Winners Announced!

Note: Pictures of all entered kits can be found on my flickr here.

 

After a week's delay (totally my fault), we finally have all of the kits judged and we are ready to announce the winners.  There were some really awesome entries, you guys.  It's been really exciting looking over all of the entries and it's an honor to have them as a part of this contest.  I passed all of these entries over to the judges, and their decisions are in!  My thanks to all of them (couldn't have done it without them) and to all of you who entered!

And now, I'll leave the rest to the experts!
-Brent (Brenticus302)

First of all, I would like to thank everyone who participated in the competition. I enjoyed going through the entries and seeing all the creativity in builds and photography. I would also like to thank the other judges. Working with all of you has been a pleasure and I hope to see you in the next competition (as a rival)! To wrap up the statements of gratitude, I would like to thank Brent for organizing the competition and bringing everyone on the reddit community together.

 

Before we announce the winners, I would like to explain the judging process. I set up a spreadsheet with forty-five cells in a nine by five cell grid. Each judge would write nine names, first, second, and third place for each category - Advanced, Beginner, and Zaku. Three points were given for every first place an entry got from a judge, two for second, and one for first. The highest summed score would be the winner for each category.

 

Starting with the Beginner category, of the seven entries, four entries were neck to neck with Kalvin’s MG Duel Gundam one point shy of third place under Jeff’s HG G-Arcane. Both entries were shy of only a few points under John’s AGE-2 Dark Hound, the runner up of the Beginner category. Take note that each of these runner ups were considered for first place by at least one judge, but only one can be crowned the victor. That entry happens to be Jolie’s MG Acguy. Congratulations, Jolie, for winning the Gunpla Lollapalooza Beginner category!

 

Next up is the Zaku II category. This section was quite small - only five qualifying entries were in the fray. Coming in third place, representing spacenoids and their desire to free themselves from earth’s gravity, it is Paul’s One Year War Veteran! Unfortunately, Paul’s entry is overshadowed by an ‘amazing’ entry - it is none other than Steve’s Zaku Amazing! On a serious note, Paul and Steve did an amazing job with their builds and photography. Despite their efforts, the winner managed to get the attention of every judge and take a unanimous first place vote. With a mobile suit as iconic as the RX-78-2, Eric sweeps the competition and takes gold with the Red Comet’s Zaku II. Congratulations, Eric, for winning the Gunpla Lollapalooza Zaku II category!

 

Last, but certainly not least, is the Gunpla Lollapalooza Advanced category. We received the most entries in this category with seventeen creative works going head to head. After the dust settles, we see two distinct battles occurring simultaneously. In the first battle, with a difference of a single point, we see a beautifully painted Sazabi Ver. Ka by Tyler go against a fully customized HG Qan[t], better known as the Aeon Amazing by Ryan. Fighting for third place, Ryan is the one short by one point and is forced to make a tactical retreat to fourth, leaving Tyler’s Sazabi with the bronze. In the second battle, we see two mono-eyed suits fighting for the top: Wesley’s “Dias Gundam,” a Gundam-colored Rick Dias, versus Heng’s DWAGE, based on the HGUC Dom Tropen. The battle between seventeen may have left two standing, but with only half the points of the leader, the Dias Gundam falls behind with the DWAGE standing as the victor. Congratulations, Heng “KVLTWORX,” on winning the Gunpla Lollapalooza Advanced category.

 

Once again, thank you to everyone who participated in the 2015 Gunpla Lollapalooza, hope to see you in the next competition! --Gundariumsmith

TL;DR:

 

Beginner:

1. Jolie - MG Acguy
2. John - MG AGE-2 Dark Hound
3. Jeff - HG G Arcane
4. Kalvin - MG Duel

 

Zaku II:

1. Eric - MG Char’s Zaku II
2. Steve - HG Zaku Amazing
3. Paul - MG One Year War Veteran

 

Advanced:

1. Heng - DWAGE (HG Dom Tropen)
2. Wesley - Dias Gundam (Rick Dias)
3. Tyler - MG Sazabi Ver. Ka
4. Ryan - Aeon Amazing (HG Qan[t])

 

 

To all Winners: Contratulations!!  I will be in touch with you within the week about prizes and shipping info, etc.
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My thanks to all of you and to Model Grade for providing prizes and helping make this even possible!

-Brent

 

All other entries and photos can be found at my flickr account here.  You can search them using tags relating to the MS and the category.  Thanks!