2017 Medal & Award Winners
THE SHOW COMMITTEE AWARDS
JUNIOR CERTIFICATE OF MERIT
Eli, Brock and Lucy Rafalski - Entire Display
Maggie Anderson - Flat
Kyle Carpenter - West Point Cadet
Annaliese Mundschau - Flat
Kyle Blome - Flat
Joseph Peters - On to Saint Lo
Larry Clausen - Helicopter and Russian Soldiers
JUNIOR AWARD
Aaliyah Taylor - Tyrant King
Gavin McGrath - Faprey Ganett
Kayla Kessler - Saddle
Maggie Anderson - Dinosaurs
Conor Lalar - Tractor
Sawyor Mundschau - Desert Feast
Lydia Carpenter - Giraffe
Larry Clausen - A Place to Play
Geoffrey Waller - Historical Figures
WAR GAME CERTIFICATE OF MERIT
Randy Larch - Colonial Infantry
WAR GAME AWARD
Doug Bedford - British Infantry
DISPLAYERS CERTIFICATE OF MERIT
Mike Cobb - Colonial Italian Soldiers
Joe Berton - Tinkers to Evers to Chance
DISPLAYERS AWARD
Dave Fisher - Lasset Collection
THEME CERTIFICATE OF MERIT
Jim Schroeder - Currier & Ives Americana
THEME AWARD
Mike Cobb - Colonial Italian Soldiers
AWARDS AT THE ADVANCED LEVEL
ORDNANCE PAINTERS CERTIFICATE OF MERIT
Sean McGrath - Mossie
Michael Luedke - Sea Hornet
Jay Ruggiero - M4 Early
ORDNANCE OPEN CERTIFICATE OF MERIT
Van Olson - FT-17
FANTASY PAINTERS CERTIFICATE
Dwight Workinger - Put a Cork in It
HISTORICAL PAINTERS CERTIFICATE OF MERIT
Jim Schroeder - Old Man with Walking Stick
Bart Muller - Hancock
Randy Larch - MP with Motorcyle
Michael Luedke - In the Pits
Mike Cunzeman - SR-71 Pilot
Joseph Fleming - Robert E. Lee
ORDNANCE PAINTERS BRONZE
Joe Stauder - M10
Mike Bedard - Type 97
Greg Liebert - LAV-C2
Mike Knowski - Wespe
Merrill Anderson - St. Chamond
Frank Ciccanella - Smerch-M
ORDNANCE OPEN BRONZE
Michael Luedke - Canberra
Eric Mante - USS Solace
Mike Bedard - M-12
Paul Marshall - M8A1
FANTASY PAINTERS BRONZE
Jay Ruggiero - Hellboy busts
Michael Luedke - Jack in the Frost
Bill Teoli - At the Bus Stop
Bob Bethea - Khaerus
Jim Schroeder - My Name Is No Holly
Lydia Meyer - On the Run
Mike Holverson - Warlord
Larry Peters - Wolf Lord, Timmy
Dave Fisher - Grandpa Munster
Mike Cunzeman - Orc
Patti Luedke - Briggs, the Snowman
Frank Ciccarella - Wicked Witch of the West
FANTASY OPEN BRONZE
Patti Luedke - In the Woods
Randy Larch - Waaagh!
Daniel Stern - Critter
John Redmond - 360 Racer
Noel Meyer - Into the Black
HISTORICAL PAINTERS BRONZE
Roger Becke - On a Midnight Clear
Susan Wachowski - King and Queen on Horse
Dave Fisher - Lasset Collection
Robert Norman - Flyboy
Jay Ruggiero - 6th Regular Mass. Volunteer
Bob Nuszbaum - Cry Havoc
Greg Liebert - Bundeswher Ground GuideHPB
Jim DeRogatis - Red Lancer
Chad Anderson - Vietcong
Doug Bedford - Cossack
Mike Holverson - Stockbridge Indian
Chris Krco - Pioneer Aviator
Larry Peters - Kamikaze
Theodore Docter - Unteroffizier 31st Infantry Division
Bill Teoli - Woodland Indian
Chris Barrett - WWII Bomber Crew
Alex Akers - Roman Legionaire
Frank Behrens - B.B. King
Matt Deck - Cold Resolve
HISTORICAL OPEN BRONZE
Leopold Slawski - General of Cuirassiers
Bart Muller - Zutalors
Joe Stauder - Flak Position
Alex Akers - Charge of the Yeomanry
Bob Nuszbaum - Winter of Our Discontent
Gary Rasmussen - Der Krieg
Greg Liebert - Shit! It's the Rat Patrol!
