Resin Beast 2026 Opens Free Registration for AdeptiCon Week Painting Competition

Resin Beast, the Creature Caster-led painting competition coordinated with AdeptiCon, has opened free registration for its 2026 edition, with the event set to run during AdeptiCon week in late March at Milwaukee's convention center. The organizers' site is already live with event pages and the call to action is direct: "Register for Free Now."

The scale of what Resin Beast built in 2025 sets the context for what's arriving this week. Last year's competition featured a prize pool of approximately US$21,000 distributed across many different prize categories, according to the ResinBeast site, which credits that edition to a sponsor lineup that included Loot Studios, Bestiarum Miniatures, Eldritch Foundry, Dragon Trapper's Lodge, and The Army Painter as event sponsors, with Game Envy, Chronicle Cards, Anest Iwata-Medea, MyMiniFactory, and Table Top Titans serving as title sponsors. A "2026 SPONSORS" gallery is already live on the site, though the full list of confirmed names for this year has not yet been detailed in available materials.

The competition's format extends beyond a straight judged contest. According to the ResinBeast site, "all painted models will be exhibited for all who join the Resin Beast to view and enjoy," making the floor itself a rolling showcase for anyone attending AdeptiCon. An awards celebration is planned for Saturday evening of the event week.

Organizers are pitching the entry bar as deliberately low. The site describes the competition as "For All Skill Levels!" and states: "There will be adventures for everyone! We look forward to entries from those that believe they are the best of the best, and from those that have just started their journey into this incredible hobby." The zero-cost registration removes the usual friction that keeps newer painters on the sidelines of competitive events.

The promotional language on the site is characteristically bold: "This will be the most engaging and innovative miniature painting competition the world has ever seen." Specific details about prize categories, judging criteria, and the full 2026 prize pool total have not yet been confirmed in published materials, and exact calendar dates for the 2026 edition beyond "AdeptiCon week in late March" remain to be formally listed. With AdeptiCon itself beginning in just days, those details are expected to come into sharper focus on the ground in Milwaukee.