See You On the Flip side: Adepticon 2011

Well we are down to about 2 days until Adepticon. I have one Exarch to paint and a Display board still under construction. I would have some more pictures from the Test of Khaine, but when I was up at the FLGS last we lacked a cable to transfer the pics from Deathbringer's phone. So those will have to wait. I am very focused on Adepticon. I am about to don my war mask and let the power of Khaine overtake me. The power of Jack Daniels and George Killian may be in the mix too.

I am not totally happy with the list I am taking, but it has a core of what I am use to using and I told myself I am going to stick with it no matter what. All that’s left is the Display board. It will be a semi simple affair as I am limited on funds and time. A trip to the craft store and some hard core last minute painting and assembly will be taking place.

We are set to leave Thursday afternoon. We will be out partying and I am sure playing some 40K at the Westin Lombard right in the heart of Adepticon. Remember to look out for myself and the DFG crew for your chance to win a Battleforce.

Old School Terminator and myself will be posting updates and we might even try and pull off a live or semi live broadcast on the floor of the convention. Keep your eyes on Craftworld Lansing and Dark Future Games for updates.

I have to say I am pretty excited. This is my first convention in like 10 years. I am looking forward to meeting players from across the country and to competing in the GT. So that’s about it for now. My next posts will be from Adepticon. I have a busy week ahead of me. I hope to see some of you at the convention.

Until then...........

Its time to wake the Avatar, war is coming.

Blood Runs, Anger Rises, Death Wakes, War Calls!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Win A Battle Force From DFG and Craftworld Lansing!!!!

Ok I will admit it.  I love shameless promotion.  I have to say this is the brain child of Old Shool Terminator though.  You can win yourself a Battleforce of your choice just by tracking down one of the DFG Crew or Myself at Adepticon and buying us a drink.  Its a long standing tradition to have a pint while playing 40K.  I know its one of the things I miss about working for GW.  SO basically it works like this.  You find me or one of the DFG authors wearing either a DFG shirt or a Craftworld Lansing shirt.  In order to get your name entered, buy him a drink (doesn't have to be alchohol, though I think we would all prefer it). Multiple drinks will equal multiple entries. Here are some rules:

As we said, drink = name entered
More drinks = more chances
DFG team members are not allowed to turn down a drink (regardless of how horrid it is) unless:
- they are competing in an event at the moment, in which case, they will pass to a member who is not playing.
- they are inebriated, in which case, they will pass to a member who is not yet.

Winners will be announced over the blog after Adepticon, at which time the winner will tell us what battleforce he wants and we will ship it to him free of charge!

We will be out at the bars Thursday night as well and its fair game out and about as well as at Adepticon proper.  Check out OST's original post here


I like Red lagers and Whiskey for the record.


so bottoms up and see you all at Adepticon


Until then................



Blood Runs, Anger Rises, Death Wakes, War Calls!!!!

The Biggest And The Strongest

So when the statement "The most powerful model in Warhammer 40,000" is made most players would think it is in reference to an epic space marine character or some Imperial war engine.  This statement was in fact made in the latest news letter from Forgeworld.  It was made in reference to the Phantom Titan.  A better pulsar, a better d-cannon, anti air and anti infantry missles and a long barrel Starcannon or Pulse laser.  The Doom of Mymera as Imperial Armor 11 is called will be comming out soon.  In fact pre-orders will be available at Adepticon, along with pre-orders for the Phantom.

Look at the sheer size of this thing.  It dwarfs the Revenant and I can only assume has more structure points and much much heavier weaponry.  I look forward to fielding one when I can afford it this fall.  So gaze and drool. I will be back with some Adepticon thoughts and progress.

Until then....................


Blood Runs, Anger Rises, Death Wakes, War Calls!!!!!!!!!!!

The Test of Khaine: Pictures From the Front

Well I have a boat load of pictures from the tournament.  While I sort through them all here are a few candid shots.  The first is a Army shot of Bob Murphys Craftworld Eldar.  This army is awsome.  The paint scheme is uniform and very detailed.  I really like the conversion work done on the Farseer's and the Jetbikes.  My favorite one is of his Harlequin troop leader. I will have some more close up shots later tonight

Here is one of myself and The Judge, a frequent poster on here and Dark Future Games as well as a regular at the FLGS.  His Golden Marines will be making their finished debut at Adepticon.

