Captain's Champions Challenge
MidKnight Heroes Rise to Battle
MidKnight Heroes Rise to Battle
I would like to open with a welcome.
welcome to this grand event of Champions.
We are pleased to have you aboard and joining us for such a long awaited occasion.
~Captain MaDDlove
Table of Contents
Lets Get Started
There are several elements we must address before we get started. The object here is for this event to go smoothly and for everyone to have a remarkable time, so let us iron out the details in order of priority.
Every contest needs rules and this one is no different! Pay attention please as we don’t want any hard feelings or disqualifications due to rule bending/breaking/misunderstanding or “not knowing”. If you have questions, ASK!
The Challenge
What is Captain’s Champion Challenge about?
- To challenge your painting and scene building skills.
- To enjoy the company of like minded artists.
- To have a place to showcase your skills, or learn new skills.
- To feel a little heat to push you to stretch your creative mind and reflexes.
- To get input on your work so you can elevate a presentation.
- To Become A Maddlove Champion.
- To be rewarded in treasure for your excellent success.
Most of all… TO HAVE FUN WITH THE HOBBY!
The Booty, Treasure to be gained (Prizes)
- There will be a 1st, 2nd and 3rd place in each category.
- Prizes listed are for 1st, 2nd and 3rd in each category.
- The judges will narrow each category to 6,9, or 12 entries based on the total number of entries per category. The winners will be selected from that group after this final cut.
- All Champion contestants making the “Final Cut” (including winners) will be given comments and critique in the form of a feedback sheet on their entry from the judges.
1st Prizes:
- The first place winner in each category will receive a Captain’s Champion Trophy, a gold gilded bust to proudly display on all social media and in your home.
- A certificate of Championship, a grand decree that officially declares them Captain’s Champion Challenge 2021 (CHIBI fleet)
- A Captain’s Booty Box filled with miniature treasure that is “HUGE”, a value of over $200 in supplies.
- They will also receive a one time pass to the 3rd Saturday Round Table with Captain Maddlove, The Geek and many members of the Patreon Crew.
2nd Prizes:
- The second place winner in each category will receive a virtual gift card valued at $50 to Midknight Heroes or PopGoesTheMonkey Winner chooses one of these vendors. The virtual gift card will come in the form of an email.
3rd Prizes:
- The third place winners in each category will receive a virtual gift card valued at $25 each to Midknight Heroes or PopGoesTheMonkey
- Winner chooses one of these vendors. The virtual gift card will come in the form of an email.
Set yourself up for Champion Success
“These are suggestions not requirements.”
There will be four miniatures to choose from, choose the one or two that move you the most, the ones you will have fun with, choose colors and a “Freeze Frame” idea that inspires you and makes you feel excited to sit down and work on your project.
Order your miniatures and get to work as soon as you can, this will give you plenty of leeway for “Life” and other things that pop up.
Wait time on shipping is at least one week minimum right now, as shipping all over is challenging.
Please like and subscribe (it is FREE) to all of our platforms for Captainmaddlove and Midknight Heroes, and Pop Goes The Monkey, show your love and appreciation for the “Mighty Crew” putting together this Gala for everyone, and keep up to date with more of our community activities
Join our Discord Channel
There is a discord group in our server for this challenge you can find it here Challenge CHAT-N- PICTURES channel under the Champion challenge category
This channel is closed to the general public and closed to the judges, only Champion entries, Captain Maddlove, Geek and Captain Slaymore will be allowed in this channel. This channel is a place to gather and paint, discuss ideas, support each other’s work, share photos and jokes, and make the painting adventure more gregarious
If you have trouble getting into the channel ping Geek on discord @ Geeknoutgaming#6420
Champion Challenge Rules and Requirements for entering
Rules and requirements for entry apply to ALL contestants without exception, if for any reason you are not able to accommodate any of the rules or requirements, please …
“Do Not enter as the outcome will be bumbling for everyone”.
