Historicon 2019 Part 2

Here's Part 2 of the pics from Historicon 2019.

There was a really nicely done Waterloo table.

Then there was this nice table for Frostgrave: Ghost Archipelago

Also saw Cruel Seas from Warlord Games. I gotta saw, seeing all those ships in person...the miniatures are really nice!

There was another naval game, not sure what the ruleset was.   Naval games tend to attract a certain type of gamer.

The Lard America guys had a great WW2 Chain of Command board (i think it was chain of command)

Next up, a jungle beach landing. I think this was supposed to be Pacific Front.
What a great table.

Right near the entrance of the Vendor Hall was this stunning Siege of Paris game.

Still more pictures in the next update.

Historicon 2019 Part 1

Historicon 2019 has come and gone.  This year saw a new venue - The Lancaster Convention Center.  Overall, I think this was a huge improvement from Fredericksburg as well as The Host.

I took a bunch of pictures with my new camera, too many for one post.  so...i'll divide this up into a bunch of posts.  One of those posts will discuss the 2019 Historicon Painting Competition sponsored by Wargames Illustrated.

Ok, first post - Some amazing boards, starting with a recreation of the Battle of Hoth.  Not sure what ruleset they were using, but the board was awesome.
(click any of the pictures to zoom in, or possibly save original to desktop then really zoom in)

Next, a really cool 6mm Samurai game, using Baccus miniatures.

Then, Carnage and Glory.
Ah...Carnage and Glory.  The game where the computer does everything...

The games always look nice...

Here's some players, waiting for the results of the computer.
Pretty sure they haven't rolled any dice or moved any figs.

"...effective bombardment..."

...And here they are again a few turns (and hours) later, after the computer generated the results.
Pretty sure nothing has changed.

Carnage and glory - where the figures don't move, and neither do the players

But hey, figs looked really nice!

Ok, then there was this amazing game refighting Pearl Harbor.  The board was so small and incredibly detailed.  It was almost like playing on a scale model instead of a miniature wargaming table.

...last group of pictures for this page..a really great looking Zombie game.

The attention to detail made the board feel real.

 i would have loved to play on this board!  Gives me great ideas for my IHMN games. Lots of little bits of scatter terrain helps so much.

Stay tuned for the next group of pictures!

Badger Miniatures Clopsen

Badger Miniatures is sponsoring a painting contest at Adepticon 2019.  I'm one of the luck 50 participants that was sent the Clopsen figure to paint for the contest.  We were all given the same miniature to paint.  No conversions allowed and had to use the provided base (we could texture the base as we liked, but no changes to that, either).   The miniatures will be judged by convention attendees at the Badger Miniatures booth at Adepticon.  I need to mail the fig back next week!

Here's the finished miniature for my entry into the contest. I really enjoyed painting the miniature!
I might have to buy a few....
Thanks again to Badger Miniatures.  Go here to see the full range!