Wednesday, May 13, 2026

HistoriCon registration opens on the 15th

 


Historicon 2026 Registration Information

 

Convention Registration for Historicon 2026 will open for all attendees on Friday, May 15th at 12:00 PM EDT.  Game Host, Volunteer and Vendor badges are already being entered by staff and those individuals should receive notification soon (and definitely before Event Tickets & Merch are available on May 26th). 

How to Register for the Convention

HMGS has created an "Attendee Registration Instructions" overview: https://hmgs.org/conventions/tte-attendee-registration-instructions/.

If you are a non-Member, you can click on the "Get/View Your Badge" option on the Attend dropdown menu for Historicon 2026 on TableTop.Events.

If you are a Member, you will need to login to the HMGS Member Portal to verify your current Membership status; and then use the "HC26 Member Badges" menu option to display the "Member Pricing Verification" page, which will contain links for the different Member Badges on TableTop.Events.

Youth and Non-Playing Partner Badges can be added after you have purchased your Badge.  Links to buy these Badges will be in the Badge Verification email you will receive from TableTop.Events after buying your Badge.

For Complimentary Badges for Exhibitors, qualified Game Hosts, Volunteers, War College speakers, and Hobby University instructors you should receive a Badge Verification email, once the Badge is created.  Some Badges are still in the process of being entered, so you may or may not have received your confirmation email yet, but they should be ready by no later than May 22nd, i.e., before Event Registration opens on May 26th.  If you believe you're entitled to a Complimentary Badge and did not get a confirmation by May 22nd, please contact the appropriate Senior Staff member for your area (e.g., Events Manager for Game Host badges; Volunteer Coordinator for Volunteers; Exhibit Hall Manager for Exhibitors, etc.).

Tuesday, May 12, 2026

Kickstarter Port of Plunder

 

            What a deal. A massive butt load of stuff. The printer will be busy.


            The same creator has this one. It has the Sudan. More specifically Khartoum and Nile streamers



Saturday, May 9, 2026

Random pirates

    
            These are dudes are from the damaged pirate group. Only the guy in the middle was completely painted by me. The others need cleaning up and highlights.


THE MOUNTAIN

Bought = 199
Sold = 13 28mm, 5 epic detachments, epic FW terrain collection

Painted = 111
28mm = 27
20mm = 44
15mm = 0
10mm = 0
Epic = 0
Terrain bought = 0
Terrain painted = 53

Printed Terrain = 19
Minis Printed = 0

Games 
Played = 5
Games hosted = 3

Books 
Bought = 2
Read= 6  

Friday, May 8, 2026

20mm 3D Cartel part II

 


            These dudes were only missing the flocking before I had to go last week. All the pallets of coke are from my printer. They are Modernminiature's STLs. All dudes are Etsy 3d specials.

Gamescraft Miniatures

Etsy dudes


        Construction and city scatter from my printer.
ModernMiniatures

THE MOUNTAIN

Bought = 199
Sold = 9 28mm, 5 epic detachments, epic FW terrain collection

Painted = 108
28mm = 24
20mm = 44
15mm = 0
10mm = 0
Epic = 0
Terrain bought = 0
Terrain painted = 53

Printed Terrain = 19
Minis Printed = 0

Games 
Played = 5
Games hosted = 3

Books 
Bought = 2
Read= 6  

Thursday, April 30, 2026

Contact Front test game 2

 


                I gave it a run again. Cartel and bikers assault the Hospital to get a mate. Well the police rolled terrible and died to the man. Once again the 5 required suppression, never effective the game.







This will be the last time I run a Contact Front. In its current state, I don't see a future for it. Force on Force is king with Haywire 2nd.


            I reran the same game with Force on Force. This time the police were stacking bodies. The cartel sicario arrived. The Navy pushed back the protestors. The PMCs arrived.


            Time called as the police are force out of the Hospital with both HVTs. Cartel gang members litter the front entrance. The rest of their mates backed by the sicario team push into the back of the hospital.
            The sicario lite up and pushed back the PMCs as they arrived to extract the police.


            The Navy arrived and were pinned by cartel members from a brown stone. The Navy MWD got a kill. His handler went down.


Sicario team arrives 

Police in a fighting extraction

Dead bikers and burning vehicles

THE MOUNTAIN

Bought = 199
Sold = 9 28mm, 5 epic detachments, epic FW terrain collection

Painted = 88
28mm = 24
20mm = 24
15mm = 0
10mm = 0
Epic = 0
Terrain bought = 0
Terrain painted = 32

Printed Terrain = 0
Minis Printed = 0

Games 
Played = 5
Games hosted = 3

Books 
Bought = 2
Read= 6  

Sunday, April 26, 2026

New fields for multiple scales



            This all started when I took part of the game table apart. I put in drawers. And the bottom shelf was MDF. Throw it out, no sir. I am getting like my father. I made a huge mess cutting up the piece into a hundred other pieces perfect for fields.

            
            The door mat I got in a lot long ago. It was already cut into pieces. Liquid nail, AP paste, and flock. 1st one done two others in stages of drying.


THE MOUNTAIN

Bought = 199
Sold = 9 28mm, 5 epic detachments, epic FW terrain collection

Painted = 88
28mm = 24
20mm = 24
15mm = 0
10mm = 0
Epic = 0
Terrain bought = 0
Terrain painted = 32

Printed Terrain = 0
Minis Printed = 0

Games 
Played = 3
Games hosted = 1

Books 
Bought = 2
Read= 6  

Saturday, April 25, 2026

20mm tower and China cops

 


            A comms tower from Gamescraft. From my pile of shame, shame to table.


            Ebay specials, 6 bucks. No I did not need more cops. 3D prints from china. Ebay said stateside. They came from china and they are 23mm scale. Not 25, 23. Listed as 20mm or 1/72.


            Normally everyone is mounted on a US nickel or 3mm 20mm square mdf. If I put the chinamen cop on a 20mm circle dude, it shaves the height difference just enough.


Bought

440 3D prints + 100 paint + 175 buildings + 60 Epic Forumware, 2 books printed, 75 Pirates, 6 20mm vechiles + 120, China cops + 6 at $1016

Sold 40 Epic + 40 Pirates,  FW buildings + 2500.00 at 2580


THE MOUNTAIN

Bought = 199
Sold = 9 28mm, 5 epic detachments, epic FW terrain collection

Painted = 87
28mm = 24
20mm = 24
15mm = 0
10mm = 0
Epic = 0
Terrain bought = 0
Terrain painted = 31

Printed Terrain = 0
Minis Printed = 0

Games 
Played = 3
Games hosted = 1

Books 
Bought = 2
Read= 6