Random Wargame Pictures

 It’s Sunday, so I figure that’s a good excuse to post up some random photos of the a few games that I played last year. They were still on the camera’s hard disk so…why not?

Some are of my Dark Eldar caught in the heat of battle against friend and foe alike. It’s a shame that more of the Ice battle pictures didn’t turn out better. I’m a sucker for that table. Others are few Mordheim skirmishes between the Skaven and the Men of the Empire.

 

This week I hope to have my first painted mini of the year posted up by Tuesday. I thought it would be best just to paint some random mini to stretch the old paint brushes again and make sure I remember how to paint. 

Painted Adeptus Mechanicus Chimera Pic

Wasn't intending on getting another chimera right now but since Larry snagged a nice haul from one of our less-motivated friends' failed projects I decided to get it painted up and ready for play. It has magnetized weapons but he glued the lasguns in place. LO fucking L. I sure do love saving models from obscurity and getting them painted and played with, though!

Random Wargame Pics.

Hi Everybody!

It's been quite some time now since I've posted something and the guilt was starting to get to me. Unfortunately, the Paint Brushes are on a extended vacation and I really don't have any new hobby stuff to share.  All I've got is some random battle pictures of the past few games.

Modified 1500 pt GK List & thoughts

Thought I'd throw a post out here while I have some thoughts on units from this relatively new codex. I've gotten two games in with the Grey Knight book and so far I'm finding it enjoyable. Both were vs Larry's Mechanized Dark Eldar, the first being Kill Points - which I took, and the second being capture and control which resulted in a draw. I'm thinking him and I will be experiencing the growing pains of using a new list together, as we both could easily find a few mistakes we made in those games. That being said, 40k shows its prowess as a great game by being something that you can always get better at.

Here's my updated list with my thoughts in italics:

100 Coteaz - this guy allows me to take =I= henchmen as troops and isn't too shabby for his points cost. Sanctuary played a role by preventing some wyches from charging and I can definately see it coming into play more in the future.

100 Banisher w/Eviscerator, 7 Psykers - bumped these guys up to 7 for the higher Strength. Only drawback to this squad is when they fry themselves.
60 Chimera w/Hull Heavy Flamer & Dozer Blade

42 2 Plasma, Flamer - I'm not saying this is the best unit ever but I feel like taking a unit like this could be pretty good in the long run. During the first game I played with them, the KP mission, they simply acted as a mobile firebase in their chimera. Their low numbers didn't come into play because that particular transport didn't get destroyed. The second game I had my purifiers take their chimera and put them with the rest of my firebase on my objective. Their plasma did work, and eventually the flamer guy killed like 5 DE Warriors. So far so good.
60 Chimera w/Hull Heavy Flamer & Dozer Blade

147 3 Banishers w/Eviscerator, Crusader, Flamer, 7 Acolytes - A relatively simple CC troops choice with the ability to carve up armor as well as negate a few saves when it's clutch. The unit is cheap and can fit in a Chimera if I need them to. The flamer is a cheap way to keep them a bit more killy and flexible. Most of the time these guys will slog it up the middle of the battlefield with the transports for cover.

145 Grey Knight Strike Squad w/2 Psycannons, MC Daemonhammer, 2 Nemesis Force Halberds - I was playing these guys as purifiers in the last game but I could tell that they will end up playing more of an anchor to most of my games, shooting and doing cc as a counter-assault unit if need be, so I swapped them over to Strike Squad status to render them scoring. Deep Strike and the ability to hop in a Chimera make the unit versatile.

134 Banisher w/Eviscerator, 2 Jokaero Weaponsmith, Flamer, 5 Acolyte - Jokaero's are cool and they don't seem half bad so far! This is my anchor unit. If I stick Coteaz with them they can be pretty nasty on the 'I've been waiting for you' rule. Very stoked to see a unit with Multi-melta abilty like this and being able to kit the unit out with an Eviscerator and flamer and still keep on the cheap is pretty cool imo. The fact that this unit can just up and move with the rest of my force and still be effective makes this unit one that I'll be watching to see how much I can eek out of them.

