Scale Model Challenge 2013 event coverage
Wednesday, October 16, 2013 22:12
Welcome to my report of SMC2013. Note for the impatient: If you're not interested in my experiences but just want to see some pictures, feel free to scroll to the bottom of this article where you can find links to the image galleries, thanks!
Just like last year I was present at Scale Model Challenge, a modeling event held in Veldhoven, The Netherlands. And with modeling I mean: military vehicles, diorama's, historical busts and of course (a small but growing) share of fantasy & sf figures.
Last year's event was HUGE, but to my surprise the 2013 edition was even bigger. Kudo's to the organizing club (Scale Model Factory) and everyone else involved. I've seen painting competitions 10 times smaller fail to bring everything to good ending, but SMC does it all in a flawless and professional way.
I booked a table again to do some painting during the day. Just like last year the interaction with the public was great. I brought my painting friends Gert, Pascal and Maartje (which in her turn brought Martin) with me and again we painted under the "Lage Landen Schildervrienden" banner.
Here are some pictures of our table. That's me painting :) it was still quite early in the day so not that crowded yet. That's Maartje on the right, that day she picked up her painting brush again after a long absence from the hobby. I hope I motivated her enough that day to get painting again more frequently :)
Martin on the left:
In the center you can see Pascal talking to the legendary Peter Zuidgeest (in the yellow checkered shirt, winner of several army painting contests) .
Peter again, together with Gert.
An overview of the club area:
Lot's of interesting stuff on display, but I was really flabbergasted by this model, entirely made of cardboard. Check the next picture for some amazing statistics on this project.
In the afternoon a speed painting competition was held. The fortune wheel you see at the end of the table was spun from time to time, giving the painters missions like "paint with one hand only" or "cover one eye" :)
New this year was a "game zone". Where some vendors were situated and also some painters. Just like last year some Massive Voodoo people were present.
I didn't really miss going to GD Germany this year to see the models because I knew that I would be able to see a lot of them in real life in other events. So I was very glad to see Roman Lappat's Slayer Sword winning project. Very amazing to see, very hard to capture on camera :)
Freebooter and Micro Art Studios were also present, although I got the impression they didn't get the amount of attention they're used to (like on an event at Crisis). I think the percentage of gamers in the crowd is just too low on an event like this. But any kind of sf/fantasy input in this event should be praised.
Gigantic Miniatures was also present, a name not very known to me. Until I saw this masterpiece in their display cabinet, one of the eye catchers at this year's Euro Militaire. They also had an unpainted version on display, with a sign next to it saying it was not yet ready for sale. I think marketing wise it would have been better to have this figure available for sale right after the Euro Militaire show, when a lot of people want to buy this figure.
Some big names were giving painting demos this year. This is Pepa Saavedra from Spain in action.
Now onto the painting competition. Lot's of categories, and lot's of tanks.
Huge, detailed diorama's:
It was here that I stumbled upon fellow blogger Vlado Simic from Germany. Fun guy, it was great meeting him.
Don't forget to check out their Die Vincis blog.
The eye catcher on the fantasy figures table was this Clang The Implacable by Vlado. Fantastic piece of work!
My entries in the competition: I won a silver medal :D
Some more of my favorites, remember you can view the full set in the galleries which are linked at the bottom of this article plus a short clip on YouTube.
Huge diorama by Peter Zuidgeest:
Just like last year I was present at Scale Model Challenge, a modeling event held in Veldhoven, The Netherlands. And with modeling I mean: military vehicles, diorama's, historical busts and of course (a small but growing) share of fantasy & sf figures.
Last year's event was HUGE, but to my surprise the 2013 edition was even bigger. Kudo's to the organizing club (Scale Model Factory) and everyone else involved. I've seen painting competitions 10 times smaller fail to bring everything to good ending, but SMC does it all in a flawless and professional way.
