Featured Armies from BFS tourney

Dan Matulich's Salamanders

BFS Youngblood Will's PH Death Grd

Tony Pony's Space Wolves

Scott Lloyd's IG

Look for more of Ed Miller's IG when I get him pinned down!

This is the last post from the BFS tourney, I promise! But I didnt think you would want to miss some of these cool picks that I took. I envisioned the day being nothing else but taking pics of armies but when war calls the righteous answer.

tonyponyf and autarch andrew interviews

Hey guys, I want to thank the both of you for coming all the way to White Plains, NY for our tournament. Im not sure how far Tony had to come but Andrew came 3 hours away from Pennsylvania, and is now our PA Battle for Salvation representative. Thanks again!!!

BFS tourney battle report

HQ- Belial 130 pts

Troops X6 5 man Terminator Squad, 1w/ Assault Cannon 1470 pts

245 x 6 = 1470

Elites 5 man Scout Squad, 1w/Missle Launcher 150 pts

w/ Drop Pod

_____________________________________________1750 pts

Well it is pretty obvious that this is not the best Deathwing list that can be written for tournament play. "Black Matt, so why did you take this list if it sucks nuts?" Well to answer that question, I did it on the spot without much preparation for the event. It was very possible that I wasnt going to play and I would not have, except for the large number of no shows. I do not own the current Space Marine or the Dark Angels codex so I wasnt able to write a decent list. Even if I had owned either, this tournament is very strict with the WYSIWYG, and that is the main reason that I took what I took. I played the "Lysander BOMB," in 4th edition and it is the best army that I have for winning painting awards. I very much consider "Battle for Salvation," my house and I wasnt about to let anyone walk in and take best painted from me in ,"my house!"

Brother Captain James' contribution

Brother Captian James contributed to the tournament in two ways. The first is this EXCELLENT Inquisitor that he painted for the raffle and the second is described below in the video. You do so much James!

BFS awards ceremony 09'

Chris Dubuque 1st Overall

Dan Matulich 2nd Overall

Fritz Feddeck 3rd Overall

Matt McTernan Best Sportsman

James Mahood Favorite Opponent

Kris Christesen Best Sportsman

Matt McClanahan Best Painted

sneak peak of BFS tourney terrain

Smack Talk for BFS tourney 09

Here we are the day before hell breaks loose and me with no smack to talk. That just isnt right. Ultrabob is in charge and knows more about who is coming than I do, and I am glad because I have envisioned this tourney as somehow starting friendly grudge matches between the area clubs. So if any of you players think your coming into my house to burn it down, well bring it on! It looks as though I may be able to play in the tourney since some people have bowed out. Welcome to Sparta!!!!!!!!!!!!!

terrain night for 09' Battle for Salvation tourney 1 & 2

city fight terrain construction

Whenever I build a terrain set I think it through from beginning to end. Not necessarily what things will look like exactly, but I think about storage, theme, durability, playability, and then finally aesthetics. This first pic shows that I knew exactly what sizes would fit into the box that I would eventually use as storage for the terrain set. I like to mount my terrain on this type of pressed/ hard type of particle board that is found at Home Depot. I am blanking on what the board is called. It all starts with knowing what size storage box you will be using.

After you figure what sizes and multiples thereof, cut the board however possible. Make or buy a sanding block and buff the top of the board and the edges clean.

This next step is something that is little more than personal taste, but I like to lay the pieces out in order that way I am going know how much material I will have, and how thin I will have to stretch it in order to hit the target number of pieces.
Glue the pieces of the city fight terrain together using plastic model glue. USE GORILLA GLUE to glue the terrain pieces to the board that its based on. This is an expansive glue so you will need to weight the pieces down while its drying. Dry time is 1-2 hrs. If it is a large piece you will need another large piece of board to place on top. Use house canned goods to weigh it down.
Once the pieces are dry then it is on to flocking and I will let the video explain that!

Prize announcement Battle for Salvation 09' charity tournament

Announcing the Battle for Salvation Tournament would be stupid since Ive already posted material about it, soooooo I will post the prizes that we will be giving away instead!!! 1st, 2nd, and 3rd overall will walk away with 200, 150, and 100 credit at the warstore or another online retailer. The Best General will recieve a medal and a sword, the Best Painted army will get a plaque and a paint set, and the Best Sportsman will get a plaque with a handshake. No one person will be able to win more than one category!

For the raffle we drummed up the following:
A Ravenwing Battleforce
A Painted Death Guard Army
-32 Plague Marines 4 plasma guns, 4 meltas
-Typhus
-Papa Nurgle
-12 Plague Bearers
-GW Fig case
40 Jawabases
A Tau DevilFish (New In Box)
Well painted single miniatures:

Just a taste of the level I like to take it to.

Hey guys I know that I am getting away with something easy by posting a video that Fritz has done but this is an example of what level I like to take the my events. I organized this Apoc Battle and I plan on doing the same great job with this tourney. UltraBob is the Chapter Master for this event but he has given me free reign with the terrain. I have been working non stop painting new sets and redoing terrain for this tourney. I hope things are wowed by the terrain at our club.

terrain night for 09' Battle for Salvation tourney

Here is Ultrabob and I setting up the Eternity Gate. My current state of painting/army construction affairs is in shambles. I have not taken this large of a break from painting since the painting drought of 03'. Seriously, after GW gave me the ol' tournament screw, I havent picked up a brush except to do a s#$! load of terrain work. Its Games Day weekend and so almost everyone is in Baltimore, but Bobby and I have been hard at work. We have painted or repainted almost all of the terrain and boards of our FLGS so that we can use it for the upcoming tourney. This tourney is turning out to be a big success with it being a 40 man event, we already have a small wait list running. It is now up to Bobby and I to make it happen. Fritz is in charge of prize support and I havent heard from him in a while so he has me fretting about it. We will see, he always comes through when he says he will!