Devin has been painting competitively for six years and enjoys the drive and challenge. He has won many awards including Best Vehicle Category at LVO 24. He absolutely adores weathering, rust, damage and storytelling. His favorite subjects tend to be robotic or vehicular in nature and loves telling a tale through the small and subtle details. He is a contributor to The Hobby Collab, encouraging fellow hobbyists to always challenge themselves and grow. When he isn’t painting, talking about painting, or teaching painting he is playing with his giant 55lb Shiba Inu, Maru, The Dire Shiba.

Click HERE for his Instagram Site.

Layne painted for 5 years as a teenager before there were any tutorials online. After becoming frustrated that there were no opportunities for learning to paint outside of going to art school, he hung up my spurs. Around 2017 he started back in the hobby and was fortunate to meet some fantastic painters while he was living in San Diego. Since then Layne has continued to push himself to become a better painter and create fantastic art that people enjoy to look at, regardless if they are a gamer or art aficionado.

https://www.instagram.com/rear_admiral_miniatures/

Sunday - 12:30 PM

Sam has been painting for display for several years now. Never one to do the same thing twice, he is constantly reaching for new inspiration from across the mini-painting and traditional art worlds. 

https://www.instagram.com/sams_minipainting/

David Diamondstone is a passionate miniature hobbyist who has been painting for over two decades. He originally got into the hobby to paint gaming figures, but has also been entering painting competitions since 2010. He has awards from competitions including Crystal Brush, Privateer Press, Gen Con, Reapercon, and KublaCon, where he has won five Best in Show awards. When teaching classes, he has a mainly hands-on approach. Classes start with a few minutes of demo and/or instruction, after which the bulk of the class is spent having the students try out the techniques of the class, and receiving feedback and tips as they paint. To see how he explains concepts in miniature painting, check out his tutorials at www.lightminiatures.com/tutorials/.

Sunday - 12:30 PM

Matt DiPietro is one of the most experienced miniature painters working today. His career has spanned all aspects of our hobby. Starting as a wargamer playing games workshop games and painting armies he eventually launched his professional career in 2006 as the lead studio painter for Privateer Press studio. There he shaped the painting of the Warmachine and Hordes studio models for nearly a decade. These days he makes his living teaching the next generation of miniature artisans, and creating miniature art for private collectors under the banner of Contrast Miniatures. When you hear Matt talk about miniatures, art, sculpture, and painting you feel the love he has for all aspects of our hobby. As a teacher, Matt’s goal is to help each student explore the hobby regardless of current skill while loving their work as they grow into a better painter.

Sunday - 12:30 PM

AJ began painting in 2002 after a summer abroad at Cambridge University. Since then he hasn't been able to put down the paint brush. in 2012 he started to take his painting more seriously, attending classes and competing in figure shows. In 2016 he attended his first Kublacon as a recent transplant to the Bay Area. Since then he has won awards for his painting in Kubla Master's class category, IPMS shows, and was a featured artist at UK Games Day in 2020. 

Friday - 2 PM

Saturday - 12:30 PM

Roger started building, painting, and airbrushing miniatures in the 1970's. It's been a lifelong passion for him since then. He enjoys painting armies and has discovered the love of airbrushing. His goal is to introduce more painters to the joys of airbrushing and all the basic techniques needed to be a good airbrusher. His historical knowledge and artisan skills eventually landed him a position with Wargaming . net, (World of Tanks) as their in-house model builder. He now enjoys retirement with all the hobby time it offers.

David Powell is a miniature painter with over a decade of experience painting at a competition level. He's won gold medals at numerous shows and competitions including Crystal Brush, MFCA, NOVA Open, 'Eadbanger, and others, as well as Best of Show at KublaCon last year. He enjoys mentoring students and teaching workshops. He's been a long time contributor for FigureMentors and is one of the editors at Putty & Paint.

See more of his work at https://www.puttyandpaint.com/bailey03

Sunday - 10:00 AM

Sunday - 3 PM

Before diving into the world of miniature painting, Chris' main hobby was wildlife and landscape photography for nearly 10 years. Early on during his new passion for Display and Competition painting, he realized that these two hobbies have a lot in common. He started to experiment with photography settings, backgrounds, light sources and cameras to support and improve his painting efforts. He has won multiple awards, including Silver (Masters) at KublaCon2023, Silver (Standard) at Nova Open and Gold (Standard Fantasy) at Monte San Savino. After being approached by many painters in the community, Chris decided to put the photography knowledge into a workshop that helps every painter to improve documenting their work.

Sunday - 3:00 PM

Nate started his miniature/model hobby in 1995 collecting King and Country Napoleonics and other historical blanks flats/rounds. Later he took up 3d modeling, and eventually an art minor in 2006. He got heavy into fantasy figures/dioramas in 2014 and has been painting non stop since, following artists like, Aaron Lovejoy, Ann Forester, Alfonso Giraldes, P.K. Asher, Sergio Calvo and many others for inspiration and direction. He restarted SFBAMPs painting meetups in 2017 and has been an active member of the community since, volunteering for Kublacon, running online painting competitions, coaching beginner painters and doing commissions (can check out his work on IG @shadowlight_miniatures)

His favorite works tend to be in 75mm scale and often are dioramas and single figure vignettes as they really afford the artist a chance to give a narrative that speaks to the viewer. “I’m a big fan of taking on large projects that push my creative and technical abilities. Not just painting complex sculpts but trying to show mood, environmental feel and of course wow factor. My favorite part of the hobby and Kublacon is sharing the excitement with others a piece can evoke and bringing that passion to new hobbyists.

Saturday - 10:00 AM

Dev has been painting off and on for 25 years. As an Army commission painter - he specialises in techniques to paint models that look amazing, FAST. Recently he's taken up the mantle of sharing these discoveries in convention classes and through online 1:1 classes. He has won medals in numerous painting competitions and scale modelling contests including a Golden Demon Finalist.

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