Wednesday 25 September 2013

GuardCon 2013 Results

Another Guardcon has been won and played. This year we tried another venue in Maurewa which was received very well by all the competitors. It was large and spacious and will offer a Marai next time we use it. Which should be a good selling point as it will be free accommodation for all competitors.

Congratulations to all who attended and a big shout out to all the people who helped to make it happen and run so smoothly. With four systems on display it was a good gathering of the wargaming community.

Warhammer Fantasy Results:

PlacingPlayerBattle raw (120)Battle final (60)Sports raw (12/18)Sports final (18)Paint raw (16)Paint final (22)Total (100)
1 Finnemore9748.51414162284.5
2A Kitson8743.513131419.2575.75
3J Cardno70351717162274
4J Brown7537.514141520.62572.125
5Phil Wu683417171520.62571.625
6K Gragg6733.51515162270.5
7G Tibbles6532.51515162269.5
8B Smith7336.515151317.87569.375
9P Dalton6130.51616162268.5
10Paul Clarke683416161317.87567.875
11Nick Munn743715151013.7565.75
12S Hastings5929.515151317.87562.375
13D Williams46231515162260
14Dan Leigh5125.514141419.2558.75
15I Nannesta4723.516161216.556
16Chris Ellis502515151115.12555.125
17MC-Baines4321.514141115.12550.625
18B Grindrod20101717162249
19S Gillan3517.515151115.12547.625
20N Heileman4221151568.2544.25

Best Painted: Bobby Grindrod
Best Sport : James Cardno




Warhammer 40K

1 Nikola Jaksic
2 Mark Buttle
3 Ivan Soo
4 Steve Davis
5 Pascal Roggen
6 David Hillier
7 Doug Sainsbury
8 Daniel Hayden
9 Scott Birrell
10 James Davison
11 Tu Tamase
12 Simon Dennerly
13 Kyle Wilson
14 Chris Ward
15 Stan Van Der Ham
16 Mathew Lenton
17 Kieran Justice
18 Izzy O'day
19 Joshua Gillander
20 Daniel Duncan

Best Sport: Nikola Jaksic
Best Painterd: Chris Ward



Lord of the Rings:
  1. James
  2. Dory
  3. Dean
  4. Saul
  5.  = Elliot / Shane L.
  6. Mikey
  7. Shane P.
  8. Nick
  9. Andrew
  10. Javan
  11. Corey 
 
 
 
 
 

Sunday 22 September 2013

GuardCon Photo's : Results to follow

Here are some of the snipet's from GuardCon. Everyone seemed like they were having some good fun.










Thank you for everyone who came along for a awesome tournament. We'll be back for sure Manurewa!

I'll have the results for all the tournaments once the TO's send them my way so keeo an eye out. Of course there will be heaps of Photo's to come soon too.



Friday 20 September 2013

The night before a tournament.

Haven't been so relaxed before a tournament in a while. Everything done and dusted and the venue is all set for the TO's tomorrow to do their setup. Us lackys banged out the setup just like that. Thanks to the crew.


My elves for the slaughter tomorrow or not : D

Supplying eight tables of terrain and this is what it looks like. Banana hills, Banana swamps and Banana forrests yo (we is gonna be in Manurewa)!

You can have a look at all the lists coming via the link Here

Tuesday 17 September 2013

Hot New Dice

Support the tournament scene and grab some hot dice. In translucent Royal Blue and with the icon replacing the six. It's guaranteed to roll your opponent over every time*. Available with a matching convenient dice bag.


Give Derick a bell for your orders using the email below. He's happy to post them to you hot off the press!


williams.derick@gmail.com

Sunday 15 September 2013

GuardCon 2013 Players & Mission Packs

Guardcon 2013 is just around the corner next weekend. There are still about a dozen places left if you are wanting to join the boys at the tournament.

When: 21st & 22nd of September
Where: James Cook High School.

Guardcon2013@hotmail.com

The Warhammer Fantasy Pack is Here.

The Warhammer 40K Pack is Here.

The Warhammer 40K Mission Pack is Here.

Other tournaments on at the venue will be LOTR GT, Flames of War & Board Gaming.

