Robotech® RPG Tactics™: Design an Ace Contest

The Galactus Kid · Fri May 17, 2013 10:03 am

I will probably work on it this weekend. I already have a name, squadron and symbol, but need to work out the color scheme.

Jorel · Unread post by **Jorel** » Fri May 17, 2013 10:20 am

Been working on several. Have my kids workin on them as well. I want a hi-res graphic to work on.

Jorel · Unread post by **Jorel** » Fri May 17, 2013 1:45 pm

They stated they aren't going to release as hi-res image, to keep a level playing field. This seems like a bad idea as the contest is intended for print and not for viewing on the web. Opinions?

The Galactus Kid · Fri May 17, 2013 2:23 pm

They will probably take the winning image and have theiir graphics team work something up based on the theme.

Jorel · Unread post by **Jorel** » Fri May 17, 2013 2:28 pm

I guess.

The Galactus Kid · Fri May 17, 2013 2:45 pm

Personally, i don't have a problem with it because it does kind of level the playing field for thos who have kids who want to participate and others, like me, that can't use anything beyond MS Paint.

Jorel · Unread post by **Jorel** » Fri May 17, 2013 3:59 pm

I call BS on that line. As there are professional artist who could enter and blow your kids out the water. Why not give a decent graphic so people with the proper tools can use them. It doesn't level it, it limits it.

Jorel · Unread post by **Jorel** » Fri May 17, 2013 5:54 pm

Finished yours? You can submit one a day. I've finshed 3 now. Almost 4.

Jorel · Unread post by **Jorel** » Fri May 17, 2013 11:04 pm

I figure with 2 weeks I can work up to quality, so I will have a quantity of quality.

kevarin · Unread post by **kevarin** » Sun May 19, 2013 1:27 pm

finished one and trying different color ideas to see if i can find another i like

Jorel · Unread post by **Jorel** » Mon May 20, 2013 8:15 pm

I been slackin. Only turned in one yet, and I know it was turrible.

glitterboy2098 · Mon May 20, 2013 8:18 pm

i've submitted one.. i'll probably upload it to my Deviantart gallery next month.
currently trying to think of schemes to try..i used one of my best ideas for the first one, now i'm stuck for ideas.

kevarin · Unread post by **kevarin** » Mon May 20, 2013 10:49 pm

◾Include the name of your Squadron/Pilot.

had a question do you need the squadron and pilot name or just one or the other ?

kevarin · Unread post by **kevarin** » Sun May 26, 2013 11:35 pm

well finished up 4 and i think im done would be willing to help others with the coloring of images
just send me a pm here or i can be found most nights in the megaversal chatroom

glitterboy2098 · Mon May 27, 2013 12:52 am

nope. pretty sure my 1st one will win it..

kevarin · Unread post by **kevarin** » Mon May 27, 2013 1:56 am

wish everyone here luck on the contest would be nice for some of the winners to come from here

Jorel · Unread post by **Jorel** » Mon May 27, 2013 2:15 am

We're all winners at camp Palladium.

kevarin · Unread post by **kevarin** » Mon May 27, 2013 10:40 am

Prizes: Winners will not only receive their Squadron/Ace Pilot included in the rule book, but also receive a hand painted version of their Squadron/Ace Pilot's Veritech fighter painted in all three modes to add to your collection!

sounds like there going to pick more than one from the way this is written but i could be wrong

bielmic · Unread post by **bielmic** » Mon May 27, 2013 2:24 pm

Well... I submitted my only entry for what its worth. I doubt we'll see my paltry artisitic ability and MSPaint skills in the winners circle though.

Jorel · Unread post by **Jorel** » Mon May 27, 2013 9:50 pm

I submitted my daughters entry today.

Unread post by **NMI** » Tue May 28, 2013 12:38 pm

Panomas wrote:
Jorel wrote:I figure with 2 weeks I can work up to quality, so I will have a quantity of quality.

It would be fun if they let us post up our designs here on the forum after the contest was over-

you can always host your image on a site like photobucket or deviant art and then link to the image here.

glitterboy2098 · Tue May 28, 2013 3:20 pm

i plan to share mine once it's over..

