Agram Arena Winter 2014 Report

Marko Paunović, 9th December 2014

The biggest regional wargaming tournament in Croatia, the Agram Arena Winter 2014, was held on Saturday and Sunday, Dec.6th and 7th. The event took place in Gallery Zvonimir, MORH (Croatia's Department of Defense), Bauerova 33, Zagreb. This year the main event had 52 players with numerous participants in other events such as Malifaux December Horrors IV tournament, and demo games of various wargaming systems like Warhammer 40.000, Warmachine and historical Pike and Shotte. This year Arena featured competitiors from Croatia, Slovenia, Serbia, Italy and Austria. Even one orc came!

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Two days of gaming in an extremely friendly atmosphere saw the competitors battle it out in five matches.
"Everything ran smoothly, the e-mail communication prior to the event was excellent. Being from out of Croatia, the fact that we could rely on the organisers to arrange our stay in the Hostel was a big help. Also, as this was my first time here so the guys of UMS "Agram" providing me with free Saturday night accommodation and both lunches during the event, makes this one of the best value for money tournaments around.
What I like most about the event, though, is the friendly natured opponents and the "after" tournament activities organised by the locals. Even though the guys spent most of the friday afternoon setting up the tournament, they still took time to take us out to dinner afterwards and the same thing happened on Saturday night as well. I can honestly say, I will come back again!"

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On saturday, the December Horrors IV Malifaux tournament took place on beautiful tables that were one of the highlights of the whole competition. On Sunday, there were numerous demo games being played for all the visitors and onlookers. Games on offer were: Malifaux, Warmachine, Warhammer 40.000 and historical Pike and Shotte.

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Boris Samec and Dean Konti ran demos of Pike and Shotte with their massive, beautifully painted armies on an equally impressive table throughout both days of the event.

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Sunday saw the painting highlight of the whole event, the Best Painted Army competition. Two judges, Figure Painter Magazine's own Ana Polanscak and Marko Paunovic, decided that the Award should in the end go to Slovenia's Primož Pirš and his beautifully painted pure Chaos Khorne army.
"There were better painted models in some of the other armies (like the Dwarf Lords in one of the numerous Dwarf armies) but this one had a really, really high standard of painting throughout the army. The fact that impressed us the most is that the same ammount of time and effort was put in in all the models. Even models in the back ranks of units or to the back of the display base were painted with as much attention to details as the lords in the forefront. Almost all the models had some kind of battle damage and the freehand on the banners was executed cleanly and precisely."

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The People's Choice Award, the award given to the army that gets most of the votes of the tournament participants, went to Marco Filiplich from Italy and his impressive Dwarf army set on a huge display board.

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List of the winners:
1. place - Anže Horvat, SLO
2. place - Matic Anzeljc, SLO
3. place - Dragomir Dopuđa, SRB
Best General - Anže Horvat, SLO
Best Sporstmanship - Anže Horvat, SLO
Best Painted Army - Primož Pirš, SLO
People's Choice Award - Marco Filiplich, I
Best Story - Josip Ivani, UMS "Agram"
KeyMaster - Mislav Gorupec, UMS "Agram"
GIMP (worst placed UMS "Agram" member) - Luka Kani, UMS "Agram"
Last Place - Mathias Perzi, I

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Congratulations to the winners and a big thank you to all the competitors and all who participated in the organisation of the twelfth annual Agram Arena Winter. A big thank you to all the sponsors: MORH, ZZTK, Carta Magica, Figure Painter Magazine, Ravnice Youth Hostel, Escenorama, Microart Studio).

See you in 2015!

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    The workshop took place as follows:
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    Radionica se provodila kroz dva dana (cijeli vikend) i polaznici su bojali 75mm minijaturu patuljka. Fokus ovih predavanja bilo je bojenje raznih tekstura – od metala, ljudske kože, tekstila i kože (leather). U sklopu radionice korištene su akrilne boje na bazi vode. U tu svrhu, voditelj radionice, Ivan Knezović, izabrao je 75 mm minijaturu patuljka tvrtke Durgin Paint Forge, koju je sculptao Carlos Perez Bugedo. Predavanja su prilagođena tako da voditelj posveti jednako vrijeme svim polaznicima i može se prilagoditi svim kategorijama minijaturista (od početnika do malo naprednijih).

