Last weekend (June 11-12) was the Astronomi-con Toronto
WH40k Tournament. Lots of fun, great armies and players, fun tables and scenarios! There were 60 players and 30 tables there: I managed to get photos of about 2/3rd of each during various breaks between games.
The photos were taken with a Nikon Coolpix L18, which was usually fine but there is the occasional blurry image (apologies in advance). Another attendee (Mike) got some better photos which are available at
http://shiftedmatrix.com/events/astronomi-con-toronto-2011-gallery/ - he also caught some different armies than the ones I shot.
This thread has my photos of 38 of the 60 armies present (this post) as well as the tables and scenario teasers (2nd post). My army is Tyranids Army 1, below (the one with the Harpy and Meiotic Spore Sacks)
For my battle reports (with photos) see the following threads:
Game 1 vs mech Imperial Guard Army 1 on the Err Supply table
Game 2 vs leafblower Imperial Guard Army 6 on the Divide and Conquer table
Game 3 vs Space Marines Army 9 (Black Templars) on the Supply and Command table (coming soon)
Game 4 vs Chaos Space Marines Army 3 on the Hammer and Ambull table (coming soon)
Game 5 vs Space Marines Army 8 (Blood Angels) on the Park in Space table (coming soon)
Game 6 vs Chaos Space Marines Army 2 on the Power Struggle table (coming soon)
Army breakdown from my photos included:
8 Loyalist Marines (including 1 Blood Angels, 1 Imperial Fists, 1 Preheresy Emperor's Children)
3 Space Wolves
6 Imperial Guard (3 Mech, 3 Leafblower)
3 Daemonhunters
3 Witchhunters
2 Chaos Space Marines
2 Chaos Daemons
2 Lost and the Damned
5 Eldar
3 Tyranids
1 Tau
From Mike's photos I can see 4 more: Another
CSM, a Black Templars, his Salamanders and an Ork army.
These were 1500 pt armies. Imperial Armour models were allowed, as long as they didn't take up a separate division (ie no superheavies).
Composition Rules: Each army starts with the maximum 20 Composition pts. An army can have 1
HQ, 2 Troops, 1 each of Elite/Fast/Heavy with no penalties. Lose 1 Composition point for the 2nd choice of from the same category (3rd and 4th for Troops), Lose an additional 2 points for the 3rd (5th and 6th for Troops).
IMPERIUM:
Imperial Guard Army 1: Mech Guard
Canadian-themed Imperial Guard: Great camo on the infantry, gorgeously-converted vehicles based on real Canadian APCs and tanks. Plasma/Medic
CCS in Chimera, 4 Veteran squads (2Melta/1Flamer) in
AC/
HB Chimeras, 1 Hellhound, 2 Leman Russ Battle Tanks with hull
LCs, 1 squadron of 2 Tauros Venators (
TwL Mulitlasers). And yes, that is a cardboard cutout of Don Cherry standing with the Command Squad...
Imperial Guard Army 2: Mech Guard
IG Tank army: 4 squads (Veterans?) in Chimeras, 1 Leman Russ Conqueror/Vanquisher?, 3 Leman Russ Battle Tanks, , squadron of 2 Tauros Venators, Hydra, 2 Medusae? Can't spot a
CCS, maybe it's Armored Co and the Vanquisher is the CO...?
Imperial Guard Army 3: Mech Guard
4 Chimeras with Infantry (Veterans presumably), 1 Leman Russ Battle Tank, 1 Leman Russ Executioner Plasma Tank (
HB sponsons?), 1 Vendetta
Imperial Guard Army 4: Leafblower
Leafblower
IG with really nicely converted "Huey"-style aircraft. Looks like 4 Valkyries, 2 Vendettas, and the big quad-blade chopper with quad-rocket pods as a Vulture. Presumably meltavets in the Valkyries at least.
Imperial Guard Army 5: Leafblower
Looks like 4 Vendettas and 2 Valkyries (presumably meltavets inside). Great modeling on the rockets in-launch out of the Rocket Pods, wish I had taken a side shot.
Imperial Guard Army 6: Leafblower
3 Vendettas (2 Meltavet squads, 1
CCS), 2 Vultures (one with quad Rocket Pods), 1 Lightning Flyer with TwLC and 4 Hellfury Missiles, 2 Tauros Venators with TwLCs. The Lightning is apparently an homage to Robotech.
Daemonhunters Army 1:
2 Stormravens, Dreadknight, 3 Purifier? squads in Lazorbacks
Daemonhunters Army 2:
9-model Army: Stormraven, 3 tooled-up Dreadknights, some sort of
HQ with 4 Paladins?
Daemonhunters Army 3:
2 Stormravens, 2 Psyfleman Dreadnoughts, 1 Squad of Grey Knights of some sort, 3 squads of Henchmen in
HB Razorbacks and presumably Inquisitor Coteaz somewhere...
Witchhunters Army 1:
St. Celestine, Celestians in an Immolator, Inquistional Stormtroopers in a Repressor, 1 Exorcist, 1 Vulture gunship, 2 squads of Sisters, 2 more squads of Dominions or Retributors?
Witchhunters Army 2:
2 Cannonesses, 2 squads of Sisters of Battle, 1 Dominion? squad in an Immolator, 1 Sisters Repentia squad in an Immolator, 1 inducted Imperial Guard Infantry Platoon, 2 Penitent Engines, 1 Exorcist
Witchhunters Army 3:
St. Celestine, 4 Sisters of Battle squads in Rhinos, 3 Celestian/Dominion? squads in Immolators, 2 Exorcists
Space Marines Army 1:
1 Rhino, 1 Razorback and a large number of Marines
Space Marines Army 2:
Imperial Fists: Sniper Scouts, Tactical Squad in Rhino, Tactical Squad in Razorback,
HQ and Elite/
HQ squad of some sort in Landraider, Plasma Cannon Dreadnought, Vindicator
Space Marines Army 3:
Crazy cool Dreadnought conversions, not even sure what is what here. 10 Tacticals (2 squads of 5?) and some
HQ hero, Land Raider and...I think the two dog-like Dreads are Riflemen, the one with Penitent Engine arms is an Ironclad, there is one relatively normal one, and then the huge thing with Rockets I have no idea...Whirlwind?
