The Iron Gauntlet DIY Challenge - 2010

[Phytrion]

Captain Myr of the Dragoons accepts both challenges. I've been working on my own chapter for a local paint and play, and I've been working on fluff so I will get the IA up soon.

[Newtype]

I accept the second challenge and vow to finish a 1500 pt. playable army by July 7'th.

As for the first step towards that goal here is my WIP Thread for your consideration.

[Alexos]

Internet's back up.

 

I, Brother Alexos of the Angels Encarmine, do swear by the Emperor, and Sanguinius, to create an IA: Angels Encarmine that is worthy of the Librarium. If I do so fail, I shall take a blood oath, and wear the mark of shame upon my signature, showing my brothers how I failed my Liege.

 

For sanguinius, For the Emperor!

[Madwolf Shadowmane]

I, Madwolf Shadowmane of the Hounds of the Hunt accept your second challenge and vow to paint fully and base 1,000 pts of my Chapter before July 7th. I vow to post two or more WIP updates in the appropriate thread. I will also vow to help my brothers and sisters in the challenge with their vows. May the Emperor curse me if I should fail.

[FireFist]

I, Firefist, of the Promethean Fists accept your second challenge and vow to paint fully and base 2,000 pts of my Chapter before July 7th. I will also vow to help my brothers and sisters in the challenge with their vows. May the Emperor curse me if I should fail.

[Hobo Willie]

I, Hobo Willie of the Celestial Swords, take up your Challenges.

 

I vow, before my brothers and sisters of the B&C, to complete your first challenge of an Index Astartes article and submit it to the Librarium before the 7th of May, 2010. I vow to support my fellow challengers with their Index Astartes to the best of my ability.

 

In addition, I accept your second challenge and vow to paint fully and base 1000 points of my Chapter before July 7th. I vow to post two or more WIP updates in the appropriate thread. I will also vow to help my brothers and sisters in the challenge with their vows. May the Emperor curse me if I should fail.

[Brother Argent]

One week left of the first challenge and ALOT of people haven't submitted their articles to the Librarium, at least as far as I'm aware. I know I'm one but looks like the grumpy veteran will be happy with out faliure with the first challenge.

[Hrvat]

Here is the link to the IA for my chapter http://www.bolterandchainsword.com/index.p...howtopic=196669

 

Though I lacked feedback I submited it to the Librarium because I was very pleased how I had writen it.

 

Good luck with yours.

[Brother Argent]

Here is the link to the IA for my chapter http://www.bolterandchainsword.com/index.p...howtopic=196669

 

Though I lacked feedback I submited it to the Librarium because I was very pleased how I had writen it.

 

Good luck with yours.

 

Yeah, I'm considering doing a similar thing. Of course an IA is never finished so even if it gets accepted (which I gighly doubt) I'll continue to work on it.

 

Oh and good luck. I'm going to try and read through every challengers IAs before the end of the Challenge.

[Argon]

One week left of the first challenge and A LOT of people haven't submitted their articles to the Librarium, at least as far as I'm aware. I know I'm one but looks like the grumpy veteran will be happy with out failure with the first challenge.

 

I would have, but life, a junior year research paper, and a slight case of despair after I got slightly more C&C than I asked for got in the way. I'm trying to improve them though, I promise!

 

I think what's likely to happen is the Oblivion Knights will continue to be worked on after the challenge has finished.

[Hubernator]

One week left of the first challenge and ALOT of people haven't submitted their articles to the Librarium, at least as far as I'm aware. I know I'm one but looks like the grumpy veteran will be happy with out faliure with the first challenge.

I'm trying honest :o It's getting there, I just started it late... :)

[Brother Argent]

All things cosidered I might add a fourth award for the first challenge, of getting the IA complete by the end of the whole Iron Gauntlet. Kind of like a runners up award. I'll see how many people fail the first challenge first.

[Sigismund Himself]

Please be aware that if you submit your IA without it having any kind of serious feedback in your thread, the Librarium will only be rejecting it. We won't be able to provide our normal feedback to IAs that are rejected due to the large amount of entrants we are expecting and the need to protect our staff from burnout. Of course, if only two articles are submitted or your article has had a large amount of feedback already, we will do our best to give feedback in the normal manner ;)

[Dark Apostle Thirst]

One week left of the first challenge and ALOT of people haven't submitted their articles to the Librarium, at least as far as I'm aware. I know I'm one but looks like the grumpy veteran will be happy with out faliure with the first challenge.

 

I've submitted my articles, but they got rejected :o Does that count?

[Kadris]

well i submitted mine about a month ago, never got news back on it (no rejection or feedback) so no idea whats going on with it. Its still better than rejection... maybe, unless you dont like being left in the unknown or something.

wonder what serious feedback is, meh, oh well. Good to know that things are progressing with some form of plan though :)

 

Assuming i can finalize my assembly for my models and get an assembly/paint schedule setup with my already hectic schedule i will be vowing for the 2nd challenge next week and might be putting up some WIP stuff with it.

[Sigismund Himself]

well i submitted mine about a month ago, never got news back on it (no rejection or feedback) so no idea whats going on with it. Its still better than rejection... maybe, unless you dont like being left in the unknown or something.

wonder what serious feedback is, meh, oh well. Good to know that things are progressing with some form of plan though ;)

We're a bit behind in the Queue partly as a result of the challenge. I actually started putting together some feedback on your IA yesterday so hopefully I'll be able to finish it tonight (Oz time) and post it up :ermm:

[Slick Jimmy]

I'll do it. I know I am late, but it turns out I have most of it put together/started anyway.

 

I Chapter Master Kilian of the Death Claw space marines accept the challenge.

