Ip V Round 2 Results!

[supervike]

Highly anticipated, never boring...it's the RESULTS post from the lastest round of IRON PAINTER!!


Right to it, I know the wait is killing you folks!

Winners in red,



Przemas (DNF) vs. LavronYor 46.5

Lukhan Sanath 42.5 vs. JakubT 39

v22TTC 24 vs. CommanderY 47

Stubbdog (DNF) vs. Thryth 37.5

alizardincrimson 41 vs. Morf 48

Brushmistress 56 vs. Dragonforge (DNF)

HamishMcGreigh 39 vs. Bexley 53

ThunderhawkerMinis 51.5 vs. Ben$quig 52.5

PaintingPloddy 46 vs. Wargriffon 40.5

Waghorn41 32 vs. Darklord 41

Moavoamaotu 54 vs. Hinton 46.5

Losers, please make arrangements for your victors 'booty prize'!

I was surprised at some of the DNFers.

I will have a break down, post the judges votes and comments and of course be announcing the newest theme shortly....stay tuned!!

[Darklord]

damn, another mini to paint before baby comes!!! sorry you lost waghorn (well a little!!) but you upped your score like you wanted so well done.
well done to all the other winners to, and thanks vikey!

[supervike]

Very classy to beat Waghorn 41 by SCORING 41!!

LOL

Waghorn, you showed much improvement though! You go down as a fighter for sure!

[Darklord]

and he had more iron than a lot who couldnt finish!!

[alizardincrimson]

congrats Morf!
PM me your info

and thanks to the judges

[ThunderhawkerMinis]

Ahh - the pressure is off.
@Ben$quig - Well played, sir. Beautiful mini.

[Moavoamoatu]

Thanks for the results Jim.

How does it work when there are 11 painters for a round ????

[Darklord]

is it the 'gimme another chance rule' which would be thunderhawker i believe?

unlucky TH, you would have beaten most with that score

[supervike]

Scoring Breakdown (get funky wit it)


Highest Scorer:

Brushmistress with an amazing 56
Moavoamoatoaloavotu 54
Bexley 53

Lowest Scorer:

V2TTC 24
Waghorn 41 32
JakubT 39


Best in Overall Aesthetic:

Brushmistress 28
Moamoamoamoa 27.5
Bexley 27

Best in Theme:

Moamoavoatu 14
Brushmistress 13.5
Bexley 13.5

Best in Technique:

Brushmistress 14.5
CommanderY 13
Moamoamachupichu 13

The winner by a hair on my chinny chin chin

Ben$quig by ONE MEASLY POINT over Thunderhawkerminis


Winner of the I VILL CRUSH YOU award goes to

Bexley who dominated by a score of 14


WINNER of the HEY GIMME ANOTHER CHANCE AWARD (which is the only one of these awards worth anything)

THUNDERHAWKERMINIS!! Scoring a brilliant 51.5 despite losing to a even more brilliant Ben$quig entry.


Winner of the 'Vike your matchups suck' award:
Hinton who I believed scored his best ever score (despite still losing to moamoamoamoavoaovaovao) . Still Bryan would have tied or won against no less than 5 of the winners!!

ACTUAL BALLOTS:

Ritual:

My votes and comments!

Morf
theme: 4.5
technique: 4
overall: 8
comment: A nice scene, clever idea and fairly good execution (not to mention, quick!!). The painting and construction of the characters are of a higher level than the tower and stairs, which do feel a bit rushed.

ThunderhawkerMinis
theme: 4
technique: 4.5
overall: 8.5
comment: Nicely done and very atmospheric! One thing that bothers me is that the front view suggests that the back side of the termie ought to be much darker than it is. When you see the rear view it looks like he's standing in regular daylight. You should paint it much darker as the rest of the scene doesn't indicate much in the way of other light sources. Also, I think the scene would benefit from a visible target for the attack! Some of the transitions on the armour is a bit abrupt too.

moavoamoatu
theme: 5
technique: 4.5
overall: 9
comment: Very cool, very clever and very nicely done! I love the sort of obvious anachronism of the lighter!

