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| by Danny Internets | August 19th, 2010 - 8:30 am
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I didn’t get a chance to play Samuel Penson’s Space Wolves, but I did watch parts of his games against Dashofpepper’s Orks and Nick Nanavati’s Daemons. Sam went undefeated on Saturday, however the 88 player format left an odd numbered 5 gamers with perfect records at the close of the day. In order to trim this number down to 4 it was necessary to have the two lowest seeded players battle for the right to keep playing in the finals. At 8 am Sunday morning Sam and Justin (Dashofpepper) played a randomly selected mission; Dash bested him and Sam went on to play in the 3-1 bracket.
Like Tony Kopach’s winning list, this one features Njal at the helm, but with less emphasis on Troops and heavy reliance on large packs of Thunderwolf Cavalry. But perhaps the most striking thing about this army is the complete absence of Long Fangs.
And the full army list:
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| by Sir Biscuit | August 18th, 2010 - 2:47 pm
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I run a crusade space marine army. That means that every unit in my army gets a different color scheme and a different backstory. It also means that I get to paint a lot of marines. Like, a LOT of marines. While I was working on my latest batch to go with the terminator librarian you see on the left, (I call them STAR REAVERS,) I thought I would take some pictures so I could teach the good folks who play 40k that it’s not hard to get a decent paint job in no time at all.
I’ve seen a lot of painting articles out there that give step-by-step methods to achieving excellent models. 30 steps to make a power sword and all that. This is not one of those. This is about how I painted the marine unit to continue the theme I started with that librarian in 4 hours. Or five episodes of Xena. If you need to get your stuff ready for a tournament quick, or just need to paint a whole bucket of dudes and don’t relish spending an hour+ on each (like I used to do) then this is the guide for you.
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| by Danny Internets | August 18th, 2010 - 11:30 am
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If you’re reading this it’s likely that you’ve already seen Stelek’s widely publicized list over at YesTheTruthHurts, but for the sake of completeness I’m going to post it up here as well, along with a couple of pictures.
I have to admit that after reading Stelek’s list I was left scratching my head as what makes it tick, but seeing it function made things clear. This list is extremely balanced and is a veritable Swiss army knife of 40k resourcefulness – it’s got everything it needs to deal with any situation that can be thrown at it. Unsurprisingly, this wholeheartedly supports Stelek’s assertion that take-all-comers armies are the ones that win tournaments in 5th edition.
On to the list:
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| by Danny Internets | August 18th, 2010 - 8:30 am
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The following it Mark Ferek’s Blood Angels army (painted as Crimson Fists) which not only managed to completely own my IG, but take it all the way to the championship game against Tony Kopach’s Space Wolves.
Also worth of note, Mark managed to best Dashofpepper’s Ork’s in the closest and most exciting game I’ve ever witnessed, which ultimately came down to a single die roll to decide which table quarter Mephiston would claim as he straddled the line at the end of turn 7.
Mark Ferek – Blood Angels – 2000 points
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Librarian – Shield of Sanguinius, Fear of the Darkness |
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5 Honor Guard – Meltagun x2, flamer x2 |
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Rhino |
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5 Honor Guard – Meltagun x2, flamer x2 |
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Rhino |
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| by Danny Internets | August 17th, 2010 - 1:30 pm
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Now presenting the alpha dog Tony Kopach and the Space Wolves list that won the 2010 NOVA Open:
Tony Kopach – Space Wolves – 2000 points
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Njal Stormcaller |
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Wolf Lord – Runic armor, power fist, storm shield, saga of the bear, wolf tooth necklace, thunderwolf |
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Rune Priest – Chooser of the slain, living lightning, jaws of the world wolf |
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3 Wolf Guard – Combi-melta x3, powerfist x3 |
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5 Wolf Scouts – Meltagun |
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8 Grey Hunters – Meltagun, mark of the Wulfen, wolf standard |
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Rhino |
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7 Grey Hunters – Meltagun, mark of the Wulfen, wolf standard |
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Rhino |
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7 Grey Hunters – Meltagun, mark of the Wulfen, wolf standard |
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Rhino |
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5 Grey Hunters – Flamer |
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Razorback – Twin-linked lascannon |
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| by Danny Internets | August 17th, 2010 - 10:30 am
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It’s been a big year for me in gaming. A couple of months ago I managed to win the ‘Ard Boyz Semifinals at Brothers Grim Games in NY and this past weekend I clinched the Renaissance Man award at the NOVA Open hosted by Mike Brandt in Virginia. For those who don’t know, the Renaissance Man award is the equivalent of Best Overall at a traditional GT, which combines both soft scores (appearance and sportsmanship) and hard scores (game outcomes) into an overall ranking. At the NOVA Open both the Renaissance Man (Best Overall) and Tournament Champion (Best General) were awarded an invitation to the Games Workshop sponsored Throne of Skulls tournament in Las Vegas in addition to a boatload of other loot: Warstore voucher, Back-2-Base-ix voucher, an Ork Stompa, and a ticket to Adepticon 2011!
Not that I expected to have a serious shot at either, but getting the Renaissance Man award really came out of left field for me. Honestly, no one was more surprised by the result than I was. Hell, the only reason I was even paying attention was because I expected Jawaballs, Nick Nanavati, or Hulksmash to win it. I almost didn’t bother taking my army back out for paint judging because at no point did I think I was in contention for anything other than Tournament Ace (going 4-0 in the first day).
