The Big August Warhammer Fantasy tournament is upon us this weekend in Brisbane Queensland and the mighty Fel-Orcs are returning to the fray except this time there is a twist. They have gone back to their roots and turned savage. This article discussed the inclusion of Savage Orcs into my Fel-Orcs list and also includes my army list for the weekend's tournament and some commentary on various elements.

I am really starting to appreciate the variety available to greenskin generals and I am slowly getting my older models painted up in the Fel-Orc theme with my goal to have every unit type in the book painted up and used at tournaments slowly becoming a reality. Hope you enjoy the latest incarnation of the Fel-Orcs and I a really looking forward to giving them a hitout this weekend.

Tournament number 5 in the "6 Tournaments in 6 Months" series saw the mighty Fel-Orcs wage war with the Alliance forces across the Olde World. Fortunes of war is a unique event where the players are divided amongst 2 factions (good and evil) depending on the army type they field. Of course the mighty Fel-Orcs were on the Horde side so this offered some unique challenges for the lads. Entering a tournament knowing that I would not face Vampires, Tomb Kings, Chaos and Skaven is a good thing, however it meant I would face more Elves, Empire and Dwarfs, and the extra shooting was surely going to cause me some grief.

Not having time to paint too many new troops I was forced to field pretty much my standard army, and had I had the time there were some significant changes I would have made. However the standard Fel-Orc army I have been taking all year has performed very well so I still entered the fray confident the boyz would hold their own and put in a good performance. History will show that the Fel-Orcs were going to suffer several demoralising defeats and the once impregnable aura of the army was to be well and truly hit a savage blow. Despite not doing well in the event I continued with telling the story of the Fel-Orcs as losing games is just as interesting and beneficial to the learning curve as winning and hopefully you will be able to share in my pain! :) Enjoy.

The 3rd article in my "6 tournaments in 6 months" series see my Fel-Orcs travel to the northern Australian state of Queensland and the capital city of Brisbane. B.I.G. March is a tournament that has grown significantly in 3 short years and in 2008 attracted a record 42 players. Tournament organiser Carwyn Llewelyn is a perfect example of a TO that listes to the players, is not afraid to try new things and his tournaments benefit as a result. This year he introduced the innovative idea of having a panel of 6 independent judges from various areas of the community to judge all the armies in the field and rate their composition. This had the double bonus of ensuring all armies were judged equally by the same people and also removed the necessity for players to judge composition during the event, removing inherent biases as well as helping to make the event run smoother.

I managed to win this event last year with my Ogres so was keen to defend my title in 2008, and with the form the Fel-Orcs had shown in recent times I was certainly in with a good chance of doing so. Two of my fellow Greyhawks in Lachlan MacWhirter and Evan Ferris were also making the trek north and we discussed the possibility of the three of us sharing the podium and making it a NSW/Greyhawk clean sweep. Now that would be sweet.

For the event I was fielding my standard build with a few tweaks from lessons learnd in previous tournaments and I was keen to get amongst it for sure. Without further ado I present my 3rd article in the series and I hope you enjoy!