The dark side of Golden Demon - here’s what went wrong

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  @SquidmarMiniatures · 1 year ago (edited) · pinned

  🖌🎨 You can now get the Paint sets, Wet Palette and Airbrush here🎨🖌 <br><a href="http://squidmar.harderairbrush.com/">http://squidmar.harderairbrush.com/</a>

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• SP

  @sploobert46 · 1 year ago

  It would be fun if you both painted a “mystery” miniature that you hide from each other and see if you can find each others miniatures @ the event.

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  @Tendorine · 1 year ago

  I think one of the biggest issues is that there were only two judges judging over a thousand entries. imo there should be a whole judges committee

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  @drdrty · 1 year ago

  I remember the old days of golden demon, I entered the “young bloods” competition. Which had strict rules over the type of mini which could be entered. So I painted a piece which was strictly following the rules set. When I got there I passed a few rounds but slowly I saw the pieces passing with mine were not even close to following the rules. Eventually I didn’t make it to the final round - but seeing the judges passing pieces which didn’t follow the rules which had limited my own entry, totally disheartened me to continue the hobby.

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  @ArnauMiniatures · 1 year ago

  Thanks for the mention guys! I am really glad you liked my piece :)

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  @no_cool_names · 1 year ago

  There are always two certainty in a Golden demon competition. <br>1.) A couple of people will win. &amp; <br>2.) A couple thousand people will be salty.

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• KA

  @KabinMiniatures · 1 year ago

  Golden Demon was featured in our local newspaper here in Sweden, since we had a Youngbloods winner from our town! 🥳 I&apos;ve never seen Warhammer on the front page before 🤯

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  @John-p6c5g · 1 month ago

  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dEcRWzWCSTM&amp;t=1080">18:00</a> &quot;It is super rough&quot;<br>Bro, better than 99% of minis.

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  @ROMANLAPPATMINIATUREART · 1 year ago (edited)

  It was great meeting you both finally. Apologies for being so busy and distanced while being professional while judging Golden Demon :)

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  @demonrich · 1 year ago

  Best friend &lt;3

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  @tay13666 · 1 year ago

  The key to enjoying a competition is to go into it not expecting to win.<br>I&apos;ve been doing it for 20 years in my modeling hobby at Wonderfest. I never think I am going to get anything. I put pieces on the table to show them off and let others see them in person. If I get any award, it&apos;s a bonus. The true fun is talking about all the entries with other people at the show. Learning how they did things, why they chose what they did. Those things inspire me to try new things and new approaches and keep the hobby fun. And I am left with great memories of the time spent with other hobbiests.<br>I would be lying if I said I don&apos;t have any disappointment. Sure, I have pieces I hoped would do better than they did. But I move on quickly as I wasn&apos;t expecting to win.<br>Some of my proudest pieces got nothing at a show, but I still love them anyway.

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  @BarokaiRein · 1 year ago

  Golden demon is more like an advertisement event, less of a painting competition.<br><br>For example, if you compare it to basically anything else like Crystal Brush or Monte San Savino, it doesn&apos;t really hold up to any level of scrutiny as a painting competition.<br><br>What matters by far the most is that your model is a good advertisement of the warhammer IP, which is why we&apos;ve had way too many years where literally all winners of the singles category have been space marines. Colours have to be lore accurate, kitbashes have to be something GW wants to advertise, and after all of those things are approved, then, lastly, it comes down to the actual paint job.

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