Pendraken Painting Competition 2023!

[Leon Pendraken]

It's time for the Pendraken Painting Competition 2023!

It's that time of year again!  The Pendraken Painting Competition is back so get those figures finished, grab your camera and get them entered!  The 2023 Painting Competition will open to entries on February 1st and will be running all the way through until the end of the month.  As always you can enter anything that's been painted over the past 12 months, so we can't wait to see the entries.

Closing date for the competition will be midnight on Tuesday 28th February and we'll then open up the voting threads for everyone to decide our winners.

The categories will be the same as usual:

Categories:

Foot - Pre-20th C. - Max: 40 figures, on either a single base, multiple bases, or in a movement tray.
Foot - 20th C. - Max: 40 figures, on either a single base, multiple bases, or in a movement tray.
Mounted - Max: 20 figures, on either a single base, multiple bases, or in a movement tray.
Vehicle - Max: 3 vehicles on or off bases, including wagons and chariots.
Fantasy & Sci-Fi - Max: 40 figures, on either a single base, multiple bases, or in a movement tray.
Open - Single Base - Anything which doesn't fit into the other categories, with a max base size of 100x100mm.  This could be a command base, a single figure, artillery base, etc.
Open - Army - Anything which is larger than the maximums in the other categories, so multiple units or a whole army.

If you're unsure which category to put your entry in, let us know what it is, and we'll point you in the right direction!

Rules  - Please Read!

- Firstly, all figures must be 10mm Pendraken.  Conversions are allowed, but only on our figures.

1. You must be a Forum member to enter, but other than that, everyone is welcome!  The Forum registration is open again now, so head over and register!

2. You may enter as many times as you like but each entry is only allowed 2 images (except for the 'Army!' category, see below).  We do not allow montage images anymore, just to keep a level playing field.  You can however edit your two images into a single file for the sake of uploading/hosting them.  The best way to add your images is through a separate photo hosting site, or a blog, but if you have any difficulty posting pics then let us know and we'll help you out.

3. The 'Open - Army!' category may have 5 photo's, as it's difficult to cover a whole army with just a single photo!

4. All entries must be your own work, and have not been entered into any online competitions before.

5. Entries should have been completed in the last 12 months, so we hope you've all been busy!

6. You can post WIP (work-in-progress) photos if you wish, but please create a new thread for these.  You can also post extra photos of your work elsewhere on the Forum.  These will not count towards your competition entry.

7. The winners will be decided by the Forum members, so once the closing deadline has passed, we'll put up a poll thread for each category where our members can vote on who they want to win.  The polls will close 7 days later and the winners will be announced.

8. Competition threads will be created on the opening date, purely for your entries.

9. Pendraken may use your pics in future promo/marketing, catalogue covers or web pics.  Entering gives your permission for your pics to be used.


And now the good bit, we've got over £500 of prizes available for you!  The winners and runners-up in each category will receive the following:

- The Winner of each category will receive £50 worth of Pendraken credit!
- The Runner-Up of each category will receive £25 worth of Pendraken credit!

Credit will be applied in the form of Loyalty Points added to your Pendraken website accounts, so you can spend it as you wish on any of the 6000 products we've got available.


So:

Competition opens - February 1st!
Closing deadline - Midnight, February 28th!


As always, if there's any questions just let us know!

[Leon Pendraken]

After a month of entries and seven days of voting, it's time to announce the winners of the 2023 Pendraken Painting Competition!  We've had some excellent entries this year and some of the closest voting that we've seen in a while too.

As usual the voting was done by our friendly Forum members who each had 5 votes to cast per category, so without further ado...

The Winners of the 2023 Pendraken Painting Competition are:


Foot - Pre-20th C. (35 entries)

Once again this category had the highest number of entries and we had two entries fighting it out for that first place slot...


1st place: shrimproll9's SYW Prussians - wins £50 Pendraken voucher!



2nd place: streetgang's Revolutionary French grenadiers - wins £25 Pendraken voucher!




Foot - 20th C. (14 entries)

This category always has a lower number of entries but at a high standard, so there was some fierce competition here.  Three entries pulled ahead at the start of the voting with the winner pulling ahead in the final couple of days...


1st place: Forez42's Soviet infantry - wins £50 Pendraken voucher!



2nd place: Maraviglia's Defenders of France - wins £25 Pendraken voucher!




Mounted (21 entries)

This category had a good mix of votes across several entries but we had two clear leaders right up until this afternoon!  In the end there was only one vote in it...


1st place: shrimproll9's SYW Prussian hussars - wins £50 Pendraken voucher!



2nd place: DHautpol's 1695 Mousquetaires de la Garde - wins £25 Pendraken voucher!




Vehicle (33 entries)

We had a lot more entries in this category this year, but I think this is one of those occasions where some people made too many entries and split their own vote, causing them to lose out on a potential 1st place!


1st place: Maraviglia's Napoleonic limbers - wins £50 Pendraken voucher!



2nd place: Federico's Matador trucks - wins £25 Pendraken voucher!




Fantasy & Sci-Fi (22 entries)

We had a lot more entries in this category this year and it was great to see some interesting conversions on our figures too.  However it was completely dominated by two entries that were at level pegging for almost the full 7 days of voting.  This morning they were equal but by 6pm we had a winner...


1st place: Draconian's Xenos - wins £50 Pendraken voucher!



2nd place: Forez42's Bloodbowl team - wins £25 Pendraken voucher!




Open - Single Base (29 entries)

There was a good mix of entries here from right across history and our ranges, so it was really nice to see.  Quite a few entries were in the running during the week but by the end we had a clear winner and a very close 2nd place!


1st place: Sotaisho's Republican Romans - wins £50 Pendraken voucher!



2nd place: paulr's ECW standard - wins £25 Pendraken voucher!




Open - Army! (20 entries)

We had another close one here with six entries fighting it out for the winner slots over the week.  By the end there was only one vote between 2nd and 3rd...


1st place: streetgang's Revolutionary French army - wins £50 Pendraken voucher!



2nd place: KCW's AWI Patriots army - wins £25 Pendraken voucher!




Congratulations to all of our winners!  We'll be announcing the winners on social media and you'll receive an email in the next few days with your prize voucher.  We'll also get your Winner's tags added to your profiles, which is of course the most important thing!

Thank you to everyone who entered for taking the time to take part this year.  The Painting Competition is always one of the highlights of our year and the standard gets higher every time.  We hope you enjoyed it too and your entries will no doubt have inspired others to pick up a brush and get something painted or try and new technique.