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ADF Wargaming Association Fundraiser 2013

Posted: January 9, 2014 in Competitions, Fund Raising
Tags: 40k, ADFWGA, Iron Hands, Space Marines

So, that time of the year has rolled around again where I’ve made the epic journey upto Townsville for the annual ADFWGA fund raiser. Do you remember last years post?

I’ve not really participated in that many tournaments in 2013, in fact, I’ve not even played that many games. I’m more about 30k or social playing 40k these days. However, the ADFWGA put on a great show, and its for a very good cause. This year the 40k tournament was 1750pts and I took my Iron Hands. I didn’t use the new mini dex however.

I also ran the painting workshop, which this year was focused on batch painting. I believe we raised $500. Also, one of the guys who attended won an airbrush set up in the raffle at the end of the comp!

So I’ll let the pictures do the talking…

So all the models and paint for the painting tutorial were generously donated by Battle station Ipswich. Roughly about $700 worth. Extremely generous

The painting workshop in full swing. There were many skill levels and painting backgrounds represented. Everyone learned some new skills and had a good time. It was a seriously long day though. I was exhausted! Having only gotten back from my trip to Europe 3 day prior didn’t help either… Next year I’ll stick to painting sides of tanks!

The calm before the storm. One thing I really like about the ADFWGA comps is how well they are organised. They are by far and away the bench mark for tournaments in Australia. No other events even come close to touching these comps.

The scenery is always very high quality too. The tables have a great admin area on them to put your army, books etc. They even have a table to follow so you dont forget any pre-game admin, like warlord traits etc. Very helpful, especially for people like me who don’t play that often anymore…

As usual, the armies are all really interesting and high quality. This one was one of the more interesting ones. Its and Eldar Exodite army. Tones of converting and custom work were put into this army to get it looking right. Not only that, but the paint job was excellent too. Sadly the owner didn’t manage to get it finished in time, so they were ineligible for a prize etc. Pity. Pardon my crappy iPhone photos.

This was an army I actually played against. I was really impressed with the paint job. It was well thought out and skilfully executed. I was genuinely shocked that it didn’t get a better painting score, or even a place for that matter.

Lots of nice blending and freehand work. But yeah, Eldar. My least favourite army to play against…

So overall I came 6th. Which I was seriously surprised at. I only won two games, and drew the other three. My army list was just a very basic marine one. I did however have A LOT of stand off fire power. Which worked quite well actually, however I didn’t really have anything that could deliver the killing blow. No heavy hitters that could get up into the enemies grill.

The Iron Hands also got second place for the painting comp too. Which again, seriously surprised me. The Iron Hands are quite an old army now, and I’ve come along way technically and creatively since I first painted them. So to get that sort of score was pretty overwhelming. I wish I’d actually taken the World Eaters and played them as CSM. But I just didn’t have the time to paint what I wanted… And my Iron Hands army is MASSIVE, so lots of different choices available to me.

So overall the weekend was a great success. The ADFWGA raised over $12,000 for Soldier on and many good games were had. A big improvement on last years efforts, raising $10,000.

Next stop, the ANZAC Cup in April

John

Forge World Realm of Battle Cityscape board sections review

Posted: December 12, 2012 in Reviews, Scenery
Tags: 40k, ADFWGA, Forgeworld, Horus heresy, realm of battle cityscape, reviews, Warhammer 40000

Hello everyone,

Two posts in one day! So today when I got home this was on my door step and my heart was filled with joy

So as you know, a few weeks ago I decided that my next project was to build a gaming table so that I’ve got some good quality scenery to play on, which hasn’t been a feature of my collection. So as you can imagine when I saw these babies on the door step I was pretty keen to open them up and have a close look at the boards.

First off, can I say that there were no breakages at all and all the sections were well packed, each section in its own individual box. I have to admit, my prior experience with a Forge World Realm of Battle board had raised my expectations high. What I enjoyed most about my first experience with their boards was the very high level of attention to detail. For example on my first board one of the emplacements had small tally marks scratch into the wall, and bits of war gear lying around too. Just little things that made painting the model a real pleasure.

So lets look at a few areas that I was particularly impressed with.

Here we see a smashed Rapier Laser platform. This is featured on the Concourse Sector. The detail is clear and crisp.

Another great feature hidden on one side of Generatorum sector.

Again from Generatorum sector board. A simple, well executed feature. I’m looking forward to painting this part actually.

What I really like about these boards is they are covered in details such as these. Small patches where their are pouches, empty magazines and other small bits of random objects scattered around.

This shot is from the Shattered Plaza sector. I’ve already been looking at photos of old marble structures in Rome and Italy to draw inspiration from so I can get a quality painting result for these pieces. It appears that there is a plinth for a model to be mounted on adjacent to each Eagle head. Rather than put a marine or something like that there in a statue form, I’m thinking of putting some sort of Daemon, or Gargoyle there for effect, similar to architecture features found on many sandstone buildings around the world.

This is a control panel across from the main foundation located on the Primus sector. It’s like the designer intended it to be the controls for some sort of generator or other such device situated on the foundation. It gives me a few ideas…

I’m sure many of you have noticed this feature on the Primus Sector board. I thought I’d put a close up of it because I really like it. It appears as if its been hit by an artillery round and the back half of the Rhino has been destroyed. Again, the surrounding area is festooned with all manner of random war gear.

The reverse angle shot of the Rhino. Good stuff.

Now, its all not sweetness and light. I do have two criticisms of the Realm of Battle Cityscape board sections. The first one is that like the Realm of Battle Imperial Strong Point each board section isn’t exactly 2′ x 2′. Its a little bit less. Unlike the Games Worksop Realm of Battle board sections, which are made of injection moulded plastic and are exactly 2′ x 2′. Now don’t get me wrong, these are exceptional pieces of modelling, but it is a bit irritating knowing that they are about 3mm shy of 24″. This isnt a big deal when Forge World Realm of Battle Cityscape board sections will only be aligned next to other Forge World Realm of Battle Cityscape board sections. But it does cause problems when you try and match them upto GW sections, like you must with the Imperial Strong Point.

My other criticism is of the Forge World Realm of Battle Cityscape Shattered Plaza section. The raised platform is bowed. I suspect its because its such a large surface, but it means I’m going to have to do some sort of reinforcing underneath it so that it sits flat. I’ve been considering my options and one idea that has come to mind is actually getting some expandable foam and coating the inside with it. Its not going to be easy but it will mean that the sections will be very strong indeed, capable of withstanding being trodden on and remaining intact. Another thing I’m considering is magnetising the corners so there is some positive connection between the pieces when they are on the table set up. I’ll have to give it more thought.

So overall I am tremendously pleased with these new additions. When you consider that four sections cost +/-$430AUD V’s the GW Realm of Battle Boards that cost here in Australia $450 rrp, I know which one I’d purchase day in day out. Yes the GW product is a 6’x4′ table compared to the Forge World product which is 4′ x 4′, however the Forge World Realm of Battle Cityscape board sections are orders of magnitude more impressive no matter how you measure it. I’m anxious to begin painting these sections, and with the prize money I got from ADFWGA Championships on the weekend ($200!!!!), I purchased more Imperial Sectors from The Combat Company so I can get a good looking table happening.

I’m hoping to hit this project pretty hard over the xmas break, so there should be plenty of updates coming shortly.

Thanks for dropping in

John

The Carcharodons bring home Best Painted Army, Best Painted HQ, 3rd Best General, 3rd Overall & raise $850 for Legacy at the ADFWGA 40k Championships!

Posted: December 10, 2012 in Competitions, Fund Raising
Tags: 40k, ADFWGA, Carcharodons, Forgeworld, Landraider, Legacy, Warhammer 40000

Hello Everyone,

About that rather long title… So much win to report. So what was accomplished over the weekend? The most important thing, lots of hardcore hobby & wargaming action and over $10,000 raised by ADFWGA for Legacy. This is a massive achievement! I really tip my hat of to Ty C. & Dave H. for making this happen. Its also a huge improvement on last years effort too, where $4,000-ish was raised.

It was also BY FAR the best tournament I’ve every played in. In terms of thoroughness of organisation, venue, quality of tables & scenery, quality of presentation of the armies competing, quality of opponent, prize pool, extra curricular activities that were fun and helped raise funds for Legacy and just overall awesomeness. Any metric that you can think of to determine the success of a wargaming tournament, the ADFWGA Championships exceeded them all. As far as I’m concerned this tournament is the one that all others are now judged from. Its the yardstick.

Friday afternoon and all the tables are ready to go

The massive amount of awards that were up for grabs across the three wargames on offer over the weekend. 40k, WHFB & Flames of War.

A nice touch. A measuring template and commemorative coin that were available for participants at the Championships

Some of the prizes that were donated for auction to raise funds for Legacy.

Some of the small details that add up to greater than the sum of their parts and contributed to a great weekend of wargaming. Each table had useful sections of the 40k rule book reproduced so to facilitate smoother running games.

