Pardon me while I act like a complete fan-girl, but...
OMG!!! QUINTON HOOVER IS COMING TO OUR CON!!! 1111111!!!!!
There. Slightly better now...
OMG!!! QUINTON HOOVER IS COMING TO OUR CON!!! 1111111!!!!!
Oops. Not quite out of my system yet...
OMG!!! QUINTON HOOVER IS COMING TO OUR CON!!! 1111111!!!!!
Three times the charm... :)
For those of you who have no idea what I am shrieking and doing the happy-dance about, Quinton Hoover is an illustrator known for his work on a bunch of collectible card games, including Magic the Gathering, Middle Earth, XXXenophile, and V:TES. I have idolized him since I first set eyes on his work in 1994.
And he's coming to our con!!!
"Our con" is in fact TempleCon
http://www.templecon.org/ - the gaming convention that I have co-hosted for the past three years in Providence, Rhode Island. This year, we have an ultra-cool steampunk theme, to match our new venue, the 1920s Art Deco gorgeousness that is the Providence Biltmore Hotel.
And now we have Quinton Hoover. :)
On top of that, we just found out today that we have two guests coming out from Privateer Press in Seattle - Press Gang Quarter Master Dan Brandt and Developer Kevin Clark, so we have a ton of work to do in the next few weeks, getting the word out about their visit to the WARMACHINE/HORDES crowd. There are rumors of a premier event happening here if we can generate enough player interest...
I think I'm in heaven... A clanking, steampunk, filled-with-insane amounts-of-work heaven, but heaven nonetheless. ;)