New Year New Army Painting Competition

🎉 NEW YEAR, NEW ARMY – PAINTING COMPETITION 🎨
Kick off the year with a brand-new hobby project and show off your skills at Mecha Games!

Whether you’re painting a centerpiece model, kitbashing something wild, or building a romantic-but-unhinged diorama, this competition is all about creativity and finishing something new.

🗓 HOW TO ENTER

You have two ways to join:

✅ Purchase any model from Mecha Games during January or February
→ Then register that model using the Google Form below 

https://forms.gle/2fbsBvAo6nKQN8Sk9

OR

💵 $5 entry fee to enter one of the three categories

⚠️ All entries must be registered — no registration = no judging!

🏆 CATEGORIES & PRIZING 🥇 MAIN CATEGORY – Best in Show

Open theme. Bring your absolute best.

Prizing (Mecha Gift Cards – $100 total):

• 1st Place: $50

• 2nd Place: $30

• 3rd Place: $20

🔧 SECOND CATEGORY – Conversions & Kitbashes 

One winner only | Prizing (Mecha Gift Cards – $50 total)

This category celebrates creativity and technical skill:

• Heavy kitbashes

• Custom sculpts

• Bold conversions

• “I can’t believe that works” energy

❤️ THIRD CATEGORY – Unlikely Lovers

One winner only | Prizing (Mecha Gift Cards – $50 total)
Valentine’s-themed diorama category 💘

Create a diorama featuring two extremely unlikely lovers.
Think:

• A Genestealer Cultist and an Aeldari Visarch

• Characters or factions that absolutely should not be together… but somehow are

Romantic. Tragic. Questionable. Glorious.

📸 IMPORTANT DATES

🖌 Submission Deadline: February 27th
🏆 Judging & Winners Announced: February 28th

🎨 New year. New army. New excuses to buy models.
Grab a kit, get painting, and show us what you’ve got.

Google Form: https://forms.gle/2fbsBvAo6nKQN8Sk9