Wallpaper Competition Results!

[Myrddraal]

The moment of truth has come!

This time to announce the results of our recent wallpaper competition and who gets a Total War Eras Pack direct from the Creative Assembly.

The wallpapers were judged by a team of three .org members and two CA staff. We've decided that to mention only one winner would be to overlook so many great wallpapers that we've expanded the awards slightly to include three runner up categories. These are:

Overall Winner:
Decided by all five judges, one man one vote.

Runner up:
Again, decided by vote by all five judges.

CA's favourite:
CA's favourite wallpapers apart from the winner

Special mention:
All those mentioned by the judges as being quality wallpapers.


The awards
So without further ado, The Winner is:
Lacedemon:



Fantastic setting and atmosphere, very original and a good quality piece of art. Of all of Lacedemon's wallpapers this one stood out as the one of the best quality and with the best attention to detail. Simply the finest original desktop, and a deserved winner of an ERA's pack. Congratulations to Lacedemon!

Download
Lacedemon's Knight

Runner up:
Alias:

The best closeup of the MTW knight, we were particularly impressed with the use of lighting and shading effects to create a somewhat painted look. Great attention to detail in some areas of the background. Overall a very eye-catching desktop wallpaper.



Download
Alias' Knight

CA's favourites:

Goldrin:
A nice clean and functional desktop background, as well as quite pleasing.



Download
Goldrin's Desktop Wallpaper


Dienekes:
A well engineered desktop, pleasing and not obstructive.



Download
Dienekes' Desktop Wallpaper



Special Mention:
In alphabetical order:

Bioximo:
A great use of effects to add good depth to this one.


Download
Bioximo's desktop wallpaper

Core: Nice unobtrusive backgrounds with bright colours and interesting screenshots blended in.


Download
Core's desktop wallpaper


Duke John - Clash at Sunset: Despite not wishing his wallpaper to be entered into the competition, this one is of good enough quality that I just can't get away with not mentioning it.


Download DJ's clash at sunset:
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JFC - War is coming: Had several very good entries, there was no real consensus on which was his best, so to mention only one:


Download
JFK's "War is Coming!"

Prometheus: Again, several good entries. Special mention goes particularly to this wallpaper:


Download
Prom's desktop wallpaper

Finally in summary of what's been a great competition, CA will be showcasing a selection of the desktops entered for the competition in the MTW2 Wallpaper download section at the .com. The artistic talent in the TW community has made this great fun, we may do something similar again...

Watch this space!