Jorel · Unread post by **Jorel** » Tue May 28, 2013 3:25 pm

Me as well.

kevarin · Unread post by **kevarin** » Tue May 28, 2013 7:00 pm

will be sharing the ones i turned in and several i didnt after the contest is over

kevarin · Unread post by **kevarin** » Sat Jun 01, 2013 8:28 pm

so here were my entries for the contest names were not the best but o well

http://kevarin.deviantart.com/gallery/43991680

glitterboy2098 · Sun Jun 02, 2013 12:30 am

i've added mine to the 'robotech' folder of my DA gallery.
http://glitterboy2098.deviantart.com/gallery/37894415

The Galactus Kid · Sun Jun 02, 2013 10:22 pm

Kevarin, I dig the widowmakers. I'm going to have to steal tht theme.

kevarin · Unread post by **kevarin** » Sun Jun 02, 2013 10:34 pm

The Galactus Kid wrote:Kevarin, I dig the widowmakers. I'm going to have to steal tht theme.

thanks its one of my favorite one too and i plan on making at least one squadron of them for my robotech tactics units

glitterboy2098 · Mon Jun 03, 2013 2:08 am

i just hope it doesn't run into issues with being similar in coloration to the 'Black Widow company"/"Wolf Spider Battalion" of the Wolf's Dragoon's..
http://www.camospecs.com/Miniature.asp?ID=3394

kevarin · Unread post by **kevarin** » Mon Jun 03, 2013 7:44 pm

dang i do see what your saying several black with red trimmed mecha there o well on deviant art its my most viewed option will have to wait and see if it gets picked

glitterboy2098 · Mon Jun 03, 2013 10:59 pm

honestly, black with red isn't an issue itself. it's black with red and a black-widow-spider logo..
i don't think that it would really be lawsuit worthy (unless your pilot has 'kerensky' as a last name anyway..), i just worry over any possible re-emergence of the HG/FASA lawsuit chaos..

bielmic · Unread post by **bielmic** » Thu Jun 06, 2013 8:15 pm

Does anyone (hopefully Palladium) know when and where the results of this will be announced? I'm curious to see what other potential paint schemes the community has come up with.

Jorel · Unread post by **Jorel** » Thu Jun 06, 2013 9:07 pm

My kid keeps askin the same thing.

kevarin · Unread post by **kevarin** » Thu Jun 06, 2013 10:43 pm

maybe there were so many good entries that it's taking longer then they thought to pick the winners ?

glitterboy2098 · Fri Jun 07, 2013 1:37 am

kevarin wrote:maybe there were so many good entries that it's taking longer then they thought to pick the winners ?

or maybe just enough crappy ones that they are having to take their time to sort through before they start picking.

it is also possible that they've already narrowed it down to a short list, but are running them by legal experts to make sure they can use them.

Jorel · Unread post by **Jorel** » Fri Jun 07, 2013 2:39 am

They aren't printing them, so they shouldn't have to be scrutinized that much.

glitterboy2098 · Fri Jun 07, 2013 3:00 am

the winner will be printed in the gamebook and made a special character, if i recall the details correctly. so they have to be very careful they don't pick one that is an import of a prominent group in another IP, or doesn't use some trademark'd elements.

Jorel · Unread post by **Jorel** » Fri Jun 07, 2013 3:19 am

There will be a model designed off the winner. I don't think the drawing or art was ever stated to see print. I could be wrong though.

Jorel · Unread post by **Jorel** » Fri Jun 07, 2013 3:20 am

Why else would they give a 72 dpi image if it was meant to see print? That would be a poor choice in running a contest meant for print.

bielmic · Unread post by **bielmic** » Fri Jun 07, 2013 12:28 pm

Jorel wrote:Why else would they give a 72 dpi image if it was meant to see print? That would be a poor choice in running a contest meant for print.

I'm fairly certain we'll see versions printed in the game strongly based off of/inspired by the design and ace winners but not exactly the same in each case. I don't think it's a stretch to believe that most entries will have squadron markings simply copy and pasted off the internet. In order to avoid any legal issues, they'll have to adapt the markings to a more robotechy personalized version that isn't a copy of someone else's (copyrighted?... not sure what legal term covers art) images/IP. Note that this isn't a comment on the pics posted here but rather a generalization.

glitterboy2098 · Fri Jun 07, 2013 4:05 pm

they specified they'd have their own art department make up new art for the book, using the scheme sent in by the fan that won.
they didn't mention squadfron logo's, but them deriving a fancier one from what was sent in would make sense.

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid ... =1&theater

All pilots, man your Valkyries! Invasion is imminent!
As Palladium Books and Ninja Division's Robotech RPG Tactics Kickstarter comes to a close, we would like to invite all aspiring Veritech Ace Pilots to participate in a fun contest!

Design Your Own Ace Fighter and Squadron!

Prizes:
Winners will not only receive their Squadron/Ace Pilot included in the rule book, but also receive a hand painted version of their Squadron/Ace Pilot's Veritech fighter painted in all three modes to add to your collection!

