Announcement Season 3 FINAL!

[supervike]

First of all, I'd like to thank the participants. It was another grueling event for all involved.

Next, the judges...thats alot of opinions to have. Luckily all four were full of them....

Right to it.

Winner in red.

Cdukino 66 vs vincegamer 61.5

More wrap-up and analysis of the scoring later.

Well done!!

EricJ provided the top prize, the Vallejo Paint set, which will go to Cindy. Thanks very much Eric!!

Wyrd also donated prizes, but I can't recall what they were off the top of my head...I'll find out.

[Ritual]

Congratulations Cindy!! :cheers:

And kudos to vincegamer for putting up a great fight here.

[vincegamer]

Congrats Cindy. I never doubted you but it was fun to tease.

[Wren]

Congratulations Cindy on the win, and to both of you for surviving until the end and putting out top miniatures every round.!

[supervike]

Here are some of the final numbers:

Best in Theme: vincegamer 16.5 to cdukino 14.5
Technique: cdukino 17.5 to vincegamer 15
Overall: cdukino 34 to vincegamer 30

[Duende]

Yay! Congrats to Cindy and for showing once again that the highest Iron content belongs to the women! You Go Girlz!

:cheer2:

[cdukino]

whoot :)

I expected Vince to beat me in the theme department. I agree there. But I won, I won... happy dancing jig.

[vincegamer]

So, vike, time to do the number crunching.
How many points did I get in theme for the whole contest?
I know where my strengths are.

[Nathan Caroland]

Congratulations folks - top work here and although I would have loved to have seen everyone make it through, I think this was rather well done and appreciate the time and effort ya'll have put into putting on a good show for us.

[supervike]

@vince....I'll see if I can dig that info up:

Meanwhile, here are the actual scores

Skya

cdukino
Theme 5
Technique 4.5
Overall 9

vincegamer
Theme 4
Technique 3.5
Overall 7.5

Duende

cdukino
Theme: 3
Technical: 5
Overall: 9
A great entry from Cindy as usual! I can't find hardly anything to criticize about her paintjob or base. My only nitpick is the take on the theme. While the bloodwork is well done, it's not really what I would expect for this theme. It acts more as an accent for the entire figure rather than striking me as a particularily gory or bloody piece. The blood doesn't stand out anymore than the jewels on his outfit or the ponytail on his head. Excellent work, though.


vincegaMer
Theme: 4.5
Technical: 4
Overall: 8.5
Once again vince gives us his own spin on the theme for his entry. The paintjob is good and solid but not anything spectacular. However the idea behind it, a literal "bloody Hell" is a great one! I still would like to know what the green balls were supposed to be for in the other WIP pictures, but this is an excellent entry even without it. Great job!
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Ritual:

Ok... here goes!

cdukino:
theme: 3.5
technique: 4
overall: 8

vincegamer:
theme: 4
technique: 4
overall: 7

Frustrated Father:

cdukino:
theme: 3
technique: 4
overall: 8

vincegamer:
theme: 4
technique: 3.5
overall: 7

[matty1001]

Congrats!

[Hinton]

First: Congratulations to Cindy on the win. Well done!

Second: Conrats to Vince on putting up a heck of fight.

Third: Major kudos to everyone that entered. Definitely some great painting and interesting takes on the various themes. Orkydave's take on "Paint it black" will always be one of my favorites.

[EldinTux]

Well done Cindy, a hard won victory I feel. Well done Vince I wouldn't have been able to choose between the entries.

[LavronYor]

vince, you let all of us guys down.....

I hope you are mentally kicking yourself for losing.....

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All right lad, that's enough, stop beating yourself up.... still....... Bloody hell! Why didn't you go with the Australian idea....
You still get points from me for originality, as that is what kicked my A$$ back in round one... Great job overall...

and Cindy, yours was nice too....

Actually, Cindy, yours was pretty kick a$$ .....

Still, I hope that you both have overcome your " fear " of bloody minis...
and I can hardly wait til the next round of IRON PAINTER!!!!!

[orkydave]

Just got back from a week in Prague and missed all the exitement! A big well done to Cindy, consistently strong all the way through the IP.

And commisserations to Vince, again some great entries and at least you can claim to being the Iron Man, eh Tony Stark?!!

[vincegamer]

Hey, I got a harem out of it so I'm not complaining.

[LavronYor]

A harem or a scarem?

[callumrice]

Congrats to Cindy and unlucky to Vince, a good final with interesting takes on the theme.

@orkydave, how did you survive a WEEK in Prague?? I went there for 4 days last year with a few of the boys, it was wild. 4 days was enough for my liver though, and my bank balance!!

@vince, man, I thought you were going to "do it for the guys"?? Another bloomin female IP winner. Ban them Vike, BAN THEM!!!

[Ritual]

I have an idea for next round! Make all the female painters judges instead! :D

:idea:

[Duende]

That's a whole new Total Testosterone contest!

But really now, just because you GUYS can't run with the big dogs.. and the big dogs happen to be female.... wait..... I think I'm about to insult myself. :thinking:

Nevermind! :D

[vincegamer]

That's okay. We never pay any attention to you anyway.





*Finally! Free to smack talk the judges.

[LavronYor]

Wait, what are big female dogs called?

Sorry, Michelle, you did ask for that one........