For those who haven't seen the thumbnail. I'm gonna say again right now, do not watch this video
It contains terrible footage and terrible audio and we're gonna do our best to try and edit it in a nice compelling way
But I promise you right now, this is not the video you wanna be watching after all
This is a hobby vlog and not the sort of thing that most people would typically watch when it comes to hobby youtubers
And whilst the camera footage itself isn't great. It's the order of it that makes this video so entirely chaotic
But that's kind of the point. If you weren't able to go to Adapter Con
then I wanna give you the real experience as to what it was like even behind the scenes
Because to be honest, this event isn't in order, it is chaos in the best ways possible
And there's a lot to go through on this journey. So let's just start at the beginning
So before I went, I decided I could not carry all my camera equipment all the way to Chicago and then around an event for
five days. So I swapped it for a gopro. That was a bad idea
Don't get me wrong. These cameras are great for action footage. They are action cams but for a cinematic vlog
Nah, not good at all. So on the Tuesday before the event
I got a lift to Ed's house and Ed is one of the artist opus guys who was working the booth with us
And he's the only other guy in our group who lived in Nottingham Ed. And I then got a lift to Byron's house who you'll
know from the artist opus videos. Here, we met up with Charlie
the four of us then squares ourselves and bags into the back of a taxi and headed off to Manchester Airport where we met up
with Rick and al went through security where I got my bag stopped twice
had a little bit of breakfast and then waited for the plane. Now, I'm not the best flyer at the best of times
So I was a little bit put out when I noticed we were flying in this
And whilst the logical part of my brain was convinced it will be sound
My anxiety self had seen too many episodes of duck tales to think of anything else
But it gave me the opportunity to create this gorgeous time lapse. And that's a good thing because whilst I was distracted doing this
it meant I didn't have as much time to be absolutely petrified that we were so far off the ground
We're in a plane where I could see its propellers. So we landed in Dublin for our connecting flight
I had a pint of Guinness because that's something that I wanted to tick off my bucket list while in Ireland
you know, and then we waited for the next plane, which I was happy to see this time had the propeller on the inside of
something. Unfortunately, though, this time after much mocking about it turns out my camera assistant was unable to attach the GoPro mount to the window
of the plane. So we couldn't get a time lapse this time. So instead I did a time lapse of my face so you could
see the experience I had on the plane. And I also got sat next to this wonderful person who was from Chicago and was able
to explain to me all of the places we should go. And this also allows me to explain to you guys who we are and
exactly what we're doing. So my name's Ross and you're watching F Hammer videos
So we're all nerds. Uh and we paint little toy soldiers. Um And that man over there is the boss and he's fine as out
there to teach other people how to paint little toy soldiers or well show people how to paint toy soldiers with his brushes that he
invented. So, whereas I, I kind of work independently, but for the week I'm working for them and it gets me
me at least three flights to Chicago and I'm not gonna say no to that because I've heard Chicago's amazing
What do you think of the place? Never been? I've been to the States
Um, well, I've never been anywhere good but I've only ever been so now you know what we're doing and why I'm there and no
I don't work for artist opus. Ok. Fair enough. I did this week but I'm not
I'm not an employee anyway, on with the adventure. And so we landed
grabbed our cases, one quick train ride and a taxi ride to the nearest Holiday Inn had a quick game of magic and a pizza
and then it was off to bed and ready for tomorrow, which was Wednesday the day we all set it up
So the next day I slept in until 10 a.m. because I was exhausted and I say 10 a.m. it was actually 5 a.m. local
time. 10 a.m. was the UK time. So I was up incredibly, which meant I was able to get a wash shower
pick out an awesome shirt and get ready for a De Toon where
Well, I've done conventions before, but I actually got to see the set up and all this behind the scene on the way in
I met Greg from Turbo do who, well, he was the only person to have his booth mostly set up already
And if you don't know Turbo Dork, checked them out they have some of the most gorgeous paints in the entire miniature painting community
And he also has some cool hats, including that one right there with the Blue Peak on it that I desperately wanted
but never got back to him in time and he sold out of boo and our job was to get the artist booth set up
So there were tables we could just go and help ourselves to in the convention hall and we covered them in a black cloth
But then the entire day was spent going through every single one of the ship boxes to check that every brush was in the correct
place in every box. There were tons of boxers. This was fun
