Lead Adventure Forum proudly presents the Lead Painters’ League 9
This year, the Lead Painters' League will be held for the ninth time.
The rules are exactly the same as for season eight - so I’m hoping there shouldn’t be too many queries and questions
The basic rule remains: paint 5 figures as a team, take a pic, resize the pic to a maximum of 800x800 pixels and send it in.
In more detail…
Lead Painters’ League 9 (LPL9) Rules1. DurationThe Lead Painters' League is held once a year, consisting of 10 rounds, with each round taking one week of real time.
2. Number of ParticipantsThe maximum number of participants is 50.
3. Entry RequirementsTo take part in the league, you must submit three new teams (to be featured in the first three rounds) by a specified deadline. See below for the league season's deadlines.
Participation is on a first-come, first-served basis - the first 50 people to submit three painted teams will take part in the league.
- You may not enter your LPL9 registration pictures before Friday 27th March 2015, 19.00 (7 pm) GMT. Entries sent before this date and time won't be accepted.
- The final deadline for entries is Friday 10th April 2015, 12.00 noon GMT. Remember, you must submit THREE teams by this date.
- You MUST specify which of these THREE teams is to participate in the first round, which in the second round, and which in the third.
4. TeamsA ‘team’ consists of 5 or more fully-painted miniatures or models in any scale up to 40mm.
A ‘new team’ is a set of painted figures, photos of which have NOT previously been published ANYWHERE on the Internet (this only applies to the miniatures in their painted state, of course).
All figures or models must be on finished bases, which may be textured, decorated, painted (with a pattern or in a solid, finished single colour) or consist of clear plastic (such as "flying" bases or clear acrylic/perspex shapes).
The figures must form a plausible ‘team’ by following a common theme AND being ‘on the same side’ - thus, for example, 2 Vampires and 3 Witch Hunters do NOT form a legal team, whereas 5 Woodland Indians do.
A miniature mounted on a steed of any kind (horse, lizard, warg, pig, motorcycle, squig or space hopper) counts as a single figure.
Larger beasts or vehicles, such as elephants and trucks, count as a single figure with their mahouts or drivers; any extra figures such as howdah fighting crew and passengers count as separate, additional figures.
5. Team PhotographsYou should submit a single photograph of the figures in the team, which may NOT be a collage or composite of individual images.
The maximum image dimensions are
800 pixels wide by 800 pixels high.
The
maximum file size is 500kb (due to technical limitations, and to reduce loading time for slower internet connections).
You may NOT use any kind of digital manipulation except for basic image correction to white balance, colour balance, sharpness, brightness and contrast.
The following modifications are expressly FORBIDDEN:
• Any text
• Any special effect (e.g. glow effects, artificial shadows, coloured outlines)
• Additional close-ups
• Alternative viewing angles
• Digitally-added background imagery
• Digital removal of base edges, addition of smoke, flames, etc
• Any kind of frames
The above list is NOT comprehensive.
In short, any modification that goes beyond making the picture representative of the actual figures (see above) is not allowed.
6. Photography BackgroundsYour backdrop may only be a single colour, a gradient, or a scenery setting including terrain pieces. Note that the backdrop must be in the photo from the start (i.e. you must photograph the figures in front of it). You may not digitally add or paint in a background image at a later point.
7. Submitting PhotographsWhen submitting photographs, the following details must be supplied in the text body of the e-mail:
• Team Name: to a maximum length of 30 characters (including additional information such as "decals used" or "xx mm scale").
• Member Name: even if it is for the last round of the league, always remember to add your forum username to ease administration and avoid mix-ups.
• Declare if the team is new – i.e. previously unpublished (see 3. above).
To help us with administration, please also put your user name, team name and intended round in the mail header (e.g. "SamSamplename Crusader_Cavalry Round 2" and, if possible, in the file name (e.g. "SamSamplename_crusader_cavalry_rd2.jpg"). This is useful for keeping track, especially for a larger number of participants. Further details as specified under 7.a. need only be put in the text body.
Matches8. Match pairingsIn each round, participants' teams will be paired off in one topic for each match. LAF members may vote for either of the two teams. Each LAF member has a single vote on each and every match.
9. Winning, drawing and losingIf the vote difference is 11 votes or more, the team with the higher number of votes is declared the winner and receives 30 match points. The team with the lower number of votes is the loser and receives 10 match points.
If the vote difference is 10 votes or less, the match counts as a draw and both teams are awarded 20 match points.
10a. Vote share bonus points1. Both contestants' total vote scores are added to determine the total vote score.
2. Next, each contestants individual score is divided by the total vote score to determine their share.
3. Each contestant receives 1 vote point for every ten percent of the total vote score.
4. For fractions of ten percent, the lower score is rounded up to the next full ten, the higher score is rounded down. This means that unless a contestant receives zero votes, the minimum score is always 1, the maximum score is always 9.
