Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls of all ages, Models-Workshop has decided to begin hosting a Monthly Painting Challenge! On this page you will find everything you need to know about participating in the challenge and you will also be able to view the completed models from the previous months challenge.

Many moons ago I was involved heavily with a couple of forums that ran such events, and after sitting down with Larry, we decided that it would be a lot of fun to host one ourselves.

I always found such events a great way to stay motivated and a fun way to share your work with the interwebs to garner ever important praise (to help with the motivation) and critiques (to help improvement).

So without further ado, I give you the guidelines for the challenge!

The guidelines are pretty simple as this is a challenge and not a competition.

There are no winners and losers, just a friendly coming together to help each other stay motivated! Here we go!

Just before the beginning of the month I will announce what the category is for the month, i.e.- troops, special characters, heavies, large model, open, etc. from there it is simple.
1) Folks wishing to put in entries will get me unpainted photos of the model they intend to paint for the month. Those photos need to be to me by the 1st of the month. Photos can be emailed to Paintchallenge@models-workshop.com.

2) By the end of the month simply send finished photos of the model to the same email address. A finished model can be elaborate as you want it to be, but must be at least tabletop standard to be considered finished (three colors and completed basing).

I will then post all the before and after shots here on the site and Larry and I will choose one of the entries to be the featured model of the month. I will do a short little interview with the featured artist to let them brag about their piece a little bit to the masses.

I have always enjoyed participating in the challenges that I have participated in and I have always found them great to really help move models from the “need to be done” pile to the display case.

For the month of June we are going to try a dual category, both Headquarters/Special Characters and an OPEN category. Make sure when you put in your submission you let us know what category you are entering, one entry will be selected as the Showcase from each category. We look forward to seeing all those wonderful models!