Thank you for this Byron. It was a great time at the convention and it was only after I helped doing this that I realized
hang on a minute, you're not paying me. I'm not an employee. I should be going around schmoozing with all the other people there and
all the other vendors and trying to get contact with the blog. But hey, if you're turning up with a bunch of guys
then put the work in. And I did get some time to walk around and speak to different people and I wanted to try and
showcase everybody who was there off this video, but there was just so much
However, I did get to take some selfies with some of the most known miniature painting hobbyists out there
people like, hello guys. Welcome back to Nachos Maker. And that's right
Marco finally confirmed that what he says on his videos is Nachos Maker and he wasn't the only one I met Brent from Goer
Town, hobbies, Rob from Spiky Bits and Dave from mini war gaming who was showing off the awesome ravaged star models and even what's coming
next from this incredible range and Games workshop were obviously there and had the biggest load of stock I have ever seen that was outside
of Warhammer World. This is possibly one of the biggest stores they've ever built
And it was a pop up store inside a convention. As I checked back in with the guys
I had a look round and they seemed happy that I'd kept out of their way considering they know how to set up a retail
space. And I don't and I thought at the end of our day it'd be a great time to have a walk round and show
you what everything looks like before the chaos begins. Tomorrow. A few places were still setting up
But then as I was coming up the final aisle, I got collared once again by Dave who was almost set up with his booth
and wanted to show me the new ravage Star line. It was so awesome to finally see
see these minis in the retail box. I've had hands on with the production models
but to see just how much you get in a single box is absolutely incredible
And when they're all laid out on the table, whoa, it literally blows you away with just how much they've got here and how much
detail goes into every single one. And I also got some insight into the next round of models which you can see more info on
by following this QR code on screen. And I also got a quiet conversation off to the side about what's gonna be happening in the
future for many war gaming. And well, I don't know if I'm allowed to talk about any of it
but for me and what sort of things I cover on this channel? Put it this way
I'm super excited for
me though. The highlight of the week was sitting down with beginner painters
You know, the people who haven't quite gone into pro level painting and going through some basic techniques that can really help to evolve what
they're doing in their painting. And if it brings more enjoyment to them
then you never know with just a few more steps, people like this can go on to one day become Golden demon or even Slayer
sword winners. So if you're ever at an event, then don't be afraid to just walk over a nosy at something
We were breaking the ice for people just making sure we were looking at them in the eye and saying hi or saying
do you have any questions because at least then people don't get so nervous
It is the sort of convention where a lot of us, especially myself, even
I'm normally very much of an introvert. But when I know when I'm confident enough and I'm talking about something I understand
then I don't mind so much. So if you're a bit scared and a bit nervous then just pop over and we'll do most of
the effort for you and then feel free to ask whatever you want because we were there purely to try and help people understand these
brushes and the technique that you can apply with them. A few more booths
you should check out. I stopped in with Journeyman miniatures because they were close by and they have some absolutely fantastic sculpts
incredible paint jobs, some of which were commissioned. But if you're looking for an interesting and different next project
they've got a range of sizes with some of their incredible models
And I also checked in with monument hobbies and I've done a video for their paint range in the past
But if you've not tried them before, then I definitely recommend you try out the pro aal paint
especially for beginners because they are so consistent and so forgiving. If you want one coat paints
then these are the paints that Citadel base colors wish they were
These are incredibly intense. They're not the best for dry brushing just because they're a bit matte
but definitely check out monument, hobbies, paints. And I also wanna give a shout out to Chef Ping for feeding us that evening and the
portion sizes are way too big. I could not finish a quarter of it
But thanks. Anyway, it was fantastic. So Friday and I decided to sleep in till 7 a.m. Well
I say decided my body clock decided to and finally, we're getting somewhere with our actual sleep pattern
So we went off to the event only to find that people were actually queuing outside the doors before we even got there
Woohoo. And I finally saw some cosplay on show. There was some at the event
Not much but what was there was top quality. So it was fantastic to see actual space marines and various other monsters walking about
