Tuesday, 6 October 2009
Changes...
Due to recent internet based events, this blog is going on high alert. No comments from now on, and all the back end account information is due to change! I'll see you all back here come new years!
Thursday, 1 October 2009
Golden Demon and Platoon Britannica!
As a few of you may know (people I talk to mainly), i've just become a member of a prestigous painting group known as Platoon Britannica. I dubbed them as being the British version of the illustrious Spanish Team, with more emphasis on helping out other members (which is the primary reason i've joined).
I've been in the fold for about a week (maybe 2, no idea really...) and since then we've had the GW annual met-up often reffered to as Games Day, with Golden Demon painting competition. This is where I was blown away with the painting quality of everyones miniatures (as per usual). Anyway, I decided to play it bravely and met up with a few people from the site (past and present Golden Demon winners). To my surprise they were all super friendly and welcoming, this was only the beginning :)
When it came to the award ceremony near the end of the day, I had my ears prepped listening for familiar names, which as you'd expect started to crop up thick and fast! In all I believe the PB group got about 11 of the Demons and many of the other members made it through to round 2 (which I've never made it to). It doesn't end their though, after the entire main Golden Demon competition finishes, the judges combine and pick the best of the best as it were... This year it was another member of the forum "Ben Jarvis" with his amazing miniature "The Clockmaker". All i'm gonna say is, no wonder it won! Its also another victory for Britain as the sword is back in British hands after so many years...
Which leads me onto my goal/next years new years resolution (as this years hasn't entirely gone to plan, although I might still be able to do it...). My goal is to simply convert/paint up a WH or 40k miniature to Round 2 standard (maybe if i'm really really lucky Demon standard, but don't hold your breath) in time for next years competition, and maybe even enter multiple categories...
So thats it for this update...
In short, I looked at some awesome models and felt a little bit inferior :) Ah well, theres always Geometry Wars 2 :)
I've been in the fold for about a week (maybe 2, no idea really...) and since then we've had the GW annual met-up often reffered to as Games Day, with Golden Demon painting competition. This is where I was blown away with the painting quality of everyones miniatures (as per usual). Anyway, I decided to play it bravely and met up with a few people from the site (past and present Golden Demon winners). To my surprise they were all super friendly and welcoming, this was only the beginning :)
When it came to the award ceremony near the end of the day, I had my ears prepped listening for familiar names, which as you'd expect started to crop up thick and fast! In all I believe the PB group got about 11 of the Demons and many of the other members made it through to round 2 (which I've never made it to). It doesn't end their though, after the entire main Golden Demon competition finishes, the judges combine and pick the best of the best as it were... This year it was another member of the forum "Ben Jarvis" with his amazing miniature "The Clockmaker". All i'm gonna say is, no wonder it won! Its also another victory for Britain as the sword is back in British hands after so many years...
Which leads me onto my goal/next years new years resolution (as this years hasn't entirely gone to plan, although I might still be able to do it...). My goal is to simply convert/paint up a WH or 40k miniature to Round 2 standard (maybe if i'm really really lucky Demon standard, but don't hold your breath) in time for next years competition, and maybe even enter multiple categories...
So thats it for this update...
In short, I looked at some awesome models and felt a little bit inferior :) Ah well, theres always Geometry Wars 2 :)
Monday, 24 August 2009
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