Space Marines Army 4:
Custom "Phoenix" chapter. This guy had his own codex printed up(!).
HQ on bike, 5 more Bikes, 3 Attack Bikes, 15 Tacticals, 1 Rhino, 5 Elite Marines of some sort in a Razorback, Dreadnought,
AC/
LC Predator
Space Marines Army 5: Dark Angels?
Neat colour scheme. Drop Pod, Landspeeder, 2 Tactical Squads, Termi
HQs and 2 Terminator Squads (including 2 Cyclone
MLs, so Deathwing maybe?). and another squad (scouts? elites of some sort?)
Space Marines Army 6:
Termie
HQ with Terminator Squad, Tactical Squad in Rhino, Tactical Squad in Razorback, Las-Devastators in Razorback, 1 squad Assault Marines, 3 Landspeeders.
Space Marines Army 7:
Preheresy Emperor's Children army: 4 squads of Marines (2 in Rhinos), 1 squad of Devastators, Dreadnought in Drop Pod, Whirlwind, presumably an
HQ in there somewhere. He had glowing lights in those crystals on the board, very nice touch.
Space Marines Army 8: Blood Angels
Mephiston, Furioso Dread in Pod, Librarian Dread, Stormraven, Tacticals in Rhino, some other squad in Razorback, Vindicator. Last 3 vehicles hadn't made it onto the display board when I took the pic (oops)
Space Wolves Army 1:
2 Squads in Rhinos, 1 Squad in Landraider, 3 Thunderwolf Cavalry, Drop Pod, Assault Terminators
Space Wolves Army 2:
Very cool counts-as Cold One Thunderwolf Cavalry, 2 squads in Rhinos, 1 squad in Razorback, 2 squads LongFangs
Space Wolves Army 3:
2 Squads in Razorbacks, 1 Squad in Rhino, 5 Thunderwolf Cavalry, 2 squads LongFangs
CHAOS
Chaos Daemons Army 1:
2 Nurgle
DPs, 1 Tzeentch
DP, 2 Heralds of Tzeentch on Chariots, 5 Bloodcrushers, 3 units of Plaguebearers
Chaos Daemons Army 2:
Lord of Change, lots of Pink Horrors, some Flamers and Screamers, all classic models. Blurry army pic, but closeup of the very well painted Screamers is sharp.
Chaos Space Marines Army 1:
Chaos Lord, Winged Nurgle Prince, 2 squads of Plague Marines in Rhinos, 1 squad of Berserkers in Rhino, 2 Obliterators, Predator, Vindicator
Chaos Space Marines Army 2:
Winged Lash Prince, 2 Defilers, 2 Chaos Dreadnoughts, Raptors, 2 units of Plague Marines in Rhinos
Lost and the Damned Army 1:
Command Squad, 2 Armored Fist Squads (in Chimerae), 1 Heavy Weapon Squad, 2 Leman Russ Battle Tanks, 1 big unit of Plague Zombies, 3 Chaos Spawn and a Herald or something, plus a squad of Stormtroopers? with a
PF
Lost and the Damned Army 2:
Command Squad, 2 Sentinels, 3 Big Mutants, 2 huge squads of guardsmen, 2 Heavy Weapon squads, 2 Trucks (as Chimerae?), 1 Leman Russ Battle Tank
Plague Hulk – I think this went with the 2nd
LATD army. Won best single model, so of course my pic is blurry...
XENOS:
Eldar Army 1:
Farseer and Wraithguard; 2x 5 Dire Avengers; 5 Fire Dragons; 10 Storm Guardians and Warlock (all 5 squads in Wave Serpents); 2 Wraithlords. This army won best painted, so of course my photo is blurry
Eldar Army 2:
Guardians, Storm Guardians, lots of Wraithguard, Striking Scorpions?, 2 Vypers and a Wraithlord
Eldar Army 3:
Farseer, Howling Banshees, Fire Dragons, Striking Scorpions, Dark Reapers 2 squads Rangers/Pathfinders, 3 Warwalkers, and possibly a Phoenix Lord?
Eldar Army 4:
Blurry (oops) Bunch of unidentifiable infantry in Waveserpents, a Falcon and a Fire Prism
Eldar Army 5:
Striking Scorpions, Fire Dragons, Dire Avengers, Howling Banshees, 2 Wave Serpents, 2 Falcons. Not sure where the
HQ is here
Tau Army 1:
HQ Crisis (
Fireknife + something else) with 2
Fireknife bodyguards; 3-suit
Fireknife squad; 3-suit
Deathrain squad; 2 squads Fire Warriors in Devilfish; Pathfinders in Warfish; Fusion Pirahna; 2 Broadsides with 2 Shield Drones
Tyranids Army 1:
Tyrant with 1 Guard, 3 Hive Guard, 3 Zoanthropes, 4
CC Warriors, 3 Shooty Warriors, 10 Genestealers, Harpy, Trygon, Biovore and 2 Meiotic Spore Sacks
Tyranids Army 2:
Tervigon, 6 Hive Guard, 3 Zoanthropes, 30 Genestealers and 2 Trygons
Tyranids Army 3:
Very nicely converted Tervigon and Tyrannofex, 6 Raveners, 44 Genestealers
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