The Midwest ConQuest is an excellent event run by a Kansas City gaming club that features five to six tournaments in a single convention. I've always had a good time there and I made the short drive to KC to join in the action this year. I brought my Deathwing Dark Angels list; I think it's the most meta resistant. There was a Blood Angel cos-player with a well made suit of holy armor. I was a little jealous of the quality and layouts of the Bolt Action tournament. The quality of the 40k table were ok, but the Bolt Action folks really know how to dress a table. Game Results: In my first game, I played a young player who brought his Dark Eldar to his first tournament.  It was a close game that came down to wire, but I won 81-75. It was a typical Deathwing game where I barely left my deployment zone and tried to roll 4+ for 2 and a half hours.  My second game was against a Deathguard list. He had an interesting build with a similar game plan as mine to just score my points and do

Primaris Marines are great sculpts, but they will never have the soul of the old hand-sculpted models.  The Badab War is my favorite battle in the 40k universe and its one of the reasons that the Salamanders are my favorite Space Marine chapter.  #miniaturepainting #paintingwarhammer #grimdark #warhammercommunity #salamanders #salamanders40k #28mm #spacemarines40k #oldhammer #badabwar #astartes #armageddon40k

I just finished repainting my Salamanders contemptor dreadnought. I thought he deserved better.  #miniaturepainting #paintingwarhammer #paintingforgeworld #grimdark #warhammercommunity #salamanders40k #salamanders30k #astartes #spacemarines40k #spacemarines #contemptor #contemptordreadnought #Warhammer40k #badabwar #armageddon40k #horusheresy

For the first time in my 30+ years of gaming, I rolled an unassisted cocked die! That was the end of my luck though, my Grey Knights got stomped by Custodes ...

Into the fires of battle, unto the anvil of war! The Salamanders have been apart of some of my favorite legendary battles in 40k lore, Armageddon, Badab, and the Dropsite Massacre on Istvaan V, and it's no wonder they are my favorite chapter! I love how this guy turned out and I'm tempted to repaint more of my oldhammer figs in the colors of the XVIII.  #miniaturepainting #salamanders40k #28mm #28mag #paintingwarhammer #grimdark #warhammercommunity #oldhammer #roguetrader #badabwar #astartes #armageddon40k

My first painted Thunder Warrior from the XVIII legion, originally known as the Dragon Warriors, and would later become the Salamanders Chapter under Vulkan. This is part of my Age of Stryfe project to make models in the Unification Wars on old Terra. It's a fairly simple conversion but I think it's effective and would be possible to make an entire army. #grimdark #blanchitsu #spacemarines40k #astartes #thunderwarriors #miniaturepainting #salamanders40k #28mm #28mag #dragonwarriors #ageofstrife #unificationwars