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Cheaters Never Prosper? TanksGiving Scandal

By Rob Baer | December 12th, 2011 | Categories: tanksgiving, Tau

We it saddens me to have to report this, but late last week I was contacted by someone who called into question an entry from the TanksGiving Contest…

So I looked into it and it appears that the Tau Titan submitted by Rogue Trader Maitreya (aka Dan Hyman), may not have been his work in the first place.

Jump below for the details.

Apparently this titan was built a few years ago, and not by Mr. Hyman.
Check out the Photobucket account, and WIP forum links from the years past for yourselves.

http://s760.photobucket.com/albums/xx246/Brynjolfr/Brynjolfr%20Industries/Modeling/40k/Tau/Titans/

http://z11.invisionfree.com/Work_In_Progress/index.php?showtopic=10162&hl=

http://z11.invisionfree.com/Work_In_Progress/index.php?showtopic=9730&hl=

While I know I never specifically said this contest was to be your own work, I hope it was at least implied.  In his emails to me Mr Hyman seemed to imply it was his work.

I sent an email to Mr. Hyman that has gone un-answered.

So now here we are with two days to go in the voting, with a questionable entry.

What do we do, and how do we prevent this in the future….?

The original post on Spikey is below so you can check out all the details.  Please comment with how you would handle the situation. I set up a poll below as well.


From Hyman which seems to imply it’s his work….
“Here are some nice pics that show the model to scale.  It’s BIG.  It has a commander in a Tau suit nestled inside the cockpit as well, and he is removable (mostly just for painting. . . he’s in a static pose).

The model is posed in “leap/flight/jetpack” mode, and has a brass rod for elevation.  I covered up the base since that is unfinished and not really important for the competition.

We do have both twin mega railgun and mega railgun+mega burst cannon options, with mega-missiles as well, so we have some flexibility in armament.

It has made a few appearances in apocalypse games before it was finished, and we were running it as a counts-as warhound with gatling blaster and turbolaser destructor, and the turbojets counting as the warhound bounding leap.”


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About the Author: Rob Baer

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Rob Baer

Job Title: Managing Editor

Founded Spikey Bits in 2009

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About Rob Baer: Founder, Publisher, & Managing Editor of Spikey Bits, the leading tabletop gaming news website focused on the hobby side of wargaming and miniatures.

Rob also co-founded and currently hosts the Long War Podcast, which has over 350 episodes and focuses on tabletop miniatures gaming, specializing in Warhammer 40k. and spent six years writing for Bell of Lost Souls. 

Every year, along with his co-hosts, he helps host the Long War 40k Doubles Tournament at Adepticon and the Long War 40k Doubles at the Las Vegas Open, each of which attracts thousands of players from around the world.

 

Rob has won many Warhammer 40k Tournaments over the years, including multiple first-place finishes in Warhammer 40k Grand Tournaments over the years and even winning 1st place at the 2011 Adepticon 40k Team Tournament. He was even featured for his painting in issue #304 of Games Workshop’s White Dwarf Magazine.

With over 30 years of experience in retail and distribution, Rob knows all the products and exactly which ones are the best. As a member of GAMA (Game Manufacturers Association), he advocates for gaming stores and manufacturers in these difficult times, always looking for the next big thing to feature for the miniatures hobby, helping everyone to provide the value consumers want.

While he’s played every edition of Warhammer 40k and Warhammer Fantasy (since 5th Edition) and has been hobbying on miniatures since the 1980s, Titans of all sizes will always be his favorite! It’s even rumored that his hobby vault rivals the Solemnance Galleries, containing rulebooks filled with lore from editions long past, ancient packs of black-bordered Magic Cards, and models made of both pewter and resin.