Games Workshop is opening a new store in Olney, Maryland and yours truly has been invited to help celebrate the event. For the many Bell Of Lost Souls readers who have been kind enough to ask about my conversion and painting work and who may be around the Maryland area in about two weeks, I will be available for conversion and painting advice and to just chat about the hobby for most of the day at the new Olney GW store on Saturday, December 20. Details and the exact times are still to be worked out. I will provide an update here with more details as the opening day for the store draws closer and more details are finalized.
There's a good chance I will be building a Brass Scorpion conversion that day for the new store to paint and use in their store armies. Anyone who wants to build their own Brass Scorpion along with me is welcome to bring their Defiler kits and other bits they wish to use and join in the fun. I'll be available to answer questions as needed. The store should have plenty of Defiler kits on hand for sale to any converters who wish to build their own super-heavy daemon engines. I can also talk about painting or whatever other conversion projects people wish from smaller items like simple troopers all the way up to massive super-heavies like my new Tower of Skulls shown below.
If you believe you can make it to the new store on Dec. 20 and have a certain model or army of mine you wish to see, post your requests in the comments below here on BoLS and I'll see what I can do. Space in my car and at the store have their limitations, but I'll try to bring what is feasible and I'll also make an effort to give priority to a few items people wish to see the most. I can't make any promises on what I can bring, but I'll see what I can do once I have more details on the event.
Here is the address of the new Games Workshop store:
Games Workshop
18157 Village Center Drive
Olney, Maryland 20832
Here's a Brass Scorpion conversion builder's list of essential and helpful materials and tools:
Supply List
- Essential models: 2 Chaos Defiler kits
- Additional optional model kits: Empire Volley Gun/Rocket Battery or any GW plastic kit with a suitably impressive big gun or multiple guns to use as a Scorpion Cannon, such as multiple assault cannons from the Ravenwing sprue, plastic lascannons, etc. Otherwise, use the 4 autocannons you get in 2 Defiler kits.
- Additional helpful "bitz" from the Imperial Guard Tank Accessory sprue: dozer blade mounting piece (roughly U-shaped bit), storage box (with eagle on it) or plastic oil drum or other suitable “ammo box” for the Scorpion Cannon.
Essential supplies and tools
- Plastic glue
- Flush cutters (clippers)
- Modeling/hobby saw (sometimes called a razor saw)
- Modeling knife
Also extremely helpful
- Super glue
- Pin vise or other hobby drill with drill bit
- Metal rod or wire that matches the diameter of the drill bit being used. This is to pin the tail on the model without gluing it if you wish the tail to be removable
Please check back here next week for more details on the Olney store opening and the December 20 event. Maybe I'll see a few of you there. In the meantime, keep assembling and painting those models!
