[AndySlater]

We have a winner: Alabastero's falf-timbered house

Debra and I judged the entries independently but both came to the same conclusion.

Debra chose Alabastero's house because, as somebody who is not a wargamer but who is into faeries, dragons, and such, it has the most appeal to her and is the thing that she'd be most likely to have a go at herself (or more likely request for me to make for her).

I chose Alabastero's house because because of the use of the sculpting tool and hot knife to do things that most other tools can't do (the shaping of the roof and cutting the inset for the plastered part of the walls).

To be honest my choice would have taken precedence but it's nice that we both chose the same.

Not to forget the other two entries:

I have to say that I'm disappointed and more than a bit embarrassed that I have to go back to HWFF and tell them that we only got 3 entries. 200 USD worth of goodies and 4 months to build! What's wrong with you guys?

Anyway: loved the other two entries as well.

Asdel has got me wanting to try some of the HWFF consumables and I've been wanting to have a go at his hammered rock technique since he posted his mesas. Also loving the paint job on the water. It's got me wanting to go on holiday again.

Last but not least: Minileed's cavern tiles... and that texturing roller!!! What a brilliant idea. Had the competition not been focused on HWFF tool that roller would probably have swung my decisions in Minileed's favour (y'all know how excited about techniques I haven't seen before). I also have a penchant for maze type terrain so it also appealed to me on that count too.

So, that's me finished blabbering. I'll PM Alabastero so I can get his details to pass on the HWFF. As for myself, I'm off to the pound shop to buy a cheap rolling pin.

Edit: I forgot to mention: all three entries are excellent additions to the wiki with nothing really to choose between them in terms of presentation. So very well done to all three entrants on that score.

[Minileed]

Congratulations Alabastero! Your house really is a charmer, and I can see the mass appeal it's bound to have. Glad my rolling pin was a hit, and I had a great time making the article. I always love an excuse to get some terrain making in, and this was just the push I needed to get something done.

So with this comp over, are the regular competitions going to start up again?

[Alabastero]

Thanks guys for your support. It's always a pleasure to make terrain for this forum - 90% of my projects would not have been finished without the deadlines of TG.

I was a bit surprised too, that so few persons entered this competition. Was it the seasonally foam allergy? Or the lack of HWFF-tools? I hope the guys from HWFF are not too sad...

What if we'd made something like a HWFF-Factory competition every half a year? Without having a huge reward? I would have entered anyway, so I think the reward is not what lets us walk the extra-mile. The winning piece could be presented on the HWFF-Site prominently. Bruce Hirst from Hirstarts does competitions like this with a partner-forum for hirstarts-buildings -> http://www.hirstarts.com/hadd/hadd.html

[TroubleAtTheMill]

Alabastero said:

Thanks guys for your support. It's always a pleasure to make terrain for this forum - 90% of my projects would not have been finished without the deadlines of TG.

I was a bit surprised too, that so few persons entered this competition. Was it the seasonally foam allergy? Or the lack of HWFF-tools? I hope the guys from HWFF are not too sad...

What if we'd made something like a HWFF-Factory competition every half a year? Without having a huge reward? I would have entered anyway, so I think the reward is not what lets us walk the extra-mile. The winning piece could be presented on the HWFF-Site prominently. Bruce Hirst from Hirstarts does competitions like this with a partner-forum for hirstarts-buildings -> http://www.hirstarts.com/hadd/hadd.html

In my case it was not having the rest of the bits for my project turn up in time, and also not having the time (or spare raw materials) to do a smaller project instead. I *did* though buy a HWFF hot knife *explicitly* for the contest, which I wouldn't have bought otherwise

[Alabastero]

So one more reason to make one more HWFF-Competition...