Death From Above

zondag 20 oktober 2013

Challenge 8, Training Day 1, F.A.C.T.S. and Chaos/crons

So it’s been a month since a posted something. Living together with the girlfriend I do have some less spare time to write anything but do get some painting done. Got some paint on the chosen, built and painted a Nurgle Portalglyph, built and got injured by a Destroyer Lord, built some extra cultists for the new list and built an extra biker lord. My spawns are there way. More worms! Thinking about painting them Red, Purple and Orange.

Awesome Helldrake

Funny Helldrake

Imperial Guard + Space Wolves

It was Challenge 8 (28/29 September). I wanted to end up somewhere between so I took a Juggernaut lord. Something that would chew everything in assault, a Nurgle Lord with Burning brand to blaze some models from the board. 2 helldrakes for antihorde, 2 havoc squads with Autocannons & Lascannons and 4 troops. This would make a interesting day. I started with a rough match up the first battle. Screamer council and flesh hounds. Ouch… I don’t like these guys. Got a draw out of it. Then it was Tyranids with no flyrants and 2 tervigons. But some Tyrants with 3 Hive Guards and 2x 30 troops of gaunts. So even with 2 helldrakes I had some troubles… I did kill a lot of his gaunts. The two failed assaults made it in the end and he won the game.

Dark Eldar Ravager

Lord of Change

Best Painted: Eldar

Raven Wing in action

Last battle was against spam Dark Eldar with Eldar allies for the Divination. He had first turn so he got to shoot first. Got first blood and just keep shooting my rhino’s and such dead till the game was over. That last match I knew it was over and placing somewhere in between was a thing of the past. I did get a 14/20 for my painting which made me happy and found some old school fleshhounds. I was 29^th of the 32th people who came there. Could have done better… Ooh well had 3 fun games!

Getting my asskicked by Dark Eldar

So the first training day of Team.Be, 06 Octorber ,was interesting and fun! I learned a lot with the new list: Chaos Space Marines and Necrons! Tabled a 4 riptide list, of course this was with the help of the Team.Be folks and that I could redeploy instead of facing being tabled myself. Learned some nasty tricks and some handy things with the list. So the first battle was okay. We did something wrong with the force weapon and the warp charges. But we had good time. Now I don’t fear this list anymore.

The Four Riptide List

Some more pictures

Second battle was against tau. This was also a fun and intressing game. But I think I shouldn’t have gone after one riptide will the rest of his firebase was at the other corner. Ooh well lesson learned and next time will face time on a different way.

Look Tau and Grey Knights!

And now I’m going for a Chaos + Necrons list. It’s more of a in your face list. And I kinda like that idea. Putting pressure on your opponent first turn and hopefully roll some good powers on Telepathy chart can make a difference.

Go get that Riptide!

ARMY PRIMARY DETACHMENT DESCRIPTION : (Chaos Space Marines)
ARMY ALLIED DETACHMENT DESCRIPTION : (Necrons)

PRIMARY DETACHMENT:
HQ1 - Warlord : Sorcerer (60p),force axe (0p), Bike (20)p, +2 psycic levels (50p), Spell familar (15p), melta bomb (5p) [150pts]
HQ2 : Sorcerer (60p), force axe (0p), Bike (20)p, +2 psycic levels (50p), Spell familar (15p), [145pts]
Troop 1 : 10 x Cultists (50p), 10 x Autopistol & CC weapons, (0p) [50pts]
Troop 2 : 10 x Cultists (50p), 10 x Autopistol & CC weapons, (0p) [50pts]
FA1: 5 Spawns (150p), 5 x Mark of Nurgle (30p) [180pts]
FA2: 5 Spawns (150p), 5 x Mark of Nurgle (30p) [180pts]
FA3: 1 Helldrake (170p), Baleflamer (0p) [170pts]
PRIMARY TOTAL [925 pts]

ALLIED DETACHMENT:
HQ1 : Destroyer lord (125p), Mindshackle scarabs (20p), Sempiternal weave (15p) [160 pts]
Troop 1 : 5 x warriors in transport 1[65p]
Troop 1 : 5 x warriors in transport 2[65p]
FA1: 6 x wraiths [210p]
HS1: 1 x Doom scythe [175p]
Transport1 : Night scythe[100pts]
Transport2 : Night scythe[100pts]
ALLIED TOTAL [875pts]

FORTIFICATION:
Aegis defence line [50p]

ARMY TOTAL [1850pts]

F.A.C.T.S.!

My girlfriend as the Tardis from Doctor Who and Darth Vader

My girlfriend and me.

Tie Fighter!!

