Tournament Tuesdays: Another Invasion Has Ended.

Last weekend was the second annual Invasion Kenosha. It is a 1000 point WFB tournament I have been running for two years now. Overall it seems like it was a huge success. We collected alot of donations for the local animal shelter and everyone seemed to walk away happy and glad they came.

As of today, I am still in the process of recovering from the event but I wanted to share a couple pictures and outline some future Tournament Tuesday topics I plan on discussing.

In the next couple of weeks, I will give my detailed rundown on how Invasion turned out. I will look at the cost of running an Invasion and finally discuss some future ideas for the event. Until that time, here are some of the 60+ pictures I took from the event. Enjoy!

Prairie Ridge - Jan 2010 Calendar of Events

On the Bench: 2010 Imperial Guard Army List

On Wednesday, I posted my goals for 2010. Today I can roll out my revised version of my 1000 point IG army.

When it came to deciding on this army, three things factored into my army building process.
1. I wanted an army that I could finish in a reasonable amount of time. Based on my painting points for 2009, I can paint about 1 figure every ten days, which is not very fast. This means that a troop heavy army was not a good idea for me if I want to complete this project sooner than later.
2. My original desire was to build a tank army, since none of my other armies have any vehicles. I still like the prison theme and will work towards that as I progress with the army, but for the short term, I am going back to this army being about tanks.
3. My biggest goal for 2010 is to not purchase any new models. With that said, I know that in March GW is going to release a new Basilisk/Medusa kit. I love the idea of the Medusa and want to include one, so I am going to trade-in one of the three Leman Russ Punisher kits I got for Christmas for a Medusa kit. Since I am simply exchanging kits and not buying anything, I don’t feel this is breaking my #1 goal.

So now that I have posted my army list guidelines, it is time to reveal the actual list.

HQ – Company Command Squad w/ vox, 2 snipers, 1 autocannon 75 pts
Troop – Veteran Squad w/ 3 snipers, vox, heavy bolter, and Harker 155 pts
Troop – Veteran Squad w/ 2 flamers, 1 heavy flamer, shotguns 100 pts
Fast Attack – Hellhound 130 pts
Heavy Support – 2 Leman Russ Punishers w/ heavy bolter sponsons 400 pts
Heavy Support – 1 Medusa 135 pts

Total 995 pts

Equinox's 2010 Goals

While I am not a big fan of New Year’s resolutions, I am going to post a few goals in the hopes that they keep me focused and inspired in 2010.

1. My biggest goal for 2010 is to not purchase anything new from GW. This isn’t some kind of protest or such, just a desire to focus on what I already own and not bring more stuff in that just clutters my hobby area. As a side note, I did get for Christmas and my birthday (which happens to be the same day) a card with an invoice for a pre-order trygon and tryanid codex, so while I wont have the models until 2010, I didn’t purchase them, so I don’t feel this breaks my goal.
2. I am not working on anything else until I finish my Imperial Guard army. Ernie has been working hard on his 1/2 of our team army and I want to make sure I live up to my end. Along those lines, I sat done and determined everything IG related I own and can now develop a finalized list since I cannot add anything due to goal #1.
3. Once the Imperial Guard is finished, I plan on finishing the Emerald Eye. I have been chipping away at it for two years and now is the time to get it finished and on the battlefield. I don’t want to do that though until I have completed my IG stuff.

On the Bench: Imperial Guard Heavy Weapons Team

2010 has begun and I have just finished my first model for the year.