Taiwanese miniature artists on Saturday and Sunday won six gold, seven silver and seven bronze medals at the Malaysia International Miniature Hobby Show and Malaysia Competition in Penang.
More than 400 hobbyists from more than 20 countries showcased 1,000 models at the show, Southeast Asia’s biggest miniatures exhibition and competition.
From Taiwan, 31 people, several modeling clubs and eight judges participated in this year’s event.
Photo courtesy of the Taiwan delegation competing in the Malaysia International Miniature Hobby Show and Malaysia Competition via CNA
One of the judges, Lu Tao (呂濤), said that Taiwanese winners at this year’s competition were characterized by their youth, creative thinking and use of bold, vibrant colors.
The youngest Taiwanese participant was 17 years old, Hu said.
Among the six gold medal winners was Pan Hung-kun (潘宏昆), who received the highest honor in the aviation master category with an eye-catching miniature model of a Sikorsky MH-60R Seahawk helicopter.
Photo courtesy of the Taiwan delegation competing in the Malaysia International Miniature Hobby Show and Malaysia Competition via CNA
Lai Yi-hsin (賴奕辛) won a gold medal in the handmade prototype category with a miniature depicting a deer with flaming horns fighting a tiger that had a sickle for a tail.
Tsao Chieh-kai’s (曹傑凱) 3D miniature model Abnormal/Mutation won him a gold in the prototype category. It depicts conjoined twin brothers who mutated into bloodthirsty werewolves.
Tseng Jen-te’s (鄭人得) Vengeance, which depicts the story of a hunter whose hometown was destroyed and who killed his enemies, won gold in the humanoid master category.
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