Brushmistress
theme: 4
technique: 5
overall: 9
comment: Excellent! Very nice looking vignette and a top notch execution!

Ben$quig
theme: 5
technique: 4
overall: 9.5
comment: A really cool and original idea! The execution is very high-level too. I think the colours on the beach babe part of the vignette looks a bit dull, though. The skin would look better if it was more golden, and the entire scene would benefit from a more sun-kissed look. Easier said than done, perhaps, but... I must nag at something! ;)

Darklord
theme: 3.5
technique: 3
overall: 6
comment: First of all, kudos to you for trying out sculpting your entry from scratch entirely! While there is definitely room for improvement, I would still say that it's a good first effort. The miniature itself is not bad at all. The bed sheets look more like mud, but that's got a lot to do with the painting as well. I would like to have seen the whole thing placed on a base of some sort to get a tidier framing of the whole thing.

HamishMcGreigh
theme: 3
technique: 3.5
overall: 6.5
comment: A nice, solid paint job! I would try to work with picking out and defining the detail of the armour a bit more. Work with fine, deeper shading and sharper highlights along edges of things.

alizardincrimson
theme: 4
technique: 4
overall: 7.5
comment: Clever theme interpretation if not a bit too clever. It takes a while to work out the references, and if you're not familiar with The Doors you won't get it at all! I did, however! :)

Paintingploddy
theme: 3
technique: 3.5
overall: 7.5
comment: A solid paint job, altogether. I would like to have seen a brighter flame to make it more eye catching. Also, the metals on the jack could use more depth and definition.

wargriffon
theme: 3
technique: 3.5
overall: 7
comment: A pretty nice paintjob, but I think the skin could use a bit more depth, especially seeing as it's so much of it. It looks like the shadows are more lines than actual shadows. Also, you should try to hide the joint between the two layers of cork tile so that it's not as obvious.

JakubT
theme: 2.5
technique: 4
overall: 7.5
comment: I really didn't get the theme interpretation here. I could see that something was giving off a blue light, but I couldn't be sure what. The reflections seem to be a bit randomly placed so it's hard to see where the light should be coming from. Also, the light at the gun doesn't really look like light, which doesn't help. The rest of the mini is really well painted, though.

LavronYor
theme: 4
technique: 4
overall: 8
comment: Nicely done! A well executed and readable scene!

Lukan Sanath
theme: 3.5
technique: 4
overall: 7.5
comment: A nice scene with a very powerful looking mini! The flames are well done! I think, perhaps, that you could have made some reflections on the lower part of the mini. Also, some deeper shading underneath the blue sash at the front wouldn't be amiss. Something to consider if you want to make OSL reflections is to make sure the light reflections are LIGHTER than whatever the object would be otherwise, and not just coloured differently due to the colour of the light.

Hinton
theme: 4
technique: 3.5
overall: 7.5
comment: A good theme interpretation! I'm also happy to see you get it done, despite having lack of time. Good work!

Commander Y
theme: 3
technique: 4.5
overall: 8
comment: A very well painted piece, as expected from you! You didn't get a high theme score from me, though, as you more or less just picked a suitable mini and painted it straight up. I really like how you painted the fire.

Thryth
theme: 3
technique: 3.5
overall: 7
comment: Good looking paint job! I think the light reflections on the base look really nice and the colour of it looks pretty much as I would expect. The fire itself would benefit from being brighter and I am also a bit bothered by the sharp edge between fire and decking with shadow and all... It would look better if the fire blended more seamlessly into the floor boards.

v22TTC
theme: 2
technique: 2
overall: 4
comment: I admit to scoring your entry rather randomly, as I really didn't know what scores to give out. It's too far from finished to read the scene properly and too much unpainted areas to judge the quality. It does look ambitious and I would love to see it finished some time. Sorry!

