The Stuff I Brought Back - ADEPTICON 2023 BOOTY 

It was great to meet you at Adepticon. Thank you for being kind and having a couple of conversations and signing my book

Hey there! Thanks again for stopping by at our Booth in Front of the Vendors Hall at Adepticon. It was great meeting and talking to you. We look forward very much to working together with you in the near future. We wish you great fun with your Insurgent Troopers for now :)

Reduce dusty dry bush by using a slight damp brush. Before you start painting, completely wet your brush then dry it off so you can only feel it's wet. Then dip your brush in paint and start your dry brushing. That little bit of water in the middle of the brush should keep it from going dusty. If you find it is dusty again, wash off all the paint and dry off the brush again. Continue dry brushing. Hopefully that works for you guys.

The joy of popping hardened paint out of a silicone paint palette and watching it go flying across the room is not to be understated

I saw you at Adepticon streaming on Sunday and waved because I didn't want to interrupt. I picked up some flock from huge miniatures. Thanks for all your content.

I'm glad I had the chance to meet you in person! I had an absolute blast at AdeptiCon and I appreciate you taking the time to chat. This was my first AdepiCon, and my friends and I are already planning for the next one.

It was a pleasure having had the opportunity to chat with you at AdeptiCon. It's amazing just how quickly things can sell out there, especially if the vendor is running any sort of show specials. I bought into a few new games and am looking forward to the new Warhammer 40,000 Combat Patrol format as well.

So glad I got to meet you at Adepticon. Thank you for all the help over the years.

I saw you at Adepticon, though I didn't take a chance to talk at all. You seemed busy filming, but I DID want to say how much I enjoy your videos. You make wonderful impacts to the hobby with your lovely videos and it was so cool to see you and other RU-vid celebrities mingling with the crowds. Really put the hobby community into perspective.

These are super fun videos. Always nice to see others enthusiasm for their loot drops.

Yeah Adepticon was rad, and I had an absolute blast! I paint more than I get to play so thanks for chatting with me about Shatterpoint! 😁

With the texture pallette you really want to go for a dampening pad as well. It's not just the palette that does it, but the slightly damp approach to dry brushing that keeps things nice and smooth. For me it was an absolute revolution in terms of doing vehicles and terrain, before I took the plunge on an airbrush. There's still a good place for it, and edge highlighting is one of those or if I just can't be bothered with the hassle of setting up the brush for the sake of a single piece.

Those turbo dork pallets are cool! If you can't afford them, I recommend the 6 compartment pallets from Michael's if Michael's is in your country. You get like 4 for $6. I can let my paints fully dry in them, come back like a week or more later, and they scrape right out no problem with the end of a paintbrush or your nail. So good! But, they're plastic. So they don't grip your table or whatever and I've knocked them off so much cause I tap them and they slide off. Paint all over my floor. Luckily, I have tile throughout, you might not. So, the TurboDork pallets might be a great purchase! I'm definitely going to try a couple out when I can. My landlord doesn't like the paint on my floor, but doesn't complain cause I wipe it up when it's wet, letting the rest dry. I showed her that it comes right up with rubbing alcohol, I'm just lazy.

Looks like GWs back on the menu boys!

I don't even care what you brought back, I'm just here for you to squeeze more blood from the "booty" joke rock. Your commitment is admirable, and for freaks like me who pay attention and anticipate it every year you get back from Adepticon and make a video with that word in the title, you always deliver. This consistency is a reward, despite how I probably wouldn't sanction this kind of buffoonery from anyone else. Thanks, man.

I’ve never bought any war scenery stuff, but they do make some great looking stuff. I really need to niche down and build some Mandalorian inspired boards for gaming

Outside of the vendor hall, the American sellers for the down dirty products had weathering sprays and their famous weathering paints. I picked up 6 as it was cheaper than buying 3 but passed on the sprays this time around. My g/f picked up a lot of the scrap yard models from The Miniature Building Authority. The guys there were on point. Artus Opus sold out of their boards but I wanted to try out their sable brushes despite the cost so I picked up some of their brushes. I also picked up some other sable brushes. Games Plus, my guys from Mt Prospect were there and I picked up the AK FAQ vol 2 and the Vallejo Xpress Paints as well as an AK Paint set just because it looked interesting. The Games Workshop both was rammed on Sunday. I didn't bother going in and regret it since i completely forgot about the convention exclusive dude for Slaves of Darkness. Ah well. I hope they do an MTO on him or something because the Aftermarket prices are as always silly. Oh and the convention peeps gave us a Gale Force 9, Paizo licensed Starfinder boxed set. Threw that on the shelf and I haven't looked at it yet. At MOMumental, I picked up the gray and brown texture pastes. Stuff is so new that one of the bottle didn't even have a real label on it. All of the booths I talked to mentioned they were having fantastic sales and several were sold out of multiple items. It was good to see, especially after the problems of COVID. The Turbo Dork palette looks cool but I didn't notice it when I was by their booth AND I forgot to pick up their Adepitcon Red paint. D'oh again on me.

