Invasion 2015 – Open Weekend Live Blog!
This Saturday I'm going to be at the Invasion 2015 event from Hawk Wargames for Dropzone Commander down in Croydon! As well as the tournament there's going to be the open day too showing off a whole bunch of new miniatures (we hope!) and more...
We've been seeing new faction models popping up online through their newsletter for a few weeks now and the amount of scenario based terrain they've added to the game has grown. It should be great to see!
As well as loads of images we're going to try and get some cool video and interviews recorded with some of the Hawk Wargames team for you as the day unfolds.
Keep an eye out on the website throughout the day and we'll bring you a whole bunch of awesome content from this great event!
Blogging At This Event:
"MY MISSION... TO BRING THE BEST AND BRIGHTEST FROM INVASION 2015!"
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Checking Out Some Cool Art!
Some great artwork by Patrice. You'll notice a lot of new species in there and some very cool looking troops for the future. There is a LOT more coming your way for Dropzone Commander so keep an eye out.
"My favourite army to illustrate is of course the Scourge! Everybody loves a baddie!"
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"Look out for ships as we talk about the mechanics of our space-based game at Salute 2015!"
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First Round Chat - Zak & Krystyna!
Warren may remember Zak from his Invasion escapades!
Scurrying Around A Wasteland Board!
I take a look at one of the show boards for the event where the Hawk Wargames team have put a lot of effort into making an overgrown and hostile looking landscape with a haunting beauty to it...
"Currently getting some videos with Dave ready so watch out for a run down on the new models!"
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Taking A Look At The Shaltari Gharial
I talk to Dave about one of the new painted miniatures, the Gharial for the Shaltari.
Special Characters!
A few snaps of the special characters you will have seen from the advent calender that Hawk Wargames ran over December. Which of these has caught your attention?
Taking A Look At The Scourge Oppressor!
Oppressor by name, Oppressor by nature. This is an insanely detailed kit and once you get a load of the underside you'll see why.
Ed's TRON PHR - Best Painted? I Reckon So!
My certain pick for best painted of the tournament for Invasion 2015. It's hard to say no to the PHR and that awesome glowing blue TRON paint scheme! http://dzcblog.blogspot.co.uk/
Taking A Look At The UCM Phoenix!
One hell of a miniature that really elevates the UCM to greatness. Might I be cured of my PHR addiction?
The Four Big Guys & One Hell Of A Drill!
You'll see the interview concerning the Nemesis soon and more on that BIG drill but for now here are all the new pieces for you to take a look at...
Patrice Answers The Immortal Question...
Which faction is his favourite from Dropzone Commander!
Getting To Know Team Sweden!
These guys were over from the North of Europe to kick some butt at Invasion 2015 and they were an awesome bunch!
Taking A Look At The PHR Nemesis!
We take a look at the final addition to the new line-up of vehicles we saw at Invasion 2015 with the Nemesis for the PHR!
"More videos to come so keep an eye out!"
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Ed Talks About His Awesome TRON PHR Army!
I sat down for a bit with Ed to talk about his rather cool looking TRON based PHR army for Dropzone Commander...
The Special Characters Of Dropzone Commander!
These guys are specifically designed for scenario based play away from tournaments and are awesome on the battlefield!
What's Ahead For Dropzone Commander?
I take some more time to chat with Dave about what's coming in the future and discuss some of the artwork we're seeing from Patrice with him...
That's A Wrap Folks!
Ok so that's the end of this Live Blog from Invasion 2015 for us. The event is still going on tomorrow on Sunday down in Croydon and if you have the time to go check out the new miniatures and talk with Dave and the guys from Hawk Wargames I really suggest you do. It's free to just have a look around so don't pass it up...
Croydon Conference Centre,
Folly’s End,
5-9 Surrey Street,
Croydon,
Surrey,
CR0 1RG
Good luck to all of the competitors and it's a healthy and vibrant community there that will no doubt build over the next few months.
Bring on the DZC Boot Camp so we and our visitors can get stuck in!
The blog system looks good looking forward to seeing the rest of what you find in Croydon
have fun everybody that go’s.
The new live blog system is a great idea……very slick!!
Really looking forward to this weekend’s reports and updates.
The Lifthawk reminds me I still have 4 to finish painting ;p
4am on the train. Good luck
now hang on a mo, the website says three update but I can only see two? am I missing out or is the website wrong?
Lucky swine…
I was up at 4am for a sodding Linux server update 🙁
Why are there no women in these images? Gaming should be for everyone so seek out any women present and interview them! Keep up the good work.
