Adepticon
Follow my Adepticon journeys! From registration and travel prep to seminar reviews, painting class insights, and event loot, get the full hobbyist perspective.
Fair well Adepticon
Well this is technically the last of the live updates from this years Adepticon whilst I’m in the UA of A. We are now at the airport with checking and security behind us. I’ll do a proper round up in with weeks waffle but all in all it’s been a good a trip. The next bit is the bit I really hate because it’s a long old trip home with nothing exciting when you get their. If you don’t count jet lag and a weeks worth of washing. Anyway they are now boarding the plane so I’ll upload this whilst I still have a good Wi-Fi connection. Last very brief…
Day Four
Review of day 4 from Adepticon
Day Three
"In this hands-on Painting Class you will learn the fundamentals of using the GW Citadel Contrast paint! Applying these highly pigmented colors correctly will allow you to paint non-metallic metal and armor faster than ever before. An absolute must if you need to paint a big number of Miniatures using NMM fast or struggle with painting large surfaces like Armor in general! For Beginners and Intermediate Painters. All Miniatures + Training pieces included. Necessary Material List: https://tinyurl.com/adepticon2022
Day Two
Non metallic metal (NMM) is a complex technique that can become simple if you know how to approach it. I will teach you about the basics and the more in depth. You will learn how to approach light, how to understand the highlights and how to create an convincing NMM effect. Special equipment needed: Bring your own paints (Black, White, Yellow, Blue, Green) and paint brushes (a size 0-1 will be fine).
Day One
I want to start these articles off with what I was hoping to get out of the event, how it went and what I think I can take away from it and use going forward. Wet blending is the fastest way to get paint on your model. Join industry expert Aaron Lovejoy as he teaches you the techniques he uses everyday to paint both armies and display pieces. You will learn 4 different ways to wet blend, so no matter what situation you get into you will always be able to blend like a champ! This is a hands on class so bring a good brush (size 1 Raphael 8404)…
Registration
This will be about picking up our tickets and having a look at what is in our swag bags.
Goodbye Windy City
Goodbye Windy City
We’ve made it to Chicago
Just something about making it to the hotel and looking forward to a couple of days sightseeing.
We are on our way
We are on our way. Now then I’ve tried to be clever and I’ve held off publishing this update until we are about to board our flight to Chicago. Our day started at 02:30 (GMT) this morning so that we could be at the airport and checked in for just after 04:00 which was two hours before our flight was scheduled to leave, which is something of a joke but there have been some major delays at Manchester with them not having enough staff on security. My boss missed a flight two weeks ago because of the time it took to get through security and we didn’t want to end…
