Royce's Ravenwing:
John's Wraithlord:
John's Eldar:
John's Wave Serpent:
Iron Hands (note the scratch-built interiors for all the vehicles):
Cory's Daemons:
Cory's Greater Deaemon of Nurgle:
Nick's Phoenix Space Marines:
Nick's home made insignia, made into decals:
Garrett's Eldar:
More Armies:
Brief Brief battle reports (I didn't take detailed notes) and in-game photos to follow.
Some impressive stuff for sure. And credit to Astro for allowing non-GW vehicles into the tourney as long as they look the part.
ReplyDeleteI have to say, however, that one big turn off of all of these 40k events is the apparent need to have elaborate "carrying trays" that match the theme of your army.
I'm all for investing time and effort into the figures themselves. The drive for the TV trays drives me a little nuts though.
Heh... nice "Royal Cadian Regiment" with Leopard 2 etc.!
ReplyDeleteThey don't have to be elaborate, but a carrying tray is a good idea. It is also worth one point in Astro Appearence scoring I believe.
ReplyDeleteOne army I fought against used a converted GW Balrog for a daemon. IIRC, that would never be allowed in an "official" GW tourney, due to licensing agreements, etc.
ReplyDeleteThe carry tray thing is cool, but the reality is that the most tricked out tray will garner you at most 2 points out of a total of 200 points used in Astro scoring. Mostly, a tray is useful for carrying your army from table to table.
The Royal Cadians were very impressive. The LAVs are mostly plastic card, with Chimera turrets and hatches and Ork wheels.
My last comment got lost in the warp...
ReplyDeleteNice pictures are you going to do game by game mini-battlereports too?
RE: Battle Reports;
ReplyDeleteI'll be providing reports and pictures, but they won't be really detailed accounts. Sadly, I didn't take notes, and I cannot remember each game on a turn by turn basis.
Great photos !
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