Warhammer Team Showcases Golden Demon 2026 Miniature Painting Winners at SPIEL Essen

Games Workshop has published the winning entries from the Golden Demon 2026 miniature painting competition at SPIEL Essen. Maxime Penaud took the Slayer Sword.

The winners of the European leg of Golden Demon 2026, a major painting competition for Warhammer miniatures and more, were announced during SPIEL Essen. Penaud received the competition’s top award, the Slayer Sword, for his Marneus Augustus Calgar.

The winners in the Warhammer 40,000: Single Miniature category are listed with gold first, silver second and bronze third: Maxime Penaud, Karl Göbel, Matthew Siddy.

Warhammer 40,000: Unit or Kill Team: Baptiste Richebé, Wojciech Gregorczyk, Ross McCusker. Warhammer 40,000: Large Model or Vehicle: Scott Burns, Arturo Arellano, Aaron Clark.

Warhammer Age of Sigmar: Single Miniature: Marc Masclans Abelló, Borja Calvo Bertrán de Lis, Valentin Colombe. Warhammer Age of Sigmar: Unit or Team: Marco Peschini, Lukas Wiggering, Théodore Auclair.

Warhammer Age of Sigmar: Large Model or War Machine: Valentin Colombe, Kuan Tien Tung, Angelo Di Chello. Warhammer: The Horus Heresy: Erkka Marttio, Pablo García Salinas, Liam Hearn.

Warhammer: The Old World: Kuan Tien Tung, Baptiste Richebé, Saúl Esteve. Middle-earth Strategy Battle Game: Arnau Lázaro, Lucas Pina, Daniel Guijarro.

Blood Bowl: Nikolas Rubens Mortensen, Magnus Megtig, Ross McCusker. Necromunda: Kuan Tien Tung, Michał Hugo-Bader, Jacob Petersson. Epic Scale: Gregor Pilarski, Nikolas Rubens Mortensen, Vincent Nguyen.

Diorama: Angelo Di Chello, Javier Rodríguez Lozano, Albert Cerdà. Duel: Ivan Rosales, Alexis Bonnaire, Sebastian Schubert. Youngbloods: Danny N, Stan K, Maximilian M. Open Competition: Lucas Pina, Kuan Tien Tung, Vincent Nguyen.

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