LPL5 - the winners and results

[Hammers]

Yeah! Well done the masochists.....I mean organisers

How did Hammers end up 25th?

I had a pony with Ladbrokes on him to place 

Sorry to disappoint. All the skilled competition aside, a lack of endurance during tough circumstances will kill you.

Congratulations, Frank, I voted for you throughout. Blood, Ray hat of to you both, I really mean it.

[Admiral Benbow]

Congratulations to all the worthy winners, and a big thank you to the organisers! It was a brilliant show - till next time!
 

[janner]

Congrats to all involved - great fun and an excellent way to churn out the minis in time for the campaign season. 

[Mancha]

I had great fun.  My favorite part was the flurry of my-wife-hates-me notices somewhere around Round 8 or 9.      Thanks to Captain Blood, Ray Rivers and the Prof.  I'll wait a couple weeks and then start posting plaintive requests that we start the LPL6.   

[matakishi]

That was a lot of fun, I think I'll join in next year too. Congratulations to the winners and a big thank you to Richard and Ray for their continuing hard work.

I've charted my progress through the League (if anyone cares) here: http://www.matakishi.com/lpl2011.htm

I like to picture LPL entrants like ducks, calm on the surface but behind the scenes there's quite a bit of frantic paddling going on to stay afloat. That was my experience anyway

[Frank]

I am very proud and it is really a great honour to have won this fantastic LPL and belive it or not, it was my first painting competion I have taken part. For me it was not only a lot of fun, I have also seen fantastic miniatures and many brilliant ideas. Some topics were also totally new to me.  A big thank you to Richard, Ray and the Professor for thier untiring efforts and congratulations to all other participants...you made it! 

[Arcturus]

Hey Matakishi, thanks for mentioning me on your blog. I feel honored and i am very happy that this entry had such an impact because it's my favorite of my own entries.

[Chambersofminiatures]

Congratulations to all that participated in the competition. Seeing so many painted miniatures over the last 10 weeks make us all winners!

Frank you are the man!

I really should starting investing time and money in terrain.

Patrick

[Orctrader]

Congratulations to the winners, organisers and all who took part.  

[Blue in vt]

Yeah Cheers to all...this was a great event...certainly the most enjoyable miniature event I've been involved with.  Huge thanks to all those that made it happen...Richard, Ray and Prof...as well as all the participants.  Congrats to Frank...your victory is well deserved...along with Dr. M and Chambers you guys are a huge inspiration.

I'm already starting to think about teams for the next LPL...and how to keep my wife a bit happier this time...

Cheers!

Blue

[Silent Invader]

[Applause]

Very well done Frank*....

..... I have to say that your Gordon of Khartoum was my favourite entry of the entire event..

[/Applause]


*well, everyone really, but especially Frank

[Dr Mathias]

Well this is a surprise, I'm not sure how I squeaked into the top three... I've been traveling the southwest USA for a week with practically no Internet, so I haven't even been able to follow the last eight days
Congrats to the winners and salutations to all my fellow competitors, thanks to you I was encouraged (forced or frightened might be better) to paint far and above my past efforts. It's been hard for me to look at figures I painted ten weeks prior! Looking forward to next round...

I offer my sincere thanks to the organizers, what an effort!

[Doomhippie]

Thanks again Ray and Richard for your outstanding patience and and dedication. And congrats to everybody. It has been a lot of fun and a lot of excitement as well. I had originally hoped to get into the top 10, then the top 20 and now I have failed by one. But then again I think the gents who finished better than me do deserve it. Actually there are some more people who have a lot better pictures to show than me and I can count myself lucky that I scored higher (and I guess it is mostly because I tried to grab as many bonus points as I could).

Things I learned:

1) I need to improve my photography skills.
2) Overall GW miniatures are a bad choice if you want to win.
3) Bright colors usually go further than toned down natural colors.
4) Subtle blending painting style is not as well liked as the more brisk (I don't know the correct English word) Foundry painting style.
5) Colonial topics have a high chance of scoring.

Now mind you - I say these things without any hard feelings, I find them interesting. Of course there are exceptions and overall I think the people who deserved to win usually won. And I think it's perfectly okay since miniatures, painting styles and topics are of course "fashion trends", so to speak. And let's face it: I have seen truly wonderful entries that left me really in awe of the painters. Well done, everybody.

[Lt. Hazel]

Congrats Frank, you really deserve it! And to all the others: it was a great time, I saw so much inspiring stuff! I'll participate Next time for sure! Not to forgett Richards and Rays efforts to make all that possible.
Jan

[Wirelizard]

Doomhippie, your rules of thumb for LPL success more or less match up with mine. I'd change your last rule to "5. Colonial and pulp topics have a high chance of scoring.", but that might also be personal bias showing up.  

Of course, I'm disappointed with myself for not getting a full set of 10 teams fielded, and for missing bonus point opportunities in Rounds 5 & 10. That extra 50 or so bonus points would have done flattering things for my final standings!

Still, I'm content with another LPL gone by, lots of amazing stuff as always but up a notch or two over previous LPLs, I think. I have a nice extra lot of painted figures crowding the edges of my painting desk now that I almost certainly wouldn't have if not for LPL5.

And of course many thanks to Capt. Blood, Ray and the Prof!