I booked a table again to do some painting during the day. Just like last year the interaction with the public was great. I brought my painting friends Gert, Pascal and Maartje (which in her turn brought Martin) with me and again we painted under the "Lage Landen Schildervrienden" banner.
Here are some pictures of our table. That's me painting :) it was still quite early in the day so not that crowded yet. That's Maartje on the right, that day she picked up her painting brush again after a long absence from the hobby. I hope I motivated her enough that day to get painting again more frequently :)
Martin on the left:
In the center you can see Pascal talking to the legendary Peter Zuidgeest (in the yellow checkered shirt, winner of several army painting contests) .
Peter again, together with Gert.
An overview of the club area:
Lot's of interesting stuff on display, but I was really flabbergasted by this model, entirely made of cardboard. Check the next picture for some amazing statistics on this project.
In the afternoon a speed painting competition was held. The fortune wheel you see at the end of the table was spun from time to time, giving the painters missions like "paint with one hand only" or "cover one eye" :)
New this year was a "game zone". Where some vendors were situated and also some painters. Just like last year some Massive Voodoo people were present.
I didn't really miss going to GD Germany this year to see the models because I knew that I would be able to see a lot of them in real life in other events. So I was very glad to see Roman Lappat's Slayer Sword winning project. Very amazing to see, very hard to capture on camera :)
Freebooter and Micro Art Studios were also present, although I got the impression they didn't get the amount of attention they're used to (like on an event at Crisis). I think the percentage of gamers in the crowd is just too low on an event like this. But any kind of sf/fantasy input in this event should be praised.
Gigantic Miniatures was also present, a name not very known to me. Until I saw this masterpiece in their display cabinet, one of the eye catchers at this year's Euro Militaire. They also had an unpainted version on display, with a sign next to it saying it was not yet ready for sale. I think marketing wise it would have been better to have this figure available for sale right after the Euro Militaire show, when a lot of people want to buy this figure.
Some big names were giving painting demos this year. This is Pepa Saavedra from Spain in action.
Now onto the painting competition. Lot's of categories, and lot's of tanks.
Huge, detailed diorama's:
It was here that I stumbled upon fellow blogger Vlado Simic from Germany. Fun guy, it was great meeting him.
Don't forget to check out their Die Vincis blog.
The eye catcher on the fantasy figures table was this Clang The Implacable by Vlado. Fantastic piece of work!
My entries in the competition: I won a silver medal :D
Some more of my favorites, remember you can view the full set in the galleries which are linked at the bottom of this article plus a short clip on YouTube.
Huge diorama by Peter Zuidgeest:
I also did some filming, a short fly-by of the fantasy figure categories. I wanted to do some more filming but I'm having some technical problems with the editing software on my new laptop.
Finally the picture I already showed you the evening of SMC, my two models which entered the competition together with the silver medal. Secretly I hoped for a gold medal, but that wasn't really realistic since Dark Vlad has some flaws and I was forced to cut some corners with the Brood Master due to time constraints (I finished the model about 12 hours before the opening of the contest :)
Finally here's a list of links to other galleries and blog posts, starting with my own full picture gallery both on Facebook and Google+. The link collection will be expanded in the next few days as I find more resources online.
SMC 2013 is over!
Sunday, October 13, 2013 22:17
Just got back from Scale Model Challenge 2013, a great day filled with great people and artwork.
The competition was a success as well, I came home with a silver medal, just like last year :)
Expect a report and picture gallery (I have about 300 pictures to sort) by the end of this week.
The competition was a success as well, I came home with a silver medal, just like last year :)
Expect a report and picture gallery (I have about 300 pictures to sort) by the end of this week.
Next weekend: Scale Model Challenge 2013
Monday, October 7, 2013 22:26
Just a quick note to tell you all about Scale Model Challenge 2013 which is happening next Sunday, 13 October. Just like last year I will be painting with a couple of friends and participating in the competition.