Bexley
theme: 5
technique: 4
overall: 9.5
comment: A great idea and very ambitious too! Great execution as well! I would have liked to see a little bit more work on the grilled goblin. If you had differentiated the different areas just a little bit, so you could see for instance that some areas are metallic and so on. But, great work on this, nevertheless! I'm surprised you can paint a DRAGON(!!) in two weeks but get defeated by a bit of filigree! :P ;)

waghorn41
theme: 3.5
technique: 3
overall: 6.5
comment: I'm not sure whether or not to score this entry, seeing as it is not posted in the correct place. But I will let it pass. I will, however disregard from the additional shots as they were posted after the deadline and not in the competition gallery at all. A pretty good paint job and I like the conversion of the sorceress as I really HATE the staff she carries originally. The silver on the head dress and a few other places could use more depth and I lack a bit of definition between clothes and skin. If you could make some dark lines there it would help the mini to look neater and the different areas would be better defined.


Demonherald:

IpV round 2 results

Bexley
Theme 4
Technique 4
Overall 8

Just laughed my ass of at this one.. That charred goblin is still giving me his charred shocked look even after closing the pic. A little bit more time on this would have been first class in particular just making the mallow holding goblin feel a bit more part of the scene... overall though great great piece and very ambitious in the timeframe .(I’ve done that dragon before it aint no walk in the park)

V22TTC
Theme 2
Technique 1
Overall 5

Man it is a real shame this one didn’t get finished and I hope for one that you do get round to finishing… you still get marks for effort and a five overall as I can really see how good this was going to be..The idea of the two burning aspect demigods struggling to light the fire is fantastic..The modelling looks great and well…just finish the bugger…

Thryth
Theme 3
Technique 3
Overall 6

I think this would have benefitted from the flame being a different colour.. I had trouble reading the scene at first until I read your description. Flames are a bugger to sculpt so Kudos there and overall a solid piece.

commanderY
Theme 3
Technique 4
Overall 7

No brainer for the choice of model go trolls…without a doubt the best part is that fireball and so it should be for the theme.. to be a picky bugger the light sources could be a bit better .. The inside of the mouth where that dark red is showing could do with been the same as the brighter part of the flame.. The eyes maybe picking up some of the colour and the parts where the flames touch the fingers just a shade or two lighter but that is being picky and overall it’s a great looking piece.. nice one.






Hinton
Theme 4
Technique 4
Overall 8

I really like what you have done here.. Great take on the theme I can actually picture a silent film speech caption coming up reading “Igor light it up” ….considering the real life time constraints I think you’ve pulled off a pretty darm cool diorama. Kudos.

Lukhan Sanath
Theme 3
Technique 3
Overall 7

Awww man a darker background for the pic and a little touch of orange OS here and there on the robes and this would rock.. I love this sculpt and you have done a great job.I am struggling to see the model a bit as the white background has removed my retina..please repost some pics on a dark background. Very interesting and convincing idea for the flames..great work..

Lavon Yor
Theme 4
Technique 3
Overall 7
Great job and a funny scene there really is some firelighting going on there…I think the whole piece could benefit from some slightly warmer glazes used in the flame as it moves from the source and especially on the ground where the bright spots make it a bit busy but overall a great theme piece.well done..(pun intended)

Waghorn 41
Theme 2
Technique 2
Overall 4

It’s a shame you couldn’t figure out how to put a compilation shot as more angles would have helped.. have a read of the tut’s in the articles section.. The whole piece would benefit from some work on shading especially the metallics but still Kudos on finishing and definitely an interesting idea..but remember next time multiple shots..bobies are acceptable bribes..;-)

JakubT
Theme 3
Technique 3
Overall 5

I think your right on the blue on blue not being the best idea.. The osl is kinda lost with the blue of the model but is really well done on the face.. Needs to be a bit brighter at the source and not as saturating but again this could be in part to the blue on blue.

Wargriffon
Theme 3
Technique 3
Overall 5

Nice play on the theme and some good paint.. The barbarian flesh looks great.. the pants could maybe do with a little bit of glazing to smooth the drybrush effect out.. A few points on the female could do with highlighting a bit more as her flesh is a little lacking compared to the big guy but overall a nice job on a not too easy model..and you get a boobie bonus..woo hoo..

