Death on the Danube: Bolt Action Nationals Best Appearance

So I've had a couple of players name drop my Hungarians in a couple of different groups after Adepticon BA Nationals for my Best Appearance award and I thought I'd share a couple of pictures of the completed army I used. If you are coming here for the first time, you can see detailed pics of every unit in my subsequent posts.

I'm as stunned as anyone with the award win, as there were many, many great armies and the competition was fierce. Thank you to Warlord Games, the tournament organizers, and the players who attended. It was an amazing time and I hope to see you all next year!

The completed Mountain Troop squad, which I didn't have time to post before Adepticon...

The Gendarme is usually the Medic's "assistant", but I used him as the 2nd Lt.'s for Nationals. I do like the juxtaposition of their differing gestures...

Saga Viking Warband

My apologies for not updating the blog in a few weeks. The final push for Adepticon had me trying to finish two armies within a week's time, so that didn't allow much time for posting here. There will be more posts in the coming weeks and with greater frequency as my life gets back to some semblance of normalcy. 

Here's the newest army I've been able to paint up - some Vikings for the Saga skirmish game. This force won Best Painted at the Adepticon Saga tournament and I'm quite pleased with how they all turned out. Most of the figures are Black Tree Design (who make VERY nice Dark Age minis) or Artizan. The Ulfhednar are Gripping Beast and, while I like their dynamic posing and wolf pelts, their hands and faces were a total mess of flash and poor casting.

Ulfhednar (Berserkers)

Hirdmen (Hearthguard)

Bondi (Warriors)

6pts. worth of Norse fury!

Dream Pod 9 Swag!!!

This past week has NOT been a good week. So, when I got home on Friday, I was pleasantly surprised to get my prizes from winning DP9's Golden Gear contest.

A very cool little trophy, a nice certificate, 3 packs of Fighting Piranha decals (Southern, NuCoal, and Arena Sponsors), and a Southern Fire Support Squad (which is what I chose with my $50 credit). This helped make the week a lot more bearable.

Big thanks to Robert at DP9 for his great communication throughout the process and the staff at Dream Pod 9 and Fighting Piranha!

I won Golden Gear 2011!

Well, this is a nice little pre-Christmas present - I managed to win best Heavy Gear Arena mascot in Golden Gear 2011! My "Kegerator" - the Cascade Breweries' beer-shooting Hunter Gear managed to take first place in the Mascot category. I'm honestly rather stunned, especially considering it was the first Gear I'd ever assembled and painted.

Here's the promo sheet:

I won a $50 credit from DP9, a Fighting Piranha Graphics prize, and an awesome little Golden Gear trophy! Thanks DP9!

Here's some more pics of the Kegerator in case you missed it here: