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Meisters! Welcome to the Barbatos Lupus VS Vidar | CustoMecha All Out IBO Challenge! Since most of us love the ongoing Gundam Series: Iron Blooded Orphans Season 2, I decided to conduct a contest based on the two most b@d@ss Gundam frames unveiled. Yes, I am talking about Barbatos Lupus and Vidar! I know most of you will agree, but let me apologize in advance if I limit the selection between the two.
Prepare those chisels, scribers and hobby knives. Prepare your art workshop and let the buildoff begin!
Contest Details (One Entry per Member)
Modify either a Barbatos Lupus or Vidar of any scale, it may be a kitbash, straight build, panel lined, painted (e.g. airbrush, spray cans, hand painted) or weathered/battle damaged! However, please take note that this time NO DIORAMA!!! … see Rules and Mechanics
Criteria for Judging:
Concept – 25%
Customization/Modification – 30%
Color Scheme and Detail – 25%
Overall Presentation – 20%
Winners will receive:
- Best Barbatos Lupus Custom – $75
- Best Vidar Custom – $75
Netizens’ Choice Award – Special Prize
People have different tastes and preferences, so even if you didn’t become the champion, but people love your work, there is still a chance of winning! (see Rules and Mechanics)
Winner will receive $25
***All prizes in USD
Eligibility to Join
- Only members of the CustoMecha Facebook Group can join this contest. Accepting new members will be closed on February 15, 2017 and will resume on April 1, 2017.
- For Prize Purposes:
***For Philippine residents only: Prizes may be sent via PayPal, LBC, Western Union, Globe GCash, Smart Padala, BDO and BPI Family Savings (not Bank of the Philippine Islands).
***For Non-Philippine residents only: A participant should have Option 1: A valid PayPal Account / Option 2: Western Union Money Transfer Branch nearby for electronic money transfer. These two are the safest way to send the prize.
Rules and Mechanics
- A participant can use: 1/144 High Grade, or 1/100 Full Mechanics. NO DIORAMA.
- Any member who enters this competition with a project that already appeared on the internet that includes blog posts, forum builds, competitions, review builds will be ineligible to enter. I strongly prohibit posting ‘Work-in-Progress’ images of your entry during contest duration.
- DO NOT upload the images on your personal Facebook account’s album during the contest duration and if you already finished your entry. A participant can ONLY share the entry online when the designated article was published in the official site CustoMecha, http://customecha.com , this is for the Netizens’ Choice Award purposes. To win this category, the number of shares via FACEBOOK will be tallied. Each share is counted as a score which will be reflected on the social plugin counter and will be added. YOU CANNOT SHARE THE PHOTOS UNLESS IT’S FROM THE CUSTOMECHA SITE. IF A PARTICIPANT CANNOT COMPLY, THEN HE WILL BE SUBJECTED FOR DISQUALIFICATION.
- Posting will be on a first come first serve basis and will be published after the deadline of submission.
- All entries must be e-mailed to customecha@gmail.com containing the ONE best action pose, FOUR (4) main shots of the front, left side, right side and rear, work-in progress images are also required (minimum of 5 and maximum of 10 images). Also, write a description about the entry (not more than 300 words), and e-mail the details in this format: Participant’s Name, Scale, Project Title, Participant’s Alias (if any).
- All photos SHOULD NOT be touched up/photoshopped in order to modify the appearance of any enhancements or imperfections of the kit. No special effects allowed.
- Five (5) Points per photo will be deducted for incomplete submission.
- Entries will be accepted from April 15, 2017 until April 22, 2017, 11:59 p.m. PST. Any entry submitted after the set deadline will be automatically disqualified.
- Announcement of winners: TBA
By taking part in the competition, the participant guarantee that all information submitted is true, current and complete at the time of submission. The participant has the sole responsibility to ensure that the details and e-mail address are accurate. If there are changes in the details (not photos), you should inform CustoMecha via the e-mail provided. CustoMecha.com is not responsible for any changes which are not properly notified from the time of submission of the entry to the time of notification that the prizes have been awarded.
CustoMecha.com will be considered as part-owner of the images submitted. By entering the competition, participants allowed the site absolutely the copyright and all other rights in the entry for the full period of the copyright.
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