BAO Photo Gallery!

Hello everyone! I’m going to take a break from Ultramarine characters to share with you some of my favorite BAO 2016 pictures, complete with commentary!

The first pictures I want to start off with are the best painted awards. Tournament coverage in 40k is growing but is still very sparse so I thought I would lead off with showing you guys the players that won best appearance and their armies because hobbying is apart of tournament 40k too!

2nd Best Appearance

P1040321 — Vito and his blue Tau got second best appearance Way to represent WCA man

vitos tau — This is the best picture I could find of his Tau I thought I got a snap shot but cant seem to find it Trust me they are clean and gorgeous

Best Appearance

P1040322 — Israel Sanchez has won best appearance a couple times in the past and we considered not allowing him to win this year but then he walked in with a Manta as a display board

Izzy Manta — Believe it or not a lot of those models fit on that Manta

manta diplomats — Here is the Air Caste Tau relaxing in thier luxury bridge

Inside of izzys manta — The inside is lit and looks like it can hold at least 20 crisis suits

izzys army — Oh yeah and his army is gorgeous too

3rd Best Overall

Good Job Ben Vaughn It isnt easy doing so well with Imperial Knights no matter how pretty they look

bens imperial knight 3 — and they look good

2nd Best Overall

Andrew ford — Andrew Ford was on the top table in the final round with Eldar or are those Necrons

Andrew Fords NecronDar — Well his Necrons did their best Eldar impression And looked good doing it

Best Overall

P1040325 — Lang Nelson won Renaissance Man with a beautiful Tau army and great general ship Im sure he would have liked the Belt of Russ but getting best overall among almost 200 people isnt too shabby

Lang Nelson's Renaissance Man Tau list — I wouldnt know to fear his army or be awed by it if he were to stand across the table from me

The Best of the Rest

Matt Roots army — Matt Roots Junkyard Orks are the reason why I think competitive 40k and hobbying 40k do belong together His army is beautiful and every model makes sense

brandons army — The winning Dark Angels Army

dons iron hands — Some Minotaurs showing off the loot they acquired from other Space Marine Chapters

guard v orks — Nothing like a good Waaaaagh across a river of lava charging at an entrenched line of guardsmen to start off the weekend

P1040176 — Not sure what I like most about this picture the paint scheme the fact that he has all his supplies or the ITC logo in the center

P1040196 — Burning Sword Check Vorpal Wings Check Toe in Terrain Che Aw crap

P1040216 — This mans entire army had freehand Jasmine flowers painted on it My wife better not get any ideas

sally company — Salamanders sure know how to find the best display boards

P1040240 — Kudos to this man for running 8 assassins and Legion of the Damned He actually won a couple games

P1040242 — What a pretty Blood Angels army its too bad it isnt likely to make the top 15 Oh wait

P1040244 — Whats the next natural step after painting and modeling a beautiful army If you guessed rotating display board and vanity mirror you win a cookie

P1040248 — Just a group of Imperial Knights and their dates

P1040269 — Incontrols librarius conclave hidden amongst some Ad Mech

P1040289 — Not a 40k model but I had to share it Some people can just flat out paint

P1040292 — Sometimes you just need to attempt to place higher than the sports team youre rooting for

These Pictures Speak for Themselves

Let the Reece memes commence….

The best way to show up on these pictures is to attend FLG events! The next one up is the LVO.

Petey Pab

Aspiring 40k analyst, tournament reporter and Ultramarines enthusiast, Petey Pab only seeks to gather more knowledge about the game of 40k and share it with as many people as he can in order to unite both hobbyists and gamers. We are, after all, two sides of the same coin.

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Heldericht

July 24, 2016 at 10:45 am

Great pics! I appreciate the captions, gives us some details of the highlights instead of just looking at a big gallery.

fluger

July 24, 2016 at 11:03 am

Love stuff like this! Thanks for reporting!

Lang Nelson

July 24, 2016 at 2:29 pm

Wonderful event as always.

I’ve been playing 40k since 2nd Ed and only recently started attending the big tournaments in the last 3 years or so. What Frontline and the ITC have done for the community is something pretty special.

Keep up the great work and see you at LVO!

donthemagnificent

July 24, 2016 at 3:22 pm

Epic job once again guys. Looking forward to everything you guys do.

gvcolor

July 24, 2016 at 7:15 pm

Ben V’s Knights looked even better close up! I had to take a 2nd and 3rd look at them when I was checking out the games. The paint was applied super thin, and the consistency of the flames and over all paint from knight to knight was crazy good.

Brutaishcard

July 25, 2016 at 3:08 pm

Technical question. How exactly does one beat 5 riptides?

Lang Nelson
July 25, 2016 at 3:37 pm

Eldar, Bat Co. and Wolfstar all can do well against it.

1. westrider
  July 25, 2016 at 5:47 pm
  
  Is Bat Co the subsidiary of WayneCorp that makes all Batman’s gear?
  
Reecius
July 25, 2016 at 4:35 pm

With great difficulty! Haha. But seriously, melee and grav are good bets for that.

Dakkath
July 25, 2016 at 11:35 pm

Melee ap2 or hunter’s eye grav. They can’t get hit-n-run, and if they’re either on a 5++ or reducing their shooting to get the 3++

Malfeas

July 26, 2016 at 9:51 am

What was the Blood Angels army list for this one? VERY curious!

>What a pretty Blood Angels army, it’s too bad it isn’t likely to make the top 15… Oh wait.

Evan Valdyke
July 28, 2016 at 1:54 pm

No. It was mine. The one that made the top 15 had a lot more allies (and I don’t think it was red. In fact I think mine was the only one painted red).