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With the recent release of the new Codex: Aeldari and many exciting updates for models in that range, our theme for this month's banner will be the Asuryani - the Aeldari of the Craftworlds (not the Anhrathe/Corsairs, not the Rillietann/Harlequins, not the Drukhari/Dark Eldar, not the Ynnari, not the Exodites). Your banner image may include any Asuryani models from throughout the years, including those that harken back to the days of the "Space Elves" moniker. As usual, all imagery should be of your own work (though AI backgrounds are acceptable), and you must include the B&C logo (you may stylize your own, if you want) or the site's name ("Bolter & Chainsword" or "Bolter and Chainsword" or "B&C" as you wish) in a way that is visible as legible. You can submit your banner entry by uploading your image to the site banner submissions gallery and posting a reply in this discussion showing both the image, the image URL, and a link to your blog (if applicable). You can see more information about the banner of the month here. The winner will be selected by the community in a poll. The deadline for submissions will be Friday, 25 April (i.e., whenever I log in on the morning of Saturday, 26 April). And if you've been keeping up on current events, you might have a guess about what next month's theme will be...

This poll will run through January 31, 2025. On February 1, the winner will join the rotation. #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 The banner with the most votes will be featured in our masthead banner rotation for 2 months, starting Saturday, 1 February, 2025.

If you have any questions or comments about the Banner of the Month challenge, or if you want to submit any banners, please reply in this discussion. In addition, guidance for any month's challenge will be provided in this topic. All banner submissions should be uploaded to the Site Banner Submissions album in the galleries. Once that is done, the submitting member should post a comment reply here that includes: the banner image the banner image URL/link in the album the URL of their B&C blog (if they have one) Note that a member is not eligible for the month following a month in which their banner is selected (i.e., if your banner is selected as banner of the month for January, none of your banner submissions will be eligible for February). The intent is to feature different members each month, hoping to see as many members as possible having their banners featured.

Since January kicks off the new year, we're going to use the theme of renewal for banners. What "renewal" means is very much open to interpretation, but hopefully we'll see suitably grimdark ideas. In a modification from our standard rules, banners may include the standard text (B&C, Bolter and Chainsword, etc.) or they may include text alluding to renewal (not necessarily "renewal" per se, but thematic text alluding to some sort of renewal within the context of the setting - be creative). You can submit your banner entry by uploading your image to the site banner submissions gallery and posting a reply in this discussion showing both the image, the image URL, and a link to your blog (if applicable). You can see more information about the banner of the month here. This time around, the staff members will select a winner from the submissions. Since this month is a bit wonky (i.e., my wife hasn't told me what our Christmas plans are yet, so I can't give you a definitive answer yet), expect the deadline to be on or before Christmas Eve. I'll post the actual deadline here once she decides I have a need to know.

This poll will run through December 2, 2024. On that day or the following day, the winner will join the rotation. #1 #2 #3

Sorry for the quick turnaround on this one, folks, but I neglected to identify a deadline to allow us more time to vote and all of the submissions came in at the last minute. #1 #2 #3 The banner with the most votes will be featured in our masthead banner rotation for 2 months, starting Friday, 1 November, 2024.

How would you like to see your work featured at the top of the site? We want to feature the contributions of our members in the site banner rotation. Our goal is to have a "banner of the month" with each selected banner sitting in the rotation for 2 months. Banner submissions must meet the following criteria: 1,098 pixels wide by 182 pixels high .gif, .jpeg, .jpg, or .png format (animated .gifs are allowed) "B&C" or "Bolter & Chainsword" or "Bolter and Chainsword" must be clearly visible in image, but doesn't need to dominate the image Banner content must meet site suitability requirements (e.g., relevant to the Warhammer 40,000 setting, no off-topic imagery/messaging, etc.) You must have the rights/licensing to use any fonts and imagery in the banner (non-commercial) Imagery of miniatures and terrain that you painted are acceptable All imagery must be created by you - no poaching imagery from the Internet or AI-generated imagery* Fonts used in banner do not have to match our normal fonts * AI-generated backgrounds may be acceptable. Please contact the staff to get a prospective AI-generated background cleared. The key is that we don't want the key features of the banner to be AI-generated. How do you submit a banner image? Upload the image to the Site Banner Submissions album in the gallery Post a reply here that includes the image and, if you have one, the URL to your blog Pray to the Emperor and the Primarchs and all the Saints of the Imperium (or the Dark Powers, if you prefer) Staff members will review each banner submission to ensure that each meets the criteria. Banners that meet all of the criteria will join the pool of eligible banners for selection. Banners that fail to meet any of the criteria will be rejected, but we will notify the member of the issues so that they can make adjustments and re-submit. How will banners be selected? Well, we're going to change things up each month. Sometimes banners will be selected by the members via a poll. Sometimes the staff will select the banner. Sometimes the Administratum members will select the banner. Sometimes we might allow the members of a Club to select the banner. Ideally selection will be limited to members of the staff less than half the time - we really want these banners to be selected by the members for the members (the staff are members, too, but I prefer a more democratic process). We may also focus on themes, especially when a certain game or faction will be the focus of a major new release during the month. For example, if the Imperial Fists are announced to have a major new release, we might choose banners featuring the Imperial Fists as those eligible for the month of or immediately after the release (as long as the winning banner for the previous month didn't feature the Imperial Fists). We also want to keep things varied, with banners in different styles, with different subjects and different color palettes. If a member's banner is selected one month, none of their other banner submissions will be eligible in the following two months (we have to give everyone a chance to win). Any banner submitted more than 7 days before end of the current month will be automatically included in the pool of eligible entries for the next month (as long as they meet any special criteria we might have for the month, and as long as the creator didn't have a badge featured in the previous 2 months). This will give us time to review banners for suitability and go through the selection process. Selected banners will run in the rotation for 2 months and will link to the submitting member's blog, if they have one. We may also allow links to other locations at the B&C, such as clubs or project discussions. In addition, members may earn badges: BANNER OF THE MONTH (1/3/6/10/15+) And, of course, there are the bragging rights and the pride in having your work featured prominently at the top of the site. This post will be updated with the most current guidance. If you have any questions or comments, or if you want to submit any banners, please reply in this discussion.