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Tanuki Painting Contest – First Edition
🕑 Added 2025-09-23 14:22:58 +0000 UTC🏆$2.500 IN PRIZES (USD)
1st: $1.500
2nd: $500
3rd: $250
4th: $150
5th: $100
Top 10: Annual Platinum Subscription
📅KEY DATES
- Registration: Open now
- Submission Deadline: November 10 (23:59 UTC)
- Winners Announced: November 15
❓HOW TO PARTICIPATE?
- Print your model and start painting only after your entry has been approved.
- Take a Photo with note: “Tanuki Painting Contest + your @Instagram”.
- Post in the Tanuki Painting Contest community channel on Patreon.
- Tag @tanukifigures + #TanukiPaintingContest on Instagram. (Optional)
- Limit: 1 entry per member (model can be changed).
- After registration, we will manually update the spreadsheet and notify you in the contest channel once your entry has been validated.
The official Contest Spreadsheet is now live!
➡️ Check here to see if your entry has been validated.
📝 Note: The model must be unpainted, shown only in resin color or primer, for the entry to be validated.✅All Done?
- Final Step: Submit the Final Submission Form with your finished painting photos by November 10 (23:59 UTC).
👉 CLICK HERE TO SUBMIT THE FINAL PAINTING PHOTOS!
📜RULES
1. Model – Must be a Tanuki Figures model.
2. Eligibility:
- Active Paid Patreon membership required at the time of entry.
- The painting must be started from the Contest start date onward.
- Older or previously finished works are not allowed.
3. Scales:
- 1/6 (Default)
- 1/4 → scale up to 150% (Optional)
- 1/8 → scale down to 75% (Optional)
4. WIPs – At least 2 WIPs on Tanuki Painting Contest community channel on Patreon & Instagram (tag + hashtag).
5. Final Submission:
Go to the Final Submission Form and upload your images
8+ photos (front, back, left, right, face close-up, detail close-ups, extra shots)
Neutral background, good lighting (no colorfull)
No filters or edits
High resolution
⚖️JUDGES:
Artur Monteiro - @arturmonteiro_rj
GroundEffected - @groundeffected
TinyLittles - @tinylittles3d
TanukiTeam - @tanukifigures
Wayne Winged Angel - @wayne_winged_angel
HOW THE JURY WORKS:
Every entry will be individually evaluated by each member of our jury panel.
Each juror will give scores from 1 to 5 in the following 3 criteria:
Preparation – 3D print quality, assembly, and overall finishing of the piece
Fidelity – how faithful the painting is to the original character/design
Visual Impact – overall impression and artistic strength of the work
Blind Judging: all entries will be presented anonymously, so jurors will not know the name of the artist while scoring.
The individual scores are then combined into a General Score, which is the value publicly shared for each finalist.
Jurors may also leave optional comments with feedback about the works.
This process guarantees fairness, impartiality and transparency, since every piece is judged separately and without bias.
❓ FAQ – QUESTIONS & ANSWERS
All doubts and questions about the Tanuki Painting Contest will be answered directly in this post. Check back here anytime for updates and clarifications!
Prizes – Delivered via Payoneer.
🔥 JOIN NOW and claim your place in Tanuki history!
Comments
Tanuki Figures
Hey Kong! That kind of change wouldn’t be a problem :) Small modifications like filling textures or smoothing details are totally fine for the contest 🧡
Kong Meng Xiong
Would changing the texture be considered a small modification? Or example, I plan to use Sora for my submission but I’m thinking about filling in the texture of his shoes.
Tanuki Figures
Hey Alx3Dpaint! Yes, it’s totally fine. Just repeat the same process you did for your first registration and mention in your photo post in the Tanuki Painting Contest chat that you’d like to change the model :) As for the scale, no problem at all 🧡
Alx3Dpaint
Hi! Is it possible to change the model for submission after I have registered one ? I know I can only submit one model, but if I change the model mid contest, would that be ok ? And one ore thing… I made a bubu about the scale, and have printed it 125%, not 150%… that’s a disqualification?
elsaT
Thank you very much. I’m glad to see that my registration has been successfully completed. Since this is my first time participating in a contest like this, I’m quite excited. I do have one question: Should WIP photos be submitted as comments under my initial entry post, or is it sufficient to only submit the final completed work in accordance with the contest rules?
Tanuki Figures
Hello Cintia, thank you very much for your support! You need to join the community chats for them to appear in your chats. The Chats button is located at the top right, next to Posts and Shop.
Cintia medeiros
Hello, I don't understand this part - - Post in the Tanuki Painting Contest community channel on Patreon. When I click on it, it goes to my chat. How do I do it?
halim zerdoum
Count me in ! 🔥🔥🔥
Alex M.
Hi there guys, firstly i would like to congratulate you for the initative, it really brings the community together by doing so. Secondly i am planning to enter the competition and this is my first Platinum Subscription to you guys. i really love your Hellboy and would like to use him to join, is the file available for sale somewhere else? Or the Loyalty figures are a one time thing? Thank you in advance for the response and have a nice day.
