Thursday night I will be attending the Introduction to Mold Making and Casting seminar. Over the years I’ve made countless pieces of scenery and a few of them I would have loved to have reproduced. Additionally, the idea of making molds of custom pieces I build to make even cooler pieces seems way too cool to pass up. This could turn out to be a whole separate hobby I have within the hobby or I could hate it, but it’s something I’d like to know how to do so I’m really excited for this seminar.
Friday evening I will be joining in one the Warhammer Fantasy ‘It’s How You Use It Tournament’. At this exact moment this is the event I’m most excited for. I haven’t played the 8th Edition of WFB nor did I play the 7th Edition. It feels almost like I’m starting over fresh. I bought the Tomb Kings book this week and as I’m looking at some of universal special rules I realized I have never heard of some of them and have absolutely no idea what they do. You would think this would be frustrating but I’m not a hardened WFB player so it’s actually kind of fun and exciting. It feels fresh and fun. Hopefully people participating in this event are as relaxed about it as I am. Another nice thing about this event is that I already have 1500-2000 points of Tomb Kings painted from 5th/6th Edition when they first split the Undead into “wet” and “dry” armies as they were termed at the time. If at any point I find I don’t have time to complete my 1000 point army list I’ve just written up, I can always fall back on what I have.
Saturday evening will be fun. I was considering signing up for the Combat Patrol Tournament and though I was still on the fence while I was picking events I discovered via Facebook that some of my friends were also signing up for Combat Patrol on Saturday night. That sealed the deal for me. All 5 previous Adepticons that I’ve played in 40K events I always brought my Angels of Absolution and my Redemptors of Gholinar Imperial Guard force. Never have I brought my Orks because they are my smallest army. Well this year, the Orks are coming with and getting some game time. I’m worried that I’ll regret that choice when things come down to the wire and I don’t have a good selection of models painted but I can’t worry too much about that. It’ll be fun to throw down with something different and maybe get some games in against my friends.
Sunday though is the big day for me and will be the subject of a column in and of itself. This will be my first time running an event at Adepticon. The Battle for Piscina IV is my adaption of the Storm of Vengeance campaign pack fused with the Purging of Kadillus novel by Gav Thorpe. Over half of the slots have already sold out and we haven’t even put up the rules yet which is both exciting and terrifying. I’ll talk more about that later though.
What are you doing at this year’s Adepticon?
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If your around Friday morning, try to catch me after my Hirst Seminars and we can talk mold making. The Thursday session is by a rep from Reynolds - they may know molds, but they are not too familiar with our hobby.
Like years past, I just love taking in the atmosphere and hanging out. I attended a great Flesh painting class two years ago, and I hope you attend the Hirst Arts class.
Last year was my first year but I had a blast. I will be playing in the 40k event Friday and the team event Saturday.. after that some light shopping then on the road back home. =P
I am very interested in how the event your running ends up going though.
@Chicago Terrain Factory I'd love to talk molds with you. I did look at the Reynolds site before signing up for the class. I figured it'd give me insight into a variety of applications since their focus is so broad. If I find a slot that doesn't conflict maybe I'll hit your class too. I've never attended before though I've worked with materials made from your molds.
@Drkmorals Sounds like you have a weekend very similar to many of my previous years. haha. I hope my event goes well. I stress out a bit whenever I plan an event - be it music or gaming.
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