I’ve really enjoyed the Adepticon videos this year, so thank you for taking the time to film them. I rarely ever get to play games or participate in the hobby with other people so it’s fun to be able to see this stuff. I’m hoping to go to Adepticon next year.

Stopped by to check it out on Friday. Making plans to register for next years so I can participate!

Some things I saw that I don't if you saw Squad Marks which are magnetic snap on bases and foldable pre-painted terrain. It was outside the vendor area with a few other shops. And the shovel knight game was a lot of fun!

Ahhhh I feel stoked to be able to call you a friend and meet up and chat with you each year is a treat. Big love my man!

MERCS is how I entered the tabletop gaming hobby - KemVar represent! Anyway, thanks for sharing that update about the status of the license - I had no idea.

It was great getting a chance to talk with you! Hopefully we’ll get a chance to have you back on the show. You were such a kind and patient guest with my newbie podcaster fails.

Oh wow MERCS, I was just talking about how it disappeared the other day after I caught up on some Adepticon content from this year. My college had a board game club and we were able to host an official MERCS tournament at our campus. I got the CCC box for free at the club's paint and play event and that got me and my roommates into the game. version 1 definitely had its issues, but I loved the squad based skirmish style. It always reminded me a bit of the XCOM games in that way of small scale customizable guys

I'm really hoping to go next year. That dry brush palette is really interesting! I'm going to have to order one of those. I love drybrushing but it always looks dusty when i'm done so that sounds like a great solution.

I sure wish we had an event like this in Canada.

First time attendee at Adepticon this year and had an absolute blast. Such a positive experience and everyone just doing what they do in a great environment. Bought way too much stuff, but I can't help that. I will say it reinvigorated me and hopefully I can keep up the hobbying momentum after leaving the con.

Thanks Adam! Loved the coverage of terrain for steelrift/btech. Will also now check out the new combat patrol boxes!

32mmDeathPunch here. It was great to see you at the Con. I picked up SO much Steel Rift... I also played in a demo of the new Confrontation Continuum. Really excited about both.

"Because axes are cool." Axe sitting over the left shoulder in the shot.

As a Wisconsin man, it warms my heart to hear you say, "oh gosh!".

My trick for getting paint out of those hard plastic paint wells is to drop a glob of pva glue into the well and smearing it all around the inside. Give it a day to dry fully and then when you peel it out, it should pull up all the crusty paint with it. That silicon tray looks a lot easier and less goopy to use though. 😮

Some good looking stuff in your haul! I hope I can find some interesting stuff that I won't know I needed until I saw it when I go to Salute here in the UK next month!

That retail store in the back was chicagoland games also known as dice dojo. It's my FLGS, love that place.

Spoke with you briefly and mentioned how a video like this is what got me and my friends to go to Adepticon to begin with, nice meeting you!

Hey nice shirt! Was great to see you there! We can't say that we escaped without getting into a new game - we picked up the Middle-Earth SBG after playing a demo! -

I've used the DRD transfers on a couple 28mm buildings - they look pretty good. I've love it if they were slightly larger, but they do the job.

I know you are a gamer primarily and your painting focuses on getting painted models ready to play but there was so much I saw in your walk through geared toward display painters. Can you bring Sam, Vince or Scott to talk about that aspect? I moved to Arizona in 2017 and really miss living 30 minutes away from Adepticon rather than 2000 miles. I don't know if I will ever make it back. We did meet once and it was nice chat and I hope somewhat coherent as I signed up for WAAAAY to many painting classes and my brain was fried. Also, you showed amazing restraint. A very respectable haul none-the-less. Cheers!

I really enjoyed the stream you did walking around the show, checking out the booths. Thanks for doing that, it was great to see the show from that perspective. +1 for Steel Rift that game is the real deal. Ash Barker did a great job with that game.

10th Edition is going to come with Codex at some point. They are just doing it for free at the moment because they are changing the rules so much. But they have talked about codex in the community posts so I fully expect them to come out. Also the combat patrol is interesting but i wonder how they balance them. The Custodes box is nearly 1,000 points the guard is I dont believe is even 500 points they are at the extreme end. I like the idea I am curious how they will pan out I guess the list does not have to include all the units in the boxes ?

For those dollar store pallets, I just periodically soak mine in LAs Totally Awesome (usually in a batch after stripping some models to get one last use out of the dirty Awesome). Makes them good as new.