Painting ploddy
Theme 4
Technique 4
Overall 8

Great job. Excellent work within the self imposed basing constraints proving dioramas don’t have to be big to have lots of character. Great choice of models and the positioning and basework are all awesome.. I’m struggling to read the painting a bit because of the white background..(I’m a touch light sensitive at the moment) but overall I really feel this piece.

Alizardincrimson
Theme 3
Technique 3
Overall 6
Okay I’ll admit to thinking WTF at first.…so I did have a little research on it and redid my scores. So kudos for making me learn something…I think the elements that you have gone for have been done well and it is a clever take on the theme.. ( I did wonder wether anyone would do the Jim Morrison take) The painting could do with a little contrast here and there but all in all makes for a nice entry and a theme that made me think…

HamishMcGreigh
Theme 3
Technique 3
Overall 6

Pretty nice job overall here. I think maybe a few darker shades towards the tips of the flame would help and a little bit of light caste would really lift it but overall nice solid looking paint.

Darklord
Theme 3
Technique 3
Overall 7

Dude see a shrink.. That much thought into the private thoughts of a goblin just worries the hell out of me..nice job on the sculpt and paint and for just making me shiver ..wrong so very very wrong…..
Ben$quig
Theme 4
Technique 4
Overall 8

Very very clever work my friend. Love what you have attempted and understand the difficulties photographing would cause. The painting is solid and the two contrasting elements work fantastically.. The bit in the middle is spoiling it.. I can understand you have covered the bases painting the flame effect but I can’t help thinking it would have worked better plain black or maybe as a written note back to his beloved thanking her for the photo but overall really like it.

Brushmistress.
Theme 5
Technique 5
Overall 10
I just gave up looking for faults on this and gave full marks and just enjoyed it for what it is.. Beautifully painted and top notch construction come together to just give a piece that is wonderful to look at.. hat’s off.great work.

Moavoamoatu
Theme 5
Technique 4
Overall 10
Love it love it love it…. I have knocked one mark of on technique purely as I think it could benefit from a little more ground cover but again you have pulled off an extremely ambitious and cool diorama. Very inventive…

Thunderhawkerminis.
Theme 4
Technique 4
Overall 9
Man that looks hot.. definitely up there with your best work and for a rush job double tipping of the hat to you.. The only points that let it down a touch for me are the brightness of the yellow under the flame and the lack of definition onsome of the back highlights but overall they are minor complaints on a nice looking piece

Morf
Theme 3
Technique 4
Overall 8

Ambitous and well carried out diorama.. can’t help but miss the Fire element somewhere with so many potential sources on the scene would have been nice to see one or two. That said the scene does have that element that as soon as the big guy fires his flamer then all hell will break loose..good job..



EricJ (late but worth the wait!)

Sorry for the delay!! To make it up to everyone, extra points for everyone! :)

Here are the scores and even a few comments, another round with a ton of really nice entries

Bexley
Theme: 4.5
Technique: 4.5
Overall: 9.5
Notes: Funny, on theme, great painting, this one is a winner!

v22TTc
Theme: 2
Technique: 2
Overall: 4
Notes: lots of potential, but sadly can't score it higher due to it being unfinished. Would

really love to see this one done one day though!

Thryth
Theme: 3
Technique: 3
Overall: 6
Notes: Nice painting, and a I like the blue fire, wish you had had more time to dedicate here,

looks like great potential

Commander Y
Theme: 4
Technique: 4.5
Overall: 9
Notes: Really nice work here, great paintwork, which we'd expect from you, the osl is a nice

touhc as well to make the fire really stand out. Great entry.

Hinton
Theme: 3.5
Technique: 3.5
Overall: 8.5
Notes: great scene gets you extra points, and I like the take on the theme, another one I'd love

to see finished!

Luckhan Sanath
Theme: 3.5
Technique: 3.5
Overall: 7.5
Notes: I would have liked to see a little OSL to make the flames more beliveable, but it is

overall well painted and good selection of mini for the scene.