More information: http://www.scalemodelfactory.nl/smc2013.html
Last year's report: http://corvusminiatures.blogspot.be/2012/10/scale-model-challenge-2012-coverage.html
More information: http://www.scalemodelfactory.nl/smc2013.html
Last year's report: http://corvusminiatures.blogspot.be/2012/10/scale-model-challenge-2012-coverage.html
Brood Master WIP 1
Sunday, September 8, 2013 10:17
I bought the amazing Brood Master sculpt by Taban Miniatures at last year's Crisis. Below is a picture I took from the figure at the Taban booth, where they were showcasing their Eden skirmish game. If you look carefully you see two versions of this figure, the one on the back has an extra bit attached (you can see a pole rising from behind his back).
Here's the figure, really loving that creepy little girl clenched to him :) It will be a big challenge to paint this figure, there are so many focus points.
It was this pole that got me the idea for the base. This top-heavy piece has only one small attachment point with the figure, thus making the whole very fragile. So the initial plan was to mount this on a bit of steel wire attached to the base, for extra stability. But that idea got a bit out of hand. I decided to make a triangular construction, by making the steel wire going through the bottom of the plinth (which is actually the packaging of my iPod Shuffle :) where it is stuck in place with Milliput. To add a bit more variation I attached some plastic and balsa. Then I started with the ropes. I attached one bit of thread on a steel wire hook, and in two other places they are attached to resin bits (by Pardulon). Then the base was covered with Vallejo White Pumice and more detailing was added. When this is dry I will probably add some more fine detail: sand, plants, ...
Here I'm holding the figure in place with a pair of tweezers.
Can't wait to start painting :)
Here's the figure, really loving that creepy little girl clenched to him :) It will be a big challenge to paint this figure, there are so many focus points.
It was this pole that got me the idea for the base. This top-heavy piece has only one small attachment point with the figure, thus making the whole very fragile. So the initial plan was to mount this on a bit of steel wire attached to the base, for extra stability. But that idea got a bit out of hand. I decided to make a triangular construction, by making the steel wire going through the bottom of the plinth (which is actually the packaging of my iPod Shuffle :) where it is stuck in place with Milliput. To add a bit more variation I attached some plastic and balsa. Then I started with the ropes. I attached one bit of thread on a steel wire hook, and in two other places they are attached to resin bits (by Pardulon). Then the base was covered with Vallejo White Pumice and more detailing was added. When this is dry I will probably add some more fine detail: sand, plants, ...
Here I'm holding the figure in place with a pair of tweezers.
Can't wait to start painting :)
Back with some goblins!
Sunday, September 1, 2013 23:02
Wow, 3 months without updates! What have I been up to?
After a long and cold winter and spring, I have been doing like most of people here in Belgium: enjoying the nice weather. We had a fantastic summer and I spent a lot of time outside with the kids and on my racing bicycle. And of course there were some holidays as well :) Something less fun that happened to me were some problems with my lower back... just sitting, standing, sleeping was all very painfull, let alone hunching forward over a miniature. So that also kept me from the painting table as well the last couple of weeks.
But now that summer is coming to an end, inspiration and motivation are returning. I decided to gently get back in the flow by continuing The Hobbit set. Working on the second batch of gobling warriors and some of the characters, including the Goblin King.
After a long and cold winter and spring, I have been doing like most of people here in Belgium: enjoying the nice weather. We had a fantastic summer and I spent a lot of time outside with the kids and on my racing bicycle. And of course there were some holidays as well :) Something less fun that happened to me were some problems with my lower back... just sitting, standing, sleeping was all very painfull, let alone hunching forward over a miniature. So that also kept me from the painting table as well the last couple of weeks.
But now that summer is coming to an end, inspiration and motivation are returning. I decided to gently get back in the flow by continuing The Hobbit set. Working on the second batch of gobling warriors and some of the characters, including the Goblin King.
With some painting competitions coming up in the near future I also started working on a new showcase project, but that's something for the next blog post :)
