such as fantasy, sci-fi, and historical, and an "anything goes" Open category without size, subject matter, or entrant restrictions is also common. These events often attract painters from around the world who wish to compete at the highest level. Competitions can be judged as either a "traditional" style judging system or an "open" style scoring system. In traditional judging systems entries are given a first cut to finalists with a surface observation by judges, then the finalist entries are inspected more closely to determine the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place in each category, often with commended entries being given out to entries that were close to placing. In the open system of judging entries are scored in a number of different areas, such as technical skill or composition, and the total score for each entry determines what award it is given, often titled Bronze, Silver, and Gold. In such a competition there is no restriction on how many entries can be given each award - hypothetically an award might have no entries given out for it or all entries might achieve Gold if all entries are of an extremely high level. Many competitions also give an award for the piece judged Best in Show, such as the Slayer Sword prize in Golden Demon. Another style of judging is a combined system, where entries are ranked by popular online vote and in person judging. Large scale painting competitions offer a variety of prizes, such as products produced by the sponsor company, a cash prize, or simply a title and trophy or other object, such as the winner of the Slayer Sword at Golden Demon being awarded a physical sword in place of a trophy. There are also a number of online only competitions, where painters submit photos of their painted models into different categories which are then voted on by popular vote. Sometimes the popular vote informs a final cut, which is then judged by a professional judging panel, such as with Games Workshop's Everchosen competition where each Games Workshop store and some independent hobby stores hosted small local competitions, where the winners for each store were uploaded to the Everchosen webpage for public vote with the top 100 being then reviewed by a professional judging panel to determine the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd winners. References Hobbies Miniature figures Miniature painting Toy figurines