LavronYor
Theme: 4.5
Technique: 3.5
Overall: 8.5
Notes: perhaps the best OSL this round to make the fire really glow, great work, extra points

for that.

Waghorn41
Theme: 2.5
Technique: 3
Overall: 5.5
Notes: I would have liked to see more theme showing up in this one, and some of the blends could

be smoother, looks like a nice scene though!

JakubT
Theme: 3
Technique: 4
Overall: 7
Notes: I agree that perhaps a blue OSL wasn't the best choice on a blue mini, but your painting

is very smooth.

Wargriffon
Theme: 4
Technique: 3.5
Overall: 8.5
Notes: always loved this mini, and fits the theme well with a different take on it, the skin

looks great on both, but the pants could be smoother

Paintingploddy
Theme: 4
Technique: 4
Overall: 8
Notes: Another great take on the theme, nice work and very clean brushwork

alizardincrimson
Theme: 3.5
Technique: 3.5
Overall: 6.5
Notes: Interesting progression to the theme, but I'll give a extra half point for inventiveness.

I like most of the scene, but the inside of the wings are a bit distracting for me

HamishMcGreigh
Theme: 3.5
Technique: 3.5
Overall: 7
Notes: flames, check, nice painting, check. Nice work, but could use a little more wow to score

high in the iron painter.

Darklord
Theme: 4
Technique: 3.5
Overall: 8
Notes: ok, well this one is disturbing, but I gotta give you points for a very inventive and

very brave entry, I like it...but not in that way...

Ben$quig
Theme: 4.5
Technique: 4.5
Overall: 9
Notes: really inventive and interesting, I really like the results here as it's intersting to

the eye, an inventive take on the theme, and well painted, great work.

Brushmistress
Theme: 4.5
Technique: 4.5
Overall: 9
Notes: great scene here, you've created a really nice feel and ambience to this piece and a

story. The OSL is great and the shadow really makes it pop. Great entry, reminds me a lot of

some of demonheralds winners last season.

moavoamoatu
Theme: 4
Technique: 4.5
Overall: 8.5
Notes: great scene and really nice painting, very solid entry!

Thunderhawkminis
Theme: 4.5
Technique: 4.5
Overall: 8.5
Notes: another great look at OSL and very effective execution, really nice entry.

Morf
Theme: 3.5
Technique: 4.5
Overall: 8.5
Notes: Great scene, really well painted, the scene makes a nice interpretation of the theme, but

it needed a little bit of looking to figure it out

[supervike]

Ahh - the pressure is off.
@Ben - Well played, sir. Beautiful mini.


not so fast man!!

The pressure is back on!

[Morf]

I'm really curious to see the score breakdown.

Since I feel like I pulled off something much better theme wise and painting wise and yet score less?
My partner in crime does a great job in theme, much better in painting than previous round and she gets less than round 1?

I feel like we've both avoided making a write up of a story (on picture one you can see the X doing this and that and that should remind you of a story described in here and there), that might have hurt us.

Curious to see the breakdown, I am not bitter, just surprised.

[waghorn41]

Congratulations Darklord, it would have been a crime if I had beaten you.
Pm me your address please.

Well done to all the other finishers, some really great work. If only I was younger etc...

Hey 'v' what's with diving under my 25 score!

[supervike]

I'm really curious to see the score breakdown.

Since I feel like I pulled off something much better theme wise and painting wise and yet score less?
My partner in crime does a great job in theme, much better in painting than previous round and she gets less than round 1?

I feel like we've both avoided making a write up of a story (on picture one you can see the X doing this and that and that should remind you of a story described in here and there), that might have hurt us.

Curious to see the breakdown, I am not bitter, just surprised.

Breakdown is on the first page, towards the bottom, in case you missed it.