First time at adepticon, but I saw you in passing on Thursday! Couldn't get a ticket so I ended up volunteering to help with registration. Found some old Space Hulk terrain tiles at the bits guy I'm excited to use for Stargrave.

Love these loot videos you are making! Keep making those! It's a lovely way to learn about new stuff.

Did you ever go to the Hyatt where they had the historical, LOTR, SAGA and other historical-adjacent type of games? I'm in Phoenix and this was my first Adepticon and I had a great time. I didn't play, just attended some green stuff and GW painting classes. I did get a swag bag and bought plenty but I somehow missed those Mercs minis. I'm planning to go again next year but play some small skirmish game. Seeing the golden demon entries in-person really is an amazing experience.

The Turbo Dork silicone pallet was my top hobby purchase of 2022.

It was great meeting you at Adepticon! Hopefully will see you again at another convention!

Hey mate, great haul. Try soaking your plastic pallets in Simple Green. Peels the paint and wash right off. 👍

Adepticon was alot of fun. I am coming back next year for sure.

I have gotten pretty good results using the back of my left hand to do the prep step before dry brushing. FWIW

Awesome Booty!! It was great meeting you at Adepticon and with any luck I'll be seeing you again at TMX.

Try a thin layer of pva/white glue on your hard plastic paint pallets. When it is dry peel it off and the paint comes off with it it.

Those buildings are pretty cool, they'd work really well for the Battletech Alpha Strike skirmish stuff, no hexes needed. Set your points and go. Gonna have to check them out

Thanks for sharing and I saw a few thing I could use like that silcon dry pallet...

dude, that walker mech in the beginning is so killer! i wish id saw one. also, it makes me super happy to see you excited about 40k again! hopefully we can catch a game together some time. i enjoyed your haul, thanks for sharing.

Totally got a chance to chat a minute on Thursday and then again on Friday at the snarling badger meet and greet. So go to see you! Can't wait until the next convention I see you at.

I've been watching a bunch of your videos and have learned a lot from you. Thanks for all the info.

Tolgar split eye, the AOS model is a Dark Oath chieftain alternate sculpt so those are his war cry rules

Seems like Adepticon has become the premier miniatures convention in the USA. I never considered attending before, but now, I might.

I just got back into tabletop war gaming about 4 months ago. A lot of friends from the local store went to Adepticon as its only a few hours from us. I really should have gone. I’ll for sure be going next year.

Wonderful stuff! If all goes well I'll be with Ignition core games at adepticon next year. We've got an AWESOME (I think) mech game going strong.

It was great talking to you after the Heresy event on Thursday night. At least I think it was Thursday night. Long weekend.

I'd love to visit Adepticon some day. I hope when I do I'll have a little vendor stall selling my indie RPG/Tabletop stuff. But that's years away. Still, one can dream

I tend to lean toward Historical Miniature war-games. I have heard that this year there were more historicals present and that they plan to continue attending. Is there much for a historicals person at Adeptacon?

It was good to see you there. I said hi. But you where definitely on your way somewhere with arms full of equipment.

Adepticon was great! I picked up some Relic Blade and am looking forward to giving it a try.

I attended a convention a long time ago, don't remember the name in Marlboro MA. It may have been RPG only but I had a blast. I would love to go to Gencon, or Adepticon, I just never seem to plan for it.

Thanks for the video. Re: the walker; check out Gamma Wol es from Ash Barker. As soon as I get through my backlog I want to start working on frames.

Not sure how I missed the War Scenery booth. That was cool. Also picked up some Mercs. Combat Patrol has me curious, but we'll see. Nice to see you at the show.

Sadly our paths did not cross. Was there on Thursday picked up Giga Bash , Alot of Battletech , and alot of Orks. Was cool to run into Miniac , Ninjon , and Eons of Battle

I would love to get to Adepticon next year. Saving my duckets now.

It was wonderful to meet you at Adepticon! My Wiskullson shirt is on the way. That is valuable con advise. I passed on the soul shackle box at the GW booth thinking, "This is a really heavy box and I have a long day ahead of me. I will come back later and pick it up.". Then when I came back a few hours later they were all sold out. Lesson learned.

The outro now includes a full shot of the shirt! I love it! I was thinking more along the lines of just taking a step back once during the video, but your way works. 😎

Haven't gotten to go to Adepticon yet. Was signed up for the 4 player teams doubles tournament in 2020, started painting Dark Angels specifically for it but then it got cancelled. Definitely need to try and go next year.

I need to try this glossy mag for dry brushing stuff. I never thought of that before.

