Contest – Dusk till dawn studio https://dusktilldawnstudio.com 3D printed parts and accessories to customize action figures and collectibles. Sat, 12 Feb 2022 16:28:51 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.5 https://dusktilldawnstudio.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/web-logo-copy-100x100.png Contest – Dusk till dawn studio https://dusktilldawnstudio.com 32 32 Winners of the Ciao 2021 DTDS contest! https://dusktilldawnstudio.com/2022/01/03/winners-of-the-ciao-2021-dtds-contest/ Mon, 03 Jan 2022 16:38:46 +0000 https://dusktilldawnstudio.com/?p=1864 Hi everyone! So we drew the three numbers at 2PM on January 1st to see who would win the three numbers. It was exciting for us because we were remembering each order and happy when each name came up!

Here are the three bundles that we raffled off:

Here are the three winners in order:

So now you know!

Jay chose the Best Buddies Loot bundle right away, which isn’t surprising since he is a fellow MOTU fan. Chris ran away with the Badass Boars Loot Bundle and Richard took the Prince of Darkness Loot Bundle.

We wish you all the best for 2022 and look forward to seeing your amazing work! Customizing is such a fun ride, we are glad to be on it with you. I don’t know about you, but this was a great way to start the year!

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Ciao 2021 DTDS contest https://dusktilldawnstudio.com/2021/12/29/ciao-2021-dtds-contest/ Thu, 30 Dec 2021 00:09:32 +0000 https://dusktilldawnstudio.com/?p=1823 Only a few days left in 2021, and we want to thank everybody for their support – yet again. I know we say it often, but we mean it! We are very grateful to be able to work at something we love and enjoy. We also appreciate the contact it gives us with fellow customizers and action figure fans, especially in the Mythic Legions community which has become our very large extended family!

To show our thanks, we are doing a random draw for three bundles of prints, worth a total of $367,70!!

We will use a random number generator at 2PM on January 1, 2022 to draw 3 random order numbers from all the orders received by noon on January 1, 2022.

There are three bundles of loot to be won (note that these bundles are not the same as the monthly bundles):

  1. Prince of Darkness 2021 loot bundle (worth $122,90): vampire torso with knife, angry vampire head, vampire knight head, skeleton warrior pauldron set, skeleton warrior head, Dragon armour torso, dragon knight with helmet, dragon knight without a helmet, Dragon scythe.
  1. Best buddies 2021 loot bundle  (worth $131,89): Man of arms torso, Man of arms pauldrons, Man of arms head with helmet, Man of arms head without helmet, Dragon Knight (no helmet), Hu-ann Dragon 3 head, Iron Orc Jaw head 1, Iron Orc Jaw head 1, Arabian knight head, Fish-Man head, Pig warrior axe.
  1. Badass Boars 2021 loot bundle (worth $112.91): Pig warrior torso, Pig warrior head without helmet, Pig warrior lower legs and feet, Pig warrior hammer, Magnus Titus head (V2), Eofor head, Taurus Thunderstrike head 2, Ork warrior torso, dragon warrior pauldrons.

If you were thinking of putting an order in this week or next, as long as you get it in before noon on January 1st, 2021 UTC-5, your order number will participate in the draw. 

The first prize winner can choose their bundle first from among the three, the second prize winner can choose from between the remaining two bundles and the third prize winner wins the last bundle. We will pay for the shipping, too.

See you in the New Year, friends!

Prince of Darkness 2021 loot bundle (worth $122,90): vampire torso with knife, angry vampire head, vampire knight head, skeleton warrior pauldron set, skeleton warrior head, Dragon armour torso, dragon knight with helmet, dragon knight without a helmet, Dragon scythe.
Best buddies 2021 loot bundle (worth $131,89): Man of arms torso, Man of arms pauldrons, Man of arms head with helmet, Man of arms head without helmet, Dragon Knight (no helmet), Hu-ann Dragon 3 head, Iron Orc Jaw head 1, Iron Orc Jaw head 1, Arabian knight head, Fish-Man head, Pig warrior axe.
Badass Boars 2021 loot bundle (worth $112.91): Pig warrior torso, Pig warrior head without helmet, Pig warrior lower legs and feet, Pig warrior hammer, Magnus Titus head (V2), Eofor head, Taurus Thunderstrike head 2, Ork warrior torso, dragon warrior pauldrons.

