Adepticon 2018: Wrap Up and Joe’s Corner
By Joe Lewis
Schaumburg, IL – AdeptiCon has grown consistently over the past sixteen years, from the humble 110 person event in 2002, to the amazing 4,500 attendees AdeptiCon hosted in 2018. Over these sixteen years, AdeptiCon has been held at five different venues. They have expanded from a handful of events to well over 460 tournaments, event games, and hobby seminars covering all aspects of the miniature war gaming hobby.
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Over the last seven years, the Crystal Brush painting contest takes place at AdeptiCon. The contest’s sponsor, CoolMiniOrNot, along with its convention host, AdeptiCon, are making the Crystal Brush Awards a global arena for the world’s best miniature artists to display their talent. The entries are works of art. The top three highest scorers in each of the 7 standard categories will receive a Crystal Brush trophy. Each trophy is made of cut lead crystal and tipped with the appropriate place color (gold, silver, or bronze). Gold winners in each category will also receive a cash prize of $200.
The top three overall winners will each receive a cash prize of $10,000, $2,000, and $1,000 respectively. The organizers claim that these are the most valuable awards in the miniature painting world today!
Check out this years and past years entries (and winners) at the Crystal Brush’s site – www.crystalbrush.com
Being one of my must go conventions, this was my 8th. I had the chance to played in both the Team Yankee Tournament and in Flames of War Mid-War Nationals. When it was all over, I had the pleasure to sit down with the Tournament Organizers David Griffin of Battlefront and Chuck Hiner of the Screaming Eagles.
2018 Flames of Mid-War War Nationals Results
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2018 Adepticon Team Yankee Results
Position | Name | Army | Score | Icons |
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1 | Keith Gilmour | United Kingdom | 93.00 | |
2 | Leo Colon | East German | 89.12 | |
3 | Andrew Hopson | United Kingdom | 85.25 | |
4 | Michael Henry | East German | 81.38 | Best Army |
5 | Joe Lewis | West German | 77.50 | |
6 | Jim McKinney | United States | 73.62 | |
6 | Jason Hobbs | West German | 73.62 | |
6 | Chris Fretts | United Kingdom | 73.62 | |
9 | David Vigor | United States | 62.00 | |
10 | Tom Burgess | USSR | 58.12 | |
11 | Robert Klemic | United Kingdom | 54.25 | |
12 | George Takacs | United Kingdom | 50.38 | |
13 | Paul Devolpi | USSR | 46.50 | |
14 | Jeff Cohen | United States | 42.62 | |
15 | Jerry Lane | West German | 38.75 | |
15 | Timothy Stone | West German | 38.75 | |
15 | Jonathan Tinio | Ussr | 38.75 | |
15 | Brendgol Majewski | East German | 38.75 | |
19 | Matt Triak | West German | 23.25 | |
19 | Julius Paala | United States | 23.25 | |
21 | Patrick Barkuloo | USSR | 15.50 | |
21 | Brian Sherry | USSR | 15.50 | |
23 | Craig Gaddis | United States | 7.75 | |
23 | Bryan Lada | United States | 7.75 |
More information on AdeptiCon can be found at www.adepticon.org.
The next Adepticon will be on March 27th – 31st, 2019 at Renaissance Schaumburg Convention Center Hotel.
See you next year.