Later this summer I'll be traveling to Austin, Texas for the 2015 Wargames Con. This event is now going to be run by the fine folks at  Front Line Gaming  and is now part of the ITC circuit. While I would love to travel to more 40k tourney's, it can be a bit pricey. I'm able to go to Texas because I can stay with my sister and cash in my airline mileage point to score free plane tickets for my wife and myself. However, I'm trying to find a way to make it LVO this November, and perhaps the BAO. For my army, I think I'll bring my Grey Knights as my primary army. I'm a bit stuck on what I should bring for my allies - because you're not cool if you don't bring a second formation anymore. The list I've been toying around with in the local 40k League looks something like this: Librarian 10 Strike Squad - Halberd, Thunder Hammer, Psycannon (usually combat squaded) 10 Strike Squad - Halberd, Thunder Hammer, Psycannon (usually combat squaded...

Needless to say, I had a blast at WargamesCon 2013. I hope I can make it again next year! I went 2-3 but I tied for 1st in sportsmanship and tied for 4th in painting!  My first game was against a heavy ambushing Beastman list. I was able to hold my own and pick apart most of his units because I was fairly mobile (despite playing dwarfs) and I could pick my fights. He nearly sacked my Anvil of Doom though, but I managed to make a lot of ward saves and never meet a beardy end. I lost my second game against a very nasty Ogre Kingdoms list. The player looked uncannily like my friend Kyle, so much so I caught myself talking to him like he was my buddy and not another player in a tournament. Along with his nasty list, he had a nasty paint job. He explained to me that he hated painting and used spray paint to get the job done. (Photo from the fine folks at BOLS.) I enjoy painting so much that I can fathom why someone would do this, but to each their own. The back story is how ...

I'm in Austin playing in the WargamesCon! This is easily the biggest tourney I've played in; it's huge!

Ever since I pulled the trigger on the decision to go to WargamesCon 2013, I've been hard at work painting up my Dwarf army. I'm beyond excited to pit my belly-draggers against some of the best Warhammer players in the country. I'm getting close to completion with about 20 or so models left to paint. I'm giving them a fairly decent paint job, nothing Golden Demon or Crystal Brush level, but a nice paint job that I'm not ashamed of. I could just slap the minimum three colors on the model and call it good, but I'm always a believer that neatness counts. The core of my army is a 50 man hoard of scouting unit of Long beards with great weapons. These guys will set up within 12" of my enemy and charge in ASAP. My Anvil of Doom will allow me to charge in the movement phase (I still can't go first, scout, then charge) and really put a hurt on anything they run into. Here is my Battle Standard Bearer (BSB), a half-painted miner musician, and a...