Tuesday 9 April 2013

Plague Hulk - My Entry For The Forge World Open Day Competition

On Sunday I went to the Forge World Open Day and entered the painting competition. This was first time that I'd shown my work in public and I was rather nervous. It was, though, an amazing experience, which really made me feel part of the community. It was also an immense pleasure to have some of my work in a display cabinet with other dedicated and talented hobbyists, and to display my work in GW HQ only meters away from classic and contemporary works of painting wizardry. Thanks again to everyone who gave me wonderful and positive feedback, including one of the FW designers who thought I'd won (I didn't).


By pushing myself to participate/compete I've now got the confidence to work harder, stretch my abilities and enter more competitions. My work is very different to the vast majority of what's out there, but seeing it side by side with the 'mainstream' I've had an opportunity to reflect on how it holds the same value, despite standing out for its stylistic and painterly departures. I began painting as a therapeutic exercise in dark and difficult times: I hope you'll forgive me blowing my own trumpet a little because it has evolved into a genuinely self-asserting craft.





10 comments:

  1. Looks awesome! Congrats on entering the competition!

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    1. Thank you. I really do appreciate every piece of positive feedback. Onwards to Armies On Parade!

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  2. Phenomenally good work, Davey. Achieving that degree of corruption is really difficult. You've knocked this out of the park, Sir! Really great....really, really great.

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    1. Thanks Sidney, that's incredibly kind of you.

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  3. That thing looks amazing! Well done, Davey!

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    1. Thank you! It's so easy to get lost in a model when you spend a long time working on it; that's when doubt can set in. It's great to have to platform to share work with peers. Somehow my wife saying 'that's nice darling' doesn't quite cut it :-)

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  4. Inspirational work - love it!

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  5. I saw this beast at the open day as I was entering my empire witch on dragon too! Great day. Great model mate.

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    1. Thanks Henry, really liked your dragon too. As with all the entries it was high quality. Great to display among so many talented folks. Looking forward to next year already! I think I might work on my Incarnate Elemental of Fire for 2014...

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