Back From Adepticon Part 1

Fast overview of the trip as tons of pictures and lots to discuss. Starting off a local friend of mine and I decided it best to drive.. yes DRIVE to Chicago from Boston. Now I have made this trip numerous times so it wasn't as bad for me but being Sams first and being he decided to drive the whole way it was far from enjoyable I must say for him.

As you can see lovely weather not much to complain about.

Hrmm NY!!!! Personally not a fan of the state on the whole but to each there own.

I had an amazing Pulled Pork Cuban at a BBQ place called Dinosaur BBQ in Troy NY while we waited on our third passenger to get off work. It seems he screwed up which day we were leaving and had to rush around to fix it. Also I must say the waitress was eye candy worth waiting on but thats a different type of picture we just don't show on this blog!
Now a trip is not a trip until you see a Biker Chick rocking these on the road.

I will give her credit though as not much of a looker herself the restored Harley made my mouth water.
Saddly Dinner was of the more famed variety :(.

So after 18 hours we finally arrived in Lombard IL at 2am on Thursday morning. After 6 or so hours of sleep (less for the roomate as I had forgotten my alarm was set and woke him up at 7am) I decided to grab the camera and start taking pics. Mathieu had to finish working on the models for his classes (which he so graciously donated all of the proceds to charity) so I decided to go walk around.

As soon as I went downstairs I saw that the line was already forming for registration.. 5 HOURS EARLY!!!!!

3 hours before Registration opens

And of course the main man of the hour Hank Edley who is one of the lead organizers for adepticon. He is enjoying.. heck if I know but just before the madness begins.

Finally I sat down to start painting to end out my Thursday.

And a fast shot of my crystal brush entry which didn't even place :(.

He was no where near done at this picture but it was a good pic so why not. So ended Thursday thus bringing an end to day 1 of Adepticon 2012 for me. I will post part 2 in a day or two as I have to do a lot of work atm but until then keep painting.
-Alex

Out with the old in with the new.

So with Adepticon comming up I decided to clear out the closet of all of the old stuff so I could have some spending cash for new toys:). As such here's a big sale to clear out my personal closet and open up some room. If you want to buy any of these please email me at alexanderakers (at) yahoo dot com. I accept Paypal and credit cards.
All of the prices are simple, price as is plus shipping. On smaller stuff shipping is $5.00 and bigger is $12 as these are flat rate shipping boxes.

UPDATED to whats left!
Perry Miniatures American Civil War 2 Boxes $30 for the lot.
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Warlord Games Crimean War $60 for the lot
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Warlord Games Plastic British WW2 infantry $40 for the lot
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Warlord Games WW2 Chindits 3 Boxes $50 for the lot
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Warlord Games WW2 Screaming Eagles group $50 for the lot
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Warlord Games British Warband $15
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Adepticon is almost here!

Well adepticon is only weeks away and this painter is in a sprint in hopes of finishing everything in time(god willing). Over the next few days I will start posting pictures for you all but I wanted to just get out there and say herro to everyone and if any of you are going to adepticon please tell me on this blog as I would love to meet up for a drink etc.
-alex

A big Thanks and Overview of Onslaught GT 2012!

First I would like to start this post with a major thanks to my friend Dave Taylor. His help in directing people to me for the sale of products has helped take a good chunk out of several bills that the wife and I were not sure on how we were going to pay. I have insurance mind you but my copays start adding up and it makes things difficult. At this time if anyone would like to purchase the lot as a whole btw I am making a great deal on it all. $250 and that includes shipping world wide so first person to email me about it will be my huckleberry at alexanderakers at yahoo dot com.

Now for the review of the Onslaught GT 2012 held at Templecon in Rhode Island. I like to break these down into event direct, venue as a whole, and other:
Event Direct: First off this was the Organizers first time running something so big. It is a daunting task mind you to run any tourney but when they spread several days it gets to be a major hassle and is very exhausting as a whole. Keith did a wonderfull job though and his prep was just fine with no flaws that I could see. Unlike the "Da Boyz GT" the scenerios were straight forward and not hard to comprehend but not so much that they would cause major unbalances either in final points. The terrain was perfect for the tables minus a few gripes from a few but thats honestly going to be the case no matter what. As far as awards they were rather nice looking plaques which personally I love more then tropheys, reason being trophies tend to break easily in moves etc. where are plaques sit nicely and look pleasant on the wall. They were from the convention itself so no overly large but still very nice and again unlike the "Da Boyz GT" at least there was awards as oppossed to product. Now there were no swag bags but for me this was actually rather nice because it took me back to how tournies used to be. Minus the minor personal quip of not having a best painted I understood the conventions reasoning on it as there was a comp outside with the coolminiornot people. There was players choice but this can get rather finiky as I noticed a bunch  of people were forgetting to even walk around and look at others armies as is often the case, and will just write whoever down. Normally I have several negative but really not on this. Like I said the minor issue is a personal thing but didn't detract from the event for me in the slightest.

Venue as a Whole: All I could say is WOW. First off the hotels food was by no account crappy, nor was the bar and the drinks...mmmmm whiskey. Suprisingly I found the food well above average and you could get a great filling meal for under $10 if you went to there restaurant, or buy from the vendor etc. Lots of parking so no issues there, and even with thousands of people they kept the place damn near spotless and odor free.. we all know of gamer funk people! Also Templecon is heavily into Steampunk and let me just say... THANK YOU!!!! Besides the fun of the costumes the actually attractive women in them made one hell of a show. To the fat women PUT MORE CLOTHES ON!!!!! Overall the venue was honestly as nice if not nicer in other respects to Adepticon and far surpased my last gt in Oct... wait for it... "Da Boyz". Yes I am no longer a fan of the Da Boyz!

