No Mini open: Competition Rules

1 - What is required

Your final creation must logically function as a game piece or tabletop accessory. It should fit roughly within standard tabletop scales (e.g., 28mm-32mm heroic, or epic scale) and represent an identifiable tabletop element.

2 - What is allowed

• Raw Sculpting Materials: Green Stuff, Milliput, clay, Fimo, wire armatures, aluminum foil, etc.

• Natural Materials: Sticks, twigs, stones, bark, dirt, etc.

• Household Junk & Craft Supplies: Bottle caps, paperclips, plastic packaging, cardboard, beads, springs, old watch parts, electronic scrap, toothpicks, etc.

• Bases or plinths: You may use blank, standard gaming bases (e.g., plain black MDF, plastic, or wooden bases) to mount your creation, so long as the base itself contains no pre-cast scenic elements.

3 - What is strictly forbidden

• NO BITS. AT ALL.
  This is the core rule of the competition. You cannot use any parts from any miniature. No manufacturer arms, no commercial swords, no pre-cast heads, no shields, no 3d-printed bits, nothing. If someone made it to be part of a miniature, it is completely banned.

  • No 3D-Printed Parts: Neither resin nor FDM 3D-printed parts of any kind are allowed. This is a hands-on, physical crafting competition.

  • No Recasts or Molds of Existing Minis: You cannot press-mold an existing miniature's face or weapon to use on your piece.

Competition Rules

How to enter

Part A: Before Painting

• You must submit at least 2 clear photos of your fully assembled piece before any primer or paint is applied. This is the most important step! Judges need to clearly see the bare clay, glued sticks, and scrap metal to verify that absolutely zero manufactured bits or 3D-printed parts were used.

  • If your materials are hard to distinguish, feel free to include a short text description of what junk you sourced!

Part B: After Painting

• You must submit up to 4 clear photos of your final, fully painted piece (Front, Back, Left, Right).

  • Composite images (multiple angles in one picture) are not allowed.

  • Keep digital editing to a minimum. Do not digitally paint, enhance, or alter the model itself. Background removal (solid black/white backdrops) is acceptable.

The No Mini Open consists out of two joined challenges: a building/sculpting challenge (Part A) and a painting challenge (Part B). For you submission(s) to be permitted for entry, you'll need to enter pictures of both Part A and Part B of the process.
Send these pictures to nmo@rarupus.com by 23:59 (11:59 PM) GMT+2, Friday, June 26.

Categories

Single Figure

A single character or creature.
This can be roughly 28-32mm scale equivalent, but also epic scale or large scale.

Large Monster

Big builds! Giant scrap-tanks, towering stick-ent monsters, or colossal clay dragons.

You can enter for each category with up to one submission.

Warband

A cohesive group of 3 or more game pieces built using the same scrap-bashing/sculpting methods, designed to look like a unified tabletop unit. This can be for any tabletop miniature game.

Game Assets & Tokens

Small but vital tabletop elements. This includes objective markers, custom measurement widgets, spell effects, or generic tokens (e.g., wound counters, status markers).

Diorama

A scenic storytelling piece that places your scratch-built creations into a larger narrative environment.