Painted Mini
This is how the stage portion of my 2016 Draconic entry was returned to me (the other piece survived and is all that remains now).
Along with the broken tresses, stress had been placed upon the wiring setup which caused the yellow LEDs to stop working. The missing shade/lens from the one spotlight was never found or recovered.
I was in the vicinity when the model was damaged -- I saw who did it and how. Neither that individual nor anyone associated with the competition said anything and initially disavowed knowledge that it had been damaged. When I asked about taking the model to attempt a repair or verify that the lights still functioned before judging, the organizers said there was lack of time or workspace (there was a full day before judging and I had dedicated space on-site to work but took their advisement as official).
In the final scoring sheet, Judge 4 said, "I wish that you had brought the batteries so we could have seen how the lights work." I had, and I tried a couple of times to make that available to them.
A simple apology from ANYONE would have made the situation better.
Painted Mini
This is how the stage portion of my 2016 Draconic entry was returned to me (the other piece survived and is all that remains now).
Along with the broken tresses, stress had been placed upon the wiring setup which caused the yellow LEDs to stop working. The missing shade/lens from the one spotlight was never found or recovered.
I was in the vicinity when the model was damaged -- I saw who did it and how. Neither that individual nor anyone associated with the competition said anything and initially disavowed knowledge that it had been damaged. When I asked about taking the model to attempt a repair or verify that the lights still functioned before judging, the organizers said there was lack of time or workspace (there was a full day before judging and I had dedicated space on-site to work but took their advisement as official).
In the final scoring sheet, Judge 4 said, "I wish that you had brought the batteries so we could have seen how the lights work." I had, and I tried a couple of times to make that available to them.
A simple apology from ANYONE would have made the situation better.