“Banners fly boldly at the front of the columns while the tune of the Red Bard emboldens the spirit of marching armies”
Red Bard Games, Warcolours, and The Brazen Broadcast Presents: The 43rd Golden Hat competition on Chaos Dwarfs Online!
Let’s give a warm welcome to our first time sponsor, Red Bard Games! Red Bard has a great selection of old school style models including ogres, dwarfs, goblins, daemons, and even an asscannon sure to find homes in army blogs across Chaos Dwarfs Online.
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Red Bard on Kickstarter
PRIZES
The Golden Hat Winner will receive a €50 voucher to the Red Bard Games online store with plenty of fun miniatures to choose from.
The silver winner will receive a set of Dwarf Boar Riders by Red Bard Games and donated by @Reaver
This contest has also been sponsored by Warcolours !
The bronze winner will receive a €20 store coupon at Warcolours
One lucky random participant will receive a €10 store coupon at Warcolours courtesy of @warcolours
Another random participant will receive this ogre mercenary by Red Bard Games donated by @Reaver
Subject Matter: Standard Bearer
The goal for this Golden Hat is to complete and paint a standard bearer for your army. Similar to prior Golden Hats (5, 23, and 25), this painting contest we want you to enter a battle standard bearer, banner bearers from unit command sections, or your own unique take on how your army carries its banner into battle. The good news you only need to paint ONE MODEL to enter!
Are you playing The Old World with the popular Lamassu’s beard? I hear it’s the standard standard to take for all those that came to Chaos Dwarfs Online to “get competitive”. The least you could do for your opponent while facing them down with your meta crunching conga line of infernal guard… is to embrace a little Stillmania and actually model your Lamassu’s beard as a Lamassu’s um… checks notes beard!
Fortunately for the kitbashers among us army standards aren’t always a flag! Feel free to enter some type of kitbashed totem or brazen bull head held aloft on a point-ed stick… or spetum, or voulge. Concerned for your banner bearer’s safety in the front rank? Make your totem a weaponized contraption to spew fire on the pointy ears.
Take that banner bearer freehand across the finish line with this handy chequerboarding tutorial by @Oxymandias worshipper of Skashut! You could doubtlessly apply this method to other patterns as well. The Background Stories and Art section is filled with 2D inspiration by CDO artisans as well as the Library of member made content that folks would be happy to see interpreted for use as tabletop banner art. You could also take your inspiration straight from the illustrations of ancient Mesopotamia curated by @admiral .
Not intrested in freehanding and looking for some hot stuff baby this evening? We have STLs available from @Hotstuff for classic Chaos Dwarf banners with the details sculpted already as well as an archive of printable banners for the paper banner enjoyers! People like @Bessron have been putting paper banner techniques to amazing use in recent competitions.
Maybe you’d prefer to create a diorama of your flag planted atop a pile of high elf corpses with those corpses being fangoriously devoured by effulgent fire daemons. Or perhaps you’d like to complete a fully composed infantry unit with an embedded banner bearer leading the way. These ideas are well within the scope of the contest if you wish, although the focus should be on your army standard, after all it’ll be a focal point for your army!
Are you a Hobgoblin hobbyist? Even greenskins need an icon to march to battle behind! Maybe your army standard is a cyclopean block with cuneiform writing toted by a chained mob encouraged by Hobgoblin overseers.
Let’s finish that statement piece that all of your opponents will eye from across the table as their army burns in pools of magma. Keep it as simple or as complicated as you like. Let your imagination run wild! No flag, no army, that’s the rules I’ve just made up!
If you are unsure if your entry will fit the subject matter, please contact @Reaver and he’ll sort it out with the rest of the Staff.
Basing is unrestricted and up to your discretion. You may include plinths and display bases if you want. You may include fancy backgrounds. We want to encourage the creation of beautiful models and scenes, not hamper it. Be sure to check out our miniature photography tutorial if you are in need of some tips to take decent pictures of your entry.
Specifics
Subject: Standard Bearer
Bases: Up to your discretion.
The Due Date: 11:59 PM September the 5th 2024 EST (Eastern Time Zone)
Please read the full rules that apply to the Golden Hat competition before submitting your entry.
Submission
All entries must be sent to the @GoldenHat account no later than the due date. (Entrants have approximately 12 weeks to complete entries). If for some reason you are having trouble with your submission, contact @Reaver since the @GoldenHat account has limited monitoring. In order to avoid problems, entrants should not wait until the last minute to submit their entries.
How to Enter
Submissions should include up to 4 pictures of your miniature creation. Upload and send your entry images with this forum’s direct upload function (preferred) in a PM to @GoldenHat (a special user that all Staff have access to). Any images uploaded to the Internet, e.g. with Imgur will need to be inserted in image form into the PM anyway (see below).
If you win:
- Walk across the backs of the cowed masses you have scorned and pushed aside, in order to take your place at the top in the vaunted Golden Hat Gallery .
- Receive the Golden Hat medal for your online persona.
- Win miniatures and paints! See above for details.
Go forth heralds of the Dark Lands and inspire legions to flock behind your banner!
Once all entries are received a thread will be created for voting and determining the winners!
If there are any questions it is best to post them here so that everyone can benefit from any details or clarifications that may arise.
Should you wish to donate a prize to the contest, please PM @Reaver and he will sort it out with you and the Staff.
Good luck everyone!
The Staff