Each table also had the tables terrain defined, along with references in the rule book and a very hand sequence of events. Nice

Lets break the weekend down blow by blow.

Friday

So our group arrived from Brisbane at Townsville a short while after lunch on Friday. My main concern was running the painting tutorial for the 10 hobbyist who’d signed up and delivering value and good quality practical and technical advice. Having never taught anyone how to paint something before this was a new venture for me, however I did try and plan for a much as I could. If you’d read my previous post, you’d know that the aim of this tutorial was to take the participants step-by-step through how to paint a Leman Russ tank side. Although we all painted the same thing, what I was wanting to impart was principals and techniques that could be taken away and applied to their own armies at a later date. The tutorial went much long that I expected, going for over 6hrs… however to everyones credit, the enthusiasm showed and we motored on after dinner to finish the project. Everyone that participated was thrilled with their efforts and I’m sure in the next few months we are going to see some fantastic looking armies emerge. Thanks again to Battle Station Ipswich and Hobbyrama for their assistance in putting this together

Right at the start of the tutorial.

A few of the guys talking smack during the painting tutorial.

Overall, I was really pleased with the success of the painting tutorial, not only did we raise $400 for Legacy, but we’ve also raised the standard of hobby by imparting new skills that the participants can use to better their armies. Awesome.

So… the games

Saturday went like this

1st game. Carcharodon’s V Tryanids.

I have to say from the start that this tournament didn’t allow Imperial Armour at all (thats now been fixed for future events, score one for common sense) So my Carcharodon’s were actually a Space Wolf army in disguise. Space Wolf Sharks? Nevermind. The Tyranid army was really well painted, and had quite a few monstrous creatures (funny that) but thanks to my Ruin Priest and Jaws of the World Wolf psychic power (what a jack!) I managed to dispatch this army with little to no causalities. It would be remiss of me though not to include some pictures of this Army as its really well painted, has a strong 2nd Ed vibe to it…

My next game was against a Blood Angel Army.

This is the game that I should have won, and have been reprimanding myself ever since. I made a few very small, but tactically costly mistakes that meant I lost by the narrowest of margins. The final move of the game that made me want to scream was my “Wolf Lord”, Ruin Priest and a squad of “Grey Hunters” charging a squad of tactical marines for victory. I needed a 6″ roll to get into close combat. I made the roll. The tactical marines with a plasma gun overwatch fired. The plasma gunner rolled two sixes and two wound rolls. Smoking two of my grey hunters and thus turning a 6″ charge into a 7″ charge. Fail. Face Palm. Angry face. Good game though, probably the most challenging game over the weekend actually.

My third game for day one was against a Dark Angel Death Wing army.

Unfortunately for my opponent the dice just were not on his side this day, and despite him having massive amounts of terminator armour, the amount of 1’s he rolled was greater. He kept good humour about it though which we all know can be difficult to do when the dice just don’t want to cooperate.

At the end of the first day we had the Charity auction, where I picked up all of the 40k rule books except for 1st Ed and 6th ed (I already have both of these) and a Drop Ship Commander Army starter. Raised $450 for Legacy so its all good.

Day two, game 1. Carcharodon’s V Space Wolves

I have to admit, I was worried about this game. Space Wolves are a potent army and my opponents force looked strong. What made it worse too was he stole the initiative! ouch. In this game my Wolf Lord really shone. It was a VP mission, and my Wolf Lord accounted for over half the final tally. He just kept on single handedly killing things.

So by the last game of the last day, having won 3 games and lost 1, I knew my final opponent was going to be strong. To my despair it was a Drago lead, Grey Knights Army where upto 5 objectives had to be captured. So it was Drago with his Paladin posse including an Apothecary out front with 3, 10 man squads of Purifiers and 2 Twin linked autocannon wielding dreadnoughts in support. Ouch. Knowing they had to move on me, I decided to sit back and let that happen until I could break their momentum (read kill Drago) then begin my own offensive. Turns out this plan worked (except for the killing Drago part) when fortune smiled on me. Enter Jaws of the World Wolf. Remarkably, and I mean remarkably I managed to kill Drago with this, but also 2 of his Paladin retinue. Amazing. After that it was pretty much down hill with my Wolf Lord and his retinue mounted in a Redeemer coming out of hiding and assaulting the enemy. Kicking ass and taking names.

To my opponents credit, his army was beautifully painted (winning one of the peoples choice awards) and I feel it necessary to share some photos of his models.

So for all my troubles, I managed to get 3rd in the Best General Competition, 3rd Overall, Best Painted Army and Best Painted HQ model. The weekend was a great success and I’m already ~~scheming~~ planning my army for next year…

If you want to see some more photos of the weekend go to my FB page or the ADFWGA FB page to see some great action over the weekend.

