Lead Painters' League Season 6 Rules

[Laughing Ferret]

excellent! OK.. 1 down, 2 to go.

[phreedh]

excellent! OK.. 1 down, 2 to go.

Surely you mean "9 to go" - right? =)

[Laughing Ferret]

Surely you mean "9 to go" - right? =)

Well that too  but I don't mind working on the other 7 while it's running. Have 2 of the first 3 done, and 3rd is getting close. Actually these 3 are becoming 4, so that's almost half way there!

Actually one more rules question: I see it says no work in progress shots- I imagine that means you can't enter a team that is unfinished but does it also mean you can't publish work in progress shots elsewhere?  Maybe I missed it, I know you can't post finished painted pictures of a team before it is entered, but does that mean you also can't post progress unfinished pictures of a team before it's week entry?  I had in mind to post pictures of the conversions I did for one of the teams on my blog, but obviously don't want to if it disqualifies them from being entered once painted.

[Captain Blood]

Showed only primed or only based or both would be alright. As long as not painted.

[Drachenklinge]

for posing my minis I will (want to) use terrain items which actually HAVE (or were? damn' tenses) already shown on the net ... is that a problem, too?

DK

per EDIT
thanx

[Prof.Witchheimer]

for posing my minis I will (want to) use a small terrain item which actually HAVE (is? damn' tenses) already shown on the net ... is that a problem, too?

no problem at all, only the figures count.

[alone_withmyaxe]

To count as 'unpublished' what if I paint 30 miniatures of a force, and post pictures of them on my blog, but keep 5 or more held back out of the picture, could those that were not in the photo be used for a league entry? 

Sure, as long as you don't show these 5 on the web, they could be used.

Following on from this, and asking the same kind of question again. If we have posted a single painted mini online previously and enter it in the LPL in a round with 5 other newly painted never before seen models, does that count as a new team entry?

I have a model I would like to put in with some others I have newly painted for the LPL, but it has appeared on my blog, if it loses me the new paint bonus then I will leave it out.

Also, can we show entries on our blogs once the round has finished though not while the round is running?

Cheers

[Prof.Witchheimer]

Following on from this, and asking the same kind of question again. If we have posted a single painted mini online previously and enter it in the LPL in a round with 5 other newly painted never before seen models, does that count as a new team entry?

yes, it counts as a new team as long as there are at least 5 newly painted figures

Also, can we show entries on our blogs once the round has finished though not while the round is running?

Once the round has finished you can do with your entry whatever you like.

[Tomsche]

Something completely different I don`t seem to see anywhere, is the top 10 or so like last year split off after 7 rounds to duel it out amongst themselves?

Not that I`ll end up anywhere near those spots, but for the voter, that was a (nice) hell with some real hard decisions

[mikedemana]

Hi,

I'm getting my emails ready to send tomorrow and realized I don't know the best way to inform you of the team name and my name.  Should it be in the subject line of the email, or in the text of it, or what?  The rule against graphic elements says to me that you do not want fancy titles on the images themselves, I'm assuming.  This being my first League, I am not sure of the process...

Thanks for hosting this league -- I'm excited to be a part of it!

Mike Demana

[Arcturus]

Last league i entered the images as Username_Round.jpg e.g. Arcturus_01.jpg, Arcturus_02.jpg and so on.

The team names were given in the email text.

I think this works quite well but if there's any other preferred way i'd like to hear about it too.

[Westfalia Chris]

I've always used the following format for the image filename:

USERNAME_ROUND_##_TEAMNAME.JPG

So, for example, if I had a team of fearless sample figures, I could call it:

WESTFALIA_CHRIS_ROUND_01_FEARLESS_SAMPLE_FIGURES.JPG

That way, the organisers get the name, the round for which they are intended, and the name of the entry. This year, obviously, you should number the first three entries according to the rounds they are intended for, and continue with the following rounds' entries.

[Pil]

I name my files "Pil-01.jpg" and then count to ten. I do all the extra information in the body text of the email, like this:

Round 1
File name: Pil-01.jpg
Entry name: Insert the name you want
Previously unpublished: yes or no, depending on whether it's a new team or not
Bonus info: if it's a bonus round I add a little motivation, in the case of round 1 this league it's the years the models were made in and links to the Stuff of Legends pages, though that's not really necessary.

I also make sure I mention my forum nickname (Pil) in the text.

So basically anything works as long as you provide the following:
- round number in case you submit multiple entries
- entry name
- forum nickname
- whether or not they are newly painted (they have to be for rounds 1, 2 and 3 but not for other rounds)

I think the bonus info is optional but I like to add a little motivation.

[Captain Blood]

Something completely different I don`t seem to see anywhere, is the top 10 or so like last year split off after 7 rounds to duel it out amongst themselves?

Yes, i'm pretty sure the Prof will be making sure that the leading few contenders all get to face off against each other in the last few rounds 

The team names were given in the email text.

I think this works quite well but if there's any other preferred way i'd like to hear about it too.

Well i can't speak for the Prof, but when i have run previous LPLs, i certainly prefer it as simple as possible.
So i will be supplying my entries as Captainblood1, Captainblood2, and so on, with the team titles supplied in the accompanying email text...

What i can definitely say, is that it is a major help if participants can manage to keep the titles of their entries short, since these have to be typed in by hand more than once...

So 'Martian Expeditionary Reconnaisance Squadron on Planet Gamma Omega Delta in the Nexus Three System, circa AD 3020' is not an ideal team name. It might add colour to you entry, but it's a pain in the butt for the organiser!
'Sci-fi Martians' is an excellent team name on the other hand 

Please aim for the latter style of titling, not the former! 

[Prof.Witchheimer]

I'm getting my emails ready to send tomorrow and realized I don't know the best way to inform you of the team name and my name.  Should it be in the subject line of the email, or in the text of it, or what?  The rule against graphic elements says to me that you do not want fancy titles on the images themselves, I'm assuming.  This being my first League, I am not sure of the process...

the format used by Chris would be great and would give me alle the informations I need:

I've always used the following format for the image filename:

USERNAME_ROUND_##_TEAMNAME.JPG

So, for example, if I had a team of fearless sample figures, I could call it:

WESTFALIA_CHRIS_ROUND_01_FEARLESS_SAMPLE_FIGURES.JPG

That way, the organisers get the name, the round for which they are intended, and the name of the entry. This year, obviously, you should number the first three entries according to the rounds they are intended for, and continue with the following rounds' entries.