Guardians of Mankind: So its been a while.........

I'm still alive.......

.....and there will be cake.

Well, you can't expect a whole lot from a gamer with a trunk full of commitments: family, job, karate, biking, archery, more work.... I do occasionally get a game in there somewhere.

I, however, have not exactly been idle either. I have managed to finish a tank squadron, most of my recon company, get 35 stormtroopers/kasrkin assembled. Throw in a baneblade for fun and its adds up to quite a bit of work. I even got to go to Gamesday last month.

Speaking of Gamesday. I've been following the convention circuit for a few years now, I just never seem to have gotten the time to go. This year my buddy Jim and I got our tickets and made the 4 hour drive to Baltimore. We got there early, it through registration easily enough and then off to Warhammer nirvana.......

...right into the hell that was the Forgewold line.. OMG! You'd think that after so many years at this those guys could come up with a better system. SO, there I stood, two hours later I get to the table. I was after a Griffon Mortar or three. NADA, NOT ONE... I could've gotten any other tank but that one. A staffer, informed me that they kinda sorta forgot to bring more than a couple of those along, nice enough fellow and I did walk away with a vulture, Hector Rex, and other bits. I though about picking up a Reaver Titan but thought better of that. (you'd have been sleeping with the dog- MB)

The rest of the day was a bit underwhelming. I came away with new modeling ideas. After viewing the armies on parade display Jim and I both think we aren't so bad anymore. I did manage to take lots of pics of the army displays and had an interesting chat with the artist who worked on the BADAB WAR book. The final nail in the coffin on mediocrity came when I went to get a look at the Golden Demon entries. Another long line only to find that the judging had long been over and a large number of the entries had been picked up already, its 3 in the afternoon the event ends at 6, go figure.

So here are a few pics of completed and in progress stuff......

Inquisitor Rex and a whole lot of stormtroopers..