Pendraken Painting Comp 2016!

Thanks to everyone who entered the 2016 Pendraken Painting Competition! After four weeks of entries, we've now got our winners!

Foot - Pre-20th C. (24 entries)

1st place: "Lombardia", by bradpitre - wins £20 Pendraken credit, and a £20 voucher from Leven Miniatures!

"A nice mix of using black lining and shading..." "Just great, fallen man in front rank a nice touch." "Superbly done, beautifully executed."

Foot - 20th C. (11 entries)

1st place: SCW Regular Army, by MIG - wins £20 Pendraken credit, and a £20 voucher from Ironclad Miniatures!

"Really nice eye for detail, well painted, cleanly based and a great photo." "Clean and well-presented; nice palette."

Mounted (18 entries)

1st place: 7th French Hussars, by MIG - wins £20 Pendraken credit, and a copy of the new 'Paints' magazine from Wargames Illustrated!

"Super paint job aided by a really clear and well lit photo." "Very crisp and clean. Shading almost too subtle for this scale." "Simple and understated, really subtle."

Vehicle (19 entries)

1st place: Sherman, by BH62 - wins £20 Pendraken credit, and a copy of the new Blitzkrieg Commander ruleset!

"Crisp, clean painting, great highlighting." "Cracking job here, lovely use of shading and highlighting edges." "Very crisp, really good edge highlighting. Very clear winner." "Really nice, simple but effective use of highlighting to make this one 'pop'.

Fantasy & Sci-Fi (14 entries)

1st place: Squogglers and Night Goblins, by Hetairoi - wins £20 Pendraken credit, and a copy of 'Warband'!

"The faces on the squigs are great." "Good painting and appropriately dark photography." "Very nicely done, great looking unit, love the flame-effect hoods."

Warband (5 entries)

1st place: Goblin Riders, by Andy T - wins £20 Pendraken credit, and a Warband Army Pack!

"Really nice job, made me smile." "Fun unit, execution of painting ok." "Innovative and nicely done."

Open - Single Base (26 entries)

1st place: 30YW Artillery, by bradpitre - wins £20 Pendraken credit, and a Scourge Army from Hawk Wargames!

"Excellent attention to detail, a great artwork." "Really enjoyed these figures, great paint job, basing and photos. I love to see well painted figures with great basing, the full package." "Just gorgeous." "Superbly done, beautiful vignette."

Open - Army! (27 entries)

1st place: 30YW French, by bradpitre - wins £20 Pendraken credit, and a copy of the new 'Paints' magazine from Wargames Illustrated!

"A simple paint job that works well close up and on the table, cracking basing. These are more like individual vignettes, well done." "Superbly done - simple but really effective."