Group build badges

HEY,
A little of topic but trusty, is that pic in your signature a real plane or is it a model pic that you did a little work on? Looks cool though.

Randy

I agree with you Tigerman.. In fact I made a badge for Axis Vs Allies, my digital camera takes really crappy pictures, so in a few months I am going to get a new digital camera so I can take pictures of my models to submit to group builds and the one Axis vs Allies GB that I am planning to host.

HEY,
I too am with woody. If you arent planning on finishing the build, dont join in the first place. I know things happen but you should take things into acount, other projects, school starting, whatever. I know i am going to finish the builds, so i figure i might as well put it up now. Just my opinion.

Randy

QUOTE: Originally posted by Woody I don't look at them as a prize but rather a way to show participation. To me they are more a symbol of fraternity.

i'm with Woody on this one.......
If it's OK with the rest of the GB members to display the tag before finishing then i can't see a problem......
The Panzer 1V Gb which i'm in is the opposite,unil your finished no badge,and i have no problem with that either.....
Just my....Cheers J.S.......

I also agree with Tigerman. I even use them as motivators to get me to finish the build and not move onto something else.

I have to agree with Tigerman,posting a badge before the work is done is like walking out of a store with a unpaid candy bar.Digger

Like I said I don't see them as rewards or symbols of accomplishment so I don't think it's a matter of what's fair. I don't think it makes much sense to take and display a badge if you aren't intending to be active in that build. They are just a nice way to show your affliation to a build. I really didn't have any idea some people projected that much importance onto them.

Woody, would it be fair that I entered 10 group builds and never finished a model, but get 10 badges just for saying I'm one with the group? I don't think so.

Since I don't view the forum with graphics, I really don't know who has (or has not) affixed a badge to their graphic signature. I've completed two GB's (MTD and Pz IV) and have none, but it's really not surprising...

True story: NAS Pensacola, Florida, 2002.

As I stood talking with a couple Navy Chiefs, a Senior Chief next to us pulls aside a 2nd Class Petty Officer (dressed in blues) and proceeded to rip him up - BIG time! After the Petty Officer handed over his ID card and slithered off, one of the Chiefs I was talking to asked the Senior Chief what happened. He came back and told us...

This 2nd Class - all of 22 or 23 years old - was wearing a Vietnam Service Ribbon AND a Purple Heart!!!

When asked why he was wearing these obviously unearned ribbons, the 2nd Class said that he liked the way they looked...so he bought them and started wearing them.

After loosing a stripe, he probably didn't think they looked so hot anymore!

Enjoy your modeling...

I don't look at them as a prize but rather a way to show participation.
To me they are more a symbol of fraternity.

I agree too, and I also have not yet downloaded the badges for the GB's I'm involved with.

I agree.