Yes why r there no women
They only come out when the studs of the industry turn up, and sadly I couldn’t make it this time 😉
“Stud’s”? , as in pesstuds mayhaps?
I am loving this coverage
Herbal remedy drinking stud…. aye right 🙂
I have to say the minis are looking fabulous – some of the alternate paint schemes appeal a lot.
And that is the most realistic looking giant Coke bottle I have seen in years (12:30)
Good work Ben, thanks for all your effort ,
Thank you!
This works really well! You guys are really paving the way to something great.
Ben, thanks for a great report! @warzan and @lloyd, the new blogging interface is awesome.
Awesome coverage and the system works extremely well, I’m genuinely impressed.
Lovely painting – I like the Tron themed PHR.
You have been incredibly busy – well done and thanks for securing so many intriguing images – the show boards are particularly nice and it is great to see real minis of the 3D renders we saw over Advent.
And good for you getting that interview as well though a mike for the interviewees would have helped over the background noise.
I love the Rebel airsupport – it looks like a sci-fi A10.
Rough and ready videos – hopefully we’ll have something sorted on the audio interview front when we have a better handle on the uploads. Should get rid of the background nose.
BoW Ben
Ben are many players using the ‘resistance’ ? this is the army that has really got me thinking about DZC
your doing a great job there Ben keep it going mate.
cheers
Alan
Quite a few people are using Resistance – have seen a good dozen or so armies on the table. Some interesting tactics being used and they seem to be standing up well to the other factions.
BoW Ben
cheers Ben, if it’s not too! much trouble…. would you be able to go over a few of the tactics for Resistance that you’ve seen? when you’ve had time to get some rest! lol
cheers
Alan
Danm the phoenix make me feel like I should have gone UCM
The blog system is great guys. While it can’t replace the actually feeling of being at a place like this, it is the next best thing. The mini interviews with Dave are great because it feels like I am there talking to him and trying to get him to spill the beans on something. Keep up the good work…oh and try to get Dave to tell use more about Dropfleet Commander.
I love the new vehicles this game is looking better and better.
Im going to poo poo the party a bit here. I do think its really good to have all this coverage but on the video front why not take along the video camera which can do very good close ups of the figures and miniatures. 1. Have a table set up by the miniatures cabinet with a very good camera for close ups or do a mini interview with Dave and Ben sitting across a table from one another with a close cam. 2. Why cant you guys video all the miniatures before the doors are open and do videos… Read more »
correction. Sorry I am a backstager
Go watch the blogs where we describe the build of all this to get a feel for what we’re trying to do. Really good cameras cost really good money and need really good machines to change the footage into a compressed codec that would be even slightly capiable of being uploaded, all of which would take a lot (an awful lot) of time. (Unless we spent really really really good amounts of money. Then we have to train people to use it all, and then we have to do it for every volunteer blogger around the world who we hope… Read more »
@warzan
Hi
Thank you Warren for getting back to me. I see what you trying to do now, wish I could delete what I have put. You are write it does make sense, you want a portable way in which you cover many events in the countries they are in and not making it to busy for the person covering them. Sorry mate wish I could delete what I wrote. 🙂
No problem mate
We would love nothing more than to have super high quality footage etc, but I reckon we need to look at iPhone 6’s or high end androids as a possibility 🙂
And we will 🙂
Hi
Thank you Warren for getting back to me. I see what you trying to do now, wish I could delete what I have put. You are write it does make sense, you want a portable way in which you cover many events in the countries they are in and not making it to busy for the person covering them. Sorry mate wish I could delete what I wrote. 🙂
Great work all you guys at BOW……..The live blogs have been a great success so far. It’s captured the flavour and detail of the event. Really enjoying the experience.
A great job all around guys! The live blog interface is fantastic in my book and Ben’s coverage was great. You’ve made me even more stoked than ever for the boot camp weekend and I enjoyed checking in with what was going on throughout proceedings. Yes, in an ideal world you would have the full panoply of video tech available for all event coverage, but any limitations must always be balanced by the sheer flexibility and immediacy of the content this approach produces. You guys can’t be at every main event, but somebody representing BoW can, providing instant live content… Read more »
This is going to be sweet when Gencon rolls around.
This is new coverage is great. Is there any way in the future to be able to comment on individual posts? It might end up looking a bit messy but I am sure the BoW IT gods can find a way
If you click on the little speech bubble under the profile on each post you can comment there 🙂
Thanks Ben, excellent coverage looking forward to the next one.
Great Blog, have enjoyed following this but certainly could do with a HD camera to view full screen.