Kibaro

02/12/2025

The deadline has passed, entries are in, so what's next!?

- First we will check all entries for completeness, if an entry is incomplete we will contact the contestant.
- We will send out all confirmations so everyone knows their entry has been received.
- Next up is the collection of all entries into a structured whole to make judging easier.
- And of course setting up judging rules, forms, and contacting the judges.

The plan is to have this finished by the weekend, so we can send out the package to the judges.

Thank you all for joining us! It's been an honour seeing all the weird robots that participate in our peculiar little contest.

29/11/2025

With just one more day!!!!

https://youtu.be/ydpmzU_i2hg?si=DrOujryjZ3g99vBm

As stated in the rules, the pictures of the models must be sent to peculiarrobotcontest@gmail.com.
The deadline is 00:00 December 1st Anywhere on Earth (basically Hawaii time I believe).

If you do have trouble making the deadline, just reach out to us, we aren't the strictest.

Join our group! Have fun! Make robots!
https://www.facebook.com/groups/peculiarrobotcontest

24/11/2025

With just one week to go make sure that you hurry with finishing your model!

As stated in the rules, the pictures of the models must be sent to peculiarrobotcontest@gmail.com.
The deadline is 00:00 December 1st Anywhere on Earth (basically Hawaii time I believe). If you do have trouble making the deadline, please contact us to see if we can work something out.

Join our group! Have fun! Make robots!
https://www.facebook.com/groups/peculiarrobotcontest

22/11/2025

With just over one week to go, we have a final addition to our pricepool!

Like last year we will be donating a FR3DD13 kit to each of the winners. FR3DD13 is a cute little robot that wants to bring the world a message. It's up to you to make sure his message reaches the world.

In addition to FR3DD13 kits we will also be adding two artbooks to the price-pool:
- Kallamity's amazing book Abakan 2288, Kallamity's first artbook blending lore, art and modelbuilding tips. A great addition to any mecha enthousiasts library.
- Masahiro Ito's (Yes, that Masahiro Ito) Acid Bufferzone book. A semi-narrative artbook detailing his acid bufferzone universe. There's weird mecha, bikes, flyers and more! all in drab post-apocalyptic colours. The book contains drawings and models, as well as a comic.

These books were totally not accidentally ordered twice and will be given to two lucky winners of the contest!

Join our group! Have fun! Make robots!
https://www.facebook.com/groups/peculiarrobotcontest

16/11/2025

With just two weeks to go make sure that you start painting if you haven't yet!

As stated in the rules, the pictures of the models must be sent to peculiarrobotcontest@gmail.com.
The deadline is 00:00 December 1st Anywhere on Earth (basically Hawaii time I believe). If you do have trouble making the deadline, please contact us to see if we can work something out.

Get cranking and send in your entries!

For the full rules:
https://peculiarrobotcontest.com/rules/

Join our group! Have fun! Make robots!
https://www.facebook.com/groups/peculiarrobotcontest

10/11/2025

With about three weeks left, it's time for a new sponsor spot-light!
This time we would like to focus on MCMS, the Mech Case Model Shop.
MCMS creates cool little detail-up pieces for mecha. Ranging from power pipe covers to heat sinks and more.

They graciously agreed to sponsor us again this year and provide some of their outstanding detail parts for our prize pool.

Check out their webshop www.mechcase.com and support them by buying some of their parts to make your entry pop a bit more.
Or follow them here on Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/mech_case/

Join our group! Have fun! Make robots!
https://www.facebook.com/groups/peculiarrobotcontest

01/11/2025

A small sidesteps from making robots, I made some trophees for the Dutch Lions Cup.
The Dutch Lions Cup is one of the most prestigious HEMA tournaments, where many, many people strive to hit each other with swords! (In a gentlemanly way of course)

Dear spooky Lions, happy Halloween and happy Day before DLC!
We bring you the updated schedule, the pools, and the other info all in one place.

The pools are now available on HEMA Scorecard: https://hemascorecard.com/poolRosters.php?e=909&t=3706&m=0 #
Note: Pools are subject to change.

Schedule Saturday November 1st
08:00-08:30 Opening Hall (volunteers)
08:30:09:00 Registration open
09:00-09:15 Warming up first pool
09:15-09:30 Opening event
09:30-09:40 Gear check pool 1
09:40-10:40 Pool phase 1 Open
10:40-10:50 Gear check pool 2
10:50-11:50 Pool phase 2 Open
11:50-12:20 Break
12:20-12:30 Gear check pool 3
12:30-13:30 Pool phase 3 Open
13:30-13:40 Gear check pool phase 4
13:40-14:50 Pool phase 4 Open
14:50-15:00 Gear check pool phase 5
15:00-16:00 Pool phase 5 Open
16:00-16:10 Gear check pool phase 6
16:10-17:10 Pool phase 6 Women+
17:10-17:40 Eliminations Women+
17:40-18:30 Eliminations Open
18:45-19:15 Final
19:15-19:30 Award ceremony
19:30-20:00 Cleanup

Note: There will be 4 arenas, so each pool phase will have 4 pools fighting simultaneously.
Note: All participants of the Open Longsword tournament must be at the hall before 9.00 and mark themselves present. Participants of the Women+ Longsword tournament must do so before 14.00.

