The
image above pretty much sums up this theme round. It was yardarm to
yardarm broadsides across the field of participants. This was one of the most popular theme
rounds, both in submissions and voting. It also produced THREE TIES. Yep,
you read it right folks, every podium position was tied, and we were actually very
close to having three challengers contesting a placement in several cases. I love results like
these as it shows that there were A LOT of crowd-pleasing entries and it
also gives me the opportunity to splash out the bonus points to more people.
Alright, on to the placements. For runners up we had Sidney's portly but charming 'De Pelikaan, 1688'
And Evan's marvelously bent 'Chaos Dwarf Admiral'
Moving
on to the top three positions, in Third Place we have Jeremy's
shield festooned 'Viking Longship' and Tamsin's shot at Ray's simian nature
with her 'What Shall we do with the Drunken Pirate'.
Jeremy and Tamsin will each get 25 points added to their totals. Lovely work and well done you two!
In Second Place we have Millsy's sprightly freighter 'Jennifer Dee, Steamy Tramp' and Byron's wonderfully rigged '1/1200 Napoleonic Ships-of-the-Line'.
Millsy and Byron will both receive 50 bonus points for their fine work. Congratulations to you both!
And
again, with yet another tie, in First Place we are treated with Michael's wonderfully Vernesque 'Unleash the Clocktopus' and Miles' amazing build of
the (HUGE) '28mm USS Wasp'.
Wow! Gorgeous entries, both of you. Miles and Michael will both be awarded 75 bonus points for their excellent work. In addition, Miles
will receive a gift certificate from Alf over at Barrage Miniatures and Michael will get a
certificate from our own fine bookseller Edwin, at his 'Diplomatist Books'.
Congratulations
to all the podium finishers and thank you to all the participants for
providing us such a wonderfully entertaining theme round. Bravo!
For those who wish to see the voting results they can be found here.
For those who wish to see the voting results they can be found here.
Okay,
next week is 'Gambler/Risk-Taker'. It's the last bonus round and it is
also the overarching them for this edition of the Challenge, so I hope to
see some great parting volleys for this one.
Have a good one!
Well done all! No surprise there were so many highly rated entries, it really was a treat.
ReplyDeleteCongratulations to all the winners, well done and here's to a fair wind as we go into the final weeks!
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Well done all.. This was an epic bonus round ..
ReplyDeleteWell done all.
ReplyDeleteGreat set of worthy winners. Next up the examination for lieutenant
ReplyDeleteIndeed worthy winners and lovely entries I could not agree more with these results!
ReplyDeleteExcellent winners and very well deserved.
ReplyDeleteCongrats to the winners great round
ReplyDeleteI'm somewhat shocked to find myself on the podium again :o :D
ReplyDeleteA h-arrrrrr-ty congrats to all the prize winners and runners-up, especially Michael and Miles who thoroughly deserve their winning spots :)
With so many entries for this round, I'm amazed there weren't more ties.
I'd like to take a little of the credit there......after all I was your muse? Quick duck!!
DeleteWell done everyone, especially Michael and Miles. I suspected this one would be hotly contested and I'm happy to be proven correct!
ReplyDeleteCongrats to all the winners!
ReplyDeleteChristopher
"I'd like to thank the academy and all the little people who crew my ships"
ReplyDeleteI'm very surprised to be in first and thought this round had some fantastic entries. Now back to the drawing board or ummm painting bench for the gambler entry.
No surprises at all - well deserved prize winners indeed!
ReplyDeleteI think Dave chose the right word - 'epic'. There were so many fantastic entries it was a real eye-pleaser - and a vindication of the hard work done by the Snowlord and his Minions.
ReplyDeleteAll the podium placers deserved to be there - and it's no surprise that it's a bid crowded up there!
Well done everyone, and well done for all of our winners.
ReplyDeleteCongrats to the winners!
ReplyDeleteCongrats everyone - well done.
ReplyDeleteI'm glad to see all these ties as they all deserved to win. I've never voted for so many entries before. Best round yet!!!
ReplyDeleteWell my goodness, a huge thank you to all and a jolly well done to all that entered - stunning work everyone!
ReplyDeleteCongratulations to everyone involved an of course especially to our esteemed winners.
ReplyDeleteWell done winners!!!
ReplyDeleteWow thanks so much everyone. I'm so glad there were so many ties for this round as the entries were all really great. I can't believe I did this well especially with all those really great scratch built examples out there, I can't imagine the time and effort it took to build those. Thanks again and congrats to everyone for their excellent work.
ReplyDeleteWell done to all! That was a very entertaining round to view!
ReplyDeleteAwesome! Great work by everyone with some incredible entries that must have taken an age to create. It was a great round indeed.
ReplyDeleteCongratulations to the winners again! :)
ReplyDeleteSome stunning entries here, nice work all!
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