A few months ago, Chris Gutzmer was interesting in sponsor a special trophy in the name of ECardModels and the Fine Scale Paper Modelers to paper modelers on an IPMS contest.
So I talked to him about the coming IPMS contest here in Monterrey, Mexico in 25th of June, by our
local club ARME. And he agreed on sponsoring the trophy... well, in fact 3 trophies!!
So June 25th came. As it was IPMS contest, and paper is still in diapers in Mexico (as far as participation in the contests), only 3 paper modelers contestants attended. That didn't take out the fun for it.
I also put up a workshop for kids. Well... not me, my kids did. They set up a table, printed a bunch of kid's models, and invited kids to build them.
Another cool thing was that I had the opportunity to give a talk on paper modeling to the IPMS modelers - history, forums, stores, legal download sites, techniques - . It was very well received.
Here are some pics of the event.
A BIG appreciation for Chris Gutzmer for the sponsoring!!
NOTE: The medieval helmet is the logo of our club, and the big helmet there was the prize to the best model of the show (it was a Shuttle and crawler made from scratch... yes, plastic).
Kid's workshop table. Photo from iPad... not so great on resolution.