Arguably, he most important aspect of this hobby is the painting of the figures. Thus a very improtant part of the major historical convention has to be the painting competition. Dave Bonk was in charge of the event this year and reports below: I want to thank everyone for participating in the Historicon 2000 painting competition. We had over 80 entries and the winners were: Painting Winners Andrew Ringlet Dacian Wars Gold Matthew Hostetler Sea Fairy Cannibals Gold Jeff Jonas Early Successor Silver Jan Wantuchowicz 13th Century Polish Silver Jan Wantuchowicz 1/300 Battle of Britian Silver Matthew Hostetler African Natives Silver Jesus Rivero WWII German Paratroops Bronze Matthew Hostetler WW II Tank Group Bronze Matthew Hostetler Raiding Party Bronze Roger Dospil WW II British Task Force Bronze Matthew Hostetler French Askari Bronze Tim McNulty 82nd Airborne Bronze Mark Stevens Regina Regiment, 1748 Bronze Don Hansen 25mm Spartans Bronze Tim McNulty SS Panzer Grenadiers Bronze Mark Stevens Mexican Regular Inf. Bronze Mark Stevens Central African, 1895 Bronze Andrew Ringlet’s Dacian Wars entry was also given the Best of Show award, Matt Hostetler’s Sea Fairy Cannibals won the Old Glory Manufacturers Award, while Jeff Jonas’ Early Successor entry won Best Army Used in Game. More Courier Dispatch Obituary Tony Bath: 1926-2000 Michael Gilbert: 53 Years Old Historicon Hosts 3000 at Lancaster Host 2000 Dick Bryant Open at Historicon Historicon Painting Competition Winners HMGS Legion of Honor: Bob Coggins Unexpurgated History of HMGS - Volume I Free Rules Offered Britannia Miniatures Has New US Agent Product News Calendar: Upcoming Conventions Back to Table of Contents -- Courier #80 To Courier List of Issues To MagWeb Master Magazine List © Copyright 2000 by The Courier Publishing Company. This article appears in MagWeb (Magazine Web) on the Internet World Wide Web. Other military history articles and gaming articles are available at http://www.magweb.com