Hit Point Hobbies Painting Award Guidelines and FAQs

Painting Contest

Many tournaments have painting contest. Painting contest have the following basic rules.

1. Each tournament contestant can only enter one model or unit of models.
2. Any model(s) must be painted by te person submitting the entry..
3. The model(s) must be played in the army list of the submitter.
4. In order to qualify for the painting contest, the piece may have to meet certain requirements (such as force organization slot or unit type). If some armies do not have a like unit avaiable, allowences may be made by the tournament organizer.
5. The judge(s) of the painting contest are chosen by the tournament organizer.
6. Painting prizes are determined by the tournament organizer, but are generally equivelent to second place general.
7. The painting contest is scored completely seperate from the games played, and does not influence the results of the tournament games (and vice versa).
8. The painter must be present to win.

Additional Entries

In some tournaments, additional entries are allowed beyond those as described above. The can be made by individuals who wish to submit an additional model or models for entry, or for individuals not playing in the tournament. In these case, a entry fee will be required ($3.00 unless otherwise stated) per entry.

The entry fee will be added to the prize support of the painting prize. If additional entries causes the reward of the painting prize to match or exceed the prize for first place, then the painting reward will be split into a 1st and 2nd place.

All additional entries must meet the same qualifications as the tournament entries, except for rules 1 and 3 are not in effect.