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Golden Demon
The Golden Demon competition is a miniature painting and modelling competition run by Games Workshop. Established in 1987 in the UK, it is the longest running miniature painting competition in the world, and has since spread to several countries. As of 2025, it is held in Germany, as part of the Spiel Essen Game Fair, and in the United States, as part of the Adepticon convention.
Each year, members of the public bring along miniatures that they have spent weeks, and often months, painting specifically for the competition in the hope that their piece will be painted well enough to be awarded one of the legendary Golden Demon statuettes.
The figures are all put on display―typically in glass cabinets―for the public to admire, whilst a team of judges examine each one of the thousands of miniatures entered, to decide which are most worthy of an award.
There are several categories into which figures can be entered, ranging from a single miniature to whole regiments, and from duels to action packed dioramas. Gold, Silver and Bronze trophies are awarded to the first, second and third places respectively in each category.
The Gold winners of each of these categories are then judged to find out who is the overall winner of that year's competition. The winner is awarded the Slayer Sword for the miniature considered the 'Best of Show'. This most prestigious trophy is the highest accolade that any Warhammer figure painter can achieve.
In the past, the winning entrants used to have their prized figures published in White Dwarf, and later in a separate winners booklet that came along with White Dwarf. Today, the winners are published in the Warhammer Community's website.
Golden Demon has historically allowed Games Workshop to spot hidden talents and bring their skills to the Studio; they have discovered many talented painters and artists as a result and recruited them to the ‘Eavy Metal team. Until 2023, winners were sometimes handed a card with recruitment details should they want to pursue a career in the company.
In the early 1980's, before Golden Demon was created, Games Workshop used to run painting competitions during the Citadel Open Days (initiated in 1984) and the Dragonmeet convention (formerly 'D&D Day', initiated in 1977). However, Games Workshop discovered that some people would enter other companies' miniatures, and it was from a need to establish a clearly defined set of rules that Golden Demon emerged.
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Golden Demon
The Golden Demon competition is a miniature painting and modelling competition run by Games Workshop. Established in 1987 in the UK, it is the longest running miniature painting competition in the world, and has since spread to several countries. As of 2025, it is held in Germany, as part of the Spiel Essen Game Fair, and in the United States, as part of the Adepticon convention.
Each year, members of the public bring along miniatures that they have spent weeks, and often months, painting specifically for the competition in the hope that their piece will be painted well enough to be awarded one of the legendary Golden Demon statuettes.
The figures are all put on display―typically in glass cabinets―for the public to admire, whilst a team of judges examine each one of the thousands of miniatures entered, to decide which are most worthy of an award.
There are several categories into which figures can be entered, ranging from a single miniature to whole regiments, and from duels to action packed dioramas. Gold, Silver and Bronze trophies are awarded to the first, second and third places respectively in each category.
The Gold winners of each of these categories are then judged to find out who is the overall winner of that year's competition. The winner is awarded the Slayer Sword for the miniature considered the 'Best of Show'. This most prestigious trophy is the highest accolade that any Warhammer figure painter can achieve.
In the past, the winning entrants used to have their prized figures published in White Dwarf, and later in a separate winners booklet that came along with White Dwarf. Today, the winners are published in the Warhammer Community's website.
Golden Demon has historically allowed Games Workshop to spot hidden talents and bring their skills to the Studio; they have discovered many talented painters and artists as a result and recruited them to the ‘Eavy Metal team. Until 2023, winners were sometimes handed a card with recruitment details should they want to pursue a career in the company.
In the early 1980's, before Golden Demon was created, Games Workshop used to run painting competitions during the Citadel Open Days (initiated in 1984) and the Dragonmeet convention (formerly 'D&D Day', initiated in 1977). However, Games Workshop discovered that some people would enter other companies' miniatures, and it was from a need to establish a clearly defined set of rules that Golden Demon emerged.