Not really sure why this would be, perhaps my visits to the cabinets coincided with judging rounds and I missed a whole bunch, or more controversially something I discussed with some of 'The Gents'; are the small elite group of professional painters whose amazing works tour competitions around the globe, winning large hauls of awards, dissuading the more humble Hobby painter from entering?
These Blood Angels were my stand out favourites of the day, but maybe I'm a little biased towards my fellow Son's of Sanguinius.
This diorama had a real cinematic feel, I could imagine the dust swirling around, the whine of the Valkyrie engines and the shouts of the Elysians as they deploy to secure the landing zone; meanwhile the Imperial Fist stands vigil for a moment before the remains of the fallen are recovered.
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| Guard do Lord of the Rings. |
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| Really liked the idea behind this one check out the Heavy Bolters on the trailer. |
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| Taxi! |
Last but by no means least, two of 'The Gents' entered the competition; Paul who, as regular readers of this Blog will know, is no stranger to Golden Demon, having won more than a few trophies in the past and Will trying his hand for the first time.
Paul entered two 40k categories, first up Duel, which was a reworking of a piece he had entered back in 2010.
And Squad.
4 comments:
Lovely pics Bix, I do like a good diorama!
Cheers Angry, yeah me to, FW had an absolutely 'Mahoosive' Heresy one which you may or may not have seen pics of already. I think I got some ok shots of it and will post them up in my next & final post on the event.
So. Many. Photos!
Great quality of pics mate, thanks for taking the time to take good ones (i.e not ones that are 50% cabinet glass reflection). Really able to appreciate the quality of a lot of these!
Thanks RG, you should see how many more photos end up on the cutting room floor lol!
Getting a steady shot is the biggest problem and on a side note, I thank all those who put up with me camped in front of the cabinets, cursing my Iconograph because the Imp has run out of Blood Red again!
It's a rather temperamental Canon EOS 300D fitted with a Tamron SP AF28-300/3.5-6.3 XRLD Aspherical (IF) Macro lens (although I confess to not understanding most of what that means, I'm a Photography Philistine).
Seriously though, it's a pleasure to showcase great miniatures for the enjoyment of all and it's rewarding that people such as your goodself take the time to drop by, appreciate and comment on the effort.
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