Other: Honestly I am extremely picky about tournies and often take a firm approach to whats good and bad as I was spoiled on the west coast with great events in Seattle and such, but this one really did an outstanding job and I am very happy to see people stepping up to the challenge of running these big events and what's more doing it well! My hat is off to the organizers Keith, and the terrain man Sam Butler you all did an outstanding job and I for one plan to return next year.

Overview: Out of 5 pts
Event: 4.9 as nothing is ever perfect but this was damn close
Food: 4.5  great prices and well done just I am biased towards Chicago sorry
Tourney as a whole: 4.9 This one is one to watch as I see great things in it's future!

Up for Sale!

So I am selling pretty much everything personal atm as I need to raid money to cover some medical bills I am accurring. As such I am pricing everything to go big time so if you are interested then either email me at alexanderakers (at) yahoo dot com or call me at my business line at 508-251-0397. I can take payment via paypal or over the phone and I am willing to wheel and deal so the more you buy the more you get off!
First up is OOP Metal blisters. All of these are really recent but with the change to finecast all metal blisters are OOP. Each blister is $7.00 but again the more you buy the better I will deal.
40k Blisters:
-DE Lelith hesperax x2
-Eldar Avatar x2
-DE Urien Rakath x3
-SM Chaplain x2
-Eldar Farseer x2
-IG Ogre Bone'ead
-Dark Eldar Archeon
-Castellan Crowe
If somone wants to buy the whole package then I will sell them all for $200 That would save you $59

Fantasy Blister:
-Skaven Packmaster Gnawtooth x2
-Chaos Wulfrik the Wanderer
-HE Prince Althran x2
-Khorne Chaos Champ
-Skaven Tretch Craventailx3
-Skaven Warlord Spinetail x2
-DE Boltthrower
-Skaven Ratling Gun x4
-Skaven Ikit Claw
-Svage Orc Great Shaman on warboar x2
-Champion of chaos
-Ghorros Warhoof
-Wurzag
-Skaven Greyseer
-Sorcerer of Chaos
- Skaven Warlock Engineer x2
-Skaven Warlord x2
If somone wants to buy this whole batch then I will sell it for $250.
Buy all of the blisters for 40k and fantasy $400.

-Rare Limited Gamesday Archeon on foot x2 $35 each
-2005 understatably rare 54mm wood elf GW with certificate of authenticity (it was the employee xmas gift to select managers) $95

FW
-SM Dred left arm assembled and cleaned $13
-SM Dred cleaned right inferno flammer arm $13

- I will be posting pictures of my GK army that is over 2k as well in the next post but I am asking $950 for that plus shipping. For an extra $50 I will throw in the battlefoam x-board I converted to fit the dragon forge bases.

Seasons Greetings too one and All!

So I am feverishly working on some British Pennisular Light Regt for a pot in a few days, amongst other things, but I thought I should just drop a line and say seasons greetings to you all my loyal readers. The reason it's seasons greetings because some people celebrate Chanukha or Xmas and as such I don't want too single out anyone. As such thank you all for your readership of this blog and over the next year I should have some really fun posts comming as Adepticon this year is going too push me too new limits painting wise. I have a 40k army too finish painting and building for Feb. and I also have a 1250 early war German army, Macedonian WAB army, and several show models I need to finish in time for Adepticon! So as such it will be a crazy kick off to the end of the world year but damn it I will make it count (btw the end of the world thing was a joke so no run offs on that).

Also DON"T FORGET TO SHOP AT BATTLEROADGAMES.COM for all of your bits needs!

Battleroad Games and Hobbies Launches bits section on webstore

Greetings Fellow Dakkites,for those of you who know of Battleroad Games and Hobbies LLC we are a Hobby Retail Webstore. As such we are further striving too bring you the gamers what you want at great affoardable prices. As such we have switched our full ebay operation to our webstore and after a lot of work I am happy too announce that our bitz section will be launching this Friday on Dec 9th. As such we are starting with just the 40k and will be adding in Fantasy by the end of next month. Reason being it takes time too switch everything over and we have too rephotograph so that you for waiting as I promise you won't be dissapointed. By the end of Jan you will be able too shop from over 600 different bits up for sale and in the comming months we will be doubling that number too make us one of the most versatile one stop shops for your bits needs. We are also a full fledged web store and sell full box sets as well from over a dozen different lines. Come January you will also see our own 28mm heroic scale bits starting with several sets of heads that you will be able too purchase at extremely reasonable prices. I have attached a sneak peak at the first set recently sculpted by Dakkas own Navarro and he is hard at work on another as well. We have also contracted several major sculptors too do even more sets that we will be releasing in the comming months.




-Dec 9th launch of the bits section with 40k.

-Monthly 20% off sales on bits as we have the "Flavor of the Month".

-Full 10% off retail on all products ordered via the webstore and phone orders.

-If you don't see it call us and ask, we may not have it up atm or maybe it's something we should add!

-Finally unlike many other bits sites we will be making weekly restock orders (trust me our distributors already love us) so as too insure if it's out of stock it will be back in within that week.



So give us a call at 508-251-0397 or shop direct via our webstore at http://battleroadgames.com/ and remember this Friday is the launch so tell your friends.

P.S: The head set shown below we retail at $10.00 for all 9 heads. I am unsure yet if we are doing these as resin or pewter.