rocketandroll
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Hi all, firstly, I hope this is ok under general discussion, if not appologies... it seemed the best heading!
I\'m starting work in a month or so (doing designs now) for a GD entry, probably for 40K vehicle.
I have two ideas I\'d like to persue however both leave me a little concerned about being a little too \'unconventional\'.
Especially having read again GW\'s somewhat patronising \"How dare you think you mere mortals can design something for OUR worlds\" demon article in WD recently I am concerned that I could spend 300hrs+ on a model only to have it disqualified because it didn\'t match someone\'s idea of what an XYZ should look like.
Specifically, without going into too much detail the two options are:
A: A large imperial robot... looks kinda similar to one of the old style Warlord titans, only much smaller, about \'knight\' sized, say 7\" to 9\" tall and bent over... kinda imagine the b*stard child of a Warlord titan and Golum
It is not a titan, and it is not a drednought... and I\'ve recently found out that the \'character\' the idea was originally based on came from a member of the public, so it isn\'t official GW fluff. Even if it looks very old-school imperial, will it get overlooked because it\'s not a known vehicle?
B: The alternative plan is to do a small ork Stompa being repaired by a mech boy. I want to enter it in 40K vehicle ideally so my concerns are twofold... firstly, if the \'pilot\' of the vehicle is either standing next to it, or standing \'on\' it, but isn\'t actually piloting it... am I going to get accused of making a \'diorama by a different name\'? Secondly.... I don\'t want to make it look like a traditional GW designed stompa (ie: with the traditional bulbous shape, wide at the bottom with no legs and big feet)... I want to make it look a bit cooler. Still very orky, but kinda more like a V12, go-fasta, mechanical gorilla with big guns. Taking some styling cues from such things as Robosapien (the toy robot), Freebooter \'Warjacks\' and such like... but very orky. Again, it\'d not be huge, perhaps 50% bigger again than an imperial drednought... large walker sized, not titan sized. Is that going to p*ss off the judges enough that someone dared to design something that doesn\'t match the \'ministry of information\' approved idea of what such a vehicle should look like that they\'ll ignore it, or does the fact that it is orky and as such inherently prone to being a one-off give me enough leeway to get away with it?
I know such discussions are hard without drawings however as these are GD entry ideas I\'d rather not post drawings if possible.
Any general feelings from people about what is and what isn\'t likely to incur the wrath of the judges for being too far from the accepted norm?
All advice gratefully recieved as always!!
Merry Xmas all
Ben
I\'m starting work in a month or so (doing designs now) for a GD entry, probably for 40K vehicle.
I have two ideas I\'d like to persue however both leave me a little concerned about being a little too \'unconventional\'.
Especially having read again GW\'s somewhat patronising \"How dare you think you mere mortals can design something for OUR worlds\" demon article in WD recently I am concerned that I could spend 300hrs+ on a model only to have it disqualified because it didn\'t match someone\'s idea of what an XYZ should look like.
Specifically, without going into too much detail the two options are:
A: A large imperial robot... looks kinda similar to one of the old style Warlord titans, only much smaller, about \'knight\' sized, say 7\" to 9\" tall and bent over... kinda imagine the b*stard child of a Warlord titan and Golum
It is not a titan, and it is not a drednought... and I\'ve recently found out that the \'character\' the idea was originally based on came from a member of the public, so it isn\'t official GW fluff. Even if it looks very old-school imperial, will it get overlooked because it\'s not a known vehicle?B: The alternative plan is to do a small ork Stompa being repaired by a mech boy. I want to enter it in 40K vehicle ideally so my concerns are twofold... firstly, if the \'pilot\' of the vehicle is either standing next to it, or standing \'on\' it, but isn\'t actually piloting it... am I going to get accused of making a \'diorama by a different name\'? Secondly.... I don\'t want to make it look like a traditional GW designed stompa (ie: with the traditional bulbous shape, wide at the bottom with no legs and big feet)... I want to make it look a bit cooler. Still very orky, but kinda more like a V12, go-fasta, mechanical gorilla with big guns. Taking some styling cues from such things as Robosapien (the toy robot), Freebooter \'Warjacks\' and such like... but very orky. Again, it\'d not be huge, perhaps 50% bigger again than an imperial drednought... large walker sized, not titan sized. Is that going to p*ss off the judges enough that someone dared to design something that doesn\'t match the \'ministry of information\' approved idea of what such a vehicle should look like that they\'ll ignore it, or does the fact that it is orky and as such inherently prone to being a one-off give me enough leeway to get away with it?
I know such discussions are hard without drawings however as these are GD entry ideas I\'d rather not post drawings if possible.
Any general feelings from people about what is and what isn\'t likely to incur the wrath of the judges for being too far from the accepted norm?
All advice gratefully recieved as always!!
Merry Xmas all
Ben