Today (20 October), it was F.A.C.T.S tourney in Flanders Expo of Ghent. This was an experience to remember. Lots of people walking around looking at you, maybe the doctor who cosplay had something to do with it, but I had 3 fun battles. Two of which I lost but I made the first opponent sweat until the end. He later ended up winning the tournament. It was a Tau and Eldar list, a very hard list to face and going up against. Second battle was against a friend of mine. He played Orks and Tau. So that was like again TAU? But he had also a in your face list. So, that was a bit of irritating. His trukks and battlewagon were like 1 inch from my wraiths and other units. My biggest mistake was not shooting at one of his trukks in the back so that I could assault of the units. Ooh well it was a fun game and we had some epic and fun moments. Third battle was against full Necrons, not much of everything and an okay list to do in tournaments. But I kind of knew what to do and to go up against it. He did do some great saves and wounds on his turn. This made a very exciting game as well.

The score! 5pts for army list on time! And 10/10 paining!

woensdag 4 september 2013

Black Templars

So what do we have there? A new Space Marine codex and my favorite Chapter of Crusading Zealots are in it. How do I feel about this?? First of all it made me feel sick because Black Templars and smurfs (Ultramarines) share the same codex…. On the other hand we get all the funky stuff like Riflemen dreads, Whirlwind, Sternguard… If the rumors are true… We lose, Sword Brethren, Sword Brethren Terminators, Righteous zeal,… We will see this Saturday. But it still makes me a sad panda!!

What will I do for now? Look at the meta change from Tau / Eldar to Tau / Eldar and Space Marines. That’s for sure. So hello veterans of the long war upgrade on my plague marines. I’ll also wait before I take my Templars back to the tournament level. First I have to do some painting on those guys! I really hope Games Workshop made them okay for 6^th edition. I’m aiming to get my Black Templar force ready by summer 2014. Then the meta has settled and I know what to choose for my Black guys. First thing to do will be updating the Rhino's for the Squads, an Aegis Defence Line for the Templars, paint High Marshal Helbrecht, my Emperor Champion, more Black Templars, a Stormraven, a Stormtalon,...

Black Tide is back!

For now I’m still going to tournaments with my Chaos Space Marines. Second Helldrake has been painted. Only need some basing done. Then it’s time for some zombies, plague marines, raptors and Chaos Guard allies!

Green Templar Squad

Last weekend I joined up with Jeroen for a Double Tournament it was a blast! We ended a bit low. I blame the second match. Double Riptide and Double Wraithknight. And it was killpoint mission. So we where kinda screwed. Drop pod Space Wolves and Chimera + 2 Vendetta Guard. Hmm? I had a great day and a fun time!

First game against Dark Eldar and Orks

Destroyer Lord

Wraiths eating some guard

Second match. Lucky for us Jeroen killed one Riptide in the beginning and both Wraithknights had one wound left. They wouldn't die and I didn't roll good enough.

The other Replay team

And then a good rest after a hard day of gaming and rolling dice.

maandag 12 augustus 2013

Moved and much more

So it’s been some time since I moved and my vacation has come to an end! I can say it was a pretty productive vacation. The apartment looks great. Only need to get some pictures from family and friends to print. Then something to hang up above the tv and the miss has to paint 8 Multicolor Warhol paintings.

Zombies built by the miss

Some extra Plague bearers bringing the green and pink squad to ten

Also in miniature work I did a lot. Got 8 zombies from mantic and 10 zombies from Games Workshop built and painted. Only have to fix the bases for them. My bloodthirster, Mister Nurgle, Nurgle Daemon Prince and random Daemon Prince are done. My 2 Beasts of Nurgle are also done. The juggernaut lord is built and painting has begun. Taking it slow cause his my first sculpting I ever done.

Khorne Lord on Juggernaut

Side view

My original helldrake is also built and primed black. I’ve got some chosen waiting for a paint job, a Hellbrute and some Cygnar Warjacks as well. Seems like I still know what to do.

On a side note I met Aaron Demski Bowden. He was in Ypres and if there is one thing the English go and see it is the Last Post. So I went and I met him. Had a short talk and asked for an autograph. Fun times! Other than that I’m looking into allies for my Chaos I miss a lot shooting so Tau maybe? Necrons? Or Imperial Guard? It will be most likely Imperial Guard cause I have a lot stuff already laying around for an army. Only thing I doubt is the Manticore or some Leman Russ tanks?
And one thing that has put me down a bit is that Black Templars are in the Space Marine Codex. This means that I will be walking around with a smurf on my codex cover... But maybe it will not so bad and I'll have a great blast with them? Will see...

Time for some more photo’s!