What ever became of T2K:2004? Any final comments?

Oh, we still need ribbons for T2K:2003...is gunnie still in charge of that?

Finally, are we doing T2K:2005?

Well...

I think one reason why it wasn't as active as last 2003 was because there wasn't any TK2k4 Campaign Page (no one bothered to set it up). So there was little buzz about it.

Second, there were several more campaigns running, and people got a bit tired thinking of ways to modify their kits for TK2k4.

Re: ribbons, GunTruck has been a bit busy IIRC, and AFAIK it's Staff_Jim who uploads the ribbons to our profiles. I reckon there's still no ribbon, and if there was, Staff_Jim might not have been informed about it..

TK2k5.... Why not setting up the Campaign, Jacques? I still HAVEN'T finished my tanks

Ahh.. heck.... never finished my '04 entry..... guess it'll wait for '05...hehehhehehe

Guys - GIB is correct. I've got my hands full and 2005 on Armorama is gonna be even busier for me working behind the scenes in the Armor/AFV section of the site.

T2K: 2005 should go forward and the 2004 Ribbon was delayed by the sudden Ribbon/Bannner rush that swept the site last year. I think 2005 should be a little different - so do you have any ideas?

I think I might like to have a voting system and perhaps model kits or aftermarket sets awarded as prizes for 2005. If you like this idea, I invite you to help me flesh it out.

Gunnie

Well, maybe we should just roll 2004 and 2005 together.

I will try to figure out a ribbon too, if possible.

Anyone know of any restrictions on the ribbon graphic?

Sounds good Gunnie.

Thanks for the assistance guys! Rolling the '04 and '05 together would be fine to me. Dave offered to assist on the Ribbon issue - and I appreciate that immensely!

There's so many (perhaps too many) campaigns going elsewhere on site on that I wouldn't want this one to become a chore and not fun! So, whatever we decide to do - I hope it is simple and easy to administrate so everyone just builds models and has fun.

Gunnie

Gunnie,

I am playing hookie from building right now, and I whipped up a couple of ribbons...do you need them? If so, I will post them here.

Doesn't matter to me how you want to go about it for 2005, but I think that they should be held separatly from each other.

Its a year long build/campaign, 2003 had its own, as should 2004, and as should 2005.

T2K ends up being the longest build as its time constrants go from Jan 1 to Dec 31.

Changing the rules or whatever for 2005 is fine and cool with me, but don't lump 2004 in with 2005, if my recolection is correct, there were alot of nice entries for 2004....they should be held for and awarded for appropriatly as the 2004 entries.

Just my 2 cents worth!!!

Could you post a couple of them for us to see? I can get Staff Jim to go and get them posted and we can award them to the entries that were completed in 2003 and 2004.

Jacques: In Campaigns, 'Operations' are awarded medals, while 'Missions' are awarded ribbons. I think TW2K would be considered a 'Mission' as its chief aim is to have fun building models (reducing one's unbuilt pile). That said, the limit of the ribbon specs is 50 pixels long and 20 pixels high, at 10KB size.

I built my sci-fi Humvee in my Gallery for T2K 2004, but never did get around to priming and painting it. I had a lot of fun though and believe Armorama needs such a creative campaign.

I view T2K 2004 more of a "Command and Conquer" type of scenario. I'd rather model for C&C than a boardgame I know little about. With C&C, there can be ships, planes, figures, AFVs, softskins, etc.

I'm hoping to finish my T2K entry for 2005.

Scott - the idea of bringing '04 and '05 together isn't to short anyone a Ribbon - each year is individual, and we're seeking that individuality. The themes, however, can and probably should change from year to year - though the guiding subject matter is the same in the overall theme.

Thanks for the thoughts - keep 'em comin'!

Gunnie

Sheesh...what exactly did happen to 2004?? Felt like the shortest year ever!!

And the fact of the matter is I still haven't finished my '03 build.

For what its' worth, I prefer a pretty free reign to build as we all envision the T2K to play out! And that way I can maybe finally finish my '03 stuff up?!?!

I Love the T2K concept! Imagination, tempered with a dose of reality!

Medal:

Ribbon:

The Medal was obviously intended for the 2003 campaign, which I believe was a campaign rather than a Mission, which is what I thought the 2004 build was....anyhow, nuances aside...

Let me know if this will work.

Thanks Jacques. I will forward them to Staff Jim and see if we can at least get this issued to the 2003 participates who finished their projects. Thanks again.

Ahhh sorry about that Guntruck, I read the initial post wrong.

Personally I couldn't care less about ribbon...I was just thinking that the 2004 campaign was going to run into the 2005 campaign.

Frankly when it all boils down, whether its Korea 2004, Germany 2003, or Iraq 2005, we are probably going to build the same thing......just may have a different coat of color to go with the location.

Just have to decide where the war goes next!!!

Then I make the following proposal, to be implemented sometime within the next couple of days/weeks:

T2K 2005: Remnants and "last of the guard". The idea behind this is for building, say, the last M1A1 defending Detroit, or the last Ticonderoga-class cruiser working out of some remote CA town...or a Chinese T-55 at the (breached) Great Wall...maybe a syrian ZSU-23-4 in the streets of Damacus...I think you get the idea. I also think the stories could be just as good!

I can also do the writeup and proposal for it and design the ribbon as well...will that help you guys out?

Ok, here is a more polished proposal.

T2K: 2005 "Defend to the last."

The focus of this campaign/mission would be to build a vehicle, aircraft, ship, figure, or other, that was the last remaining defender of a REGULAR MILITARY UNIT. This would allow someone to still heavily modify said kit but they would have to have a good story behind it as well. Heck, the story might be the more important !

An example would be the last M1A1 of the 1/94 defending Duluths only remaining pier from ravaging cheeseheads (ok, ok, I;m picking on Wisconsonites. :-) ), or my favorite, a last Type 59 of the 212th Guards Division at the Great Wall of China, defending a lone gap in the wall against foreign invaders. You could also do a Luchs of the 1st Panzer Division covering a towns water supply, a Argentinian A-4 of Escuadron No1 flying missions against Pirates...the list goes on.

It could be in any scale, and the build would be for all of 2005. Ribbons to be awarded.

Banner I created, I porbably need help to make it better but this is the limit of my software:



And the Ribbon:

I like it - what you you guyz think?

Gunnie

Sounds good to me, too. Have ideas swimming in my bald noggin as we speak (type.)

Shaun

Yeth I think me like it!! Sounds good to me. I have a couple of things to build for this.

Jaques- yet another great idea for T2K!

And yes the stories are the key!

I'm IN!

Jim

Bump

Ribbons yet?