Its time for another miniature painting contest on CMON. For the second time, Dark Age Games is sponsoring the contest with yet another spectacular miniature, featuring Saint Johann, a long anticipated villan in the game. A rather complex and compact figure, armed with 2 massive katanas, 2 grafted blades on his back in an action pose.

Saint Johann measures 32mm to the eye and 35mm to the top of his head. He comes in 6 parts: Body, 2 arms, 2 grafted blades and his scabbard. He is the only one that can lead both Forsaken and Skarrd troops in the Dark Age game universe. He will be limited to only 300 Worldwide, Some were already pre-sold at Conquest, 130 will be available exclusively on the CMON shop. The rest will only be available at the Dark Age booth at selected conventions and given out as prizes until the stock is depleted.

Contest will begin immediately. Contest ends on 8/30/08 at midnight Eastern standard time. Voting will last until 09/15/08 at midnight Eastern standard time.

Contest Rules:

1) You can order and enter as many times as you like, but all the pictures of your entries must be hosted on CMON's server. External links are no longer accepted for competition purposes.

2) You must use Saint Johann as a starting point in order to enter the painting competition. Conversions, scenic bases and dioramas are welcomed.

3) The entry must be submitted by the painter of the miniature.

4) When submitting your entry, make sure you put CMON8 Contest as your entry title.

First Round Prizes:

1) Top scoring entry will receive a $50.00 shopping spree at the CMON store.

4) 5 random entries will be receiving a miniature from the CMON miniature line of your choice.

5) Top 5 entries will be included in the next CMON annual. (provided we receive appropriate high resolution pictures meeting our requirements when we contact you)

Of course there is more! This is actually two painting contest in one. You first submit your entry to CMON following the rules above for the CMON prizes. Then, the top 10 entries will be voted a second time around on the Dark Age forum for a second round of prizes.

A poll will be started in the Dark Age General Discussion forum ( http://www.dark-age.com/forum/viewforum.php?f=1) on 9/16/08 with the links to the top 10 scoring entries. Members of the Dark Age community will decide if they agree with the CMON scoring by voting on these entries. voting will be tallied on 9/30/08, and winners announced.

Second Round Prizes:

1) Entry with the most votes will receive a $50.00 shopping spree at the Dark Age on-line store.

2) Entry with the second most votes will receive a $25.00 shopping spree at the Dark Age on-line store.

2) Entry with the third most votes will receive a $10.00 shopping spree at the Dark Age on-line store.

3) the rest of the entries that was voted on in this poll will receive a Special Edition Dark Age miniature of their choice: SE Forsaken Saint Mark, SE Forsaken Saint Mark, SE Forsaken Bane #1, SE Forsaken Bane #2, SE Forsaken Strike, SE Forsaken Flense, SE Forsaken Faithful, SE Forsaken Junker, SE Skarrd Sister Charity, SE Skarrd Charity Zeal, SE Skarrd Charity Might, SE Skarrd Buzzblade #1, SE Skarrd Buzzblade #2, SE Skarrd Harpy, SE Brood Helexa.

What are you waiting for? You get twice the chance to win some prizes with painting the miniature only once? get yourself a Saint Johann today and start painting!

CMON Contest 8 - Dark Age Saint Johann