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Not that it would change the opinions much but there is the cost of the trophies too. A custom 1:1 scale prop is not the cheapest thing out there. Seeing as I made them (tooting own horn mode off)

wynnSTUDIO

wynnstudio wrote:Not that it would change the opinions much but there is the cost of the trophies too. A custom 1:1 scale prop is not the cheapest thing out there. Seeing as I made them (tooting own horn mode off)

wynnSTUDIO

Those were pretty friggin' awesome. I especially loved the Ork chainsword. Very nice work. How much would one of those custom weapons go for, if I may ask?

Frazzled wrote:
There is no truth to the rumor that, in the midst of the hullabaloo, some chaos players secretly caught and sacrificed some Black Reach newbs to Chansus, the 5th Chaos God of Dice Rolling, to improve their scores in the final round...

I think you are confusing dieties -

'When you look back at the beach of life, those times when you see only one set of footprints, at the tough games of your life and turn to look at Nuffle and say unto him 'Why Nuffle, Why abandon me at those times?' Nuffle replies..."I didnt abandon you my child, thats when I was on your back and riding you like a PONY!!!"

Afrikan Blonde wrote:Wow just wow!

* SUPER FACE PALM *

All people can do is find something to complain about and rail on endlessly. I think that is quite telling about the finals last year as well.

I know. They even find ways to endlessly complain about the complaining.

Isn't it terrible?

btw: See what I did there?

I agree....I can't BELIEVE people complain about complaining...just the idea of the complainers makes me mad.

Grumblegrumblegrumble....


btw:I'm with ya howlingmoon

beardy wrote:Anyone care to post the list they used for the last set of games?

Sure I was 10 of 64, I had an Eldar Flying Circus army, its easy to post.

ELdraad
Yriel
Seer Council x8 in Waveserpent Stock with Bright Lances
Firedragons x6 W/ Exarch with flamer in Waveserpent with Brightlances
Dire Avengers x5 in Waverserpent with Brightlances
Dire Avengers x5 in Waverserpent with Brightlances
Dire Avengers x5 in Waverserpent with Brightlances
Dire Avengers x5 in Waverserpent with Brightlances
Dire Avengers x5 in Waverserpent with Missile Launchers
Dire Avengers x5 in Waverserpent with Missile Launchers
Fireprism with Stones
Fireprism with Stones
Fireprism with Stones

I had nearly the same list as the Eldar player who took second, he had "my list" minus Yriel and the seers with 2 more units of firedragons instead. I spoke to him, he was very affable and precise and seemed to know the game very well! Well played, I would not have predicted Eldar in the TOP 3.

I played 3 matches vs marines with Librarains with Null field, and the event was the tough fight I had expected for weeks! I was surprised to not play vs. Demons, Chaos or Orks, as I expected they would be at the top.

Hoozah to all the competitors, and thanks to all the event runners! Special word to whoever took the whole thing with IG, wow, I would never have guessed!

Loved it.


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DarthDiggler wrote:

wynnstudio wrote:Not that it would change the opinions much but there is the cost of the trophies too. A custom 1:1 scale prop is not the cheapest thing out there. Seeing as I made them (tooting own horn mode off)

wynnSTUDIO

Those were friggin amazing. I especially loved the Ork chainsword. Very nice work. How much would one of those custom weapons go for, if I may ask?

*(Pre Apologies for OT on this one, but I had to answer this!)

Those were awesome BTW! Full marks sir well done!

I wouldn't presume to assume the value of someone else's work, or predict how those were made, but I can speak from personal experience a little on this one as I also have made replica weapons before. I made a Titan Steel Deflector from world of Warcraft, and I sold mine at an art auction for $135. The auctioneers thought it went cheap, I spent about 16 hours making and painting it and 75$ in materials.

Here are some images of the thing, I think it's comparable to the props as the prizes, if, a little bit bigger.

It sadden me to here that everyone is bickering about prizes and competion!

Ard' Boyz is for fun. i agree with everyone that said its for pitting yourself against the toughest of us and on top of it all, if you win you are the best!!!!!!!!! I would love to have the honor to say that! prizes are just a bonus to the experience! stop complaining, its just derailed the forum true goal.

DarthDiggler wrote:

wynnstudio wrote:Not that it would change the opinions much but there is the cost of the trophies too. A custom 1:1 scale prop is not the cheapest thing out there. Seeing as I made them (tooting own horn mode off)

wynnSTUDIO

Those were pretty friggin' awesome. I especially loved the Ork chainsword. Very nice work. How much would one of those custom weapons go for, if I may ask?

Found wip images for the prizes here:

http://wynnstudiomodels.blogspot.com/

I played John (3rd place SM player) in the third round (I had the Horde Ork army).

I had a great time-- all my rounds were well-played and enjoyable.

First round was Ork on Ork action, and I tabled the guy (although it was close run until 4th turn). He just couldn't hack through 30 cybork boyz + Mad Dok with the units he got into CC.

Second round was against a drop-pod SM player (cannot recall his name). He brought two thunderfire cannons (!!?) which put a huge damper in my day... pulled out a minor victory given the game ended on turn 5. We played out last few turns for fun, adn he would've gotten a minor had we continued on.

Third round was against John's SM list. The main problem for me was spearhead deployment with deployment zone objectives... that's a LONG walk! His terminators were able to pour fire into my (slowly) advancing horde, and he made good use of superior mobility to lead Grotsnik's squad hither and yon.

Was still an enjoyable game, and it came down to the very last turn-- if it had been random game length and ended on turn 5, would've had a minor victory myself (but, no random game length, and next round he killed the one nob remaining on his objective, and ran off the Kommandos contesting mine).

All in all, I enjoyed playing new faces, and had no problems. Also, got a chance to visit Chicago-- saw some sketch/imrpov at iO and Second City, and had some great food. Would definitely recommend it to anyone who has the opportunity (although driving from SC was pretty lame!)

Glad to read about your experience. I've found of the games I've struggled with the most playing my Orks utelized Spearhead deployment.

How did Mad Dok perform for you? Did you utelize him in every round?

Oh, Dok + 30 Cybork Boyz makes for a great screen-- no need for the KFF when you have a line of 30 boyz screening your force.

Most people also spend an inordinate amount of time shooting the unit- and while they're likely to kill over half the unit before it can reach them, they end up leaving the much softer squads behind it relatively unscathed.

The unit + Dok rarely make their point cost (over 500 for dok and the unit) but they often force play mistakes and screen the rest of your army. I love the Dok+Cyborks combo at anything 1500+

Thanks for the insight. I'd ran a similar version, but with a smaller unit inside a BW. I can see how footslogging them (and w/ Ghaz) could be fun unit.

I would love to see John's marine list. Could someone please post it for us?
thanks in advance,
-Pav

pavonis wrote:I would love to see John's marine list. Could someone please post it for us?
thanks in advance,
-Pav

John doesn't want his marines list posted....

He doesn't want people to accuse him of "Net listing" when he shows up at the next event... (even though he made the list!)

Basically our group of players has put a lot of time getting our lists to tourny quality and he has a Solid list.

That's odd- seems little harm in posting it, but, eh-- his call.

It was a decent list-- very well played.