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Work begins on the display for the Adepticon charity army raffle. A big thanks to Alex Landing at Ironheart Artisans for all the laser design and cutting. He is a mad genius of mdf! More updates as the convention draws closer.

Progress!

And more.

Wow. Just wow. That is amazing.

Beautiful. Some inspiring stuff here.

Thats looking amazing so far, I always enjoy following your blog around Adepticon time.

Does the display go with the army? Looks like that part alone will be worth getting tickets for.

Thanks guys

 whalemusic360 wrote:
Does the display go with the army? Looks like that part alone will be worth getting tickets for.

No it does not. It is just for display and to help get awareness for the army. Its an excuse for me to make something big and help raise tickets is all. It will be the official display for Adepticon each year.

More so being a mascot display and it would be hard to get it to anyone who wins that lives outside of Chicago than anything else. That wont fit in anything less than a cargo van.

The 2016 Adepticon charity raffle army is ready to roll out to one lucky winner! Reminder to win the army, one needs to attend Adepticon and purchase raffle tickets. All proceeds this year are split between two great causes, Disabled American Veterans and W.D. Boyce Council of Illinois.

I am very happy with my decision this year to skip the personal display and focus all of my time and energy in the charity army. All the fun I usually have this time of year and a little extra goodness in being able to help a good cause. As I stated in the WIP posts, this will be my ninth year at Adepticon and it was an honor to make an Adepticon themed display for my favorite Con that will be a sort of mascot for this and future charity raffle armies.

Not only that but it allowed me to work more closely with Alex Landing of Ironheart Artisans. Usually go these things alone, so it was nice to have his input and work in what proved to be a very great team. The merging of laser design, modelling and painting and working that line of blending them together, making the best of both and better than the sum of each half's parts was a new and successful effort that was very rewarding. I see a lot in store in the future for the both of us working together, and this is certainly just the tip of the iceberg in big and over the top displays. Thank you Alex.

The painting of the army went very smooth, and in keeping with "Adepticon" it is Admech in red. A brighter red, weathering and character went a long way to make an army full of life. When time is put into the basics, bells and whistles aren't required and make for a classy and traditional army.

Thank you to everyone involved - Greg Sparks, Hank Edley, the rest of the Adepticon team, Chaos Mail Order, Alex Landing, and Games Workshop themselves for donating the Forge World items.

Now go buy tickets!

These really suck. You should just put them in a box with my name & address on them & then I'll figure out a way of destroying (playing with) them.

In other words - truly amazing work. Whoever wins this is going to be well chuffed! ('chuffed' = English slang for happy).
Everything is just perfect.

Fantastic Sir. Love the mix of 30k & 40k themes

bubber wrote:These really suck. You should just put them in a box with my name & address on them & then I'll figure out a way of destroying (playing with) them.

In other words - truly amazing work. Whoever wins this is going to be well chuffed! ('chuffed' = English slang for happy).
Everything is just perfect.

Haha, well thank you very much!

And yes I learned "chuffed" from the english Fantasy crew. Never heard word around these parts

FeindusMaximus wrote:Fantastic Sir. Love the mix of 30k & 40k themes

Thank you!

Can't believe no-one else has commented on these yet.

Very nice, I really like how did the weathering with the scratches and black.

Kick ass

I just jumped on this page for a quick look.

Dear sweet lord.

Absolutely awesome work!

This is beautiful! Also I've been looking for a good way to do these type of chipped off paint effects. Would you mind telling me how you did it?

Here's a picture to clarify what I mean (talking about the red paint on the wall behind)

Hey thanks everyone! Off to Adepticon today.

Haechi - thats liquid mask used before the red is applied : )

AWE
SOME!

Everything you make is pure win. I love the big displays...wish i could do something like that, but that will never happen, as i lack the funds, the space and the talent

Awesome, awesome! work

Take care and never stop making these works of art...(bows in awe )

Amazing work as usual

Thank you all!

Adepticon is a wrap and that means back to work! Up next a big Sons of Medusa army, and some pretty wild themed terrain for it's photography. Time to get my greeble on!

Looking forwards to the results

I like that framed picture of the mechanicus. It looks like a grimdark portrait of someones grandmother. Did you draw it? I cant explain why, but I find it every bit as clever and cool as the army.

 40kFSU wrote:
I like that framed picture of the mechanicus. It looks like a grimdark portrait of someones grandmother. Did you draw it? I cant explain why, but I find it every bit as clever and cool as the army.

No the lady that does Eagle Ordinary comic painted and donated that. I agree, it really sits well next to the army and has a good charm about it. Glad they sprung for that frame too, it's really perfect.

Check me out on the War Council Podcast, where we chat about the 29 Imperial Knights, huge army projects, Adepticon displays, and some often unspoken fine points about large army commission painting.

Everything you do is unfair.....

*slowly stroking my badly painted mini's*

Hey folks! New army up! This time around the army is 107 images. So while I hate to inconvenience my Dakka buddies, that is a pain in the rear to copy paste that many urls! So check them out on the blog or FB:

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One of my favorite projects to date.

Thanks as always!

Your gallery is one of the most beautiful thing I've seen in case of wargaming hobby... I admire details and whole collection