Strange Aeons Adventures Contest!

[styx]

Great idea! As long as no one minds?

I asked everyone (as of yet no replies against), but I will send a direct PM to each to give them the chance to decline. I suspect nobody will say no...

[YIU]

Great idea! As long as no one minds?

I don't mind and you can use my movie or post it wherever you want  but as some of the pictures I used might be protected by copyright (I found them on internet) and the music too I hope you won't have any trouble. 

[necrocannibal]

I really don't mind and I can even send you the original through WeTransfer (17,3 MB in WMV format)...just let me know if you want it.

[Meizter]

I don't mind at all, the music for my media entry is copyright protected though but youtube gives you some freedom even with copyrighted tracks I believe.

[YIU]

I don't mind at all, the music for my media entry is copyright protected though but youtube gives you some freedom even with copyrighted tracks I believe.

I agree with you and we should not be bothered with our entries.

[styx]

Pulling it from the internet is in retrospect "public domain" still as long as you are not making a profit from the music or images used you are fine. Uncle Mike would not be selling DVDs of this these would be simply demos of the game done by fans. The key aspect is proof that the copyright owner was deprived of any credit and/or profits from said use.

[styx]

Just as a reminder the voting closes on the blog on the 18th!

Prizes are awarded like this:

Black Goat Drawing and the Blog Follower Drawing

Then awards will be based on Votes First, the my judge picks. You can win once in each category. Anyone that does not get an award will get an honorable mention. In theory a lucky bloke could win the Black Goat, Blog Follower and both categories...but I doubt it!

Tonight I plan to sort out everything for prize piles. Some will be allocated to the drawing. The rest will be round robin for the winners in picks. My goal is you get some goodies you want.

[YIU]

You are the best Styx....what a great job with family problems aside. Kuddos !!!

As all painters/wargamers I have too many projects at the same time.

I should paint more Cthulhu mythos miniatures for my games. This contest pushed me forward. 

[styx]

Well, I have worked out the prize packs and I think the most just and fair system possible on prize distribution and I hope getting something you want. People that entered both categories will get at least 1 prize each for taking the time to do two separate entries (perhaps more if they win one of the two spots). The raffles are pure random and based upon entries received.

I will be happy to see this stuff leaving soon, it has been tough to drool over your cool prizes with dreams painting these wonderful prizes! Everyone of you are lucky as you will be taking some cool swag in.

I will bundle packages together and try to ship them to you at the most cost efficient way. Some prizes will go directly from the sponsor those marked with an “*” will indicate that I will forward your name and address to them for delivery of your prize.

Raffle Prize Packs

Blog Follower Raffle:
•   Limited 2 CD “Fragment” by Musica Cuthuliana *

Black Goat Prize Pack:
•   Cthulu Hat and Two Strange Aeons Magazines #7 and #8 (has Devil's Alter and The Dammed Alter Arcane Relic features)


Media Prize Packs

Overall
•   Toren Atkinson Digital Artwork (based on entry & will be in a future Uncle Mike book!) *
•   3 Prize Picks

Styx Pick
•   3 Prize Picks

Honorable Mentions
•   1 Prize Pick


Print Prize Packs

Overall
•   Special Package CD set from Cuthulhiana *
•   3 Prize Picks

Styx Pick
•   3 Prize Picks

Honorable Mentions
•   1 Prize Pick

There are 18 items below if I did my math right that is 12 total to Styx Picks and Overall with 1 each to each honorable for a total of 6 (4 written and 2 media) making a total of 18 picks.

Picking Rules:


There is a pecking order to how picks will be done:

Overall winners will PM me 5 choices each. You will get 3. In the event the two overall pick the same thing. I will random roll who gets contested items. The other gets the next item off the list. This will remove 6 items from the list.
THEN
Styx Pick winners will then pick their 5 choices out of the 12. Again, if you both pick the same item, random roll gets it and the other gets another item. This will remove another 6 from the list.
THEN
Honorable Mentions then will pick 3 choices from the remaining pool. In the event of a tie, you get a random. With three out of 6 you should get something you will want.