Comments welcome

John

ADFWGA Championships & Legacy fund raising 2012

Posted: December 2, 2012 in Fund Raising
Tags: 40k, ADFWGA, Legacy, Tournaments, Tutorials

Hello everyone!

Its been a while between posts and not a lot of painting since finishing the Reaver a few weeks ago. However I’m still here, just taking a bit of a (well deserved)breather and planning my next project, but also working on a few other things too. Like putting together a 4hr painting tutorial for people who want to learn how to paint tanks better….. let me explain..

For the past few years now, the Australian Defence Force Wargaming Association (ADFWGA) holds their annual wargaming Championships in December each year. This is a Tri-Service wargaming event (Army, Navy & Airforce) for current and ex Defence members to participate in, the games on offer this year are 40k, WHFB, Flames of War, and Malifaux. Apart from determining who is the best Wargamer in the ADF and spending a weekend talking hobby, smack & general laughs, its also an opportunity for the ADFWGA and members of the community to help raise funds for Legacy.

Legacy is a charity providing services to Australian families suffering financially and socially after the incapacitation or death of a spouse or parent, during or after their defence force service. It is a charity that is close to the hearts of many service people and their families and does a lot of good both within the Defence community and the general community at large.

To make my (The Painting Bunker’s) contribution to not only the ADF Wargaming community, but to also assist in raising funds for Legacy, I have offered to the organisers of this years event, being held in Townsville, to do a 4hr intensive tank painting tutorial for 10 participants at $40 per head with all funds raised going directly to Legacy. When the painting tutorial event was announced on the ADFWGA Facebook page, the places were quickly snapped up which was a great relief and testament to the communities willingness to not only improve their painting skills, but raise money for a very worthy cause.

The aim of the tutorial is to provide the participants with the principals they’ll need to paint tanks effectively, some of the topics that I’ll be covering will be Air Brushing, applying camouflage patterns, weathering with oils, weathering with pigments, stencilling & decal application, amongst other things. Basically what I’m going to be doing is taking the participants through how to turn this…

into this….

Its been an interesting journey organising this as painting for 1 (me) is pretty straight forward, try organising it for 10 people… 10 brushes, 10 sets of tweezers, 10… well, you get the picture. Luckily for me a few local Brisbane business have helped out in providing me with what I’ll need to do the tutorials.

When I asked Nathan Jurgs, the owner of Battlestation Ipswich (technically not Brisbane :-P) if he could help out, he has very generously supplied all the Citadel paints (over 36) that we’ll need to paint our project. I’ve only known Nathan for a few months now, however I’ve been thoroughly impressed firstly with his business, easily the best, and I mean BEST, independently owned games business I’ve ever seen, but also with his passion for gaming and the community as a whole. When I asked if he could help out he didn’t hesitate and was quick to support the fund raising effort for Legacy. Go check out his Facebook page too!

The other locally owned business that has been extremely generous and eager to support is Hobbyrama in Stafford, Brisbane. Hobbyrama is easily the largest, longest running hobby shop in Brisbane and I’ve been shopping their for well over 10 years now. When I discussed what I was doing for Legacy and ADFWGA, they were very eager to help out, and have provided 5 very high quality gravity feed, dual action air brushes (complete kits) and a mountain of finishing products to assist with the tutorials. They even ordered in some items from their suppliers express especially so that I could make timings for my trip upto Townsville (a two day drive from where I live).

So this is shaping up to be a great weekend, and I’m keen to not only play (I’m taking the Carcharodons in the 40k event) but also to hopefully pass on some of my skills to others so that we can raise the standard of army presentation in the community.

So, if you’ve made it this far, thanks for taking the time to read this post. I’d like to finish up and ask you if you could make a small donation to Legacy via the ADFWGA’s donation portal, everyday hero. It take about 2 minutes, its painless and your contribution will make a difference. To help put what your donation will do into perspective, have a look at this…

So take a few moments to help out, and if you live in the area then please visit Battlestation & Hobbyrama and show your support to these awesome local business by giving them your custom.

So, thats it for me thanks for stopping in and keep an eye out for the soon to follow posts on all of the fun and good times that will come out of the 2012 ADFWGA Championships.

Comments welcome

John

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The Carcharodons bring home Best Painted Army, Best Painted HQ, 3rd Best General, 3rd Overall & raise $850 for Legacy at the ADFWGA 40k Championships!

ADFWGA Championships & Legacy fund raising 2012