This past weekend was the 2018 Las Vegas Open and this year my son and I had decided we were not going to attend due to the fact there were no Guild Ball events on the schedule. We both attended the previous 2 years and last year that is where we both got interested in Guild Ball. We could have attended for the Warmachine/Hordes events, but we thought money would be better spent on AdeptiCon in 2 months.This year’s LVO though would have been a great shopping year for me with all the new Hordes Minions models that are coming out in February. Luckily I knew a fellow gamer not too far from me who was attending this year and I texted my order to him. Well last night I met with him to pick up all my goodies. Yes, I could have waited for my store in South Bend to receive the products, but it would nbot be guaranteed that they would get them in. I drove down there last weekend for a Gatoman Soul Slave and they never got them. Seeing how many of these models I want to get done for AdeptiCon, I thought the earlier I can get them, the better. My painting queue for the first quarter now really got stacked up. Looks like a lot of assembling will be taking place during the Super Bowl on Sunday.
I had my friend grab me the following models:
Gatorman Boil Master & Spirit Cauldron x1
Longchops x1
Void Leech x1
Gatorman Husk x3
Bone Shrine x1
The only prerelease I elected to pass on for now is the Croak Trappers, those I can wait on till my LGS gets them in stock.
Back to painting my Hordes Minions for a few days. I have a lot I want to get done for the AdeptiCon Team Tournament in March since I am undecided between playing ‘Maelok’ or ‘Barnabas 2’. Plus the last couple of weeks and the mmonth of February, Privateer Press is releasing a lot of new Minion models (that I happen to get a Ninja to pick some up for me at the Las Vegas Open last weekend). Back to the Bog Trog Trawler, this was a model sitting on my shelf from my AdeptiCon 2017 shopping spree (only 1 left on the shelf, the Sacral Vault) so I am just aboout caught up from last years purchases.
We already completed 4 weeks of 2018 and things having been moving quite nicely on getting models completed for the year. I seem to always go full blast at the beginning of the year, then slow down through the Summer and pick right back up in the Fall, this year may be the same also with some travels planned for June. Hopefully it wont last more than the month of June and can pick back up in July.
Just like yesterday when I finished ‘Stoker’ for the Brewer’s Guild, ‘Smoke’ is the last model I needed completed for the Alchemist’s Guild. After I completed most of my Alchemist’s last year, my son down in Arizona took a liking to them and had me give them to him when I was down there at the end of May. At that time he had purchased ‘Smoke’ and I thought he would be painting her up himself. Well when my son came up for SteamCon USA in December, he brought with him ‘Smoke’ still new in package. So it feels good to get another Guild completely finished.
I know come to the final model for my 
For now most of my Warmachine/Hordes gaming is against my friend who only plays Trollbloods, so most of my reports will either be my Minions or Khador vs his Trollbloods (until I can get to some events and play other opponents).
Back to completing some Guild Ball models for a few days and wrapping up my Brewer’s Guild. I was down to just 2 models left to complete and then I swayed towards my Minions for a little bit. Well it is time to finish them up. 
The momentum train is still rolling for Week #3. Week #2 was mainly completing some Guild Ball models and Week #3 I concentrated again on some of my Hordes Minion models. I even was able to complete 2 models that I had much further down the line in my queue.
2017 was the first time I purchased anything through Kickstarter. The first two were just card games and then in October I came across The Hobby Holder, a miniature painting holder and cup. An acquaintance I know back in Arizona (
This is the 2nd of 3 models that I purchased last weekend at my LGS in South Bend and I knew he would be a quick one to paint up. I enjoy painting bones as it it usually just a drybrush. I have had plenty of practice from back in the day painting Tomb Kings and Vamoire Counts for Warhammer Fantasy. With the release of Barnabas 2 today, I have been seeing a lot of lists on the Facebook Groups that are running the Boneswarm with him. So while I was there I decided to pick him up and get him painted. I also noticed most of those lists are running two Boneswarm’s but I have not quite realized why. Maybe next time I am down in South Bend I’ll see if they have another one to get.
While in South Bend this past weekend catching a movie (the only place that was playing my ‘sing-a-along’ version), I had to hit up the gaming store on the way home and pick up a few models and some paint. Might as well have some more reasoning to a 80 mile round trip drive. While there I saw that they had a ‘Feralgeist’ and I knew I did not have one yet in my collection.
