Mission Statement:So long as the popularity of Warhammer continues, a source is needed for the Chaos Dwarf
army to keep pace. Chaos Dwarfs Online provides a community with a forum for members to
learn about, inform others about, contribute to, and evolve the Chaos Dwarf army in a
welcoming and open minded environment. Chaos Dwarf generals, old and new, can unite under
a common banner that Chaos Dwarfs Online is happy to provide. Disclaimer:Chaos Dwarfs Online is a non-profit website that seeks to serve members of the Warhammer community. All content found within Chaos Dwarfs Online is completely unofficial and is in no way endorsed by Games Workshop. Chaos Dwarfs Online is run by Warhammer fans who love the game of Warhammer. All discussions of Games Workshop's intellectual property are intended to constitute fair use practises.
Warning: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at /home/chaos/public_html/index.php:6) in /home/chaos/public_html/forum/inc/functions.php on line 1121
Warning: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at /home/chaos/public_html/index.php:6) in /home/chaos/public_html/forum/inc/functions.php on line 1121
Warning: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at /home/chaos/public_html/index.php:6) in /home/chaos/public_html/forum/inc/functions.php on line 1121
Seeing as we can fit all the entries into a poll, we will keep this open as a 7 day timed poll.
I really hope that people who did not manage to will check out the pdf, even if they did not contribute in the discussion.
Although there will only be a Gold Artisan's medal for this (as we did not get more than 10 entries), it would really help to get as many votes as possible so we do not have a draw.
I know many of the people who joined in the discussion have already used the judging criteria suggestions (below), but don't feel you have to stick to this.
• Use of Language (is it professionally written?): /10
• Playability (are the rules streamlined?): /10
• Balance (are the rules and points fair and do they adhere to typical GW design?): /10
• Fun (do the rules make for a fun experience?): /10
• Lore (are the rules fluffy and do they fit the character of the Chaos Dwarfs?): /10
How to vote
Select the one entry you feel is the best. After 7 days the poll will automatically close, and the winner will be announced.
You don't have to reply here with your scores for each entry, just select the one you think deserves to win.
Welcome to the 9th Golden Hat competition of Chaos Dwarfs Online!
By popular demand the Staff are pleased to announce the following competition for the 9th Golden Hat miniature contest:
Create a Bull Centaur!
Subject Matter
Create a Bull Centaur
So what do we mean by this?
Create a Chaos Dwarf single miniature themed on a 'Bull Centaur'.
Unlike some of our Golden Hat themes there are several ways you can interpret this. So you can make:
- Bull Centaur Lord
- Bull Centaur Hero (can be a Battle Standard Bearer if you wish)
- Bull Centaur (a command model if you prefer)
- A 'Bull Centaur' themed special character.
I have tried to leave this as open as possible within the theme, so if people want to create something completely new they can. Remember of course that we will all interpret the 'Bull Centaur' theme in a different way, so hopefully our entries will not all look the same!
Basing
In the past we may have insisted that a model like this should be based on a game legal base. For this one (and maybe more), your entry can be based based on a circular display base if you prefer (up to 50mm), a cavalry base, or maybe even a 20mm x 40mm base (). Doing it this way opens it up to really show off more about your model, but (being a single miniature) it cannot be in combat with anything else on the base. Bodies incorporated into the base etc are ok.
Particulars
Due Date: 11:59 PM 29th June 2009 EST (Eastern Standard Timezone)
Subject Matter: Create a 'Bull Centaur'
What is the deadline?
Once again same basic premise as previous Golden Hats; send all entries to the Golden Hat account no later 11:59 PM 29th June 2009 (Eastern Standard Timezone). Entries will not be accepted after that date and time regardless of how cool your submission is. (Around 8 weeks to complete your entry).
If for some reason you are having trouble with your submission, contact one of the Staff. in order to avoid problems. I "highly advise" that entrants do not wait until the very last minute to submit their entries...
How to Enter
Upload up to 4 photos of your entries to the internet. Next, send a PM to Golden Hat (a special user that all Staff have access to) containing the links where the pictures can be found. (Note: This is the same as previous Golden Hats).
If you win:
- Rightly take your place in the Golden Hat Hall of Fame, where your glory will be remembered for years to come.
- Receive the Golden Hat medal for your online persona *
- Everyone who enters gets a number of slaves equal to the number of entries. If 50 people enter we award 50 slaves to each person who entered.
*= As with previous Golden Hats; if there are more then 10 entrants the silver and bronze Golden Hat Medals will be awarded as well.
As usual once all entries are received a thread will be created for voting. And as always if there are any questions please PM me, another Staff member or post them here.
A reminder to start of what this phase of the competition is for:
I originally said there would be a 10 day period where we can all discuss the merits of each idea. I am willing to keep this open until May 13th if you want, but I think we should stick to one week and start the actual voting on Monday 11th.
What the entrants need to do now:
To get things started, I think all the entrants should post a reply here saying what their inspiration was, how they see it playing in games etc. Also to answer any questions that the rest of us have.
Reminder on how this will be judged
Part of the reason I was apprehensive about doing a rules based competition that was open to discussion is that if people identify areas where the rules are insufficient or unclear, people may not vote for them at all!
So to try and avoid this happening, and to ensure all entries can be judged fairly, we designed a list of categories that people should use to help them decide. Note that we have listed all the things as being equally as important.
• Use of Language (is it professionally written?): /10
• Playability (are the rules streamlined?): /10
• Balance (are the rules and points fair and do they adhere to typical GW design?): /10
• Fun (do the rules make for a fun experience?): /10
• Lore (are the rules fluffy and do they fit the character of the Chaos Dwarfs?): /10
NOTE: Playtesting feedback should not be something that will be judged. Anyone can claim to have playtested things, and we are not all in a position to playtest at a moment's notice.
So if rules are not balanced, or are just plain wrong, it does not mean that people should not vote for it later. People will just lose marks on the 'Playability' and 'Balance' areas.
Obviously anyone can vote how they want, but I think using this method is fairest to all.
Herein you will find the re-release of all of the Word of Hashut PDFs going back to Issue #1 last year. We went through and spruced up all of the issues and hopefully the effort was worth it.
As to the why of this; we are not at liberty to discuss the why at the current time, that is a post for a latter time and probably one from Xander.
Also some have been wondering if this is due to Games Workshop releasing Chaos Dwarfs... we can only really say this one way: we don't know about Games Workshop's plans anymore then anyone else on the web. We hope for a release of a new Chaos Dwarf army book just like everyone else, but we are not privy to any inside information. So lets keep plugging along and hopefully we will have our day.
Special Thanks to those that pitched in and helped, special thanks to Grupax and Baggronor especially.
For each issue you can down load them from their threads respectively:
Forum
Wiki
Chat
Search
Member List
Calendar
Help
): Revlid with his entry the Molten Pistol.
