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Saturday, October 13, 2012

Cancellation Blues

Dear Readers,

These suckers took me DOWN!
I don't know how to say it, but my cold got really bad - fever and all - and I am in absolutely no condition to drive 700km across the country. This means I have to cancel my trip to DUZI and SMC :'(((

I can't tell you how disappointed I am as I really wanted to meet some of you at the events...

My apologies! I am very sorry for having to cancel the reports. For now it's back to bed. I will think of something to make up for the loss of weekend event reports!

Stay tuned ;)


Friday, October 12, 2012

I won the peace Nobel Prize. Maybe you, too!

This goes out to all fellow Europeans! 

Congratulations! You (and me and everybody) in the European Union have won the Nobel Prize. I wonder how they divide up the 1 million Euro prize money between all of us - maybe on our next tax return... :D Partytime!

Yay US! (US as in we, not as in the USA, as the US does not belong to Yurp!) ;)

Peace!

Since we are all polyglott in Germany, there is no translation of this groundshaking news :P


DUZI / Scale Model Challenge weekend - preview

Deutsche Übersetzung unten
Greetings everyone! 

Another weekend full of reports from international events is ahead of us. I know, Eindhoven is not really that far away from Germany, but it still counts as international ;) 

On Saturday, I will be visiting the DUZI (Duisburger Zinnmesse), which unlike its name suggests is not in Duisburg, but in Wesel, in the western parts of Germany. It is the 30th year of the DUZI and it feels like the website has not really changed much in since the days of HTML 0.9. Its a small event that due to many factors has been declining in attendence quite drastically over the years. But it remained a great spot for hunters of rare and OOP miniatures (aka "my preciousssss!") , all kinds of basing materials, splinths and so on. Since it is right off the way to Eindhoven, from Berlin a 700km drive, I use the opportunity to drop in on Saturday, stay at a hotel . Warsaw with the Hussar 2012 was 700km heading straight east, Eindhoven will be 700km heading straight west. Aaaaaah, fuel prices... :(

Here are some impressions from a past DUZI: DUZI 2007 (25th Anniversary with Roman Camp) 

Sunday I will visit the Scale Modell Challenge in Eindhoven. It is going to be the first time for me, so I don't know what to expect. But I heard some really great things about the event. Check out their website for more info. 

The Massive Voodoo crew will be there with a painting demonstration table, too.  Adam Wilder (USA, I just did a review on his latest video) will be there, as well as Jay Laverty (UK). 

I just hope that I will feel better tomorrow as right now I am suffering from a severe cold. Don't wanna drive 700km one way coughing and sneezing :D

Check my facebook page for up-to-date information from the events. You can expect the reports for both events up on Monday. 


Hallo ihr da draußen!

Ein weiters Wochenende mit Berichten von Internationalen Events steht bevor! Nun ja, Eindhoven ist nicht wirklich weit von Deutschland, aber es zählt immer noch als international ;)

Am Samstag werde ich die DUZI (Duisburger Zinnmesse) besuchen, welche - wie der Titel vermuten lässt NICHT in Duisburg, sondern in Wesel ausgetragen wird. Die DUZI gibt es seit 30 Jahren und irgendwie fühlt es sich an, als habe sich die Webseite seit den Zeiten von HTML 0.9 auch nicht wirklich weiterentwickelt. Die DUZI ist eine recht kleine Veranstaltung, die auf Grund vieler Faktoren über die Jahre deutlich an Zuspruch verloren hat. Aber es bleibt weiterhin eine gute Quelle für Jäger limitierter und nicht mehr produzierter Zinnschätzchen (aka "my preciousssss!"), Basing-Materialien, Bases Szenerie usw... Da die DUZI auf dem Weg nach Eindhoven liegt (700km von Berlin) werde ich am Samstag mal bei der DUZI reinschauen und am Sonntag dann nach Eindhoven fahren. Warschau mit dem Hussar 2012 war 700km gerade nach Osten. Eindhoven ist 700km gerade nach Westen... Aaaaah, Benzinkosten... :(

Hier ein paar Impressionen einer vergangenen Duzi: DUZI 2007 (25th Jubiläum mit Römercamp) 

Am Sonntag gehts dann nach Eindhoven zur Scale Model Challenge. Ich fahre da zum ersten Mal hin, da weiß ich also noch nicht, was mich erwartet. Aber ich habe ne Menge guter Dinge von der SMC gehört - seht mal auf ihre Webseite. 