Example: If, in a match, 500 votes were cast, of which 400 were in favour of contestant A and 100 in contestant B, contestant A receives 8 vote points (80%) whereas contestant B receives 2 vote points (20%).
If contestant A received 370 votes (74%) whereas contestant B receives 130 (26%), contestant B's vote points are rounded up from 2.6 to 3.
We consider this to be a fairer representation of the voters' favour than the previous system based on the actual number of votes, since it does not penalise matches with low total vote scores.
10b. Newly painted team bonus pointsIn rounds 4 through 10, any new (i.e. unpublished, cf. 3 above) team will receive 10 points the first time it participates. Older, previously published teams may also be submitted to participate, but will not receive this ‘new team’ bonus.
11. Themed bonus roundsRounds 1, 5 and 10 are bonus rounds featuring a specific theme. See below for the specific themes of this year's season.
In these rounds, if you submit a new team for a bonus round that matches the bonus round's theme, your team receives an extra theme round bonus as specified below (in addition to the 10 point ‘new team’ bonus).
This year, the specific bonus themes are:
Round 1 - ArmourA team comprising figures that are all demonstrably fully or partially wearing some prominent form of BODY ARMOUR (i.e. Not just a helmet). From ancient, medieval, renaissance and fantasy subjects in plate or mail, through to sci-fi and modern subjects in power armour or kevlar.
Paint a team of at least 5 figures all in full or partial body armour and get 10 extra theme bonus points.
Round 5 - AnimalsA team comprising (or including) five animals, real or imaginary EXCEPT horses. So dogs, wolves, camels, elephants, apes, wargs, dragons, mumakil, fell beasts, dinosaurs - anything you like providing they are not humanoid (or humanoid style aliens) or horses.
Paint a team of at least 5 animals and get 10 extra theme bonus points.
Paint a team of at least 5 animals AND 5 accompanying riders / handlers / herders / crew and get 15 extra theme bonus points.
(Please note this extra theme bonus for riders / handlers AND their animals, is an exception to the usual rule about a rider and mount counting as one figure)
Round 10 – WomenPaint a team of 5 or more female figures and gain 10 bonus points. Paint a team of 5 or more female figures AND an accompanying 'big thing' (e.g. a vehicle, large animal or creature, ship, siege engine or structure, aeroplane, armoured fighting vehicle, spacecraft) and gain 20 bonus points.
12. Unfair MeansDuring any round in which a team is participating in a match, you may NOT post images of that team elsewhere on the internet, nor ask other people to vote in your favour. This would constitute unsporting and ungentlemanly conduct.
13. Bonus Awards PointsThe following bonus points are available during Season 9:
Round 1 - 10 pts theme bonus: ‘Armour’
Round 2 - no bonus
Round 3 - no bonus
Round 4 - 10 pts new bonus
Round 5 - 10 pts new bonus, 10/15 pts theme bonus: ‘Animals’
Round 6 - 10 pts new bonus
Round 7 - 10 pts new bonus
Round 8 - 10 pts new bonus
Round 9 - 10 pts new bonus
Round 10 - 10 pts new bonus, 10/20 pts theme bonus: ‘Women’
14. The Championship TitleAfter the final round of the league (round 10), the winner will be the participant who collected the greatest number of league points. Should two participants have scored an equal number of league points, we will hold ‘paint-offs’ - but probably this will not be necessary.
The three highest placed participants will be awarded Gold, Silver and Bronze medals shown on their LAF account and post info.
To this end, we have some newly minted LPL medals, created by Dr Mathias. The seven-sided design represents the seven seas that connect the worldwide community of Lead Adventurers. The relevant medals will also be added to the profiles of all previous LPL winners and runners-up.
15. Timings, Registration and DeadlinesThe first round of LPL9 will start on Sunday 12th April, 2015.
Entries to any round must be received by 12.00 GMT on the Friday before the next round opens on the Sunday.
Which means that you have until 12.00 GMT on Friday 10th April to get your first three teams in at
lpl@leadadventureforum.comThe round entry deadlines for LPL9 will be as follows:
Round 1 - Friday 10th April
Round 2 - Friday 10th April
Round 3 - Friday 10th April
Round 4 - Friday 1st May
Round 5 - Friday 8th May
Round 6 - Friday 15th May
Round 7 - Friday 22nd May
Round 8 - Friday 29th May
Round 9 - Friday 5th June
Round 10 – Friday 12th June
PLEASE USE THIS RULES THREAD ONLY FOR QUESTIONS OR CLARIFICATIONS ON THE RULES.
FOR GENERAL COMMENT ON LPL9, PLEASE USE THE GENERAL LPL9 THREAD:
http://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=76116.0