And I fully intended to go back and get my turbo dog hat alas. When I got to it
it had gone. And I also got to check out the King of Ruin Bus by creature caster
Another company that you've got to check out. Their models are also just incredible sculpts with unrivaled detail
And I really wanted to take one of these home from the event, but unfortunately
I A didn't have time and B had run out of money because I spent everything on food
But I did manage to get a good video of everything that was in the vendors hall
There were more than a few halls at the event. You can see the vendor hall here
And it actually surprised me on day one because I got there and I thought everybody raves about Adon
but it's tiny and well, it was only tiny until these two walls at the side were pulled back to reveal gaming halls each side
of the event. And that was only one room. There were also three rooms upstairs taken up with gaming and two more downstairs along the
corridor along with other vendors which spilled out into the corridor. This was an entire hotel slash convention center taken up completely with
war gaming and hobby events. We do not have anything that comes close to this in the UK and we are in desperate and sore
need of it, especially with Games workshop and so many other miniature companies coming out of Nottingham
Why do we not have a convention to this scale in the UK or even Europe
Speaking of War Hammer, I did manage to finally check out their booth now, it was fully stocked and they had tons of things in
there. This was a huge Warhammer store with stock coming out of their eyeballs
And as I looked around, there were loads of things. There was the event exclusive commissar which I'm sure you can pick up in the
UK at the next event, which was Warhammer Fest. And they also had some cool helmets on display in what looked like IKEA detto cabinets
that everybody loves for their miniatures. They had a really nice display of incredibly well painted miniatures and they also had a huge and open
diorama where you could actually see and quite literally physically look directly at all the models battling it out on a table top
This room was absolutely full of wham hobbyists and we actually taken over by some of the spiky bits crew for one of their competitions
later that evening and they had, I think it was like 8 to 10 or even more hours of solid back to back games with
an awards ceremony at the end. And that was again, it was just one event of the numerous events that are happening throughout the whole
convention. But 10 o'clock and the floodgates opened and I could repeat what we did the previous day
But once again, it was just dry brushing, but I have to say hats off to the guys from art Opus and Ed Charlie Al
Rick, you guys were absolutely fantastic and making sure all throughout the day
everybody who came over with any kind of buying question or anything like that
picking it up, getting things ready for people, helping me and me and Byron
you know, at no point were we thirsty? So I wanna say thank you and especially
you know, Rick, you're a great guy and thank you for taking care of the talent and knowing your place that sounded rude
It's an in joke because he was saying you had the talent all week thinking yes Mr Famer, but now I kind of wanna make
him look like a fool. So you deserve that. Rick in a nice lud love L way
And I also got to meet up with a friend of my mate of mine, Chris spots also known as the spotted painter
incredibly talented painter who I met by having a fall out with online
And ever since then we've got on really well. So to actually see him in the flesh was great
I also stopped in with Ross from Sela Fair to make a little skit for Rob
who's one of our writers at F Hammer blog, Sela Fair are the guys behind Gloom Haven and Frost Haven
And I could show you their store, but it's Gloom Haven and Frost Haven. So you know what it is
you've probably bought it already. If you want it. If not, then go buy it
It's huge. And it wasn't just beginners that came over to the booth
We had some expert tier painters pop over and without endorsing things on their behalf
I was listening to them genuinely saying how impressed they were with the technique and with the brushes themselves for both the S range and
the M range of art opus brushes. And at the end of each day
we managed to go through a little bit of a debrief where I was able to interrogate Byron for much more of his advanced techniques
with the hall clear though. It gave me the opportunity to test out some of the gopro's advanced features like ultra slow mo mode
And with a huge thanks to our stuntman here, Ed, who managed to make a video sequence better than anything seen in the Great escape
And I'm sure he's glad to see that all of his time spent on a movie career was not put to waste and that this
isn't embarrassing footage at all. And whilst the guys went to lunch that evening for some kind of weird pizza that was baked in a
pie crust where the tomato was like an inch thick. Sorry. But that sounds disgusting to me
I took some time to have a look around some of the stalls outside of the vendors hall and even have a quick look at
the Golden Demon event entries that had gone in so far and
there was a ton of action going off in one of the gaming halls. And I've got to admit, I don't know what was going
