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From the ominous shadows of the dark cabal of the Lords of Chaos Dwarfs Online, a sharp voice cut through the hot air which was rife with the scents of slaves being sacrificed at the Bronze Bull-Altar of Hashut

"So it is agreed brothers, we shall support this Border Town Burning initiative, shall we not, feeble humans thou they be?" intoned the newest overlord to be elevated to the council, Willmark Dark Lord of the Sith, er... Dwarfs!

Thinking thoughtfully the recently aged Lord Xander replys "Yes. The contest shall run until June 28th" It shall be so may all tremble with this newest battle, that of Golden Hat VI". "Better get a move on before this stone creep, well, creeps further up my feet..."

"8 weeks is that enough?" spoke Wallacer stroking his curled beard.

"Not only that, but details on the Artisans Contest #2 are forth coming very soon as well..."

At this point Hashut's Blessing raised an eyebrow in surprise, caught somewhat unawares...

At this point a hapless hobgoblin slave stumbles in on the Dark Lords chambers trudging massive stone slates with runic numbers marking the passing of time. He was ordered to bring the slates hours ago, a quick glance from the assembled throng and the crackle of arcane energy results in nothing more then two stone slates clanking to the floor and a pair of smoking feet where once the hobgoblin stood; maniacal laughter ensues.

"It is settled then, agreed brothers?" Grimstonefire asks.

"It is indeed, and may our loyal brothers (and sisters) take heed of what befell the hobgoblin if they do not succeed in placing an entry".

Ominous laughter "MMMMMMWWWAAAHHHAAAAAAA" of the combined lords ensues...

And thus it was that Golden Hat VI came to be:

Welcome to the 6th Golden Hat competition! Create a Gaoler in support of Border Town Burning's- forthcoming Black Dwarf List!

Particulars
Due Date: Saturday, June 28th
Subject Matter:  Create 1 Gaoler (that's a Jailer for all us Yanks!)

Rules for the Gaoler


Equipment they may possess and thus you may model


Take note: mechanical suits are not applicable to gaolers...

Full PDF can be acquired here: http://www.chaosdwarf.com/cd2/

What is the deadline?
Once again same basic premise as last time; send all entries to the Golden Hat account no later then 11:59 PM Saturday, June 28th EST. Entries will not be accepted after that date. (Around 8 weeks to complete your entry).

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 Golden Hat V)

If you win:
- Rightly take your place in the Golden Hat Hall of Fame 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.
- Feature of the winner (and runner-ups) in the gallery section of the Border Town Burning supplement (both the website and the PDF version) with lots of name-dropping and praise.

*= As with GHV: If there are more then 10 entrants the silver and bronze Golden Hat Medals will be awarded as well.

Get cracking and make us proud.

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.

Willmark

Heh have some slaves!

20mm base for the figure itself. After that go to town... Well Mordheim at least.

Mordheim has Unit Strength now?

I'm formulating ideas as we speak, if I can pull it off it might looking pretty cool.

As with the past there will be a seperate voting thread. When your entry is ready send it to the Golden Hat user via a PM.

Gave Sojo the hookups tonight, so she is off to the races!!! Woo woo, another entry, another slave for all who enter...

HB: well the description of Gaoler direstly states that it is a CD, so I wanted to remain true to form on this one, but thanks for the idea! Sadly I have been pulling all-dayers on my model and am doing it in record time seemingly... a few colour selections left, and ten choosing a scheme for the base, and mine is complete... crazy ahead of schedule but I really got into this one. Lots of man hours still to pour into the base, which will hopefully be pulled off. I have had to do many parts over a couple times to get right, since I am borrowing techniques from many of the best here at CDO and making them my own as I perfect them to my own skills! Gonna be crazy, but what I can promise is a less rushed and better finished product than my last (albeit hurried) entry!

I love mine so much I do believe that I will ask Xander to make it into my avatar, when the comp is over! Hopefully the community will like it as well... no spoilers pls Sojo/Xander!!!

Yeah I am brainstorming for the AC2, but no brilliant ideas yet!

...but luckily I still have ample time hehe!

Since there was interest in the community, I took the liberty of doing everyone's research for them (hehe).

Made a new post where you can find out just What is a Steel Whip?

OMG no Grimstone!

Although... if we can just put a hit out on Ishkur we might all have a chance here!

LOL kidding.

Come on Grim you gotta enter, we need that motivation to make our models all they can be

Finishing early is torture! I want to show the dude off so badly!

Completely prefer this method now, I don't think I could go back.. especially not for important models... MAYBE rank and file...

Drunk technique could go a long way! It works for Johnny Depp...

lol

I think you should assign yourself a second gold star for finishing your entry!

Congrats to Furrie and Kera for finishing!! Woooo! Cannot wait to see both of your entries!

Also...

Hurry HB! Wouldn't be the same without you! Armament goes a long way, I dig the axe on your avatar, always have (and even made my own version of it in our fully converted Black Orc unit)

Everyone else, get your entries complete and in!

Lets make this the biggest turnout ever! Just think of all the slaves! *evil cackle*

So I guess you don;t need to come over to use the pro photo booth i set up? doh, i meant to catch u sooner!

Everyone hurry!

Lets get the best turnout yet, collect slaves, and be amazed by all the truly unique and inspiring entries!!!

Edit: Just sent in my 4 pics... it was so very hard to choose the right angles. It is hard to look at giant pictures of your model and not cringe at things that you could have done better... oh well there is always GHVII !

Agreed. I just wanted to thank all who entered, for your hard work! I can hardly wait to see the fruits of your labours!

Willmark (or other admin): How many entries were received (or roughly)?

Less entries than last time? Thats too bad

When can we expect to see a voting thread roll around?