i entered a model this year into youngbloods - the votann diorama (not in the video), and i got a commended entry. I absolutely loved the event and I am going to enter again next year - it gave me a lot of inspiration and even though i didn't go up to people and ask for feedback it has really inspired me to push my painting skill

Best Golden Demon round up and walkthrough I’ve seen. Great work 👍

Amazing. Seeing my finalist Terminator Librarian at 7:46 was a treat. So rarely seen any of my stuff from this year as sadly 2 of my other entries didn't place and most people don't film the stuff not on the higher shelves. Thanks for putting this together Rich, i might have said High to you briefly in the ceremony as i was chatting to James from Siege and Matt Kennedy as the ceremony finished.

Sorry I missed you, come to think of it, not sure I would recognize you in a crowd. I just wanted to say thanks for the best NMM tutorial available, used it for my entry.

Fascinating insights, lots of important myth-busting, and absolutely wonderful of you to showcase as many of these amazing entries as possible. Overwhelming quantity and quality of models

Seeing my Squig duel here made me smile immensely, Rich. It was great to see you again. Well done on the commendation, and thanks very much for filming the entries. Sadly, I missed so many this time due to the queues and having my son with me. He definitely got the bug and enjoyed when you and Chris told him to enter next year. Thanks again, see you at the next one!

Great video Richard! Was happy to spot all three of my entries in there 😀

Great Video! This was my first year entering and I got a pin. You caught 3 out of 4 entries on mine in your video! Your entry was beautiful! Very well done!

Great video and agree about the design staff. They are the heart of warhammer. It doesn’t exist without them

Happy to see my "extraction grot" at the 32:06 mark. The standard this year was phenominal, my mind was blown to have gotten a pin. Loved your vampires, each is painted in an individual manner, but the colour selections really tie them together.

Thanks for including myself and everyone else from Funhammer Cosplay UK in your video :) the parade was so much fun. I was one of the two Tanith guardsmen :) I'd love to say hello to you next time but I don't know what you look like!

This was excellent best wrap video I’ve seen yet. Your thoughts and all the models. Thank you.

Hi Rich, as someone who is preparing to enter me first GD next year I can't tell you how much this video settled my indecisions down! I suffer from analysis paralysis quite a lot for my models and to hear someone so experienced give such good advice is amazing, thank you!!

Very nice summary of the GDUK'23! I did the Purple and Teal Orruk Bazdrogg in AoS single - happy I got a pin, but sad it didn't make commended. Still wondering if the Lore/IP was a factor 🤔

Thank you so much for this video, it made me feel like I got to attend the event and see all these wonderful entries!

I entered for the first time this year. 4 entries and I was stunned to get 3 pins for them. Your video got them all!

here is my diorama 38:45 , thanks for the video, there it was very difficult to see all the miniatures with so many people. ^^ See you next year!☺️

It's some of the best footage I've seen of it all Richard! Thank you so much for doing this video!

Thanks for showing as many models as you could. It is always a struggle to check out these entries online.

34:40 slayer sword winner entry

Thanks for taking the time to film this stuff for those of us who really cannot travel to Warhammer Fest... and on a side note it was nice to see Louise in your footage in the beginning of the video... and it was also cool to see her rainbow warrior... on another note... perhaps it would be more effective to take photo's and basically do a slide show... but to be fair that would be just an insane amount of editing...

Thank you for taking the time and effort to put all this together. As someone who will likely never attend one of these it is fantastic to see as well as get your thoughts on the event.

Great video it was nice seeing my bezerker pop up on screen, wasn’t expecting that 😂 ,was my first gd and basically painted him the night before so wasn’t to happy but still cool to see 😂😁

Great video Richard. Thanks for giving us a glimpse into such the massive golden daemon entries which we normally wouldn't see. I've been seeing your WIP on Instagram and absolutely loved you entry. 👌

Saw my Wight King in single mini! Thanks for making the effort to catch as much as possible, great to hear your thoughts on the process.

Thanks for this Richard, your insight is really helpful. The lighting was atrocious; there were amazing entries I had been following on Instagram which ended up looking so washed out. Thanks for filming as many entries as you could, it was so nice to see my entries in your video even if they didn’t get anywhere (Imperial Fist sergeant with epic scale hololith, and Imperial Fist squad - 15:12 and 19:28 )

Thanks for taking time to video and talk about this. Without it, I would likely never have seen some of these other interesting entries like that "Solarii Cargo Lighter" at 37:50 or the Sanguinius vs Ka'bandha diorama at 39:33

Woop woop literally just sat down to paint and the notification for this popped up 😊😊

Thanks for the video Richard. Appreciate you trying to cover all the models, there were so many great entries. Also nice to see my Vashtor and my friends Belakor here!

Your entry looks awesome and you not getting a trophy speaks to the level of competition itself. Thanks for your thoughtful insights.

Great breakdown for GD! Spotted my stompa 24:55 which was cool to see on film!

