Rich prizes. If you have any pictures of what you have done, please send them!
All the best,
Andrea
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Gioconomicon.net
Wings of War Modding Contest
Press Release, October 14th 2010
WINGS OF WAR MODDING CONTEST JURY ANNOUNCED
The official Wings of War Modding Contest jury has been defined. The members
have been choosed for their skills and peculiarities, as highlighted by the
following short bios.
Gioconomicon.net, in collaboration with Nexus Games International and Lucca
Comics & Games 2010, is grateful to the jurors for their availability.
Note that the contest, thanks to the awards generously provided by Nexus Games
International, will offer for every category the following prizes :
Gold: complete 24-model series "Wings of War WW2" + Deluxe WW2 pack
Silver: complete 24-model series "Wings of War WW2"
Bronze: "Wings of War WW2" series II
We invite participants to send pictures of their models before the deadline, set
at October 24th, 2010.
Gregory Alegi
Aerospace historian and journalist with almost 30 years of experience, he has
taught Aerospace History at the Italian Air Force Academy since 1998.
Long active in the museum field, he has worked with the leading Italian
institutions in the field, curating many exhibitions, overseeing some 30
restorations and recovering aircraft from Sweden, Lebanon and Afghanistan.
His published works include 16 monographs on major World War One aircrafts,
including the Caproni Ca.3, Macchi M.5, Ansaldo SVA and Balilla.
Andrea Angiolino
He is, together with Pier Giorgio Paglia, the author of "Wings of War" and all
its supplements.
Journalist, author of boardgames and role-playing games, and for every media
(radio, television, magazines, advertising, public events, videogames, Teletext,
Internet). His last boardgame is "Isla Dorada" (with Bruno Faidutti, Alan R.
Moon and Pier Giorgio Paglia). He designed several other games about air combat:
the gamebook "Il Gobbo Maledetto" ("The Damned Hunchback") and the war-boardgame
"La Squadriglia degli Assi" ("Aces Squadron"), both with Gregory Alegi; the
online game "Face2Face - Malta 1942".
The italian Ministry of Education appointed him "Expert Game Inventor". He was
awarded the first lifetime achievements "Best of Show" prize by the Lucca Games
show in 2004. He is the 2007 Personalità Ludica Dell'Anno (Game Person of the
Year).
Author of many books, among the last the "Dizionario del gioco Zanichelli"
("Dictionary of Games") with Beniamino Sidoti. He published several short
stories, especially fantasy and science-fiction ones, on several magazines and
anthologies among which the ones of the RiLL prize and of the Carboneria
Letteraria team. His works have been translated into 15 languages.
Vincenzo Auletta
Illustrator for Wings of War and all its expansion sets. Since 1999 his Design
Studio di Bella (Italy) is offering illustration and editorial graphic services.
Fond of airplane model-making, science-fiction, superheroes and TV cult series
since childhood, he soon began playing around with pencils and painting brushes.
His studies
in technical design have been coupled with his specialisation as illustrator.
His first professional assignments date back to 1994, and since then he's been
working as illustrator for model-making and gaming magazines, for toy
manufacturers and for the main publishers of aeronautical themes. He's signed
the illustrated covers of many products of the main italian model producers
(Italeri, Airfix, Revell, Miniart, etc.). He also did the covers of the
prestigious english monthly magazine "Scale Military Modeller Magazine" and is
the proud illustrator of all the covers and cards of the famous "Wings of War"
series.
Lorenzo Calvi
Editor of the channel "wargames and miniatures" for Gioconomicon since its
founding in 2004. During his life he came in contact with every gaming genre,
becoming systematically caught! Known in the Roman scene for his work in
promoting intelligent gaming, he's one of the founders of the cultural
association "Ludico Impero" and one of the organizers of "Giocaroma", the gaming
festival of the italian capital city.
He has a vast experience in the field of model-making and is a dedicated painter
of miniatures of any kind, taking part in national and international contests
and often attaining good results. Pursuing his work as popularizer of the gaming
world, since January 2009 he's keeping a blog in which he's giving advice on
modelling and reporting his gaming matches (which he often loses)
Valter Scagliarini
Enthusiast of the history of aeronautics, and expert modeller, Valter
Scagliarini is the historical consultant of the "Italeri" firm, with which he
worked mainly as specialist for the development of the model kit decals.
The Wings of War Modding Contest is organized by Gioconomicon.net online
magazine, in collaboration with Nexus Games International publisher and endorsed
by Lucca Comics & Games 2010 festival.
All details available here:
http://gioconomicon.net/wow_modding/