Just a quick update - here's the likely force I'm fielding at the A-con team tourney in April. Still doing some modelling, and am waiting for my Orc boss/BSB kit to arrive. Most things that are painted will be repainted, except the chariot. The items painted came that way in a trade (bye bye paintball marker). Will update things as they progress!

A Win / Win

So the UGG RTT on the 17th has come and gone. I was fortunate enough to win 'Tournament Champion' thanks to 2nd and 3rd round wins and a fully painted army! I considered retiring on a high note, but too many events coming up...

I've teamed up with an old high school buddy for the upcoming Adepticon Team Tourney. His Skaven and my O&G should make for an interesting combo.

Speaking of O&G, one of the tournament players was nice enough to give me a bunch of Orc bitz. Included is a troll which I needed for the team tourney anyway - thanks Luke!

So next up will be work on O&G, with minor things on my HE army - both for Adepticon. High Elf work includes painting up a couple of the newer Great Eagle models. I never realized how outdated they looked until someone pointed it out recently. Eldar are still in the mix although less of a priority.

Upcoming Tournaments, etc.

My bud Steve listed his upcoming events. It's a good idea so I did the same:

Jan 17th UGG – 1500 points: High Elves
March ? UGG – 1500 points: Orcs (if painted)
April 3rd Adepticon – 2250 points: High Elves
May UGG – 1500 points: Maybe Orcs as I need a break from High Elves...

Throw in some casual WHF and 40k games in there somewhere.

Yeah so 'Day the Earth Stood Still' was a real bust. Not even rental worthy.

Here's my O&G horde! OK just a chariot but I have to start somewhere, right? I should be painting my High Elves in preparation for the RTT on the 17th, but the Orcs are just too much fun to paint! My goal is to have the 1500pt list painted for the next UGG RTT, probably in March.



Still working on Eldar and will post pics soon...

Games in '09!

First post of the New Year. Not really hobby related but a lot of gaming. Let me explain.

Our family started an annual 'Tournament of Wits' this year in which we play random games. Winner of the whatever game gets to choose the next game, and the person with the best record over the holidays gets to choose a movie for all of us to go out and see.

This year we played Kerplunk (twice), Spades (twice), poker (twice), Scrabble, and Citadels. End result is my bro-in-law, who never wins, won almost everything. The wives wanted a rematch so we played for dinner - which my bro-in-law won again!

As a result, on Friday night the plan is to go see 'The Day the Earth Stood Still' after eating a Taco Bell dinner while my other bro-in-law and his girlfriend stay in and babysit the kinds.'09 is starting off right!