Warhammer Painting Competition - accepting entries now

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Our Prestigious and World Famous (er, kind of !) GW Miniature Painting Contest Returns.

This year we're again accepting entries from 40K and LOTR (although Fantasy Battle or related fantasy type minis are preferred because that's what we're really all about).

The deadline for entering your pre-painted miniature pictures is 24th Feb 2013.

You then have about a month to paint them and post pictures of the finished article.

We're accepting 3 entries per person and, if you enter something really special I'll write a post about your minis (with links to your pics / website / blog) on my Uber God-like Painters Miniatures Blog

The winning entries from previous years:-

The winners were: (left-to-right) Guardian_A, Elazar The Glorified, Dims, Jetsam and Teclis.

Terrain & Scenery Competition for Warhammer Fantasy Battle

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We're looking for a few entrants into our forum's Terrain & scenery Competition. In particular Fantasy Battle scenery (think Skaven rat infested cesspits, Dwarven ale houses, Chaos sacrificial shrines, Beastmen execution stumps, Goblin magic mushroom fields, Bretonnian "Excalibur" Lakes, Dark Elf torture chambers, Lizardmen Slann-Mage throne rooms, Wood Elf forest camps, Empire Altdorf machine factories... 

Ok, maybe I'm being a bit ambitious, a few hills, fences, rivers and the odd watchtower would be a good start. 

Nothing too large or small will be rejected (from a simple hill, mud ditch, fence fortification to the ridiculously impressive High Elf Port below). The prize will be $1m - yeah right ! All we can promise you is the admiration of your fellow gamers and modelers.

Please note that we're not really looking for mine fields, razor wire, plasma bomb crater holes or piles of spent 40k artillery shells etc. but we'll take what comes if that's the only scenery entered !

Leave a message in the forum if you're interested in entering.

As an added incentive, the winners will make there way into the Hall of Fame in the below blog for expert mini painters and terrain makers (click the pic to go there).

 

Click the photo to go to a slideshow of more of the same.

Image is © 2009 by Frank Becker, Frank Bauer, Flint, M. Immig, J. Westedt. 
Image used without permission. All rights reserved by above owners.

Design a new Special Character for Warhammer Fantasy

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If you think you can come up with a balanced, exciting new WFB Special Character then read on.

Number 16 of the Master Tactician competitions is all about constructing a completely new, original and exciting character for Fantasy Battle games.

The special character must be a balanced addition to an existing army and can include it's own special rules, magic items / spells (your own design or rulebook items), mounts and other equipment options.

The more background fluff and pics (eg. your own artwork or mini photos) the better.

The Battle Reporter forum members will vote for the winner.

The prize is just the respect of our humble Warhammer community :-) and some forum reputation. Please post your entries below:-

Design a new Special Character for Warhammer Fantasy Battle





Herald was painted and shared by Reto Zimmerman in the Battle Reporter's Facebook album.

Essential Rare Warhammer Units

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Another day, another Fantasy Battle tactica debate :)
Nominate the most important rare unit in Warhammer fantasy battle - simple heh?!

* when I say "most important" or (heaven forbid...) "best" I mean the most influential from the point of view of it's own army. So for instance, is a Steam Tank more important for the Empire army or the Casket of Souls more important for Tomb Kings.

Lot's of reputation on offer to the winners and every entry gets +1 rep and of course our respect and a pleasant "thanks fr entering" message :)

The entries so far:-

Steam Tank
Casket of Souls
Great Eagles
Dark Elf Hydra
Dwarf Organ Gun
Ogre Ironblaster
Ancient Stegadon
Snotling PUmp Wagon
Gyrocopter
Skaven Doomwheel
Chaos Warshrine
Necrosphinx
Salamanders
Bretonnian Trebuchet

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Warhammer Painting & Modeling Motivation

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A free-for-all fantasy miniature painting / conversion competition which might help to get you to finish your army ! Look no further because we're even accepting 40k, LoTR and others - booo !

Everyone's invited, we're just looking for some more forum members to "Hammer" with :)

It's dead simple, post pics of the minis (up to 3) that you plan to paint here :-

Warhammer (and other Fantasy mini) painting & conversion comp

You have until March 11th to post pics of the finished article(s).

