Escalation League - Round One

Dropzone interest has been falling off in my area, lately.  To help combat that trend I decided to organize an escalation league over at Endgame in Oakland to encourage new players.  We had 12 folks signed up, but only 6 showed to play.  Which for a free event, is to be expected.  Unfortunately, 5 of the 6 were our die hard players.

Back From LVO 2017

by Novus

My posting has been few and far between lately.  Mostly because any spare time I had was spent either getting my fleet painted for Dropfleet at LVO or getting product ready for the long drive and subsequent marathon that is the LVO.

Fall Brawl 2016 Has a Champion!

For organizing my first tournament, it seemed to have gone pretty well. Our local Meta/attendance has dropped off dramatically so I'd hoped to try and breath some life back into the area by hosting a tournament at Endgame in Oakland, CA.

Twin Eagles Tournament 2015, Winnipeg Canada

I just got this email run down of the Twin Eagles event from Scott, the TO...

A week has passed since the Twin Eagles Warhammer 40k tournament took place and after finding some time to collect all the data and get a bit of rest, I've finally composed an email for ya to show you how the event went.  But before we get to the list, I just wanted to thank you and the Green Stuff Industries team again for supporting the event.

Miniatures Swap Meet at Endgame in Oakland, CA

by Novus

This passed Sunday was the bi-annually held (every 2 years!!) Endgame Miniatures Swap Meet.  I reserved a table so I could get rid of my Eldar force and some other miscellaneous gaming crap I've collected over the years.  I have to say, this is a great idea that every FLGS should consider.

Achievement Unlocked - Retail!

Due to a robust Dropzone Commander community, I've recently started spending my Tuesday nights at the excellent FLGS, EndGame, over in Oakland, CA.  I ended up bringing some of my Destroyed Structure markers for folks to use at their quarterly DzC tournament.  Never pass up a chance to do some marketing!

Charity Event - Kharnage for Kids!

  

Hello!  This is The Big Mek from the old Big Mek's Garage podcast!  I'd like to invite you to a charity gaming event called...

Kharnage for Kids!

December 7th, 2014

$25.00 Entry

at

Dallas Games Marathon

930 W Parker Rd Suite 530, Plano, Texas 75075

250k Views! Gallery Photos Added!

Over the weekend, this humble blog topped 250,000 visits!

Back From BAO 2014

by Novus

This years Bay Area Open is done.  I didn't get to take as many pictures as the 2014 LVO or the 2013 BAO, but I sure had a great time!

INTO THE MAELSTROM TOURNAMENT (7TH EDITION)

I was contacted by Norm down in Louisiana recently and he wanted me to let you guys know of a stellar sounding event that his local group is putting on. If you are in their area, give them a look!

INTO THE MAELSTROM TOURNAMENT (7TH EDITION)

AT: And Books Too

August 9th

Registration begins at 10 AM

First dice at 11

Limited number of spots—Contact Alex at zeffryn@hotmail.com to reserve your spot today.

1850 POINTS

PRINTED ARMY LIST REQUIRED

10 DOLLAR ENTRY FEE

BATTLEFORGED LISTS ONLY

30K ARMIES ALLOWED

MODELS MUST BE WYSIWYG (PROXIES ACCEPTED AT JUDGE’S DISCRETION)

FORGEWORLD MODELS ALLOWED

3 ROUND FORMAT

PRIZES AWARDED FOR TOP FINISHERS AND BEST PAINTED ARMY

COME TO PLAY OR WATCH THE EXCITING ACTION FROM THE 40K UNIVERSE ON TABLETOP!

FOR COMPLETE RULES VISIT: https://www.facebook.com/download/315244641975628/AoC%20event%20rules.docx

20+ PRIZES!!!

Rusty Robot's Latest and Other GSI Hobby News

Rusty Robot's recently released "Who Goes There?" is just plain amazing work!  I'm only posting a selection of photos from this work, there's far more to see on his original post.  Hearken to the magic below the jump!

Rusty Robot Blog - You Gotta See This Work!

Rusty Robot from the Rusty Robot blog recently contacted me with some questions about my Tentacle Makers.  We got to emailing and he showed me some of his SUPER AMAZING diorama work!!!  It's easy to mistake the photo above for live action if you don't know what you are looking at.  You have to go check this guys stuff out!

These two photos, above and below, are from his recently completed work "Lost".

Taking Control of Chaos Space Marines And 40k As A Whole

by Novus

Few things are more frustrating in 40k than getting your teeth kicked in at the list building phase of the game.  Having no chance whatsoever to damage the opponent or fend off his attacks because of a very real strength gap is just horrible game design.  I've played my pure CSM vs pure Tau a couple of times in a row recently and I probably won't do that again willingly.  Those games were the last straw(s).  It's just not fun playing against certain armies due to both a gap in codex strength and shoddy game design overall.  It should be fun playing this game no matter who is across the table from you, shouldn't it?

Victory Painting - Visit This New Blog!

My buddy v1ct0ry88 has recently started up his own blog to show off his fine work. He's just starting up but what he has posted is some top notch work.  Give it a look!

High Praise From The Internets!

Firstly, that fantastic modeler and painter, TJ, over at Dark Future Games has a bunch of nice things to say in a recent post about my Tentacle Makers!  He also posted a grip of his photos and some from the GSI Gallery.  There's even some good things said in the comments section!

Secondly, the (in)famous and highly skilled Goatboy showed off what can be done with Tentacle Maker tools in a recent post on Bell of Lost Souls.  Some amazing work, there!  Even more good things said in the comments here, too!

Thanks, guys!

A Worthy Holiday Cause

This is Jackie Nesbit, he was a member of the 17th Airborne 466th Parachute Field Artillery Battalion, he was killed in combat during Operation Varsity on March 24 1945.

Help John at Santa Cruz Warhammer return Mr. Nesbit's Purple Heart to his family by making a modest donation to the buyback fund.  For more background on Mr. Nesbit's family and this amazing effort and to make your donation please click here.

Help this soldier's family regain the medal

he earned with his service.

Update: The goal was reached last Friday!  Well done, fellow wargamers!