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Abso-frakin-lutely Sir (I'm he bald one with the eye patch )

Is any of them huge and hairy and scary, if so thats me!

So say we all!

You guys rock!

We want to see more dave goodiness

Don't call it a comeback, I've been here for years...

Another GenCon has come and gone, and while exhausted, we had a fantastic time!


This is the scene EVERY MORNING outside ONE of the dealer hall doors when they are about to open them at 10AM
You earn 100XP every time you navigate this throng while avoiding a crop-dusted fart

Skirmish Games were the theme this year it seems....


Mercs - http://megacongames.com/games/mercs/
If you haven't seen the kickstarter buzz on this one, it's a small-scale near-future sci-fi skirmish game meant to be played with 5-man teams and played very tactical
Ladygeek chose Texico and House 9, I chose EU, Inc (so new it doesn't even have a box yet), and House 4 factions. The models are fantastic, and I'm really looking forward to building some terrain for this game. It plays on a 2x3' board, which is convenient.



Wild West Exodus - http://www.wildwestexodus.com/
Finally Western Steampunk! Remember my walking steam train scratchbuild? Well I fell in love with these miniatures (35mm) and picked up the starter set and the rulebook. Steampunk Union Soldiers FTW! So much potential for terrain too. This has me very very excited indeed!
Here are some shots of the demo table in the dealer's hall


And then there is this (no I didn't get one...yet)


Mantic was showing strong this year, They had intro games running constantly during the con:

Ladygeek's Dwarves

Deadzone- I'm not sure about the gameplay on this one yet, but Theo turned me onto the potential of the terrain. Here I have a metric ass-ton of the stuff, and they were practically giving i away at con prices!


RIVET WARS - http://rivetwars.com/
The only boardgame we bought was this hybrid bard/miniature game. THIS GAME (fantastic title aside) is loads of fun, and we got our copy signed by Ted Terranova.
The Con exclusive miniature was a not-Indiana Jones

On the hobby front:

I got to meet our very own Galorn working the Games & Gears booth! Although when I went back to find him later in the weekend, he wasn't at the booth, maybe they let him sleep I didn't get to talk to him much, he was a busy guy

Pro Studio Brushes, soap, towerls, GenCon Exclusive portable brush, and the Badger Airbrush booth was selling these nifty airbrush stencils as well as their own line of AB primer! (Finally)
I heard BrianCJ was there, but I never found the Artemis room this year. I hope he had a good con too!

This guy, Joe Latham of Cathedral Arcanum - http://www.cathedralarcanum.com/
had his wares for sale at the WarStore booth. Some high Quality sandbacg casts

and..Female Not-Cadians!


Miscellaneous:

(really) heavy Metal Steampunk D6s

I played in a 7+ hour Apocalypse (Guard vs. Orks) game- the revenge of Ghazkull from last year's game I played in (long-time readers may remember)- More on that later
and a great intro game of Bolt Action as well.
There were not as many really impressive gaming tables this year though, despite the biggering of the gaming table areas, Infinity had the most impressive tables, however they were ALWAYS crowded, and I didn't get a chance to do much with Infinity.




Warsenal could've made a TON of money if they only had a booth! Here is Corvus Belli's phenomenal demo table

All looks amazing. Love the look of the cowboys, been looking at them for a while.

Infinity boards are looking nice too.

Really glad you had a good time.

Cool stuff dave.

I've looked at rivet wars during the kickstarter and in the local shop. Looks fantastically fun. Iveseen the development of Mercs over the years as the maker was always getting plugged on the dreamforgegames site. Hurray for kings of war dwarf army, lady geek will have fun with those rules, I love the orcs, and my brother in law plays undead. As for Wild West Extreme, one word......Romeo..... The models look neat, and I like the concepts for it, but his name is tied to it and I can't go there. That train was a steal for backers of the kickstarter, I think they got it for like $60.00 and now its a couple hundred to buy poor planning that . All the other haul looks cool as well, one year .

I can't read the deadzone book without getting bored. I think all my sprues of buildings from the set will just get necromundified. Make sure to build up your callouses on your fingers before assembling the deadzone terrain, the clips can bite .

Wow, impressive haul, Dave.

Look forward to any and all of that.

