Tuesday, 26 March 2013

Equinox Placings Part II

Results for the WH40K tournament and the Flames of War tournament. Little bit of a delay as real life stole some of my time recently, so straight back to the hobby.


The Juggernaut of the NZ 40K scene Running his Cron's. Charlie has won every Equinox so far and if he did a Threepeat then the Cup was all his to keep in his trophy stash cabinet. We were secretly cheering him on. We have planned an awesome Trophy as a replacement for next year.

Rank Player Army Total Battle Total Sports Total Comp Total Pres Total Sports Pres
1 Charlie St Clair 195 115 40 0 40 30 20
2 Daniel Hayden 171 93 40 0 38 30 19
3 Haydn Korach 168 88 40 0 40 30 20
4 Dave Wilson 159 81 40 0 38 30 19
5 Scott Birrell 158 80 40 0 38 30 19
6 Mark Buttle 157 79 40 0 38 30 19
7 Chas Roberts 156 76 40 0 40 30 20
8 Damien Avery 155 77 40 0 38 30 19
9 James Davison 152 72 40 0 40 30 20
10 David Foster 151 75 40 0 36 30 18
11 Adam Thornton 151 71 40 0 40 30 20
12 Stuart Burton 150 70 40 0 40 30 20
13 Simon Farell 148 70 40 0 38 30 19
14 Anthony Davy 146 66 40 0 40 30 20
15 Christian Pride 146 66 40 0 40 30 20
16 Michael Sheahan 144 66 40 0 38 30 19
17 Robert Power 143 67 40 0 36 30 18
18 Chris Ward 143 63 40 0 40 30 20
19 David HIllier 142 62 40 0 40 30 20
20 Steve Davis 141 61 40 0 40 30 20
21 Mark Redmond 138 60 40 0 38 30 19
22 Daniel Lister 138 58 40 0 40 30 20
23 Ivan Soo 137 61 40 0 36 30 18
24 Andrew Bartosh 136 60 40 0 36 30 18
25 Tanis Heath 135 59 40 0 36 30 18
26 Henari Akari 132 56 40 0 36 30 18
27 Gavin Elmiger 131 53 40 0 38 30 19
28 Dave Dawn 130 52 40 0 38 30 19
29 Patrick Crockett 129 49 40 0 40 30 20
30 Doug Beisly 128 50 40 0 38 30 19
31 Frank Redmond 127 49 40 0 38 30 19
32 Mitchell Kyne 124 58 40 0 26 30 13
33 David Greig 124 44 40 0 40 30 20
34 Cory Buchanan 123 55 40 0 28 30 14
35 David Mulder 123 45 40 0 38 30 19
36 Matthew Bowmar 121 45 40 0 36 30 18
37 Tristian Sample 120 42 40 0 38 30 19
38 Issac Nannestad 119 45 40 0 34 30 17
39 Ben Foster 119 43 40 0 36 30 18
40 Lee Heath 119 41 40 0 38 30 19
41 Simon Dennerly 116 38 40 0 38 30 19
42 Pascal Roggen 115.67 49 26.67 0 40 20 20
43 James Allen 109 31 40 0 38 30 19
44 Harry Bright 108 32 40 0 36 30 18
45 Paul Bennet 107 39 40 0 28 30 14
46 Rhys Sopphit 107 33 40 0 34 30 17
47 Dan Withers 105 25 40 0 40 30 20
48 Matthew Lenton 104 38 40 0 26 30 13
49 Stan Van Der Ham 93 15 40 0 38 30 19
50 David Bailey 20 0 20 0 0 15 0

Best Paint:  Anthony Davy
Best Sport: David Greig.

Congratulations to the podiums.

Equinox Flame of War:

Big ups for the Auckland City Guard's own taking out the trophy. The club is just starting back up and for the few games that have been the preparation to the sweet nectar of success it must of been nice to behold. Congratulations!


Here's some more photo's from the Convention.

 Multi coloured Storm Ravens.




 Why take 2 when you can take 3.







 Two Giant list, funtastic!



 Blender chicks and great mini's.

 The Camel train.



















Wednesday, 20 March 2013

CanOpener Charity gets a revamp.

 Coming in June.
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Battle Brothers 40K
@CanOpener
1000pt One day tournament.
$15 to Enter
22nd of June, Saturday at Freemans Bay Community Centre.
More details to come.

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Battle Brothers WHFB
@CanOpener
1000pt One day tournament.
$15 to Enter
22nd of June, Saturday at Freemans Bay Community Centre.
More details to come.

Tuesday, 19 March 2013

Equinox Pics Part 2

We tried to get as many prizes back into the community as possible at Equinox. 
Future tournaments we will try and dedicate spending on building up the terrain the Tournament has access to. Currently we have 4 tables of terrain and a big thanks needs to go to everyone who helped in sponsoring terrain tables so the tournament could have some scenery. Auckland City guard and East Auckland Elites let us use their terrain so thanks goes out to the two main wargaming clubs in Auckland.

