I think “In Focus” is about the best different format I could try.
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@Abecedar
Yes, me too.
I’m not tech savvy and I’m notoriously stubborn.
I’m very much stuck in the good old days of postage stamps and in person banking.
But hey, I’m old and entitled to my obstinate (Dwarven) traits.
And get the hell off of my lawn, damn kids.
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I’m still in favour of Admiral just picking the winners himself (probably his own, even if he hasn’t entered). This democracy nonesense is very un-chaos dwarfish and i do not approve.
In seriousness though, anything that makes the whole process easier to sort out i’m in favour of, even if i have to learn some new-fangled methods. Whatever makes it easier to showcase the magnificence of the community’s creative endeavours.
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What do you mean?
Guess he means “submitting a picture which has the model in focus” 
Ah, makes sense.
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Many cool entries! Great work everyone 
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We’ll take a look at various options later, thanks for many good ideas. We’re rather soon going off on a ski holiday, so I’ll be away for a while.
We could add some lines about voluntary option of making a grid and provide a handy gimp tutorial and perhaps link to software, but default mode is just enter pictures as usual. Better make it easy for users, and see if it can be solved with some program on the contest handler’s end.
Of course, even if we find no gear to aid us, I’ll just keep trucking as usual. I have nigh on bottomless reserves of stubborness.
The missing 29th entry. Didn’t make it. @WillLiam might enjoy it, given his previous entries. Copy-pasted from my project log:
Summary
Flaming light flickered between colonnaded shadows. The ruddy light was cast not only by torches and braziers, for it emanated also from molten metal, ensorcelled lava and far worse substances harvested from an otherworldly realm beyond the ken of mortals to comprehend. It was a glowering light, an angry light, a hungry light. If the snorting of a bull could ever come off as light, this would be it. And indeed, it was.
Through the dark halls of the Temple strode a majestic figure, bedecked in garb so ostentatious as to make any lesser acolyte prostrate themselves against the floor at the mere sight of it. Dawi Zharr thrust their countenances into the dirt on the obsidian floors, while Hobgoblin servants slunk back into the shadows of nooks and crannies, too wise of capricious overlord violence to ever wish to be seen by such a towering Dwarf of Fire. The striding figure was clearly a Dawi Zharr of His anointed priesthood, no doubt about it. A single glance at the regal paraphernalia of the venerable Sorcerer-Prophet struck fear into slaves and slavedrivers alike. Luxurious banner poles held aloft two lazily flapping pennants. Only the highest castes were allowed such items of office! Even other Sorcerer-Prophets instinctively bowed in respect to the strange gestalt, for how could they do otherwise when the mighty one sported a slave dedicated to supporting his giant crowning headgear? Not even they had a hat thrall!
All around, Bull Centaurs, the guardians of the Temple of Hashut, gave way, and even they seemed to be on the verge of trembling at the sight of the lordly Sorcerer-Prophet. Such an overmighty display of power and wealth walked there! Such a cruel overlord, ancient beyond the ken of lesser inductees into the Cult of Hashut! And amid all the loud brass clangs and hoof stomps and roaring fires of the inner sanctum of the holy Temple, no one realized that the great one moved without making so much as a whisper of a sound. Such a heavyset Sorcerer-Prophet ought to have made the ground shake at his tread, yet his nimble feet moved with the grace of swans. Had anyone been wise enough to notice the walk of the feet, they would have wondered at the undwarfish movements, yet they did not notice, for all they could see was the almighty grand hat on the head of the glaring Sorcerer-Prophet, for that hat was graced by a flame-snorting bull’s head, and that bull’s head had Daemonic eyes inside it that moved…
Inside the hot disguise, Lothern infiltrator 00L adjusted the shoulder rests for the giant onion hat inside which he walked. He had eschewed of gloves in order to not risk slipping on the sweaty handles of the fake arms that stuck out from beneath the hat. The disguise was a ludicrous creation, so audacious and so outlandish that it had actually worked. The Lothern artisans who had fashioned it had drawn the designs from hundreds of witness drawings and looted trophies found in the great Asur capital. The chief designer among them had concluded that these despicable fallen Dwarfs did not dabble in elegance, unlike the refined High Elves of Ulthuan. Instead, the haughty chief designer Nesrauti had concluded, they could get away with anything as long as they loaded the disguise with a garish amount of ostentation in layer upon layer. “Like an onion, indeed! Haha, onion, get it? For the headgear itself is shaped in such a way,” the chief designer had smirked.
