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Other Stuff => The Lead Painters' League => Season 6 => Topic started by: Prof.Witchheimer on May 13, 2012, 06:22:22 PM
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As the sixth season of the LPL draws to a close, I find myself in a peculiar situation. Previously, I used to feel relieved as the season ended – finally there’s time to paint in a relaxed way, you don’t have to spend hours on photography, and there are no more lists of submission e-mails waiting to be answered, no more pictures to be uploaded, and no more match threads to be arranged. This time, it is different – I couldn’t get enough. I don’t know why, but after a slow started I picked up speed in the second half; I could easily have done another four to five rounds, and would have enjoyed them. But the LPL is over, that’s for sure.
This season was something special. The new “three teams for application” rule guaranteed that participants were highly motivated and committed to fight until the end, not only against their opponents but also against the lack of motivation setting in after Round 4, and coming out in force after Round 8. Most held out until the very end, and helped to make this season the most varied, the most interesting and the most exciting LPL outing so far.
The leaderboard and the obvious winners notwithstanding, I do not feel that anybody won “more” than the others. I’ve always envisioned the LPL more as a community project, rather than a simple competition; a project which saw a bunch of loonies decide to spend 10 weeks together, painting and presenting their results in the most excellent fashion possible. Therefore, regardless who made it to the top of the league, I congratulate to all the Knights of the Order of the LPL – you have done it again, my brothers (sadly, no sisters were to join in this year)!
Still, we do again have a triad of winners, who shall now be honoured.
Third place goes to Season 5 Champion, the incredible Frank! His photographs, all of superb diorama quality, are clearly some of the finest work ever to grace this forum. Few people come close to his level of expertise when it comes to presenting life in miniature; more amazing for the fact that he uses the same means as the rest of us, a couple of trees, a handful of houses or hills, a well-placed spot of lighting. Yet, when Frank goes to work, everything comes to life, we hear the crying of women as they bid their loved ones farewell, the roaring of orcs, the swearing of soldiers, and the crackle of flags flying in the wind.
Second place goes to the man who fancies colourful clothes and shiny armour, the illustrious Captain Blood. My personal accolade for him would be “The Master of the Blue”, as no one paints this tone as he does. His blues are beautiful, supernatural even; you get the feeling that they are glowing from the inside. All of the Captain’s contributions were clear, confident, and graceful; they overwhelm you with the rainbow-like vibrancy and vitality.
Finally, the coveted first place goes to the invincible Dr. Mathias! He displayed a combination of brilliant ideas and flawless execution which simply proved to be unbeatable. Anyone who has seen his Tolkien entry will know what I am talking about. Everybody knows the problem – we have a host of great ideas for LPL submissions, how great this would look and how swell that would be, how we could integrate this little tidbit and that – and then it falls short due to time constraints, lack of inspiration, or the anticipation simply exceeds the actual event. The good Doctor, however, managed to astound us week by week, and presented superbly executed ideas that rightly won him every round, emerging unbeaten.
Now that I have listed the three winners, I would be hard-pressed trying to decide who would be the best of the three. It is simply impossible.
There are things which cannot be graded by comparison, and therefore, the sequence might be considered more of a symbolic order. I wish to congratulate all three, and all the others on completion of the sixth successful season of the LPL, and express my thanks to all those who made it possible. As always, it was a great pleasure and an honour.
Thus, I declare the sixth season of the LPL concluded. I hope we will all convene again in the next year for Season Seven; I certainly am looking forward to it.
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This mere spectator would like to thank you, Prof, for running this year's LPL, and all the competitors for providing such an entertaining and inspirational competition.
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Top three really excelled themselves this year, well done lads. 8)
All your ideas have been saved for future theft inspiration ;)
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This was my first time voting in the LPL and it was great fun.
Many of the votes were painful decisions as the quality of miniatures was insane.
Thank you Prof for hosting and congratulations to the winners! :D
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Congrats to the winners! This was a spectecular Season, the toughest so far I think.
