Friday, November 30, 2018

Prepare So Your Future Self Will Thank You

Preparation is a key part of success in your life, in fitness, and in wargaming.  Taking active steps toward better preparing yourself will cause your future self to thank you and make you more successful in life and on the tabletop.  Recently, The Honest Wargamer launched their Workbook which I worked through as part of the preparation for an upcoming two-day event I am attending.  As I gave it a read through I began to feel silly for never having thought to prepare so fully for an event.  You have likely seen my article series "Life Lessons and Wargaming" that takes lessons we learn in life and how to relate it to our wargaming hobby.  Usually looking at Goals, being motivated, and developing dedication and habits to reach your goals.  I never looked at being properly prepared in for a Warhammer event before, but I plan to remedy that today.



Wednesday, November 28, 2018

The Hobby Table : 11-28-18

Morathi, two Hag Queens on Cauldron, one Slaughter Queen on Cauldron, one Bloodwrack Shrine, five Hag Queens on Foot, five Slaughter Queens on foot, two Bloodwrack Medusa on "foot", two Avatars of Khaine on foot, twenty Sisters of Slaughter, ten Doomfire Warlocks, five Khinerai Heartrenders, five Khinerai Lifetakers, five Melusai Blood Stalkers, five Meulsai Blood Sisters, one hundred and fifty Witch Aelves.  As of today's post that is my total Daughters of Khaine collection, but even with another thirty Witch Aelves on the way, I plan on picking up the new Battleforce being released soon.  I don't think I will ever have enough of the army, but with how much I enjoy painting and playing the army I see no reason to stop collecting them yet.  I have spent the past year building toward a true Witch Aelf Horde list and have really only played with that idea as my theme, but I plan to begin playing other styles in the coming year and building my army toward a Temple Nest List and more importantly I plan to have enough models to be able to field the "War Coven of Morathi" Mega Battalion before 2019 ends to put the proverbial cherry on top of this Sunday.  Will it be enough?


Monday, November 26, 2018

Community All-gates : 11-26-18

Hey Everyone!  Welcome to the "Community All-gates", the weekly feature on The Realm Gate Blog where every Monday I plan to highlight something or someone from around the Age of Sigmar and Miniature Painting Community.  It might be an Event, a YouTube Channel, Blog, Army List, Model, Hobby Project, or anything else that catches my eye.  Today I want to look at the new website from Rob and team from The Honest Wargamer.  The team over at The Honest Wargamer have set up a workbook to help players of all skill levels work toward improvement in how they think about their armies, how they play the armies, and how they prepare for events with their armies.



Friday, November 23, 2018

Life Lessons and Wargaming : Are you Hungry?

Hey Everyone!  After several months since the last one of these articles, I felt it was time to add another installment to my ongoing series "Life Lessons and Wargaming".  The point of this article series is to look at the little lessons we learn throughout life and how we can apply these to our Wargaming hobby.  Today the focus is on something that had awoken in me a few years back and how it has shaped my past few years in wargaming, life, fitness, and every aspect of my life.  It is less of a lesson you learn and is more of an idea you suddenly realize.  It is about being hungry.


Wednesday, November 21, 2018

The Hobby Table : 11-21-18

Hey Everyone!  Another week has passed and as usual, I have managed to get some good hobby time in.  While I have not been pushing myself to get anything completed I am happy with the progress I have made toward a few upcoming deadlines.  It has been all Aelves lately and a good mix of building, painting, and working to improve some areas my hobby has been lacking.  With the Thanksgiving break arriving tomorrow, I am looking forward to food, family, and getting lots of Hobby completed!


Monday, November 19, 2018

Community All-gates : 11-19-18

Hey Everyone!  Welcome to the "Community All-gates", the weekly feature on The Realm Gate Blog where every Monday I plan to highlight something or someone from around the Age of Sigmar and Miniature Painting Community.  It might be an Event, a YouTube Channel, Blog, Army List, Model, Hobby Project, or anything else that catches my eye.  Today I want to turn your attention to great accomplishment of Adepticon 2019 to sell out every Age of Sigmar event within hours of registration opening and why you should jump on the waitlist if you missed out.  The Age of Sigmar Community continues to grow and I cannot be more excited!


