BFS GT Painting Rubric

Army Appearance Scorecard
First Pass
Game System: __________________________________________
Judge: __________________________________________
0 Unpainted The majority of models are unpainted beyond primer.
10 3-color Minimum The army is painted to 3-color standard OR some models are unpainted beyond primer.
30 Tabletop Standard The army is painted beyond 3-color standard.
50 Attractive
70 Standout
90 Superlative
The army is visually attractive, thematically coherent, and demonstrates one or more of the following:
technical competence, intermediate to advanced techniques, imagination, creativity, and/or effort.
The army has tremendous visual and/or emotional impact.
For judging, it requires detailed inspection to fine-tune scores for technical, artistic, creative, and impact criteria.
The army sets the bar for world-class miniature armies in its genre.
For judging, it requires detailed inspection to fine-tune scores for technical, artistic, creative, and impact criteria.
Player Army/Faction Score Comments

0 Unpainted The majority of models are unpainted beyond primer.
10 3-color Minimum The army is painted to 3-color standard OR some models are unpainted beyond primer.
30 Tabletop Standard The army is painted beyond 3-color standard.
50 Attractive
70 Standout
90 Superlative
The army is visually attractive, thematically coherent, and demonstrates one or more of the following:
technical competence, intermediate to advanced techniques, imagination, creativity, and/or effort.
The army has tremendous visual and/or emotional impact. It requires detailed attention to technical, artistic, creative, and
impact scores.
The army sets the bar for world-class miniature armies for its genre. It requires fine attention to technical, artistic, creative, and
impact scores.
Player Army/Faction Score Comments

Army Appearance Scorecard
Second Pass
Game System: __________________________________________
Judge: __________________________________________
Technical
Artistic
Creative
Impact
Prep and construction: mold lines, flash, gaps, surface mars, paint coverage. Groundwork. Technique: paint control, brush
control, blending, OSL, freehand, NMM, weathering, wet effects, etc. Difficulty level and/or level of effort.
Composition: balance, movement, proportion, focus. Unity, color harmony, contrast, variety.
Originality/uniqueness, presentation/basing, story-telling.
Emotional response, mood, theme, “wow factor”.
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