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Frustrated Father
09-23-2006, 10:24 PM
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With the Halloween and Harvest season right around the corner, it is once again time to kick things off with, to date, our most popular contest, The Rotten Harvest! We've decided to return to a popular theme that we had last year about this time and will be making this a return event for some time to come, along with some other fun themes here later in the year.

Fillet of a fenny snake, In the caldron boil and bake;
Eye of newt, and toe of frog, Wool of bat, and tongue of dog,
Adder's fork, and blind-worm's sting, Lizard's leg, and owlet's wing,—
for a charm of powerful trouble, Like a hell-broth boil and bubble.


The contest will run from September 24th through October 31st and during that time competition entries can be submitted. At the close of the contest, voting will commence for one week where you will be allowed to vote anonymously through the Wyrd forum software as well as leave comments and critique which we have found our previous entrants have greatly enjoyed. After the voting, announcements will be made and prizes sent to the winners, along with the random prizes that we give away with every contest.

The specific rules for the contest can be found on the Wyrd Miniatures website on the forums under 'Wyrd Painting Contest: Rules and Information' (http://wyrd-games.net/showthread.php?t=450). I would really like to stress folks to read the rules, as folks tend to miss them for some reason and they end up misunderstanding the contest, the theme or disqualify themselves.

Due to the sheer number of people that have entered unedited photographs in the past we will no longer do any editing for you. There are many free photo resizing programs out there. Wyrd staff will attempt to notify anyone who's pictures were deleted due to size or for any reason, but can not guarantee notification.

The categories for the contest are:

Witches and Warlocks: Spellcasters of all sorts, from high fantasy, modern day dabbler to the far sci-fi future. If they carry a wand, cast a spell or even have a hint of mysticism to them, this is the category for them.

Not Quite Dead Yet: Still stumbling around after all the major organ functions have shut down? Have a beef with the living? This category is for the Undead, or as they like to be called 'Living Impaired'.

Things that go Bump in the Night: Creatures, critters, monsters and other things that have a tendency towards anti-social behavior and prowl the night looking for victims. Caution, here be Monsters!

The Trick or the Treat: This is our catch-all category as there are some miniatures that are just right for the theme but just don't seem to fall into any other category. Zombie Hunters, pumpkin characters and I'm sure several miniatures I never would have even contemplated.

The Harrowing Harvest: A diorama with two or more miniatures locked in combat, or something as equally disturbing. Much like our last contests 'Deadly Duel'.

Again we have been very fortunate with the number of sponsors that have chosen to provide support packages for the contest. Thank you very much for your time and efforts and I encourage everyone to let them know your appreciation! We hope to add many more sponsors in the near future as more companies lend their support to this round of contests. If you would like to support the contest, please feel free to contact me,


I am once again looking forward to a great contest as they seem to be getting bigger and better with each passing due to your participation and the sponsors. Thank you! If you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to ask.

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Nathan Caroland
Wyrd Miniatures

r2-j1
09-26-2006, 09:54 AM
I'm very excited, it's good to have a new contest to focus on.

I wasn't sure what to do for this one, but as I was perusing some minis on a online retailers site, and was hit with some inspiration. Hopefully I can pull off making the entry as neat as it seems in my head.

Frustrated Father
09-26-2006, 10:53 AM
Cool to hear r2-j1 - you've put in some stunners in the past and looking forward to seeing something new.

lauth81
09-26-2006, 03:06 PM
I couldn´t wait for the announcement and already had begun work on my entry! woohoo!

cdukino
09-27-2006, 02:00 AM
I'm in again :)

Wristaction
09-27-2006, 03:37 PM
Got some figures prepped and primed for this, so i should be able to get one entered.
Just have some other stuff to get finished first.

Sculpta the squig
10-30-2006, 03:47 PM
Sorry Nathan I accidentaly submitted one of my pictures as a gif, could you delete that one please?

Squig

Frustrated Father
10-30-2006, 09:09 PM
Gif is fine, though I realize I do say submit it as a JPG in the rules. Not a worry.

Ritual
10-31-2006, 03:43 AM
I have until midnight today, right?

Duende
10-31-2006, 04:08 AM
I have until midnight today, right?

Well, Midnight Eastern Standard Time which is GMT -5. I think Stockholm is GMT +1 so actually YOU have until 6 AM, Nov. 1st. Aren't you lucky!

;)

Frustrated Father
10-31-2006, 04:32 AM
Technically I always give a grace period of 'until I wake up' the next day, which would be Wednesday, which for me is usually around noon as I work midnights, etc.

Ritual
10-31-2006, 04:32 AM
Yeah! :D I can sit up all night!! Lucky me!!!

lauth81
10-31-2006, 05:58 AM
Well, if so, I may be able to squeeze another one in ... ;-)

Mclimbin
10-31-2006, 11:31 PM
Yay! There are a few finishing touches I'd like to add. Oh well, who needs sleep?

Sculpta the squig
11-02-2006, 02:03 PM
Why arnt the pictures up in the gallery yet? It's the 2/3 of November.

Squig

Ritual
11-02-2006, 02:10 PM
Why arnt the pictures up in the gallery yet? It's the 2/3 of November.