PLEASE READ Rules and requirements completely
An arrow means REQUIRED
Challenge dates and deadline
Captain’s Champion Challenge (contest) will close and will no longer be accepting entries after (closing/deadline) Aug 13th @ 11:59pm Eastern Standard Time US
Days
Hours
Minutes
During these times entries can be submitted whenever you like.
Entries submitted “AFTER” deadline will NOT be accepted, Pay attention to the time zone is crucial
Entry is FREE & Booty is a Plenty in this trial for Championship, so let us all be understanding that the rules are here to keep the boat from rocking too much, and ensure all participants have a good time, as well as to make the Judging process easier on our “All Star Cast” of judges.
The Judges will be announced in the near future, and you are in for an impressive line up.
These rules are also established to ensure ease of reaching a decision for our judges without added complications.
By submitting any entry to this competition, you agree that Captain Maddlove may, but is not required to, display your entry on websites or any other media. You grant Captain Maddlove an irrevocable non-exclusive license to use, display, publish, transmit, copy, edit, alter, store, re-format, and sub-license any image submitted as an entry to this competition. You further agree that Captain Maddlove can use your name for including but not limited to all purposes listed above as the creator of said entry, for advertising or legal obligations
Some of the painting entries may be selected to appear in Captain Maddlove’s Newsletter and other Captain Maddlove or MidknightHeros social media, using the Legal and forum name of the individual who submitted the entry.
MidKnightHeroes Rise to Battle Select Your Champions
Miniatures to choose from in the champion challenge
The miniature or miniatures you paint must be Chibis from Midknight Heroes only, you have four options of chibi miniatures to choose from that are being used for this Challenge.
Your entry may only be submitted into the challenge in a single category.
Max 1 entry per person However you may use 2 of the miniatures listed below in your “Freeze Frame” single entry. (you are NOT required to use two, you are simply allowed to use two in the single entry)
Deyanni
Grog
Lilyana
Orin
Deyanni, a forest elf of the Shaespire woods is one of the deadliest warriors in all the lands.
Grog, the worg rider of the War Fang Clan is a feared warrior throughout the Forest Elf kingdom.
Lilyana is from a historic race of Succubi. Not to be confused with the Vampires, the succubi are more playful while the vampires tend to be more…brutal.
Orin the good-hearted priest of The Order of Light.
The Theme for the Challenge
is “freeze frame” a moment in time.
The idea is to take a snap shot in the life of the miniature/miniatures you are painting, as if you caught them in mid action doing something interesting, so as to document it.
Some documentation will be needed with your entry. Taking a little time to describe your “freeze frame”, and the inspiration in creating it, will help our judges understand the thoughts behind your entry, an example of how a topic would be:
The topic is introduced, supported, and then brought to its natural conclusion.
Keep the description to 60 words or less.
An example might be,
Tea House Annihilation: “This is a mage who discovers his powers only after the passing of his father, he is deeply saddened by his loss and expresses this through random uncontrolled magic throwing, ending up in complete disaster for his small town, and his very own tea house.”
Categories
Beginner
- You have not won any major competitions or awards.
- You have not received honorable mentions, 2nd or 3rd in any major competitions, (participation is ok).
- You are relatively new to the hobby (less than 3 years)
- You do not have any publications.
- Owners of a miniature painting business are welcome.
Intermediate
- You have not won any major competitions or awards.
- You have not received honorable mentions, 2nd or 3rd in any major competitions, (participation is ok).
- You do not have any publications.
- You have experience in the hobby. ( 3+ years)
- Owners of a miniature painting business are welcome.
Expert
- You have competed in a major competition and won an award, or were honorable mention, 2nd or 3rd place.
- If you have had ANY publication of any kind by someone other than yourself, friends or family, or you sell books, or courses on miniature painting.
- If you are sponsored by a major company (i.e. GW) of miniatures, you paint box art or do commissions for them, are hosted and partially supported by them.
- You have mastered many various techniques and styles, and can show a vast knowledge on all things painting.
- You have many years of ongoing experience in the miniature painting field, and teach the art to others.
Fill out the Captain’s Champion Challenge entry form.
