The Lead Painters' League - Season Three

[gregory privat]

Where ? <-- no matter, found it (I was looking for a general poll, not several little messages) 

[Mr.J]

Wow! Glad I decided to check to see if anything was happening before I went to bed.
There are some extremely talented painters out there!

[Prof.Witchheimer]

44 participants?!?! I'm speechless...

just a great job, Richard! I'm very happy to see the League running again, thanks a lot 

and good luck to everyone!

[Plynkes]

Blimey, it continues on to the second page. Hope those ones don't get neglected by the voters.


No Grimm this time? I was looking forward to seeing what he had for us.   

[Orctrader]

Just finished voting.  Lost and lots of great entries. 

No Grimm this time?

He's there.  F?hrerschein und Fahrzeugpapiere Bitte

[Prof.Witchheimer]

Blimey, it continues on to the second page. Hope those ones don't get neglected by the voters.

Good point. I've changed the number of topics in a topic page to 45, so we can see them all now on the first page.

[Plynkes]

Thanks, Orctrader. I'm sure I don't know how I missed that. I blame the sheer volume, and the fact that I'm an absolute confounded ninny!

[Le matou rouge]

Thanks to the Prof, the Captain and all the participants for the great show !

Is anyone sick of "feldgrau" OD though ? 

meow,
Matt

[Hammers]

Are we breaking record not only in the number of participants but also in the number of people voting? I counted 92 votes in all in my match.

[Prof.Witchheimer]

the record in the number of people voting in the Season 2 was about 200 votes

[Froggy the Great]

What are the voting criteria?  I was under the impression that the terrain and backdrop were more incidental - thus I used a white background to better show off the figures instead.  It appears that this is costing me dearly.

[Pil]

What are the voting criteria?  I was under the impression that the terrain and backdrop were more incidental - thus I used a white background to better show off the figures instead.  It appears that this is costing me dearly.

I think voting criteria are personal, I couldn't find any at least. I decide my vote based on 'best overall picture' which sometimes means a piccie with scenery wins over a piccie without despite painting quality, but those are my criteria.

[Plynkes]

You vote for what you like best. You can't force people to use certain criteria. If the entry is rules-legal, then you can vote for it.

Everything adds up, it's the overall look, really. I still think vastly superior painting will win out providing the photography is good enough, but good composition, setting and a clever idea are things that may make the difference in a close race.

[Vonkluge]

Yes Froggy,

I would have to agree with you on that one! From what I read the background and such are "supposed" to have no bearing on the vote but people most of the time go with a first or overall impression and the posed magazine look to some pictures is just ?it? for some viewers. Glancing at some of the comments I saw people talking about voting for one over the other based on backgrounds many times! I saw this would bee a problem when I first looked at past contest and thought about entering one myself. I like and do paint in many different scales and the smaller the scale the harder it is to get a good picture of with detail on the main subject and still have a background or other figs off the main focal point in focus! I love the ?posed? background shots but think it is slightly unfair as it forces everyone to go that route. Many do not have the time or resources to build and photograph at that level, but this is not my competition?.

All that aside, Capitan Blood if you are listening I think it would be a good/nice idea if you could at least list the SCALE of the figures in the description (IE: 28mm, or 15mm Russian Cav) so that people could more accurately judge the painting of the figures.

[Ray Rivers]

All that aside, Capitan Blood if you are listening I think it would be a good/nice idea if you could at least list the SCALE of the figures in the description (IE: 28mm, or 15mm Russian Cav) so that people could more accurately judge the painting of the figures.

I don't think that is his job, to be quite honest.

That is the artists' responsibility.  One should always "name" your entry and that is where the scale should be included, if the artist deems it important.

As for backgrounds, they are allowed in the rules, always have been.