Hounds as scheme runners are great. You definitely want a itching handler if you are going to run Sonnia as a summoner. Being able to give all weapons with 4 burning is fantastic.
Astringents are ok but 2 hounds are much better I believe and more versatile. Plus it gives you extra AP to delay if needed.
Glad to hear you had a good time. I ended up playing in the tournament Thursday night as well. Everything went great until I got stomped in the final round.
This was also the first year I tried speed painting. At 5 we had a never born model Lilitu. By far I was not ready for something like that and did well until trying a wash then working to fix it for the rest of the time.
I sent out out a notification to the Burning River Battalion miniature group in Cleveland - hopefully it will get some more players.
Also, I'll be participating.
Tom - Guild/Outcasts (haven't decided yet)
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I'm pushing the event to the different players I know in the area and in some of the gamer groups I know of. I'm sure there will be a pretty good turnout.