Squig
Because someone has to do all the work of going through the entries, checking stuff is in the right category, checking that the rules have been followed etc. It takes some time.

Sculpta the squig
11-02-2006, 02:15 PM
Ok sorry It's just I want some feedback.

Squig

Ritual
11-02-2006, 02:18 PM
Patience is a virtue, Mr. The Squig! :D

Frustrated Father
11-02-2006, 02:52 PM
I'm about a quarter of the way through these right now, mainly in sorting them and getting all the information placed in word documents so that nothing is lost, etc, etc. I'm back to working 14 hour shifts again this week so I'm doing this in the one or two hours I'm up and walking about during the day and not at work.

Should have everything up for viewing tomorrow or Saturday at the latest and then I'll badger my moderators from there out to help out with the moderation of comments, posting of information ..

Duende
11-07-2006, 12:53 AM
Argh, I'm just getting tired of getting this error message while I'm trying to post comments:
1. This forum requires that you wait 15 seconds between posts. Please try again in 14 seconds.
What the....? I'm not posting that fast, but I've gotten this message several times.

:irked:

Frustrated Father
11-07-2006, 03:42 AM
Fixed.

Ritual
11-07-2006, 03:42 AM
Are you using Firefox? I'm getting that too when using Firefox but not with IE.

Edit: I was too slow... :hmpf:

Ritual
11-07-2006, 12:45 PM
Nathan, I still get these problems when doing the comments for Iron Painter. But, as I said, only in Firefox.

Frustrated Father
11-07-2006, 01:08 PM
Odd. One more thing for me to look into.

Duende
11-07-2006, 02:09 PM
Whew! I finally finished commenting on every entry. I think I can guess the artist of a few of them but I'm typically bad at that sorta thing (even when their "signature style" is glaring me in the face!)

Did the voting too. So when do the polls close and winners announced?

Good Luck to everyone!

funnymouth
11-07-2006, 03:44 PM
oi, that was a lot of commenting! at the same time though, its great to get sooooo much feedback. some beautiful entries - waaay out of my league, but it was fun anyhow. thanks for hosting!

flynn
11-07-2006, 04:14 PM
Whew! I finally finished commenting on every entry. I think I can guess the artist of a few of them but I'm typically bad at that sorta thing (even when their "signature style" is glaring me in the face!)

Did the voting too. So when do the polls close and winners announced?

Good Luck to everyone!Polls close at 11:45PM Eastern time Saturday night.

I imagine the winners will be announced shortly after that, but it'll be pretty easy to figure them out. :-p

Duende
11-07-2006, 04:24 PM
I imagine the winners will be announced shortly after that, but it'll be pretty easy to figure them out. :-p

You forget about the Random Schmuck and Completely Wyrd Schmuck prizes, which is pretty much my only chance of winning anything. :p:

flynn
11-07-2006, 06:26 PM
You're right...I forgot about those.

:)

lauth81
11-08-2006, 03:49 AM
Phew, finally done with commenting on all entries (even my own - that was tough).

DrEvilmonki
11-09-2006, 04:34 AM
Yes that is a lot of commenting! I hope I didn't miss any out.

Duende
11-09-2006, 08:53 AM
Phew, finally done with commenting on all entries (even my own - that was tough).

The hard part is that I have a response to your comment on mine, lauth, but I can't say anything for a few days yet, until the contest is over.

Argh. :tapedshut

Jabberwocky
11-09-2006, 11:13 AM
Great job everyone--voted and commented on every piece!

lauth81
11-09-2006, 11:28 AM
The hard part is that I have a response to your comment on mine, lauth, but I can't say anything for a few days yet, until the contest is over.

Argh. :tapedshut

I know what you mean. You have the urge to write a witty response to your critics and IT CAN`T BE DONE till the contest is over! :wallbash:

Wren
11-10-2006, 03:21 PM
Whew, well I think I've managed to comment on all of them. If someone notices that I've missed one, let me know, I save my comments out to a separate file just in case. Great job to all the entrants, there is some really fantastically painted and imaginative stuff in there!

wiccanpony
11-10-2006, 04:36 PM
I have dragged my sick old bones out of bed to vote and comment, now I’m finished.................. I want a cookie!!!

p.s. good job everyone..this was one that was so hard to vote on, as I could only pick 3 out of each group

Ritual
11-10-2006, 04:42 PM
I'm not sure I'll have the time to comment this time around... :( I've had a pretty bad week. But I think the standard of this competition has been quite high, really, which is good to see.

Thryth
11-10-2006, 11:20 PM
Seems to be a higher-than-average quality turn-out for this Wyrd contest (which of course shots-down any chance that I would have had to place :( ), but at least I finally finished commenting on all of them, so I still have a chance to win something. :D

Once again, I think that I learned from entering in this contest and getting people's comments.

I would like to thank Nathan for running another great contest!

Wristaction
11-11-2006, 12:56 PM
How long from now till we can reply...

Valloa
11-11-2006, 01:21 PM
How long from now till we can reply...


Until the winners are announced. :)

Maya~

Thryth
11-11-2006, 02:01 PM
Announced, or the end of the voting?

Until the winners are announced. :)

Maya~

Valloa
11-11-2006, 03:05 PM
Announced, or the end of the voting?


When they are announced, not at the close of the polls.

Maya~