[Darklord]

to be honest waghorn i feel a bit guilty winning through with my effort, didnt really light my fire, but hey not all minis go right.
hope you stick around for the 'i think i can' section

[Morf]

Morf
Theme 3

Ambitous and well carried out diorama.. can’t help but miss the Fire element somewhere with so many potential sources on the scene would have been nice to see one or two. That said the scene does have that element that as soon as the big guy fires his flamer then all hell will break loose..good job..



Morf
Theme: 3.5
Technique: 4.5
Overall: 8.5
Notes: Great scene, really well painted, the scene makes a nice interpretation of the theme, but

it needed a little bit of looking to figure it out

Got it. And still surprised.
For the last couple of rounds IP had favored subtlety in theme.
Looking at the scores and comments, it seems like that has changed.

Literal (fire in theme - gotta be the fire and OSL) and one that takes almost no time to read. Got it.

Still - not bitter, just surprised. And a little demotivated.
Vike, please something with the lightning in the theme cause I got tons of Cygnar to paint. And Kruger.

[Darklord]

now thats out the way lets get impatient again. when will we know the theme vikey? soonish or can i go to bed?

[supervike]

Got it. And still surprised.

Still - not bitter, just surprised. And a little demotivated.



Chin up Morf! You still advance!!

I was a bit surprised by your score as well, and use it to your advantage! You get to keep going AND you know what to work on.

You have NO REASON to be demotivated, you still kick @$$ :party:

Theme and matchup are being worked on as we speak!!

[Darklord]

thank you good sir

[Morf]

Thanks Vike, I would never write that if I lost.
But since I won I can b%#$ all I can.

Demotivation stays. Expect a "In your face Theme, sir" approach next round.

[waghorn41]

to be honest waghorn i feel a bit guilty winning through with my effort, didnt really light my fire, but hey not all minis go right.
hope you stick around for the 'i think i can' section

Me? in the 'I think I can'. I think that would be taking the p**s
IP was fun while it lasted but I know my limits.
Delving through my 'waiting to be painted' box (about 500 or so...) I've come up with some great, well maybe ok, ideas thanks to the competition, fired up the imagination a few notches.

Good luck in the next round.

[Moavoamoatu]

Supervike, I laughed a lot when I saw how you wrote my nickname in the results.

[Hinton]

@supervike: your match-ups suck.

:D

Yes, this is the highest I have ever scored in the IP (all three rounds that I've been in). IP4 - Round 1: 35; IP5 - Round 1: 33.

It feels pretty good to know that I managed to score as well as I did, although I knew as soon as I saw that my opponent was Moa that I wouldn't make it past this round. But still, it's encouraging and hopefully if I enter the next IP I'll be able to improve on this.

Well done to all of the entrants and congratulations to all of those that advance.

Good Luck!

[supervike]

Supervike, I laughed a lot when I saw how you wrote my nickname in the results.



half the folks think I'm genius

the other half think I'm a complete moron....

the third half are convinced I'm a moron.




(i just like to make myself laugh)

[ThunderhawkerMinis]

not so fast man!!

The pressure is back on!

D'oh!

[alizardincrimson]

My partner in crime does a great job in theme, much better in painting than previous round and she gets less than round 1?

Curious to see the breakdown, I am not bitter, just surprised.
I'm curious about my score too.

(Morf is definitely a better painter and a fine opponent. I don't mind in the least loosing to him.)

Things I like about this contest are the interpretations and pushing of the theme as well as technique.

Alas, I seem to have rolled over into the (apparently) obscure in my choices.

And the wings are supposed to be distracting

ok

leaning to bitter now
but what's done is done

Nora

[Hinton]

Also, thanks to everyone that commented. Hopefully I'll be able to get someone hired soon so I'm not working all the time and I can go back finish this up properly.

[LavronYor]

Yeah Morf, stay demotivated. NO need to get in a hurry. Your opponent will probably DNF this round.

Congrats to all those who finished.

[Ritual]

For those of you who compare your scores with previous rounds I will say this: It's hard enough to give out scores that are conistent for all entries in the current round. If I was to look at previous rounds and compare the entries with all entries from previous rounds as well it would take ages to finish the voting. So, the scores are relative to each other for all the entries of ONE particular round. In other words, don't weigh too much into comparing the scores between rounds!

