Triad III Bravo Qualifier Coverage

Triadin toiset huippujännittävät karsinnat on taisteltu! Kolmen kärki ratkottiin historiallisesti kokonaisuudessaan tiebreakerein kolmen kenraalin kerättyä kasaan tasan 47 pelipistettä. Armeijajakauma oli värikäs ja meininki hyvä koko turnauksen ajan. Kiitokset kaikille osallistujille!

First Round Pairings and Results
3 Matti Alanen vs Jussi Salonen 17
2 Emppu Niemi vs Topi Valtonen 18
2 Aleksi Holtari vs Aleksi Lehtiö 18
20 Jere Kortemaa vs Jouni Haavisto 0
20 Vili Urpilainen vs Anton Patrikainen 0
0 Tycho Elmgren vs Juha Ottelin 20
20 Touko Kästämä vs JP Kumpulainen 0
20 Björn Söderström vs Juha Kortemaa 0

Second Round Pairings and Results
14 Björn Söderström vs Aleksi Lehtiö 6
20 Jere Kortemaa vs Touko Kästämä 0
17 Jussi Salonen vs Topi Valtonen 3
0 Matti Alanen vs Aleksi Holtari 20
0 Emppu Niemi vs JP Kumpulainen 20
0 Tycho Elmgren vs Jouni Haavisto 20
17 Anton Patrikainen vs Juha Kortemaa 3
6 Vili Urpilainen vs Juha Ottelin 14

Third Round Pairings and Results
7 Jere Kortemaa vs Björn Söderström 13
13 Jussi Salonen vs Juha Ottelin 7
11 Aleksi Holtari vs Topi Valtonen 9
19 Jouni Haavisto vs JP Kumpulainen 1
9 Touko Kästämä vs Anton Patrikainen 11
0 Matti Alanen vs Juha Kortemaa 20
5 Emppu Niemi vs Tycho Elmgren 15
20 Vili Urpilainen vs Aleksi Lehtiö 0

Final Standings
1. Björn Söderström, Chaos 47
2. Jussi Salonen, Ynnari Eldar 47
3. Jere Kortemaa, Craftworld Eldar 47
4. Vili Urpilainen, Chaos 46
5. Juha Ottelin, Astra Militarum 41
6. Jouni Haavisto, Chaos 39
7. Aleksi Holtari, Orks 33
8. Topi Valtonen, Imperium 30
9. Touko Kästämä, Imperium 29
10. Anton Patrikainen, Space Marines 28
11. Aleksi Lehtiö, Imperium 24
12. Juha Kortemaa, Chaos 23
13. JP Kumpulainen, Imperium 21
14. Tycho Elmgren, Tyranids + GSC 15
15. Emppu Niemi, Tyranids + GSC 7
16. Matti Alanen, Ynnari Eldar 3

Army List Compilation

Parade Assembly

...via War Head Facebook

This Saturday is an important date in War Head's annual schedule - the Armies on Parade day in the Warhammer Store! Games Workshop's army display competition has been a yearly attraction for our crew and Ollie especially, who has created several imaginative and memorable entries for the parade over the years.

The competition has grown in popularity almost every year and we've always encouraged our friends to take part - the Parade Day is as much a social gathering as it is a painting competition. Everyone can enjoy the atmosphere and the inspiration provided by the event and every painted fig makes the world a better place!

Our pal Mikael is currently the reigning champion - let's see if Ollie is able to seize the gold medal back to War Head's stall on Satuday!

War Head Armies on Parade Coverage

2017 Fight Club Player Spotlight: Noa Kaistinen

Some of you might have noticed some new, cool forces gracing our store section's cabinets this summer. These are hand-picked highlights from our dear player community and from Fight Club combatants that have been kind enough to have us display their armies! This exhibition will now be accompanied by mini interviews to shed light on the artists behind these brilliant collections. These interviews are conducted in English because of our community's international flavour. Today we get to know Praetor Noa Kaistinen!

Who are you and what do you do besides play wargames?

Noa Kaistinen here, I'm a metal artisan and a chef in a restaurant, I go to gym time to time and spend my evenings listening to music and audio books, playing PC games and watching some movies and TV series.

How did you first begin the hobby? 

I started my hobby over ten years ago. I went to local store that sold some PC and PSP games but stumbled upon some Warhammer stuff. It was love at first sight. I ended up buying old school Terminators as my first minis along with some paints and hobby supplies.

What armies do you play? What's your favourite kind of roster?

At the moment I play Ork-themed Adeptus Mechanicus in 40K, but there's some new projects on their way!

Horus Heresy is my go-to game and the Iron Warriors my jam. My favourite roster is capable of blowing everything up with heavy support and it feels like I'm always a few FOC slots short while planning army lists. I like to support my infantry with big guns and especially blast weapons.

What is your fondest gaming memory?

Hmm, there's a couple that instantly come to mind. A few editions back I was playing War Head's Ollie at our local gaming club, the matchup was my Orks against his Black Templars. At some point he charged his Sword Brethren Terminators into my Burna Boyz. Back then you could use their flamethrowers as power weapons, so my boyz just welded those Terminators into scrap. That was awesome. I also remember my old pal, who's not into the hobby anymore, but we used to play almost every week back in the day. The playing surface was usually a carpet on the floor with some poorly prepared foam terrain pieces and forest bases carved out of cardboard. Those early hobby memories are very fun.