A really great video, very interesting listening indeed. Lots of little bits I hadn't know as well, especially about the open comp. This was the first comp I'd ever entered and I was ecstatic with my finalist pin. Your advice on just entering and seeing is 100% correct, I cant wait for the next one. P.S loved the Vampires 🧛‍♂️

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Thanks a lot for putting this together, mate! I spotted my Lord of Change at 05:44 and my Gandalf at 34:47. Must admit it was heart-wrenching to see all those green dots appear around my models so quickly after submitting them, and then discover them again at the bottom of the shelves on the Monday. But the standard today is just insanely high, I can only see it as a drive to improve! As you say, though, Golden Demon certainly isn't the be-all and end-all of competitive painting, and I've been enjoying taking models to other shows around Europe (and bringing back medals from them as well!) In all honesty, I probably won't be back to Golden Demon for a while, personally, but I'm absolutely here to support all those entering in the future! Can't wait to see what comes next!

Loved your entry, expecting the video about it soon! Can't wait for Dante! Is it going to be here or on richardgraycreations? already bought the mini!!

Great vid Richard!💥💥💥

Hi Richard, great vid and I love the vampires. I only managed to glimpse them through the crowds on the day so it’s great to see some nice images of them. Congrats on the commendation. I entered open this year with 54mm Inquisitor Eisenhorn. The competition was out of this world. Would have loved to have got some feedback whilst I was there but it was just so busy around the cabinets.

Great video, and really interesting to hear your opinions on the event. I'd have been terrified of going up on that stage too, but thankfully my little necromancer (in your video at 30:20, front row- dead chuffed you photographed it!) didn't get anywhere so it wasn't an issue I had to deal with 😆 Gitted I didn't get to see your entry in person though, I was really hoping to do so. And congrats on your Commended entry.

I saw that krieg bust in the open competition, that's a 3D printed model that I've got on file myself and is very readily available, I couldn't believe someone had the cheek to enter that 😂

29:38 the guys over at MiniatureArt TV, have things figured out quite well. Maybe they can give you some pointer on how to improve your cabinet shots.

Interesting video and insightful commentary, Richard. I entered an exodite wraithblade (40k single) and the wraithlord jumping off a tree (40k vehicle), the latter of which got a pin. First GD for me, so nothing to compare it to, but read you would/could get feedback on your entrys in previous years. Do you know when this changed?

Amazing I did the tau Taunar titan. 😊

I clearly missed something, the chaos marine /whire dwarf cover termy, i assume they released that at some point? When was that? If i had known i might have bought it. Also, this was a comment for the algorythm god of the Tubes.

Looking forward to the discussion on your entry (in part because the Askurgan Trueblades have been a "I need to paint those" since they were revealed - and to hear about the stylistic choices behine the colour scheme. (and so I don't feel as bad with my Cado that's going into a contest at my local Warhammer store next month). Can't fathom how they can't take images of every entry - you have to stop to register your entry, woudn't be that hard to have a light box and camera set-up at the registration table and take 1 image of each to post on the site (after all they did post a ridiculous amount of Everchosen images the one time they did it)

2:10 yes, it was very busy. Waiting in line for multiple hours is not my thing. Was only willing to do that for the award ceremony.

that strike cruiser was nice to see i hope gw brings bfg back

Thanks for this Richard. I entered three minis; A Lord of Blights, Gothmog on a Warg and an Emperors Children Cataphractii which won me my first pin! I couldn't agree with your comment about 'just enter'. So many people over the weekend say 'I'd like to enter but I don't know if I'm good enough'.

As someone who is really big in the community and has a good relationship with gw, have you suggested they sort the cabinet lights out? Also maybe mention some of the shelves were dusty which I thought was a bit disrespectful to those that entered

I entered but I had already pulled my model as I didn't make the cut and we were leaving on the Sunday early. I'll definitely be entering again and I have a good idea were I went wrong, plus I want to hang about on the last day to chat to other painters as I defo missed out on that. Till next year

It is really nice to see all these models. Thanks for making the video. The lighting at Adepticon Demon is terrible also. Not enough in some places. And one side of the display is backlit because there are huge windows behind it. And the lights are mounted vertically on the sides of the cases so it gets in your eyes. Just from this relatively brief showing, it is obvious that the UK Demon is much better than the US Demon. Frankly, I would rather have Crystal Brush back. Original sculpts and really masterful painting by the Europeans.

Do you do commissions rich? Just to a high tabletop standard? Thank you

I loathe judges changing category of entries without asking. I made the model I’ve spend likely 100+ hours of work. I filled out the paperwork and catergory paperwork I know where my model belongs

So if you sculpted a model in zbrush and 3d printed it you could enter it?

6:00 I agree, the lighting was horrible and inconsistent. Was there a time where it was better?

Same issue with the lighting at adepticon. A lot of incredible miniatures had atrocious lighting. But then again, I do understand that. You have limited space for a huge amount of miniatures and you cant use proper lighting on every individual model.

Do you think with the quantity of high quality entries now GW should move away from the 1st 2nd and 3rd format?

GWs photo of the single model 40k winner was not good at all, at least I'm assuming so since the photo was rather underwhelming compared to 2nd and 3rd place.

Wait, that's the lighting people are supposed to use for judging models? That's just atrocious, especially considering how the judges can only spend like few seconds per model when going through cabinets. That explains so much about why certain bloody incredible models don't get placed in GD.