Congratulations to all the winners! Well done!

[wargriffon]

Thanks to the judges for the votes etc and also to those that commented on my entry :D

I have one thing that is bugging me though...the pants on the barbarian that some seem to think is dry brushed were actually done with washes and it was these damn pants that gave me a mare trying to photo because they kept coming out so dark compared to everything else in the photo.

[v22TTC]

Waghorn 41: Well, I did write that I'd be pleased to get 25 this round.... ;) I don't get why you think that your entering in `I think I can' would be taking the p*ss - couldn't you use some of your new ideas there? Just wondered what you meant really, but it'd be nice to see you carrying on - I certainly plan to.

Judges: Cheers for not savaging me - and not giving me sympathy points either. When people I know were asking me what score I thought I'd get, I said, "24... well nothing higher than that - say 22, plus or minus 2." Fair dos!

Commander Y: Congrats! Hamster and rickshaw in correct order and all's right with the world... you know the drill. Good luck next round too.

Thunderhawkerminis: Not wanting to add to the pressure but getting through with another chance, I found to be a bit of a headwrecker... I knew with a week to go that I'd been put irrecoverably behind but still kept slogging away because it would have seemed unfair to the next highest non-winner of the previous Round if I hadn't.... Funny situation to be in.

[Paintingploddy]

Thank you judges, and thanks Wargriffin - the vagaries of photography are beyond me as well. Look forward to seeing you at the next Iron Painter where i expect you'll be the one who triumphs.

[ThunderhawkerMinis]

Aye indeed - thanks to all the judges, even those who made us wait so long. I need to take some better photos when I get home of the back of mine. Everyone thinks its so light, when in point of fact its just that I suck at photoshop.

[Thryth]

Mmmm. I knew that I had problems with my entry this round.

BTW, I think that I have the honor of being one of the lowest scorers this round, instead of JakubT.

@Judges Thank's for your time and effort. I appreciate the help for improving my painting skills.

@Morf I am usually disappointed in my score for theme in IP in general (except for Skya's scoring). It's difficult (at least for me) to try to guess what will impress the judges, I just keep trying. :) I usually agree with the rest of the scoring, though, so it might just be me. :)

[Skya]

Heh, I think I've got a rather different perspective going into judging though. I personally would probably have given Morf a quite high theme score, but knocked him down some on overall. While theme wise it was great, I'd not have gotten it out without having it explained to me and to me how well what you're trying to do comes across is all about the overall perception of the piece. Mind you, I'm all for subtle themes and odd and interesting twists, and Morf has definitely popped up with an occasion favorite of mine in the past.

[waghorn41]

Waghorn 41: Well, I did write that I'd be pleased to get 25 this round.... ;) I don't get why you think that your entering in `I think I can' would be taking the p*ss - couldn't you use some of your new ideas there? Just wondered what you meant really, but it'd be nice to see you carrying on - I certainly plan to.

Maybe I will, just been rummaging and found a nice little grouping for 'bad to the bone'. Hmm, very tempting to keep the fun going. And this is one that I hadn't thought of but just came to me when I saw the title and realised I had the minis.

[v22TTC]

I might end up being a big hypocrite, coz I honestly can't think of anything... well, except for one idea which would involve ordering a mini from the States and sooooo much sculpting... not again!

Dunno, might just paint a mini, sort of related, as a place holder and hope I get more inspired next Round....

Be nice for Duende to have some company though! :)

[demonherald]

Morf for my part it wasn't so much looking for the obvious play on the theme but that little extra that would have finished the scene and at the same time play a bit more with the theme.. hope that makes sense and anyone not sure on what my comments mean then please feel free to PM me...
I agree with Ritual on the not looking at last rounds or previous just looking at the particular entries.It's a tricky old job with such a diversity of ideas and styles and trying to keep it all fair is a real bugger...I suppose half the problem with some themes for judging is that an idea or two will pop into my head and then I can't help but look for some of that..
anyways hope no one is too upset....