I did better than last year, taking two Bronze awards, as opposed to one Bronze and one certificate of merit last year. So that's progress. I have included a few shots of the awards themselves as they are really cool and unique. Being in Texas the awards for Bronze, Silver, and Gold are cowboys sculpted by Anders Heintz instead of a plaque or a medal. A really cool idea.
The best thing about these shows is the chance to meet some of the best painters in the world and visit with them. People are always friendly and more than willing to help you with new techniques or ideas to improve your own painting. It's always good to get a chance to catch up with old friends and meet some new ones.
While at the show I got a chance to attended a amazing air brush demo by Chris Mrosko and got some new ideas for painting figures with an airbrush.
I took some pictures of the models and with my camera they turned out pretty horrible. Unfortunately you wont get to see a lot of the amazing work that was there because the pictures were blurry or whitened out. Still I have put up some of the better shots so people can get an idea of what was there. These photos are just the tip of the iceberg of what actually there so be sure and check the Lone Star Figure Show's main website for the professionally taken photographs. Their main site is here: http://www.lonestarfigureshow.com/
So here are the photos:
If you ordered any of the Reaper Miniatures from their Bones Kickstarter here are some shots of whats coming your way. These things are massive and you will not be disappointed in their quality.
Here is a shot of me with Julio Cabos. I attended his workshop last year and this is the figure we used (the Teddy Roosevelt from a previous post here). We didn't get a chance to complete it so I took it home after the show, finished it up, and entered it this year. Luckily it won one of my two bronzes. The other bronze award was for the Night Goblin also in a previous post. If you ever get a chance to attended a workshop by Julio then do so. You will learn a great deal and he is a amazing teacher and really great guy.