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Thanks to the organizers, participants, and especially the voters- who continued to turn out in force and show support through the entire league. It was certainly nerve-wracking but very, very enjoyable. It feels good to look at all the miniatures that got painted in three months. I only had to purchase figs for the Tolkien round and just a few for 9 and 10, so I made a nice dent in the lead pile. Some figures might never have been painted at all. That's what the LPL is all about!
Looking through Season 5 (and 4), it is clear that those who came back this year really stepped it up and excelled themselves. Be proud guys!
I learned a lot, even in ten short weeks. Upon reflection my first few entries could certainly have been photographed better, and the many participants have provided some new tips and tricks we all can make use of in the future. I find myself in the same position as the Prof... I could do a few more rounds! The LPL ends right when I get some free time :-[
Lastly, some appreciation needs to go out to Hammers. Even before I entered the LPL last year, I found myself drawn to his grand scale, great scenes, and attention to detail. His entries had a lot of influence on my approach right from the start.
Now I think I owe you all some tutorials...
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Congratulations and thanks. It was my first LPL as voter and competitor and it was fun and help me paint day after day. I will try to get better next year. ;)
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I'm with you Prof, this got in my system, I could go on for another 5-10 rounds more! :D
My first time doing this and had a lot of fun. Learned a lot about scenic photoing, even if a lot of what I learned is that I don't know much about it- yet. ;)
I think the highlight of the whole thing for me was Dr.M's Mirkwood scene.
Thanks everyone, this was a lot of fun!
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Congratulations to all the entrants, every single one of you!
You have all provided some serious inspiration, and at least three future projects have entered my mind due to this season's LPL. I have even bought all the lead for one already!
Whilst I have sat there and enjoyed every round, agonising over where to place my vote on numerous occasions, I would like to let all the entrants know that they have an audience that they will certainly not know about: My work colleagues!
I introduced them to the LPl at the very start and they have been most enthralled!
Even though none of them have ever picked up a brush in anger, it did not stop them have repeated arguements over who they thought should win each match-up.
That was almost as entertaining as the entries themselves...
Thanks to all involved, and looking eagerly forward to next year!
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This is my first LPL as a voter too. It was brilliant. I've looked forward to each Sunday and the painted delights they have brought. A big thank you to all involved. I'll never match the standards of this year's entrants but I may well give it a go next year. A big congratulations to the top 3 too.
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As per my coments in the other thread I';; repeat my thanks to the Prof and Ray and congratulations to the competitors (which also includes these 2). A well deserved win for Dr Mathias
Its certainly a demanding competition and its interesting to note that only 11 from 46 managed to snaffle all the bonus points on offer
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Well done to all who entered.
By the way has anyone told Dr. Mathias that as winner he has to organise the next LPL? ;)
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Well, if you had told me at the beginning that I would go 4-6 and finish 27th of 46 among such illustrious talent, I would not have believed you. I am truly thrilled with how I did in my first League. I want to thank all the competitors, voters and posters for providing their energy and enthusiasm. Seeing your entries and agonizing over votes made me look forward to Sunday mornings for 10 solid weeks.
And of course, thanks to Alex for running this. Truly, you gave a lot of joy to a lot of people!
That said, I have to say I *was* ready for a break when this all ended and could not have kept up the pace of new entries for much longer.... ::) ::) ::)
Mike Demana
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Many congratulations to the illustrious 3 at the top. Also to all those who took part and like me, sweated at getting figures painted and photographed in time. This was my first LPL as a competitor and I have been given so much inspiration and learnt so much about composing and photographing a scene (even if it is as Laughing Ferret said - I don't know much about it).
Many thanks to Prof. Witchheimer for all his hard work running this competition.
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Damn it! Didn't make my goal of Top 50%! Guess I'll make due w/ the Top of the Bottom! #24 is pretty damn good, and a 5/5 finish against this sort of competition is ok by me! :)
The Prof's romans and Abu's gorgeous pirates and islanders :-* were my faves, while LadyAsbestos was VERY taken w/ the wonderful Waterworld scene. Great season everyone!
I'm off to learn how to photograph! Thanks!