150 Dreadnought w/Psybolt Ammunition, Assault Cannon & Missile Launcher - Not the most ideal loadout but hey, it's built and painted so I'm gonna give it a few go arounds. Hasn't been amazing yet but hasn't been bad. S7 Assault Cannons with Rending are cool.

145 Vindicare Assassin - HOly Shit GW!

145 Callidus Assassin - She still seems to be pretty damn good. First game I had her hop out of a unit that was in CC (doing d6 S4 hits during my f-ing movement phase lol) and use her flamer template on another unit. Dipped through a building the next turn due to move through cover and fleet and commenced carvin up some Warriors. Just don't roll horrible on your reserves k thx


270 Dreadknight w/Psycannon, Nemesis Greatsword & Personal Teleporter - HOO HOO! Shunt is pretty fricking cool and if you compare this beast to a Demon Prince (which are good imo) it looks even tastier. The Greatsword might not have a million attacks on the charge but the re-rolls (and cool giant sword) are worth it. Get yourself a cover save though kiddos, that 5+ don't last long unless you roll like me.

1498

EDIT: after a few days, here's my further chopped-down list. Found the points for EA on the Chimeras which is pretty necessary imo

100 Coteaz

76 Acolyte, 7 Psykers

75 Chimera w/Hull Heavy Flamer, Extra Armor & Dozer Blade

42 2 Plasma, Flamer

75 Chimera w/Hull Heavy Flamer, Extra Armor & Dozer Blade

147 3 Banishers w/Eviscerator, Crusader, Flamer, 7 Acolytes

140 Grey Knight Strike Squad w/2 Psycannons, Daemonhammer, 2 Nemesis Force Halberds

134 Banisher w/Eviscerator, 2 Jokaero Weaponsmith, Flamer, 5 Acolyte

150 Dreadnought w/Psybolt Ammunition, Assault Cannon & Missile Launcher

145 Vindicare Assassin

145 Callidus Assassin

270 Dreadknight w/Psycannon, Nemesis Greatsword & Personal Teleporter

1499

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Video Battle Report #1 - IG vs DE @ 1500 pts

We've thrown around a few ideas and settled on trying a quick video report. I'd like to encourage everyone to let us know what you think about the game, strategy, video format, etc. We are both pretty new to doing anything like this so bear with us.

One thing we both noticed is how crazy 20/20 hindsight is when you can really pick apart what you did. We learned a lot more from this game and the one we recorded yesterday than we would have if it was only memory serving us. Youtube channel here


Here's the IG list I used:

210 Colonel Straken, Medic, 2x Bodyguard, Krak Grenades, Las Pistols

115 Veteran Squad w/Powerfist, 2x Grenade Launcher, 1x Flamer

105 Veteran Squad w/Powerfist, 2x Grenade Launcher, 1x Flamer
65 Chimera w/Hull Heavy Flamer & Dozer Blade

105 Veteran Squad w/Powerfist, 2x Grenade Launcher, 1x Flamer
65 Chimera w/Hull Heavy Flamer & Dozer Blade

115 Veteran Squad w/Powerfist, 3x Melta Gun
55 Chimera w/Hull Heavy Flamer

150 Hellhound w/Extra Armour & Smoke Launchers

140 Valkyrie w/Multiple Rocket Pods & Sponson Heavy Bolters

160 Manticore

215 Leman Russ Vanquisher w/Pask & Hull Lascannon

1500

Here's the DE list:

The Baroness IE: Baron Systhonyx.

