GuardCon 2014 Weekend & Results. part 1.

Another well attended and top weekend of games with a number of systems hosted at GuardCon weekend. Warhammer Fantasy and Warhammer 40k were the mainstays again. Flames of War, Board Games and this years two new systems at the convention, SAGA and X-Wing also getting a run. Both of the new tournaments were heaps of fun. Rob running SAGA and Amol and myself running the X-wing. We saw a great turnout from the Auckland community and a smattering of travellers from around the country. With only 130 at the tournament we thought it would be great to have everyone in the main hall which gave it a the exciting convention feel. The number of smiles and excited shouts was encouraging for the hobby and continued tournaments ahead.

Remember that Equinox 2015 (mid March) and NatCon 2015 (Easter weekend) will be our next two big tournaments. Early bird registrations will be up this weekend.

The first thing at the tournament I noticed is the more relaxed standard of painting at this years tournament. The number of new players in the community coming through our local club is testament to the popularity of the games. All you vets out there know how much sustained painting goes into making an army complete. It will take a while for the standard overall to rise again. In saying that the benchmark for painting at the top of the tournament was very high. There were some amazing armies and the ones that were noticeably wowing me were the winners of best paint for both WHFB and WH40k. The 'Grey Wardens' for WH40k and The 'Double Carnosaur' for WHFB were a dream for any painting aficionados out there.

Here's some of the tournament Pic's courtesy of Lee our Photographer (many thanks for your top work). There are also some photo's from my point and snap, and I'm sure you'll recognise those.

Also visit our club page on facebook

Auckland City Guard at Freemans Bay

WH40K on the left, WHFB on the Right. SAGA, FoW & X-Wing at the back of the hall.

 Great to see young bloods at their first tournament. Also grand to see some experience to temper that too.

 Some very nice tables of terrain at the tournament.

 Good amount of competition mixed with easy going fun.

 X-wing is definitely a good change up. I'm think WHFB & WH40k will still be my main hobbies. 

X-Wing is a refreshing filler afters. The miniatures are so cool.

At this point my Camera threw a sicky. Thanks to all these chaps for sticking around for the prize giving and giving us a hand to pack down, Legends!

Warhammer Fantasy was run by Nick L-I again this year and Swedish Comp was used. The variety of Armies at the event and positives from the tournament testify that it's very solid. Here are the results and big ups for Rory, defending his title to claim the 'GuardCon Shield'.

	Name	Sports	Battle (120)	Adjusted battle (60)	Paint (16)	Adjusted paint (22)	Penalty	Total (100)
1	Rory Finnemore	15	84	42	16	22		79
2	Kelly Gragg	14	82	41	16	22		77
3	James Brown	12	85	42.5	16	22		76.5
4	Sean Robertson	16	74	37	16	22		75
5	Glen Tibbles	14	75	37.5	16	22		73.5
6	Nick Lironi-Irvine	14	70	35	16	22		71
7	Ryan Simister	15	76	38	16	22	5	70
8	Antony Kitson	12	72	36	16	22		70
9	Richard Barby	14	66	33	16	22		69
10	Brian Smith	14	62	31	16	22		67
11	Phil Comins	15	57	28.5	16	22		65.5
12	Michael Coxon-Baines	16	55	27.5	16	22		65.5
13	John Willenbruch	14	58	29	16	22		65
14	Paul Dalton	13	62	31	15	20.625		64.625
15	Daniel Street	16	53	26.5	16	22		64.5
16	Daniel Leigh	13	61	30.5	15	20.625		64.125
17	James Cardno	13	77	38.5	11	15.125	5	61.625
18	Ken Hay	14	51	25.5	16	22		61.5
19	Mike Youngs	15	56	28	16	22	5	60
20	Erdem Oguz	16	60	30	9	12.375		58.375
21	Rowan Coker	15	52	26	16	22	5	58
22	Richard Holtzhausen/Neil Heileman	13	39	19.5	16	22		54.5
23	Aaron Cue / Paul Davison	14	45	22.5	16	22	5	53.5
24	Russell Simister	15	43	21.5	16	22	5	53.5
25	Tom Cochrane	16	30	15	16	22		53
26	Chris Ellis	11	48	24	9	12.375		47.375
27	Michael Partridge	14	48	24	4	5.5		43.5
28	Curtis Tweedale	14	39	19.5	7	9.625		43.125

Best Paint : Sean Robertson

Best Sport : Erdem Oguz

Well done Rory, defending the Shield!

Kelly capturing 2nd should catapult him in the rankings.

Go James with a consistent podium finish.

 Best paint Sean. Those Dinosaurs look magnificent. Can't wait to see more work from you maestro. 

 Mr Nice Guy. Erdem with best sports.

Curtis wins the 'Booby' prize. He also captured the Young Blood award.

 Sean's Dinosaur army.

 Very close second in the Best paint awards.

 I'll have the rest of the results and more pics in the next part tomorrow. 

It's getting late.