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Title: Round 4 - The North vs. Freaks Carnival
Post by: Prof.Witchheimer on 27 March 2016, 10:36:11 AM: (http://leadadventureforum.com/images/lpl/s10/r04/Admiral_Benbow_The_North_Round_4.jpg)

(http://leadadventureforum.com/images/lpl/s10/r04/Prof_rd04_Freaks_Carnival.jpg)
Title: Re: Round 4 - The North vs. Freaks Carnival
Post by: ahpincis on 27 March 2016, 11:48:39 AM: Damn difficult choice!!!!!!
Title: Re: Round 4 - The North vs. Freaks Carnival
Post by: Hammers on 27 March 2016, 11:52:08 AM: Oh, those Eureka chaos daemons are just lovely. Very Brueghel.
Title: Re: Round 4 - The North vs. Freaks Carnival
Post by: ahpincis on 27 March 2016, 12:09:35 PM: Quote from: Hammers on 27 March 2016, 11:52:08 AM
Oh, those Eureka chaos daemons are just lovely. Very Brueghel.

Could not agree more!
Title: Re: Round 4 - The North vs. Freaks Carnival
Post by: shadowking1957 on 27 March 2016, 12:19:15 PM: I cannot chose both are so wonderful!
Title: Re: Round 4 - The North vs. Freaks Carnival
Post by: Captain Blood on 27 March 2016, 12:28:33 PM: Good God :o :-*

Michael - that wolf :-*

And so many Bosch-like delights - and a cast of thousands! (Alex, you are fast becoming the Cecil B deMille of the LPL lol)
Title: Re: Round 4 - The North vs. Freaks Carnival
Post by: OSHIROmodels on 27 March 2016, 12:34:32 PM: I do believe that this could be my hardest choice in all the LPL o_o

Sublime work from the pair of you :-* :-* :-*

cheers

James
Title: Re: Round 4 - The North vs. Freaks Carnival
Post by: Modhail on 27 March 2016, 01:29:06 PM: Awww, man, I can't choose on this one! They're both just brilliant! :-*
Title: Re: Round 4 - The North vs. Freaks Carnival
Post by: Duncan McDane on 27 March 2016, 02:06:02 PM: Behold, the winners of this competition ;).
I voted for the top one, simply because I like that painting style better. O.b.o. quality is think it's impossible to choose.
Title: Re: Round 4 - The North vs. Freaks Carnival
Post by: Andym on 27 March 2016, 02:43:23 PM: That wolf is amazing! :o I can also feel him breathing down my neck!

Alex- wonderful scene! Did you paint ALL of them just for this one entry?
Title: Re: Round 4 - The North vs. Freaks Carnival
Post by: throwsFireball on 27 March 2016, 02:48:33 PM: We need an abstain vote.

How am I meant to pick?!
Title: Re: Round 4 - The North vs. Freaks Carnival
Post by: Orctrader on 27 March 2016, 03:00:08 PM: Two more excellent scenic entries from great figure painters. A joy to behold. :)
Title: Re: Round 4 - The North vs. Freaks Carnival
Post by: Revfan on 27 March 2016, 03:09:41 PM: No fair....

Really, if the vote is less than a few percentage points between... we need a do over!

That wolf is in a class of its own...

And there is so much going on in the Freaks Carnival, that you miss just how incredibly detailed each piece is...
Title: Re: Round 4 - The North vs. Freaks Carnival
Post by: Admiral Benbow on 27 March 2016, 03:39:16 PM: I think those frequent rushes of masses in Witchtown should not be overrated ... 8) :D

No, really, absolutely fantastic scene, Alex, I love it! And what better use of those Eureka miniatures. I didn't buy them as I couldn't imagine any good use, but Witchtown is a fantastic home for them. :-*

Seems I need to work on my own fantastic town setting ... ;D
Title: Re: Round 4 - The North vs. Freaks Carnival
Post by: Steam Flunky on 27 March 2016, 04:13:08 PM: I give up!!!
Title: Re: Round 4 - The North vs. Freaks Carnival
Post by: Mancha on 27 March 2016, 05:08:57 PM: Apparently the Prof has been preparing for this LPL years in advance.
Title: Re: Round 4 - The North vs. Freaks Carnival
Post by: levied troop on 27 March 2016, 05:16:04 PM: Impossible choice. I'll just toss a coin.
Title: Re: Round 4 - The North vs. Freaks Carnival
Post by: nikko on 27 March 2016, 05:42:00 PM: Two superb entries !!! :-* :-* .... difficult to choose .... o_o .... Give me 2 votes please.....

