Welcome to our friendly, neighborhood miniature paint competition! Join the community of painters with this fun event.

There are three different skill levels: Novice, Intermediate, and Advanced with 10 kits per skill level. 

Your goal is to paint the model according to the provided theme and show off your creativity and painting skill! 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place will be determined based on a few specific categories and judged by our painting instructors.

How to Participate

1. Sign up quickly! We only have 10 kits per skill level!
2. You may only sign up for Novice OR Intermediate OR Advanced. You may not sign for multiple spots.
3. Pick up your competition kit starting on Sunday, August 13th.
4. Get to painting!
5. Take some good pictures of your completed model. This might be the most important part! If the judges can’t see you’ve spent 6 hours on highlights, then it does no good! 4 pictures minimum: front, back, and both sides.
6. Post those awesome pictures on our Discord NO LATER THAN Sunday, August 20th at 11:59pm.

Choosing a Skill Category

Be honest with yourself about your skill level! If you’re still not sure, challenge yourself with the harder one! If you’ve placed several times in one skill category, please move up a level for a challenge!

Model Guidelines

• Kits will include a model, a base, and a theme.
• Models must be presented on the base provided in the kit. 
• Only “typical” basing materials are permitted (e.g. flocking, sand, etc.) (e.g.g. no dioramas)
• Models may be altered but must resemble the original after modification.

How to Submit Models

1. Join our Discord using this link: https://discord.gg/t2c3
2. When joining, select Miniature Painting when asked which type of games/hobbies you are interested in
3. Navigate to the #painting-competition channel
4. Post your pictures in the Novice, Intermediate, or Advanced Thread.

If you need any assistance with this process, post a message in the #general chat and tag the moderators using @mod.

How Models are Judged

Our wonderful paint instructors will judge your models and assign point values based on the categories below. Each category is scored 0-5.

Categories: Overall painting skill, level of detail, overall use of color, originality and creativity.

We also have a FAQ post pinned in the #painting-competition channel if you have more questions!

Prizes

Prizes are based on how many kits are sold (so tell your friends), but will follow this structure:

1st Place: Super Cool prize

2nd Place: Gift Card

3rd Place: Gift Card

A random participant will be drawn for a fun prize

2023 Monthly Paint Competition Raffle!

– For each monthly competition you participate in (max 12 entries), your name will be entered into a drawing for an incredible prize at the end of the year!

Please email events@tabletopgameandhobby.com for any questions!