off in most of the halls, but this seemed to be run by most of the crew that was spiky bits
I mean, you can see Rob there along with the other guys and these guys had hours of gaming going on throughout the day and
you even had various people turning up in teams, some of them costumes, some of them not
but just seeing the energy from these guys just ripping their shirts off when an award got announced was honestly something to behold
And the reason you go to these events for community is just insane
If I was to liken this to anything outside of the hobby sphere that you could relate to
then I would say this adept con is our equivalent of a World Cup final
But now was my time off the clock and we actually had a meet up organized for anybody in the Warhammer community team
So it was great to finally sort of rub shoulders and take pictures with these guys and get to know them as people rather than
their personalities online. And I've got to say everyone was so great in person just like you would expect them to be
And then it was onto Saturday and nothing prepared me for the insanity of this despite me realizing
Oh, yeah, hang on a minute. Most people would still be at work and would either have a four day adept compas or a weekend
pass or just a Saturday pass because that's the most convenient day for everybody to get to an event
And wow, there was a lot of people. So if you were there on Saturday
chances are you're in this video. So
once again, we got our demo on and unsurprisingly, a lot of more people wanted the demo from Byron rather than me
Let's be fair. He's the one that's been on the youtube channel all this time. I'm just there as the help
But I did manage to see my friends from the goblins Hut who are the US distributor for the Dirty Down Paint
You know, these paints. Once again, I've reviewed them previously. Everyone talked about them
They are some of the most fantastic weathering paints you can get out there and supporting these guys was also Maverick from Mavericks paints
You'll know him online because he's done some of the most awesomely destroyed space marines that you will ever see
So if you want awesome roast or you want disgusting space marines, check out the goblins hut and the ma and also Mavericks paints and
here's another shot of that king of ruin this time with paint and Gore right on him
This is exactly why I wanted to paint that model nearby
There was also pop goes, the monkey who makes some awesome 3d printed components for various war games features
And if you like a little bit extra like I do in your space marines or other miniatures
then go and check these guys out cos they do a ton of custom pieces for customizing your army exactly the way you like it
And this to me, I know I've got a war hammer channel. I've also got a 3D printing channel
but this to me is where they perfectly blend is having that ability now to fully customize your army
And this is the sort of thing I am in full support of. Oh
and it also started snowing. That was fun. A quick walk past the painting area and you could actually see people live streaming direct from
the event. Painting some of the most incredible models I've ever seen in this chaos is an absolute amazing accomplishment
I'd be distracted every two minutes while I was painting. During this event, I was distracted every two minutes just talking to people about their
hobby and living vicariously through their purchases. Cos I rarely had time to make any
But watching these guys actually sit and do a live stream whilst at the event with people walking past and people like me asking questions
It's absolutely incredible. So well done guys. This was awesome to see and I couldn't help but give a huge shout out to brush for
hire again. You can check out brush for hire online. They painted this incredible Tenjin dryer armor
I've 3d printed Tenjin myself, one of the most amazing sculpts you can print
And that's why Black Forge Games. I love Black Forge Games. But seeing this model printed with the display base and painted
this was huge. I saw him carrying it through the door and I literally followed him like an excited puppy saying
take it out of the box, take it out of the box. But I've wanted to see something of this quality done for so long
And boy, has he done it justice with one of the most unique color schemes that I could not even consider or even think it
would have worked. But actually, as he pointed out to me, he gets a lot of inspiration from nature
So, yeah, definitely go and check that out. And thanks so much for uh for taking the time to speak with me and take that
out of the box and show me. It was incredible. I also got some more selfies such as this one with Darcy from Darcy Bono
creations and Scott the miniature Maniac. And then I got my first submission for the D face my Face competition
And I feel like I'm gonna need to explain this one so really quick
nobody wants to watch videos about a convention because, well, if you cared enough
you were there or you watched it online or you don't care enough that you want to watch it online because it'll just upset you
that you weren't there. So I wanted to make a different kind of video and that video was going to be called
