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PLEASE BE SURE TO READ THIS FIRST (and ALL Rules - scroll down to see the challenge specific rules)
SMF Challenge General Rules
1. To enter you must have a minimum of 50 posts and been a member for a month (sorry but no exceptions on this).
2. The only members eligible to vote are those with their names on the sign-up list - regardless of whether or not you have submitted an entry.
3. This month’s voting will be password locked. Passwords will be sent by private message (conversation) to registered participants ONLY. So please check your PM's (conversations) when the voting begins.
4. Soap must be made specifically for the challenge. You may not enter a "pre-made" soap. No posting your entry photos until the entry thread is made. Non-entry photos are very welcome and may be posted in this thread.
5. You are allowed to change your entry photo up until the entry thread closes. So, if you decide after you post your entry you want another try, and you like the second better, you can change it up until the deadline.
6. Please add your name to the sign-up list if you wish to participate by making a soap(however, you don’t have to enter a soap at the end if you don’t feel happy with what you have produced). ___________________________________________________________________
The challenge thread should be used to upload pictures of any of your challenge attempts, where you can ask for advice and discuss the technique with other members.
Constructive criticism is welcomed, but please try to keep your comments polite.
Competition entries must be uploaded to the separate entry thread before the closing date.
The Entry thread will open on September 24 CST (Please follow the challenge specific rules as to what you need to enter).
The Entry thread will close on September 28 at 11:59 pm CST and the winning entry will be chosen using Survey Monkey. The voting survey will remain open until September 30 at 11:59 pm CST and the winner announced on October 1. There is no prize attached to this challenge.
If you fail to make the challenge deadline, you are still welcome to upload your soap onto the challenge thread, but your entry will not be eligible for voting. We would love to see anything you have produced.
Even though there is no prize, this is still a competition. If your entry is deemed not to fulfill the general rules or the rules specific to the challenge in any way, then you will be given the opportunity to amend your entry. If this is not possible then your entry will not be included in the voting.
All the challenge mods reserve the right to have the final say on whether a soap is eligible for voting.
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The Challenge
My apologies for getting this challenge out late - I'll be honest to admitting that I completely forgot that it was my turn to host. As such, I don't have tutorials for doing the challenge method - but it has been one on my to do list for a very long time so I will be playing along! I will share tutorials in the thread as I find them - thank you so much for your patience and understanding!
Your challenge this month will be to create a linear swirl soap. A linear swirl layers the soap in a linear pattern. In a slab mold, this creates a nice linear pattern on the top of the soap, however, in a loaf mold it becomes small stripes of color on the bar. The challenge is open to slab molds or loaf molds.
Taiwan, serpentine, and peacock swirls are modifications on the linear swirl by using a chopstick to change the direction of the swirls in various patterns, while the modifications are not required for the challenge, you may enter a modified design. You may NOT use dividers for pouring your challenge, please keep that in mind if doing a Taiwan swirl.
The size of the linear pattern will depend on the amount of soap you pour for each line, less soap per pour gives thinner lines (more soap = thicker lines). (source for the majority of this text)
Remember, you must make a soap specifically for the challenge. You may not enter a soap you made prior to it.
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Here are a few examples I have found on the internet:
Have fun!!!
SMF Challenge General Rules
1. To enter you must have a minimum of 50 posts and been a member for a month (sorry but no exceptions on this).
2. The only members eligible to vote are those with their names on the sign-up list - regardless of whether or not you have submitted an entry.
3. This month’s voting will be password locked. Passwords will be sent by private message (conversation) to registered participants ONLY. So please check your PM's (conversations) when the voting begins.
4. Soap must be made specifically for the challenge. You may not enter a "pre-made" soap. No posting your entry photos until the entry thread is made. Non-entry photos are very welcome and may be posted in this thread.
5. You are allowed to change your entry photo up until the entry thread closes. So, if you decide after you post your entry you want another try, and you like the second better, you can change it up until the deadline.
6. Please add your name to the sign-up list if you wish to participate by making a soap(however, you don’t have to enter a soap at the end if you don’t feel happy with what you have produced). ___________________________________________________________________
The challenge thread should be used to upload pictures of any of your challenge attempts, where you can ask for advice and discuss the technique with other members.
Constructive criticism is welcomed, but please try to keep your comments polite.
Competition entries must be uploaded to the separate entry thread before the closing date.
The Entry thread will open on September 24 CST (Please follow the challenge specific rules as to what you need to enter).
The Entry thread will close on September 28 at 11:59 pm CST and the winning entry will be chosen using Survey Monkey. The voting survey will remain open until September 30 at 11:59 pm CST and the winner announced on October 1. There is no prize attached to this challenge.
If you fail to make the challenge deadline, you are still welcome to upload your soap onto the challenge thread, but your entry will not be eligible for voting. We would love to see anything you have produced.
Even though there is no prize, this is still a competition. If your entry is deemed not to fulfill the general rules or the rules specific to the challenge in any way, then you will be given the opportunity to amend your entry. If this is not possible then your entry will not be included in the voting.
All the challenge mods reserve the right to have the final say on whether a soap is eligible for voting.
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The Challenge
My apologies for getting this challenge out late - I'll be honest to admitting that I completely forgot that it was my turn to host. As such, I don't have tutorials for doing the challenge method - but it has been one on my to do list for a very long time so I will be playing along! I will share tutorials in the thread as I find them - thank you so much for your patience and understanding!
Your challenge this month will be to create a linear swirl soap. A linear swirl layers the soap in a linear pattern. In a slab mold, this creates a nice linear pattern on the top of the soap, however, in a loaf mold it becomes small stripes of color on the bar. The challenge is open to slab molds or loaf molds.
Taiwan, serpentine, and peacock swirls are modifications on the linear swirl by using a chopstick to change the direction of the swirls in various patterns, while the modifications are not required for the challenge, you may enter a modified design. You may NOT use dividers for pouring your challenge, please keep that in mind if doing a Taiwan swirl.
The size of the linear pattern will depend on the amount of soap you pour for each line, less soap per pour gives thinner lines (more soap = thicker lines). (source for the majority of this text)
Remember, you must make a soap specifically for the challenge. You may not enter a soap you made prior to it.
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Here are a few examples I have found on the internet:
Have fun!!!
