Now that we've got the next Sector70.com challenge under way, you can talk about things related to Headmasters, contest rules, deadlines, etc. here.
Remember that no WIP photos or specific intentions of what you plan on creating should be discussed here. We want to keep the entries anonymous for voting reasons and to keep things exciting. Seeing tons of cool customs submitted all at once with no prior knowledge of exactly what to expect will be cool.
The guidelines to this contest are:
1) Entry can be either a canon Headmaster from any generation, or a brand new character. to help contestants with reference refer here: http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Category:Headmasters 2) The head must fully attach to the body, and not simply rest there with the help of gravity. Magnets, minicon posts, E-combiner posts, powerlinx doohickeys, straight up peg/holes, so long as it's not just resting there.
3) The head must transform into a tiny robot. It does not have to be humanoid in shape, just as long as it doesn't just stay a head.
4) All contestants must be active members with 15 posts.
5) Entry figure must be new to the internet - it cannot have been seen or posted anywhere else prior to the contest. This is to preserve the contestant's anonymity until voting is over. No WIP threads either, but feel free to take WIP pics for after the contest. The Bottom Line - your project is TOP SECRET :) 6) Deadline is March 22nd, 2010. 7) REVOKED 8) There may be only one "Bulk" per entry. Multiple large bots with smaller bots for heads cannot be entered as one entry. This rule limits simply the amount of large robots per entry to one. Is there anything else that we need to put in these guidelines? I think that's it, but if i've missed something, let me know.
Prizes to be decided later, but before the deadline. I'd say two months is more than enough time to put one of these together. that's accounting for the inevitable extension the harder contests seem to get. I'd really like to see entries in by March 1st.
So even though it's not January 1st yet, to be a strict two months until the deadline, I thought i'd be nice and give you a ... head start.
(ducks tomatoes)
ENTERING YOUR... ENTRY: - You must have at least 10 pics of your entry for the community to be able to properly rate its merits.
- You may have more than 10 pics.
- Please make sure to anonymize your pics - a one-color background that doesn't look like your normal pic settings. You can tape printer paper to the inside of a box and make a makeshift lightbox, for example. No Watermarks, or anything identifying the artist.
- Name the pics in the order you'd like them seen - Entry1, Entry2, Entry3, etc. ("Entry" can be the name of your character)
- Bios are welcome for all entries, but are required if your entry is a fan character, or a canon character that was previously non-HM (for instance, Headmaster Cliffjumper)
Entries for the Headmaster Challenge can be sent to: admin@sector70.com maximoprime@sector70.com zizi@sector70.com This contest will be run a little differently than the previous contests, in terms of determining the winner. Previously, you would simply pick your favorite. Without extra commentary, this would provide little to no feedback - either people liked yours the best, or they didn't. This time, instead of picking their favorite, the community will rate each entry on four categories. The categories are: - PAINTJOB - This is rating both the colorscheme chosen, and the execution of the paintjob. For canon characters - is the paintjob accurate/modernized to the character being entered? For fan characters - does it look good? Also, execution will be rated. How well was the paint scheme applied? Is it clean? are there smudges? etc. To ace this category, both factors must be excellent.
- MOD EXECUTION - This rates how well any mods were performed to bring the figure to life. Was it a hack job? Does it look factory? Somewhere in the middle?
- KNOW YOUR HEADMASTER - For canon characters, how well did you represent the character? When people look at it, will they say "that's undoubtedly Headmaster ____"? For newly-HM canon characters and for fan characters, this is where the bios come into play. How well can you get us to identify with your Headmaster? Get a feel for his/her backstory?
- HEADMASTER GIMMICK - lastly, how well was the HM gimmick applied. Is the headbot held on by twist ties? does it plug in? does it look natural? (as natural as another bot being your head can look)
The ratings will be gathered up, and the top rating entries (1st, 2nd, 3rd) will be the winners. there will also be other winners - best in each category. So your entry could end up being 1st, 2nd, 3rd, overall, or tops in one of the categories listed above. Prizes to be decided later. The way you will rate the entries - enter the gallery, and look through the pictures in the order they are submitted. when you reach the end of the pictures, there will be four more "pics" - telling you which category you're about to vote on. Below these pics only, will be the ratings stars you are familiar with. go through each one, and rate each category! Questions as always can be directed to me, publicly in this thread, or to my email. Best of luck, and the current deadline is March 1st, 2010!! Maximo Prime JANUARY 14TH UPDATE New goodies for your entries.
For those of you who might feel like 20 pics is not enough - for instance, you may want front/side/back pics of your headmaster partner in bot mode, head mode, the transtector the same, them together, alt mode, various angles, etc...
You will be allowed to use photo-editing software to place multiple pics together as one pic. I suggest it only be used for the small stuff, like the headbot. Bear in mind that the more images in one pic, the smaller each of these images will be. Viewers will most likely want to view the pics fullscreen.
No other photoshopping may be allowed. We can spot it, and your entry will be disqualified.
Also -
If you would like little text to point out features of your entry, kinda like the back of a TF card that points out its weapons and stuff like that, that too will be allowed. Please make your text
LEGIBILE. If your background is white, use black, bold, plain font text. and not superbold like impact or whatever. if your background is black, use white. No crazy colors please, no crazy fonts. they only hurt our eyes and your chances. the point of the text is to point out stuff, not look cool in and of itself.
Use this opportunity to point out features that might otherwise go unnoticed, or indistinguishable. Or if you feel it's unnecessary, don't use it at all! :)
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