Hey guys, cool meeting you all!
I had a great time as well.. and I kind of fell in love in Paris!
And very inspiring to see the miniatures of a large proportion of the best fantasy/sci fi painters in the world on spot. A special kudos to the Mcveys and I was amazed at how good Mikes stuff from the GW period still looks. Top folks as well, got the chance to chat with him and Ali.
In fact everyone I got to speak to were top blokes...
I smelt no arrogance whatsoever. And a funny thing was to see that the \"top-painters\" in many cases were nervous to speak to each other as well.. all being fans to each other haha. I tried to be very straight forward and hope I didn\'t annoy anyone. My motto was better to have some awkward moments then not see all the great miniatures up-close. But I realised one thing as well and that is that when people look reserved it might not be because they don\'t want to speak to you but instead because they don\'t understand what you\'re saying!! lol lesson learned. I will definately try to read through my old textbooks in french until next time.
Didn\'t get anything though, entered the master painting category. I was disappointed but it kind of triggered me as well to really make an effort to next year. I didnt get to chat with the judges aftwerwards but I know I\'m too subtle and that is what I have to work with this following year. More saturated colours and more contrast and still smooth blends!
Not the easiest equation to solve of course.
The visit to Musée du Louvre gave me ideas to things I have to try out as well.
I\'ll probably post my stuff later today or tomorrow.
