Sunday, May 1, 2011

Astronomi-con Winnipeg 2011 - Army Showcase

This weekend, April 30- May 1, is Astronomi-con Winnipeg 2011. Hard to believe this tournament series has been running now for a decade! There are several players from out of town (Toronto ON, Windsor ON, etc.) plus a slew of locals.

Here's some of the armies that I was able to see during yesterday's proceedings (Day One of the two-day tournament).

Dave S' Nurgle:

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Mario R's Ultramarines ("Best Appearance" winner; check out the NMM on his Techmarine Commander):

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Brock J's Chaos Daemons ("Best Army" winner; check out the corrupted Eldar tech used to create daemonic engines of war):

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Alex B's Orks (he wasn't able to finish all his new vehicles):

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Greg R's Salamanders:

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Jim B's Red Scorpions (check out the groin-kicking models):

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Chris B's Dark Eldar (mostly painted by his wife!)

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Mike D's Sisters of Battle:

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Fabio F's Nurgle Chaos ("Best Single Figure" winner - the Daemon Prince):

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Dustin F's Grey Knights:

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Graeme B's Grey Knights (all Paladins - a 16 model battle force!)

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Dave T's Slaanesh Chaos Daemons:

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Lance M's Salamanders (love the hat!):

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Nick I's Space Marines ("Best Army List" winner; check out a page from his custom codex!):

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Chris H's Orks ("Best General" winner):

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Kevin N's Imperial Guard (his armoured vehicles are parked below the camo nets:

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8 comments:

Dallas said...

Great post, Dave! How many points are those armies?

DaveV said...

Dallas, 1500 points.

Dallas said...

Wow, there was one army there with 16 models...

DaveV said...

Grey Knights, man. Each guy is a hero.

I drew him in a close fight in my last game. Ten of those sixteen models were worth about 900 points. His HQ turned those two wound Paladins into scoring units. My Farseer tied up 5 of those guys for several close combat rounds. Hooray for Fortune.

Curt said...

Thanks for posting this, Dave! Some very cool looking forces there.

Greg, I'm thinking you should make-up a fancy display base for your Austrians. (Seeks cover in anticipation of head-explosion...)

Muskie said...

Some nice armies. I've been a little behind and out of it for hobbies the last week or two. Issues in the real world...

Good work all who entered a painted army.

Greg said...

Hey Dave, just a correction... The first pic of the Salamanders (2 drop pods /w Ironclad Dreadnaughts) belong to me (Greg), not Lance :P

Maxis Lithium said...

Impressive. I knew Dave S. when I was in Windsor doing my degree. He deserves the win, he likely earned it. Supprised he took 2 dreadnaughts. Tempts me to stick one in my Astro list for the Toronto one. looks very solid.