CoMMiESFest!

Congratulations to all who placed at CoMMiESFest.

Juniors Sponsor: Colpar Hobbies
1.Neil Cade “At War” diorama
2.Neil Cade coupe
3.Christine Miller warrior robot

Figures Sponsor: Front Range IPMS
1.Shawn Godwin Panzergrenadier
2.Rob Schmitt Creature from the Black Lagoon
3.SueAnne Merrill Gothenstein

Painted Minis
A. Individual Sponsor: Valhallas
1.Cal Dowling Death Dealer
2.Andrew King space marine captain
3.Dana Guy squig
B. Army/Group
1.Cal Dowling sniper squad
2.Nathan Deveaux Tau stealth team
3.Dana Guy skeleton army

Anime
1.Rob Schmitt Tachikoma & the Major
2.Tom Grossman Sailor Jupiter
3.Dana Guy Soot Sprite

Ship Sponsor: Fantastic Plastic
1.Cameran Lynch 1/350 U-552
2.Matthew K Dillon Japan Heavy Cruiser “Mogume”
3.Pablo Bauleo Seehund

Automotive Sponsor: Colpar Hobbies
1.Tom Grossman Enzo Ferrari
2.Charles Gandy 32 rust rod
3.Matt Quiroz pro-street t-bird

Real Space Sponsor: Star Fest 2010
1.Phil Smith 1/12 Friendship 7
2.Rob Schmitt proton K

Diorama Sponsor: Front Range IPMS
1.Bryan Krueger HAFS Goblin
2.Jim Cade “No Road Home” German Steyr Type 1500 A/01
3.Rob Schmitt “Size Matters Not”

Miscellaneous
1.Gary Moore Anti Pesto Van (Wallace & Gromet)
2.Rob Schmitt Dilophosaurus
3.Gary Moore Motorcycle (Wallace & Gromet)

Mecha Sponsor: Centennial IPMS
1.Steve Wheeler The Hog
2.Bryan Krueger PKA Kushir
3.Steve Wheeler Skinhead

Science Fiction
A. Space Ships Sponsor: Starship Modeler
1.Cal Dowling CAL 07
2.Rob Schmitt Obi Wan Fighter
3.Nathan Devereaux Venerator
B. Other
1.Dan Holmes Gundam Jeep
2.Michael Jacobs Hammer
3.Matt Quiroz Taco Battle Tank

Vehicles, Military
A. Small
1.Shawn Godwin BTUA III
2.Pablo Baolew AB4
3.Matt Quiroz T34
B. 1/35 Heavy
1.Shawn Godwin Patton
2.Matt Quiroz Flugshutz Panther 46
3.Rick Blaise Bradley M2A2

C. 1/35 Soft
1.Matt Quiroz M21 Mortor
2.Matt Quiroz M-16
3.Gary Moore BMW Motorcycle

Aircraft
A. 1/72
1.Cameran Lynch BF109GG Hartman
2.Tom Grossman Seimen-Shukert
3.Cameran Lynch 1/144 F190 D-9 SG301
B. 1/48 American
1.Dennis Sauter P-51B Mustang
2.Brian Waldorf 1/48 Revell F/A-18C
3.Dennis Sauter P-47D Thunderbolt

C.1/48 other
1.Cameran Lunch Ki 44 Tojo
2.Cameran Lunch 1/48 BF 109 E-3 JG54
3.Dennis Sauter F40-1D Corsair

D.1/35
1.Brian Waldorf P-47 Hasagawa
2.Tom Grossman F-80C
3.Daniel Sauter BF-110C

Special Awards

Best Civilian Aircraft Sponsor: Humming Line
1.Chris Nugent YF-19A NASA Test Aircraft
2.Matt Quiroz DC-7C
3.Matt Quiroz Junker F-13

Best Science Fiction Vehicle
Phil Smith Millenium Falcon

Best Figure
Shawn Godwin Panzergrenadier

Best Mecha
Steve Wheeler The Hog

Best Civilian Subject Sponsor: TAG Services
Phil Smith Friendship 7

Best Real Space
Phil Smith Friendship 7

Klingon Favorite
Matt Quiroz

Best Paint Sponsor: Steve Wheeler
Brian Waldorf P-47 Hasagawa

People’s Choice
Phil Smith Friendship 7

Mondo kudos to the whole CoMMiES team!!! CoMMiESFest was a rousing success!!! Home run!GOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAALLLLLLLL!!!!!!
Congrats guys!
Pat

Amen!!! It was awesome! Had a great time! Thank you to all the CoMMieS who worked so hard to put this together. Double-plus good!
Chris

Commiefest was brilliantly managed and carried out with great professionalism. The design work from the t-shirts to the ballot box to the notecards to the awards was perfect. I was quite impressed. And not only was the turnout more than I expected, but those who contributed were top-notch crafts-people. Well done!
Phil

Despite the lousy weather, CoMMiESFest was a rousing success! Almost 200 entries (not counting the individual gaming minis) and each category was well represented. Can’t wait to see what they have in store for next year!
Rob

I found my time well spent and found the armor especially impressive. Those models were as near perfection as I’ve ever seen. And they do just the right amount of weathering.
Jennifer

Thanks to those who attended, all of our sponsors and the staff of CoMMiESFEST fora wonderful well run model show and contest. We had 198 models on the tables and some very good ones at that. We will post a gallery and list of cotnest winners soon. We look forard to putting on CoMMiESFEST 2011.

