Monday 17 November 2014

'Unity Through Paint' - The Roster for the Fifth Annual Analogue Hobbies Painting Challenge



We have our team! Below you will find the roster of participants for the Fifth Annual Painting Challenge. This year we have 72 hobbyists rolling out, up by almost a dozen from last year - the more the merrier, wot! 

We have folks from 12 years of age to, well, let's say not 12 years of age (;OP) and coming from 14 nations: Australia, Belgium, Canada, Czech Republic, Finland, France, Germany, Holland, Ireland, Italy, New Zealand, Spain, United States, and the UK. Looking at this I think this year's Challenge's motto of 'Unity through Paint' may not be too far off the mark.

Note: To all the participants, please review the roster to make sure that you're there and that your points target and the link to your blog (if you have one) are correct.

I also want to take this opportunity to announce that there will be a few changes to how the Challenge will be accessed and administered for this edition. 


1)  I have created an exclusive Painting Challenge blog for the event. So when the event kicks off on December 5th it is there where you'll be wanting to go. The address of the Painting Challenge blog is:


In addition, you can find a button to it ('The Painting Challenge') at the top of this blog.



Why do this? Well, I believe the Challenge has now grown large enough to warrant its own web presence and I think it's time to keep it distinct from my own personal blog. Over the next few months I will be structuring the new Challenge blog to contain all of the content from the previous four events so it's self-contained and can project a sense of its own history.

Also, a dedicated blog allows me to be able to assign the participants of the Challenge as author/contributors. This is quite significant as it will give the participants more flexibility and control on how their submissions are handled while also alleviating a portion of the workload from me. (Don't worry, I will still act as editor and will post entires for those who either cannot, or do not, wish to mess with posting their own entries.)

2) In order for me to better keep on top of the entries I am assigning each participant a day of the week in which his or her work will be posted to the Challenge blog. This, in turn, helps me spread out the work over the week and gives me Sunday's off to work on my own stuff and manage the Fortnight Theme Rounds.

Nonetheless, during the first and final weeks of the Challenge the assigned days will be ignored, allowing people to send in their entries as they wish, maintaining the Challenge's signature pell-mell start and race to the finish.

I hope this all makes sense. I'll be sending out an email in a week or so to all the participants to go over the finer mechanics of the Challenge. 

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The Fifth Annual Painting Challenge Roster


Challenger
Post Day
Initial Points Target
Blog
1.               
AaronH
Monday
650
2.               
AdamC
Monday
1000
3.               
AlanD
Monday
1500
4.               
AnneO’L
Monday
500
5.               
BenG
Monday
400
6.               
BrendonW
Monday
1000
7.               
BrianB
Monday
500
RayGun Gothic Galaxy
8.               
BurkhardS
Monday
1000
9.               
ByronM
Monday
1000
10.            
ChristopherS
Monday
500
11.            
ClintB
Monday
1250
12.            
DaveD
Monday
2250
13.            
DavidB
Tuesday
750
-
14.            
DavidL
Tuesday
750
The Miniatures Corner
15.            
EdwinK
Tuesday
1000
16.            
Evan&GrantH
Tuesday
200
-
17.            
FranL
Tuesday
600
18.            
GillesW
Tuesday
1000
19.            
GregB
Tuesday
300
20.            
IanW
Tuesday
1000
21.            
IannickM
Tuesday
600
22.            
JaccoK
Tuesday
500
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23.            
JamesR
Tuesday
750
Baconfat Log
24.            
JamieM
Wednesday
500
GOG Online
25.            
JeremyM
Wednesday
300
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26.            
JohnM
Wednesday
1000
27.            
JuanM
Wednesday
500
28.            
Kawe
Wednesday
200
29.            
KevinH
Wednesday
300
30.            
KevinS
Wednesday
?
31.            
MarkE
Wednesday
500
32.            
MarkG
Wednesday
750
33.            
MartinC
Wednesday
1000
-
34.            
MartinN
Wednesday
400
35.            
MarkE
Wednesday
500
36.            
MarkO
Thursday
1000
Chasseur
37.            
MichaelA
Thursday
1000
38.            
MichaelF
Thursday
501
39.            
MichaelP
Thursday
500
40.            
MilesR
Thursday
2000
41.            
Millsy
Thursday
2000
42.            
PaulS
Thursday
500
43.            
PeterB
Thursday
1000
44.            
PeterD
Thursday
1000
45.            
PeterT
Thursday
500
46.            
PhilH
Thursday
?
47.            
RayR
Thursday
300
48.            
RichardC
Friday
500
-
49.            
RichardM
Friday
700
50.            
RobH
Friday
200
51.            
RobP
Friday
500
-
52.            
RossM
Friday
500
53.            
RoyW
Friday
750
54.            
SamuliS
Friday
1000
55.            
Sander
Friday
500
56.            
SeanS
Friday
1000
57.            
SebG
Friday
200
Back to the Minis
58.            
ScottB
Friday
600
59.            
ScottS
Friday
1000
60.            
SidneyR
Friday
750
61.            
SimonM
Saturday
500
62.            
StacyS
Saturday
300
-
63.            
SteH
Saturday
750
64.            
StefanK
Saturday
750
65.            
StefanoS
Saturday

