CAPITAL PUNISHMENT – INDY GT – SACRAMENTO 2005

How Paint scores will be determined:

Each army will be judged on a 15 check box paint scoring sheet. Each check box is worth 2 points, for a total of 30 points possible.  On top of the 30 points, the two tournament judges may award one bonus point each to three separate tournament armies. So, if an army was awarded 30 points for getting all 15 check boxes checked, and also was selected by both judges as a favorite army, the army would have a final paint score of 32 out of 30.

Armies will be scored for paint when fully on display during lunches and between games.  Please leave a copy of your army list with your name on it next to your army. We will be checking the models against the list for question 05, and to ensure every model is present.  If a player hides a model that would reduce their score, the player will be given a 0 paint score as penalty.

Paint Scoring Checklist for Capital Punishment, 2005

01.  Is the army fully painted to tournament standards? (3+ colors on every model)

02.  Was honest effort put into the appearance of the army?

03.  Were you able to answer yes for both questions one and two?

04.  Are all the models based nicely? (painted, sculpted, flocked, etc.)

05.  Are the army models WYSIWYG and an accurate representation of the list?

06.  Were you able to answer yes for both questions four and five?

07.  Does the basing for the entire army match? (Either a board or each other)

08.  Does the army have insignia or something visual separating unit designation?

09.  Does the army look like an army? ***

10.  Do the character models and army centerpieces stand out?

11.  Are the model details for the models fully picked out and painted?

12.  Was care taken in the assembly of the models? (Minimal mold lines, clean gluing, parts line up.)

13.  Does the army have any conversions or creative modeling techniques? (Green stuff, Frankenstein models, weapon swap outs, combat poses)

14.  Does the army use some highlighting technique to add to its appearance? (line highlights, dry brushing, washes, black-lining, or blending)

15.  Were you able to answer yes for both questions thirteen and fourteen?

*** This question confuses a lot of people, so here’s some fine print. J We’re looking for the army to look like it was painted with the intent to be played as an army here.  What we don’t want to see is a space marine force made up of 4 or five different chapters all based differently.  It can be painted great, and it can be a legal army, but it will probably lose these two points in painting.

For example, if a player started Ianden craftworld and painted 1000 points of blue and yellow elder based with sand, then played Biel’tan craftworld and painted 1000 points of green and white eldar based with grass and then came to this 1850 tournament, with about half and half, where some guardian squads were Ianden, and Some were Biel’tan with different bases and all, The army will lose these two points.

 However, a codex elder army where the guardians are all painted uniform, but the elites were painted their own colors (Fire Dragons red, Striking Scorpions green, Swooping Hawks Blue, etc.) would NOT get marked down as the army was painted with the intent of being used together and ‘looks like an army.’

If a player painted 1500 points of Witchhunter in red, white and black, and then, to finish of their 1850 bought a standard sister unit off ebay even though it was painted in a dramatically different color scheme, let’s say, Blue and purple.  This army probably wouldn’t ‘look like an army’ and would lose these two points.

 Imperial Guard are supposed to be conscripted from lots of different planets, so if some of the models are Cadian and some are Catachan and some are Tellaran if would not get marked down because it would still “look like an army.”

I know it’s a complex guideline and begs for clarification, so there ya go.  I hope these examples help.