[Showcase] Unsung Heroes Challenge

Fio'O · **Posted:** Sep 04 2011 12:23

In war, great tales are told of fearsome and valiant warriors. However, far too easily do we forget those behind the front lines; for without their support, victory would be nearly impossible. Now it is up to you to tell us the stories of the Tau Empire's Unsung Heroes.

Hi All,

ATT presents the entries for the 2011 Modelling Challenge. There are 13 in all, a variety of unique modelling and inventive scratch building. For the first time, we are providing a single document for you to download and browse the entries at your leisure off-line. This should also be a great resource to have on your HD for inspiring your own modelling ventures.

The ATT 2011 Challenge Booklet

The ATT 2011 Archive

Well, it's official and all sorted. The Member favourites are in!
Most Popular Entries for 2011 by order of popular vote :
Entry 13 - Wolfs16
Entry 2 - Blue Destiny
Entry 10 - PidGinRat

Thanks to all entrants and the membership for your support of these annual Challenges. Finally a special thanks to Duredhel for donating his time and artistic skills for the popular entry awards.

O'Tael and the Admin Team

Kroot'Ui · **Posted:** Sep 04 2011 02:12

Ahh it's a lot of work to read all those entries, but the photo's make up for it for sure!
A lot of great, original entries and some of the best conversions I have seen so far. That poll up there is going to be a hard competition for sure...
Oh, and let's not forget our unsung heroes O'Tael and admin team here, thanks for organising another great comp guys :biggrin:

Shas'Ui · **Posted:** Sep 04 2011 02:24

Peregrine wrote:

Err, the poll title says "3 selections", but it only allows you to pick one.

I think he meant to put 13 Peri.13 selections (entries) to choose from.

Thank you Guys for putting together another fun contest. Regardless of the outcome I was proud to be a part of it.

Shas'La · **Posted:** Sep 04 2011 03:33

Congratulations to all the people that made a contribution.
It's nice to see talented people create such fine models.

Cheers

Particle

Fio'O · **Posted:** Sep 04 2011 03:50

Ahhh nice spot! haha "3", correcting that now.

Enjoy the read and look forward to the results!

- Tael.

Fio'El · **Posted:** Sep 04 2011 05:26

Wow, there is some nice stuff here! Well done on these entries fellas! There is just something adorable about Drones, am I right?

Gue'El · **Posted:** Sep 04 2011 05:52

You are right Wolfs16,

sadly everyone can only give one entry his vote, so I had to vote one who did something I wanted to do for a long time.

Good luck to everyone.

Shas'La · **Posted:** Sep 04 2011 11:01

They are all brilliant! I love number 2!

Shas'La · **Posted:** Sep 04 2011 12:14

Some truly tough decisions to be made. a lot of the work with the drones are some things I never would've thought of. One piece in particular has caught my eye and is an easy replication.

Great work all!

Fio'El · **Posted:** Sep 04 2011 02:05

Wow, these things are amazing. I guess giving people a contest constrained to something such as just drones actually made people invest some amazing things.

The surveyor drone (7) collecting soil and water samples was just incredible as is that medic bay (13). The use of bits in all of the entries are definitely inspiring and some of them even look like GW kits!

I'd go into who I voted for but wouldn't want to influence anyone!

Shas'Saal · **Posted:** Sep 04 2011 04:46

Have to say I really like all the entries. Shame I can only vote for one. In my eyes they are all winners. Good luck to you all who entered.

Fio'La · **Posted:** Sep 04 2011 04:52

Best of luck to all who have entered! Wonder if you can vote for yourself... :crafty:

EDIT: Just to celebrate the event I have used my entry as my new avatar. Turns out
the picture I took was just right for such a use, which is a nice bonus.

Shas'La · **Posted:** Sep 04 2011 05:20

All the entries are amazing and the amount of creativity is just awesome. Lots of inspirations and additions to my army in the future due to them

Good Luck to all who entered!!! Everyone is a winner here!!!

Kor'Vre · **Posted:** Sep 04 2011 05:22

Argh! That was hard. Excellent work on all of those. Entry 10 really made me smile!

Fio'O · **Posted:** Sep 04 2011 07:26

Quote:

Argh! That was hard. Excellent work on all of those. Entry 10 really made me smile!

I know hey?

Really came down to emotive reactions for me, clever modelling was plentiful. It's also good to see my thoughts are in unison with folks, this really has been a creative Challenge.

- Tael.

Shas'Ui · **Posted:** Sep 05 2011 01:07

Anyone able to identify the parts used for the arms for the DX-44 Ground Traffic Control Drone in entry 10?
(the one with the glow-sticks)
Also, same question but about entry 13...

Shas'Saal · **Posted:** Sep 05 2011 04:28

I was quite surprised to see how the voting went on this one, it seems a lot of members value innovation and creativity over pure painting skill. Not to say that either is superior, its just really interesting to see what different people value in a model here!

Shas'La · **Posted:** Sep 05 2011 08:36

I loved entry 2, but I was worried to see that those drones appear to be frying eggs rather than making sushi.

Fio'El · **Posted:** Sep 05 2011 09:07

Speedfreak:
While I'm sure the creators would love to explain the bits used in their creations, they would run the risk of revealing that they were the creator, removing the desired anonymity of the competition.

When it's all over, I'm sure everyone will explain all the details!

Kor'La · **Posted:** Sep 05 2011 05:33

Now this is a hard decision to make. I just wish the timing of the contest had been a bit better, so I could have entered something.

[Showcase] Unsung Heroes Challenge

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