Just got back from southern California where perhaps some of the most
talented figure painters in the world reside.

John Rosengrant received the 'Best of Show' Award with his flawless sculpt of Major George Preddy mounting his P-51 up for (what ended up) his final flight Christmas day 1944

Bob Tavis received the 'People's Choice' award for his chilling diorama "Strange Fruit"

Alex Deleone received the 'SCAHMS Master' award for the fine pieces he entered including two sculpted motorcyclists and a beautiful 1:16 Folker biplane

Of course there were many more awards given, Matt Wellhouser earned a gold medal for his WWII busts. Lou Castillo received a silver medal for one of the several armor pieces he entered. Ken Schwartz received several medals for various pieces.

Jim took hundreds of photos of all the entries including those mentioned above and will hopefully have them uploaded soon.
Congratulations to all those who medaled in this prestigious event.
Apologies to those who I failed to mention...

Cheers,
Charles

Thanks for the update.
Looking forward to seeing the photos.

I was also there (I'm local). Lots of beautiful work.

Nice to hear about he awards. I wish I was closer to a show location.