My Favorite Adepticon Momement

This pic is of my Angels of Absolution looking across a hallway at an Ultramarines Terminator Squad that had just come into view. A bloody firefight ensued with more and more units being pulled into the frey. I was so excited to play in this event on Brian Niro's awesome Zone Mortalis tables and it completely delivered. Troy, my opponent also delivered the most fun game I had at Adepticon. Thanks Troy.

Also, thanks to all the organizers and volunteers at Adepticon. This year was the most fun I've had since the earliest Adepticon's I went to in 2005 and 2006.

-Nick

40K Warzone Rule Packet

I finished the rule packet a short while ago. Hopefully all of the scenarios prove enjoyable for everyone, and hopefully my poor Photoshop skills don't leave people scratching their heads too often wondering what something says. This whole process has been a learning experience and I feel like I gained a lot from it. Enjoy! -Nick

40K Warzone Tournament PDF

Updated for easier reading.

40K Warzone Smoke & Fire

Two of the warzones have rules for smoke and/or fire so representations were needed. In this strange box of dirty cotton balls are 24 smoke markers that have LED tea lights at the base to make them "fire". I stole the idea from other blogs and I really like the look they produce. These were really easy to make too. I do need to make 16 more though.

40K Warzone Scenarios and Booklet

These are almost done. I took this photo a couple days ago. At the time I only had 4 pages done. Now I have 12 done. Four more to go and the booklet and scenario sheets are all done.
-Nick

40K Warzone Tournament: Designing the Scenario Card for Blood Soaked Sands

This morning I decided to teach myself how to use Photoshop. I've only dabbled in the past, but I've watched attentively as others have worked on band layouts for me and the like and though this is nothing fancy by any means, I think watching them helped me out a ton. Of course, for an experienced Photoshop veteran, this probably would have taken 20 minutes instead of 3+ hours, but now I know what I'm doing and have a template, so the others should come together much faster. Hopefully.

Update: I managed to alter the image in about 30 minutes to create the B Side of the Card. That's progress I guess.

Revisited 40K Warzone Desert Table #1: The Pinnacles

The Pinnacles, and the mess that is my apartment. Notice the stack of Zone Mortalis rooms in the upper right hand corner of the photo, and the pile of boards leaned against the wall in the upper left hand corner of the photo.

After using weathering powder on the other 2 desert tables and seeing how it added to them, I decided to add a tiny bit of Medium Earth to The Pinnacles table, along with some static grass. Here are some proper close ups.

This area of difficult ground has a special place in my heart. It has been repainted multiple times and dates back to the first table I made specifically for home. Its probably 12+ years old. Now with a tiny bit of weathering powder. 

Each stone spire is so tall that you really can only photograph the base.

The base of the largest spire. It is over 15" tall.

Broom bristle "trees". One of my favorites to make. 

More boom bristle trees. The base is lightly shaded with some Medium Earth.

More subtle weathering.

Natural berm. I should note that all of the mesas and dunes on these boards in part are made up off all the off cuts glued and covered in masking tape to create a more natural shape, which is then covered in spackle, smoothed, and left to dry before being coated in sand.

Aerial view of The Pinnacles.

40K Warzone Desert Table #3: Sanguinary Valley

Desert Table #3: The Sanguinary Valley

To make this table a bit more distinctive (and to give it a cool name), I hit the valley with a bunch of red and orange weathering powder. These two tables were originally built to be used for the Koth Ridge scenario last year for my Piscina IV event but they weren't completely finished in time. Over the weekend I dry brushed both, added weather powder and flock, and just flipped one of the tables around to convert it from a ridge line with a tight gully into a valley.

Here are some quick shots:

Close up of the ridge stretching into the Sanguinary Valley.

Close up of the weathered valley.

The backside of the ridge line.

Topside shot of the center of the valley and the reddish dust that gives it its name.

Aerial view.