Rules, method and fine print:

  1. You have to have a DTDS order in 2021 to January 1 at noon UTC-5, 2022.
  2. If you are a winner but you don’t answer your message to choose your bundle within 24 hours, you pass your right to choose to the next winner in line, and you become winner number three. For example, if you win first place but don’t answer your messages to choose your bundle, then the next day we’ll give first choice to the original winner number two, second choice to original winner number three, and then you become the new winner number three.
  3. We will not switch parts from bundle to bundle. If you really want to trade, get in touch with the other winner and set something up yourselves. 🙂
  4. Will use the random number generator at https://www.calculator.net/random-number-generator.html to choose the three random numbers, each corresponding to an order number from our website. For example, our first order was #422, corresponding to number 1. If the random number generator chooses number 1, then order #422 wins. 
  5. The first number generated will be the first place winner, the second number generated will be the second place winner, and the third number generated will be the third place winner.
  6. Since it is YOU we are thanking rather than your orders, you can’t win more than one bundle. If your name corresponds to more than one winning number, we’ll pick another one to make sure we have three separate winners.
  7. We will inform the winners that they have won via the contact information that we have from their winning order, except for telephone. We won’t call you because we don’t know how much it would cost you (or us) if it is long-distance. If we happen to have your Facebook info, we might use that too. We’ll also post the winning order numbers (not names) on our blog at www.dusktilldawnstudio.com/blog and on our Facebook page.
  8. We’ll ask the winners for their permission to post their names (in our blog and on our Facebook page) before posting their names to make the announcement of the winners.
  9. DTDS is paying for the shipping, but we may not get the fancy, super-fast shipping. Also, our usual disclaimer: we do our best to wrap and protect our pieces for shipping, but we can’t be responsible for pieces broken during transit. 
  10. Final disclaimer: we reserve the right to change these rules if necessary to keep the contest fair, transparent and truly random. Just in case we forgot something…
  11. If you have any questions, comments or concerns about our contest, please get in touch at contact@dusktilldawnstudio.com and we’ll be happy to connect with you.

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Hello, November, second-last month of the year! https://dusktilldawnstudio.com/2021/11/03/hello-november-second-last-month-of-the-year/ Wed, 03 Nov 2021 15:17:00 +0000 https://dusktilldawnstudio.com/?p=2086 The DTDS November Newsletter

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Halloween and Día de muertos have come and gone, and the eleventh month has already started.

Our November newsletter is short and sweet:
1. The November bundle (Mictlāntēcutli & Arabian Knight)
2. The Unnamed character contest is closed, and we are waiting for our judges to announce the winner
3. Special Newsletter subscriber discount: Shhhhh!

The November monthly bundles: Mictlāntēcutli & Arabian Knight

This month, we didn’t have it in our hearts to deny the God of the Dead his due as a monthly bundle, and we wanted to show off the Arabian Knight too… so instead of putting it to a vote for one or the other – we put both up for sale!