Heh..I'll give you a name that trumps Romeo...Alessio I don't pay much attention to the politics of game designers and what they say. I just care about the fusion of Wild West and Steampunk/tech....the imagination can go wild from there.

Thanks Cam! It was a great time indeed!

Thanks Doc! me too!

Looks like you had fun, and scored a decent haul

Gorgeous Infinity table there.

I'll have to look up those not-cadians, not heard of them and they look like they might be useful.

There's some cool WWX figures about, look forward to seeing what you do with them, and indeed the rest of your goodies......enjoy.

Thanks Monkey! So much to come for sure!

Wow, just wow! that looks like awesome dude! so much fun and soooo much models! :-) thanks for the offer the other day too but I'll be supplied with a Vulkan to paint from WM360 :-)

so how's the work life balance going now you've had some adjustment time? looking forward to hobby time again? we certainly are looking forward to you getting back the busy fingers and sticky rivets....

Sounds like a fun time was had! Which is good to hear frankly because, as a STAW player, all I've really heard is negativity about WizKids

Thanks Damo! B the time I got to the GW booth, they were sold out anyway. In fact, they didn't have a single thing that I wanted there. They offered free shipping, but meh. I am excited to get my hobby on again!

Graven- I saw their DS9 exclusive, it was impressive, but the molded color was horrible, it needed paint for sure.

the local shop holds STAW tournaments all the time. I think they got 3 of the DS9s as prizes. two had been given out and the third is in the shop. I had to pass on STAW because o the looks and scale, but I am much more of a trekkie. I think the big thing that wizkids has going for them is that they do a fantastic job with tournament support and prizes. Like the DS9 station, cards, and limited models.

Whats first on your post Gencon agenda Dave?

As a personal rule, I generally avoid pre-painted minis, because you see people all the time at conventions buying huge crates, and standing near a trash can at one of the food courts, stripping packaging, hoping to find a rare miniature. The disproportionate scale bothers me too Theo. Everyone knows a Galaxy Class should be more than twice the length of the Constitution Class!!

The Texico MERCS minis are cleaned up, ready for primer. I just have to decide on a color scheme and basing.


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My initial use of the Badger AB primer has me very, very happy

It looks a nice off white! I like.

Also model looks brilliant, is that a Merc's or Exodus model?

Do you find you need to thin the primer at all for best results? I havent had the chance to mess with my bottles much yet.

That's a really great haul Dave, I bet that must be a fantastic event to go to.

Now I need to go and clean the dribble from my screen.

Thats one hell of a haul, can't wait see whats in all those boxes and to hear about those bolt action and apoc games.

Looks like cathedral arcanum might be a company to watch.

The mercs figs look very good quality.

RRRRRrrrrrrrr!.....

good to see you with such a big haul of plastic crack...!

if I would be on that con ...I would have hysterics about loosing or getting my treasure stolen by some freaks...

as for the merger of steampunk and the wild wild west....... we all know that is always the right road to successful nerdgasm^^

by the way... a lil bird told me you might exactly find such a thing, in a in my thread....*nudge; nudge; nudge, wink, wink, wink*

Now thats a haul must have been a bitch to carry home you're so lucky that Ladygeek shares your interest mine just goes O more plastic little men

Hows those brushes working out for you by the way and the travel brush hows that work

The primer seems to have a great coverage can I be cheeky and ask for a scale shot of some of the Rivet Wars vehicles next to say an IG mini please

I kind of had hopes for the Exodus minis but the scale issue blew that idea out of the water, still great looking minis though and the Mercs as well, youve got some fun times ahead.

One hell of a load of stuff Dave! Dang! you will be busy a while!

Camkierhi wrote:It looks a nice off white! I like.

Also model looks brilliant, is that a Merc's or Exodus model?

Thanks, that was one light coat. This is the MERCS Texico Marshall

Ramos Asura wrote:Do you find you need to thin the primer at all for best results? I havent had the chance to mess with my bottles much yet.

NO! Airbrush primer is designed to be used right from the bottle with no messing with it. However, Vallejo Primer seems liek it needs more shaking than this stuff. Magic chemistry methinks

GiraffeX wrote:That's a really great haul Dave, I bet that must be a fantastic event to go to.

Now I need to go and clean the dribble from my screen.

It is! It's a glorious time to be amongst 50k+ of our people!

