The big event for me on Day 2 (Friday) was the 3-round Direct Action Infinity Tournament I’d signed myself up for, far too many months ago to remember what I’d been thinking.
Ok, I know what I’d been thinking: “Brendon, you don’t play many games. This will encourage you to get out of the studio, play some games.”
Note to future self: That kind of motivation doesn’t work.
I went into the tournament with well theory-crafted, but poorly practiced lists.
The NOVA Open is held only a few miles away in Crystal City, Virginia, just across the river from Washington DC. It’s a con I’ve been volunteering at and attending for the past five or so years, and it’s currently the only con I go to each year.
The con kicks off Wednesday night with some small special events and goes through Sunday, offering over 4 days of events. One big benefit to working only three blocks away from the con is that I was able to swing by after work on Wednesday and picke up my SuperNOVA registration and Swag Bag. The SuperNOVA is NOVA’s premium registration, and offers loads of perks for the notably higher price – one of which is the embroidered KR Multicase Backpack 2. The rest of the goodies… well, you’ll just have to wait for the loot showcase!
The con really started on Thursday for me. My schedule for Day 1 included a Build-and-Play for CMON’s Dark Age, and three (!) seminars.
Continue ReadingSo, I love dinosaurs. Ever since I first saw Jurassic Park, I couldn’t get enough of them. So, now that I’m an adult and into tiny toy soldiers, OF COURSE I’m into tiny toy dinosaurs.
I’ve been sitting on a Start Collecting: Seraphon box for a while, and when some local buddies wanted to get into Age of Sigmar by way of Skirmish and then Path to Glory, I was all in with some SPACE DINOSAURS!!
Issyria was a blast to paint, for a few reasons.
First, I had to paint her in separate pieces, because her crossed legs added some interesting challenges with getting the interior cloth painted. Luckily, they’re a separate piece, so it was not hard to do this. Still, for speed I rarely paint models in separate pieces anymore, so it was fun to go back to a different method for conquering a tough model.
Well, it’s been a while.
Life happens, but that’s a post for another day. Today is a Tuesday, and while it’s been… two-and-a-half years (?!@?), I have a tutorial for you! Yeah, it’s a How-to Tuesday post!
Today, I’m going to show you how to build bases like the ones I’m using for my Infinity Panoceania forces.