What is your best tournament / campaign achievement?

My best achievement was in this years Model Expo and War Head's Horus Heresy tournament, where I ranked first with my Iron Warriors. I also cherish the best Army Award I received with my Ork Mechanicus in a Fight Club 40K event.

What was your inspiration for creating a Mechanicus-themed Ork army?

The planning of the army came down to a few factors; 1) what was a good competitive army at the time 2) what's relatively cheap to make 3) what's fun to paint and convert. Actually the army was originally a part of a War Head's Survivor Series Hobby Challenge and got expanded later.

The colour scheme was totally new to me with its bright orange, as I normally paint very grim and dark minis, but I wanted to do something new and challenging. One of my references was Maxime Pastourel's orange Rebel Gretchin army. Warhammer Store's Armies on Parade competition also served as a great motivation booster while I was finishing the force.

Why do you think people should participate in tournaments? What do you get out of them?

Well, you get more games under your belt, so you will become a better player. You also meet lots of new people and gaming pals, that you will see regularly in other tournaments later on. Gaming events also boost motivation to paint new miniatures and you get to see cool and different armies to give you ideas and inspiration.

If you had to spend a day as a legionnary in Horus Heresy, which Legion would you choose and why? 

Even though 4th Legion aka the Iron Warriors is closest to me, I would probably spend my time in the Ultramarines or Sons of Horus, as they seem to be pretty OK fellows and their spaceships and fortifications are not as dull as the Iron Warriors'. Both of them seem to have a nice daily campaign routine and nice combat doctrines, so they'd feel comfortable to fight alongside with!

Thanks Noa, don't let the big guns tire!

Antti Rautsi ja Noa Horus Heresy -turnauksen ja kaupunkitaistelun tuoksinnassa.

Triad III Alpha Qualifier Coverage

Turnauksen TOP3 poseeraa: Eetu Peltola, Niko Ärväs, Jesse Nurminen.

Triad III -kausi on virallisesti käynnissä ja Fight Club muuttui jälleen sunnuntaina kompetitiivisten 40K-armeijoiden temmellyskentäksi! Pelien panoksena oli tuotepalkintojen lisäksi kolme kutsua marraskuun odotettuun pääturnaukseen. Kauden tapahtumia ja pelaajien valmistautumista pääsee seuraamaan Sotavasara.netin Triad III -ketjussa.

First Round Pairings and Results
0 Emppu Niemi vs Niko Ärväs 20
0 Henry von Keler vs Jesse Nurminen 20
20 Aleksi Lehtiö vs Bye 0
20 Eetu Torikka vs Jukka Halme 0
7 Roni Landgrén vs Jupe Heikkinen 13
20 Ari Pylvänäinen vs Tapio Apajalahti 0
16 Jarkko Kortemaa vs Jouni Haavisto 4
6 Jere Kortemaa vs Eetu Peltola 14
20 Anton Patrikainen vs Joonas Kortemaa 0
7 Riku Saressalo vs Topi Valtonen 13

Second Round Pairings and Results
0 Aleksi Lehtiö vs Niko Ärväs 20
0 Anton Patrikainen vs Jesse Nurminen 20
20 Joonas Kortemaa vs Bye 0
20 Eetu Torikka vs Ari Pylvänäinen 0
8 Topi Valtonen vs Jupe Heikkinen 12
20 Riku Saressalo vs Roni Landgrén 0
8 Jere Kortemaa vs Jouni Haavisto 12
0 Jarkko Kortemaa vs Eetu Peltola 20
15 Jukka Halme vs Tapio Apajalahti 5
20 Henry von Keler vs Emppu Niemi 0

Third Round Pairings and Results
0 Eetu Torikka vs Eetu Peltola 20
0 Jesse Nurminen vs Niko Ärväs 20
0 Roni Landgrén vs Bye 0
20 Anton Patrikainen vs Aleksi Lehtiö 0
4 Henry von Keler vs Ari Pylvänäinen 16
4 Joonas Kortemaa vs Topi Valtonen 16
10 Jouni Haavisto vs Tapio Apajalahti 10
13 Riku Saressalo vs Jupe Heikkinen 7
0 Emppu Niemi vs Jere Kortemaa 20
2 Jarkko Kortemaa vs Jukka Halme 18

Final Standings
1. Niko Ärväs, Imperium 60
2. Eetu Peltola, Ynnari Eldar 54
3. Jesse Nurminen, Space Marines 40
4. Eetu Torikka, Space Marines 40
5. Anton Patrikainen, Space Marines 40
6. Riku Saressalo, Ynnari Eldar 40
7. Topi Valtonen, Imperium 37
8. Jere Kortemaa, Ynnari Eldar 34
9. Ari Pylvänäinen, Space Marines 34
10. Jukka Halme, Chaos 33
11. Jupe Heikkinen, Chaos 32
12. Henry von Keler, Space Marines 26
13. Jouni Haavisto, Orks 26
14. Joonas Kortemaa, Orks 24
15. Aleksi Lehtiö, Cult Mechanicus 20
16. Jarkko Kortemaa, Space Marines 18
17. Tapio Apajalahti, Space Marines 15
18. Roni Landgrén, Space Marines 7
19. Emppu Niemi, Genestealer Cult 0

Army List Compilation