Suggestions for possible future LPL bonus round themes - list updated p14

[Captain Blood]

Just tidying / updating this thread...

Updated list to the end of LPL13.

The tally of 39 bonus round themes across LPLs 1-13 by type is:

- 11 historical (if we count Back of Beyond as historical - ish)
- 11 fantasy / sci-fi / horror specific
- 17 generic: i.e. the theme could be met using historical or non-historical figures or models

To whit:

Africa! (S5R5)
Americas (S13R10)
Animals (S9R5)
Armour (S9R1)
Back of Beyond (S2R10)
Big brother, little brothers (S11R10)
British (S12R1)
Civilians and bystanders (S5R1)
Conan the Barbarian (S4R1)
Conquistadors (S2R5)
Cthulhu (S2R10)
Creatures, beasts or monsters (S10R10)
Explorers, settlers and pioneers (S12R7)
Germans (S3R1)
Halloween (S1R7)
High and Late Medieval (S10R5)
Historical Civil War (S7R5)
HQ Group (S7R1)
Just the paint (no scenery) S13R5
Lying, sitting or kneeling miniatures (S10R1)
Mad Science (S2R1)
Maritime/Naval (S6R10)
Old Metal (S6R1)
Saddle up! (S3R5)
Scenes from famous movies (S5R10)
Science Fiction (S7R10)
Ship’s Crew (S11R5)
Support weapon and crew (S12R4)
The Ancient World (S8R5)
The Lost World (S3R10)
The Realms of fantasy (S8R1)
The War to end all wars - WW1 (S8R10)
The Worlds of J.R.R.Tolkien (S6R5)
Things that go bump in the night (Gothic Horror) (S13R1)
Tribesmen (S11R1)
Victorian Sci-Fi (S4R10)
Women (S9R10)
World War II (S1R5)
Zombies (S4R5)



...and a collection of proposed suggestions for future LPLs ...

Amazons
Antarctica
Anthropomorphic Animals
Aquatic Animals
Armour and Artillery
Beards
Bloodbowl
Board game miniatures
Casualties
Captors and Captives
Ceremonial uniforms of the world
Cops and Robbers
(Classic) D&D adventurers and creatures
Dark arts
East
Elite troops, royal guard
Entertainment
Evil mastermind & worthless minions, "take on the world" (vs. heroes thwarting them)
Extra Terrestrial Life Forms
Flora
Flying Things
Fractured Fairy Tales
Future War
Garish
Genre Dysfunction
Guerrilla/Irregular Warfare
Hats
Industry
I painted this while drunk
'Iron Chef' round
Jules Verne
Lace Wars / Men in Wigs / C18th period
Last Stand
Lead Adventure Miniatures
Limited Palette
Literature
Little gems, made up of 15mm or smaller scale models
Ludicrously overbuilt
Medieval Asia
Mercenary band - any period
Moustaches
Musicians/band - any period
My favourite small (~one-man) company
National epics, stories, legends, myths
Non-humans round
Not... (basically a round to enter any of those Not-[insert name] minis)
Novel
Nudes
One's own country's historical event
Open-Ended Writer's Prompts ("It was then they knew they really weren't in Kansas anymore...")
Other geographic areas: Middle/Far East, polar, tropics, barren lands, mountains...
Pirates, rogues, highwaymen, crooks (vs. appropriate law enforcement)
Post World War II an up to Lebanon 1982
Protecting the standard/colours - any period
Quantity over quality
Random Scale
Space Marines (reclaiming the concept)
Religion
Repaint pre-paint
Revolution and Counter-Revolution
Secret Agents / espionage
Siege
Small people Nations of the world - Paint something fictional or real from your country of residence
Sports
Starships and Sailing-boats
Steam, combustion
Superheroes and Super villains
Super weapons
Survivors
Swashbucklers
Tales From Shakespeare
Terrorists
Texians
The East
Thieves, or cops and robbers
Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines
Totally surreal
Undead
Underdogs, against the odds
Underground
Vampires and/or vampire hunters
Vehicles
Warriors of the faith - any period
Wars of Unification
What I bought in the LAF bazaar
Whimsy
Whoopsie round - Accidents, car/airplane crashes, sinking ships
Woods and Forests
World Today, The

[Elk101]

Very useful Richard. Didn't someone also suggest a white background only round? Can't remember who though?

[Captain Blood]

That might be a good idea for a mandatory round - no scenics, let’s see the paintwork - rather than an optional theme bonus?

[Elk101]

Yes, I think that was the idea. It arose during a discussion about whether people were voting for the painting or the composition. I think we should try it out.

[Blackwolf]

That might be a good idea for a mandatory round - no scenics, let’s see the paintwork - rather than an optional theme bonus?

I might do a blurb on cropping et cetera, if that's of any use?

[Hammers]

As we approached the last BSC there was a theme suggestion for micro builds. I deemed this being akin to "markers" which I thought would be more suitable for a LPL. I think casualty, treause and object marker, just to name a few, would be a nice theme for a a round.

Several interesting, and funny, themes on that list...

[Silent Invader]

I painted this while drunk 

[Hammers]

I painted this while drunk 

No challange. That's what I do.

[khartoum2]

There are some great possibilities in the list and I see a couple that would fit with what I'm already painting which is always a bonus.

I think the best types of round though are those which can be more varied in the type of entry you get.  This is probably a bit of a bind for the adjudicators deciding if something is or isn't a valid bonus entry. Looking at the below a Texan round would seem to me to be lots of Alamo type figures against each other (although this makes the voting more equal) as opposed to small scale which could be anything.

Quite like the idea of board game figures, especially with the rise of the kickstarter miniature games and presumably change in gaming habits.  However if you haven't already got a board game with figures sourcing at a reasonable price may be far more difficult

[Captain Blood]

I might do a blurb on cropping et cetera, if that's of any use?

I think that would be very useful Guy. Getting a good photo is almost as important and the painting of the figures.

[Blackwolf]

A okay

[Antonio J Carrasco]

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