8 Hellions

10 Warriors
Splinter Cannon
Blaster
Raider
Flicker Field
Night Shield--195 Pts.
(2 Units)

10 Wyches
1 w/Shard-net
Heckatrix
Phantom Grenade launcher
Hay Wire Grenades
Raider
Night Shields
Flicker Field

Ravager
Night shields
Flicker Fields
(2 Units)
6 Jet Bikes

2 w/ Heat Lances

3-Trueborn w/ Blasters
Raider
Night Shield
Flicker Field

5 Mandrakes

1495

Assembled Manticore

Just finished building this tank for my Mechanicus army. I tossed a bunch of sprues and resin bases to Larry last week and he decided to help me out by hooking me up with this box set, which I really appreciate. I'll probably get this done in the next day or two.

Random Wargame Pics.

 

I'm not going to bore you with a detailed recount of my latest defeat. The pictures kinda tell the story all by themselves. The smart thing to do...

1.Would have been to use the building to my right to cut off one the major firing lanes.

2.Instead of jetting off to no where with the bikes, I should have used them as my cover shield to gain advantage of the mid-field. I would have still suffered the some loses, but everything would have been concentrated on my turn 3 to break the damn Chimera wall.

3. Dark Lances are never to be counted on. It's just dice ,but the Ravagers definitely underperformed this game. I rolled up like 15 or more shots between the two gunships and only destroyed one tank.

4. Remember your War-gear. I never rolled up my combat drugs, completely forgot about the bikes extra assault move, then forgot my Hami's have Acid guns, and I also forgot roll Flicker Fields for two of my Raiders during the game. Simple mistakes that all add up to same result.  


Well, that sums up my learning points from this game. There is always next time....

Hobby Update

Updates have been less frequent lately. I still have been playing 40k games at 1000 pts with my friend Larry (who blogs more than me and paints more than me lol) but I've taken a bit of a break from the hobby. Funds have been absent to build up the Mechanicus army lately and I took some time painting up my Skaven from the IoB set. I'm planning on delving back into Fantasy with the rats (b/c... well... fuck Wood Elves), but I'd rather get my IG force in good order first.

This, for me, means having 2000 pts I can count on. (ie no trash/dicey units) Should be getting a medusa in a trade here so that will get me headed where I need to be. Right now I have about 1250 that's stuff I'll want to use in the final list.

Here's the 1k I've been playing with for quite some time it seems. The only thing I don't care for in the list is the stormtroopers. They're too dicey for my tastes. The Russ Vanquisher w/Pask is amazing but is also a bit expensive for an army of this size.

210 Colonel Straken, Medic, 2x Bodyguard, Krak Grenades, Las Pistols

105 Veteran Squad w/Powerfist, 3x Grenade Launcher

65 Chimera w/Hull Heavy Flamer & Dozer Blade

105 Veteran Squad w/Powerfist, 3x Grenade Launcher

55 Chimera w/Hull Heavy Flamer

105 Stormtroopers w/2x Melta Gun

140 Valkyrie w/Multiple Rocket Pods & Sponson Heavy Bolters

215 Leman Russ Vanquisher w/Pask & Hull Lascannon

A game in pictures: Ad Mech vs Tau (1000 pts)

Knight Titan WIP pt 2

Added exhaust and a visor to the manifold-link cockpit today.

Knight Titan WIP

Getting going on this guy. I'm going to leave his grille open and put a LED inside the head to light the Cog in the background. The lighting setting on my camera wasn't on tungsten when I took the pics and it ended up sepia-tone..

Random Dawn of War Pic

2v2 Battle Picture

Took this on Thursday during a game with a few friends. The Space Marine player is Dan from Nob Not Noob. Piloting the 'nids is Larry from Paint Your Toys. The Carnifex got knocked out if you're wondering.

Ice World table Inauguration pics part 2.

Here's a few more pics I took of a different game between the Cog boys and 'me Orks on the brand new Ice world. Games on ice planet play oddly compared to our "green" table. Plenty of pillars and ice mounds to hide entire units behind but very little in the way of cover saves... once yer' out in the open.

I think this game ended up a draw with a huge bloody melee at the end. Hand to hand combat is about the only place to hide from one of those bloody planes. My Storm boys were brought to a abrupt halt when they hit a wall of steel. They retired early as usual.

Good stuff.