[Brother Argent]

3 days to go...

 

I've finally fully updated the First Page if the Challenge. If I've missed you dont hesitate to let my know. For those wondering I'm going to repost the Second Challenge in its own thread to keep track of who has taken up what Challenge. Also the Third Challenge, which will start in three or four days, will have its own thread as well. This also enables me to address challenge related questions in each challenges thread, and update things more easily and quicker.

 

To those still struggling ( me included) good luck.

[Captain Nightengel]

Ok I know this my sound crazy but what about a special bonus for actually being accepted by the Librarium and then to those that actually finish an IA as in having everything written out for it, count as complete for the IA portion of the challenge. This would reduce the amount of IA's sent in unfinished to the Libarium and in turn give some relief to the moderators.

 

Of course if your IA is done and has a lot of comments then by all means submit it but it seems clear as the end of this challenge fast approaches that many entrants will not be ready for the Librarium and thus only create more work for those that are (more than likely) already taxed enough as it is.

 

Just my two cents. Carry on...as you were :lol:

[Dangerousdan73]

howdy

 

just an update i have changed the name of my DIY chapter from the Jade Warlords to the Avengers, the IA is still in the same place but has been updated with the new name.

[Apothete]

I'm taking off my psychic hood for a moment and addressing Nightengel's suggestion as just another member of the board, in no way representing the Librarium or its policies.

 

Even though I didn't pledge to the Gauntlet for the Index Astartes phase, I don't think that changing the judging to make completion of the original goal a bonus is a particularly palatable idea. The challenge was to write, submit, and receive approval for an Index Astartes article and the timeframe that was set in the beginning allows five months worth of working time. Also, the terms of the game say that no rules are to be altered once the challenge has begun.

 

As such, I don't think it best serves the community to be moving the goal posts just because crunch time has hit. Are we going to then allow people to back out of oaths in the later challenges? Doesn't that cheapen the achievement of actually completing your vow?

 

I didn't pledge my own work in the first phase precisely because I know how difficult it is to achieve something which is grammatically correct, flavorful, internally consistent, and logically concordant with the Warhammer universe. Silver Phoenix even said that this would be the challenge which sounded the easiest but which would probably prove to be the most trying. I agree with him, and I think that a lot of people underestimated just how much is in involved in breathing life into a Chapter to the degree that they're going to pass the bar.

 

My vote is to let the policies stand as they were set. Pass or fail, everyone agreed to what was said at the beginning. If that ends up being unworkable this year, take it is a lesson for next time.

[Ace Debonair]

As such, I don't think it best serves the community to be moving the goal posts just because crunch time has hit. Are we going to then allow people to back out of oaths in the later challenges? Doesn't that cheapen the achievement of actually completing your vow?

Speaking for myself, I'd rather fail spectacularly at something difficult than succeed at something easy, at least in this instance.

Either way, I'm holding out 'till the last possible moment until I submit the Stonebound, just in case I have a really great idea in the next day or two. :lol:

 

My vote is to let the policies stand as they were set. Pass or fail, everyone agreed to what was said at the beginning. If that ends up being unworkable this year, take it is a lesson for next time.

Agreed. If I'm due a stern kick to the plums from the Big E himself come friday, (check my vow :lol: ) then I'll just have to brace myself for impact. :P

And afterwards I'll spend all year secretly working on the chapter I want to try with next year. ;)

[Captain Nightengel]

I'm taking off my psychic hood for a moment and addressing Nightengel's suggestion as just another member of the board, in no way representing the Librarium or its policies.

 

Even though I didn't pledge to the Gauntlet for the Index Astartes phase, I don't think that changing the judging to make completion of the original goal a bonus is a particularly palatable idea. The challenge was to write, submit, and receive approval for an Index Astartes article and the timeframe that was set in the beginning allows five months worth of working time. Also, the terms of the game say that no rules are to be altered once the challenge has begun.

 

As such, I don't think it best serves the community to be moving the goal posts just because crunch time has hit. Are we going to then allow people to back out of oaths in the later challenges? Doesn't that cheapen the achievement of actually completing your vow?

 

I didn't pledge my own work in the first phase precisely because I know how difficult it is to achieve something which is grammatically correct, flavorful, internally consistent, and logically concordant with the Warhammer universe. Silver Phoenix even said that this would be the challenge which sounded the easiest but which would probably prove to be the most trying. I agree with him, and I think that a lot of people underestimated just how much is in involved in breathing life into a Chapter to the degree that they're going to pass the bar.

 

My vote is to let the policies stand as they were set. Pass or fail, everyone agreed to what was said at the beginning. If that ends up being unworkable this year, take it is a lesson for next time.

 

I think I may have failed to explain myself properly. I was not suggesting moving the goal merely changing it. Submitting ones DIY IA is the challenge, it says nothing about getting it accepted. Though yes the challenge is to get Librarium quality for a chapter, getting it accepted is merely a bonus anyway. I was merely making a suggestion that would cut down on the number of IAs submitted that were unfinished or unpolished. Or maybe I completely misunderstood this challenge....and In that case...this was merely a suggestion to be processed and spit out by others, and I apologize for my misunderstanding.

 

Now that I read over my original post I see my error. I suggested that any IA that had been completed be accepted completing the vow, my bad. I see now that they are suppose to be of Librarium quality, carry on.

[Octavulg]

Actually, the challenge was to submit the IA to the Librarium. Nothing was said about approval. It was implied, but it was never explicitly stated.

 

Of course, if Silver Phoenix's intent was the latter, we should probably honor it.

[Hubernator]

I'm gonna bail from this and call it a Fail. Mine won't be done in time and to be frank there's too much wrong with it to make it work. So that's it from me.