Got sent a Photo from a Keen Hobbyist trying to decide what to bring to GuardCon. I say bring the lot!

 Cheers Frank, they are looking sweet!!!

Wednesday 11 September 2013

Warriors WIP & NZ ATC brings it Home

Pocket change cars ready for paint and should be tournament ready in no time. Yup that green wheel is the less than $2 addition and I don't think it looks too bad.


Dual cars for the Warriors army.

The NZ ATC 40K team brought home the bacon big time. Defending their title the boys proved that NZ 40k is the business for another year. ATC is the Australian teams Championships.

Standing Team  Round Pts  Game Pts
1st        - NZ       - 8              - 470
2nd       - VIC     - 8              - 462
3rd       - NSW   - 5              - 405
4th        - QLD    - 4              - 398
5th        - WA     - 3              - 354
6th        - SA       - 2              - 311


Spot their moniker's.







Baguette sandwich!
Photo's curtesy of the tournament photobucket.

Got some special delivery resin recently and they are minty fresh! Only problem is that the Lanraider doors were mispackaged and are the smaller MK2B ones. Not to worry their customer service is top notch and I've been told that the right doors are winging their way to me now.



They are pretty nice and go especially well with the new Codex.

Tuesday 10 September 2013

Hobbying it out this week.

Got in some practice to narrow out which army I am going to bring for GuardCon. Need a 3rd tourney result to have a slim chance of getting to the masters. Brought out the Elves to hitout against Warriors. Played against the current defending Guardsman Champ and he had a army full of eye candy.


Chariot held up my most expensive unit and choppy character for 3 full turns. Elves get smashed... 

We've got a large Board Gaming group started alongisde the table top wargaming at the club so there's heaps of variety every week.
Makes for a pleasant but difficult decision on what to play each Sunday meet.

Oh yeah its the new Descent 2 game!



GuardCon 2013 is in two weeks time and I thought I'd better finish work on my Gorebeasty. It's a project that I've put off for ages as I couldn't find any wheels literally. Found a couple spare minutes so here's my recent effort. I know I have a million unfinished wip's but my blog is like my geek diary of DIY.

Some leftover bits from the chariot kit and useful board.

Chariot and beasty in need of wheels.

 Omg is that a $2 pile of toys with lotsa wheels = happy hobbyist. 
For all those too elitist who don't like me using cheap wheels, old skool tough titties :P
I'll post more up when I have it.

I can't help but tackle even more projects so here's a tank I made outta my Fly buys card (cheap plasticard lols) and tank bits. Not like I don't have painting to do just before a tournament.

 Needs more work but looks pretty cool for a flybuys card conversion :)


Here are some new games I've been told about and am sure to get.

New Drop Zone Commander two player set is just what I need at a price point for me to have a go at. You get real bang for your buck with a packed box o mini's.



New Kick Starter has some awesome mini's, recommended by a mate meatynosebleeds. Here


Happy Hobby Holidays all!!





Thursday 5 September 2013

Australian Team Championships 40K this weekend

Team NZ is defending the ATC this weekend out in Adelaide SA. Good luck boys and I thought I'd put up their respective lists. Having had a look at the lists even this newb has a finer appreciation of the tuning that has gone into them, enjoy.


ARMY PRIMARY DETACHMENT : Eldar
ARMY ALLIED DETACHMENT : Grey Knights


PRIMARY DETACHMENT:
HQ1 - Warlord : Farseer
HQ2: Farseer

Troop 1 : 3 x Windrider Jetbikes
Troop 2 : 3 x Windrider Jetbikes
Troop 3 : 3 x Windrider Jetbikes

FA1: 9 x Warp Spiders
FA2: 9 x Warp Spiders
FA3: 8 x Warp Spiders

HS1: 3 x Vauls Wrath Support Weapons , 3 x Vibro Cannons
HS2: 3 x Vauls Wrath Support Weapons , 3 x Vibro Cannons
HS3: Wraithknight,

