2018 Showcase rules - Go!

[squirmydad]

Here is the first draft of the 2018 Papercuts Showcase rules, probably also the final draft as I don't recall any objections to this format from last year. If you do spot something egregious the time to bring it up is before the Showcase competition begins August 1st, 2018.

Welcome to the 2018 Cardboard Warrior Forum Papercuts Showcase Competition!

How to play: Make stuff out of paper, start a thread in the appropriate part of the Papercuts Showcase boards. Please note that these threads are not intended to be development or work in progress threads, final submissions only in the Papercuts section. Feel free to create a development or work in progress thread elsewhere so people can follow along with your creation process.

Post your picture and a download (if a design entry) of the model or miniature.

There is NO MAXIMUM NUMBER OF PICTURES FOR ENTRIES. Instead there is a minimum of one, that I'm calling your "A" picture that will be used in the final voting threads. After you post your "A" picture post as many pictures from as many different angles as you like. Real pictures, not renders, only please.

If you are posting figures or a tile-set Design entry then the free upload itself counts as your one picture. You can still submit more pictures of your Designs though if you choose to.

Discuss and enjoy!

Entries submitted in previous Papercuts are not acceptable.

Forum Hoard submissions that have not been entered into a previous Papercuts competition are acceptable.

Items that have been previously released as a commercial item are eligible as a design submission, free download is required.

The categories for submissions will go live August 1st and the submission deadline for this year is August 31st, 2018.


There will be six categories for submission:

1) Best Single Figure - The design must be original*. One picture minimum to show off your work (or just the upload of the figure), download required.

2) Best Multi-figure - A group of figures. All figures must be original design*. One picture minimum to show off your work (or just the upload of the figures), download required.

3) Best Model kit - 3D terrain, vehicle, building- what have you, a multi-piece kit. Original designs only*. One picture minimum to show off your work, download required.

4) Best Tile-set - Flat, two-dimensional maps with grids or no grids of any size or quantity. Original designs only*. One picture minimum to show off your work (or just the upload of the tile-set), download required.

Bear in mind that once they are uploaded here I will be gathering the submissions and creating a downloads gallery at onemonk.com just like I do for the Hoard submissions. So putting up an entry for a limited time download just to be an entry then removing the download post-showcase would not be acceptable.

5) Papercraft in Action - A diorama** scenic category. Models and miniatures can be from any published or original source. Papercraft must feature prominently in this categories entries, but can also feature elements from other mediums; metal or resin minis and models for example. One picture minimum to show off your work, no download required.

6) Hot Rod and Kit-bashers - A papercraft diorama** scenic category, but with a personal twist. This category is to highlight how you improved, modified, or mangled someone’s work. There are many examples in this forum of users modifying a designers work. One picture minimum to show off your work, no download required.

7) BEST IN SHOW - The one entry that says Papercuts 2018 to you. This category will be assembled from the winning entries in the other categories.

One entry per participant per category.

*Original design; Re-skinning someone else's model with original textures doesn't work, that belongs in the kit-bashers category. You can pull textures and modify them for use from sites like www.cgtextures.com/ as long as you give credit; "Some textures in this model were used with permission from www.cgtextures.com/"
Peeling somebody else's texture work off of a finished model also wouldn't count as original work.

** The emphasis of the diorama categories should be on how well you built your pieces and presented them.
Be sure to include information on your model and miniature sources. For example; "Miniatures by Okumarts and Squirmydad", "models by Squirmydad and Worldworks Games", "ground tiles by Fat Dragon Games". No download required and the diorama does not have to be made up of pieces that you personally designed.


Prizes will be in the form of gift-certificates to One Book Shelf.

The prize amounts are as follows;
Single Figure Design
1st $20.00
2nd $10.00

Multi-Figure Design
1st $50.00
2nd $30.00

Model Design
1st $30.00
2nd $20.00

Tileset Design
1st $30.00
2nd $20.00

Papercraft in Action Builders
1st $20.00
2nd $10.00

Kit-Bash Builders
1st $20.00
2nd $10.00

Best in Show: $40.00

Design submissions will be in the form of photographs of your figures (or just the upload of the figures), models, and tile-sets (or just the upload of the tiles) as well as a free download of the entry. Create a new submission in the appropriate forum category between now and the deadline; 08/31/2018.

Builder submissions will be in the form of photographs of your figures and models, no download required. I recommend services such as Dropbox for the download and for the image hosting. Create a new submission in the appropriate forum category between now and the deadline; 08/31/2018.

Judging will be determined 100% by forum member voting.

Photography is a factor due to the fact that if we can't see it well, it will affect the scoring. Modifying the presentation image for lighting and sharpness is acceptable, just don't add embellishments to the presentation picture that are not present in the finished model or miniature. Likewise make sure it is easy to download your model or miniature design submission.

Rules of entry subject to change, but probably not. Check back periodically for updates! Have fun with creating your submissions, and Good Luck!

