Field Report: Adepticon Custom Tables

Chicago Terrain Factory has an excellent write-up of some of the non-40K terrain and tables at this year's Adepticon.  Tons of other great stuff there as well; check it out: Chicago Terrain Factory.

I love the Pirate City and Warmachine City tables.  There's just something about a table with a large water feature that I love.  What was your favorite?

Crystal Brush Winners Announced

The Crystal Brush Winners are now posted.  The entry gallery is also posted.

Did anyone attend Adepticon?  What did you think of the first Crystal Brush?

Win $10,000 at the Crystal Brush 2011

Wow.

I almost don't know what to say, except "Pack your bags and bring your 'A Game' to Adepticon" because CMON is offering TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS to the winner of the 2011 Crystal Brush, held at Adepticon in April 2011.

Adepticon 2010 Rogue Demon Open Category

photos by John Shaffer

Gold: Mathieu Fontaine

Silver: Bennett Blalock Doane

Bronze: Ian Villamagna

So there we go, that's pics of all the winner.  Are there any models you'd like to see more pictures of?

Adepticon 2010 Rogue Demon Best Regiment or Squad

photos by John Shaffer

Gold: James Wappel

Silver: Bennett Blalock Doane

Bronze: Jess Hodges

Adepticon 2010 Rogue Demon Youngbloods

photos by John Shaffer

Gold: Evan Bauch

Silver: Harth Williams

Adepticon 2010 Rogue Demon Small-Scale Miniature

photos by John Shaffer

Gold: Mark Raley

Silver: Cathy Wappel

Bronze: James Wappel

Adepticon 2010 Rogue Demon Large Monster or Vehicle

photos by John Shaffer

Gold: Mathieu Fontaine

Silver: James Wappel

Bronze: Jess Hodges

Adepticon 2010 Rogue Demon Single Science Fiction Miniature

Gold: Mark Raley

Silver: Jess Hodges

Bronze: Dave Taylor

Adepticon 2010 Rogue Demon Single Fantasy Miniature

photos by John Shaffer

Gold: Dylan Gauker

Silver: John Shaffer

Bronze: Jess Hodges

Adepticon 2010 Rogue Demon Single Historical Miniature

photos by John Shaffer

Gold: Mathieu Fontaine


You can check out the in progress work on this model at Mathieu's Blog.

Silver: Bennet Blalock-Doane

Bronze: Dave Taylor

Dave wrote up a great step-by-step for this model in July 2009 Wargames Illustrated.  Happily, I got a copy of that very issue in my Adepticon swag bag.

Thank you to John Shaffer for the wonderful photos.  More categories are coming soon, so keep an eye out!

Field Report: Siege of Terra Display Board

I love a good display board.  Over at Dakka, Ryan Geiler (AgeofEgos) shares a closer look at his Siege of Terra display board and army.  This is really best experienced in person, with the flashing LED effects that perfectly highlight the battlefield scene.

I spotted this board at Adepticon.  What was your favorite display board in attendance? Send a link along to ThePaintingCorps@gmail.com and get it recognized!

Emperor and Horus

This is what happens when you go to conventions.  You wander all around, checking out all the beautiful armies and painting contest entries and then suddenly you see something that makes you want to put 2 and 2 together and get awesome.

Horus above is done by Dave Taylor and part of Adepticon 40k Tournament Best General BushidoRedPanda's CSM army (counts as Abaddon).  Providing the Emperor and the steps of Terra is Dakka's AgeOfEgos.

If only someone brought a slain Sanguineous the scene would have been complete!  It is amazing that the two models are done by two different people.  The scale and look of them both is perfect!

Adepticon 2010 Rogue Demon Best of Show

Announced this afternoon, Mathieu Fontaine's Alice model was selected as Best of Show at the 2010 Adepticon Rogue Demon Painting Contest.

More pics coming soon!

Field Report: Adepticon Rogue Demon 2010 Results

I'm just awake after a long night at Adepticon and here are the winners for the Adepticon Rogue Demon 2010.  Because Adepticon judges all of the painting after hours, players can use their models in the tournaments and still manage to enter the Rogue Demon.

The side effect is that the judges work and discuss into the wee hours to get everything judged before the models are needed for the next day's gaming.  I stayed to the very end of the judging and got back to my room at 3 AM.

Here are the official results from the Adepticon Rogue Demon 2010.

Best Single Historical Miniature

First: Mathieu Fontaine

Second: Bennett Blalock Doane

Third: Dave Taylor

Best Single Fantasy Miniature

First: Dylan Gauker

Second: John Shaffer 

Third: Jess Hodges

Best Single Science Fiction Miniature

First: Mark Raley

Second: Jess Hodges

Third: Dave Taylor

Best Large Monster or Vehicle

First: Mathieu Fontaine

Second: James Wappel

Third: Jess Hodges

Best Small-Scale Miniature

First: Mark Raley
Second: Cathy Wappel
Third: James Wappel

Youngbloods

First: Evan Bauch

Second: Harth Williams

Best Regiment or Squad

First: James Wappel

Second: Bennett Blalock Doane

Third: Jess Hodges

The Open Category

First: Mathieu Fontaine

Second: Bennett Blalock Doane

Third: Ian Villamagna

More pics as soon as I charge the laptop!  Look for the Best of Show results as soon as they are announced this Sunday afternoon.

Adepticon 2010 Sabol Diorama

Sabol Design's Diorama from this year's Adepticon is a crazy. Here are a few pics and just a few of the hundreds of incredible details on this monster.

Adepticon 2010 Gladiator Eye Candy

I know Gladiator is all about gaming and generalship, but there were some fantastic and creative armies out there.  Here are a few pictures from the tables from Friday.

Where do you park your Mech Guard?  In a parking lot, of course.

I hate it when those Nids get in the way of my skimmers.

Adepticon 2010: Day 1, Class 1

My first class at Adepticon was "All the Small Things: Freehand Designs" by James and Cathy Wappel. As inspiration James brought an Inquisitorial Land Raider he painted.  Needless to say I wasn't painting Land Raiders like this by the end of the class, but I learned a lot.  There's just something different about putting paint to model while you are being explained the technique to make it sink it.

And your Friday Quick tip straight from James Wappel: mix in a little on a near-colored GW wash to your paint to get better flow and increase drying time.

Adepticon 2010: Day 1

The first Eye Candy of Adepticon Gladiator: Todd Bryant's scratch built Warhound Titan.  And the first Quick Tip: the best and easiest way to get those uniform plasma coils: use IDE ribbon cable.

More coming soon!

Field Report Special: Adepticon 2010!

Adepticon 2010 is just around the corner and yours truly will be there in person to witness the spectacle.  Starting Friday look for a few updates from the event as I search out the best eye candy in attendance.  I'll also be covering the Rogue Demon Painting Contest and hopefully should get some great pics of many of the entries.

I will be indulging in several Hobby Seminars, hopefully I'll come back with plenty of tips to share.  Here's my schedule: "Airbrushing for Figurines", "Weathering with Acrylics, Dry Pigment and Oil Paint", "Advanced Painting" and "Freehand Designs".

Anyone else going to Adepticon?  Better yet, anyone entering anything in the Rogue Demons?