As some of you may know, Dusk till Dawn Studio has some Mexican members: the great designer Jason Rodriguez and Paris David Escandon. For Mexicans, one of the most important celebrations is the Day of the Dead, and we want to celebrate this special occasion with this exclusive set for Mythic Legions, inspired by Mictlāntēcutli the Mexica (Aztec) god of the dead. For the Mexica people, it was not important how you lived your life, it was how you died that mattered. Your place in the Mictlan depended on how you died, and the most special places were reserved for those who died in battle or in a sacrifice to the gods. Mictlāntēcutli together with queen Mictecacihuatl ruled over Mictlan and the threshold to this domain of the dead. This sculpt contains some Aztec symbols: a royal crown of feathers because he is the king of the Mictlan, a removable traditional ceremonial Mexica mask, sugar skull pauldrons (used on altars for the dead), and a shield with his emblem in the centre. He also has an alternative axolotl head, an endemic species of salamander from Mexico City. It used to be abundant in the region, and due to its ability to regenerate limbs and spend its entire life in a perpetual juvenile state, this little “monster” was associated with perpetual youth, existence outside of time, and the god Xolotl who was often depicted as having a god head. Xolotl was the dead person’s guide to the underworld, as well as the god of twins, deformities, monsters, misfortune, sickness. This is where the belief comes from that xoloitzcuintli dogs were their owner’s guides to the Mictlan, and therefore often found in Mexican graves with people. This set will be available all month long in our store.

https://dusktilldawnstudio.com/product/mictlantecutli/
https://dusktilldawnstudio.com/product/arabian-knight-bundle/

Finally, please let us know which bundle we should offer in December by shooting us an email at contact@dusktilldawnstudio.com.

Unnamed character contest

The Unnamed character contest is closed, and we are waiting for our judges to announce the winner.
Remember the Unnamed character writing contest? It is closed now and we are waiting for our judges to choose the winner. They are both judging separately, and we hope to have their verdicts by mid-November so we can send off that amazing prize! We’ll announce the lucky winner on our website blog (https://dusktilldawnstudio.com/our-blog/ ) and our Facebook page.

Special newsletter subscriber discount: Shhhh!

We want to thank you again! We have many new subscribers to our newsletter, so we are so happy that you are passing the word around. We are especially happy that despite the few snags so far, we have had many friends and customers coming back again! So here is a little code to get 15% off all weapons during November, so you can stock up next time you make an order!

Fine print: there are as many coupons as there are newsletter subscribers, and you can only use the coupon once. 

The magic password for your discounted loot is:

NEWSLETTERNOVEMBER


Onwards and upwards! See you again in a month!

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An attitude of gratitude https://dusktilldawnstudio.com/2021/10/10/an-attitude-of-gratitude/ Sun, 10 Oct 2021 15:03:00 +0000 https://dusktilldawnstudio.com/?p=2080 The DTDS Thanksgiving Newsletter

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We promised we wouldn’t send our newsletters more often than once a month… so this isn’t a real newsletter. It is a little reminder of what we have going on in case you’re interested. So here are the headlines, and if you want you can read more below:

20% off the whole site on October 11th 2021 only, for Thanksgiving. This includes our current bundles.
We have a new head to name, and a writing contest to make it happen!
Jack Pumpkin is so badass that we gave him an honorary monthly bundle
One of our heads is dedicated to the Kidney Foundation

We have met wonderful people since starting this journey, and really, we have much to be thankful for. Like our buddy Thiery who turned an undead Aztec jaguar knight into a Skeletor! So please, take 20% off your order on Thanksgiving (October 11th, 2021). The coupon code to use is:canadathanksgiving2021

This bad girl (or boy) needs a name, and a bio. If you enjoy writing, send us the story of this character to enter the writing contest! If your name and bio are chosen, we’ll send you a free head!
Jack the Pumkpin.
He has two bad heads: a spider and a skull. He has a scythe with skulls and spikes. He has pauldrons tougher than a rhinoceros. What’s not to like? We thought he needed an honorary monthly bundle, so here it is. Enjoy, and happy Halloween!
Angry Vampire Head with Green transplant ribbon
Kidney Head Project
Every month, the entire proceeds from one special head goes to the Canadian Kidney Foundation. That means that if you buy this head, of course you get the head but you are also making a donation to the association that helps people find donors, learn about how to take care of their kidneys, supports research so that hopefully in the future, dialysis won’t be a thing anymore… and much more.  October’s head is our Angry Vampire Knight! So remember, if you buy this head, the entire price will be donated to the Kidney Foundation.

