March Painting Contest Info (Patreon)

Hello everyone, starting this month we're going to try something new, by providing 2 special Reward Minis for the top 3 winners in each category. These minis won't be available for sale right now, but every few months we will swap them out for new ones, and then these will be released via MMF for you to buy! :)

Additionally, we're changing the way our Army category works. From now on, there will be a Unit category on a monthly basis instead, and then on the last month of each army's release we will have the Army category to show off everything at once.

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Contest Categories: The contest is split up into 3 categories, each with its own submission criteria, and each contestant may pick only one category:

• Legendary - Paint this month's legendary model
• Solo - Paint one single model from this month's release
• Unit - Paint a unit of 5 small or 3 large models from this month's release.

Rules: To participate, pick one category, and share a high resolution picture in square format via the Dropbox link below (leave a margin on the sides for re-sizing). Only one picture may be submitted, and you must use your Patreon username as the file name, or the submission will be discarded!

Submissions: https://www.dropbox.com/request/BMBL9T0bwz9fX4dh0pH7

Deadline: March 25th

Not Allowed: Welcome Pack Minis, Loyalty Rewards, Terrain, Game Aids

The miniatures should be painted by you, no re-sizing over 5% is allowed, and only minor modifications are acceptable. By entering the contest you give OPR permission to share the pictures on our website and social media.

Prize: The community will vote for the best submissions, and the top 3 of each category will get Two special Reward Minis, plus a special 75% Store Discount. As a bonus, one other random participant from each category will also get the special store discount!

Happy Painting!

- Gaetano

Note: The special Reward Minis are not available for sale for the time being, but every few months we will swap them out with new ones, and the current ones will then be released via MMF for purchase.

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IMPORTANT UPDATE

We've read your comments and concerns about the new painting contest prizes, and we're going to try to find a solution that works for everyone. Please give us some time to formulate a plan, as we were not expecting this response. :)

Now, let us quickly explain why we changed the prizes, so that you can better understand how we came to his situation.

Until a few months ago, we had a partner that provided resin as prizes for our painting contest. This was a big logistical problem, and we eventually had to stop doing it with them. We had already spoken to other companies before, and it was not viable to do it with them either.

Because of logistical reasons, we can't buy resin and ship it across the globe. Because of accounting reasons, we can't buy amazon coupon codes and provide those either. Because of technical reasons, we can't give away Patreon subscriptions either.

We asked our community what they think we could provide as an alternative to the resin prizes, and the top response we got would be to provide time-exclusive minis instead, which is exactly what we did.

The idea is that these minis would be available as prizes for things such as the painting contest, potential gaming leagues, participation at conventions, and so on. The minis would then be made available for purchase on MMF after some time, and then a new set of minis would be cycled in.

By making the minis available in multiple ways as prizes, and then later on MMF, nobody has to miss out just because they didn't win a painting contest, participate in a league, come to a convention, etc.

As you can imagine, this situation is a bit confusing for us, because we followed what the community told us, we've come up with ways to prevent FOMO, however this is still not being well received.

We're going to think this over, but in the meantime please leave your thoughts in the comments, so that we can get a better sense of what to do. Thanks!