As
I had mentioned in my opening remarks at the start of this round I was a bit nervous
to how Challenge participants would respond to the theme of 'nostalgia'. As Clint rightly
pointed out in one of his comments, nostalgia is a very personal and
subjective thing and as such I was concerned that people would not
respond well to the theme. Well, as you can imagine, I was pleasantly
surprised with the results. Visitors of the Bonus Theme gallery were given the
privilege to see and read many touching remembrances of good times gone
by. Below are but a few honourable mentions of the Round:
Alan's 'Forgotten Heroes of the Advancing Game'
Stephen's 'An Army for my Dad'
and Sander's 'Creating a Perfect Nostalgic Moment'
As to the top three submissions by votes, we have:
In Third Place, Millsy's 'Ethel & The Fire Brigade'
Millsy will receive another 25 points in recognition for his excellent submission to this round. Wonderful work and congratulations Mr. Mills!!
In Second Place we have Tamsin's cheeky 'Millsy the GIMP'.
Tamsin will receive another 50 points to add to her total. Well done m'dear!
...And claiming First Place for the 'Nostalgic' Theme Round is Michael's stunning vignette depicting characters (with tunnel and lighting!!) of 'The Great Escape'.
Absolutely
wonderful work Michael. For claiming top spot on the podium Mr. Awdry will receive
another 75 points AND a gift certificate from the great folk over at Westwind Productions. Congratulations Michael and thank you for sharing your work with us.
For those interested in the stats of the bonus round feel free to examine the poll here.
All of the bonus points for this theme round have been tabulated and are reflected in the Points Standings.
Finally,
as a reminder, next Saturday midnight (Jan 16th) is the submission
deadline for our next Thematic Bonus Round: 'Epic Fail', so roll up your
sleeves and get to work so we can enjoy a wonderful cacophony of
catastrophes!
Well done one and all. The winners are well deserved and MichaelA's submission is truly a wonderful piece of work
ReplyDeleteCongrats to all especially the winner Michael "Bigjobs" Awdry!
ReplyDeleteYou all did such a nice job on this theme. Congratulations to the winners!
ReplyDeleteLooking forward to seeing what you all do for Epic Fail.
Congrats to the well deserved winners.
ReplyDeleteCongrats to Lord Michael, Baron of Vignette! That was a truly epic submission and deserved to win by a huge margin. :)
ReplyDeleteAnd Millsy the GIMP coming second and third - awesome! :)
I thought people would like my piece, but didn't expect to come in the top three.
> And Millsy the GIMP coming second and third
DeleteLOL, beat me to it. :-)
Congrats.. Well placed and looking forward to future ones now!
ReplyDeleteCongrats to all the winners!
ReplyDeleteChristopher
Well done Sir Michael! I'm in no way surprised you wiped the floor once again. You cast a very long shadow mate. Well done too Tamsin, a most creative and unnervingly accurate portrayal of my "private" life...
ReplyDeleteFurther to that, congrats Sander, Stephen and Alan. Well done lads!
DeleteCongrats to all the winners, especially Mr Millsy who has proven to be an exceptionally good sport.
ReplyDeleteIndeed he has, and I'm sure he's got his revenge planned for me :)
DeleteLOL, it's all good fun. :-)
DeleteIt was a great topic, I saw a lot of interesting and unusual works. Many thanks to all participants and congratulations to the winners (Mills, one vote - my!).
ReplyDeleteCongratulations Sir Michael and everyone involved!
ReplyDeleteCongratulations, Michael!!! Fantastic piece of art!
ReplyDeleteA well deserved win! Congratulations to everybody else as well for just an enjoyable Bonus Round!
ReplyDeleteTerrific stuff and a huge big round of applause to Michael for the win :-)
ReplyDeleteCongrats to all the winners! Some wonderfully evocative entries in here
ReplyDeleteWell done everyone. I'm also looking forward to the next one.
ReplyDeleteI am absolutely thrilled with this and thank everyone for the kind words and support, it really means a lot. Very many congratulations to all, this was a particularly good round with many wonderful entries and I can't wait to see everybody's interpretation of Epic Fail!
ReplyDeleteWell done to Michael! In fact well done to the runners up, the honourably mentioned and the rest of us. I am looking forward to some Epic Fails in a week.
ReplyDeleteCheers, PD
Well done everyone - great stuff!
ReplyDeleteThis was a really impressive round. The winners are to be congratulated, but also the 'honorable mentions' and everyone else who submitted some truly stunning work.
ReplyDeleteCurt - the choice of 'Nostalgia' was inspired! Roll on the other theme rounds!
Very good round to view! Congrats ,Michael, a well deserved win!
ReplyDeleteMichael, you do it again and with so much style, great work
ReplyDeleteIan
Some great entries across the board, but The Great Escape was a standout = well done, Mr Awdry!
ReplyDeleteWell done to the winners. Its a bit of a worry, Sir M gonna get up to next????
ReplyDeleteWell done to everyone, and especially the well-deserved medalists! It was great to see such lovely work and read all the stories behind them!
ReplyDeleteWell done everyone, and especially to the very worthy winners. I really enjoyed reading everyone's interpretations of what the round meant to them - there were some very touching stories. Thanks for the honourable mention!
ReplyDeleteA fine selection of worthy winners
ReplyDeleteCongratulations to all participants and especialy to our worthy winners!
ReplyDeleteGreat work by all. The Great Escape vignette is superb.
ReplyDeleteCheers,
Pete.
Congratulations to the winners, and especially to Michael for the superb modelling on the vignette.
ReplyDeleteBrilliant stuff all round - well done all!
ReplyDeleteCongratulations to all
ReplyDeleteGood stuff, great theme!
ReplyDeleteBrilliant work, everyone. I loved reading through everyone's contributions, and I think it was genuinely difficult to pick the winners out. That being said, I certainly think that the three winners were genuinely outstanding - each of them offered so much, and were different kinds of nostalgia. So well done Millsy, Tamsin and Michael - and everyone!
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