The Contest is Done! I will have the winners results in a few days. Once the judges all contact me, I will tabulate the results and let you all know.
Here are the Winners in the 2013 DIY Contest:
Rufusbduck for Single Emitter Hand Made
relic38 for Multiple Emitter Hand Made
MRsDNF for Single Emitter Machine Made
vestureofblood for Multiple Emitter Machine Made
Rufusbduck is also the Overall Contest Winner. Best in Contest!
Here is what the contestants win:
Rufusbduck walks away with $100 USD
relic38, vestureofblood and MrsDNF each get $50 USD
There's more - I can't tell you how hard it was for the judges to choose winners, so for the rest of you guys? You are all winners and it was so close that you need to be rewarded too.
DBCstm - $25 Gift Certificate from LightsCastle + $15 Gift Certificate from Illumination Supply
RaceR86 - $25 Gift Certificate from LightsCastle + $10 Gift Certificate from Illumination Supply
FmC - $25 Gift Certificate from LightsCastle
JA7 - $25 Gift Certificate from LightsCastle
dave_ - $25 Gift Certificate from LightsCastle
texaspyro - $25 Gift Certificate from LightsCastle
ruffles - $15 Gift Certificate from Illumination Supply
nickelflipper - $10 Gift Certificate from Illumination Supply
Pulsar - $10 Gift Certificate from Illumination Supply
Hopback - $10 Gift Certificate from Illumination Supply
Contestants - I will PM you in a day or two and let you know how to redeem your prizes.
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I sincerely want to thank the contestants for making their builds. I know sometimes it's hard to reach out and try something new and also it can be hard to be in the limelight sometimes, for risk of failure. None of you failed. You all exceeded any expectations with the fabulous builds and the great threads you made. I am deeply indebted to you all for making this such a great contest!
To the sponsors, (both BLF members and sellers), I thank you for giving me the ability to give prizes out to our contestants.
The the rest of the forum, I thank you for supporting our contestants during the competition.
YEEHAW!!!
I think that about sums up how I feel.
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The BLF DIY Forum First Annual Scratch made light contest
Contest Entry – Sign up here, to enter the contest. When you post that you want to enter, make sure you state if you are entering in the Machine Made category or the Hand Made category. You can enter only one of the two. Entries will be accepted until 06/08/2013 at Midnight UTC.
EDITED 6/7/13: The Contest begins on Midnight UTC 06/08/2013 and runs until Midnight UTC 06/30/2013 07/15/2013 (hope that helps). Do not start your build before the contest starts.
Here is a World Map of Time Zones showing the current time, with UTC time at the bottom of the chart.
Here is a UTC converter, which may help.
Contest rules are described below. (This is an honors system contest, please honor the rules so we can all have a fun and honest contest).