Games Workshop’s cavalcade of miniatures are meant to be thrown against each other on the dice-driven fields of tabletop warfare, but for some of the company’s most ardent fans, it’s making those miniatures look as gorgeous as possible that is the real heart of the hobby—and there’s no better reminder of that than the Golden Demon painting competition.
This year’s Warhammer Fest recently played host to the second Golden Demon competition of 2023, giving UK and European-based miniatures artists a chance to compete for glory—and, because it’s Warhammer, a literal giant sword called the Slayer Sword given to the overall best-painted model. Across categories that encompass all of Games Workshop’s tabletop games, from the far future of Warhammer 40K to the fantasy of Age of Sigmar, from Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit to the starfighters of Aeronautica Imperialis, this year’s competition is teaming with miniaturized excellence. Golden Demon’s categories are broken down into the following:
Click through to see an absolute smorgasbord of artfully painted monsters, mechs, heroes, villains, and everything in between, from the category winners to the commended runners-up.
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Albert Moreto Font’s angry-looking Lumineth commander didn’t just take gold for the single Age of Sigmar category, but won the overall event, granting him the humongous Slayer Sword to wield in triumph:
Always with the extremes, the worlds of Warhammer.
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Source: Gizmodo