Full Metal Gathering
I spent the long weekend up in NSW for the Warmachine and Hordes Nationals, and managed to bring a few prizes home. Ed ran a great tournament, and I got to meet a bunch of new people (and put faces to the names of others I've known for years...).
My flight took an extra hour to reach Sydney airport due to the weather, making me miss the first round of the tournament. That still left seven Warmachine games, and another three for Hordes... so I had my fill of gaming events over the three days. I placed second in the Warmachine event, and won the Cygnar faction medal. Didn't do nearly as well in Hordes, failing to place at all. I also won two categories (Unit and Warbeast) in the painting contest, with my Unit entry taking out Best Overall as well.
My Unit entry was a squad of steam-powered Man'o'War suits, painted for Lon. The Mauler in my icon won the Warbeast/Warjack category, and both Thagrosh (single model) and Grim Angus & co (battlegroup) failed to place.
After two nights of crashing on some spare floor space, I had a night of 'luxury' in a Sydney backpackers (mattress and all!) before heading back to Melbourne on Tuesday afternoon. I also finally managed to visit the Chinese garden in Darling Harbour, stopping for a few hours of wandering and a pot of jasmine tea before I caught a train to the airport. It was a good weekend, but I'm glad to be back in 'sunny' Melbourne again - it may be cold, but at least it's not flooding anywhere in the immediate vicinity :)
There are larger pictures under the cut, for anyone interested...
My flight took an extra hour to reach Sydney airport due to the weather, making me miss the first round of the tournament. That still left seven Warmachine games, and another three for Hordes... so I had my fill of gaming events over the three days. I placed second in the Warmachine event, and won the Cygnar faction medal. Didn't do nearly as well in Hordes, failing to place at all. I also won two categories (Unit and Warbeast) in the painting contest, with my Unit entry taking out Best Overall as well.
My Unit entry was a squad of steam-powered Man'o'War suits, painted for Lon. The Mauler in my icon won the Warbeast/Warjack category, and both Thagrosh (single model) and Grim Angus & co (battlegroup) failed to place.
After two nights of crashing on some spare floor space, I had a night of 'luxury' in a Sydney backpackers (mattress and all!) before heading back to Melbourne on Tuesday afternoon. I also finally managed to visit the Chinese garden in Darling Harbour, stopping for a few hours of wandering and a pot of jasmine tea before I caught a train to the airport. It was a good weekend, but I'm glad to be back in 'sunny' Melbourne again - it may be cold, but at least it's not flooding anywhere in the immediate vicinity :)
There are larger pictures under the cut, for anyone interested...