[soaringraven]

Ah, great - the Papercuts buzz sets in, again. I hope I find the time to finish everything I would like to do this year. Wanted to answer sooner, but I was too lazy to log onto the forum. I come here almost every day, but I'm often too sluggish to log on and post. Anyway, just wanted to say that this is one the places on the internet that I like best and it is mostly due to the people here. It is a rarity in that there's practically only nice people here. Thanks, Eric, for keeping it alive!

[Vermin King]

'Nice' is nice, ain't it?

[Cardstock Dane]

Ooh de lally! I hope I can find time to cook something up, although I must be a bit rusty. In any case, I can't wait to see what people come up with!

[MemeLordJerry]

Best of luck to everybody!
I look forward to making your models, and hopefully not cutting myself (again) in the process.
I have been working on my GIMP skills, but if you've seen my memes, you know I have a long way to go before submitting anything in here LOL.

[shep]

Okay... I have one question about being original... If I use someone else's basic ideas to create my very own model with my very own textures, but after the designs of a TV series... Would that count as original design?

To make the question clearer, here's MY example: Could I use okumarts basic corridor design (Darkfast Dungeons, Star Trek) as the basic idea to create a complex scenery piece taken out of a 70's scifi TV show with self-made textures akin to said show? Would that be an original design?

[squirmydad]

Aug 4, 2018 21:31:54 GMT -9 shep said:

Okay... I have one question about being original... If I use someone else's basic ideas to create my very own model with my very own textures, but after the designs of a TV series... Would that count as original design?

To make the question clearer, here's MY example: Could I use okumarts basic corridor design (Darkfast Dungeons, Star Trek) as the basic idea to create a complex scenery piece taken out of a 70's scifi TV show with self-made textures akin to said show? Would that be an original design?

Yes.

[Vermin King]

One word. So many times we get into squabbles over definitions of 'original', 'repaint', 'piracy', 'credit', dissecting every response, muddying the waters even more.

Okay, one word and a smiley...

[squirmydad]

Aug 5, 2018 10:14:26 GMT -9 Vermin King said:

One word. So many times we get into squabbles over definitions of 'original', 'repaint', 'piracy', 'credit', dissecting every response, muddying the waters even more.

Okay, one word and a smiley...

To be more precise......the texture is what's actually important, and necessary, to be original. Making things that look like Star Trek ship walls, or Mos Eisley Cantina interiors are derivitive, but they can also be original creations.

"Yes, that looks like the interior of Deckard's apartment in Blade Runner, but I did it myself using Photoshop based off of multiple reference photos. My personal mark on this is to make everything really grimey and used."

[shep]

Okay, then I'll try to find the time to do a »Lunar Space Transport« scenery piece, perhaps even with modular interior, till the end of the month...

I just have to get this tedious translation job done first...

[oldschooldm]

Less than two weeks this Papercuts voting starts! We still need a first entry in Single Figure and Models. We should really be promoting this all this weekend while people are home/off work...

[Papercraft Warrior]

Earlier years, I was not around for the papercuts. Since this year I am here using up the forum bandwidth, might as well make the best of it.

Two questions:

1) For "Hot Rod and Kit-bashers", do my "Easy Build" mods of Genet Models qualify? They fit the letter of the rules, but I am not sure about the spirit of them. My intention was to keep most of their good looks, while making them easier to build. The name of the category gives (a slight) impression of necessary appearance change.

2) For "Papercraft in Action", would my 15mm scale builds of Genet models qualify? I might have four or five different models built at a small scale in time and arrange them into a diorama, but the vehicles themselves would be most of the paper, their surroundings would be improvised household property.

[Vermin King]

Papercraft in Action is to have papercraft being used in a game setting (diorama would work)

Hot Rod and Kit-bashers is taking existing pieces and doing something different with them.

Your interpretation would be correct

[Papercraft Warrior]

Thank you for the quick reply. So,
on 1) No
and on 2) Yes

For kitbashers, I might menage to make all terrain fuel tanker in time. I would use LV84 Onager cabin and body, and modified Convoy tanker cargo pod. Would that be acceptable, or does the mixup have to be more exotic?

[squirmydad]

Aug 20, 2018 8:01:40 GMT -9 Papercraft Warrior said:

Thank you for the quick reply. So,
on 1) No
and on 2) Yes

For kitbashers, I might menage to make all terrain fuel tanker in time. I would use LV84 Onager cabin and body, and modified Convoy tanker cargo pod. Would that be acceptable, or does the mixup have to be more exotic?

Actually it's yes on both #1 and #2.
The mixup does not have to be more exotic, make what you fancy.

[Papercraft Warrior]

Excellent.

First year participating, and I'll be in two categories. I like the sound of that.

[squirmydad]

This is the FINAL HOURS notice! Tomorrow morning (Alaska time) the categories will be closed to further submissions. At that time I will then be opening new voting threads for each category. Because this is a holiday weekend for the USA I will not close this first round of voting until the morning of Wednesday, September 5th.

At that point I will congratulate the category winners and create a new poll for "Best of Show" which will run until the morning of Friday, September 7th.

Thanks to everyone who has come out to play this year!