Lead Painters' League Season 5 Rules

[Fire Broadside!]

Not on LAF at all.
Beforehand - Only elsewhere on the Internet if you are not going to claim it as newly painted for 'new' bonus points.
Ideally, just wait until the match is over 

Ok. What I had in mind was to make a blog post each week announcing each new round and posting a picture of my entry and link to it over here. So no pictures beforehand, only after the round starts. Maybe I could have the picture on my blog being in black and white only while the round is ongoing? 

[Heldrak]

I can't speak to the rules-legality of such things (and Captain Blood has already made himself pretty clear on the topic) but in the past it has been considered that posting an entry or links to an active entry elsewhere on the internet while the round is still open for voting is "not the done thing" (it can be construed as touting for votes).

The simple solution would be to just run your blog entries a week behind your contest entries, so that they only appear on your blog after the active voting phase for each week is over.

[Fire Broadside!]

I can't speak to the rules-legality of such things (and Captain Blood has already made himself pretty clear on the topic) but in the past it has been considered that posting an entry or links to an active entry elsewhere on the internet while the round is still open for voting is "not the done thing" (it can be construed as touting for votes).

The simple solution would be to just run your blog entries a week behind your contest entries, so that they only appear on your blog after the active voting phase for each week is over.

Gotcha. Being a firs-timer in the LPL I'm not really sure of the etiquette. But I'll simply do what you suggest and run it a week behind.

[Andy0476]

Gotcha. Being a firs-timer in the LPL I'm not really sure of the etiquette. But I'll simply do what you suggest and run it a week behind.

I plan to do the same thing Martin. Makes for a nice journal of the LPL on our blogs and you can even enter if you won or lost that round ... in my case that will be mostly lost I'm afraid 

[Hammers]

I can't speak to the rules-legality of such things (and Captain Blood has already made himself pretty clear on the topic) but in the past it has been considered that posting an entry or links to an active entry elsewhere on the internet while the round is still open for voting is "not the done thing" (it can be construed as touting for votes).

The simple solution would be to just run your blog entries a week behind your contest entries, so that they only appear on your blog after the active voting phase for each week is over.

Mustering votes is not the done thing  at all, is it? Not among amateur gentlemen painters... One could mention an occasional sordid occurrence from past LPLs but what good would that do?

[syrinx0]

Don't know if it would actually result in votes for me considering some the of the great entries but I have pointed a few of my various gaming friends at this contest & site.  The work being display on this site in general is inspiring both in terms of creativity and implementation.  It really got me energized to paint my pulp collection of figures again.

I wonder if the LPL contests tend to cause a spurt in new memberships every year.

[Andy0476]

Don't know if it would actually result in votes for me considering some the of the great entries but I have pointed a few of my various gaming friends at this contest & site.  The work being display on this site in general is inspiring both in terms of creativity and implementation.  It really got me energized to paint my pulp collection of figures again.

I wonder if the LPL contests tend to cause a spurt in new memberships every year.

That's how I got here 

[Bobbo]

That's how I got here 

Ditto.

[Hammers]

There is a noticeable raise coinciding with LPL and its announcement. We had 121 new members in January 121 and 151 in February 2011. Its the top month so far in LAF's history.

There is a similar but much smaller bell shape around February of last year.

It is not possible to know without polling the reasons for these increases, but surely one suspects that the LPL accounts for a large part of it

[HerbyF]

I just joined for all the pretty pictures & inspiring ideas. This is the best forum I have seen.

[Bobble]

Is it ok to use buildings you have shown before as scenery for newly painted teams?
Do you still get the new team bonus points?

[Captain Blood]

Yes, as long as the figures are genuinely newly painted (or at least previously unshown) - backdrops or 'props' can be things you've shown before.

[Muskie]

Man I can't believe the rules thread keeps going.  I didn't break any rules, I did say I was entering and encouraged people to check out all the minis that everyone painted.  I haven't shown a picture of my painted models or even in progress shots, just bare metal, which is rather ironic as I painted bare naked women for the unarmed week.  A better pun would have been perhaps 5 Venus De Milos or however it is spelt.  How come I can't spell spelled?

Is my blog kosher?

http://musksminiatures.wordpress.com/

[Muskie]

Not on LAF at all.
Beforehand - Only elsewhere on the Internet if you are not going to claim it as newly painted for 'new' bonus points.
Ideally, just wait until the match is over 

That's what I thought was implied.  I think I'm following the rules, I'm not too worried as I don't think I'll win, maybe next year.  I like to paint and blog the progress to keep motivated so I've had to alter my modus operrai for the spirit of the competition.  I'm also going to have to keep digging in my miniature collection for odd models to paint, I know I don't have any Africans...

[Blackwolf]

I believe the 5th round is Africa,not Africans quite a difference. Can't tell you what I'm doing though,  however no 'Africans' are in it