And so it was. The smug urbanite who had headed the design of the disguise had been astonishingly correct in his insight. All they had needed was to find a plucky Halfling to dress up as a Hobgoblin of the Dark Lands to assist Agent 00L, and off they went. The intelligence steward of the eyes-and-ears Annex had insisted upon the Halfling companion: Apparently the thieving sneaks were experts at infiltrating such dark hearts of ashen empires of fire and slavery. He had been correct as well. Who could have believed that such a rotund little jolly creature could have endured the baleful hardships of such harsh realms steeped in mysticism and crushing hierarchy?
A full score of Bull Centaurs up ahead heaved and snorted as they slowly opened the enormous bronze gates to the Priestly Sanctum. Inside waited an entire conclave of the most powerful and ruthless warlords and semi-petrified magicians this misbegotten breed of beardos had ever produced. Matters of greatest importance would be discussed, and all the most valuable information would flow right into the ears of a High Elf infiltrator. Who could ever have thought that a towering Elf could ever had disguised himself as a Dwarf?! These foul midget worshippers of Chaos would come to rue the day that they had initiated their phallic arms race in headgear size.
Agent 00L indulged himself with a smirk inside the grand crown hat that he wore, and entered the sanctum with unbreakable confidence in the disguise.
The Bull Centaurs howled an unholy mantra, and the doors closed behind him with the clang of slain titans.
After 6 years of hobby hiatus, my brother has at last returned to Warhammer and gained some extra lifespark of vigour and initiative in the bargain. We have resumed work on all manner of High Elf projects of his. It’s great to have him back!
We also cooked up a new project, namely that of a model to poke fun at the hordes of Elf haters over on Chaos Dwarfs Online. It is a reference to the Byzantine spy network of the Asur in Warhammer Fantasy. The plan was to enter this miniature into Golden Hat XXXVIII, yet this the 29th entry was not finished in time since I am not a fast painter. It took something like 4 full days to paint it! I had half a mind to extend the contest again with a couple of days, but we were scheduled to go on a ski vacation very soon, and CDO members were eager to see the contest entries, so I had to drop out and make the voting thread since we would be away for a full week. Then, yesterday, it turned out that the ski holiday had to be pushed forward several days, leaving me with time to finish Agent 00L of Lothern anyway. Clearly, Hashut spotted the trickery and did not approve!
The plan was to trick the good folk of Chaos Dwarfs Online by first making them think it was @tjub 's entry because of the face, and then see how many spotted the deception.
Did you see the ruse in the pictures?
Cheers!
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@Admiral
That foul elf is the first elf that I’ve ever liked!
It’s absolutely brilliant, on so many levels and the attention to small sculpted details is a lovely story all in itself.
I didn’t spot the filthy elf hiding at first, but I was immediately drawn to the colors of his robe beneath the scaled armor…and I thought “Hmmm, that’s odd, what’s with the elf robe?”
And then it dawned on me 
It’s much funnier and more clever than my joke entry, Hats off to you for such a wonderful combination of whimsical fun, storyline and model making!
Please Hashut, please let this entry be counted
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How am I supposed to pic three entries out of these!? 
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I know, herculean task!
At least you have five votes this time (and maybe always from now on when there are >20 entries)
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Ah, great. Thanks, didn’t not notice that! Atleast a bit more fair, but still not easy… Will have to be a few honorable mentions afterwards as well. 
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Hah, LOL!
Admiral, what a model! Fantastic from concept to execution. 
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You don’t! Votes are 5 this time!!
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@Fuggit_Khan : Thank you most kindly sir! Makes it all worth it.
Hnah, it’s too late. No worries, it saved me the war between eagerness and patience before I could reveal it after winners had been announced.
@Jasko : Thanks a lot!
Prizes updated in the announcement thread. Copying it over here as well. All thanks to @Bessron !
Similarly, one fortunate random participant not in top three will receive a Chaos Dwarf Bazooka team (bought off the Internet, and suspected not to be originals), courtesy of @Bessron:
In the same vein, one lucky random participant not in top three will receive a Titan Wargames Royal Guard Command kit sculpted by @Baggronor , courtesy of @Bessron:
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Spectacular work! My votes are in!
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My votes are in! 
It was really difficult for me to make a decision, there were great painted, very creative, just cool and wacky entries. I took as a basis for my decision the best painted models for me. Let’s see how you and others have decided!
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Well my 5 votes are in.
Plus a special honorable mention to the sneaky elf entry #29 
Even with 5 votes allowed, this was an incredibly tough decision to decide which ones to vote for, all are deserving, and irregardless of who wins, Hashut is pleased by your efforts.
Well done everyone!
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Indeed, everytime one of these rolls around I find it hard to pick out a few because there’s always so many worthy winners but this time, this time it’s crazy hard.
This is the 3rd time I’ve been back to try and pick 
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I voted on the first evening. I knew I would overthink it if I had enough time, so many fantastic entries. Went with the ones which immediately stood out. Which was hard enough the quality here is insane.
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