I gave head to 1000 hobbyists. You get the joke and the reference
right? Well, as, as soon as I got to the event and the first person I met was actually Brent from Goober Town hobbies
I was excitedly talking at him saying, oh, yeah, this is my idea and maybe Brent wasn't the right audience
but his sort of reaction gave me the feeling that I might wanna reconsider this because I don't know
perhaps the American audience might find that crass and a bit repulsive
So instead I decided to just get nervous and cower like a dog and not do it
So I didn't give out many of the heads but anyone who asked about them because I left the bag out all day on the
artist's opus booth. So anyone I was doing a demo to who asked about them was given a free handful of heads
And I told everyone, hey, if you paint it and submit it before the end of the event doesn't need to be attached to a
model, whoever's done the best one will win the grand prize. And I hadn't at any point decided what that prize was going to be
But anyway, one guy called Kyle, awesome guy painted one up, stuck it on top of this model's head and brought it back to me
as a submission. So, so far, other than the guys at the artist Opus booth who were disqualified for being professionally related to the organizer
of said competition. This was the best one that had been submitted so far when that day was done
We also had a quick look over another gaming hall. Yes, another gaming hall
There were about five of these and we had a look at some of the cool display bases that people have brought their models in
on. And yeah, people aren't just bringing in their armies in boxes. They are taking things seriously with some of the most incredible display bases
I have ever seen things from ST together pieces of scenic card all the way up to complete mountain tops where you've got a four
person group of people or a team working together to go absolutely crazy showing off a display base just to bring their miniatures
in on. Unfortunately, I didn't get any footage with the army laid out on it
but I'm sure you can agree. This one is absolutely insane. And
then finally to finish the day off, I decided to go up and have a look at the Golden Demon submissions that had all been
put in the cabinet. And it was at this point that I actually realized that my iphone was a much better camera than my gopro
which is why a lot of these shots are better than the rubbish from the rest of the video
And you've actually got call effects like depth of field that's really useful because it lets you focus on the subject that I'm talking about
Nevertheless, though, unfortunately, it was a little bit tight around the booths
It was absolutely huge and there were loads of submissions. We've still got the benefit this year of the two years of lockdown preventing events
and competitions like this. So those people who've been working on those pieces on all the individual models for maybe 23 years plus the TLDR
is that the competition was strong and there were so many things in these booths that in any previous years would have placed in the
top three that unfortunately didn't get a mention in any of those spots purely because of all the other models that were there now
Golden Demon. It's a bit of a weird beast, or at least it is to me, like I went there with not really any understanding
of how it works. I've been to Golden Demon before and as much as I can tell you is
you know, I'm quite simple and basic, I'll look at a model and go wow
that's really impressive because pretty much everything in the cabinet was far beyond my own skill level
And there's nothing online that really explains like what the standards are being looked for in order to achieve something that even goes into the
finalist consideration. There were a lot of pieces here that were visually more appealing to me than some of the winners just because of the
color scheme. But because certain things weren't done, it meant that those models wouldn't even get a look in
And it really could do with having a much better explanation online because the only way you can really understand what it takes to achieve
A golden demon seems to be by speaking to other painters on or by going on the uh Golden Demon Compendium website because that does
a much better job than Games workshop do of explaining their own competition
And while some people are entering this competition with a few joke entries just to get attention and make people laugh like giant Titanius Cakes
That is very funny and it was a really cool paint job. There are people going in here with trying their best and not even
understanding why they didn't get any kind of finalist pin or feedback
But it seems to be the lack of sharing around of what a technically good paint job is
At the end of the day, this is a painting competition and that doesn't mean that you can't use certain special effects paints
But if those special effects paints are used solely in isolation without any additional paint going around them
then those sort of things are probably easily looked away from by the judges because of the fact that they've used a paint rather than
used paint to get that certain technique. So this isn't really using non metallic metal instead of metal when it goes on to a model