ALLIED DETATCHMENT:
HQ1: Inquisitor Coteaz

Troop 1: 10 x Grey Knight Terminators, Psybolt ammunition , 2 x Psycannon, 5 x Daemon Hammers
Troop 2: 3 x Inquisitorial Henchmen


TAU

HQ1: Warlord: Ethereal
HQ2: Tau Commander, Puretide chip, Command and control node, Multi-spectrum Sensor Suite

Elite 1: Riptide, Ion accelerator, Twin-linked Fusion Blaster, Stimulant injector, Early warning system

Elite 2: Riptide, Heavy Burst Cannon, Twin-linked Fusion Blaster, Stimulant injector, Velocity tracker

Troop 1: 12 Fire warriors
Troop 2: 12 Fire warriors
Troop 3: 6 Fire warriors (54) [54]
Troop 4: 10 Kroot, 1 hound
Troop 5: 19 Kroot, Sniper rounds, Upgrade to shaper, 1 hound

Fast Attack 1: 7 Pathfinders
Fast Attack 2: 7 Pathfinders

Heavy 1: 3 Broadsides, 2 Early warning systems, 1 Target lock, 3 High-Yield missiles, 3 Smart missile systems

Heavy 2: 2 Broadsides, 2 Early warning systems 2 High-Yield missiles, 2 Smart missile systems
Heavy 3: 2 Broadsides, 2 Early warning systems 2 High-Yield missiles, 2 Smart missile systems

FORTIFICATIONS: Aegis Defence Line, Comms Relay


Necrons

HQ1 : WARLORD (shield) - Destroyer Lord , Sempiternal Weave, Mindshackle Scarabs
HQ2 : Destroyer Lord, Sempiternal Weave, Mindshackle Scarabs

Troop 1 : 5 Necron Warriors, in transport 1
Troop 2 : 10 Necron Immortals Gauss Blaster, in transport 2
Troop 3 : 10 Necron Immortals Gauss Blaster, in transport 3

FA1 : 5 Canoptek Wraiths, 1x whip coils
FA2 : 5 Canoptek Wraiths, 1x whip coils
FA3 : 5 Canoptek Wraiths, 1x whip coils

HS1 : Annihilation Barge, Tesla Cannon
HS2 : Annihilation Barge, Tesla Cannon
HS3 : Annihilation Barge, Tesla Cannon

Transport1 : Night Scythe
Transport2 : Night Scythe
Transport3 : Night Scythe


ARMY PRIMARY DETACHMENT : Imperial Guard
ARMY ALLIED DETACHMENT : Space Wolves


PRIMARY DETACHMENT:
HQ1 - Warlord : Company Command Squad, Vox Caster, Plasma Gun x3 in transport 1

Troop 1a: Platoon Command Squad, Meltagun x4
Troop 1b: Infantry Platoon, Power Axe, Meltabomb, Vox Caster
Troop 1c: Infantry Platoon, Power Axe, Meltabomb
Troop 1d: Infantry Platoon, Power Axe, Meltabomb
Troop 1e: Infantry Platoon, Power Axe, Meltabomb
Troop 1f: Infantry Platoon

Troop 2a: Platoon Command Squad, Flamer x4
Troop 2b: Infantry Platoon, Power Axe, Meltabomb, Vox Caster
Troop 2c: Infantry Platoon, Power Axe, Meltabomb
Troop 2d: Infantry Platoon, Power Axe, Meltabomb
Troop 2e: Infantry Platoon, Power Axe, Meltabomb
Troop 2f: Infantry Platoon

FA1: Vendetta, Heavy Bolters
FA2: Vendetta, Heavy Bolters

HS1: Manticore
HS2: Manticore

Transport1: Chimera, Heavy Bolter

ALLIED DETACHMENT
HQ1a: Rune Priest, Living Lightning , Jaws of the World Wolf, Runic Axe
HQ1b: Rune Priest, murderous hurricane, Jaws of the World Wolf, Boltgun, Runic Axe

Troop1: Grey Hunters x5, Flamer

FORTIFICATION: Aegis Defence Line, Comms Relay


Daemons

HQ1 - Warlord : Kairos Fateweaver
HQ2a : Herald of Tzeentch, Exhalted reward, Mastery level 3, Disc of Tzeentch
HQ2b : Herald of Tzeentch, Exhalted reward, Mastery level 3, Disc of Tzeentch
HQ2c : Herald of Tzeentch, Mastery level 3, Disc of Tzeentch

