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to many lovely chaos dwarves, too many demented stunties, how how am i to choose

Wow, nicem models. gunna be hard to choose a favorite
also, rescale dedwrekkas pics. they seem rather huge.

May i ask what is the prize?

The prize is Mr Xander emails all entries to GW US.

Wait!

Don't look at my old picture! I have done more!



Oh, how come only US? Can't he e-mail them to GW UK as well?

Whoever wins, I think everyone should do some final touches and take nice clear pics.  If its going on the website it needs to be as good a photo as possible.

@Warplock Monkey, Xander asked for all entries to be on a white background.

Steve
EDIT: And by the way, it looks really good on that rocky base.

Awwww nuts...... that picture was so much better than the last one, does it really matter?

No.

Rykarth is a character made up by GW US.  GW UK has no real involvement with this character.

The poll is now open. Voting will last for one week (closing on Sunday, July 8th) and then the winner will be determined. All entries will be put on the main site of Chaos Dwarf Online, and sent in to White Dwarf US. The winner will receive a point of reputation.  Note that participants may NOT vote for themself. If I catch someone voting for themself, I will discount your vote AND remove one from someone else!

Good luck to our entrants, these all look splendid!

voted for grom simply because the armour could be close to the armour of gazrhak, which was the point i think, although its not necessarily my favourite.

I have to say I love the face on groms model. However, verall ANgryboys model is my favourite. The base is sweet and really adds that little touch to the model.

Nope, it's a BFSP miner.

I'm actually not a fan of the trophy rack myself. The reason I added it was because it said that Rykarth counted as having a battle standard.

Now, for my opinions:

angryboy2k: I love this guy. His pose is dynamic, the sculpting is fantastic, and the model just oozes with charisma. There are a bit too many dwarf symobls, but with the excellent mask and pose, I don't notice them without closely looking. I see a Chaos Dwarf on first sight, and it's hard to change those first impressions. Very nice work.

Hobgobbler: Hats rule. This cannot be said enough. However, as far as conversions go, this one's not very elaborate nor is the painting to the same standard as some of our other entrants. I hope you'll be entering our next Golden Hat.

Hashut's Blessing: That's one huuuge axe. Too huge if you ask me, it seems almost silly. This guy also lacks anything which could be considered a battle standard or anything that exudes leadership (and thus giving the morale boosting effect of a battle standard, such as the head trophy of angryboy2k or Hobgobbler's cape/hat.) He also lacks a finished base. I'm sorry, but I don't see Rykarth the Unbreakable in this guy.

Arashi: I like this guy. He looks like a chaos dwarf, and he looks stubborn and, well, unbreakable. Unbreakable to the point where we'd be hearing him say "Tis but a flesh wound!" The conversion's great, and the paintjob's great. An excellent job.

Kyte: You're a talent sculptor and a good painter, but I don't think this guy represents Rykarth the Unbreakable very well.  For starters, Rykarth doesn't have hooves (I'm going on the assumption that such an important detail would have been in his description in the WD.) . I also think he's far too tall for a dwarf. These comments are obviously just echoes of what others have said, but I feel the same way. He's a nice Chaos Dwarf Lord, but not a very nice Rykarth.

Dedwrekka: I'm afraid this guy isn't very chaos dwarfy. The only things which are distinctly Chaos Dwarfy are the CD rune on his axe and the barely noticeable beard. He also lacks a battle standard, which was something Rykarth had. Going for a heavily armoured, chaos-influenced look is fine, but I really think you should add more features which mark your models as Chaos Dwarfs, not just short chaos warriors.

WarplockMonkey: A very nice sculpt and a good paintjob to go with it. But... what's with the face? It looks really odd. I'd like to see a close-up shot if possible.

grom: Fantastic sculpting, and finally a battle standard. The paintjob's impressive too. I don't really have any criticisms...


And my vote goes to: angryboy2k! Though I liked all the entries, this one just has so much energy and character it kept drawing me back. This model stands out well and certainly looks mean. This is our Rykarth!

Okay, I feel sightly guilty about critisizing anyone seeing as I haven't entered anything but here are my opinions:

Angryboy2k I love this model, the pose, the originality and the paint scheme are fantastic. My only complaint is it still looks too much like a western dwarf for my liking.

Hobgobbler A nice concept and a nice model, but I've just seen it done a few too many times to see it as Rythark (although I must admit this is partly down to the fact I used the same model for my army's second in command). Also, I just don't see dwarfs with swords. Sorry.

Hashut's Blessing I just couldn't go for a model which isn't based. Sorry, but its a very basic thing to do if you're entering a painting contest. Other than that though, its an excellent first attempt at sculpting and if it had been based would very possibly have got my vote.

Arashi A superb model which ticks all the boxes for me - concept, conversion, painting and originality. The one question I have is the cloak, but I've mentioned that before.

Kyte Not a deliberate Rythark conversion. Although this would have had my vote if it had been an original entry, it loses it because I don't think just entering a model from your army is appropriate. it comes bottom of my list as I think it is unfair on the others who went to the effort of converting a specific model for this contest.

Deadwrekka Nice from the waist up, but I just think the legs look a bit too odd.

Warplock monkey A truly awesome original sculpt and a very narrow miss on getting my vote. It was just the paint scheme which swayed it, I just don't think the yellow works.

The Flying Beaver I like the idea, the paint scheme and most of the model. It's just the face that doesn't work for me - he just doesn't look evil. A face mask of some sort would perfect this model

Grom I hate to critisize this model as its a superb original sculpt but it just doesnt look like a dwarf for my money. He could just be that little bit fatter.

So after all that - I hope - constructive critisism where does my vote go? It came down to three - Arashi, Angryboy and Warplock Monkey. I've already explained why I didn't wote for Warplock, but the one that screamed mean-ass-Dawi'zharr-forge-lord to me was... Arashi!

Whoever wins I think we had some excellant entries.  A real showcase of converting skills.

Next thing is to try and get somebodies photo onto the website.  I've sent a photo of my model for all the good it will do

Poll's closed. Congratulations to angryboy2k, the winner of our second Golden Hat!

Congrats angryboy2k

I've been locked up for most of the last week finishing up my thesis and preparing for my oral defense (which is tomorrow), but I had to say thank you to everyone who voted for my model.

Also a big thank you to Xander and the mods for running such an inspiring contest, and I especially wanted to say thank you to the community, because it's you guys who inspired me to start converting Chaos Dwarfs in the first place, and it's you guys who inspire me to keep sculpting, painting, and trying to improve even when real life gets in the way.

Well done to everybody who entered; together we are making this community the great place it is.

Roll on Golden Hat 3!

Cheers,
Steve

It's the thesis-writing. It's made me all loquacious-like...

Steve

Well done angryboy!

...and now the admins have to spend time updating the wiki, a couple of threads and the main site, all wthi details of the winner.

Oh, and Xander, when are you sending off the entires?