It was my first convention and will be a definite annual thing. My wife was awesome even though she's not into the hobby, next year my son will be with me. Picked up a stabilized wood plinth that I can't wait to figure out what I'm going to do with!! I got a chance to say high as I'm the goon that asked "permission" during "The Every Other Sunday" show and caught you in the hall later to do so. I felt like a total fan boy seeing you and all the guys there lol. I love how much representation Wisconsin and Minnesota have on this platform in the hobby.

Definitely enjoyed chatting with you briefly in the infinity area. I definitely came home with way too much stuff though 😅

Got to meet you at Adepticon and that was very cool. I'm fairly new to the hobby and really enjoy painting minis. Have not played any tabletop games so working on both Star Wars Legion & 40K terrain and minis to maybe play some games with my wife. Hope to attend your convention in June.

Thunderhead studio is also a miniature painter that streams on Twitch he also streams 3d modeling of the terrain and some mech miniatures

At least once in my life I’ll make the pilgrimage east to Adepticon.

Didn't make it to Adepticon, but looking forward to the NOVA Open here in DC.

if I'm ever in a position to be able to afford to go to Adepticon I will for sure, partly to meet and speak to my favourite youtubers and partly because I've only visited America once when my cousin lived just outside of L.A... and it was a rubbish holiday...not due to America, but do my cousin being a bit rubbish, as he is quite a successful fella in the video games industry he decided to try to make me more goal orientated etc and did stuff like lock me in a room for a day to listen to Tony Robbins self-help tapes and make notes that he could check... so basically the whole week sucked donkey dizzle and I was counting the days till I got home. I feel like America deserves a chance to prove it can be a fun place that's nothing like the weird ass experience I had with my cousin.

Great swag! I love the mech/tank. I'm interested in Combat Patrol myself. It's like they are wanting you to play Kill Team, but with the options of the entire range. Great video and glad you had fun. Also, thanks for broadcasting from the show. That made my Sunday.

I was able to go in 2019 and now in 2023. I didn't see you as I only went friday, but maybe next year? I'll have to wear my ork wicker hat!

Got to shake your hand on the last day of the event before I drove out. First adepticon for me. I had a few great finds but my best was scoring a Bayards revenge after much searching all weekend. Randomly in the eleventh hour someone at bitz trade had one and I got it in a very decent trade.

"it Is finer than the fine which is ..fine' this is the quote of the day!!

Hey Uncle Adam. It was great meeting you. I can't wait till next year

A white Pop It fidget toy makes a great, cheap, silicon palette.

This is where the Artis opus dampening pad is great. Seems a bit gadgety but it works really well. Applies.the right amount of water to the dry brush. Then you get a very smooth application.

I'm also eager to learn more about Combat Patrol. Looking forward to more content on that.

It was nice to actually see you again (twice) at Adepticon. I'm hesitant to get a Combat Patrol box until I can see how they plan to "balance " them as is. Currently they run from mid 300 to 600+ in points (power is gone now) and a dozen-ish to over double that in figure count. Hobby-wise I'd pick up the Deathwatch as well, but the so called "meta" watch always puts them consistently at the bottom.

It was cool seeing you there! You looked busy so I just said hello in passing. It was my first convention since Gamesday 2001 in Mississauga. Fantastic time. Bought a bunch of cardboard terrain from TinkerTurf. Grabbed a bunch of sealed Warhammer Fantasy product. The obligatory event GW miniatures. And dipped my toe into both Judge Dredd from Warlord and Fallout Wasteland Warfare. Meeting Andy Chambers and Gav Thorpe was also a bit mind blowing. I've already booked my hotel for next year.

Always wanted to go to Adepticon! But it always happened the same weekend another gaming convention I always went too.

Oh man, Mercs! I remember there was some interest in that game locally, then they dissapeared from stores and all talk of the game evaporated.

Great video as always. The guys at War Terrain are working with Tabletop Terrain to sell their 3D printed items in the US. It's a great convention without the hustle and bustle of Gencon.

Made it again this year. Looking next year to try and run an AoS Hobby Doubles event. We'll see how that gets off the ground for me :)

Oooh, MERCs always looked cool to me, would enjoy getting those when they release. Decided to borrow the Yellowjacket scheme for painting Tau

It was awesome to meet you at the convention Uncle Atom

We saw each other a lot, but never did find that moment to talk. Hopefully next year!!

I remember Mercs from back in the day, think I had a few of their minis. Nice scifi figs without being overly proportioned. Lots of good stuff in that haul, and will be googling for the main sites.

Looking forward to mercs making a comeback and I am also unexpectedly optimistic about 40k 10th edition. My hope is that the new combat patrols rules will lead to a new main game type for 1000 points and below with alternative list building and a robust ruleset that still offers the full 40k experience without being limited exclusively to the combat patrol boxes.