Nikko
Title: Re: Round 4 - The North vs. Freaks Carnival
Post by: SiamTiger on 27 March 2016, 06:59:43 PM: This is a really tough one.
Title: Re: Round 4 - The North vs. Freaks Carnival
Post by: Prof.Witchheimer on 27 March 2016, 07:21:17 PM: Michael, congrats to this amazing photo, everything is perfect on that scene, the setting, the darker background, the vikings and finally this unbelievably well painted grey wolf, the real eyecatcher!!

Quote from: Admiral Benbow on 27 March 2016, 03:39:16 PM
I think those frequent rushes of masses in Witchtown should not be overrated ... 8) :D

No, really, absolutely fantastic scene, Alex, I love it! And what better use of those Eureka miniatures. I didn't buy them as I couldn't imagine any good use, but Witchtown is a fantastic home for them. :-*

Seems I need to work on my own fantastic town setting ... ;D

Thanks, Michael, the Eureka miniatures are very lovely, I only can recommend them. And a must-have in a fantastic town setting :)

Quote from: Andym on 27 March 2016, 02:43:23 PM
Alex- wonderful scene! Did you paint ALL of them just for this one entry?

Of course not all of them :) But all the freaks and the pigs, so 14 newly painted figures in this entry. The spectators are previously painted.

Quote from: Mancha on 27 March 2016, 05:08:57 PM
Apparently the Prof has been preparing for this LPL years in advance.

I've started back in December and I managed to keep the focus on the LPL teams over almost all the months since then :)
Title: Re: Round 4 - The North vs. Freaks Carnival
Post by: valleyboy on 27 March 2016, 08:26:41 PM: Congratulations gentlemen, these entries are both stunning
Title: Re: Round 4 - The North vs. Freaks Carnival
Post by: NurgleHH on 27 March 2016, 09:27:24 PM: Two fantastic works, very hard to make a decision.
Title: Re: Round 4 - The North vs. Freaks Carnival
Post by: OLeary on 28 March 2016, 01:02:39 AM: This is like "Clash of the Titans" I know I'm not alone in saying this, but it's damn tough choice to make.

Brilliant entries :-* :-* :-* :-* :-*
Title: Re: Round 4 - The North vs. Freaks Carnival
Post by: thebinmann on 28 March 2016, 03:13:54 PM: Simply amazing
Title: Re: Round 4 - The North vs. Freaks Carnival
Post by: Jimboba on 29 March 2016, 12:05:10 PM: I don't normally bother to comment on the Painting League submissions (assume an all-round 'great job!').

But this paring is really really close. Both brilliant. I'm thinking Carnival on volume alone which isn't a good tipping point at all. Kudos to both painters. Brilliant. Not happy.
Title: Re: Round 4 - The North vs. Freaks Carnival
Post by: Dr. Zombie on 29 March 2016, 01:39:49 PM: This really is a most difficult choice. Both entries are equally brilliant.

In the end I ended up with the vikings because they are vikings.
Title: Re: Round 4 - The North vs. Freaks Carnival
Post by: NurgleHH on 29 March 2016, 02:20:52 PM: This time I have to say sorry to Michael. The 12 points go to the Prof thsi time. But I did it with a bleeding heart. Two brilliant entries.
Title: Re: Round 4 - The North vs. Freaks Carnival
Post by: Freelancer on 30 March 2016, 03:52:36 AM: The freakiest thing is how only the two pigs seem to be looking to camera....its like they know you are there!
Title: Re: Round 4 - The North vs. Freaks Carnival
Post by: khartoum2 on 31 March 2016, 12:59:12 PM: Two amazing entries gents

One so full of vibrancy and carnival and the other brooding with that fabulous wolf giving it real menace - choosing was difficult

Who makes the wolf?
Title: Re: Round 4 - The North vs. Freaks Carnival
Post by: Galloping Major on 31 March 2016, 06:24:39 PM: Difficult decision o_o
Title: Re: Round 4 - The North vs. Freaks Carnival
Post by: ahpincis on 31 March 2016, 06:49:52 PM: Quote from: Galloping Major on 31 March 2016, 06:24:39 PM
Difficult decision o_o

It is not difficult - its next to impossible! While all participants in the competition deserve kudos for taking part; having been a photographer/picture editor/creative director in many cases judging entries, while feeling a responsibility, usually is not so agonising. Every now and then, one gets a pair that are, for sure different, but equally talented. I would prefer a draw in such cases, but I do not make the rules. It is a competition so I felt obliged to vote in this and some previous cases; I am also happy I don't 'know' anyone so I can be neutral of any favour to any side.
On the positive side its great to see the bar being set ever and ever high, that hopefully will inspire evermore creative work. Also it has made me return many times to the thread to grab some eye candy. Both have something to be proud to display.