should have replied to everyone who submitted so far, so if you have done so and have not received a reply (I sent the last one a couple of minutes ago), contact me.
We re going to have a hard time voting!
Done, finished and submitted!
Many thanks to everybody for the support, complimentary comments and general good naturedness of the competition and most of all to Vanvlak for being stupid I mean kind enough to organise it!
Thank you; I think you should have left the original term in place - but then again, I have already seen all the models submitted so far, so I feel horribly privileged! And it was fun. :D
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Submitted my pic. Good luck to everyone.
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Submitted my pic. Good luck to everyone.
Received :D
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Submitted mine. Good luck everyone.
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Submitted mine. Good luck everyone.
Yep, the one that launched a Father Ted binge... :D
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Yep, the one that launched a Father Ted binge... :D
A binge which, I trust, was to your benefit...
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A binge which, I trust, was to your benefit...
Yup :D
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Do we have a new deadline for painting pictures? I ask because my painting desk is currently packed in a moving van and won't be setup again for two weeks.
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The time it takes me to set up a gallery, which, judging by workload at the moment, could be just over two weeks ;)
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The time it takes me to set up a gallery, which, judging by workload at the moment, could be just over two weeks ;)
Hah! Good to know. I'll aim to get you painted by end of day 28th
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Hah! Good to know. I'll aim to get you painted by end of day 28th
Glad to hear there's an extended deadline, but also happy to hear so many people participate! :)
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Tried my hand at a composite picture. That was a big, I mean BIG effort for me.
This has (hopefully) been sent & my fingers are firmly crossed.
If it fails, or is not acceptable I'll try again with a single picture.
Good luck everybody. :)
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Entry sent! BeFunky collage maker was trickier to use than I remember. I tried using the Adobe collage maker, free version, but I did not find it "easy" as advertised. ::)
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Sent mine off at the beginning of the week :D
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Received - all three, it's going to be very tough vote.
Sorry for the silence, I had a heavy week at Uni, and the next one promises more of the same.
Hopefully I'll et up by the end of next week - anyone who finished the build but did not send the painted model pic yet can still do so.
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Send my final pic. Good luck to everyone!
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Send my final pic. Good luck to everyone!
Got it, nice one too 8)
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Back in my house! My building something real competition is done, so I'll finish my entry tomorrow night and get it in
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Has everybody got their entries in now? I'm looking forward to seeing all the entries in their glory. ;D
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Has everybody got their entries in now? I'm looking forward to seeing all the entries in their glory. ;D
Not quite, struggling with photo editing
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Not quite, struggling with photo editing
I sympathize, I struggle with anything involving...E-Leck-trickery. ;)
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Sadly not, I'll opt out as I got busy with some other stuff unfortunately. Probably post my painted item in the distant future.
I wish good luck to all though and despite me opting out, it is a fun competition!
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And submitted - lots I wanted to do, but ran out of time
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Right, I am still stuck with work - sorry for the very long delay with this.
FreakyFenton - if you have finished it send me the pic, I will probably only manage to set up voting next weekend.
My own build will no be painted by then, so I am out :(
Once again, apologies for the delay - this was supposed to be a light semester, but it went dark pretty soon!
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No worries Vanvlak, real life comes first 8)
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Once again, apologies for the delay - this was supposed to be a light semester, but it went dark pretty soon!
Sorry to hear you're out but I get real life interrupting. Looking forward to seeing all the great entries!
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Vanvlak, has your world calmed down at all? Chomping at the bit to see all of the finished entries.
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Vanvlak, has your world calmed down at all? Chomping at the bit to see all of the finished entries.
Rumours of my death are greatly exaggerated.
Hopefully today.
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Right, the heats are finally up, three groups, the three winners go to a final - keeping it small in duration also.
Voting will stay open two weeks for round one heats; and then I'll set up the final.
I owe a big apology to all for the delay - as explained previously, work got badly in the way, and I had a month of bad migraine bouts to make it worse. I hope I missed no-one's entry; pic image sizes should be fine, and I also hope I used the right pics!
I didn't finish my own project, it's still undercoated, but I'll get there soon I hope. Too late for the competition of course.
Enjoy the show - there's some really cool and high quality stuff; if I were to pick liberally, I have at least six favourites (and counting), so voting is (as usual) tough.
Good luck to all, and thanks for taking part, competitors.
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Thank you for all the time & effort you have put into this.
Don't worry about apologizing for real life mucking up toy soldiers, it happens to us all.
Good luck everybody.
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Yeah now worries Vanvlak, thanks for putting on the show!
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Wot the two blokes above said. It's supposed to be fun, not work!
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Thanks all - it's fun, setting up the competition votes is something I enjoy.
I'm only sorry it too so long this time. :D
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I think we can probably move onto the next stage; I have been looking at the vote tallies for the last few days and only one vote has been cast since Thursday.
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I think we can probably move onto the next stage; I have been looking at the vote tallies for the last few days and only one vote has been cast since Thursday.
I agree - but wasn't around much - onto the next round with post haste then.
The final round of voting is up, voting ends today week, Sunday December 10, at 12:00 GMT.
Good luck to all, congratulations to the finalists, an eclectic collection from very different settings. And well done and thanks to all participants for all the cool entries. :D
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Well done to everyone who entered and congrats to them that made it to the next round, good luck!
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Just a reminder - three and a half days to go for voting for the winner. :D
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And it's over, with Ichwillauch taking first with the Old West cabin :D
Congratulations on winning this, all the details in that little build are great. Congratulations to McMordain and Codsticker, the other finalists, and to all who took part. 8)
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Yes indeed, congrats to all, but most importantly thanks to Vanvlak for being good/daft enough to organise it, it is appreciated, even by those of us who didn't get beyond the first round!
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And it's over, with Ichwillauch taking first with the Old West cabin :D
Congratulations on winning this, all the details in that little build are great. Congratulations to McMordain and Codsticker, the other finalists, and to all who took part. 8)
That cabin is a wonderful piece. Amazing the amount of detail Ichwillauch packed into a such a small footprint. Congratulations on a well deserved victory!
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Well done Ichwillauch! You deserve to win.
Jolly good work by everyone, it was tough to vote.
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Congrats Ichwillauch on the win and to everyone else for taking part. A round of applause too for Vanvlak, HUZZAH!
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Great showing all, cool little builds!
Congrats :)
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Bravo Ichwillauch!!!
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Thanks guys - next up: BSC2024?
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Of course, but only if you promise to finish your own! lol
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Thank you for the great and exciting competition, big thanks to the tough competitors with their inspiring models and thanks to Vanvlak for organizing the competition. It was a lot of fun.
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Of course, but only if you promise to finish your own! lol
Hah! I hope I will, but I am not making promises I cannot keep :D
Thank you for the great and exciting competition, big thanks to the tough competitors with their inspiring models and thanks to Vanvlak for organizing the competition. It was a lot of fun.
Thank you - and once again congratulations on winning the first BSSC.
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Congrats all and especially to the three finalists. Was fun to build things. And a huge thank you to Vanvlak for organizing - it is a lot of work
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Congrats on the win, well done to all that entered (me included :D) & thanks to Vanalak for organising it all.
Now what theme for 2024 ??? lol
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Congrats Ichwillauch, well deserved. Also big thanks to Vanalak for organising. I really enjoyed the Small (both building and following others builds, and the results) and I hope it will return next year :)