CanCon For Hippos

I have just put my name down for the 40K Friendly at Cancon 2018, leading the massed greenskins of Waaagh! Snaggatoof; richest of the Bad Moon tribes (although I feel this particular version is from early in his rise to riches, before the real over indulgence and opulence set in...) I have spent some time this morning hammering away on army lists which seem about right, but need testing. They are mostly based on what I have and what I plan to build next, although disappointingly, I couldn't fit the Grot Tanks since the tournament is using patrol detachments, therefore only two fast attack choices. Grot Tanks don't really feel like fast attack, but they're certainly not heavy support, and I can't fit them in with the more important stuff, so out they go. Pity - they're the only vehicles I actually have painted.
What does this mean?
It means I have to do the following:

1. Finish painting Blingboss Snaggatoof himself (a conversion based on the chap from Black Reach)
2. Finish painting a mob of Black Reach slugga boyz
3. Paint the Deff Koptas
4. Paint the buggies
5. Build and paint four bikers, including a nob who will be temporarily promoted to warboss
6. Build and paint a trukk
7. Build and paint three killa kans (I've got the kits, and have had them since time immemorial...)
8. Time permitting, build a table of Orky terrains.

So, in the coming months you can look forward to some more orky madness...

Ishoo Wun-Oh-For: Abyssal Lava Tower

Welcome once more Hippo Fans! Before you all flip out and call shenanigans, yes, this WAS meant to be the people's choice ishoo on Necrotite Rigs. I have postponed it for a very good reason. Really. It's totes legit.
Next Sunday is the AxeMaster 2016 tournament, once a mighty bastion of the Warhammer tourney calendar, now a mighty bastion of the Kings of War tourney celendar due to... well, if you don't know why we've all moved on from Warhammer, then you surely have only just discovered the internet, in which case, what are you doing here? You should be looking at pictures of cats.
Ahem.
Anyway, I have been asked to provide a table worth of terrain for AxeMaster, which will be awarded as a prize (to the best newcomer I believe) (Correction: The TO tells me it's for Best Presented Army). So I figured it would be a good idea to post the pics of this project BEFORE AxeMaster so everyone could see how cool the prize is and throw money at the organisers and demand to be allowed to enter.
But what manner of table is this table which is to be awarded? Well, it's an Abyssal hell scape basically. And basically how hard can an Abyssal hell scape basically be to build? Basically so easy a hippo could do it. Cue the Abyssal Grot!

And there, once more, you have it hippo fans! 

Why not come to AxeMaster, demonstrate your master of axes, and try to win this terrain set? You know you want to.

Next ishoo really will be the Necrotite rig. Trust me. I'm going to work on it right now.

Duelling Paintbrushes 2: DuelCon 2012 (now with pictures!)

Duelling Paintbrushes 2 is now completely and totally over. Today we ran DuelCon 2012 - the fabled Duelling Paintbrushes mini tournament - possibly the most over organised three-player tournament in the history of the world. Now that it's over, the player pack can be revealed. Of course, Drew already revealed the player pack. Gah.

•  DUELCON 2012 is a 1000 point Warhammer Fantasy Battle Tournament, open to absolutely anyone, provided they are Greg Johnson, Drew McLean or Owen Top.
•  There are no restrictions on armies used except that the armies MUST have been painted as part of Dueling Paintbrushes 2: Mexican Paintoff.
•  Massive comp hits will be placed on anyone who takes a Hell Pit Abomination, Hydra or Kharne the Betrayer.
•  There is a 150 point upgrade allowance available to players who did not include upgrades in their DP2 lists.
• There is no grudge round. There is no grudge thrower either.

The 150 point upgrade bonus was included on Drew's insistence because he did not include any upgrades in his force. This meant Greg struggled to make the 1150 points now required, and had to over dose on magic levels. It also meant I took the doom wheel. And it meant little to Drew because when he totalled his points up he found he'd painted over 1000 points anyway.

But enough of this waffle!

On to the results!

GAME ONE: Drew (Orcs-wot-fink-dey-iz-wood-elves) vs. Greg (Stirland Empire) TABLE: One.

RESULT: Resounding victory to Greg.

GAME TWO: Drew (Orcs-wot-fink-dey-iz-wood-elves) vs. Owen (Clan Skitterclaw Skaven) TABLE: One.

RESULT: Resounding victory to Drew.

GAME THREE: Owen (Clan Skitterclaw Skaven) vs. Greg (Stirland Empire) TABLE: One.

RESULT: Resounding victory to Greg.

FINAL RESULTS:

Greg: 2

Drew: 1

Owen: 0

Greg has posted numberless pictures shortly, and some sort of tournament report. He's better at that sort of thing than I am (he remembers what he rolled - I don't).

Oh - it should be mentioned that Matt Strange won the 40K section of DuelCon 2012 by default, being the only DP2 contestant to finish a 40K army. I'm sure he'll be thrilled to hear this since he spent the day playing Magic: The Gathering and didn't even bring his 40K army along.

Tournaments for Cunning-Smart Rat-Things! Yes-yes!

Earlier this year, I posted some helpful advice on winning tournaments. For hippos.

Well, since Skveek is still holding Grot hostage, and the Australian Masters' tournament is on this weekend, it's his turn to give some helpful advice on winning tournaments, the Skaven Way.

Best of luck to the Hamptonites making the pilgrimage this year! Remember, don't roll like Greg. Especially if you are Greg!

Tournaments For Hippos

It's Cancon this weekend, and practically all of my club mates are making the annual pilgrimage to Canberra to participate. Not only are they going to play, but somehow they've wound up organising it. How does a Melbourne club end up running a tournament in Canberra?

Anyway, I thought I'd better take this opportunity to wish them all luck, and present a few tips on how to win tournaments. For hippos.

And now you know why I never win tournaments! Good luck and may the dice gods smile upon you!