Capital Palette 2014 is coming up this Labor Day Weekend, 28-31 August, at the NOVA Open gaming convention in Washington, D.C.
Capital Palette is a qualifier event for the Crystal Brush. The Best in Show winner receives a prize package which includes his or her choice of $100 in CMON store merchandise, or round-trip airfare to compete at the Crystal Brush Awards 2015 at the Adepticon gaming convention in Chicago, where you can compete for the Crystal Brush $10,000 top prize!
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Greetings, miniature fans, we’re pleased to announce that the Bay Area Open Painting Competition will be a Crystal Brush qualifier again this year! We’ve seen some fantastic models from this convention in past years and are looking forward to the results. The overall grand prize winner will receive his or her choice of $100 in CoolMiniOrNot store merchandise credit, or round trip airfare to compete at the 2015 Crystal Brush Awards in Chicago, Illinois.
Bay Area Open 2014 will be held July 26th and 27th, in San Jose, California, hosted by Frontline Gaming. The weekend will be filled with Warhammer 40K, Warmachine, Hordes, and Warzone events, plus hobby seminars with multiple award winning painter Caleb Wissenback. Painting competition details will be posted on the BAO site shortly. If you’ll be in the area, check it out!
We’re proud to announce our first sponsor for the 2015 Crystal Brush Awards. Sergeant BlackArt’s Terrible Kids Stuff will be a Diamond Level sponsor, with the option to create a special award category. This relatively new Italian company produces eye-catching, unusual limited edition models in a variety of scales. With some of the world’s best concept artists, sculptors, and painters on the team, Terrible Kids Stuff is rapidly adding new dimensions to our hobby. Stay tuned for details on Terrible Kids’ participation in Crystal Brush!
Join us from March 19th to the 22nd for the biggest AdeptiCon yet! We’re excited to be holding the Crystal Brush Awards in a new and larger venue, the Renaissance Schaumburg Convention Center. More space, more games, more food, more fun! The AdeptiCon hotel block is open for booking now, and event registration is expected to open in November.
The Crystal Brush Awards for 2015 will take place over this weekend, with entry submission opening on Thursday, March 19, and closing at noon on Saturday, March 21. Competition categories, rules, and judging/voting procedures have all been updated for 2015 on this site. There are a few minor changes from previous years, so please check these pages if you’re thinking about submitting entries.
We look forward to seeing everyone–especially all our qualifier winners–in March. Watch some of the best modelers in the world compete for the $10,000 grand prize!
Entries may be submitted Thursday and Friday from 12 p.m. to 5 p.m., and Saturday from 12 p.m. to 3 p.m. Winners will be announced on Sunday, June 15, at 1 p.m. Full rules and competition categories are given below. We hope to see you there!
NOVA Open has grown in just a few years to be the biggest wargaming convention in the Washington, D.C. area. We’re happy to announce that for 2014, their art competition, the Capital Palette, will continue as a Crystal Brush Qualifier. The Best in Show winner will receive a prize package which includes his or her choice of $100 in CMON store merchandise, or round-trip airfare to compete at the Crystal Brush Awards 2015 in Chicago!
NOVA Open will be held August 28-31, in Arlington, VA. Full details, including registration and hotel information, can be found at NOVA Open’s main site
We had a wonderful turnout at this year’s TempleCon! We’re pleased to announce that the overall winner form TempleCon 2014 is Guillaume “Yaum” Juneau’s Mountain King! As a winner Yaum has earned a trip to Adepticon 2015! We can’t wait to see what he has to bring! Check out the other winning miniatures here!
The winner of H2013 is Stefan Johnsson (from Sweden!). This editon was more 'international' than ever :) We had painters from Germany, Slovakia, Russia and Sweden and lot of polish painters of course. Level of competition was very high. Total quantity of entries - 114 (comparing to edition 2012 +40 entries more:).
Here you can find gallery with nice photos of winning and honourable mention entries
We at Crystal Brush are always so happy to know the world of miniature artistry is talking about us, and we are always glad to know when another prestigious painting event is gearing up to show some great works of art! A lot of these events take place at bigger conventions, trade shows or gaming gatherings around the globe. When one of these events qualifies for a little extra attention and works with us and our sponsors, we call these events…
…The Road to the Crystal Brush!
Today we are happy to announce not one but TWO future events that have applied and qualify as Road to Crystal Brush events – The 2014 Feast of Blades, and the 2014 Las Vegan Open!
I have the album posted now for the KublaAwards.
David Diamondstone is the overall winner and Crystal Brush Qualifier.
Later this week the Cool Mini or Not family is hosting their first annual Cool Mini or Not Expo in Atlanta, Georgia! Don’t forget that it will be here at the Expo that we at Crystal Brush will be hosting our first Road to Crystal Brush Qualifier event for the 2014 Crystal Brush finals!
Take a second and hop on over to the www.cmonexpo.com website and register to attend… and take your first shot to be flown out to the Crystal Brush Finals in 2014!
Don’t miss your chance to attend the great show AND win some airfare with your amazing miniature artistry while you’re there!
Good luck!