GenCon 2013: Phat Loot

Greetings once again InterWebs!!!!! It is time to wrap up my coverage of GenCon 2013 with a brief look at some of the stuff I brought home from the convention. One of my main reasons for attending GenCon every year is to visit the Dealer's Exhibit Hall. I try to prepare my wallet for the experience every year but every year my wallet feels the pain. Oh so many shiny gaming things I never knew about but must have! There are a couple of Vendors that I look for every year and at this point they recognize me and we have a nice little chat while I am at their booth. I did purchase a few items not shown here that were gifts which have already gone to their new homes. Here is what I ended up with:


The Forgeworld booth (Mk2b Land Raider, Salamander Dred, Sevrin Loth Librarian in Mk IV armor):

Black Library Booth (getting ready for Heresy Salamanders):

The Shadowrun Booth after the 100 minute wait in line (not shown are a Rulebook and card sets):

The Mercs Minis Booth which had all sorts of new stuff (and awesome people to help me):

Above you will see the new FCC House 4 minis, Mercs Token Set (much needed), 7th Member Printed Cards (much needed), and the special GenCon only release of the Texico Eagle Assault Trooper. The GenCon only version of the Texico Eagle has clear resin smoke from his jetpack which is a cool look. All in all I spent about 45 minutes talking with the Mercs folks and of course spending money, funny how nice people can get when they want your money.

I also made it to the Wargames Factory Booth and spent some time talking with the nice folks there. A few years ago I found out that they have a headquarters in a small town not to far from here making us practically neighbors. On top of the local company side of things they are really nice people so I had to stop by and see what new things they had to offer me..........Apocalypse Survivors!!!!

 30 male and 30 female survivors for $18.00 each box, what a deal!

I had a chance to attend Tracy and Laura Hickman's Killer Breakfast and was actually awarded a prize in a random drawing (a little more involved than that, there was a game show and this was the prize) which was an autographed copy of Tracy Hickman's new novel 'Wayne of Gotham':

I stopped by another of my favorite/must see booths which happens to be a Gaming Map Dealer named Maps of Mystery. There is a running joke with my friends that I have a Map buying compulsion which I most certainly do not have! I do love gaming maps though and figure you can never have enough but I could stop buying maps at anytime.......

You will notice in the above picture I managed to pick up a copy of the Infinity Quick Start Rules. I picked these up during a painting class I took which was sponsored by the Infinity game. The painting class was interesting, basically I learned that I am painting in the correct way after all I just need to practice a bit more.

Finally my good friend Mordian 7th picked up the new phase 3 releases for X-Wing from Fantasy Flight Games. That was an awesome gesture which will make our X-Wing games even more fun! Thanks Mordian 7th!

That is the lot, not to bad after all and I somehow managed to fit it all in the luggage coming home. I am looking forward to reading the Heresy Salamander books and trying out the new ships in X-Wing. The Mercs Mini stuff (7th member cards and tokens) will be a huge help in future games. The Apocalypse Survivors will be used as part of a Christmas Gift for a very good friend that is in love with Zombie Survivor games but doesn't have any survivor miniatures to use. Thanks for stopping by and taking a look! Take care!

"Thou Shalt not Run!"---Texico MERCs Minis finished

Greetings once again InterWebs!!!! For those of you curious the title of this post refers to the Texico faction's ability to lay out a bunch of traps before the game which their opponent may trigger if/when they run. I think it is a nifty little rule which adds some flavor to the faction. Well enough talk, you are here to see pictures so here are my Texico minis:

My favorite miniature in the bunch....the Texico Marshal:

A closer look at his hidden 'face':

The Demolition Man:

A closer look at his full face helmet:

The Assault Member:

A decent sculpt to the face:

Love his whacking stick!

The Heavy Support:

The business end of the weapon:

The actual Team Leader and his (non-MERCs mini) Dog:

The Dog mini that comes with the set was a little small so I went with something much larger:

Looks like they are going inside for a drink:

Finally the Team Sniper (not my favorite mini in the set):

His green eye lenses are a bit hidden but they are the only 'face' showing:

Well, that is it for now. I can't wait to try these guys out during some games at GenCon 2013. Thanks for stopping by and taking a look! Take care!

Always remember:

Unboxing and preparing the Texico faction from Mercs Minis

Greetings once again InterWebs!!!! The weather has been brutally hot lately which means the man-cave/hobby room has been a little unbearable. I did manage to get a little time to unbox a recent purchase (Origins 2013 loot) and get a little work done on them.

 Here for your viewing pleasure is my Mercs Minis Texico boxset:

The boxset front:

The boxset back:

Pulling out the boxset contents:

The inside of the boxset showing the nice way the miniatures are packaged with their dice:

 Here is an initial look at the seven Texico miniatures that come in the set:

 Starting with the awesome Marshal:

 My second favorite miniature, the Demolition Man (reloading his shotgun):

The Sniper:

The Heavy Support:

The Jaguar Assault:

The Assault Team Leader (he is the leader not the Marshal):

 Team Leader's Dog (I am not a fan of this miniature, I think it is a little small and not teched-out enough):

 I was able to clean up the miniatures (remove the flash and knock down the mold-lines) and get them based up:

I tried to primer them one night after work but I think it was still a little too hot as the primer seemed to come out a little 'flaky/fuzzy' on some of the miniatures. I plan on rubbing the miniatures down a little bit to get rid of any fuzzy primer areas. Here are some closer looks at the minis once they were primered:

Demo Man (I love this mini!):

Jaguar Assault Member (he should be pointing with one hand "I will knock your head over there"):

Heavy Support Member:

 The model is supposed to have a Machete but did not come with one so I added one to the base:

Team Sniper (and his annoying mold-lines...grrrrr):

The awesome Marshal:

Team Leader and his new and improved Dog:

I exchanged the Dog miniature that came with the set for one I had in my collection which I liked better:

Yes the Dog brought back a hand for his Master! Bonus gamer points if you know where this mini is from.

I am really looking forward to getting some paint time in on these miniatures! There are several miniatures in this particular set that I really love and cannot wait to paint (Demo Man and Marshal for sure)! Thanks for stopping by and taking a look! Take care!