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As some of you might be aware, a handful of members have had associations of some sort or another with Adepticon since about 2006. It started with the Team Tournament, sprinkled in a few rounds of Combat Patrol, and the last two years have been dedicated to the 40k Friendly Tournament.
Discussions about the Team Tournament could take several blog posts to cover. I'll spare you that, or you could just look back through the archives. Suffice it to say that it takes luck to even get in to this very popular event, and a great deal of money and time to not embarrass yourself when you see the titans of industry who will inevitably win. These are the teams who have spent thousands of dollars and man hours to put together truly masterful works of art. Average participants? Don't hold your breath. This event truly rewards those who go above and beyond. It's actually worth coming to the event, just to see the display bases the teams put together.
Combat patrol has never really been my thing, but others have enjoyed it. I have trouble making a 1000 point 40k army, so 400 points really is an exercise in futility for me. To each his own, I'm glad some of the other members have had fun with it.
This will be the third year for the 40k Friendly Tournament. I had some friends participate in '12, and they gushed about how awesome it was. Laid back, thematic lists, a complete lack of douchebaggery, it received rave reviews. I did not bring Team Snake Eyes to the Team Tournament in '13 because I was a little burned out from that hectic experience and wanted something a little more relaxed. The Friendly was my choice. Three of us came up last year (myself, Chambers, & Grenn Dal) and although I came in dead-ass-last place (it's a real thing, look it up) it was a good time. After hearing the staff repeatedly say they would disallow hard lists, I was a little shocked at some of the things we saw last year "What do you mean my drop Wolves list with four Rune Priests with Jaws isn't friendly?" Chambers and I are a little worried about what we'll see this year.
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| Vulkan and the lads take the field once more |
Sorry for the poor quality of the pics, but I've been having technical issues. My list, which I feel is true to the "friendly" theme is as follows: Vulkan, (5) TH/SS Assault Terminators, (2) Tactical Squads with flamers, multi-meltas, combi-flamers, & TLLC Razorbacks, a Storm Talon w/typhoon ML, (3) Centurion Devastators w/Grav Cannons & Hurricane Bolters, a Thunderfire Cannon, and finally an Aegis Defense Line w/Quad Gun. It's got a moderate amount of shooting with a counter assault/harassing unit in the terminators.
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| Chambers assured me his army was ready to go... |
Chambers army looks pretty cool too. He's got a Dark Mechanicus army that has ties to Nurgle and Slaanesh using the Chaos Marine Codex: A Chaos Lord in Terminator Armor, (5) Chaos Terminators with combi-meltas, a squad of 12 Noise Marines with Icon of Excess, 7 sonic blasters and 2 blast masters, (2) squads of 6 Noise Marines with 2 sonic blasters and 1 blast master each, a Helldrake with Hades Autocannon (yes kids, Chambers can beat you without the bale flamer), 2 awesomely converted Obliterators, and finally a Bastion that has the Imperial iconography defaced and replaced with sacrifices and icons of the dark powers. We'll add an army pic when he's ready for me to take it. :)
Random Pics from the game room on Thursday:
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| This thing is about 5' high and is likely someone's display board. These people do not mess around... |
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| Iron Hands charity raffle army, there are better pics out there on the internet, and they are worth seeing. |
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| Sisters of Battle display chapel/board. |
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This close-up of the floor detail proves once and for all that
you can never have too much awesome in your life. |
Stay tuned, more tomorrow!
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3 comments:
I love that sister's board. saw some WIP for it. Nice work. I hope you guys had fun. I really had a great time last year going with you guys and I hope that next year I will be able to make the pilgrimage with you.
Burninate all the xeno scum! Drink one for me and remeber to get the surf and turn at Harry Carrey's
While there will be a post dedicated to a "wrap-up", I finished the day 2 - 1. There were some more questionable lists out there, and I spoke with more than a few guys who were a little bummed out by the lists that showed up. I suppose that "friendly" is awfully subjective, but it doesn't appear that the organizers plan on being sticklers about lists. Got my surf and turf on at Benihana's, so Harry Caray's will just be turf (the surf was WAY to expensive there if you'll remember...)
"What do you mean my drop Wolves list with four Rune Priests with Jaws isn't friendly?".... While I personally brought a Drop Wolves list, I did not bring a single Rune Priest to the friendly. ;)
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