{"id":740,"date":"2022-04-09T22:10:18","date_gmt":"2022-04-09T20:10:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pr.gagadget.com\/photo-essay-warhammers-biggest-painting-competition-in-three-years\/"},"modified":"2022-04-09T22:10:18","modified_gmt":"2022-04-09T20:10:18","slug":"photo-essay-warhammers-biggest-painting-competition-in-three-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pr.gagadget.com\/en\/photo-essay-warhammers-biggest-painting-competition-in-three-years\/","title":{"rendered":"Photo essay: Warhammer’s biggest painting competition in three years"},"content":{"rendered":"
Photo essay: Warhammer’s biggest painting competition in three years<\/div>\n
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In late March, fans from around the world came together in northern Illinois for the 2022 Golden Demon<\/a>, the world’s biggest Warhammer painting competition. It was the first Golden Demon held in nearly three years, and the first to be held in the United States in more than a decade. <\/p>\n

The competition took place at AdeptiCon<\/a>, one of the largest and longest-running wargaming conventions in the country. More than 500 different pieces were entered into the open competition, representing a backlog of models that simply haven’t been seen in public since the start of the pandemic. <\/p>\n

In a crowded field of towering mechs and elaborate dioramas, the top-winning model was a single miniature of a lizardman that stood barely one-inch tall. It is cinematically cinematic and evokes the victory of hard work or the cold blooded anger of a soldier heading to battle. The artistry displayed was amazing. It was flawless in shading, with the smooth blending of light and dark shades creamy. Judges called it “literally perfect<\/a>,” and it’s hard to disagree. The standing-room-only crowd on hand gave its painter, Gavin Garza<\/a>, a thunderous round of applause<\/a>. <\/p>\n

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The grand prize-winning model at the Golden Demon, a tiny blue beasty barely one inch tall. <\/figcaption>Image: Games Workshop<\/cite><\/p>\n

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