Leonardtown hosts D&D miniature painting contest with Shark Week theme
Leonardtown's Crafts N Stitches drew painters to a Shark Week-themed D&D contest with brushes on hand, prizes and a low-barrier entry for all skill levels.
A D&D miniature painting contest at Crafts N Stitches in Leonardtown put Shark Week on the hobby table, with painters gathering Saturday, July 11, from 1 to 4 p.m. at 22680 Lawrence Ave, Leonardtown, MD 20650. The one-afternoon format and in-person setup made it the kind of local contest that can pull a finished model out of the backlog without asking for a convention trip.
HappeningNext described the event as a D&D Miniature Painting Contest with a July theme of Sharks!!! in honor of Shark Week. It also opened the door to painters of all skill levels and said brushes would be available for participants who needed them, a small but meaningful accessibility move for newer painters or anyone showing up without a full kit.
The prize mix stayed hobby-focused: miniature paint sets and a Third Eye Comics gift item. That is the kind of reward structure local organizers can copy because it keeps the stakes friendly while still giving painters a reason to finish a model, bring it in and put it in front of other eyes. It also gives stores and craft spaces a simple template for turning a single Saturday into a deadline that actually matters on the painting desk.
Crafts N Stitches has become a fitting home for that model of contest. The shop says it offers craft, pottery and D&D classes in Leonardtown, and Visit St. Mary’s says it moved into a new studio in Historic Leonardtown with crafting, stitching, paint nights and D&D on the schedule. That mix matters because it ties miniature painting to a broader local hobby routine instead of treating it like a one-off display contest.
The Leonardtown event fits neatly into a larger miniature-painting ecosystem that the MiniCal describes as covering competitions, classes and conventions, including local store challenges. Gen Con says its miniature hobby events are open to both first-time painters and advanced hobbyists, and notes the program has included more than 100 miniature-hobby events in recent years. Compared with storied competitions such as Golden Demon, Leonardtown’s three-hour contest was small, but it showed how a themed, accessible local gathering can keep a painting scene active without the pressure of a major show.
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