Jason Martin (Redrum)
Active Member
I almost didn't go as I was attending a workshop by the master that is Kirill Kanaev the weekend after Euro and couldn't possibly do both. However a visa issue meant the workshop was cancelled and so with refund in hand I planned for Euromilitaire instead.
I am so glad I went!
Firstly the opportunity to put names to faces, I'm quite active on social media for two reasons. The work I do for Legion of the Cow and my personal development as a painter, my painting has developed massively in the last two years, in no small part due to the critique, encouragement and motivation I receive from my peers and the masters. So finally meeting face to face the legend that is super snad, smudger, Pepe Gallardo, Fernando Ruiz, Alex Varela, sang eon Lee, Antonio Pena, Christos Panagiotopoulos oh and so many more I couldn't possibly mention them all, was really nice.
Secondly, the stands are far better, in my opinion, than those at Salute predominantly because I'm not a wargamer, so the chance of getting the latest release or a show special without shipping costs is always nice. There's always the chance of coming across something you've not seen before, especially for me as up until a few weeks ago I've had no interest in historical figures, yet at Euro I picked up some Templars from FeR!!
Thirdly, the competition hall! OMG!!
The standard was ridiculous, I have never seen so much quality in a show before, I was suitably intimidated!! I took so many photos I had to delete old ones from the iPad to create more memory so I could take more lol!! There were so many figures and busts that I saw that I now want based simply on the inspiring paintjobs I witnessed.
To then come away with a highly commended and two bronze medals in the Fantasy category totally made my weekend! One mistake I made though was taking my two boys, one has just turned two the other isn't even two months old, next year will be a kid free weekend And I intend on going down on the Friday as well so I can have a few bevies with my friends.
I won't show you too many pictures as I'm sure you've seen them all already but here's a small selection. Also when I posted up a picture of my medals and their display stand today, the post got a lot of interest, so il include a picture of that too, the stand if you're interested is made by Jon Page of Sphere Products, you can PM him in Facebook or meet him at shows.
Thanks for reading, until the next time!!
I am so glad I went!
Firstly the opportunity to put names to faces, I'm quite active on social media for two reasons. The work I do for Legion of the Cow and my personal development as a painter, my painting has developed massively in the last two years, in no small part due to the critique, encouragement and motivation I receive from my peers and the masters. So finally meeting face to face the legend that is super snad, smudger, Pepe Gallardo, Fernando Ruiz, Alex Varela, sang eon Lee, Antonio Pena, Christos Panagiotopoulos oh and so many more I couldn't possibly mention them all, was really nice.
Secondly, the stands are far better, in my opinion, than those at Salute predominantly because I'm not a wargamer, so the chance of getting the latest release or a show special without shipping costs is always nice. There's always the chance of coming across something you've not seen before, especially for me as up until a few weeks ago I've had no interest in historical figures, yet at Euro I picked up some Templars from FeR!!
Thirdly, the competition hall! OMG!!
The standard was ridiculous, I have never seen so much quality in a show before, I was suitably intimidated!! I took so many photos I had to delete old ones from the iPad to create more memory so I could take more lol!! There were so many figures and busts that I saw that I now want based simply on the inspiring paintjobs I witnessed.
To then come away with a highly commended and two bronze medals in the Fantasy category totally made my weekend! One mistake I made though was taking my two boys, one has just turned two the other isn't even two months old, next year will be a kid free weekend And I intend on going down on the Friday as well so I can have a few bevies with my friends.
I won't show you too many pictures as I'm sure you've seen them all already but here's a small selection. Also when I posted up a picture of my medals and their display stand today, the post got a lot of interest, so il include a picture of that too, the stand if you're interested is made by Jon Page of Sphere Products, you can PM him in Facebook or meet him at shows.
Thanks for reading, until the next time!!
