Here's the idea!
I'm always trying to get people to push themselves and improve their painting. Lot's of people do it themselves, others need a little push now and then for motivation. The whole point of this weekly event is to help people get at least one miniature painted per week. Everyone has time or can make time to spend 4-7 hours in a week to paint, and that is all thats needed really as a minimum time to paint a miniature to a decent high table top level. So the task is not impossible if your in the correct mind set.
Thats where this event comes in. The aim is to push people into painting more than they think they can do. It's not a competition as such as there is no physical prize and there won't ever be. The only prize that you will get out of this, is the prize of improving your painting and your own ability. In this hobby the only thing that is a given, is that if you paint, you will improve, the more you paint and the more frequently you paint the faster and better you will get at it. It's that simple. So in another light this event will help you catalog your journey with each miniature every week your participate. Sort of like a work in progress thread, but one where lots of people are involved in a similar idea, a community work in progress you might say.
Here are the rules!
* You have one week to paint the specified miniature. The dates of the seven days will be specified once the miniature has been announced.
* Only the announced miniature or theme / genre that is announced per week will be permitted to that weeks 'paint along event'.
* You may use any tools that you have available to you in order to complete your miniature, that means air-brushes, normal brushes, toothpicks - what ever you wish to use you may use!
* Miniatures MUST be posted with a scenic base, however this base must be no more that 60 mm in diameter (at the actual base), height however has no limit.
* Anyone may participate as long as the work presented at the end of the seven day period is BRAND NEW WORK. This means that the miniature that is being presented must be work completed specifically for the seven day event and may not have appeared in any other competition or on-line event in it's finished form. Wip's of the miniature are allowed and encouraged for feed back during the painting process.
* This is not a competition, even though it has competition like rules, do not treat it as one. The only competition here is the one you have with yourself and your own participation in the next paint along event so that you push yourself to improve.
* Any miniatures that are submitted to the thread after the deadline will not be deemed to be a part of the paint along. The whole point behind seven days is to force you to paint within a specified time frame in mind.
* By submitting your image in this thread (Which I will be keeping up-to date with pictures of the entries and categories) you give me full permission to use your images and post them on my website and blog: http://www.miniature-studio.com/ & http://www.miniature-studio.com/apps/blog If your image is used, you will of course be given full credit to the work and mentioned as the artist, I will not in any way claim ownership of your original works and the use of your works on the blog / website will be soley for the promotion of this paint along idea, so as to encourage others to participate and also given that this 'event' will be posted on multiple forums I will also be using my website and or blog as a base for all of the participant's entries to be displayed together so that people may browse through the submitted photos without having to browse multiple forums.
* Fun is essential, you must try your hardest to enjoy the painting process!
* Note: I hold the right to amend / alter the rules at my discretion. Any alterations will of course be pointed out so that people can remain up to date with how this all works.
I hope lots of people take part, it'll be great to see how different people interpret the different themes / miniatures that are given each week! Be creative and challenge yourself!
