The Work of James K. Craig
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Hey all - here are my pics from Games Day Toronto 2009. As I was running the Golden Demon lounge as well as both teaching and assisting with seminars, I didnt get out nearly as much to take pics this year. I hope you will all enjoy nonetheless. I am, however, sorry to say that this last week has been killer so I havent had a proper chance to take good pics of my diorama in my photo rig. I will post them as soon as I do (ASAP).
A few of my fav pics from the set:
From Armies on Parade - the army on the right belongs to my buddy Paul - I will be running a feature on this army in July I think 
A WIP scratch built Imperator Titan - so cool.
My club’s all super heavy Mechanicus inspired table
A great Centigor Model that I really liked - if anyone knows who did it ask them to email me
A heresy era predator by one of my absolute favorite painters John Papoulakos - I am awed that this one was overlooked but it was a tough category. Still this was one of my fav pieces in the show. The marble effects on it are so real - it was very intimidating!
The Slayer winners other piece - SO BEAUTIFUL!!!!! I want to have this model in my own cabinet just to admire. It was just such a wonderfully well painted model, nicely arranged and well finished. Of his two pieces I actually preferred this one. In all honesty I liked this one as much as Julien’s piece (pictured below) that got gold in the same category. As proud I am of my own piece that was third in the category - there was no doubt in my mind that both of these had a solid leg up on me in the category.
And the slayer piece in the cabinet
For the rest just click the link at the beginning of this article or click your way into my events gallery using the menu on this page.
Till I get my work shot!
James
Wow - back from Games Day Toronto. Placed Bronze in WFB monster with my Chaos Spawn and Silver in Diorama with my Trench Scene.
Whats amazing is that the diorama also won me the Forge World “Best of Show” award as well!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
This was a totally unexpected moment as there were other FW piece that quite deservedly won gold in other categories including Vince Hudon’s titan and another Warhound Titan (dont know who the artist was yet) which was really great!
I guess that he fact that my piece was runner up in my category to the Slayer Sword winner meant that it wasnt looked down upon for being a silver -and I genuinely hope speaks to the quality of my piece which I have to say I was really quite proud of. One of the judges (’Eavy Metal painter Keith Robertson no less) told me that they were very impressed by it and that they really felt that it captured the look and attitude of the FW background/source material.
This is an award that I had really hoped for - but genuinely did not expect, especially considering the presence of Vince Hudon’s titan (gold open), Mathieu Fontaine’s Blight Drone shown below (silver 40k vehicle) and a supurb Titan (artist unknown at this time) who placed gold in 40k Vehicle.
For more pics of Mathieu’s piece - and the other pieces he also placed with - please click on over to his blog and check it out http://akaranseth.over-blog.com/
I would like to thank all the judges and the people at Forge World for this bit of recognition and for their continued support of hobbiests like myself - giving us some extremely competitive and lofty (but apparently reachable!) goals to work towards.
So where are the pics of my trench you say? Well for now I am only going to leave you with this WIP teaser from mid way through the build as - to be perfectly honest - I havent had a chance to take any good pics of it yet!!!!! As soon as I finish report cards Ill get some great detail shots for y’all and post them :) So for now - a WIP
More on GD toronto next week when I get my pics and comments together - in the meantime I am going to bed! G’Nite y’all
Once again I’ll be joining the crew of the Golden Demon lounge along with some other Team Montreal colleagues for Games Day Canada.
Here you’ll find the complete schedule of the day. I’m giving 1 seminar on modelling for competitions. So if you are in Toronto on june 20th come by and say hello!
If you have seen this schedule elsewhere it is worth noting that there has been a change as well - Brian Sobb will not be joining us but in his place I have managed to book ZACH LANIER!!!!! Zach is an amazing painter and a super nice guy. I look forward to hanging out with him.
So here is the schedule - Hope to see you there - and I need to get back to work on finishing up my entries for the WFB monster category (my Chaos Spawn) and my entry for the new DIORAMA category!!!!! Very excited - battle scene was always my favorite category (and a couple of my demons came out of that grouping!) but the new expanded diorama concept is even better. I think the piece I am working on is looking really good though really different from my previous work! It has been a real extension of my skills and ideas into new directions. I hope you will all enjoy!
Toronto Golden Demon Lounge Schedule 2009
10:00
At Table:
- Dragomir Milanovic
- Mathieu Fontaine
- Cory Burns
- James Craig
- Ansel Elghort
Seminar – no seminar - doors opening – Come sign up for one of our amazing seminars!