-
66.            
SteveM
Saturday
800
-
67.            
SylvainR
Saturday
300
-
68.            
TamsinP
Saturday
1500
69.            
TeemuL
Saturday
500
70.            
TobiP
Saturday
500
71.            
VincentC
Saturday
500
72.            
…and Curt

750


25 comments:

  1. Good luck to all and nice to see so many of the old favourites on the list again and welcome to all the new ones.

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  2. Excellent stuff Curt, how about a followers button so we can, that way it will appear in my blog roll and I won't miss a thing?

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    1. Thank you; you wouldn't mind adding the old fashioned one as well? For some reason Blogger has hidden it at the bottom of the 'more gadgets' page. I'm not a great Google+ user and so rely on the old version to keep me up to date.

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  3. Just as an aside, I left a couple of comments on the other blog that didn't publish, I wonder if they are in the spam tray?

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    1. They should be up now. Let me know if you're still having issues.

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  4. Great! I see I forgot to submit a point target. I'll shoot for 1000pts again, perhaps I'll even make it there. One thing I noticed was that this year there are no specifications on images. Are they the same as last year?

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    1. Thanks Sean, I'll update the roster with your target when I get home.

      I'll be sending out a participant email 'package' in the next week or so outlining the rules and requirements. But, yes, the images will have to be scaled to no larger than 1000 pixels across the top at 72 dpi.

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  5. Well done, duly bookmarked... And yes a followers gadget.. I have a link to how to get it somewhere...can you switch of the captcha requirement for comments?

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    1. Thanks Dave. The followers gadget is up and I've turned the nasty captcha off.

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  6. It would have been nice to see the countries to in the list. I wish every one of you good luck in the challenge!

    Greetings
    Peter

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    1. Thanks Peter. I'll try to remember to put the nationalities in (if I remember and have the time).

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    1. Sorry Darcy, we're full up, but thanks for your interest!

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    2. All the best for the challenge then Curt. I hope to one day join your ranks.

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    3. I make the Challenge announcement pretty much the same time each year so keep your ear to the ground next November.

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  8. I must say that having a dedicated blog for the Challenge makes a lot of sense. Are the bonus theme rounds on a separate blog, or will they be here?

    Good luck everyone! :)

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    1. Thanks Tamsin. In regards to the theme rounds, I think I'll continue having them on a separate page routed from this blog.

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  9. What an distinguished company of extraordinary maniacs. Last year I didn't know what to expect but this year I simply can't wait to start... Oh, what a high point of winter !

    Good luck everyone !

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  10. So Mr Docherty and his hordes of unpainted tribesmen appear to be the front runner this year if tallies are anything to go by. It's great to see plenty of new faces amongst the "old hands". Good luck everyone!

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    1. ha.. the unpainted tribesman are just the back up....

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    2. Yup, I hear he has the entire civilian population of Serenity City lined up for painting in the Challenge ;)

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  11. Well I am looking forward to the off

    Ian

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  12. 72??? Good luck to everyone.................all except Fran of course!

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