But if you are gonna use an NMM technique, then people are gonna look at that or the judges are gonna look at that and
they're gonna look for perfectly smooth blends. If you can see the singles or smallest of line or layer mark in anything
then that's gonna be an instant note, there are better paint jobs out there when the final day came
I've got to admit I was on a bit of a low at this point, it had been a few days
My throat was hurting. We knew that we were traveling straight from the convention to the airport to come home
So it was a long day ahead. And I'll be honest, I was sad to be leaving
I did get a chance to check out a couple of final booths. But the highlight of the day was the fact that we had
Sergio Calvo join us and actually go through the technique with Byron because as he said
beforehand, he hadn't dry brushed since he was 12. Sergio had been doing a demo over at the Journeyman miniatures booth showing some of his
techniques and suffice to say dry brushing is commonly seen as a cheat technique or just a little bit hobby
Cheating to get blends and edge highlights on fast. So to get somebody of this expert level over and talking to us was an achievement
in itself. Sunday was a much quieter day for demos. So I took some time and picked up one of these Nico Galaxy models of
this cyberpunk biker and just sat painting it with the dry brush techniques
I'd learned from Byron to give it an overall shade, but really, I was just having an excuse to sit there to listen to Byron
the master of drive brushing and Sergio Calvo, a master of painting anything
talk about painting miniatures and their techniques and use and application of color just to try and glean as much as I possibly could from
these two absolute masters of our love and interest in this hobby
And I think Sergio was enjoying himself too. At least it looked like he did
I like to hope it took him back to a simpler time when he was 12 years old
I checked out some people going and collecting their golden demon entries with the judging now complete and everything had been photographed and the Slayer
sword was out there ready to check out. And thankfully no one picked it up and started swinging it round and
some of these models for collection were absolutely huge as somebody who's terrified to even accept a hold of their baby nephew who was just
born. I certainly don't envy the job of these guys who have to move these models around all day
In some cases, your painted models might be worth it more to you than my own kids are to me
And before we go on to the final part of the video, which is the Golden Demon ceremony
we need to talk about the most exclusive painting competition that was at this entire event
So exclusive, hardly anybody knew about it. So here is the closing ceremony with the winning finalist for deface my face
2023. This is Jeff Terry Andy Jack Kevin. You want me to say that
I don't? 00 OK. So I think I might have called you
Um I don't know why I called you. Ok. Well, I've just changed my mind about what's about to happen has just
changed. So, yeah, so Kyle, in the face my face competition, I never told anyone what the prize was and here you go
He's got himself a set of series. I hope it works out because I uh super poor right now
I need the paperwork and my brushes are one with this terrible
terrible that I'll show on the screen at the moment. But you know
by default. So next year, if I'm here more of you need to enter, that's all I can say so or don't and I will
win the next set that I need. You're disqualified next year. So thanks. Anyway
see you guys next time out. Say bye. Thanks for bye and
just a couple more things cos it wouldn't be a F hammer video without talking about 3D printing
I did stop in and check out the co a booth and these guys are making mass production of miniatures accessible to the masses really
And they announced this week that they've partnered with Amer Labs to release an exclusive high temperature resistant
highly detailed resin specifically to work with their production process. And I also stopped in with DTR who was showing off one of their industrial
grade D LP printers. And for anyone who says that D LP or resolution is really terrible
Well, you got production quality parts off this at only 58 microns xy resolution
And these printers do various things that your home grade printer will not do
And this creates production parts that you can literally just snap off a build plate
They do towered components and they also have details sharper than anything I have ever seen from any of my own printers like teeth
tiny little needle like teeth just are supported and snap off the support instantly just because of how this printer works
I wanna go and speak to these guys more. That means a fly over to Holland
So please like this video and share it with your friends and all my other videos so I can get some of that decent youtube
bank and fly over there to tell you more about the future of 3D printing
So Golden Demon time and I wanted to check this out because the queue for golden Demon was the length of the hotel and it
also bent around a stairwell because it was absolutely huge. Almost everybody at this event wanted to be in this room to see the
closing ceremony and I don't blame them because when that final Slayer sword was lifted
we almost took the roof off the building. The
