All the foam is glued in place.
Dudes in Chessex cases can travel the world. Plane, train, bus, and boat... no one ever gets broken.
All the foam is glued in place.
Dudes in Chessex cases can travel the world. Plane, train, bus, and boat... no one ever gets broken.
The XXVIII annual Epic tourney was held in the usual spot The Portal in Mansfield, CT. There was 18 players and we were missing the NYC crew and only one NJ guy showed. 1 from ME. 3 from PA came up. They suffered a terrible drive once across the Hudson. I was lucky and working in Albany. My drive was a short easy 2hrs Friday at noon.
Coach's Steel legion took top spot. Mars and Dark Eldar were 2nd or 3rd.
I had submitted two list. With no work up games, I couldn't decide what to field. I did not have a nailed down schedule prior to the event. I sent in Tau. As I can play them with little study and a Sallie list.
Being the Dick that I am I made everyone play corners. I had a plan. Where there Blitz went determined where my 2 objectives in their half went.
In the tourney my first game was against Tim. Grudge match, we played at last year's tourney. The blue was used in this game. He had IG. I did much better, but still lost 3-0 BTS, Blitz, DTF.
Next was a game of bad things. I had Chris and his Grey Knight. No part of the plan was used as everything dropped. 3 teleported on my left flank. I lost the initiative roll. Chris failed to activate. I ate two of them nicely. He landed a Thawk and with a retain sent 2 detachments to the foam. The other 2 Thawks and friends came down. We both got bloodly. Those friends took off in Thawks. Everyone rallied at the end of turn 2. I won initiative finished the left flank. Chris landed all but smashed the right flank. A lone busted rhino was engaged by a Thawk. The rhino dished out box car after box car won the engagement. Then the space craft came last activation, hit nothing ad drop podded the Blitz and T&H. Sallies 2-0. Chris's BTS got away with a single stand.
Third game was with NJ Darius. Darius had Squats with him. The pink was used in this game. I held a Tactical for drop, garrisoned one group of termies and teleported the other. I had T&H in turn one and the gate was swinging home. It took 4 detachments to wall off Darius. All where busted and down to one or two stands. The last Tactical and Dev ran a blocking action in turn 3. Sallies with TSNP and T&H. 2-0
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Termies bounced in every game but the last. |
I don't want to say it took a long time. They took forever, forever to get done. Everyone was rebased. The AK euro mud pasta crap was use enough. The tuff and snow are enough to make you go blind.
The guns are touched up and based. They need mud and Tuffs and snow.
I had to paint two Command Characters. The Jaeger Officer needs his jacket touched up. I dropped him. Then tuffs.
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Line Company |
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2 Flank Compnies |
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Jaegers |
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Grenadier Company |
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Command Elements |
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Artillery Crew |
A mix of manufacturers. Some have been with me for a while. 4 others I primed up last week.
I had a senior moment. I was sealing. On the second pass I grabbed the black primer instead of clear matte. 2 got hit before I pulled up. One soaked and other took a head shot. I cleaned up the one who got it the worst. The other I was too slow. The paint job started to lift off.
Since my father died, I am left to sell his collection. I know jack all about his collection, the value, or how to sell it. I don't know the market. Over the years he told me this and that. I did not pay close attention or memorize what he said. Now I sit here trying to sort it all out and get Mom the most out of it's sale.
September last year I bought a Hessian AWI collection. I unwrapped and put it in the foam. Last week I sold off the unpainted regiment. I got the idea that I should base them as an independent army and sell the rest off.
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Up on eBay |