Troop 1 : 11x Pink horrors of Tzeentch
Troop 2 : 11x Pink horrors of Tzeentch
Troop 3 : 11x Pink horrors of Tzeentch

FA1: 19x Flesh hounds of Khorne
FA2: 19x Flesh hounds of Khorne
FA3: 9x Screamers of Tzeentch


Tyranids

HQ1 - Warlord: Hive Tyrant , 2xTwin-linked Devourers with Brainleech Worms , Hive Commander , Wings , Paroxysm , Psychic Scream
HQ2: Hive Tyrant, 2xTwin-linked Devourers with Brainleech Worms, Old Adversary, Wings, Paroxysm, Psychic Scream

Elite 1: 2 Hive Guard
Elite 2: 2 Hive Guard

Troop 1: 10 Termagants
Troop 2: 10 Termagants
Troop 3: Tervigon, Adrenal Glands, Toxin Sacs, Cluster Spines, Catalyst, Onslaught
Troop 4: Tervigon, Adrenal Glands, Toxin Sacs, Cluster Spines, Catalyst, Onslaught

HS1: 2 Biovores
HS2: Carnifex, 2xTwin-linked Devourers with Brainleech Worms in transport 1
HS3: Carnifex, 2xTwin-linked Devourers with Brainleech Worms in transport 2

Transport1: Mycetic Spore, Cluster Spines
Transport2: Mycetic Spore


ARMY PRIMARY DETACHMENT : Dark Angels
ARMY ALLIED DETACHMENT : Sisters of Battle

PRIMARY DETACHMENT:
HQ1 - Warlord : Librarian, Force Axe
HQ1a : Command Squad, Standard of Devastation, 2 Melta Bombs

Troop 1 : Tactical Squad, 5 additional Marines, Plasma Gun, Sergeant with Combi-Plasmagun, Melta Bombs
Troop 2 : Tactical Squad, 5 additional Marines, Plasma Gun, Sergeant with Combi-Plasmagun, Melta Bombs

HS1: Land Raider Crusader, Deathwing Vehicle, Multi-Melta, Extra Armour, Dozer Blade
HS2: Land Raider Crusader, Deathwing Vehicle, Multi-Melta, Dozer Blade
HS3: Land Raider Crusader, Deathwing Vehicle, Multi-Melta, Dozer Blade


ALLIED DETACHMENT:
HQ1 : Saint Celestine
Troop 1 : Battle Sister Squad

HS1: Exorcist


Chaos Space Marines

HQ1 : Warlord - Abaddon The Despoiler
HQ2 : Chaos lord , Mark of Khorne , Juggernaut, Axe of blind fury, Sigil of corruption, melta bomb, gift of mutation

Troop 1: 34 cultists, 1 Cultist Champion
Troop 2: 33 cultists, 1 Cultist Champion
Troop 3: 9 cultists, 1 Cultist Champion

Fast attack 1: helldrake, baleflamer
Fast attack 2: helldrake, baleflamer
Fast attack 3: helldrake, baleflamer

Heavy Support 1: 2 obliterators, nurgle, veterans of the long war
Heavy Support 2: 2 obliterators, nurgle, veterans of the long war
Heavy Support 3: 2 obliterators, nurgle, veterans of the long war

FORTIFICATIONS: Aegis line, Coms relay



Board Game of the Week: Carson City.

Worker placement old west settling and shoot em up board game. Not for the timid as you need to do a bit of elbowing of your fellow players to get on the map and develop your holdings to get the dollaros to victory. Building Ranches to Saloons you take turns adopting different persona's each turn to better suit your stratergem. I really liked the tussle and bussle of the game. It had a unique feel of the old west and it has a good variety of dynamics to suit a large number of different play styles. 



Rating: 3 1/2 stars outta 5. Very replayable and would suit the whole family. Definitely going to become a                                              xmas fav me thinks.