We don't have much to offer other than a friendly atmosphere, some good debate and a place you might enjoy returning to. Lots of the guys have been around for years now and we're very appreciative of new members.

Here are the previous winners:

Images used with the permission of the respective painters, thanks guys,

Tactics Master - Warhammer Allies Competition

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The Battle Reporter Master Tactician #6 Competition - "A Grand Alliance" is open for entries.

It's a Christmas Special (for extra festive Hammering !)

I've tried to create an character design / army unit selection competition that everyone can enjoy irrespective of how much time you can spare. You can put in an entry which just meets the basic requirements or go all the way and post a full 2,000pt competition winning alliance army list.

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The Rules (click links to open the competition threads)....

Part I - Commanders of the Alliance

Choose two different Warhammer Armies and name one as your main force and one as the allies (don't select any of the army units, just name the 2 army books they would come from).

Customize or choose a Special Character (using the normal rules) to represent :-

• a Lord or Hero Level Character (up to 300pts) to lead a 1,200pt main force
• a Hero Level Character (up to 200pts) to lead a 800pts allied force

Explain why your alliance would be unbeatable* !

* you could talk about the special army traits that make your combination of allies so effective, the army's deployment, how your characters would support your units, your tactics, use of magic items and spells or any other reason you can think of.

** Feel free to add any fluff to accompany your characters, people look kindly on this extra effort and you're likely to win more votes.


You will be judged on your arguments in favour of your army.

Use the forum thread to debate the armies and to attempt to elevate yours above all others !

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If you entered part I then you can enter Part II below:-

Part II - Armies of the Alliance

This competition extends Part I (in a new forum thread)

Select all of the units for a 1,200pt main army (which must include the Lord level character you selected in Part I) and a different 800pt allied army (which must include the Hero level character you selected in Part I).

Note: all normal army selection and Allied Army rules apply (see pages 136-139).

Please do NOT post individual pts costs of units (it upsets GW). Just post a list of units/characters and a total points value for Characters (Lord + Hero level), Core, Special and Rare.

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The Prizes (a Christmas and New Year give-away !) :-

- mainly respect from our Facebook and forum members plus some forum reputation (rep pts).

Competition 1 - Commanders of the Alliance

• Winner +10 rep
• 2nd +7 rep
• 3rd +4 rep
• All entries get +1 rep

Competition 2 - Armies of the Alliance 

• Winner +10 rep
• 2nd +7 rep
• 3rd +4 rep
• All entries get +2 rep (extra rep because it requires more effort)

By entering both competitions you will receive at least +3 rep.

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Entry Deadline & Voting :- There are no deadlines right now, we're going to see how things go and how many entries we get. I guess you can expect the competition to remain open for entries for at least 3 weeks. We will start voting when we have enough entries for a decent match. Debate can continue during the voting so people will be able to change their vote if someone can persuade them with the strength of their argument.

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You can bookmark the Rules Summary in the Battle Reporter forum here.

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Dwarf Cannon voted best artillery piece

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If you like gunning your enemy down form a distance in Warhammer Fantasy Battles then go for a Dwarf Army.

The Master Tactician #5 competition results are in and the Dwarf Cannon crew just snatched the prize (and are now holding it tightly to their rotund and beard covered chests !)

The debate was detailed, enthusiastic, friendly and very informative.

It was a really close competition but MrSeb (the Dwarf Cannon "sponsor") won the day with his debate although at time it looked like the Doomwheel, Trebuchet, Empire Cannon and even the humble Goblin Spear Chukka could sneak a win. It really was a close thing.

The results in order :-

1) Dwarf Cannon - MrSeb (with 12% of all the votes)
2) Doomwheel - Telepfenion (11%)
3) Empire Cannon - Lawrence1981 (9%)
3) Helcannon - whitewolf14 (9%)
3) Halfing Hotpot - Coinsmith1 (9%)
3) Trebuchet - Josh Austin (from our Facebook page) (9%)
7) Malakai Makaisson's The Spirit of Grungni - pippin_nl (7%)
7) Steam Tank - Fingolfin (7%)
7) Ogre Ironblaster - Kefka (7%)
7) Salamanders - cargils02 (7%)
11)Goblin Spear Chukka - Telepfenion (5%)
11)Dwarf Organ Gun - Waldo (5%)
13)Thundertusk - Kefka (4%)

Thanks again to everyone who took part and contributed to such an excellent debate.

