City Nights 2022

After being pelted by the sweltering summer heat, the relentless sun finally begins to set. Soon, beneath the glistening moonlight, the city comes alive. Streets glow from lanterns and hung torches. Taverns with fresh ale welcome you in with both candlelight and faint neon magic. And even the darkest of alleyways flicker with well-lit cigars and glowing eyes. Even in the night, the darkness is kept at bay.
City Nights is our first light-based painting contest, focusing primarily on Object Source Lighting (OSL) to light up characters by using the light from objects on the model itself, highlighting both the glow of the object and the darkness behind its shadows. 

Submissions will be accepted from now until midnight EST (UTC -4) on August 14th, 2022. We encourage you to submit your entries early as no submission will be accepted after the cutoff, with no exceptions. If you need to make any changes to your upload prior to August 14th at midnight EST (UTC -4) please contact @Hobby Wyrd via PM on the Wyrd forum. Entries are to be submitted HERE. 

Theme: Lighting effects, such as OSL, glow effects, or playing with light and shadow.
Examples include:

Streetlamps reflected in water.
Neon Signs
OSL from headlights, tail lights, streetlights
As always, if you’re in doubt, you can reach out to @Hobby Wyrd for clarification.

We have two (2) categories for this contest- Single Model and Overachiever. Participants may submit one (1) entry. 

Singles: A single model on a base of appropriate scale or on a plinth of similar size. The single model should make up the majority of the submission and be the focus of the piece, not any additional accessories or details attached to the base. If the base is the main focus of the submission, then the submission belongs in the Diorama/Vignette category.

Overachiever: In addition to the OSL requirement, submissions to the Overachiever Category must be a diorama of a city/urban scene

Prizes -

The Single Model Category will have the following prizes:

Community Poll - Based on Community vote for each model in the Category
1st Place: $75 in Wyrd webstore credit
2nd Place: $50 in Wyrd webstore credit
3rd Place: $25 in Wyrd webstore credit  

The Overachiever Category will have the following Prizes:

Community Poll - Based on Community vote for each model in the Category
1st Place: $300 in Wyrd webstore credit
2nd Place: $200 in Wyrd webstore credit
3rd Place: $100 in Wyrd webstore credit  

‘Best of’ Awards! The Wyrd staff will look at all the categories and vote to determine the winner for each of the following (note: these are NOT voted upon by the community).

Best of Single Models City Nights 2022: $100 USD cash prize (via PayPal)
Best of Overachiever City Nights 2022: $200 USD cash prize (via PayPal)
Best of Wyrd Miniature Entry: Two Nightmare boxes of the winner’s choice (from a list of available Nightmare boxes)

Voting
We're pleased to announce that our forum voting now allows for multi-choice voting! That means everyone Vote Enabled member will have 3 votes each category to split between entries. We've wanted to make this standard for a while, and we're pleased to say that's now possible!