Friday, November 16, 2018

Rend 4's First 2-Day Age of Sigmar Tournament

Hey Everyone!  Today I wanted to bring you some info about the Rend 4 Club over in Ohio run by my friend Neil and the upcoming event he is planning.  Over the past few years, Neil has built up the Age of Sigmar scene in his area with his club and attracted many other clubs to participate in their gaming and hobby events.  The club has grown and their Facebook page has really become a hub of some great hobby while being a fun place to talk all things Age of Sigmar.  You have seen me attend quite a number of events hosted by Rend 4 and they have been to a fair number of my events as well, but this December the Rend 4 Club will be hosting its first ever 2-day Age of Sigmar Tournament!  Check out the details below and while this event is full there are plans to grow and it would be worth keeping your eye on it in the near future.  The upcoming 2-day event is currently sold out, but you can expect lots of pictures from the event on my Twitter as well as Neil's, so be sure to give both a follow.


Wednesday, November 14, 2018

The Hobby Table : 11-14-18

Hey Everyone!  It has been nice getting back into a regular hobby routine once more but as the post-event Hobby High passes I find that I have stacked up a number of projects well into the holiday season.  Usually, the gas pedal eases up over the holiday season for me, but this year that doesn't seem to be the case.  Tackling it all will be a fun challenge however and I am looking forward to accomplishing the goals and meeting the deadlines I have set for myself.  One of the bigger projects is for an event I am running for my local club over the next few months that will have me painting about 1000pts of Idoneth Deepkins o expect to see Sea Aelves over the next few months alongside the usual Daughters of Khaine.


Monday, November 12, 2018

Community All-gates : 11-12-18

Hey Everyone!  Welcome to the "Community All-gates", the weekly feature on The Realm Gate Blog where every Monday I plan to highlight something or someone from around the Age of Sigmar and Miniature Painting Community.  It might be an Event, a YouTube Channel, Blog, Army List, Model, Hobby Project, or anything else that catches my eye.  Today I want to point you to some great events that happened this past weekend.  One was "Day Boyz GT" in New York, USA and the other was the "Fjordhammer GT" over in Moss, Norway.  Both events seem to have been a great time!



Friday, November 9, 2018

Realms at War 2018 Impressions

Hey Everyone!  As a part of my recent trip to England, I was lucky enough to attend this year's Realms at War 3: Aethermy (aka RAW18) event held in Cambridge.  Created and run by the RAW NEO's of Jimbo, Mitzy, Ming, and Steve it is a top-level narrative Age of Sigmar event.  In short, it was RAWsome (couldn't help myself) and I have already begun looking at the possibility of making this a yearly must-attend event for my hobby schedule.  I met so many wonderful people at the event and it was a pleasure putting faces to Twitter names while throwing dice and sharing the collective story of the Aetherguild's battling for dominance.


Wednesday, November 7, 2018

My First Visit to Warhammer World

Hey Everyone!  Today I want to share the exciting day I had on my first trip to Warhammer World during my recent adventure to England.  Having made my pilgrimage to Warhammer Mecca I can safely say it is well worth the time, energy, and cost to visit the home of the game we love so much.  I want to give a special thanks to Mitzy (from The Mitzy and Jimbo Show) for setting up a fun day by reserving game tables and inviting friends to help make the day great, seeing people come out mid-week to play games and hang out really meant a lot.  I also want to give my thanks to the staff from Games Workshop for saying hello and having me on the Warhammer Live Stream that night for a game of Age of Sigmar.  It was a memorable day and I cannot wait to make a return trip.


Monday, November 5, 2018

Community All-gates : RAW18 Armies

Hey Everyone!  Today in my Community All-Gates post I wanted to take time and show off all the incredible armies from the Realms at War: Aethermy even that happened a few weeks ago and I was lucky enough to attend.  The level of Hobby was incredible and everyone put forth their best effort and work and seeing these armies in person was inspiring to say the least.  Check out the photos below and head over to Twitter to follow the #RAW18 tag to find everyone who attended and give them a follow so you can continue to see their amazing work!


Friday, November 2, 2018

The Hobby Table : 11-2-18

Hey Everyone!  I am back in the saddle after my vacation from England these past few weeks.  Next week I plan to talk a lot about my trip across the pond, my time at Warhammer World, and my adventures at Realms at War 2018.  In short, the adventure was incredible and I am very happy I finally went over to the Warhammer Mecca and I suggest everyone try to do so at least once in their hobby life. Today I want to get you all caught up on the hobby I was working on right before I left for England.  It might be a bit of a short post today as I ease back into my Blogging grove, but you can expect some extensive post next week.