The next "Christmas Special" Master Tactician debate will be online by Dec 17th. I'll post details here, in the forum and on our Facebook Page. It should be a cracker but be warned it could end up eating your holiday time like a squig on a Christmas Turkey ! - ie quickly :)

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Best Warhammer Artillery - Tactica Competition

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Number 5 in our Fantasy Battle Master Tactician series of competitions - choose the most influential artillery piece (that is, any Warhammer Warmachine with a ranged attack).

The Competition ended on 15th Dec 2011 you can find the results here.

Debate has been raging in our forum and it's got very interesting. The contenders :-

1) Empire Cannon - Lawrence1981
2) Malakai Makaisson's The Spirit of Grungni - pippin_nl
3) Dwarf Cannon - MrSeb
4) Steam Tank - Fingolfin
5) Ogre Ironblaster - Kefka
6) Goblin Spear Chukka - Telepfenion
7) Doomwheel - Telepfenion
8) Salamanders - cargils02
9) Helcannon - whitewolf14
10) Thundertusk - Kefka
11) Dwarf Organ Gun - Waldo
12) Halfing Hotpot - Coinsmith1
13) Trebuchet - Josh Austin (Facebook member) - just sneaked in !


Vote for the best Warhammer "artillery" war machine here.

This could be a close call (watch out sir !)


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Battle Reporter's Logo VOTING

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Please help us to choose the next WFB Reporter Facebook logo to replace this one...

We have 32 entries in the WFBR forum please vote for up to 8 of them, thanks fellow Hammerers :)



The poll numbers for each entry:-

Images used with permission of WFB Reporter Facebook group members.

Best Fantasy Battle combat unit - WINNER

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The Battle Reporter forum contest to find the best 500pt Warhammer combat unit was won by Telepfenion and his Warrior Priest, Empire Greatswords and Militia detachment combo.

It was a hard fought debate and the Herald of Khorne and 34 Bloodletters unit (by Matt Hollis) was snapping at Telepfenion' heels but he just about managed to parry their attacks to win the Award of...

MASTER TACTICIAN

Here's Telepfenion's winning 500pt Empire Warrior Priest lead unit

The poll results (% of voters choosing that unit)

12%	Warrior Priest + 30 Greatswords & 10 Militia - Telepfenion
11%	Herald of Khorne + 34 Bloodletters - Matt Hollis
9%	Saurus Oldblood + 14 Temple Guard - cargils02
8%	Dwarf Thane + 24 Iron Breakers - MrSeb
7%	Wight King + 25 Grave Guard - Lawrence1981
7%	Vampire Hero + Cairn Wraith & Banshee - strigoi
6%	Black Orc Big Boss + 28 BOs - jaggedjaw
6%	Ogre Bruiser + 8 Ironguts - Timothy Canice O'Flynn
6%	Branchwraith + 6 Treekin - Dennis D Wendt
5%	Exalted Champion + 14 Chaos Warriors - Khorne74
4%	Dwarf Thane + 24 Miners - Jetsam
4%	Skaven Warlord + 40 Stormvermin - Kristopher Napier
4%	Exalted Champion + 18 Nurgle Warriors - Liam James Spires
2%	Herald of Khorne + 25 Bloodletters - LordoftheBrassThrone
2%	Herald of Khorne + 24 Bloodletters - Malevolex Prime
2%	Branchwraith + 5 Tree Kin - Sdrachus
2%	Gorebull + 4 Minotaurs - Lawrence1981
1%	Warrior Priest + 2 Engineers + 21 Spearmen - Steven Mann
1%	Herald of Nurgle + 27 Plaguebearers - James Gonzo Kilgour
1%	Skaven Warlord + 68 Skaven Clan Rats - Stephen Exall

Please post ideas for competition questions in the WFB MASTER TACTICIAN thread.