energy in this room was absolutely something to behold. And I can't do it justice
I can't explain it. Like if you haven't been to a golden demon painting competition and you love painting
then you need to be here and just see these gods amongst painters
just the energy they have. And some would go up and scream and shout and say
hey, I was here. This was me. I did that. Oh my God. And then others would just go up and quietly accept the award
and graciously nod and go back. But what was really great to see is that even though people who were competitors and had entered the
same category for something were still celebrating and cheering each other when their friend or maybe just somebody they know and they'd seen their
model. They would go. Yeah, well done to you and absolutely hats off to say yes
you did this, you achieved it. You did better than me. And I'm not even bothered
I'm just so happy for you. And despite the fact that these guys are competitors
they all just love what they're achieving together. Wow. Just, wow. What other competitions do you
get this amount of just care for your fellow? Honestly? Well done to everybody
Absolutely amazing. I hope you can hear it even now through a croaky voice that's ruined through four days of constant talking
I could feel for these guys. I could genuinely feel the excitement
I was excited for every single one of them but nothing. Absolutely nothing could top that moment when the Slayer Sword
winner was announced and we were all told when we announced the name do not speak
do not have a reaction. Just wait until the sword is collected and the cheer is only allowed to go up when the winner selects
the Slayer sword and raises it above their head. And I'm watching back now and I've still
even now I've got chills just remembering the moment the shock on his face
the emotions going through him. This was literally all he could not believe this was happening
And this was a guy who came and sat with us over at the booth like two out of the three days and shared how
nervous he was that he would even place in the competition. And if you're watching this
you've seen the model already. It was entered in the 2022 category for Diorama
He intended to enter it always intended to enter it in single miniature
But when he got to the 2022 UK Golden Demon, it was suggested to him that because the base is so large
he needs to enter it into diorama. So with that feedback because it didn't place last year
he was able to take it back, refine it, add some more detail to it and make the base a bit smaller so it could
go in what it was always meant to be in, always intended to be in
And the universe wanted it in single miniature because this single miniature took home the 2023 Us Slayer sword
well done. Neil. You absolutely deserve this moment. And
after all that for us. It was a case of leg it to the taxi because we had a flight to catch
But looking back, adept Toon was an experience that I'd never wanna give up and I would encourage everyone to make it to
Yeah, for people in the UK, it's expensive to fly out there but we have nothing like this
It was room upon room of gaming event. It was vendors from every corner of the earth
You could easily just walk down a corridor and rub shoulders and say hi with some of the community's biggest youtubers
names celebrities, God tier painters, everybody and everything. Was there anything you could possibly wish for or possibly imagine
was at this event? Were you if you were and you were in this video
Let me know down in the comments. Thanks for watching. I really do appreciate you doing this
And if you've seen any of my other content, then you'll know this is not up to the quality that that was
But I wanted to just do my part and say I was there. I was there at ad decon 2023
I was there helping people to dry brush. I was there getting to meet some of the most popular people
I was there in the snow. I was there next to a giant Space Marine
I was there buying things. I was there listening to God tear painters
try out artist opus brushes and explain in detail. How they paint to such an incredible quality
And I was there when Neil Hollis took the 2023 Us Slayer sword
Yeah, I'm proud. I was there and whether artist opus invite me or not
I'll be there again next year. Cos now that I've been, I never wanna miss it again
So make sure you're there and you enter to face my face 2023
The most exclusive competition in adept con history that isn't officially sanctioned or supported by anyone
And depending on how much money I have at the time, you might win a set of brushes
So thanks to you for watching and thanks to our patrons, but the biggest thanks has to go to artist opus without them
I would never have been at this event. So thank you for inviting me and thank you for letting me sit with you Byron and
learn from you for four days solid. And thank you for having faith in me that I I could deliver to the quality you expected
in my own explanation and my own painting. I'm quite proud of what I've learned and I'm proud of the way I use your brushes
and what I've learned from them. So thanks again for taking that risk and inviting someone like me to an event like this to represent
your brand. Honestly, man, can't thank you enough until next time Fo Hummer out