'Ard Boyz Tourney

I was able to wander by Game Kastle this past Saturday to check out the 'Ard Boyz Tourney they were hosting and the various armies that people brought. I wasn't up to trying it out, especially since it's been 3 months since I've played any 40k. However, I did want to check out the players and the armies that people had brought to get an idea how others build their armies, paint jobs, and conversions. Sure, 'Ard Boyz is really about 25oopts of killing, and not really about painting and converting, but sometimes you can get some inspiration.

Here's a set of pictures from some of the armies that played that I took with my camera phone. Sorry for the resolution and size, best I can do without bringing the Rebel. Even with all the mech, the winning army was Tyranids, followed by Orks and Chaos (Marines, I'm assuming; I didn't see any daemons).


Check out the Storm Raven conversion behind the cottage in this Blood Angels army. Yes, there is 3 Land Raiders in this army. Land Raiders are dedicated transports in a Blood Angels army, and the 750+ points in LR are supported by a 200+ point Storm Raven.


Ork Horde to take on the Blood Angels. They were into their 1st round of movement in the 1st game when this picture was taken.

Tyranid army, but not the 1st place finisher.

Mech Imperial Guard. Not quite leafblower, but definitely Chimera heavy. This army was probably going to have a hard time in the 3rd game when anything that travels non-modified over 6 inches (bikers, jump troops, tanks, etc) becomes 3 Kill Points. If I count this right, there's 11 vehicles for 33 Kill Points before you start counting troops, special characters, HQs, etc.

World Eaters army. Cool conversion and paint job.

Tau list. Player admitted that he hadn't picked this army in over a year.