Instructions/Rules: (How to Participate)
Use the image here, and email entries to info@ninjadivision.com no later than May 31st for a chance to have your squadron and/or ace pilot immortalized in the Robotech RPG Tactics main rule book!

Scan/photograph/email a fully colored version of the VF-1J battloid of your ace pilot/squadron
Include the name of your Squadron/Pilot
(Optional) Include a squadron special marking/icon
Limit 1 entry per person per day

Judging will take place the first week of June, and winners will be announced via email and Facebook. Our panel of judges will include the creative staff from Palladium Books, Ninja Division, and Harmony Gold!

Hi there - the resolution is set to give you enough to color and send us your concept - the final selected ace pilots will have their squadrons and hero immortalized in the game book! Which will likely include some spankin new art from our team!

IMO, Kevarin's art could probably just be printed as is.. i doubt they could produce anything more professional in house.

bielmic · Unread post by **bielmic** » Thu Jun 13, 2013 12:15 pm

Hopefully there will be news on this contest soon as it feels like it's been forgotten about. I realize that both Palladium and Ninja are likely busy but I'd hate to see them lose part of the good will they garnered with the well run kickstarter campaign by ignoring this. Posting the results of this contest along with a few new renders of mecha would be a good way of tiding people over during the unexpectedly long period between the kickstarter and pledge manager phases.

kevarin · Unread post by **kevarin** » Sun Jun 16, 2013 12:34 am

well updated my squadron pictures to show all three modes hope people like them

http://kevarin.deviantart.com/gallery/43991680

bielmic · Unread post by **bielmic** » Tue Jun 25, 2013 9:09 am

I didn't see any mention of the contest on the facebook page since mid to late May or in the latest murmur or press release. I hope they didn't forget about this as I do think it was an interesting way of engaging the fans.

Jorel · Unread post by **Jorel** » Tue Jun 25, 2013 9:27 am

They seem to be focused on getting the production complete as they have been silent on all fronts.

bielmic · Unread post by **bielmic** » Wed Jun 26, 2013 1:53 pm

Jorel wrote:They seem to be focused on getting the production complete as they have been silent on all fronts.

While I applaud their focus on the project that got them over almost $1.5 million in funding, focusing on that is not mutually exclusive to posting a simple update on the delayed contest. If Palladium has the time to generate a thousand word press release, they've got the time to add "We haven't forgotten about the Design an Ace contest. Thanks for all the great entries and we'll hopefully have the results with the pledge manager update."

Jorel · Unread post by **Jorel** » Wed Jun 26, 2013 3:16 pm

As with most things they seem to take their fans for granted. It may not be the case, but it appears so when you look at them offering Max as a GenCon Exclusive, but didn't offer it to the 5,300+ that invested in it already. Max was one of the most requested pieces. The fact they do not address the effect those kinds of announcements might have shows a great deal.

bielmic · Unread post by **bielmic** » Wed Jun 26, 2013 9:30 pm

This was such a simple yet good idea and frankly it's already souring for me and the two other people I know online who entered the contest full of enthusiasm. A simple acknowledgement of the delay in any of the three "official" communications since the kickstarter would have been sufficient. Eh.. I'll chime in again if the pledge manager update supposedly out by the end of June ignores the contest again.

PANZERBUNNY · Unread post by **PANZERBUNNY** » Wed Jun 26, 2013 11:37 pm

I would imagine that when sanity returns to their work schedule, we'll get information.

They release things on their time, when they plan on it. Not ours.

People need to stop thinking of us as investors. It confuses expectations and is misleading.

It could be they haven't even gone through all the submissions. I'm guessing we'll see this information in Sept.

They need to stagger news worthy items with no tentative release date.

Pledge manager is very soon. GenCon is Aug. Sept we'll probably have a better idea if we'll get our stuff in Oct or Nov. That would be a good time to roll out the contest results. Oct is Detroit Fanfare. Hopefully we'll get this game on retail shelves before Christmas and in the new year they can release a sort of "dev path" for the next quarter and what we can expect.

Retail Max and the experimental mecha we missed in the KS is my guess. Perhaps even a glimpse into Malcontent content?

bielmic · Unread post by **bielmic** » Thu Jun 27, 2013 1:23 am

PANZERBUNNY wrote:It could be they haven't even gone through all the submissions. I'm guessing we'll see this information in Sept.

Could be. I'm not saying that they're sitting around twirling their mustaches in glee at the delay but rather pointing out that the only info we have is the original info that said it would be done in the first week of June. A simple "hey, we didn't forget!" would be enough.