Value of a Golden Demon

[lono]

Surely the real value of a Golden Demon is in the extra implied earnings. I mean you can probably tripple your freelance rates if you can lay claim to winning a statue. It\'s the highest seal of approval to many people and with that comes extra cash.

It\'s the same for the winner of any well known competition - the actual winnings are secondary to the additional cash you can make because of the prestige you suddenly have.

 

[Hinton]

Originally posted by lono
Surely the real value of a Golden Demon is in the extra implied earnings. I mean you can probably tripple your freelance rates if you can lay claim to winning a statue. It\'s the highest seal of approval to many people and with that comes extra cash.

It\'s the same for the winner of any well known competition - the actual winnings are secondary to the additional cash you can make because of the prestige you suddenly have.

That certainly makes sense. However, what about winning other contests? And I\'m talking about online contests only here.

I know Wyrd just had their \"Rotten Harvest\" painting contest and I\'m sure other sites have something from time to time as well.

I know they\'re probably not ranked up there with a GD, but do they still count? Is there still some measure of prestige and recognition with winning (or even placing) in those kinds of contests?

Or are the winners and their work dismissed, for the most part, because it was \"just an online contest\"?

 

[LavronYor]

As with most professional painters, a demon or multiple demons probably means that they are able to ask and charge more. Several painters win a few and then are so busy that they don\'t have time to devote to competing any more. And still some that paint for commission if they are allowed to enter it before it goes to the patron. I have only known one sword winner who used a pseudonym on ebay to avoid fan boy bidders. Fortunately, I won a sword winner painted mini for around $40US.

 

[EArkham]

My rates and demand both went up after I won a few, so yes, winning definitely equals more commissions in both senses of demand and money. It\'s difficult, perhaps impossible to stick a formula on how many awards turns into what sort of percentage increase in commission rate. As to selling the entries themselves, I have and will again, but there are some I won\'t ever sell. Sometimes my entries are planned as eBay offerings that also happen to get entered in a GD. Some people sell all of theirs. Some don\'t sell any. As Dragonsreach says, to each his own.

But the original comment I made was about the awards themselves, since I\'d never seen one actually offered for sale before and it seemed like a bit of a silly idea. I have to agree with the sentiment from this thread; I personally just don\'t see the point in doing it as price and accomplisment is non-transferrable.

I mean who wouldn´t sell his or her demon for 1000 Bucks...??

Of course, while I don\'t see the point of buying trophies, I\'d certainly take someone up on that offer, let me tell you! lol

The US swords I\'ve seen in person haven\'t been particularly impressive. These definitely looked like the showpieces you can buy from various catalogs for $500, at most. Never seen a UK one in person, but I suspect it\'s of considerable higher quality.

Kep

[edit] PS - Noticed that the post I started this thread with was my 666th! It is surely a (golden) demonic topic! Ba da bump, ching.

 

[Onis Lair]

So how much would a trophy or slayer sword go for on eBay? Not the entry; the actual award.

You can\'t really sell the award as documentation will always prove who the real winner was but selling the physical award, the statue, would all depend on the person buying it. Since we know for a fact people are willing to commission \"pro\" painters for a mini and then try to enter it into Game Days then we therefor must assume similer people would buy the award. Why? As has been mentioned, most demon winners have seen peopel are willing to pay more for commission once they lay claim to beign a Gold Demon winner. And really how many people will take the time to hunt through the internet for a list of GD winners to make sure the painter actually won a demon.