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So, the gang at Table Top Gamers (TTG) decided it’s time for us to get back into the most popular Science Fiction miniatures game on the market, Games Workshop’s Warhammer 40,000 (40K.) Now the biggest problem with all this is that we at TTG love our custom armies, with special fluff and uniqueness to it. What better way to get into the game than creating a completely custom chapter for Space Marines? So we decided that something “official” for TTG needed to be created using our colors. What is the number one problem with all this? TIME! That’s right, the time it takes to create all that awesome fluff, all that awesome color scheme..Etc, etc…
So, it was decided to create the first official Table Top Gamers Contest. That’s right…a free Contest! so, without too much rambling... TTG is proud to present...
TTG’s “Design a Space Marine Chapter/Chaos Space Marine Legion” Contest!
The goal of this contest is to create either a Space Marine Chapter or a Chaos Space Marine Legion for the Warhammer 40K Universe. That’s right! We are even letting you, the TTG member, chose either a Space Marine Chapter, or a Chaos Legion!
There are two awards for the Contest: a paint scheme award and a background/story/fluff award. The first part is the story fluff of the Chapter or Legion. Every good custom chapter needs some awesome fluff…and the TTG Chapter is no exception. The fluff needs to fit into the 40K universe, and needs to be believable. You never know when the TTG chapter will make an appearance at a GT or major tournament. Also, original work is pretty important. We want our Chapter or Legion to be unique, and something people worked on…not copied from something else. That being said, pretty much everything else is free game.
The second award is something a little stricter…the Chapter/Legion’s paint Scheme. Because this is going to be the official Table Top Gamers’ Army, we would like to use the TTG colors: Grey, Red, and Black. Other colors can be used, but the three primaries need to be Grey, Red, and Black.
Prizes: The winner of each category will receive one unit box for Warhammer 40K. This unit box can be for any faction, and can be whatever the winner wants with a retail value of fifty US dollars or less. TTG will also cover shipping and insurance. TTG will ship overseas, but the winner is responsible for any extra charges (tariff, taxes, etc) and any special requirements for shipment to said country.
Judging: Judging will be handled like many of today’s popular reality TV shows. The TTG Staff will rate the entries and the registered members of TTG will also rate the entries. The Judge’s score will make up of 50% of the score, and the members will make up the other 50%. The combined score will be tallied and that will be the total overall score for each entry. At the end of the first week of scoring, the bottom 50% of the entries will be removed, and scoring will start over. At the end of the second week, the top 25% of the remaining entries will move on to the final round. In that final round, the top story entry and the top color scheme entry will be selected as our winners.
This is your opportunity to create a Chapter/Legion without doing any of the hard work (customizing models…painting, buying models, etc…etc…)
Entry Submissions: So, how do you submit your entry? Well, for better tracking of users and their entries, we ask that contestants post their entries in the “a Space Marine Chapter/Chaos Space Marine Legion” forum located in the “TTG Contest” section of the forums. Background should be posted directly into the forums as a post. Color Schemes need to be posted as images, and TTG is willing to host the images if needed. The Color Scheme entry does not have to match the faction selected via Background. When you are ready to post your entry, please head over to the Entry sub-forum and post away. Please create a new topic for your entries!
Hints: Its only fair that everyone gets some hints when it comes to the background. I can tell you that a majority of the TTG Staff are interested in the religious aspect of the 40K universe. A long time ago, some of the TTG Staff played both Word Bearers and a zealot Space Marine army with multiple Chaplains. Also, aggressive armies normally do well with the TTG Staff. That being said, it is anyone’s game as the Members of TTG also get a vote.
Deadline: The Entry Submission deadline is Saturday, November 24th at 11:59 pm, Eastern Standard Time. Judging will began Monday, November 26th at Noon, EST. The first round of voting will end December 1st at 11:59 pm, EST. The second round of voting will start Monday, December 3rd at noon, EST. The second round of voting will end Saturday, December 8th at 11:59 pm, EST. The final round of voting will start Monday, December 10th at noon, EST, at will end Saturday, December 16th at 11:59 pm, EST. The final results of the contest will be posted before Tuesday, December 19th.
Rules: Every contest needs rules right? Here are ours: This contest is open to registered members of Table Top Gamers. If you want to enter, registration is free, so sign up and submit your entry. One entry of each type (story and color scheme) is allowed per person. TTG Staff and their family are not permitted to enter the contest. The winners of the contest will willingly turn over ownership of the background/story/fluff/Color scheme to TTG upon winning the contest. Prizes are subject to change without notice, as long as the dollar value of the object does not decrease. Please allow six to eight weeks for delivery of the prizes.
Good Luck and remember to GET YOUR GAME ON!
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Question:Quote:on the contest is it just painted model or is it more, chapter logo design, background story, and such. Answer:Awesome question! the color scheme just requires a painted model. If you wanted to create a chapter logo, that could fall into the "background/fluff" part of the contest and is not required. But remember...the more complete the story/background is for the chapter, the higher the score you'll get from the judges! And a note on staff judging: When we vote, we (the staff) are looking for completeness and "realism" of the background. When we say "realism" we mean..."Does the story fit into the 40K universe?" Does your chapter fluff have something crazy in it? Make us believe it! Something like "Our Chaplains speak directly to the Emperor" will not work without some explanation. You want to do a successor chapter of the space wolves? It better be good/believable! Remember...everything is believable as long as the reasoning behind it is good!
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A Note about Prizes
Just wanting to point out that the prizes are for anything currently available in the Games Workshop line. Basically it's anything I can walk into a Hobby store and get. No Forgeworld, no mail order only, and no out of print stuff.
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Rules ClarificationSince the question has come up, I just wanted to point out the fact that the contestants are creating the chapter for TTG. That is why it's worded that the winner will turn over the chapter and color scheme to TTG. I know it sounds scary and all, but you will still receive credit for the work, and the chapter is going to be opened up to be used by anyone. That rule was in place because TTG plans on making the chapter "open domain" and we cannot make that judgement without "owning" the chapter. I hope that clears things up. If not, continue to email me at kain@ttgamers.com or PM me here. Think about it in terms that the winner is basically being paid (in 40K product) to create our chapter and color scheme. Not a bad gig for someone that loves this stuff anyway! 
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ok, the contest is now close. The TTG staff will get everything together and open the contest to the public here in a the next day or so! Thank you to everyone that entered in our first ever contest! 
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Ok, the voting is open for the contestants. Basically, you will have one week to vote. One vote for a Color Scheme and one vote for fluff. Originally we said we would have three rounds of voting, but we might not have that happen depending on the voting. Once the voting is complete by the members, the TTG Staff will post their picks and we will see if a second round is needed. Thanks to everyone that entered the contest...and good luck! 
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One more day to get your votes in! Tomorrow at Midnight (est) is the last possible minute! Soon TTG will have a sweet new chapter!
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