Schedule Sunday November 2nd
09:00-10:00 Open hall
10:00-11:30 First workshop
11:30-12:00 Break
12:00-13:30 Second workshop
13:30-16:00 Free sparring
16:00-17:00 Cleanup
Note: Free sparring is possible all day!

Rules: https://www.hemabond.nl/home/dutch-lions-cup-2024/ruleset-and-gear-requirements/

Address:
Sporthal Zuilen
Burgemeester Norbruislaan 680
3555 EZ Utrecht

Spectators are welcome, no ticket needed! Come by and watch the swords clash and clang!

23/10/2025

The next sponsor we wish to put in the spotlight is Netherbuilds!
Netherbuilds is a Dutch company that designs and sells buildstations and other building accessories. They have developed a very cool, modular and interconnecting line of buildstations, called the pla-station, that are amazing for people with small spaces,travelling, or just easy couch building. The pla-station is customizable in many ways and stacks up for easy transport and storage.
Netherbuilds has kindly donated a copy of the pla-station for our prize pool!

They are a young company, so give them all the love you can by checking out their socials and website and sharing their products with all interested parties!

https://netherbuilds.com/about/
https://www.instagram.com/netherbuilds/

Oh and before I forget, Netherbuilds has the best conversion kit for making a Nether gundam! You know you need one!

https://netherbuilds.com/product/nether-gundam-1-144-scale-conversion-kit-stl/

If you want to know more about the current prize pool, check out: www.peculiarrobotcontest.com/prizes
For joining and the rules
https://peculiarrobotcontest.com/rules/
Join our group! Have fun! Make robots!
https://www.facebook.com/groups/peculiarrobotcontest

11/10/2025

For this weeks’ sponsor we shine our spotlight on Natter-Kit.
Natter-Kit is an independent model maker of cool and unusual 3d-printed kits, ranging from weird mecha to amazing ships.
Last year they made an amazing trophy for our contest and they will repeat this for this year!
The trophy will be a robot buste model kit, featuring a miniature version of our previous trophee, how cool is that!

While we don’t have pictures of the finished trophy yet, you can look at the current kit it is based upon and the short video where Natter-Kit shows the contents and the teeny tiny PRC202 trophees.

Find, like, and follow Natter Kit to see what else they have made :
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/musimarco
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/natter.kit/
About the trophy: https://natter-kit.blogspot.com/2025/08/anotherformoflife-project-bust-3d.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AjMqPK4zW1s

If you want to know more about the current prize pool, check out: www.peculiarrobotcontest.com/prizes
For joining and the rules
https://peculiarrobotcontest.com/rules/
Join our group! Have fun! Make robots!
https://www.facebook.com/groups/peculiarrobotcontest

19/09/2025

The amazing Plainries organises a yearly kitbash challenge, make sure to join in!

19/09/2025

And it’s already time for another sponsor!
Have you ever wondered what would happen if tanks could walk? Or if chickens were tanks? Wonder no more as the creators of Tankhead have it all figured out!
The brainchild of Emerson Tung and Tim Populier, Tankhead is an alternate universe where tanks have the weirdest shapes and generally walk instead of drive. They combined this in an amazing narrative artbook filled to the brim with amazing and weird designs as well as the lore to understand their place in the greater Tankhead universe.
They have generously donated a signed (by Tim Populier) copy of their Tankhead narrative artbook for the prize pool! And not just any copy, but the “Deluxe edition”, which comes with a lot of extra goodies.

A great prize for those that like weird designs, or that need some inspiration for their builds.

Check out their work here:
https://www.instagram.com/tankhead_mecha/
https://www.instagram.com/timpopelier/
https://www.instagram.com/emersontung/

If you want to know more about the current prize pool, check out www.peculiarrobotcontest.com/prizes
It just keeps on growing!
https://peculiarrobotcontest.com/rules/
Join our group! Have fun! Make robots!
https://www.facebook.com/groups/peculiarrobotcontest

11/09/2025

For this weeks sponsor we have another awesome garage kit maker: Handshake Models!
You should know them from their extensive social media posts on the making of their models.
A fully traditional maker, Handshake Models makes handcrafted, scratch-built, original sci-fi cast resin garage model kits. They strive to create high quality kits of original design, and if you’ve seen some of their kits you know they do a good job at this.

Recently they also made a brilliant Greeblies kit, full of cool detail parts to really make your model pop. They have kindly donated a set of these greeblies to give away in our contest!
What better prize is there for a crowd of scratchbuilding maniacs such as us ^^

Check out their work:
https://www.handshakemodels.com/
https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61550339578738

If you want to know more about the current prize pool, check out: www.peculiarrobotcontest.com/prizes

For joining and the rules
https://peculiarrobotcontest.com/rules/

Join our group! Have fun! Make robots!
https://www.facebook.com/groups/peculiarrobotcontest