Applications close at Midnight on Wednesday the 27th, Good luck to all that apply!
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Most Sporting opponent was Matt Hussey! Very well deserved! π
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β¨ Special thanks to our raffle sponsors:
π¨ Artist Opus
π² The Colour Forge
π Firestorm Games
π Pro Painted Studios
Your contributions helped make this event a huge success β and most importantly, helped us support life-changing research and care for children and families who need it most.
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Crimson Brush (TO-judged technical painting)
3rd place was Neill Caughey with his very imaginative goblin-themed Slaves to Darkness army!
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Crimson Brush (TO-judged technical painting) runner-up was Mo Ashraf with his stunning Seraphon!
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Crimson Brush (TO-judged technical painting)
Champion was Jon Cann (paint), with his strikingly beautiful Ogroid-themed Slaves to Darkness army!
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On to gaming, Pendragon's Champion (best order outside of podium) went to Josh Cann on Cities of Sigmar!
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Daemon Prince of Wales (best chaos outside of the podium) went to Krzysztof Zylawy running Blades of Khorne!
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Mortarch of Wales (best death outside of the podium) went to Matthew Gouldesbrough with Ossiarch Bonereapers!
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Aaron's favourite award, Da Valleyz Boss (best destruction outside of the podium), went to Mike Chadderton on Kruelboyz!
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In third place, with Cities of Sigmar, was Peter Twigg!
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In second place, with Cities of Sigmar, was Alex Bruce!
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Flying in all the way from Germany to take out the event, all while being a great human being and winning Cleanest Gamer, was Dominik de Cassan with Disciples of Tzeentch!
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The player-voted "Well Tidy" Award (overall best army across all measures) went to Tony Kirby with his SEAHAUNT! π»
You can tell that Tony has put so much time into these conversions and the display board - was a joy to see it on the table.
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A favourite for those that have attended Blackout previously, and an award that resonates with us well in Wales, the Caledor Memorial Award (for best dragon) went to Tom Matthews with his gorgeous blood-soaked Vhordrai!
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That's a wrap on the Welsh Open!
Congratulations and thanks to all the players - you are truly what makes these events special. It was so good to see so many happy people in one place, and makes all of the hard work worthwhile.
Awards and winners will be posted up tomorrow.
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Thanks to all the support of our wonderful players, the Welsh Open raised Β£1,400 for charity this weekend, with funds going to Children's Cancer and Leukemia.
We are so grateful to everyone for contributing their hard-earned funds for such a worthy cause!
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Doing alters on MTG cards is so fun. Great practice too
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A real life dragon is here for day two (and Aaron...)!
10.08.2025 10:38 β π 13 π 2 π¬ 0 π 0
Team Denmark battling it out at the top tables of the Welsh Open.
Some exciting a tough games this round. Best luck to everyone!
10.08.2025 09:04 β π 9 π 1 π¬ 0 π 1
Winner of our first award for the weekend (we start early at the Welsh Open) is Charles Robinson!
Spreading a little positivity by complimenting the Dragon Wagon will get you in our good books (and earn you a prize, it seems) π
Enjoy the OG. The White Dwarf himself!
09.08.2025 09:43 β π 3 π 2 π¬ 1 π 0
Round 1 underway at the Welsh Open.
Lots of happy faces! Great to have everyone here π
Except Mo...
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Hope you all had a good evening and have a good rest tonight!
Breakfast (bacon/sausage rolls) will be available at Firestorm if you struggle to find anywhere.
Draw will go live around 8.30am, so give BCP a check before you arrive so you can drop armies at your table.
See you in the morning!
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The battleplans for this year's Welsh Open will be...
Round 1 - Linked Ley Lines
Round 2 - Creeping Corruption
Round 3 - Lifecycle
Round 4 - Roiling Roots
Round 5 - Bountiful Equinox
Just waiting on final lists to come in, and then they'll be released tomorrow.
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