This last one is of Samsquatch Monster of Dark Future Games Squaring off in the first round of the tournament against a Chaos Player.  There was a lot of Chaos Marine and Daemon players at the tournament.  I almost renamed it the 14th Black Crusade considering it was basically there to bring the hurt.  I was surpised that there was only one Eldar player and one Dark Eldar player there.  I wanted to give advice, but that would not have been in good form.  Despite my bias towards those armies I had to stay impartial.

Well I will have some more pics up tomorrow and possibly some updates about my Adepticon preperations.


Until then.....................



Blood Runs, Anger Rises, Death Wakes, War Calls!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Monday Teaser: GW Incomming!

So GW released some not so great, I saw big foot or nessy style photos of two of the Dark Eldar models they have on deck.  From what I can tell it looks like a Grotesque and A Talos / Chronos Pain engine.  The former is rumored to be a metal model and the later a plastic kit that will make either a Talos or a Chronos Parasite Engine.
I use t like metal models, but as time has gone on I wish everything was plastic now.  I can see the price tag on the Grotesques being just that Grotesque and I would imagine the Talos to be in the high 40's.  I guess we will find out when they are released.  Personally I want Wracks and Flyers, but me thinks we have 3 to 4 months before we see those bad boys. 

In other news I got a game in with Inquisitor Vogrin and the new Grey Knights codex.  It was not pretty.  I will have a post all about fighting these guys later in the week.  Needless to say they have one big and very exploitable flaw.  I plan on exploiting it on Wednesday.  The Dark Kin want a crack at the knights.

SO until then..........

Blood Runs, Anger Rises, Death Wakes, War Calls!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The Test Of Khaine: The Aftermath

Well the dust has settled and the guns have gone silent.  The Test Of Khaine is over and what a tournament.  I really want to thank Dark Future Games, MI40K and The 40K Fight club chapter of Lansing The Legio Sparticus for plugging the tournament.  we had 16 tables and 32 players fighting for the top prize.  I had to limit the amount of player to 32 because we ran out of tables.

The tournament went pretty smooth for being the largest one Evolution Games has hosted to date.  There were some hiccups though  and I appreciate all the input form the players and the tournament veterans.  More planning, more play testing and more space for the next one. It was a real learning Experience.  So on to the victors.

the winners are......


1st Mike Couchard (orks)

2nd Steve Krohn aka "Lord Solar Steve" of DFG ( Imperial Guard)

3rd  Bill Kim (Daemons)

4th Eric Gibbs (Blood Angels)


Lord Solar Steve also took home the Disciple of Khaine award for most VP's..  Bob Murphy beat out the competition in the Painting portion with his  Eldar Warhost.  I will have picks as soon as Death Bringer emails them to me.  Congrats to the winners and I look forward to my next tourney.  I think the Cult of Strife may have to have a tournament this summer.

Next time I hope to have some reviews for the new Forgeworld Eldar and possibly an update on my Adepticon Progress


Until then................


Blood Runs, Anger Rises, Death Wakes, War Calls!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The Test Of Khaine: Almost Live

Well we are into the first round of the Test of Khaine.  The Turnout has been great, in fact it was more than I thought it would be.  I had to cap the number of players at 32 due to space and table constraints.  This is a good learning experience for me.  I usually over plan things, but in this case I did not and I have to raise my paranoia bar for planning events.
We have a nice mix of armies and players from all around Michigan.  The Dark Future Games Crew is in attendance playing with Farseer Re-Rolls and Deathbringer as my council of judges.  GT is here representing MI40K and we even have a few guys from the local chapter of the 40K fight club here as well.
  After the Tournament I plan on getting a game in with Inquisitor Lord Vogrin.  He will be using the as of yet unreleased Grey Knights Codex which arrived at Evolution Games Yesterday via Black Box.


I will have some pictures up later including one of the most dead sexy Eldar armies I have ever seen in person Painted by Bob Murphy.

Until then....



Blood Runs, Anger Rises, Death Wakes, War Calls!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!