I thought it would be neat to show off some of the past winners or finalists of painting competitions. And for a few years there was even an Inquisitor category at the Golden Demons! Almost all of these are 54mm scale, though the odd few may not be at that scale and I’ve accidentally included them.

Here are the minis that did not place top three in their category. So these minis may have been finalists but were not trophy winners. Also here are minis that did not place at all. I’ve focused on the golden demon as there are lots of pics on the internet. And a word of warning…space marines and elder rangers are popular entries…

Did not win a trophy but were Finalists or the final cut

Nurgle magus was a finalist at the UK Golden Demon 2003. A heavily converted version of the Chaos Magus
Arbite Judge by Steve Buddle won a finalist Badge at the UK Golden Demon 2003 in the Open category
Death Company Marine by Jakob Nielson won a Finalist’s badge at the UK Golden Demon 2010 in the Open Category
Cadian Veteran was a first cut at the UK Golden Demon 2006. [A description from the creator: My first scratchbuild which made the first cut. Heavily inspired by Tank Girl, GI Jane, Lara C & Venus Blue Genes]. The mini also won 1st Place at Salute 2007 Sci-Fi Single Figure Category and Best Single Figure.
Kroot Scout was a Finalist at the UK Golden Demon
First cut at Baltimore Golden Demon USA 2003 in the large model category
First cut at Baltimore Golden Demon USA 2003 in the large model category
first cut at Baltimore Golden Demon USA 2003 in the open category
Kal Jericho was a Finalist at the American golden demon 2001 in the open category and finalist at the American golden demon 2003 in the large model category
‘Mad Donna’ Ulanti was a finalist at UK Golden Demon in the large scale category [Description from the creator: loads of random bits from death cult assassins, Jena Orechiel and some others that I can’t remember, and a fair bit of awful sculpting]
Was a first cut at the UK Golden Demon 2005 in the Open Category [Description from the creator: Converted to look like the conversion kit, without the conversion kit]
Cacciatrice di demoni was a finalist at the Italian Golden Demon

Other entries (though some of these may have been finalists or final cuts)

Here are the minis that were entered into competitions but did not place at all (based on the limited information i can gather on the internet).

did not place at UK Golden Demon 2003 in the large scale model category
did not place at Baltimore Golden Demon 2007
did not place at UK golden demon 2004 in the large scale model category
did not place at UK golden demon 2004 in the large scale model category
did not place at UK golden demon 2004 in the large scale model category
did not place at UK golden demon 2004 in the large scale model category
did not place at UK Golden Demon 2011 in the large scale miniature category
did not place at UK Golden Demon 2003 in the large scale model category
did not place at UK Golden Demon 2003 in the large scale model category
did not place at UK Golden Demon 2003 in the large scale model category
did not place at UK Golden Demon 2003 in the large scale model category
did not place at UK Golden Demon 2009 in the large scale miniature category
did not place at UK Golden Demon 2009 in the large scale miniature category
did not place at UK Golden Demon 2009 in the open category
did not place at Baltimore Golden Demon 2002 USA
did not place at Chicago Golden Demon 2003 in the open category
did not place at Chicago Golden Demon 2003 in the open category
did not place at Chicago Golden Demon 2003 in the open category
did not place at UK golden demon 2002 in the large scale model category
did not place at UK golden demon 2002 in the large scale model category
did not place at UK golden demon 2002 in the open category
did not place at UK Golden Demons 2001 in the Open category
did not place at UK Golden Demon 2003 in the open category
did not place at UK Golden Demon 2003 in the open category
did not place at UK Golden Demon 2003 in the open category
did not place at UK Golden Demon 2003 in the open category
Chaplain did not place at Los Angeles Golden Demon 2003
Golden Demon 2001 in the large scale model category (did this place?)

What a gallery of inquisitor scale minis! I’m surprised some of these minis did not win trophies. I guess the competition that year was of a very high standard.

If i missed anything or the details are incorrect, please tell me and i will amend the post.