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WFB Facebook Logo Competition

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If you'd like your Fantasy miniature pic / diorama / artwork to be our new Facebook logo please post your photos in the album asap because we're going to start voting soon (Sunday probably)....

Voting began on 2-Nov-2011 here

Battle Reporter Facebook logo - COMPETITION ALBUM

Here are the entries so far...

All images posted by Facebook group members or by me (Sigmar) on their behalf.

The best Warhammer Battle unit in close combat

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Did you ever wonder which Fantasy Battle Army had the most effective combat unit ? Are you looking for a killer unit for a tournament or "unfriendly" game ?

The competition ended on 26-Oct-2011 - Best 500pt WFB unit results here.

Well, if you like cheesy units we have a small Warhammer dairy for you here :) Our forum and Facebook members have come up with 20 of the hardest fighting units in the Warhammer World and we are going to debate it out to the death to see which comes out on top !

The competition was to put together a 500pt combat focused unit including at least 5 models and 1 or more customized Lords and/or Heroes (no special characters but any legal kit, including magic items allowed).

Join the best Warhammer Unit debate and vote in the Battle Reporter forum

(roll over units to see summary character and unit details)

The entrants list....

(see the forum for the full list of optional and magic items taken for each unit/character plus why the person posting their unit thinks it's better than all of the others !)

1) Dwarf Thane + 24 Miners - Jetsam
2) Wight King + 25 Grave Guard - Lawrence1981
3) Black Orc Big Boss + 28 BOs - jaggedjaw
4) Vampire Hero + Cairn Wraith & Banshee - strigoi
5) Exalted Champion + 14 Chaos Warriors - Khorne74
6) Dwarf Thane + 24 Iron Breakers - MrSeb
7) Saurus Oldblood + 14 Temple Guard - cargils02
8) Herald of Khorne + 25 Bloodletters - LordoftheBrassThrone
9) Warrior Priest + 30 Greatswords & 10 Militia - Telepfenion
10) Herald of Khorne + 24 Bloodletters - Malevolex Prime
11) Branchwraith + 5 Tree Kin - Sdrachus
12) Gorebull + 4 Minotaurs - Lawrence1981
13) Warrior Priest + 2 Engineers + 21 Spearmen - Steven Mann
14) Ogre Bruiser + 8 Ironguts - Timothy Canice O'Flynn
15) Skaven Warlord + 40 Stormvermin - Kristopher Napier
16) Herald of Nurgle + 27 Plaguebearers - James Gonzo Kilgour
17) Branchwraith + 6 Treekin - Dennis D Wendt
18) Skaven Warlord + 68 Skaven Clan Rats - Stephen Exall
19) Exalted Champion + 18 Nurgle Warriors - Liam James Spires
20) Herald of Khorne + 34 Bloodletters - Matt Hollis

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Warhammer Mini Photo Competition

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If you've got some good photos of Warhammer Fantasy miniatures, dioramas, battle scenes or even some of your own Fantasy Battle artwork then please enter our Facebook logo competition by posting them in the Battle Reporters Facebook album - it's as simple as that !

The entries so far...

Warhammer Painting Contest

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A reminder that the contest is open to Warhammer Fantasy, 40K and LOTR miniatures (characters, units or monsters / war machines), dioramas, buildings and even terrain and scenery.

We're keeping it an open format to encourage as many entries as possible. This is our 4th competition and you stand to win the MASTER PAINTER award and a lot of forum respect (ie. reputation or "karma"). Also, it's a good way of getting yourself motivated to paint !

The Entry deadline to show us your unpainted or work-in-progress miniature is 30th September, the final deadline for completed entries is 10th October. Just post your pics in the below thread :-

Warhammer Forum Painting Competition

BTW, you need a valid email address to activate forum membership (to stop the spambots) but I promise you will not be spammed (I send a forum update mail once every few weeks) and your email address is not shared with anyone else.

Here are some of the Past winners (Girl with Gun and Skaven by Dims, Mounted Chaos Standard Bearer by Elazar the Glorified, Oxyotl by Guardian_A) :-


Images used with forum member's permission