Question about IPMS show rules

You'd think than depicting sex would be better than depicting dead and maimed soldiers, and weapons of (mass) destruction...

I don't think that kicking someone in the groin is an act of "explicit sexual conduct", unless your INTENT is to show some sort of gross sexual perversity...

Gip Winecoff

I think you are on safe ground, but would be best to check with the sponsoring club for any competition.

Regards, Rick

QUOTE: Originally posted by djmodels1999 You'd think than depicting sex would be better than depicting dead and maimed soldiers, and weapons of (mass) destruction...

I agree. Sex is a heck of a lot more productive than war; more fun too.

Regards,

Rule 5, which I'm posting in full below, also includes references to other graphic depictions, human suffering, etc. As with just about any rule or law, there is room for interpretation.
While we posting here might be of the opinion that sexual activity and its depiction might be more fun than WMD's, consider the fuss and hoopla Janet Jackson caused at the Superbowl with a half second of exposed breast.
But as Rick said, your best bet is to check with the club before registering and placiong it on the table and being disappointed. Most events have e-mail contacts and/or phone numbers.
This is really not the place to ask the question since all you'll get is conjecture and guesses.

"The Chief Judge will exclude or remove from competition any entry considered by Contest officials to be inappropriate or offensive to generally acknowledged standards of taste and acceptability.


The following are prohibited in competition and may not be placed on display at any IPMS event:


There shall be no depiction of excretory functions depicting any human being or animal.


There shall be no depiction of sado-masochistic activity, equipment, settings, or situations, to any degree, regardless of whether there are figures in the model and regardless of whether any figures present in the model are clothed.


There shall be no depictions of explicit sexual conduct, bilateral or autoerotic, regardless of degree and regardless of the clothing status of the participants, that involves the touching of the breasts or genitals or other erogenous zones of any depicted figure.


There shall be no depiction of any nude human male or female figures where the genitalia of the figure are exposed, where the clear intent of the same is to portray a sexual scene.


The following may be entered in the competition or put on display but can be presented only behind opaque screens or similar visual barriers and only where visitors are provided with a fair description, in written format, of the contents of the models behind the screen. This screened presentation covers competitors and the general public, but no person younger than 18 will be admitted except in the presence of an adult responsible for the young person, subject to the provisions of governing local law:


Depictions of any nude human male or female figure, subject to the “screening system” described above.


Models or dioramas of historic events (e.g., general dioramas or specific depictions of the result of the activities of the communist Cambodian Pol Pot regime, a Soviet Gulag, or a Nazi death camp) where the suffering of human beings, or the result of a pogrom, is depicted. Where the theme, content, or subject matter of presentations is graphic or would violate any provision of part A of this policy, the presentation is prohibited in any setting. "