Welcome to Black Powder Paint Off 2015.
This year’s event we have brought a few companies to celebrate the age of ‘Black Powder’ so we have a few categories. Allowing people to take part with anything they may have in the cupboards and allowing more than one range into the event.
We also have created a group page on ‘My Wargaming Life’, a site dedicated to wargaming. Most of the event will be covered on here and also on YouTube.
So How Do I Enter?
It’s simple, over the course of the event, which runs from 28th September – 24th December 2015, you can do either of the following:
- Upload at least 5 videos to YouTube with ‘bppo2015’ in the tag section and ‘Black Powder Paint Off’ in the title, this makes it easier to find on YouTube and we can share them round the community, it can be added to the YouTube playlist (and you can post links to them in the My Wargaming Life Black Powder Paint Off 2015 group, see below)
- Sign up to ‘My Wargaming Life’ and post your progress on the ‘Black Powder Paint Off 2015’ group, we ask that you upload at least 10 updates, it keeps the community going. Comment on and encourage others who have posted their progress in the challenge too!
So What Are The Categories And Prizes?
Okay we have 2 main categories for this year’s event, they are as follows:
Warlord Games
To take part in this category you simply have to use only figures from the ‘Black Powder’ range, more can be found here: http://store.warlordgames.com/collections/black-powder
- Random entrant: Anyone that takes part on either YouTube and ‘My Wargaming Life’ will be automatically entered to the competition for your chance to win a: ‘Napoleons Berlin Carriage’
- Best painted entry: Please find more details below for the full rules, but the prize is: A starter army of your choice from the ‘Black Powder Range’ (the £80 box sets)
My Wargaming Life
By signing up to the site and meeting the 10 post requirement to the Black Powder Paint Off 2015 group page you will be automatically entered for any of the following prizes:
- Front Rank Miniatures: A battalion of your choice
- Calpe Miniatures: A battalion of your choice
- Baccus 6mm: A starter army of your choice (from an appropriate range)
Warlords Best Painted Entry Rules:
Okay, for those people that are interested in taking part here are the rules and guidelines for the competition:
- All models used must be from Warlord Games ‘Black Powder’ range.
- It can be anything from a single figure, a company/battalion up to a diorama.
- Present your entry as a picture slideshow onto ‘My Wargaming Life’ in the painting completion section.
- Name you diorama or piece a catchy name.
Please note you cannot submit your entries until December 1st 2015 when the competition starts, you can upload/post your progress of your piece etc. but the final entry must be added into the ‘My Wargaming Life’ painting competition section, keep an eye out for further notifications and announcements (plus details of the all important URL) about this as the 1st December draws nearer.
Thanks once again for taking part!
We would like to thanks Warlord Games, Calpe Miniatures, Front Rank Miniatures and Baccus 6mm for their support and prize donation for this event.
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