First off, I got to meet the man himself, Dan Abnett. Here's a picture of us (ya we're BFF):
He was a really nice guy and seemed genuinely happy to be around his readers. Dan said that he's feeling a lot better after his recent health issues and he's excited about the upcoming release of the next Horus Heresy novel, Prospero Burns. I got him to sign my copy of Horus Rising and a little promotional picture of the upcoming Ultramarine movie.Despite GW having almost no presence at the San Diego Con I was surprised to see quite a few Warhammer 40K fans dressed up in sweet looking costumes. Here are a couple of Death Korps cosplayers:
I found some Dust Tactics mini's on display as well. I think the walker-tanks look totally cool:
The actual troop miniatures are nice as well:
Finally, I have to give props to Privateer Press. Just for showing up and having a presence at the big show is impressive to me. From a promotional standpoint, it seems like they're doing a lot of things right. I couldn't resist buying the Voltron miniature game boxed set along with their comic con exclusive Lotron figure. Here's an amazing display they made for the Monsterpocalypse game:
Overall, the San Diego Convention was a amazing. I'm already looking forward to next year's show. Hopefully I'll see you folks there!
