Well here we are at last - I'm heavily plagiarising last year's rules by jimbibbly, so credit to him - any errors or omissions or misconceptions would be due to the changes I made.
Post any rules queries and comments as replies.
The theme for the Build Something Competition is:
ILL-ADVISEDThanks to Rich H for suggesting it, and to all who posted ideas. I hope the choice of theme won't prove to be eponymous.
GENERAL RULESOne entry per member (no joint contributions).
A child board has been set up in the Workbench section and all build threads must be started in this. A dedicated Gallery has been set up just for hosting contest images so please post your photos here:
http://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?action=gallery;cat=98You can then add them to your build thread - any questions regarding this just let myself or Prof Witcheimer know.
The official
start date is 09:00 GMT Sun 14th Jan and all applicants must
notify their intent to take part on the registration thread by 20:00 GMT Thurs 11th Jan. They will then be listed in the registration post. The list of entrants will be in alphabetical order (no favouritism). Please let me know if your username is wrong.
YOU CAN START YOUR BUILD THREAD IN THIS SUB-FORUM DIRECTLY, BUT PLEASE DO NOT POST ANY PROGRESS BEFORE THE START DATE. Please name your thread according to this pattern:
BSC2018 someone's model-name - for example, BSC2018 Chekov's Gun, where Chekov would be the user's forum name and 'gun' would be the object being built.
If you change your mind – if Real Life intrudes or if the theme is not to your taste - just let me know and I shall remove your name.
I’ll be building an entry of my own, but I’ll withdraw my entry from voting. I will not be entering as a 'legal' participant, just to make up the numbers or purely for fun – this way I can also say ‘I didn’t lose’ this year.

Finished entries must be
submitted no later than midnight Sun 4th MARCH and the voting will start shortly after. That's seven weeks to build something.
DUE TO THE EMAIL DELAY FOLLOWED BY THE IMAGE UPLOAD DELAY THE DEADLINE FOR POSTING ON THE BUILD THREADS REMAINS OF COURSE HAS BEEN EXTENDED BY A WEEK ; BUT THE DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION OF THE PHOTO OF THE FINISHED MODEL WILL FOLLOW 
The build threads of the entrants should include as many progress shots as possible, including sketches but
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 pilot and controls in an enclosed cockpit).
Final 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.
Photo size should be 800x800 pixels and sent as a jpeg to buildsomething@leadadventureforum.com
Although winners will be voted by the population 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.
THEME RULESThe entry must include something that ties in with the theme of 'ill-advised'.
Anything goes whether it's a vehicle, a building, a robot etc., as long as it is – well, plainly ill-advised!
Whilst an action could be ill-advised, remember that you have to build something – so a tiny naked goblin attacking a huge fortress is only valid if you scratchbuild them (or at least, the fortress)! Try to choose a theme which really emphasises ill-advisedness – a space marine terminator who refuses to wear his helmet to battle is ill-advised, but that doesn’t really have the special oomph of ill-advisedness, does it? If you have any questions either ask them here, to the above buildsomething email or via pm, but please label your email/ pm
Build Something 2018.
Minimum base size is 50mm x 50mm or 50mm diameter or variations of; there is no upper limit. If in doubt, ask.
There is no minimum or maximum limit of figures on the entry but please remember that this is a Build something contest and NOT a figure painting contest.
Any period or setting is allowed as long as it fits with the theme including sci-fi, historical, pulp, fantasy etc.
The idea is to ‘build something’ (hence the name of the competition – clever, eh?) so the vast majority of the piece should be scratchbuilt, and only 0-25% can be commercially bought items or figures. The rest must be hand made.
Any amount of
3D printing is allowed in this edition of the BSC, with the (obvious) proviso that although there might not be physical model bits to show, anyone including 3D printed parts extensively (or a whole model) still need to adhere to the guidelines, and post about the design process and include images (as would be the case for any other construction approach) - the sudden appearance of a complete model with no previous images and description is not on!

Conversion of commercially-bought items is allowed also e.g. a head swap on a single figure would not be suitable, but re-positioning and sculpting several new body parts would be. Another example could be a plastic aeroplane kit: adding a couple of extra parts to the kit would not be sufficient to qualify, but having some of the parts from a sprue on an entirely new build would be fine. Again, if in doubt, please ask.
It's not possible to cover all the eventualities, so please use your common sense and play fair.

Good luck, and happy building to all - and don't forget to REGISTER YOUR INTENT and START A THREAD.