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Golden Demon 2025 – The Prestigious Painting Competition Returns to AdeptiCon With a New Category and New Awards

Golden Demon is back for 2025! We’re excited to welcome the most skilled contestants from around the world to compete for the honour of lifting the coveted Slayer Sword.

The first leg of the competition will return to the US at AdeptiCon, which kicks off on the 26th of March. The show has a new home at the Baird Centre in Milwaukee. Read on for key updates about categories and awards. 

Duel will return as its own category, allowing entrants to create vignettes featuring two opponents in fierce combat.

Warhammer Underworlds warbands will now be entered into the Warhammer Age of Sigmar Unit category, alongside Warcry warbands.

The top three spots in each category still award Gold, Silver, and Bronze. Below the podium, however, the awards have changed. The highest achievement is now Finalist, followed by Commended, and then Notable – all for entries that have caught the judges’ attention.

All of the details for the event will be available in the Entry Guidelines pack on the official Golden Demon site. Sign up using the same form as in 2024.

We’ll have more announcements to come on Warhammer Community in the build-up to AdeptiCon. Meantime, share the progress on your entries with us on social media, using the #GoldenDemon and #PaintingWarhammer hashtags.