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Other Stuff => Workbench => "Build Something" Archiv => Topic started by: OSHIROmodels on April 02, 2015, 07:27:47 AM
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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 (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
(http://i279.photobucket.com/albums/kk138/jimbibbly/Build%20Something%202015/Overlord_Flamer_zpss0lc99u8.jpg)
Second place - Von Lucky and Santas toy factory
(http://i279.photobucket.com/albums/kk138/jimbibbly/Build%20Something%202015/LAF%202015%20Build%20Something%20-%20von%20Lucky_zpst4p5bxek.jpg)
Third place - Dampfpanzerwagon's forge
(http://i279.photobucket.com/albums/kk138/jimbibbly/Build%20Something%202015/Forge%20-%20Dampfpanzerwagon_zpsj8gmehol.jpg)
Congratulations again to all who took part.
See you all early next year :)
cheers
James
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Thanks James for doing this and congrats to Overlord....
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Congratulations to everyone who took part and thanks to everyone who voted.
Tony
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Congratulations to the winners and everyone participating.
And an extra cheer to the eight people who woted on my rushed entry. :) Thanks.
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Thanks Jim for organising it. Great fun.
Congrats to all and winners most of all.
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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. 8) 8) 8)
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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.
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Congratulations everyone, in particular to the top three! And thanks James for organising it all.
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Well done everyone! There was some REALLY nice entries this year!
Here's to next year already! ;)
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Well done to the deserved winners.
Congrats to all the entrants and organizers.
Pick an easier subject next year please?
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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
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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! :D (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 :)
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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
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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.
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A very close contest. :o
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. 8)
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Let's not forget that at least 16 of the 125 voters were contestants.
I don't think people should set their expectations too high, I think this is pretty standard for this sort of competition on the internet. Half the original entrants didn't actually finish a build to begin with even though there was an extra week added on to the time allowed. How many didn't even start? It just goes to show, talk is cheap :) Why expect any effort from spectators when the people who've publicly announced an interest don't deliver?
There's no fix for it, the internet is what it is and people are what they are.
I would like to think that everybody who did build something for this 'competition' is happy to have a terrain piece that they didn't have a month or so ago. The fact some other people came along and took the trouble to vote and say they liked what they saw is a bonus. It's easy to just build something and present it on the forum, we all do it all the time. Arranging a competition adds a certain something (hopefully fun) to the proceedings.
So, thanks to James for organising it, good work from everyone and congratulations to Paul for the win.
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I'm disappointed that I didn't get mine finished despite being 80% there. Not finishing was nothing to do with lack of interest and more to do with perhaps being a little too ambitious, a busy time at work where I needed to bring stuff home with me, and a toddler with chicken pox. I certainly want to finish my build and use it.
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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.
I agree.
I would like to think that everybody who did build something for this 'competition' is happy to have a terrain piece that they didn't have a month or so ago. The fact some other people came along and took the trouble to vote and say they liked what they saw is a bonus. It's easy to just build something and present it on the forum, we all do it all the time. Arranging a competition adds a certain something (hopefully fun) to the proceedings.
And I agree with this statement. My terrain peice was YEARS away where it was on the queue. I can't remember having terrain done before the first miniature. Feels weird.
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Great work by all! I like all of the builds. Apparently I have rarified tastes because none of builds I voted for won ;D ;D No slights to those that did win as the field of entrants was top rate. I really thought that Snitchy's entry was just damn atmospheric. It made me shiver here on Guam and that takes some doing (unless the cargo ship with the beer can't make it into port - which mostly leads to weeping and wailing)!
LB
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Points all taken on board :)
There's a little addendum to the top of the first post.
cheers
James
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NOTE;
See top of post.
The book is MORE WARGAME TERRAIN not Building Wargame Terrain.
Tony
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Congratulations to the Winners!! and Thanks to James for organizing the contest. I really enjoyed it even though i did n't finish on time. I'll be less ambitious in the size of my project next time!
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Many thanks for running the comp James, it was pleasure to take part in the comp and see all the finished builds in the end. Hope to see all the unfinished builds finished too in near future. And congrats to the winners of course!
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I agree.
And I agree with this statement. My terrain peice was YEARS away where it was on the queue. I can't remember having terrain done before the first miniature. Feels weird.
Mine wasn't even on the radar. In fact I never really had any interest in making terrain pieces before this.
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Many thanks for the support gentlemen and I'm glad it proved an inspiration :)
I can assure you we will not be moving next year lol
cheers
James
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Doesn't that depend on how many projects you start this year and your space requirements at the beginning of next year? lol
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Words have been spoken between me and mine to prevent such an occurrence lol
(Unless I get clever with the storage).
cheers
James