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The first time I commissioned Marion Ball to paint a figure for me for the competition for the MFCA was in 2014. I picked a figure from the Compagnies Franches de la Marine which won a gold medal that year. Soon thereafter, I commissioned a Teutonic Knight at the beginning of the Eastern...

I had a really good show and enjoyed it a lot. It is not quite on pre-pandemic level as many people try to avoid international travel, but it was fun seeing many familiar faces. PS : Or frankly, some have Covid.

PS: Two of the last pictures above may not be mine. I apologize. This one received highest honors at the show.

Some entries were particularly creative: The number and quality of Fantasy models increased. It clearly helped bringing new faces to the hobby and for the first time there was a decent contingent of 20 to 30 year old painters in the crowd and in the award ceremony.

WWII was well represented. There was one outstanding piece in the WWII selection, the „Shifty Panzer“: Another Gold medal winner:

Awards were also granted for full displays.

There were a number of nice shadow boxes in the exhibition.

More from the exhibition area.

Marion & Allan have customers who are great N.C. Wyeth fans and commission small vignettes based on his illustrations. There is at least one every year. This year, they brought three as this was the first trip they made to the US. https://mb-miniatures.com/gallery-wild-west...

I am of course totally biased, but my favorite figure was the Teutonic Knight by Marion & Allan Ball that I had commissioned before the pandemic hit. This one was a lot of fun as I took the liberty of working with them on the modifications to the kit figure. The figure received a gold medal...

Great photos, Mark. Although we were at the same show, we notice very different things, but these Russian painted knights got the attention from both of us. This is from the Vendor area.

Brad, do you habe a list of vendors and painters that participate in the competition?

The new French figures fit in perfectly.

Thank you for posting. Glad attendance is up.

This is an amazing piece of work. Beats all mass produced products. I am envious.

Great photos featuring tremendous figures.

Some great photos here. Sir, I love your diversity.

Great collection of knights. ##113 and114 are my favorites.

Absolutely. I made a thread specifically on his buildings: https://forum.treefrogtreasures.com/showthread.php?73228-New-Oliver-Jolly-Scenics he has an eBay shop in England: https://forum.treefrogtreasures.com/showthread.php?76661-Selection-of-diorama-pieces