*lounges on bean bag chair, eating Bugles and drinking Schlitz*
Well, it certainly is starting to shape up around this shrine, I'll tell you what. We've got ourselves a fine cowrie treasure, a clever money-making device, and probably the most ornamental toilet paper holder since Liberace.
But what we don't have ... are box figurines!
Gpop and Arashi, this is your challenge:
Behold,
your template. Save it to your computers. What you're going to do is open it in Photoshop, GIMP, MS Paint or whatever you please, and make a box figurine of a Gensokyan, or an Ijiyatsu character (
here's an example, using Reimu). Then, you will print it, assemble it, and take a photo of it. You can add all the props you like to your figure, and give it whatever kind of background you please. In fact, this is encouraged.
You don't have to be some fancy-schmancy Photoshop Wizard to win this challenge, either - each entry will be judged by myself, Nobu and Rou on three criteria: Artistic Ability, Creativity and Entertainment Value. That means a well-drawn but boring box figure photo will lose to a not-so-well drawn but creative and entertaining box figure photo. But of course, sloppy work won't get you far, either.
We were going to give you two a mere three days to complete this challenge, but I decided no - I want the very best either of you can offer, so you have 100 hours (20:00 Friday, EST) to PM myself, Nobu and Rou the fruit of your labors. Judging will be done
and a winner announced that day. Both entries will be displayed then for everyone else to admire or ridicule. This should give you ample time to make something halfway decent, so no whining.
Welp, better hop to it! Those box figures aren't gonna make themselves, you know.
Oh, damn, I nearly forgot: Gpop, you're not allowed to do Koishi. Broaden your horizons, man.
*wipes Bugle-stained fingers on Black Sabbath concert T-shirt, opens another beer*
UPDATE! SPECIAL BULLETIN!Due to TSO's board challenge, results of the IM challenge will not be posted until Saturday 18:00 EDT. The deadline of Friday, 20:00 is still in effect.
We now return to your regularly scheduled broadcast.
