During the lunch of the Sunday, if you wanted to have a go at the painting prize (I gracefully declined, as my Tau in its current speed painted state will not win anything), you had to leave your army out for everyone to see and vote.
This is the full might of the guard army I played in Game 1; a fantastic demonstration of force. He later told me that he'd painted another of the guard armies present... Man, he must love painting grunts!
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| From Spoils of war 2010 |
I liked this army for it's simplicity and quality of paint job. Everything fitted together, the army as a whole looked quality.
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| From Spoils of war 2010 |
One of the two Necron players who entered the painting; it was great to see something other than boltgun metal! Well painted and great use of colours.
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| From Spoils of war 2010 |
I almost cried when I saw all the Dark Angels vets painted up in Thousand Sons colours... But then I had to admit that this army is painted to a very high standard, and the robes really fit well.
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| From Spoils of war 2010 |
All you need is dedication! Death Korps of Krieg, well painted with lots of mud really adding to this season's 'Siege Look'. Again, everything cam together to make an excellent looking army.
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| From Spoils of war 2010 |
The only Eldar to enter; it was nice to see some bright colours well applied. Individually the details were lacking, but standing back, with the high quality of basing, this army was lovely.
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| From Spoils of war 2010 |
This is the army belonging to one of the club council members; you know when people say the pictures don't do something justice? This guy took a theme and ran with it throughout the army and it looks fantastic.
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| From Spoils of war 2010 |
I don't think I've ever seen a traitor guard army IRL before this, but damn, this one is brilliant; judicious use of spikey bits, great graffiti on the vehicles, and the converted baneblade really show alot of effort and skill.
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| From Spoils of war 2010 |
I believe these nids belong to the store owner in Bristol Vanguard's new venue. This is a case of a well thought out colour scheme, applied across alot of bugs really can look good.
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| From Spoils of war 2010 |
And finally the actual winner of the painting contest. 1 careful lady owner, huge amounts of detail, real precision painting on all the suits and vehicles. I just wish I'd managed to get better photos!
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| From Spoils of war 2010 |
And here are a few amusing snaps...
Through the combined wishing of the Praetorian platoon, the Bainblade started to fly...
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| From Spoils of war 2010 |
"Mum? Sorry, can't talk right now, kind of busy..."
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| From Spoils of war 2010 |
These were by the same guy who crushed me on game 3, he worked out that each of these fella's cost him well over £10 each... They do look really cool though!
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| From Spoils of war 2010 |
Man, sometimes you've just got to brace yourself and charge!
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| From Spoils of war 2010 |
And thats all my coverage for Spoils of War 3 (2010). I enjoyed myself immensly!
The extra twists to the missions and army structure added some extra flavour; all of my opponents were great to play against (even the ones who left me wheeping into my army case); and it's definetly something I'll try to attend next year.
Something I noticed that will affect the way I look at the event in the future, that dispite it being a fun and friendly tournament, quite a few people brought full on, hold no punches lists. Fluffy? Maybe, but definetly near the competative edge.
I'm hoping to attend their 'real' tournament next April, so we'll see what changes are brought by a true competative scene.
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