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I have a question for all the folks here that have won a Golden Demon.

Even after you've won one, do you still have the fear that your later entries just won't be "over-the-top" enough to win a Demon?


Thanks for sharing any responses. :rose:

Well I can speak for my brother on this one. In his case he just wants to make the best thing possible he's capable of! What os over the top? In one's view a mini can be over the top while in an other's view the same mini isn't!

Oh and wait, he just tells me he isn't worried about that happening!

Well, very, very interesting question......

I think, that the first big pressure to have to have this very first Demon is (of course...) over after you have won a Demon (until then you will prpbably never have even dreamed of ever getting one Golden Demon, for hell nothing......)... and that is very important, because you know, that you have done good work, you belong to the best painters in the world and you can now start to party hard... (......)... Further, you see, that hard work is worth it... you have done something against the odds, people start to know you... quite cool as for me...^_^...

But after that comes the problem, that you have to redo your victory... and soon you become scared (just a little and, well, I just heard about that somewhere else... my... ehmm... cousin told me that, yes, I swear......:):)...)...

Ok, you start to think about the moment, in which you have won the Demon (you know how it was to walk up the stage, the crowd, the noise... everything...) and while you are painting your contribution for the next year, you start to panic a bit (again, cousin......)...

Then, In my opinion the worst moment in this whole Golden Demon thing is the moment you see the contributions of others in your category (well, there are always some things you SWEAR are better than yours and you "see", whether your mini is good enough...) and the moment you face the scene looking at this dude with the microphone declaring the winners... Thoughts get rushing through your mind like "What if it was all useless and what if i won´t win anything...?..." and you are pretty sure you ain´t win shit that day... but then... you win, and you cannot really believe it for a while...

Ok, if your work is really some kickass stuff and you know it´s good you might not have these problems (Remember: my cousin... ehmm.. Maff had......) but you will very probably lose your objective opinion of a contribution you have seen more than 50 hours...... and because of that these little, nagging doubts come to your mind...

In the end all this don´t matters (well, you have won that crappy Statuette, you know it´s worth it......), but I personally (...!......) think, that being... well unsure or even scared about one´s contribution is totally ok......

Very interesting question, again......

"How to kill a thread right!" by Matt Cexwish... The Book is Coming soon......

Maybe it's just because there aren't many Deamon winners on this site (still waiting on Alexi's reply... probably waiting in vain )

@Matt - will it be an expensive book? I might be interested. I would get one for every moderator here, too

@ToMaZ - have you seen she hasn't posted a single post? Only lurking and haunting in the Shoutbox

Well, no, I will hand it out for free...^_^... it´s no big business, you know, just some "natural talent"...^_^...

Not sure 'over the top' is the right phrase. It certainly doesn't get easier though (putting aside the fact that GDs are getting harder anyway). There is a pressure on previous winners to win again. If you don't you kind of feel like a failure, like you can't keep up or are yesterday's news. This causes you to think differently in planning entries I find. I tend to over-analyse my plans and feel that I must do something unbelievably big and elaborate or I wont win. Sometimes this can be the case, often it is not...

Take last year. There are few people I know who don't feel my Ultramarine Captain from last year's UKGD is my best GD entry ever. I've got 9 demon trophies, four of them golds, and yet the Ultramarine didn't even place.

Moral? Well, no matter what you do, don't spend many hours working on something unless you are prepared to win nothing and still feel you didn't waste your time. Because this happens, even to the best. 2 time Slayer Sword winner and Open winner Jakob Nielson went away from last year without a demon for the first time in his GD experience. He was okay with it though. In this game you need to learn to be content even without a trophy. Otherwise...best not enter.

Steve Buddle

Wise words, Steve. Thanks for the insight...
I will think about it if I ever decide to enter.

Wise words indeed! Besides, for me I would love to win someday but I also really enjoy working on my entries and that gives me enough satisfaction!

@Steve: Why don't you come to Germany and enter some of your models who didn't win before? And... Post more often!