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October Contest https://dusktilldawnstudio.com/2021/10/01/october-contest/ Fri, 01 Oct 2021 06:38:04 +0000 https://dusktilldawnstudio.com/?p=792 I cannot think of the deep sea without shuddering at the nameless things that may at this very moment be crawling and floundering on its slimy bed…”

-H.P. Lovecraft, Dagon

It’s contest time again Dusk to Dawners! For October’s contest, I present to you our tribute to Lovecraft, by the amazingly talented Jason Rodriguez. This ones special to me as a huge Lovecraft fan and longtime Call of Cthulhu rpg player. I looked over at my Kkurzogg on the shelf one night, and thought he’d look great with a tentacle head!

So, exclusive to From Dusk Till Dawn Studios, I give you our first Ogre Scale Head! For this month’s contest we are going to do a creative writing contest! And the winner will receive a copy of the new head!

So what is it you have to do to win, you ask? Why nothing other than write us up a short bio and name the character!

But what about the rules, you say? 500 words maximum, and the Due Date will be October 20, 2021 @ midnight Mountain Standard Time. Send all entries to: contact@dusktilldawnstudio.com The winner will be published in our November 2021 newsletter. Good luck, and watch out for the Fishmen!

CONTEST EXTENDED UNTIL OCT 25, 2021!

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Hello and Thank you! https://dusktilldawnstudio.com/2021/09/28/hello-and-thank-you/ Tue, 28 Sep 2021 14:40:00 +0000 https://dusktilldawnstudio.com/?p=2073 September 2021 Newsletter

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Aztec Eagle Knight bundle (torso, weapons, pauldrons, head, shield on a grey background)

This September has been very exciting thanks to you, thanks for supporting our store and subscribe to this newsletter. 
We have several surprises for the month of October, and you, our subscribers, will be the first to have access to our special offers and promotions 🙂 .
Meanwhile we want to remind you that we have two promotions at the moment and there are only a few days left to take advantage of these offers.
Fish Man Character head made of translucent green resin, on a purple background.

One of our favourite MotU characters is Mer-Man, and we are really impressed with Jason’s beautiful sculpt, made to fit on Mythic Legion 1.0 bodies. The full set includes one head, pauldrons, a torso, and the sword. We like this design so much that we wanted to promote it far and wide with a contest so that three of our fellow customizers and MotU fans could get a free Fish-Man head (free for real, including delivery). This is our “It’s not that easy being green” contest, with the winners being drawn randomly on October 1, 2021. We’ll announce the winners on our blog and Facebook page. If you hurry you might still be able to participate before the deadline, on September 30th!

Every month, DTDS will have a different full set for $50. This is your rare chance to grab accessories that we do not have for sale on the website, like feet. 

Our September 2021 set was the Aztec Eagle Knight, an elaborate and authentic rendering of a gorgeous feathered helm and pauldrons featuring real details from the Aztec sun stone. Jason Rodriguez went back to his (and Paris’) roots to adapt a class of real Aztec knights to the Mythic Legions bodies and armour system. The final sculpt would make any Mexican proud! If you missed it on the website, you can still grab it until September 30th at midnight.

Which set will be chosen for the month of October? VOTE HERE BEFORE OCTOBER 1!


Kidney Head Project
Every month we will be choosing a different head for which we will be donating the entire profits to the Canadian Kidney Foundation. October’s head will be Angry Vampire Knight! So remember, if you buy this head, the entire price will be donated to the Foundation.
 
Don’t know much about kidneys? Don’t worry, you aren’t alone… many people don’t. They are complex organs, and part of a complex system, so they don’t lend themselves to easy, straightforward explanations. However, if you are curious to know more we would recommend you go straight to the experts at the Kidney Foundation.
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