Hi Joaco
Joaco wrote:We want to give points for painting and list composition but dont make them as big as battle points.
My general advice, having played under multiple tournament systems for some years, would be to give points for painting. Somewhere between 10% and 30% of total score, according to taste. This encourages everyone to make what effort they can, without turning the tournament into a painting contest. Conversely, I wouldn't give points for composition. This is inherantly subjective and while most players can live with others sometimes having a stronger army, they don't like such players getting bonus points for it. There are various options for both factors of course, I'll discuss a few but these are not exhaustive. Another thing to consider is whether to allow 25% for Lords and Heroes or 50%. Plus whether End Times rules are being used. I'm kind of assuming the points total will be somewhere between 2000 and 2500.
Comp
Uncomped
This would be my suggestion, unless you expect a huge difference in the attitudes of your players to the game. 8th edition is not horrifically unbalanced out of the box. It greatly simplifies your (very demanding) job as Tournament Organiser. You can always ask players not to bring anything too extreme in your tournament pack.
Timmy Comp
The organisers vet the lists and reject any that they consider too hard. This is of course subjective and depends on the TO's having a good understanding of power levels.
Hard Restrictions
Before the event, you list various limits on each army. For example, Daemons might only be allowed a single Skillcannon in addition to certain other limits. You can also include limits that apply to all armies, for example a cap of 50 or 60 shots. The advantage is that everyone knows the restrictions before the event. They can be hard to get exactly in balance but we could help with that.
Tally Comp
This is a bit like Hard Restrictions but instead of outright limits, the player starts with a 0 score which is increased for each 'soft' pick he takes and decreased for each hard one. The final score can then be applied to his tournament result.
Painting
Best Painted
This can always be awarded but some tournaments give prize(s) for this without it affecting tournament points as such, a separate event if you will. Can be TO (I recommend at least 2 people) or player judged.
Checklist
Tournament points are awarded for each criterion an army meets. For example, is it fully painted? Is it highlighted/shaded? Are the bases textured? This is less subjective but can sometimes fail to differentiate between quality levels of painting.
Assessment
TO's (2+ please) or possibly players, give each army a general score on it's appearance. This is subjective but then so are aesthetics in general! You can also specify levels, for example, an army not fully painted, based etc. will score less.