takes a look at a D-Day: German anti-aircraft vehicle platoon.The Maine Historical Wargamers' Association is pleased to announce a painting contest for Huzzah! This is a great way to show your own best work, as well as see that of other wargamers and painters. Even if you do not enter, be sure to visit the display, talk techniques, and appreciate the effort and skill that goes into painting miniatures for collecting and wargaming.
Ken Eckhardt of Blue Moose Arts has volunteered to run the event and has put together the rules for the competition, which can be downloaded at huzzahcon.com. Ken has also been hard at work obtaining prizes for participants in the painting contest - check out this partial list:
- Battlefront: paint and brush sets
- Black Hat: paint sets
- Caliver Books: 6 issues of Battlegames Magazine
- RLBPS: paint sets
- Scale Creep: tape measures
- Uniformology: TBD
- Vallejo: paint sets
Categories for the contest include Individual Figure, Unit, and Vehicle. There will be a separate Youth level of participation. Full details and guidelines can be found in the Painting Contest Rules PDF at huzzahcon.com.
Please email Dean Emmerson with any questions at wargaminginmaine@gmail.com, or Ken at bluemoosearts.com.