Over the past few years of running Fields of Blood events nothing has caused as much controversy than the introduction of the Painting Checklist. Far more than comp, people got very animated in their opposition.
Jack sent me through a picture of the winning army from the UK Masters.
This is a unit of 65 High Elf archers....ignore the fact that they are Glade Guard as all elves are one these days.
And kids, this is why we have rules.
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We didn't use the checklist at Masters, in fact there was no painting score...
ReplyDeleteWe do have a checklist at the FOB events. There was no scoring at the NZ Masters but there were criteria. The army had to be to tournament standard. This would not meet that hurdle.
DeleteI think the painting checklist is one of the best things. Facing a well painted (and using a well painted) force is what draws many of us to the game. Not purple dildo warriors....
ReplyDeleteWell that neatly sums up his whole attitude. Not only does he submit the most bring list with the most boring tactics, he cannot even be bothered to paint his army.
ReplyDeleteHe really seems to be taking the piss at everyone else's expense. Everybody paid for the privilege of playing a "game" against this.
The only possible good thing is that you wouldn't have to look at the army as it all hides inside the folding tower, but then you have to look at the tower which is probably a crap bit of cardboard going by the rest of it.
Who the hell tried to make a game of it a rush the tower giving him the win? Sounds like something I would do LOL!
I most undeserving winner IMO
Neil
I think that he correctly and intelligently found the loophole in the comp pack - most tend to ban FFF - and that he got two LOS against big spells. Good on him for spotting and exploiting that.
DeleteHowever I know as a TO I'd be very uncomfortable with the presentation of the army. It wouldn't pass the hurdle that I'd expect players to attain.
The army this player used at the ETC this year - daemons comprising plastic insects - also attracted some notoriety.
Mind you - that is not a picture from the Masters - its still on the workbench. Surely not the finished product?
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The commentary with the pic suggested it was near if not the finished article.
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ReplyDeleteThat is a ridiculous unit. I mean some people are not very good at painting (i.e. myself) but that just shows a lack of effort and application. Not in the spirit of the game.
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I agree with McCrae Loudon. Well said!
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This is why 3 colour minimum should never be applied to fantasy, in most cases the models are too complex for that to work. It might work on space marines, where the bulk of the model is a single colour but nothing in fantasy is like that, even Chaos Warriors.
ReplyDeletethree colours isn't enough to do a space marine to even base colour standards. so three colours means has some paint on the plastic. Not Painted"".
DeleteI remember the outcry when one player took an empire army made out of lego. Every model was recognisable as what it was and was on the correct bases and even multiple colours. But they and their corresponding terrain were made out of lego.
Narren Zade won one of the US tournaments with a Brettonian list featuring a grail death star and 5 Pegasus knights. The army was all made out of my little ponies. That garnered him a lot of Kudos for winning with brettonians and a lot of hate mail for stealing MLPs from 5 year old girls. Agedain the models were all coloured and mounted on the right bases so game leagal.
Both these examples tend to be regarded as not warhammer.
Warmachine has even stricter entry rules where each model have to be at least 50% of the correct privateer press model. Fantasy is permissive in encouraging conversions and use of alternate models. But some people will always find a way to abuse the rules.
That's where better TO rules or peer comp and sportsmanship would have shot that army down or if painting was included in the score rather than just a minimum to scrape by.
But the peer judged comp and game enjoyment might be a Pandora's box too far
Night goblins?
DeleteI wonder if he'll be selling off those other paints in the background in a clearance sale.
ReplyDeleteNeil
I understand that the owner is being interviewed on the next episode of Heelanhammer
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