Official 2008 contest winners!

Emails have been sent to the winners and without further adieu, here they are!

Click to view complete round two poll results here.

First place winner is:

Finalist #1 40 votes (@ 38.10%)
Entered by Shallon Chance


Second place winner is:

Finalist #4 33 votes (@ 31.43%)
Entered by Jennifer L. Irwin


Third place winner is:

Finalist #2 12 votes (@ 11.43%)
Entered by Jane Ashhurst

Poll up on Blab now!

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****Thread poll for Contest #2*******

http://tinyurl.com/5sn6ye

http://www.modelhorseblab.com/forums/showthread.php?t=77676

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Remember, you don't need to be a paid member to vote! :)

I have more to say about yesterday here if you're interested too: http://mksculpt.blogspot.com/2008/10/finalist-polls-and-tractors.html

Final Round coming to Blab later today!

Please read my whole post/reasonings over here: http://kilbourn-contest1.blogspot.com/2008/10/final-round-coming-to-blab-shortly.html

This is how the scene contest finalists (top 60%) sorted out:

Entry 1 48 (22%) Entry 7 44 (20%) Entry 8 44 (20%) Entry 2 28 (13%) Entry 11 15 (7%) Entry 10 10 (4%) Entry 6 9 (4%)

(I went with 60% b/c it allowed one more entry and it was at the cusp with 11 entries of being 7 at 59%... and it's just HARD to leave anyone out on such a tiny margin dangit! lol!) ;)

Congrats to everyone who entered again - I really REALLY loved seeing these entries!!! I'll be posting the full sized photos late tonight & starting up those polls. ... uh... probably in the "Games & Silliness" forum which is viewable to the public and votable (I suuuure hope b/c Blab rules make it sound so!) by ordinary unpaid registered members. Good luck to the finalists in round 2!!

Oktober 18th -CONTEST SUBMISSION NOW CLOSED -

BLAB POLLS CLOSED
~view results~
ENTRANTS REVEALED BELOW!!! (congrats to all!!!)

************The Contest (summary):

Owner submits one photo of any resin sculpted by Morgen that they themselves OWN in a “scene” of sorts. The goal is to make an outstandingly creative scene. Voters will be asked to select their favorite entry! Then, after entry submissions close, the people of the hobby will get to vote via polls on the winner!

~ 1st Prize: To the owner/entrant: 1 “Hazel” resin (postage inside the US included)

~ 2nd Prize: To the owner/entrant: 1 “bitty bosco” resin (postage inside the US included)

~ 3rd Prize: To the owner/entrant: $50 off any resin purchase

************The Judges:

The hobby as a whole for voting round 1 (right here on this blog!!!), votes to be limited on the
final round to Model Horse Blab members (this is to prevent multiple
voting by the same person***, but I will put it in a forum where
free/unpaid memberships can vote!)

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Contest Rules (viewable to yahoogroup members only)

Entry submission deadline was Oktober 18th.
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************The Entries:

___~~~Click on any photo for much larger images~~~___
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Entry #1

Entered by Shallon Chance

Finished by Cindy Williams
Other credits: Photographer’s name Bethany Sampson
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Entry #2

Entered by Jane Ashhurst

Finished by Steph Michaud
Other credits: Photographer’s name Jane Ashhurst
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Entry #3

Entered by Corrie McDermott

Finished by Corrie McDermott
Other credits: Photographer Corrie McDermott Clouds and wings photos from "Click Art 65,000" CD Four These are Copyright free graphics. Rainbow created from scratch by Corrie.
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Entry #4

Entered by Ruth Nash

Finished by Claire Williams
Other credits: Photographer Ruth Nash
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Entry #5

Entered by Jenn Danza

Finished by Jenn Danza
Other credits: Photographer Jenn Danza
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Entry #6

Entered by Melissa Sage

Finished by Melissa Sage
Other credits: Photographer & graphic art by Melissa Sage
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Entry #7

Entered by Jennifer L. Irwin

Finished by Jennifer L. Irwin
Other credits: Photographer & graphic art by Jennifer L. Irwin. Original photo was taken from Microsoft Office's clip art free download website
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Entry #8

Entered by Thérèse Wolmer

Finished by Thérèse Wolmer
Other credits: Photographer Malin Thyni. Thérèse did the model in pic + inserting the model in photo and removing the real pony + adding another drawn rider + tack; Malin took the photo - the orginal photo is here: http://sports.webshots.com/photo/1380430034067351688kJAVEN
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Entry #9

Entered by Vicky Norris

Finished by Shelly Verstuyft
Other credits: Photographer Vicky Norris
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Entry #10

Entered by Janice Williford

Other credits: Titled: Spooktacular Flight to the Finish Taken with a Sony Digital DSCF717 5.0 megapixel with 10x Zoom - edited out (using Adobe Photoshop) the wire holding the witch in the air - otherwise it is as taken using Oak Tree in full glory in the back yard as a back drop with outdoor lighting. Taken by owner.
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Entry #11

Entered by Hilary Schwafel
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Sample contest entry and size specs

click to see full sized


Notes as I go! :)

From October 10th... Title could be "delays delays...!"
Hahaha! My car claimed Murphy's Law since I said I'd post the rest of the info over here today... and thus I was afraid to drive it home from the barn longer than it took just to print out some Subaru forum search results for possible causes and rush to the bank & PO. I have a post on my regular blog here about the ongoing escalation of car issues making me afraid to drive it much of anywhere since late Aug. Don't fret too much. .. it traps me at the barn all day working on bitty bosco who's really coming out nifty! The weather is still nice enough and I save gas and don't waste as much time online as I used to I suppose either - bonus sorta eh?! :D I just only have so much to spend to fix it and this particular issue is one the dealers around here take thousands for (from others who've had similar issues). I'd rather buy another junker if that's the case in the end... so we're trying to trouble shoot as the AWD slowly starts to play games...

In the meantime! I still gotta format the prize info and get it over here tomorrow evening I guess. Tonight was "date night" where I watch a movie with my boyfriend and chill. I'm going to guess that folks are working hard on the creative scene entries? I'm really hoping to see some fun stuff so I hope everyone isn't too depressed by real world events at the moment. Cuz it is scary. (hugs to a few I know who've lost jobs recently btw). :( Ok, well creative fun is free so please share! :D
-M

From Oct 11th... Title "ACK DUH ME!!!" lol! ;)

Just fyi that I changed I have JUST changed the wording in the rules on what people will be voting on… I've changed it from "most realistic and festive" to "their favorite"… Msg sent out to yahoogroup about this... Msg #395 titled " Ack!!! (changed something fairly important on those last rules...!)"

Yeah... I'll be back late evening if anyone has any questions. I'm SO SORRY - UGH!!! :(
-M