Meet the Judges of the Path of the Worthy, A Marvel: Crisis Painting Competition

The Path of the Worthy is nearly upon us and we thought it was high time to introduce you with our judges for the event at Adepticon 2024. These folks are so excited to see your entrees at the show and to share their love of the hobby with you on the floor.

Dallas Kemp is a lifelong gamer and miniature hobbyist. For years, his love of miniatures painting motivated him to push his hobby to new heights in technical skill and artistic expression. After years of practice, Dallas became a freelance miniatures painter for several well-known tabletop companies, eventually earning in-house roles as a Studio Painter and Studio Director. Now, as Creative Director for Atomic Mass Games, Dallas works tirelessly with an awesome group of sculptors and engineers to create the coolest minis possible. He believes that painting is for everyone, and anyone willing to pick up a brush can join in on the fun and excitement of miniatures gaming.

Elizabeth Beckley is an award-winning professional miniature painter and teacher. She has done work for many of the companies in the board game industry such as Kingdom Death, CMON, Panda Cult Games and Atomic Mass Games. Elizabeth enjoys teaching and has traveled across the country as well as in the online world as a member of Miniature Monthly. Her journey in the gaming industry, spanning a decade, is marked not just by awards, but by the relationships and collaborations she’s built along the way. When Elizabeth’s not painting, you can find her spending time hiking with her best dog friend, Zoe.

Having painted for more than a decade, Ben Komets is known for his intricate and realistic painting style and pioneering the “Loaded Brush Technique”. He offers instructional videos via his Patreon Channel, Paintingbuddha or Miniature Mentor. With the combination of well edited videos, pdf color guides, wip guides and skype coachings he tries to give the best possible insight of his methods and his way of creating miniature art to students world wide. Attending painting contests all around the world in the last 10 years, he truly is a veteran of all things painted, awarded with countless Golden Demons, several Best of Shows including 3 Slayerswords. He was born and raised in the wonderful City of Berlin, where he works as a full time Miniature Artist.

Please remember that our judges prefer not to see Work In Progress photos or any photos of completed entrees leading up to the event so please do not tag them on social media. Words cannot express our excitement to see all of your entrees in person at Adepticon 2024!