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  • Back to Basics Workshops in Gallery VN
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    1st session: Painting miniatures of choice, Thursday, 07.05. - from 18:00 to 19:00

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    3rd session: Painting a miniature of your choice, Thursday, 21.05. - from 18:00 to 19:00

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    U svibnju 2026. održali smo naše Back To Basics radionice za najmlađe u Galeriji i čitaonici VN.

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    Radionice su bile BESPLATNE za sve polaznike!

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  • Painting Faces at Tabletop Level
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    The next step is to apply the wash.

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    Right: On a drop of the darker skin tone, I add two drops of Lahmian Medium and a drop or two of water. This creates my own wash, which I apply similarly to the example on the left.

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    Then comes the first highlight.

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    Right: Just like in the example on the left, I use the base color as the first highlight.

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    Then the second highlight.

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    The penultimate step is to outline the eyes.

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    The last step is to add shadows around the mouth and eyes.

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    Right: I mixed black and purple and added two drops of Lahmian Medium and a drop or two of water to create a darker wash, then applied the mixture to the eye sockets, making sure not to get the wash on the previously drawn eyes.

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    U ovom kratkom članku, opisat ću dva načina za bojanje lica na takozvanom tabletop standardu. Tekst prati dvije verzije bojanja. Jedna će koristiti kupovni wash, a u drugoj, malo manje kontrastnoj koristit ću wash kojeg sam dobio iz obične boje. Na taj način, čitatelj može izabrati koji način mu više odgovara.

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    Prvi korak je bojanje u osnovnu boju.

    Lijevo: s obzirom da ću na ovom primjeru koristiti kupovni wash, odlučio sam se za tamniju nijansu boje kože.

    Desno: u ovom primjeru koristit ću boju kao osnovu za wash, tako da sam se odlučio za malo svjetliju nijansu kože – a samim time i svjetliju osnovnu boju.

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    Sljedeći korak je stavljanje wash-a.

    Lijevo: Koristim običan, kupovni Reikkland Fleshshade wash.

    Desno: Na kap tamnije nijanse boje kože stavljam dvije kapljice Lahmian Mediuma i kap do dvije vode. Na taj način dobivam vlastiti wash kojeg nanosim slično kao i na lijevom primjeru.

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    Zatim ide prvi highlight.

    Lijevo: Nanosim na izdignute dijelove lica osnovnu boju i na taj način dobivam prvi highlight.

    Desno: Jednako kao i u lijevom primjeru, kao prvi highlight koristim osnovnu boju.

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    Potom drugi highlight.

    Lijevo: Drugi highlight dobivam mješajući osnovnu boju s nekom svjetlijom nijansom.

    Desno: Pratim isti proces kao i lijevo, uz napomenu da nikada ne koristim čistu bijelu boju za miješanje highlighta, uvijek je to neki off white – s minimalnom količinom nekog pigmenta.

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    Predzadnji korak je iscrtavanje obrisa očiju.

    Lijevo: Ovaj korak je identičan u oba slučaja.

    Desno: Nekom off white bojom iscrtam obrise očiju (da si olakšam život, to su najčešće dvije crtice).

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    Zadnji korak je dodavanje sjena oko ustiju i očiju.

    Lijevo: U ovom slučaju, možete koristiti tamniji wash poput Nuln Oil ili Druchi Purple.

    Desno: Pomiješao sam crnu i ljubičastu boju te dodao kap dvije Lahmian Mediuma i kad do dvije vode da dobijem tamniji wash te smjesu nanio u očne šupljine pazeći da wash ne dođe na prethodno iscrtane oči.

    I zadnja stvar je ucrtavanje zjenica – samo okomite crtice tamne/crne boje u odnosu na horizontalne svijetle crte za oči.

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