Roger Beckert - Rendezvous with a Spy
Jenna Sheen - Deer Skull
Paul Marshall - Last Man, Last Round
Bob Kitta - Tiger 1
ORDNANCE PAINTERS SILVER
Chuck Aleshire - Mark V
Bill Chilstrom - Roadblock Balkans
Robert Raver - Case Tractor
Bob Bethea - LRDG
Felix Gonzales - F-15E
Danny O'Connor - MarkV
William Horn - Panther G
Tom Kondziolla - Panzer II
Matt Deck - A-36
ORDNANCE OPEN SILVER
Gary Rasmussen - WWI US Army Medical Front
Bill Chilstrom - AB 41
Theodore Docter - SU-100
Bob Hichl - M552
Jack Taylor - Douglas RD-4
Marty Jurasek - Ki-44 Display
William Horn - M4A3 Sherman "Dan"
FANTASY PAINTERS SILVER
Susan Wachowski - Morhvanna
George Mickelson - Ashlee Campbell
Brett Avants - S.A.F.S. Snowman
Bob Nuszbaum - Squire Gawain at Knight School
David Plewacki - Commissar
Stephen Venters - Bela Lugosi as Dracula
Jim Robinson - Age of Sigmar Celestial Vindicator
Sydney Moore - Rupert T. Squirrel
Robert Norman - Orc Warrior
Mike Cramer - Dracula
Derek Clark - Eternal Crusader
Joe Furioso - Hello, Joe
Frank Behrens - Lights Out
FANTASY OPEN SILVER
Sue Wachowski - Wasabi Sumo Orc
Bob Hickl - Stegosaurus
Jim Robinson - Femme Fatale #1
Ed Taylor - Tie fighter
HISTORICAL PAINTERS SILVER
Joe Furioso - Nightmare on Elm Rue
Jim Lynne - Lt. Col. John Douglas
Dave Youngquist - Fallschirmjaeger 1940
Derek Clark - Man at Arms
Jim Robinson - Royal Scots
Wendy Rafalski - Hawkeye
Chip Rembert - CSA Cavalry 1863
Jack Muldoon - Scottish Laird
Fred Bruhn - Italian Knight
Mike Cobb - JusbasciDegli Zapyie
Henry Nunez - Fallschirmjaeger 1944
Bill Chilstrom - Grunts in Vietnam
Jose Martinez - Polish Hussar
Ross Singletary - The Retreat
Kreston Peckham - WWI Display
Dave Bainbridge - Polish Winged Hussar
Barry King - French Lancer Trumpeter
Leo Slawski - Poniatowski
Phil Kirchmeier - British Colonial
HISTORICAL OPEN SILVER
Merrill Anderson - The Yanks Are Coming
Bill Silk - Steve Austin
Mike Holverson - 25th Infantry
Brett Avants - Elefant
Mike Bedard - Lost in Germany
Barry King - Mounted Display
ORDNANCE PAINTERS GOLD
Andy Gulden - BRDM-2
Jacques Duquette - Type 59-1
John Maher - Zero
Chris Mrosko - T-83
Brett Avants - WWII Collection
Bob Kitta - Sherman
ORDNANCE OPEN GOLD
Brett Avants - T-54
John Maher - Pershing
Robert Raver - FW-190
Andy Gulden - 257M
FANTASY PAINTERS GOLD
Mike Bedard - Not to be Messed With
Scott Primeau - Little John
Ross Singletary - The Welder
Jack Muldoon - Ganesh
Rick Taylor - Diablo
FANTASY OPEN GOLD
Stephen Venters - Death on a Monkey
Bob Bethea - Tokyo Schoolbus
Jeff Burns - Hellboy
Herb Metzler and Sean Cooper - Land Ironclad
HISTORICAL PAINTERS GOLD
John Long - 155th PA Zouave
Dan Capuano - US 101st Airborne Bastogne
Jeff Burns - Samurai
Joe Berton - Lawrence of Arabia
Rod Curtis - Napoleonics
Scott Primeau - SAS 1941
Noel Meyer - Lady in the Stone
Jason Green - Jean le Bastart 1429
Rick Taylor - Herman
Bob Bethea - Cardinal Richelieu
Mike Cramer - Jacques Cathelineau
Andy Gulden - SS Grenadier
Herb Metzler - Woman in Riding Habit
Dave Peschke - Sturmbattalion 1916
HISTORICAL OPEN GOLD
Andy Gulden - The End Is Near
Noel Meyer - Marcel Tov
Greg Cihlar - WWII German pieces
Bill Chilstrom - Rattlesnakes & Renegades
Rod Curtis - English Demilancer
Mike Blank - The Kingdom Is Lost
Rick Taylor - Mona Lisa
Jon Harbuck - War Poets
Dave Brown - The Show will go on
Dan Capuano - Semper Fi
Joe Berton, T.E. Lawrence and Gertrude Bell
Barry Biediger - The Other Window
Jim DeRogatis - The Whole World is Watching
THE BEST OF SHOW
Dan Capuano - Semper Fi
THE CHICAGO MEDAL
Andy Gulden