After a long afternoon of nail-biting I was very pleased to have my Kaptin Badrukk model win gold in the Warhammer 40k small category. This is kind of ironic since I was undecided about whether to bother entering it at all - there are so many great local 40K players and painters, I didn't think I stood a chance.
It was a good day all around for my Sunday night gaming group: Jordan Nykolaishen won gold in the 40K large category with his awesomely painted Ork Deff Dread, and Garth Bowman took Silver in the Lord of the Rings category with his Erkenbrand miniature. It's another strong argument in favour of using miniatures in your game, when most of your players are award-winning painters who contribute to a visually stunning game table.
I was also really impressed with the models entered in the Youngbloods Division for painters 14 years old and younger. These guys had some very impressive paint-jobs for their age - head and shoulders above my skill level when I was that age. Its great to see so many young kids interested in the hobby, too.
With over sixty entries, many of which were absolutely breath-taking, all of the finalists should be very proud of their achievements. While I heave a sigh of relief now that the pressure is off and I can get back to painting for pleasure, I'm also already thinking about what to enter for next year's competition.
6 comments:
Congratulations!
So what was the prize?
Thanks very much. The prize was a trophy of a golden Termagaunt on a pedestal.
For some reason I thought you were in Sask.
No free minis thrown in for good measure?
I grew up in Saskatoon and returned there for university (U of S is one of the only universities in Canada to offer a degree program in palaeobiology); I moved to Winnipeg about seven years ago.
Sadly, there were no fungible prizes - the big competitions always seem to just give trophies. I won a minotaur painting competition in February to promote GW's new minotaur releases - this was a very small competion, but the prize was a $50 Doombull (which I subsequently entered in this competition).
Congrats, Sean! Obviously, you have the skills and the trophy proves it.
Thanks for the nod in my direction Sean. Unfortuntely I came home with the Warhammer Fantasy Large trophy as the judge handed me the wrong one. I'll have to get the right one another time.
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