We will have a limtied number of our really cool CoMMiESFest T-shirts available at the show for $15.00.

And remember, if you don’t come to the show, you’ll probably miss it.

We will be running 4 demos at Commiesfest.

Times are 11am, 12, pm 1pm and 2pm

Demos will cover:

Advanced Weatherign by Bryan Krueger
Miniature Detailing by Aaron Clark
Working with Figures by Cal Dowling
Running a Paper Make and Take by Brad Guy

Juniors
Aircraft
Military Vehicles
Ships
Automotive
Figures
Dioramas
Real Space
Science Fiction
Miscelleneous
Gaming Minis
Mechs
Anime

Awards
Here is a first look at our list of awards and prizes for CoMMiESFEST. We’d like to thank Matt at Laserfire Creations for providing our really cool First, Second and Third Place awards. We’d also like to thank the rest of our sponsors for providing donations of some very cool kits, accessories and other fine items.

Best Juniors: Colpar Hobbies: Award unknown
Best Aircraft: Blap! Models: HL-20 kit
Best Civilian Aircraft: Humming Line
Best Military Vehicle: Cheetah Productions: Daedalus kit
Best Figure: Front Range Anime & Figure Modelers
Best Ship: Fantastic Plastic Three resin Star Wars kits
Best Automotive: Colpar Hobbies
Best Real Space: Starfest, Passes to the Starfest Con
Best Sci-fi: Starship Modeler
Best Diorama: Magnum Creative Group
Best Miscellaneous: Acreation Models Decals and photo-etch
Best Gaming Mini: Valhalla’s Game Center
Best Miniature Army: TBA
Best Mecha: Centennial IPMS Colorado Springs
Best Anime: Delta Quadrant 1/2500 Galor Kit
Special Award: Best Paint: Steve Wheeler Handcrafted Knife
Special Award: Best Civilian Subject: TAG Services

We’d like to introduce you to our CoMMiESFest staff, who are working hard to make CoMMiESFEST a great experience for you. Our club President, Dan Holmes is flying in on the Presidential AN-26 for a special guest appearance.
Our staff will be wearing high visibility red t-shirts with the CoMMiESFEST logo. If you have questions or need assistance during the show, see one of our staff memebrs and we’ll be glad to help you. Don’t let our silly meaningless titles scare you.

CoMMiESFEST Staff:

Chairman: Brad Guy
Ministress of Fiddly Bits: SueAnne Merrill
Minister of Propaganda: Justin Miller
Lackey: Aaron Clark
Lackey in Absentia: Vern Clark
Celebrity Guest Minion: Dan Holmes

Commisar of Registration: SueAnne Merrill
Assistant to the Commisar of Registration: Tanya Snivley

Show Archivist: Pat Amaral

Demos (Schedule TBA):

Groundwork: Bryan Krueger
Figures: Cal Dowling
Miniature Detailing: Aaron Clark

Contest Judges:
Der Commisar: Robb Merrill
Judge: Brad Guy
Judge: SueAnne Merrill
Judge: Tanya Snively
Judge: Aaron Clark
Judge: Brad Guy
Judge: Justin Miller
Celebrity Guest Judge: Dan Holmes

Security:
Thug #1: Andrew Clark
Thug #2: Cal Dowling
Goon #1: Phil Smith
Celebrity Guest Thug: Dan Holmes

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We’d like to thank the following companies for partnering with us to help make Commiesfest 2010 possible, and for their generous donations of prizes and awards for the contest. Please visit thier links in the side bar. We’ll add more partners as we get them in this section.

Valhalla’s Gaming Center
Fantastic Plastic
Cheetah Productions
Acreation Models
Blap! Models
Arvey Model Products
Ravenstar Studios
Steve Wheeler
Starship Modeler
Starland/Starfest
The Delta Quadrant
Laser Fire Creations
Hummingline/TAG Services
Colpar Hobbies
Magnum Creative Group
Centennial IPMS Colorado Springs
Front Range Anime & Figure Models

Our hard working Commiesfest Committee has just released official categories and entry fees for CommiesFest 2010.

You can’t have a great model show and contest with out a great location. Our first CoMMiESFest will be held at Valhalla’s  in Wheat Ridge, Colorado. Valhalla’s is your source for games, gaming and model supplies. Valhalla’s also has a large gaming room, a room that can be reserved for private events and a video room. We’d like to thank the staff at Valhalla’s for partnering with us and hosting our event at their facility.

Valhalla’s Gaming Center

6161 W. 44th Avenue

Wheatridge, Colorado 80033

303-463-5451

www.valhallas.com