Archive of Salamanders

Meeplemart 1000pt 40k Tournament – My Games Thumbnail
13Aug2012
Author
Mike
Category
Battle Reports

Meeplemart 1000pt 40k Tournament – My Games

This past Sunday my local gaming store Meeplemart held a small 1000pt 40k tournament that was the first local tournament of 6th edition. After 3 games I managed to go home with the Best Overall award and a lot of good stories. Check out my report on the tournament overall as well as read about the t...

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Astronomi-con Toronto 2012 Game Reports – Day 2 Thumbnail
26Jun2012
Author
Mike
Category
Battle Reports

Astronomi-con Toronto 2012 Game Reports – Day 2

This is a continuation of my Game reports from Astronomi-con. The post below details my games from Day 2, if you want more info on the tournament or the reports of my first three games check out my post from Day 1. Game 4 Day 2 started out with a long awaited rematch with Nick Itsou and his a...

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Astronomi-con Toronto 2012 Game Reports – Day 1 Thumbnail
25Jun2012
Author
Mike
Category
Battle Reports

Astronomi-con Toronto 2012 Game Reports – Day 1

I attended Astronomi-con Toronto 2012 this past weekend and as a final 5th edition event it was quite the send off. Our gaming group made quite the showing, with 7 of us attending. Before I get into these reports I should mention a few things to those of you that may not know what Astronomi-con i...

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Astronomi-con Toronto 2012 Gallery Thumbnail
25Jun2012
Author
Mike
Category
Events

Astronomi-con Toronto 2012 Gallery

Here is a big batch of photos I took at Astronomi-con Toronto 2012. The lighting conditions where pretty horrible, but I did my best to take clear photos. I might be able to clean them up a bit more in Photoshop, but there are so many of them! Make sure you check out my other posts about this yea...

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Salamander MkII Assault Squad – Finished! Thumbnail
22Jun2012
Author
Mike
Category
Painting

Salamander MkII Assault Squad – Finished!

I worked on this squad for most of the afternoon. There are a few things I still want to clean up, but my back is telling me I'm done for tonight. I also dug out my display board to make sure everything would still fit. It is looking pretty good, so I took a few photos to share.   That's i...

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Salamander MkII Assault Squad – Work in Progress Thumbnail
21Jun2012
Author
Mike
Category
Painting

Salamander MkII Assault Squad – Work in Progress

As with every tournament, there is always that last minute rush to get your army finished. Astronomi-con Toronto is this weekend and I still haven't finished painting the one squad I wanted to add. Now that I think about it, this post could probably be considered procrastination! My Forge World M...

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Modifying my Salamanders army list for this year’s Astronomi-con Thumbnail
24May2012
Author
Mike
Category
Armies

Modifying my Salamanders army list for this year’s Astronomi-con

I made the decision a few weeks ago that there was no way I was getting my Dark Eldar done for Astronomi-con this year and I was just going to bring my Salamanders again instead. Considering I finished 3rd overall last year, I didn't want to change my army too much so I just need to tweak things. ...

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Astronomi-con Game Reports – Day 2 Thumbnail
15Jun2011
Author
Mike
Category
Battle Reports

Astronomi-con Game Reports – Day 2

This is a continuation of my Game reports from Astronomicon. The post below details my games from Day 2, if you want more info on the tournament or the reports of my first three games check out my post from Day 1. Game 4 First game of the day was against guard. The dude had 13 Lascannons in hi...

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Astronomi-con Game Reports – Day 1 Thumbnail
14Jun2011
Author
Mike
Category
Battle Reports

Astronomi-con Game Reports – Day 1

Before I get into these reports I should mention a few things to those of you that may not know what Astronomi-con is. Astro is a 1500pt tournament that has about 50-60 people participate each year. The best part of the tournament is that every table has different custom tailored missions. Games are...

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Almost done painting my Astro army – Salamanders Tactical Squads and Sternguard Thumbnail
10Jun2011
Author
Mike
Category
Painting

Almost done painting my Astro army – Salamanders Tactical Squads and Sternguard

It's the day before Astronomi-con and for me it's crunch time. I took the day off work today as I just had too much to do. Here was my to-do list when I work up this morning: Detailing on Tac Squad 1 Last layer of green + detailing on Tac Squad 2 Detailing on Sternguard Finish Libraria...

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