Some of the Competitors who took home the swag at the tournament.
Thanks to :
Vagabond Games
Pukeko Games
Steamworks
& Battlefront Miniatures.

Table with some of the shinies.



Whangarei represents at Equinox.

 Photo Bomb! Best Sponsored terrain Prize.

 Behind the scenes of the Flames of War event.

More plasticrack, here we go.

Monday, 18 March 2013

Equinox 2013 Placings

We had epic clashes all tournament amongst the contenders at the top of the table. Even with 40+ competitors the top dogs of the tournament had no where to hide and there was no dodging each other. I think everyone in the top five played each other. Ogres fought Bretonnians and Chaos Dwarfs battled Warriors. After all the dust had settled the soft scores and a tiebreak decided the tournament.

Army Adj Batt Sports Paint Tie Break Total
Tim Joss Chaos Dwarves 43 20 20 0.1 83.1
Ross H Warriors 43 20 20 83
Dan Butler Warriors 47 20 12 79
John w Bretonnains 38 20 20 78
Simon Kwok Daemons 36.5 20 20 0.1 76.6
Richard B Chaos Dwarves 36.5 20 20 76.5
Ryan Warriors 34.5 20 20 0.1 74.6
James Brown Ogres 34.5 20 20 74.5
Paul Clark Tomb Kings 34 20 20 0.1 74.1
Glen Warriors 34 20 20 74
Rob Sadler Warriors 33.5 20 20 73.5
Henry O&G 33 20 20 73
James C Wood Elves 32.5 20 20 0.1 72.6
Rory Skaven 32.5 20 20 72.5
Mike Youngs Dark Elves 32 20 20 0.2 72.2
Nick munn Skaven 32 20 20 0.1 72.1
Tom Ogres 32 20 20 0 72
Sean Robertson Dark Elves 31 20 20 71
Aaron P Daemons 30.5 20 20 0.2 70.7
Brian Dark Elves 30.5 20 20 0.1 70.6
Blair Empire 30.5 20 20 70.5
Sam O&G 30 20 20 70
Paul Dalton Ogres 28.5 20 20 68.5
Russ Vampires 28 20 20 68
Damon Lizardmen 27.5 20 20 67.5
Stephen Skaven 27 20 20 0.2 67.2
Dave Hart O&G 27 20 20 0.1 67.1
Graeme Warriors 27 20 20 67
Michael C Lizardmen 26.5 20 20 66.5
Mike S Empire 26 20 20 66
Ross Clark Warriors 25.5 20 20 0.1 65.6
Mike Vercoe Ogres 25.5 20 20 65.5
Noel  High Elves 26 20 19 65
George High Elves 23.5 20 20 63.5
Aaron C Vampires 25 20 18 63
Nick I Wood Elves 22.5 20 20 62.5
Dan Blomfield O&G 21 20 19 0.1 60.1
Bobby Beastmen 20 20 20 60
Dean W O&G 13 20 20 53
Ron golds Beastmen 9.5 20 20 49.5
Chris E Wood Elves 5 20 10 35
Geoff High Elves 5 20 10 35
Phil Ormond Daemons 5 20 10 35








Best Painted: Dave Hart

There was one vote in it and two clear leaders in the painting field. The standard in painting overall was exceptionally high. It was a pleasure to have such well painted armies at the tournament, keep it up tournament goers.

Best Sport: Sam whitt

Another perfect tournament for sports and the level of good generalship and behaviour made me proud to host you guys . It reflects how the game should be played in a friendly but competitive manner. Just remember that if your opponent makes a mistake or his ruler is a little on the stretchy side, it's curtesy for you to mention it to him politely. He may not even know that he's doing it. Good friendly conversation goes a long way to making it both an enjoyable experience and game for you both. The last thing is if your opponent is beating you, that's not enough to mark your opponent down in sports points, you just have to play better next time.



Just a Quick note that I still have a Island of Blood set or a Dark Vengeance set to give to one luck person who has purchased or will purchase something with their 20% off GW RRP discount from VAGABONDS TAKAPUNA. Please contact Doug on : dosainsbury@gmail.com. This offer goes on until the end of the week (March 23rd) and I will draw the winning big or little spender for the win.



A tournament is all about its players. Equinox this year had plenty of people getting their game on. Having maximum fun playing and puching around the hobby that we all love.

In the thick of battle..

 Club mates face off...

 First tournament is the best...





Win the tournament 3 times you keep the trophy...

A little bit later this happened. Necrons feast on some Eldar.

More photo's to come and the 40K results.