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... actualy I'm not on rank 25 but on rank 9 ... because I aimed to somewhat like 15 or so. lol
And to be say it here again: thanks to the Prof, Ray and all the others, REALLY great fun! And it was just my first LPL! Somehow I feel, like I should start painting for the next R1 LPL7!!
As for: "Knights of the Order of the LPL" vs "bunch of loonies". Again hard to choose, which I like more! ;D
thank You guys for these lovely 10 weeks - best wishes
Drachenklinge
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CONGRATULATIONS to Matt!!!! You really deserve the championship (@Matts Mum: your son is really talented! :-)).This year LPL was fantastic for me. I got a lot of inspiration and I could encourage some of my projcets. A big thank you to Alex and Ray! You have done a perfect job.
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Greetings
it was nerve-wracking. it was work, it was a tight-schedule the last round but overall it was mostly fun.
From my side too many wishes and thanks to everyone involved in the LPL. The painters, organizers, voters. Everyone of you singly and all of us together made some fine ten week interaction marathon. Well done my fellows. I'm so proud of you.
A special congratulation to the top three. Dr, Captain and Frank. I must admit week after week I waited Sunday to come only to download your entries as soon as possible. They make some real stunning screensaver which I get to enjoy every day.
It wasn't my first season to vote, but the first to participate. Did I make my family crazy? Yes. Was it fun? Yes. Did my plan succeed? Not really because of one failed entry. Did I meet my personal goal? Hell, YES.
My goals were to finish all ten weeks, reduce my lead mountain and get a few votes. Those goals were met and I am grateful for that. Becoming Knight 37 of 46 in the Order of the Painting League is a honor. Thank you so much.
Unlike the prof, the Doctor and a few others, I'm glad it is over though. As I wrote in my participation posting, this is a whole different way of painting -for me- and I made great for ten weeks. But now that it is over I have time again for others projects. Without a time-frame to comply.
Thank you much for this great time. And if my mindset has calmed again, I'll probably attend the LPL 7 as well
take care
Jo
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Excellent fun competition and a very fair result. Well done Matt - thoroughly deserved champion! Great inventive and original entries all the way through, and to a very consistent standard.
Thanks of course to Alex and Ray for all the hard work behind the scenes - believe me, it takes up a lot more time than people might think. It was a great league, and yes, I agree the standard overall was better than ever. Which is surely a very good thing :)
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I would like to thank all the participants for taking part in the contest. Also the Professor for making it possible. Bravo!
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I missed my fix of voting yesterday ;D fantastic work everyone and well done to the winners, very well deserved all :D
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Brilliant! I really didn't know who was going to clinch it in the end, it was less certain than a Man City trophy! lol
Many congrats to Dr Mathias, but well done to all the entrants – as usual I'm in awe at anyone being able to keep up the pace of the LP for ten weeks. This year was a real cracker, and everyone seemed to be pulling out the stops. We always expect some of LAF's 'bigger' names to pull some good stuff out of the bag for us, but I particularly enjoyed seeing a lot of contestants really improve over the course of the season, both in painting and photography. :)
Thanks to The Prof and Ray for marshalling the troops and making the whole thing run like clockwork. Splendid work all round! :D
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A fantastic competition - the best LPL so far.
There were many occasions when I was truly in awe of the entries and had a really tough time deciding which one to vote for. Congratulations to all the entrants - you should all be very proud.
Tony
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Great League !
I'm happy, I reached the round 10, after my abandonment in the season 4 and the missed first deadline in the season 5 :? good progress :D
Congratulation to DrMathias, this victory is not a surprise, you deserve it.
Bravo for all other participants.
LPL is for me a great souce of motivation.
Count on me for the season 7 :)
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congratulations to the winners, and a big thanks to all those who entered, ther ewere some amazing paintjobs and dioramas in there, and lots of inspiration.
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Just being a "watcher" of the competition, I must congratulate all entrants for their effort.
What I would like to mentions is that the top 15 people sent in some fantastic work and it was very hard on times to pick a 'winner'.
maybe the decision should be Pic 1 or Pic2 or EQUAL.
I'll leave that to the committee to decide.