Adam Wilder (USA, Ich hab gerade nen Review zu seiner neuesten DVD geschrieben) wird da sein, genau so wie Jay Laverty (UK). Die Massive Voodoo wird auch mit einem Malstand vertreten sein.

Ich hoffe nur, dass es mir morgen besser geht, da ich im Moment unter einer bösen Erkältung leide... Ich hab keine Lust 700km in einer Tour zu Husten und zu Schniefen :D

Folgt meinem facebook page für aktuelle Posts live von den beiden Events. Die Berichte für beide Events könnt ihr dann Montag hier lesen. 

Thursday, October 11, 2012

42000 views winner determined!

42000 views giveaway - winner determined!
I will make it short and sweet! A few days ago I told you about the 42000 viewers giveaway - and we just blazed right through that barrier. 

Again, I would like to thank all of you for making this blog so much fun for me - every view, every comment, and every new subscriber means a lot to me.. So: 

Thank you!

Without much further ado: I give you the winner of the White Dwarf Subscription miniature:

2 quick updates on older posts

Hey yall! 

I got two updates on stories I have reported before:

Update to story: Slayer sword for sale

I had posted the information that Karol Rudyk was selling his Slayer Sword on ebay a week ago. That post has made quite some ripples in the scene and thousands of people were watching Karol's auction to see what happened. 

Well, it IS sold - for 600$. 

I talked to Karol during the Hussar and he told me that he sold the diorama for a VERY NICE sum to a collector in the US. So overall, I think he made a very good cut for painting one diorama ;) Let's hope it motivates him for more spectecular entries!

Karol went to the Games Day UK without a ticket - and almost did not get in. With a sign "Ticket Wanted" he finally got one and was allowed to enter the event. Sometimes you gotta be lucky ;) 


The Chest of colors Arena Painting Competition is over. The winners were announced earlier today at the Chest of color Website (click here)



Wednesday, October 10, 2012

Hit me with Fusion Music

A fusion of my two favorite kinds of music
right now: Dubstep und Reggae. 



Eine Fusion meiner beiden derzeitigen Lieblins-
Musik-Richtungen: Dubstep und Reggae

Preview: Games Day France [28.10.2012]

Games Day France 2012

Greetings y'all! 

After attending the Games Day Germany, the Games Day UK, skipping the Games Day Italy I will go and report from the third Games day for me this year: Games Day France! 


Together with my good friend Georg "GeOrc" Damm we will fly into France and attend the Pre-GD-Dinner with our friends from France and all over the world. So far we are over 30 People. If you are a competitive Painter and want to join us at the Pre-GD-Dinner in France the night before the Games Day Event, please contact via a comment to this post. I will set you up with further information.


We love Games Days. But we love Pre-GD-Dinners even more! ;)

Report of Pre-GD-Dinner Germany
Report of Pre-GD-Dinner UK


Tach an alle! 

Nachdem ich in diesem Jahr am Games Day Deutschland, dem Games Day England teilgenommen, den Games Day Italien überprungen habe werde ich dieses Jahr mit dem Games Day Frankreich zum dritten Mal von einem der Games Workshop Malwettbewerbe berichten.

Zusammen mit meinem guten Freund Georg "GeOrc" Damm werden wir nach Frankreich fliegen und mit unseren französischen und internationalen Malfreunden am Pre-GD-Dinner am Abend vor dem Event teilnehmen. Wenn Ihr auch am Malwettbewerb dort teilnehmt und uns beim Pre-GD-Dinner in Frankreich Gesellschaft leisten wollte, schreibt bitte einen Kommentar in den Post, Ich werde euch dann mit mehr Informationen versorgen. 

Wir lieben Games Days. Aber noch mehr lieben wir Pre-Games-Day-Dinners!

Report vom Pre-GD-Dinner Germany
Report vom Pre-GD-Dinner UK
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