Thursday, 3 December 2015

Crossing the Rubicon - The Participant Roster for the 6th Painting Challenge


Hi All!

The gates are closed and the 'No Vacancy' sign is blinking. Below is the participant roster for the 6th Painting Challenge. 


Also listed is each Challenger's individual points target and (if I could easily find them) links to their personal blogs.

Names marked in red denote those Challengers which still need to submit their contact information. Please drop me a note so I can get your particulars logged into my wonderfully Byzantine record-keeping system (curtcampbell at mac dot com) - If don't get your contact information you will not be able to participate.   

Challenger
Initial Points Target 
Blog
AaronH
1500
AdamC
1500
AidanM 
500
Workbench Hobbies
AlanD
1000
AlexS 
1000
AnneO’L
100
BenitoM
500
BillA
400
BrendonW
1500
BrettM 
1000

BurkhardS
250
ByronM
1000
ChristoperR 
?
-
ChristopherS
500
ClintB
755
DaveD 
2250
DavidB
1500
DavidL
850
DavidS
280

DougR 
1000

EdwinK 
600
EricMc
1000
Spastic Wargamer
Evan&GrantH
1000
-
EvanH 
200
FranL
500
Fred
2500

GillesW
1515
GregB
1000
GuyB 
400

IanH
500
Wargamers Workbench
IanW
500
IannickM
500
IgnacioR
500
JaccoK
500
-
JamieM
1000
JasperO 
400

JeremyM
300
-
Barks
1000
JohnM 
500
JohnSe
400
JohnSh
500
-
JonathanO
500
-
JuanM 
555
Kawe 
200
KeithS
1000

KenE 
1000

KevinH
300
KeithS
1000

MarkG
500
MartinC
2000
MartinN 
500
MarkH
2000
MarkO
1000
MichaelA
1000
MilesR 
2000
Millsy
2000
KyleC
2500
NeilM
600

PaulO’G
250
PaulS
750
PatG
500
PeterD 
800
PhilH
300
RayR 
500
RobH
200
RobP
500
-
RossM
250
SamuliS
1000
SamK
400
SanderS
1500
SeanR
400

SeanS 
1000
SebG
250
ScottB 
600
ScottS 
1000
SidneyR 
500
SimonM
500
StacyS
300
-
SteH
1000
-
StefanK 
250
StephenS
500
StefanoS
300
-
SylvainR
1500
-
TamsinP 
1000
TeemuL
500
CptShandy
200
NeilM
600
…and Curt
1000


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Tuesday, 24 November 2015

The List of Duels and Side Challenges for the 6th Painting Challenge


Below you will find a list of all the side challenges and duels that have been arranged by the participants. Some are still awaiting participants so I urge the Challengers to look over the list and see if anything piques your interest. 

I think I managed to capture all of them, but if I made a mistake and/or missed something please drop me a note and I'll make the corrections and update the list. 

- The 6mm Challenge -
IanW, MarkO and TamsinP have challenged each other to paint the most points in 6mm, in any period.

- The Sci-Fi Challenge -
GregB, SeanS, KyleC, SylvainR and DavidB will bash it out to see who paints the most points of sci-fi figures over the Challenge. Winner gets a figure from the rest of the competitors.

- The Native American Challenge -
DavidB and TamsinP are dueling to paint the most points of Native Americans/First Nations/Aboriginals.

- The Bronze to Steel Challenge -
IanW, ChristopherS, JonathanO, MarkH, MartinC and SebG will battle with brushes to see who can amass the most points painting Ancients in any scale.

- The Horus Heresy Challenge -
JamieM, GregB and PaulO’G have challenged one another to see who can paint the most points of 30K models in any scale.

- 101 Years War Challenge -
RayR and Curt challenge each other to see who paints the most points within the period 1662 - 1763.

- English Civil War Challenge -
AaronH and PaulO’G are dueling to see who can paint the most ECW models. Paul in 6mm and Aaron in 28mm.

- All Things Naval -
MilesR challenges one and all to see who can get the most points from nautical themed entries (not including the Nautical Theme Round).

- 1/1200 Napoleonic Ships -
MilesR has challenged PaulO’G to see who can paint the most points in 1/1200 Napoleonic ships.

- The Italian Job or The Renaissance Men -
Curt and PeterD are dueling to see who can paint the most points for their respective Italian Wars collections.

- The Pulp Challenge -
Simon, Curt, PhilH and MichaelA have challenged one another to see who can paint the most points in Pulp adventure figures over the three months of the event. The winner will get a painted figure from each of the vanquished. (Pulp being defined as being from 1850-1950)

- The Bothers Hawkins -
PhilH and IanH are dueling to see who will paint the most points by the end of the Challenge.

- Frostgrave Challenge -
AdamC, BillA, ScottS and SimonM are challenging each other to see who can paint the most points of Frostgrave related figures. These will include any official Frostgrave or other fantasy figure which are thematically appropriate.

- Dungeon Saga Challenge -
PaulS challenges anyone to beat him in completing all the miniatures in the core set.

- The Cetshwayo Challenge -
MartinC and MichaelA are conducting a Zulu duel. Whoever completes the most Zulus by the end of the Challenge receives a painted Induna from the other. Michael will have to paint one for every four from Martin

- The Bavarian Challenge -
Nick and Christopher are in a duel to see who can paint the most straight points (theme Bonus not included) over the Challenge. The winner gets a painted figure from the other.

- The Reject Challenge -
Fran and Ray are challenging each other and ALL Rejects to see who can amass the most points over the Challenge.

- The Duel of Spreadsheets -
MilesR has challenged Millsy (and any others mad enough) to see who can create the most mind-numbing spreadsheet plan for the Challenge and then stick to it.  Winner gets to give Curt a 4 hour course on the Joy's of Spreadsheets and why financial analysis really is cool.

- Modern Mayhem -
Curt, ByronM GregB and KyleC are dueling to see who will paint the most points in modern-period figures (from 1960 to Post-Apoc). The winner gets a figure from the vanquished.

- The LOTR Challenge -
ScottB and SteH are duelling to see who can paint the most Lord of the Rings figures over the duration of the Painting Challenge

- The Odin’s Night Challenge -
Dux has challenged JohnS, PaulO’G and StephenS to complete a warband for Musket & Tomahawks.  He will paint a character figure for each that meets the challenge.

- England and Spain, At It Again -
PhilH & JuanM are reprising last year’s race in which they challenge one another to see who can get to 100 points first.