About Holger Schmidt

Born: 15.08.1967

Miniature painting: since around 1990

Professional miniature painting work for:
Freebooter Miniatures (Germany)
Masquerade Miniaturen (Germany)
EM4 Miniatures (UK)
Newbold Enterprises (UK)
Excalibur Miniatures (Germany)
Assassin Miniatures (Germany)
Hobby Products (Germany)

Miniature Painting Awards:

2006:

Golden Demon Germany:
Silver in Duel with "Imperium Go Home"

2005:

Golden Demon Germany:
Gold in Lord of the Rings single miniature with the flying ringwraith.

Crusade (Belgium):
Best Fantasy Mounted-Monsetr-Warmachine
Best Diorama
Best Fantasy Single Model
Best Open Category
Second Sci-Fi Single Model
Golden Spur 2005 (Best of Show!)

Tellurian Online Painting Competition:
Winner with a Troll

2004:

DUZI, october 2004, Germany:
Best Sci-Fi miniature with my Witchhunter.
Second in the fantasy single category with "The Knight Attacks".
Second in the diorama category with Eyriss - Mage Hunter.

Finalist with the Witchhunter, "The Knight Attacks" and Legolas at the UK Golden Demon 2004.

First place in the fantasy single miniature category with Legolas at the Crusade 2004 in Belgium.
Second place in the fantasy single miniature category with The Purple Knight at the Crusade 2004.
Second place with the Pirate Queen in the SF single category at the Crusade 2004.
Third place with "The Last Stand" diorama in the respectively category at the Crusade 2004.
first place in the Open category with the Molydeus at the Crusade 2004.

Finalist with "The Last Stand" diorama and the Witchhunter at the German Golden Demon 2004.

Showcase winner of Harbinger Magazine (issue #10) for Eiryss - Mage Hunter of Ios

Gold for Meliador (category "tabletop character model") at Monsday in June 2004
Gold for the Drune Persecutor (category "tabletop rank and file miniature") at Monsday in June 2004 as well as third place of the best Confrontation miniatures of the complete show for the same miniature
Bronze for the Gate Crasher (category "Diorama") at Monsday in June 2004

2003:

Silver medal and best 54mm miniature at "Crisis 2003" for the Molydeus

Silver medal, best 28mm miniature and "Prix d'Excellence" at "Crisis 2003" for the Hunter of Darkness

Bronze medal at "Crisis 2003" for the Imperial General

Bronze medal at "Crisis 2003" for the Hulk

2. place at the DUZI 2003 "Single Fantasy Miniature"