Yeah that’s a better way to do it. I like the idea of including player and team names into the theme, even a cool hand drawn or computer created roster could be factored in as well.Sandwich wrote:I like the idea of best theme, but would separate it completely from the painting... so people like me with v little painting ability would have another chance to pick up a trophy. Could go to the team with best team name/player names/background fluff, maybe add in skill choices too, to open up a new avenue of creativity for people.spubbbba wrote:That being said you could split it into 3 categories, best painted, best converted and best theme. Best theme would encourage unique conversions and would be judged on the idea so would open it up to those who may not have the painting and converting skills. This would risk the painting comp being a bit complicated and taking up too much time though.
I like the idea of “cool” (say a dozen) teams being chosen by the judges and then the coaches voting for best paint job, best conversion and best theme with maybe a best overall as well.
I’d like to avoid going down the CMON route, that site is very prone to trends and seems to favour particular painting styles that are in at a certain time. For a while it was NMM (which I’ve always liked on gold but hated on silver as it never looks like metal) and them metallic NMM, the same with lighting effects or adding 1 colour to every colour you mix.
It is a difficult balancing act as to the layman a cool conversion with a good paintjob will look better than a standard model with a technically amazing if unoriginal paint job. As someone who can’t sing I’m easily impressed so wouldn’t easily tell the difference between an x-factor round 2 reject and someone with a fantastic voice.
But I’d want to avoid going down the Turner prize where a small clique decides what the “in BB style” is this year. We have enough cliques in this game as it is.
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