11:00
At Table:
- James Craig
- Dragomir Milanovic
- Julien Casses
- Josquin Samuel
Seminar: Mathieu Fontaine – Weathering Models
CLASS DESCRIPTION:: Have you ever wondered how to weather metallics, armour and other surfaces to really bring them to life? If you’re ready to dive into the world of well used equipment this is something you’ll really want to check out! Be shown various techniques by multi demon winner and Team Montreal member Mathieu Fontaine.
# OF PARTICPANTS - 10
12 :00
At Table:
- Ansel Elghort
- Zach Lanier
- Cory Burns
- Josquin Samuel
Seminar: Julien Casses – Blending, light and colour theory, contrast work
CLASS DESCRIPTION: An explanation and demonstration of advanced techniques that make a mini eye catching from phenomenal European painter Julien Casses!
# OF PARTICPANTS: As much as we can fit comfortably!
1:00
At Table:
- Cory Burns
- Ansel Elghort
- Josquin Samuel
- Zach Lanier
Seminar: James Craig – Beyond Basics – creating unique centerpiece and display models. This seminar will discuss topics of converting and composing models for competitions and armies. It will also include a discussion and practical demonstration of how to work with Greenstuff to add unique details to your models.
# OF PARTICPANTS: 10
2 :00
At Table:
- Ansel Elghort
- Julien Casses
- Zach Lanier
- Mathieu Fontaine
Seminar: Dragomir Milanovic – Plaster Brick and Stonework for Dioramas and Terrain
CLASS DESCRIPTION: Ever wanted to add a building ruin to your dioramas or bases but cannot find a perfect pre-made one? Now you can learn to make your own! This hands on demo will show you how to produce plaster brick and stonework from making your mould boxes to carving the bricks.
# OF PARTICPANTS: 10
3:00
At Table:
- Julien Casses
- Cory Burns
- Dragomir Milanovic
- Josquin Samuel
Seminar: Mathieu Fontaine - Blending like the pros and Q & A!
CLASS DESCRIPTION: Ever wonder how the pros blend colors so that the cloak goes from a white to a dark brown passing by a green and a red without even a demarcation? Well now is the time to discover how and ask any other questions as a bonus!
# OF PARTICPANTS: As much as we can fit comfortably! Youpee!
4:00 – As demons will be handed out during this hour – the artists respectfully request that no seminars or table times be booked during this time so that we can support our friends, cheer for other painters and hopefully collect our own trophies!
So a quick update -
First a super special thanks to Stefan “Ripsey” Grambart for doing a couple of really special projects for me.
The first is the SWEET image above. Stefan drew this up for my club and we have had it printed on a big ol’ stack of fridge magnets!!!!! If you want to get your grubby little hands on one of these - all you have to do is come check out The Lost’s club table at Games Day Toronto and we will happily give you one for free!
Our Table is going to be super cool - a HUGE all superheavy Mega battle. We are going to have several titans and close to a dozen super heavy tanks from the Chaos and Imperial forces to Xenos Eldar and Tyranid bio constructs! If you had ever wanted a chance just to try out and play with one of these behemoths this is your opportunity!
Here are some early WIP shots of the Mechanicus themed club table being constructed - after Games Day I will post pics of the finished table as well assome shots of the carnage from the event!
till next week!
Who knew toast could make such a great pillow?
Hey all, I havent forgotten about you or the site I had stalled a little hoping to have some good pics from my friends at Baltimore Games Day/Golden Demons but they seem to be a little slow in coming.First I would like to congratulate all my TNA teammates and friends who competed - especially those who placed throughout the comp.
Dave “Tanith” Taylor had an amazing showing winning no less than 4 trophies himself - my favorite piece he entered is the tank above but I would like to encourage you all to check out his other pieces on his kick @$$ blog - I have even added a link to this blog on the left side. Joe Orteza had an super cool Eldar scorpion wraithlord on display, Aaron Lovejoy had an AMAZING avatar (FW best of show!) and an equally amazing “Masque of Slaanesh”, and Zach Lanier captured a bronze for his Yarrick.
But most important is my young teammate Dylan Gauker who won 5 demons and the much coveted Baltimore Slayer Sword!!! His squad of Nurgle Mutants (picture from Stuff of legends where you can find some great photo coverage) was just so incredibly cool - I cant wait to see them in person in Chicago where he will have them on display at the Golden Demon Lounge table. By all accounts the pictures - impressive as they are - truly do no justice to the work done. I have made little secret that, other than Mathieu Fontaine, Dylan is the artist whose work I have been most excited to see in competitions over the past few years for the sheer growth of his technique, vision and artistry.So a great Congrats to him!
NEXT WEEK: Work on the TNA Ork continues!!!!!
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