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| by Danny Internets | August 17th, 2010 - 8:30 am
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With the NOVA Open officially at an end it’s time to post some of the results (also available at Whiskey & 40k), make some people e-famous, and make known what lists were able to break faces and egos at the most competitive 40k event that has ever taken place in the United States.
Event Awards
Renaissance Man (Best Overall) – Dan Matulich (aka Danny Internets)
(Click here for army list)
Heart of Gold (Best Sportsman) – S. Chase (tied with Dan Matulich)
Greater Than the Sum (Best Army Appearance) – E. Furman
Well Beyond the Crayon (Best Single Miniature) – T. Williamson (aka Old Shatter Hands)
A Miniature Frankenstein (Best Converted Miniature) – D. Brown
Renaissance Man? More like Renaissance Dan. No one in the room was more surprised than me to hear my name called for that one. Winning my ticket to the Las Vegas invitational tournament by means of an award that I typically deride as a nonsensical measuring stick for competitive events made the irony almost palpable. As Chumbalaya and Dashofpepper later told me, I’ll probably never hear the end of it.
On an unrelated note, the Eldar army that won for Greater Than the Sum was unbelievable. Sadly, I didn’t get a chance to check out the other appearance winners.
Tournament Awards
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| by Danny Internets | August 16th, 2010 - 1:39 pm
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As mentioned a couple of weeks ago, the opening event on the Friday night before the NOVA Open was the Whiskey Challenge where known personalities in the 40k community were given the opportunity to put both their opinions and their dignity to the test. All told, 8 of us got our drink on and rolled some dice. Some games had more on the line than others and, unsurprisingly, the epic struggle of Orks vs non-Orks took center stage for the vast majority of participants.
The match-ups and results were as follows:
Stelek (Space Wolves) vs Dashofpepper (Orks)
With the amount of pre-game trash-talking that went on (most of it not even from the players themselves), this was clearly the main event of the night. Stelek and Dash both took the lists they would be using in the actual tournament and fought tooth and nail, and almost to a complete stand-still. The result? Tied by both table quarters (primary objective) and objectives markers (secondary objective) it came down to victory points where Stelek was able to pull ahead by roughly 200-250 points (by his estimate).
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| by Danny Internets | August 6th, 2010 - 8:30 am
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When speaking to the strength of a particular build or army in 40k it is inevitable that tournament performance gets dragged into the discussion. After all, why shouldn’t it? Tournaments are competitive events by definition so they should naturally see good showings by the most competitive (ie, “best”) armies in the game. However, there are many hurdles that prevent this deceptively simple argument from being convincing from an analytical standpoint, all of which fall under the umbrella of using non-uniform standards of measurement. Specifically I refer to problems of scoring, rules, scenarios, popularity, population, and sample size.
Scoring
No two events in the 40k community seem to have the same scoring these days, and nearly all factor soft scores into who wins the so-called tournament portion. Personal preferences on event format aside, this presents an enormous problem when attempting to build an aggregate data set by drawing on results from different competitions. If Hobby Event A weights game outcomes 90% and Hobby Event B weights game outcomes at only 30% then is it appropriate to include winners from both in the same analysis? Obviously, the answer is no–nevermind apples and oranges, it would be like comparing apples and elephants. Throw in differences in rules, wacky scenarios, and skewed army representation and any hope to draw conclusions from the set goes out the window.
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| by Danny Internets | August 4th, 2010 - 8:30 am
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So Mike Brandt of the NOVA Open emailed me the other day and asked if I’d be up for participating in the Celebrity Deathmatch event on the Friday before the tournament. Seeing as I don’t normally travel to play 40k and the biggest notch on my belt is winning an ‘Ard Boyz Semi-finals, I’m not really sure I qualify as a 40k celebrity, but who am I to turn down a game of 40k? At the very least I’ll get to test myself against someone who talks a big game, and maybe even brings it.
In this case, it’s the latter.
My opponent will be Hulksmash of Dakka Dakka, a player well-known for destroying people on the West Coast with his Space Wolves and a sensible guy to boot. We’ve had some disagreements on how tournaments should be run, but that’s really the limit of my interaction with him.
Objections to the importance of tournament/hobby event records notwithstanding, his past performance, army list, and comments about 40k lead me to believe the knows how to play the game and that this will be a tough match. What will I be facing? Like in any tournament setting, it could be anything. But my Google-fu is strong and I never go unprepared. Hulk did well at the Broadside Bash out in California earlier this year with the following 2000-point army, so I suspect he’ll bring something similar:
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TastyTaste: After about the first 15 comments I thought to myself wouldn’t it be fun to calculate the average...
Tyr'sVanguard: I suppose I get belligerently drunk too often to be a champion… :(
Dashofpepper: Hod, that has nothing to do with my success. The flash cards on the other hand, have everything to do...
Hod: @Dash Sex good. I think thats sacrifice enough. Though one thing you do present that has been the staple of...
yermom: I guess thats why im only 13th. I spend far too much time with females!
Green7: Why havenbt they ever put in the results for BoLScon ? Paul Murphy would be ranked #1 if they did. I talked...
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