Category: Cycles

We are on the final week of Classic Cycle 13, with all eight models having survived until the end of the contest. For that alone, every one deserves a round of applause!

This week’s theme was open ended with “Legends” – the models could choose to interpret this however they wished, with a legend from Eorzea or from the real world. All images had to have some kind of picture frame, with the intent of making it look like a story book illustration. I think everyone knocked it out of the park, but this is still a contest, so you’ll need to vote!

Please view each image below and then use the Google poll to vote, with 1 being the strongest, and ranked on down.

Due to the delay in posting this weekend, voting will remain open until 11:59 PM ET on Wednesday, April 27th.

Although the Google Poll is set to require a sign in to prevent duplicate voting, no email addresses are collected, only the timestamp of your vote.

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Last week was the tragedy to match Week 3’s comedy – and our models did an amazing job making us Feel the Feels. Black and white is a difficult medium to work with, too! Scoring was very tight, but the model who managed to bring the feels the best last week was Chibi Blu. Congratulations!

We have ONE MORE WEEK in Classic Cycle 13. (Like last week, posting will be delayed 24 hours until Saturday night because real life is eating my face on weekends right now.)

For this week’s challenge, I asked our models to use some throwback photography skills and bring a shot in pure black and white photography.

It comes for all of us. Show us your character being sad….. whether it’s about money or mundane things, or the deeper things in life.

Please view each of the images below in a larger size by clicking on the middle of the picture. Then use your browser’s back button to return to this post. Vote for the images using the Google poll at the bottom of this page. Remember that ENTM uses golf scores, so have #1 as which shot you think is the strongest.

Voting will be closed a bit later than usual due to today’s delay in posting. Please vote by 4PM Eastern Time on Wednesday, April 20th. If you are having trouble voting in the Google poll above, please click on this link to open the poll in a new tab: https://forms.gle/ykZ963hzUM4t827q6

We had our big battle challenge for week 4, and while all of our models showed how well they can fight off a bad guy, one model in particular wow’d the judges for his fighting prowess. Congratulations to Isillud Losstarot for winning the challenge this week!

We have two more weeks in Classic Cycle 13. Thank you to all the models and judges for surviving Patchmas this week! (6.1 dungeons/zones are not permitted to be used, though, so no worries about spoilers.)

For the fourth challenge of the cycle, we have our battle shots! Our models were asked to go out and take a picture of them engaged with an enemy, showing off how they prefer to save the world. There were no other restrictions other than to try to take the coolest screenshot possible.

Please click on each image below to view it in a larger size, and then use your browser’s back button to return to the post. Then vote for the shots in ranked other at the bottom of the screen. Remember that we use golf scores, and thus the shot you think is the strongest should be ranked at #1, the second strongest at 2, etc.

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April Fool’s is over (and I admit, I got sucked into /r/place over the weekend) but the pranks our models pulled with their minions are going to haunt their victims forever. This week, the model with the best Shenanigan goes to Chibi Blu, for telling her friend that it was a treasure chest when it was really a mimic.

The judges really loved the expression on your character’s face, as well as your victim’s reaction, capturing the perfect moment in time for an April Fool’s prank.

Congratulations!

April 1st is known as “April Fool’s Day” and it’s a day for pranks, lies and other general japery. For this round, I asked our models to take their favorite minion and go out and have some fun – even if it was at the expense of other people! This was a technically challenging round and our models did a fantastic job incorporating their minions into their shots.

We had eight entries this week. Please click on each image to view it in full size, then use your browser’s back button to return to this blog post. Vote for the shots using the Google poll below – remember that your #1 will be the strongest, and then rank down to the weakest at #8.

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Wowee, this was one of the more hotly contested ENTM rounds that I can remember in recent memory. Judges disagreed with each other, and the community disagreed with them – but that’s why we have a mixture of judges and opinions and we use MATH to get down to a somewhat objective answer.

All that to say, after everything was tallied up, the winner this week for the strongest Spring Fling glam was Yurimi Sky! Congratulations!

This upcoming week will be one of our infamous technically challenging rounds, so please look forward to it!

It’s spring in North America, and for the challenge this week I asked our models to give us a dose of some SPRING FLING fashion. This shot is a “runway style” shot switched to vertical, with the outfit being the star and our model giving us a full look at it.

The weather is getting warmer and spring has sprung!  Give us your prettiest spring themed glam.

All eight models submitted an entry for this week! Please click on each image below to load it in full size, and then use the browser’s back button to return to this post. And then vote for the strongest in the poll below. Remember, ENTM uses golf scores, so the shot you think is the strongest should be your #1, and then on down for the week.

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Our judges adored everyone’s depictions of free time, but after all the voting had settled, our judges and the community agreed that the strongest shot this week came from Ninifipsi!

The small details, the soft lighting, and the glamour all melded together to give us a quick glimpse into Ninifipsi’s flower filled home life.

Our second round will be coming out later on this week! Stay tuned!