The Wamp Awards 2012 - The Shortlists

[Darklord]

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Welcome to the Wamp Awards 2012!
This is our third year of awards and our aim is to celebrate and give recognition to the very best people,products and paint-jobs in Miniature Painting.
This year we have reduced our short-lists down from 10 nominees to just 5 in each category. Even getting on the short-list is a very good achievement and there have been MANY great artists,companies or miniatures that didn't make the final cut.

Here are our final nominees:

Best Product:

• Tube Tool Set - Masq-Mini
• Milliput - Milliput
• Pro Pigments - Model Display Products
• Vallejo Model Color
• Reaper master Series Paint

Best Event

• Figureworld
• Salute
• Gencon
• Iron Painter
  
• Euromilitaire

Best Publication

• Ravage
• Game Forces
• White Dwarf
• Portal
• Figure International

Best Blog

• Massive Voodoo
• Coloured Dust
• Masterminis
• Sergeant BlackArt
• Volomir's Blog

Best Miniature Company

• Kingdom Death
• Studio McVey
• Hasslefree Miniatures
• Dark Sword Miniatures
• Andrea Miniatures

Best New Miniature Company

• Infamy Miniatures
• Warploque Miniatures
• Terrible Kids Stuff
• Phlegyas Art
• Vesper-On Games

Best Range

• Kingdom Death (Kingdom Death)
• Relic Knights (Sodapop Miniatures)
• Malifaux (Wyrd)
• Darklands (Mierce Miniatures)
• Marvel (knight Models)

Best Fantasy Sculpt

• Alice - Alfonso Gozalo (Nocturna)
• 54mm Kriemhilds Revenge - Sebastian Archer (Morland Studios)
• Lion Knight - Juan Navarro Perez (Kingdom Death)
• Gobleon - Kul Asyrk (Ammon Miniatures)
• Zombie Knight - Sergey Savenkov (Tartar Miniatures)

Best Sci-Fi Sculpt

• FDV I - Fil Dunn (Filbot)
• Nikkita Perostek - (Studio McVey)
• Poppy Come Lately - Andrew Rae (statuesque Miniatures)
• Mila Kusanagi (Andrea Miniatures)
• Hyperion (Privateer Press)

Best Historical Sculpt

• Laconian Hoplite - Matt Grech (El Greco)
• Lakota Chief Warrior (Pegaso)
• Viking on Horseback (Andrea)
• Archduke Charles of Austria (Michael Miniatures)
• British Official - JMD

Best Steampunk Sculpt

• Steampunk Tinkerbelle - Seb Archer (Guild of Harmony)
• Steampunk Alice - Sebastian Archer (Guild of Harmony)
• Holmes - MIKH (nfamy Miniatures)
• Dr Watson - MIKH (Infamy miniatures)
• Chapochka - Benoit Cauchies (Smart Max)

Best Fantasy Painted

• High Elf - Glazed Over
• Vampire on Dragon - Karol Rudyk
• So Close - Marc Masclans
• Krull - Ben Komets
• Farewell To The White Tower - Beren5556

Best Sci-fi Painted

• Warhound Titan - Winterdyne
• Farseer - Orki
• Space Wolves Relic Dreadnaught - Bohun
• Necron Overlord - Dk Suwit
• Desperate Measures - Sivuosplay

Best Historical Painted

• German Sniper stalingrad 1943 - Mauganra
• Henry VIII - Alfonsito
• Vlad Dracul - Ernest
• Templar Knight - Asha
• Jack The Ripper - Iguazza

Best Steampunk Painted

• Steampunk Alice - Sebastian Archer
• Sherlock Holmes - Arsies
• Capt Amelia Steam - Morsi
• Abigale - Mrika
• Armorcast Steam Snail - Shawn R.L.

There you are the full list of our finalists. Congratulations to all of them for just getting this far.
Where possible I have included the artists real name if known. If you know the real name of an entry where we havent given it please let us know.

[Darklord]

Voting is now open until 14th January 2013.

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