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April's Contest ~ Blood And Steel was created by Armorbeast

WAR... The eternal struggle of one living thing against another for survival, dominance and futility. Love is thought to be the opposite of war and yet, countless wars have been fought in the name of war. Such things as the right to procreate can lead to war among animals as the biggest, strongest and most cunning pass on their attributes to the next generation. Predator and prey, man vs beast... from a fistfight to a desire to kill, to eliminate a rival once and for all or to form bonds of allegiance of us vs them. It turns boys into men but few who live this life will live to be old men Many will be rendered broken and disabled while others will be humbled by defeat or rewarded by their success. It either brings out the very best, or the very worst... it can turn paupers into kings and kings into paupers... war is both the great equalizer and the great destroyer with humans personifying the very embodiment of war in all its extremes. For humans, even peace amounts to war because you must either always be readied for battle or others will exploit that you weren't to overwhelm and destroy, to take what you have and leave you either broken or dead.

This months contest theme is, as stated, war! But this theme is an interpretive one. Maybe you're inspired to do art of the battle for survival among the beasts where it's kill or be killed? Maybe it's the war of man vs man? Maybe you want to focus on actual wars or war machines? The soldiers, the civilians, the rulers and symbolism behind it all? Maybe you just want to do a sexy pinup of someone or your favorite comic book or movie character from this theme? Or maybe you'd prefer mythology and the gods of war? Famous battles from history? Warriors and barbarians from the past, the present or the future yet to come? Fantasy or reality... you want orcs and aliens, you decide!

The theme is war... how you decide to address the theme in your art is up to you!





RULES

1) Winners will provide a list including each sponsor in order that they would like to have the prizes. We will then choose what prizes you win on a first-come, first-serve basis. You have an entire month from the time that the contest is posted to get us this list and if you do not include the actual prizes you want, you will have one week from the time you are contacted to get these to us. If we do not receive your list one week after you've been alerted of what you have won telling us what you want (in case that was not provided on the list), this is fine. What matters is we have your list telling us the sponsors from first to last.
By the end of the given month "during the contest" if we have not received said list, items will be chosen for you.

2) Unless otherwise specified, make sure to add an alternate prize selection should you want a bundle or partnered item. Some of our sponsors allow this, some do not and some may on certain items of which we have no way of knowing. You may provide a list to us at any time during the month. Providing the list does not guarantee a prize. Items given to runners-up, if any, will come from these lists or be donated by prize winners.

3) Our Responsibility is to contact you and the sponsors. If you have not received your prize, remember that sponsors respond when they can and we will do follow-ups if you keep in touch with us. If we do not hear from you within a month after you are alerted, we will consider you have received your prize but we will extend this from the moment of your previous communication. Like participants and management, sponsors can be slow to respond and we beg your patience on these matters as we will do the follow-ups as promised.

4) Our First Place winner will receive the first item on their list which will be removed from all other winner's lists. Our Second Place winner will be given the first item remaining on their list and so forth. When each winner has been awarded a prize, we will begin again with the First Place winner until all prizes are awarded.

5) Please remember that some prizes are gift card items while others may be coupons.
Also, remember to include the following information ~

A) Username (for DSA and sponsors site)
B. Email Address
C) Real Name & Physical Mailing Address (for software and physical prizes)

6) No AI-generated art. This must be your art and not Artificial Intelligence generated art using images data mined from the internet. You are welcome to share this art in the forums and we might one day add a gallery for this. But we will not allow it in the contests. As long as AI-generated images are created from other artist's work data mined from the internet, we cannot allow it in our contests and any such art will be removed. While AI may not be subject to copyrights, it may be determined later that the end user is so make sure the art is your own work.

7) Your images must follow the theme to the best of your ability but how you do this is up to your individual creativity and imagination. Ask if you have questions about the theme.

8 ) There is a post limit of one image a day... no reworks as all images must be original for this contest. Try adding more diversity such as races and different cultures. Explore the variety that makes up who and what we are.

9) Images cannot be posted anywhere else for five days and must include links to this contest or statements that it is for this contest.

10) Images posted late will be excluded from the judging unless the closing date is extended by the site.

11) Artistic nudity is allowed. No child nudity is allowed. This is defined as genitals and nip's so cover them up or risk violating our rules. A good alternative would be anime or faeries but do not use child morphs.

12) The contest is open to any medium that you wish to use (except AI as mentioned above). This is primarily a 3d art site but hand-drawn, painted, or any other type of medium is fine as long as you created it. Make note of the prizes being offered as only rarely might they not be 3d oriented.

13) We consider it trolling if criticism about content is made when images are within the rules. Constructive criticism and praise are encouraged and welcomed.

14) Our normal monthly contests will have 5 winners. Our larger contests will have up to 31 winners. We will alert members should this change at any time or if the sponsors have alerted us to award items to runners-up.

15) Remember, if you have any questions, please ask them in the contest topic so that staff or fellow members can explain and help you to understand the rules or themes in our competition.




Sponsors

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Prize: Three Items From 3Dshards gift page


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Prizes: One item of choice from Alessandro_AM (no daz originals)
Two Winners (One Item of Choice For Each)

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$50.00 Gift Certificate From Forender
$25.00 Gift Certificate From Forender
$12.00 Gift Certificate From Forender
$12.00 Gift Certificate From Forender
$12.00 Gift Certificate From Forender
(New Rule ~ Forender Wants To Spread Things Around A Bit More. So If You Have Won From Them Recently, Please Choose A Participant That You Would Like To Donate This Prize Too)


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Prize: One Item of Choice From Hongyu from Renderosity or DAZ3D (No partnered items or bundles)

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Prize: One Item of Choice From AngellsGraphics

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Prize: One Item of Choice From Prae(no items partnered with Rpublishing)

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Prize: One Item of Choice From Sveva NO PARTNERED ITEMS


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