TMNT Custom Contest (Mark III)

[Patraw]

Those of you that still attend school/college ought to be settled into your new routines by now, and there are no "major" holidays on the horizon besides Halloween, so this seems like a good time to start the third Technodrome Forums TMNT custom contest to me.



Da Rulez:

01. Entry is open to any and all registered members of this forum. You may not enter someone else's work for them--if you know someone who would like to enter this contest, but is not a member, then they must join before they can participate.

02. One entry per person. All entries must be "new" pieces and your own work. You cannot submit anything that you've finished days, weeks, months, or years ago. That said, I will allow the entry of anything you may have that is still a work-in-progress at the time of the posting of these rules.

03. All entries must be TMNT-centric. Any character or thing originating in the TMNT cartoons, comic books, movies, video games, etc., is fair game as far as subject matter goes. Alternatively, you can also create an all-new variant of an existing TMNT character (i.e., Lion Licking Leonardo) or combine an existing TMNT persona with a character from a non-TMNT franchise to create an amalgam (i.e., Shredder + Predator = Shredator). In addition to the traditional action figure, vehicles, play sets, busts/statues, accessory packs, 1:1 replicas, plushies, Lego/Megablok sets, etc., are all acceptable things to make--as long as it's something generally recognized as a toy collectible, I'm fine with it (ask first if you're not sure). Your custom can be a repaint, modification, recombination, partial new sculpt, 100% new sculpt, or any combination of these things--be creative! A single entry can consist of multiple figures, but remember that you're still restricted to the same image size limitations regardless of how many items are part of your entry.

04. One image, per entry, but you may combine multiple pictures together within that framework (i.e. a collage/montage of photos) if you so desire. The dimensions of said image can be no greater than 600 pixels in width by 800 pixels in height and it should be in JPG format. Entries shall not contain any content that wouldn't be found in a typical PG-13 rated movie. You can place text or watermarks on your image if you like. I reserve the right to edit the dimensions and file size/type, or censor the content, of any entry I receive.

05. Entries must be submitted to me via e-mail or private message, to which I will reply with a confirmation (I'm not online everyday, so give me a few days to get back to you). Once you submit an entry and I accept it, that's it. I will not substitute it for an updated version or a different one--so, make absolutely certain you're happy with it before you send it to me. You may post your customs in this thread, for the purposes of discussion/display, if you so desire, but that DOES NOT constitute submission.

06. The contest entry period will last for roughly six weeks (forty-two days), beginning on September 18, 2008, and concluding at midnight, my time (Eastern Standard Time, USA) on October 29, 2008. Anything dated after that cutoff point will not be accepted. No deadline extensions for anyone, for any reason, period.

07. The contest winner will be determined via a poll with all forum members, including contest participants, eligible to vote. In the event of a tie, I will perform a tie-breaker decision via random chance (die roll, coin flip, etc.). Contest entries will be listed in said poll in the alphabetical order of the participants' usernames.

08. This is just for fun/bragging-rights unless someone wants to donate a prize. Anyone donating a prize is solely responsible for mailing it to the contest winner, including any and all shipping costs, and MUST be willing to ship internationally if need be. A donor may not place any stipulations/conditions on the awarding of their prize(s).

09. Any participant caught cheating during the entry period and/or during voting will be disqualified and expelled from the contest. Examples of cheating include, but are not limited to: (a) Entering something someone else made and claiming it as your own work; (b) Entering an old, completed work and passing it off as new; (c) Individuals having, and voting with, multiple forum accounts; (d) Actively soliciting people outside the forums to join solely for the purpose of voting for your entry.





I will answer/clarify any questions/concerns people may have about these rules in this thread, unless, I feel your question has already been answered adequately above, in which case, I will direct you to read the rules again.

[Ninjinister]

Dammit, the uber-ass custom I'm working on won't be finished (or even started, seeing as I don't have all of the necessary figures to kitbash yet) for months. Ah well, I'll enjoy seeing the entries anyway

[Patraw]

Well, in the interim, why not try making something else for the contest, while you're waiting for those parts for your future project to come in?

[***First of Two Latin Kings***]

Let's see if I can do another complete set of turtles and then not take pictures of them before the deadline again

[Ninjinister]

Originally Posted by Patraw

Well, in the interim, why not try making something else for the contest, while you're waiting for those parts for your future project to come in?

Well, because I honestly don't have access to anything to further my customs at this point... all that I have is an unfinished figure which some people have already seen.

[Patraw]

You were doing a set of Samurai movie turtles weren't you? I don't think you ever showed us those, unless I missed them.

[***First of Two Latin Kings***]

Yeah, they got finished with time to spare-- pictures just never got taken.

Still haven't decided whether or not to donate prizes for this one. I guess I have plenty of time.

[Patraw]

The S: If it's still unfinished, that's all right, the rules allow for that (you just can't enter figures finished before the contest began). Nor does it matter that people already saw it, the entries aren't secret or anything.

[Patraw]

Darth_CJJ: That's your call to make. If you do decide to, I'd appreciate it. You certainly went above and beyond the call of duty in regards to generously donating prizes last time.

[Ninjinister]

You know what, what the hell. I don't really plan on winning anything. I'll just participate because this'll be my first chance to do so. I'll send you a PM when I have a chance.

[shuriken]

Damn I just made a custom a few weeks ago... guess I'll have to do something else then.

[Bigfoot]

Sign me up!

[BigApple3AM]

Thanks for continuing the custom contests Patraw. Now since my sculpts aren't finish if I were to finish one would I be able to submit it?

PS Shreddator is awesome.

[Buffy]

I would like to sign up too.

[TurtleManiac]

too many rulez. y cant it be a completed custom u have, its still a custom contest. customs take time to complete.

[Patraw]

Buffy/BigFoot/Shuriken/The S: Glad to hear you all intend to participate. There are no "sign-ups" this time around, but I do appreciate people letting me know they're interested in competing.

tmntfan617: Yes, the rules are fairly extensive, but they're all there for a reason. I guarantee you that, had some of that stuff been left out, I'd be getting even more questions than I am now.

In my opinion, submiting customs you've already completed kind of defeats the purpose of having a contest in the first place (what's the sense of even having a deadline, for example, if everybody is already finished before the contest begins?). The intent is to try to start everybody out on a more-or-less equal footing. I realize making customs takes time; you just have to be realistic about what you can reasonably accomplish in a 6 week period. All that said, some other time, it might be interesting to have a contest where everybody could submit the one TMNT custom they think was the best they ever made.

Ectocooler: Yup, any figures you've got started, but haven't finished, are fine for submission if you can complete them before deadline. You just can't submit anything that was finished prior to the date of my original post on the afternoon of 9/17/08.

I might get around to making my imaginary Shredator one of these days. Somebody else can use the idea if they want to.

[Leonardo19]

Will TMNT Heroclix be ok to enter?

[Patraw]

Yes, Heroclix would be fine--the more variety in toy types the better I say.

[Bigfoot]

I must not be hip enough to know what a Heroclix is...

I know... Google it.

[Blade Raider]

Originally Posted by Bigfoot

I must not be hip enough to know what a Heroclix is...

I know... Google it.

You're not missing anything

Hmmm...I might have something done before contest end.