Thursday, May 2, 2013

Epic at Adepticon 2013

On the second, and last, day of my Adepticon trip, I participated in the Epic tournament. We had a slightly better turnout than with the Warmaster tournament - eight people participated. Again, the event was sold out with sixteen players, but with gamers being gamers, half showed up.

There was a good spread of armies participating - Space Marines, Eldar, Tau, Minervans, and Orks. Matt Alix (of The Nerdherders Podcast) pretty much swept the tournament with his Speed Freeks. He had a really cool unit of Fightabommaz made from 40K Stormboyz rokkit packs. They looked really cool and each had a distinct look - very orky!

The boyz fought against Space Marines, Eldar, and Minervans - all to spectacular failure. As usual, the boyz did a poor job of maintaining their weapons and equipment, because I was failing to roll anything approaching decent. I really love the Orks, but with my dice rolling being the way it is, I don't know how long I can maintain the relationship - "Sorry Squiggy, it's me, not you..."

I have to apologize in advance for some of the photos - my objectives came out very blurry. I'll get better photos up at a later date. I was also unable to get a full army shot of the Eldar, Minervans, and Marines. Now, on to the show!
The Stormboyz take cover inside a ruined hab-block

Mob on overwatch

Skorchas race to burn da beakies to a crisp!

A Blitz Brigade comes under fire

Biker boyz race through the ruins to get into contact with the enemy

A Warband moves through the rubble

Jordan's Eldar grav-tanks lie in wait...

The boyz get a surprise visit

The Warboss and his Nobs dismount

Skorchas move to an objective

Oi! Youz goin da wrong way!

Stormboyz launch from a hill

Da boyz advance from the safety of a bunker to the treeline

Armeez on Parade!

Stormboyz, Blitz Brigade, and Fightabommaz

Stormboyz

Fightabommaz

Objective 1 - Weapons of Mass Dakka!

Objective 2 - A Mek and his assistant find some good scrap

Objective 3 - Black Ork Down!

The Warboss and da Boyz

Matt Alix's Orks

More of Matt's Orks

Matt's Orks - full army

Matt's Kustom Fightas

More Kustom Fightas

Matt's Speed Freeks

Tau army (I didn't get the owner's name)

More Tau

Tau Manta

Tau Hammerheads

Thursday, April 25, 2013

Warmaster at Adepticon 2013

Bookended by what has to be the worst travel experience of my entire life (long story - suffice to say avoid US Airways at all costs,) I had an enjoyable weekend at Adepticon 2013 in Lombard,IL.

We started Friday off, bright and early (well, 9 am, so not that early) with the Warmaster tournament. The tournament was slated to have six participants, but, sadly, only four of us showed up to participate.

My battles were against Dave's High Elves, Nat's Dark Elves, and Jordan's Tomb Kings. In the game with the Tomb Kings, I actually rolled fairly well and was able to beat the undead by points. All of the battles were enjoyable, and my dice rolling seemed to be a little above average (in other words, I wasn't rolling all ones and twos.)

One highlight was that my Chaos Army won the Best Painted award - that was a nice surprise! Of course, there was only a field of four, but I'll take my victories when I can!

The Dark Elves arrayed for battle

Tomb Kings cavalry prepares to advance

Tomb Kings versus High Elves

The High Elves march to war

The Chaos General leads his troops

Chaos Marauder and Dark Elf cavalry clash!

The Tomb Kings silently march

The High Elf archers choose their targets

Tomb Kings and Bone Giant

Chaos Marauders push toward the High Elf line
High Elves
The Ogres smell meat

The High Elf army


My Chaos army

The Leaders of the hellish Chaos horde

Monday, March 18, 2013

The Lost and the Damned Part 2 - This Time, it's Personal!

And now, for part two of the Warmaster Chaos army photos:
Chaos Sorcerer

Chaos Sorcerer

Chaos Hero

Chaos Hero

Chaos Hero and Standard

Chaos Hero and Standard

Aaaand that brings me to 3000 points worth of troops! I was pretty pleased with the way the heroes turned out - I was planning on doing simple schemes to get them done quickly. I think those simple schemes turned out pretty well though.

I do have some additional units to add - Spawn, Chariots, and Dragon Ogres, as well as a General on a Dragon - but they will have to wait until a later date. I've got Orks to finish for Adepticon!