OneManNoodles wrote:Thats one hell of a haul, can't wait see whats in all those boxes and to hear about those bolt action and apoc games.

Looks like cathedral arcanum might be a company to watch.

The mercs figs look very good quality.

Me too! The pictures of the games are so-so. I didn't lug the digital camera around this year, just relied on my Galaxy smartphone for pics..I don't like/am not adept at the smartphone camera controls yet.

Viktor von Domm wrote:RRRRRrrrrrrrr!.....

good to see you with such a big haul of plastic crack...!

if I would be on that con ...I would have hysterics about loosing or getting my treasure stolen by some freaks...

as for the merger of steampunk and the wild wild west....... we all know that is always the right road to successful nerdgasm^^

by the way... a lil bird told me you might exactly find such a thing, in a in my thread....*nudge; nudge; nudge, wink, wink, wink*

Your train is going to be a masterpiece for sure Vik! We always book our hotel room as soon as they open the registration in March every year. We stay at the Mariott, right across the street (and connected by overhead hampster tunnels) to the convention center. That way after our feet start to hurt from walking through the dealer hall, it's a short trip back to the hotel room to drop off the loot, rest, refresh, and head back when we're ready. The loot tends to collect in bags back at the hotel, leaving it safe and secure. I made a specific trip for most everything you see here, especially the bigger boxes. Even so, a convention of geeks tends not to have issues with stuff getting stolen, we bring MILLIONS of $$ to the city of Indianapolis every year, and where large gatherings of people always generates some crime, not so much with a bunch of gaming geeks. The local restaurants and pubs all theme their menus for us and are really generally welcoming with events and Sun King brewery even brews a special beer every year for GenCon. This year is was called "The Froth of Khan"

lone dirty dog wrote:Now thats a haul must have been a bitch to carry home you're so lucky that Ladygeek shares your interest mine just goes O more plastic little men

Hows those brushes working out for you by the way and the travel brush hows that work

The primer seems to have a great coverage can I be cheeky and ask for a scale shot of some of the Rivet Wars vehicles next to say an IG mini please

I kind of had hopes for the Exodus minis but the scale issue blew that idea out of the water, still great looking minis though and the Mercs as well, you've got some fun times ahead.

I am lucky! oh so lucky! It took us one trip down to the parking garage with our luggage, and one trip down with the loot, the Kia did the rest of the work
The Rivet wars stuff and the WWX stuff are just not the same scale, I accept that, and in a way it is refreshing for me, since that means I get t make ALL NEW stuff for them!
The brushes seem of very high quality, so far so good.

shasolenzabi wrote:One hell of a load of stuff Dave! Dang! you will be busy a while!

Thanks! Yes! let's hope so!

I always worry about a car called KIA "Killed In Automobile" always springs to mind SHUDDERS

No I know the Rivet War stuff is a scale of its own but I had an idea of converting some of their tanks and walkers to Grot uses so was wondering of the actual size, hence the request for the IG comparison to get an idea that was a hint by the way

Those brushes look like quality but it was the travel brush that was of interest, so new scaled scenery on its way then I guess of a wild west theme maybe

I'll have to take a pic of one for ya then LDD ALthough, the tanks aren't out yet, they were on display with the expansions, but they need to fulfill the KS orders before they release them to the rest of us.
I'd trust (both of our) Kias over any GM product

So, I spent the night painting, not done yet, but you might get the idea now.


These are similar to Infinity models with all the damn armor panels (but not the dinky limbs) many highlights and details still to add. At this point in the early morning, all the orange and brown looks the same

Very fitting for a dusty environment and see where you are going with these, the green is a brave choice but works don't think I would have been so daring.

I am sure the KIA is a fine vehicle we have plenty knocking around here these days, Its just the car tag it always makes me think that

Yes if you don't mind a comparison pic that would be great mate, I thought the starter box set had tanks ? obviously not I hope it ain't long before the general release then.

I think thats why I have never been a fan of the infinity range but there new biker models look pretty cool

The Eastern Front box has walker tanks, Battle for Brighton will have air units, Second Wave has at least an allied tank, and Heavy Metal will have the bigass tanks.



It looks like the Ottomans will be getting an infantry tank

Nice colour choices. Looking good.

So good to see things happening here again.