Wimp Wars DBA Tourney - Recon May 2, 2008
I ran the Wimp Wars Tournament at Recon in Orlando.
The Coveted Wimp Wars Trophy









A blog dedicated to Miniature Wargame Figures painted by Tony Aguilar.

The Marian (Late Republic) Roman Army Arrayed. It is entirely composed of 15mm Old Glory Miniatures, except for
the Antonius figure which is Alain Touller.

At first I thought that this army would look very boring, but after tinkering with some shield patterns I found them to come out really nice.
The Cavalry General Stand. Gaius Julius Caesar is in the middle, with Marcus Antonius, his right hand man, on his right. These two figures were really well sculpted and were a pleasure to paint.
The first game we played Friday night was the Battle of Stilo BBDBA event hosted by Jason Mirosavich. This pitted the Sicilian Muslims (Florida guys: Marty Schmidt, Dave Blackmon, Rick Parrish, and Tony Aguilar) against the Emperor Otto and his Lombard Allies (Chris Pagano, Mike Demana, and Jason Mirosavich). We enjoyed all playing together as a team, since we are usually having to fight each other. We almost pulled off a win, but Otto came back and crushed our center at the very end. Marty Schmidt (L), Chris Pagano (M), and Mike Demana (R)
A view of the middle of the battle from the Muslim right flank. It was nice running into some fellow painters at Siege. I got a chance to talk to Jason Mirosavich about his use of flags from LBM Studios. They definitely give a nice effect and come out well.
My first battle in the Matched Pairs Tourney was against Gray Strickland and I picked the Hussites against his Medieval Germans. Gray's general got shot up by the Hussite warwagons and ended the game relatively quickly. It was the only game in this tourney which I ended up winning. I had fun nonetheless.
Matched Pairs: Jason Mirosavich (Ghaznavid) vs. Mike Demana (Rajputs)
Another shot of the Ghazni-Raj battle.
Scott Gray (L) vs. Mike Demana (R). Scott went on to win the Matched Pairs Tourney going undefeated 4-0. 
Bryant McLaughlin (L) vs. Dave Blackmon (R)
Paul Harrison (in picture) vs. Gray Strickland
Jason and I sligged it out with the Koguryo Korean and T'ang Chinese match-up. It was a good fight, even if my Koreans had a hard time finding their arrows!
Chris Pagano surveying the battlefield.
Gray Strickland didn't get a chance to play as the Hussites in the Matched Pairs Tourney, so he brought the out for the Open Tourney.

The Polybian Roman Army arrayed. This army consists of 15mm Old Glory figures.


Italian Allied Cavalry make up the other Cv stand. The figures were cast with bulging eyes, which meant that I had to paint the pupils and all.
The Consul and his Italian Cavalry.


Gray Strickland (L) looks on as Rick Parrish (R) tries to come up with a brilliant plan for his Parthians to defeat Gray's Sarmatians.

Rick Cundiff (L) and Carthage face off against Rick Parrish (R) and his Parthians.

Everyone had a great time. If you don't believe me, just ask any of these guys. Thanks again to Time Portal Hobbies and Green Dragon Hobbies for your generous prize support!
FINAL RESULTS - NASAMW Scoring
Tony Aguilar 73 points
Rick Parrish 48 points
Gray Strickland 47 points
Jeff Franz 28 points
Doug Hawes 24 points
Rick Cundiff 5 points
The DBA army of Tang China arrayed. The army consists of Cv (Gen), 3 Cv, 2 LH, 3 Sp, 1 Ps (or 1 Bw), 1 Cb, and 1 Bw.
The figures used are a mix of Essex, Minifigs, and Outpost. The "official" color of Tang was red, so I had a recurring theme of using red on every stand to tie the army together.
The General and the Cavalry are Minifigs.
Horses have frontal armor only and the riders are armed with both lance and bow.
Spearmen and Psiloi. Spearmen are Essex and Psiloi are Minifgs.