Two ways to be seen: Battle and Showcase.

Two minis are drawn against each other. A voter judges the pair across three dimensions — Scrutiny, Depth, and Rigor — by sliding toward whichever piece wins that dimension. Each slider runs −3 to +3; the three combine into a single battle verdict from −9 to +9.

Not every piece wants a fight. In Showcase, a single mini goes on display. Each viewer gives it one slider — a quiet measure of how much the piece moved them — and then taps any marks they feel it earns.

The marks are deliberately undefined. Painters of War will never tell you what a symbol means. Meaning is something the community grows into — over thousands of votes, a mark drifts toward whatever painters keep agreeing it stands for.

Your overall score is a composite of three things: head-to-head battle results, showcase ratings, and community participation. That score — a number from 0 to 100 — places you into a tier and gives you a level from 1 to 20.

The progress bar on your dashboard and profile shows how far you are toward the next tier. Climb by winning battles, earning showcase votes, and participating in the community.

The first hundred painters to sign up hold a numbered seat — 001 through 100. But a seat isn't a trophy you keep forever. As painters go quiet or drop off, their number is freed and handed to someone new under a fresh cohort name.

The originals are the Founders. Every seat after them carries a different banner, so its number always tells you which era a painter came up in.

Your dashboard is where you add minis — drop in a photo, name the piece — and watch your numbers move as votes come in. It's the private room behind your public record.

Your profile is the dashboard's public face — the page the rest of the community sees. Your tier, your combat record, your craft profile, the trail of verdicts behind you. Honest about strengths, honest about gaps.