NOTE: The first three items you pick are what you will get UNLESS someone else has it in their top 3 choices and goes to a random pick. If this happens, it becomes random. Then the other will get their 4th choice, then 5th. If there is some weird ties I will work this out to make sure everyone gets something they want.


Prize Plunder Picks!

1)   Puppy Pack: new unreleased dogs (2) with Daemonic Hound.
2)   Agents 1 (Investigators x4 set, Investigator with flashlight, detective, Miss Scarlett and the professor with hands for all!)
3)   Agents 2 (new figure pack) Trenchcoat guy with Tommy Gun, guy with knife and empty hand slot, guy with pistol and empty hand slot, another guy with pistol, coat with an empty hand slot. includes the standard flashlight/shotgun/pistol/book sprue AND two new weapons sprues more pistols and close combat weapons from axes, knifes, sabre and broken bottles).
4)   Agents 3 (Armed Priest, guy with shotgun with dead bird, fat agent with big gun and butler)
5)   Deep Ones (6 figure set)
6)   Fishermen collection (6 figures)
7)   Hybrids Pack (7 figures)
#8)   Elder Rune Dice set 1 (seems this one matches an icon symbol!)
9)   Elder Rune Dice Set 2 (both have 6 dice)
10)   Cthulu Accessories Pack (brain in jar, idol, books)
11)    Mi-Go set (3 figures)
12)   Library Pack: Librarian, Crazy books and a book Golem!
13)    Hunting Horror
14)    Dark young figure by avolakia *
15)   Strange Aeons Magazine #8 with Limited Edition Cover Artwork (Dammed alter article within)
16)    £10 gift voucher to Muttonchop Miniatures *
17)    £10 gift voucher to EM4 Miniatures *
18)    £10 gift voucher to EM4 Miniatures *

Note I will post up the issue #s to Strange Aeons Magazine and the Uncle Mike Feature within. I will also list contents in the Agent packs later tonight once I can look at them.

Items #1-13 are Black Cat Bases (check out their website linked on my blog)
Item #14 can be found in the Cthulu area under avolaki's postings.
EM4 and Muttonchop sites can be found on my blog also if you would like to shop their range over.
All the CD info can be found on Cuthulhiana's website on my blog. You can even download free music!

[MrHarold]

Very awesome!  And I echo everyone else's statements that you did a great job running this, and thanks!

I also thing it's funny that the 8 ) turned into an emoticon...

[Enethaeron]

Wow! I'm impressed by the quantity of prizes you managed to gather. You really did a great job with this contest and the donators were incredibly generous. A big thanks to them too!

[styx]

Wow! I'm impressed by the quantity of prizes you managed to gather. You really did a great job with this contest and the donators were incredibly generous. A big thanks to them too!

Thanks, you are most correct about those that have supported the contest...please hit the blog up and hit their links and check out their stuff...a) if they check traffic it sees people was routed from my website, b) puts hits on their site and perhaps some sales if you like their product!

I am crafting a VERY nice letter to go out thanking each one of them.

[styx]

Updated the magazine #s and contents. Also updated the blister packs of contents of # of figures and what is within.

The dogs and the Agents Pack #2 are UNRELEASED as of yet. I suspect these two will be gold for the first round drafts...

Anyway, enjoy the window shopping and the winning announcment! Monday, May 21st!

[Anatoli]

Crazy list Styx, how the heck are we supposed to decide what to pick when everything is awesome!!  
Btw any chance writing the manufacturer on more items, would love to check out pictures as many of the stuff is completely unfamiliar to me and it all sounds very cool 

[styx]

Crazy list Styx, how the heck are we supposed to decide what to pick when everything is awesome!!  
Btw any chance writing the manufacturer on more items, would love to check out pictures as many of the stuff is completely unfamiliar to me and it all sounds very cool 

No problem, I will try to post a picture of the hat later. The Magazines just have the UM article in them. Item's 1-13 are all from Black Cat Bases amazing line of stuff. My blog also has links to EM4 and Muttonchop if you want to shop their figure line also. The CD's info is on the bands site (also linked) and you can get free music if you want to sample their stuff.

I updated the bottom of the contest page with this info...I have my personal bets which of the first 6 will be gone from the list!