Important things you should know
ALL forms of visual submission must be unedited footage and photos. NO photoshop editing, blurring, or digital rendering can be done to the photographs or video entered, all submissions must be unedited, however, downsizing to comply with file size restrictions is allowed.
When photographing your pictures, please submit them in .JPG (JPEG) format, with a file size no larger than 10MB. If you send us photographs that don’t fall within the limits prescribed above, you will be asked that you fix this as otherwise your entry will not be accepted.
Last Day entry: If you submit your photos on the last day (Aug 13th 11:59pm EST ) and they do not fall within the limits prescribed above, your entry will not be accepted, as on this day we will not have the ability nor manpower to wait for any changes and update you entry in time, so please take this into consideration in timing your submission. You can submit on this day but, everything must be within the guidelines.
There should be NO identifying factors that could tie the miniature to you in the video or photos, (your identity is in the submission form we receive with the visuals… i.e. cups with names, business cards, labeled items, etc) anonymous is what we want. Identifying factors in video or background will disqualify the entry.
Keep in mind if “You are a streamer”, identifying factors could be an item with “NO” label or name but, unique that is always shown in your stream, this IS CONSIDERED IDENTIFYING.
We recommend taking the video or photos in an empty or clear area, or with a suitable backdrop that covers all identifying factors.
TOP SECRET: Please keep your entry “Under Cover”, this means NO social media posts (this includes streaming), no talking about “WHICH mini” you are painting or what your creative idea is. It is of the utmost importance that if the Judges are to do their best job judging the entries, the entries stay secret until all judging is complete. We have opened a special Discord channel for the Champion Challenge entries to gather if you feel the need to share your work or would like some company while working on it.
Posts to social media platforms or streaming your entry would be considered an “Identifying Factor”
An important notation:
We need all participants to understand it is in your hands to provide the judges with a quality visual of your miniature entry. Judges can NOT be held responsible for low quality or out of focus photos and videos, If the photos or video are not a respectable representation of the work done, the judges can not assess the quality of the work done on the entry, and therefore it can not be judged.
Submitting your entry with photos, video and brief explanation of your “Freeze Frame” :
1) Before you begin painting you will need to take a photo of your UNPAINTED miniatures outside of the package, lying on a clean sheet of paper, write the date of submission, and Captain’s Champion Challenge beside the miniatures. (do not write your name on the paper, submissions will be assigned numbers once received for ease of identification)
2) You will need the ability to film a short (1 min max, no more than 200MB) 360* view video of your completed entry and the ability to upload this to our website
3) You will need to accommodate the judges with four 4-5 quality pictures of your completed entry, we recommend front, back, right side, left side and top or angle that best shows the entries assets.
4) Include your brief description. The topic is introduced, supported, and then brought to its natural conclusion. Keep the description to 60 words or less.
An example would be;
Tea House Annihilation: “This is a mage who discovers his powers only after the passing of his father, he is deeply saddened by his loss and expresses this through random uncontrolled magic throwing, ending up in complete disaster for his small town, and his very own tea house.”
Once your project is complete submit all 4 of the above requirements.
Judging criteria
Beginner:
- Difficulty: 10%
- Originality: 15%
- Workmanship: 40%
- Painting Skill: 25%
- Presentation: 10%
- Difficulty: 20% (out of the beginner comfort zone)
- Originality: 20% (not the same ol thing.. i.e. mini standing looking)
- Workmanship: 25% (A certain standard should be maintained throughout your piece, meaning no unpainted parts, cleanliness can also be a deciding factor, meaning no spilled glue, stains/fingerprints, cat hair, etc. )
- Painting Skill: 20% (consistency in application, use of light and shadow, focal point, good color palette choices)
- Presentation: 15% (does your story match your presentation)
- Difficulty: 5%
- Originality: 30%
- Workmanship: 5% (An expert standard should be maintained throughout your piece, no unpainted parts, intricacy can also be a deciding factor, cleanliness is a factor)
- Painting Skill: 40% (consistency in application, use of texture, use of light and shadow, volume build, focal point on point …lol, extended use of the color wheel, finite details)
- Presentation: 20% (your story matches your presentation)