http://www.forgeworld.co.uk/New_Stuff/ELDAR-WASP-ASSAULT-WALKER.html
Check out what I'm probably going to buy a couple of, I will use them as normal Warwalkers but check out their rules... troop choices!! =D
Saturday, February 19, 2011
Monday, February 14, 2011
Runefang fun force
I need to make a choice asap as to what I take to Runefang mid April. The campaign weekend is focused on fun and I plan to NOT take a cookie cutter competitive army, this will let me take a nice fluffy themed army which would fit into the warhammer fantasy world nicely. My two armies to choose from are High Elves or Warriors of Chaos. I have 2 months to paint a force and I have a lot of models for both so wont involve much money.
If anyone has suggestions/ideas for themes I would appreciate it, I have had the following
Chaos
Empire explorer finds Chaos artifacts in a lost tomb and transforms into a champion of the Gods, his team of labourers and advisors get corrupted or go insane. Marauder units as crazed labour force, hired Ogres succumb to Khornes influence, Imperial Wizard turns to Tzeentch etc. Could involve minor conversion work.
A Chaos force of either darkness or light, eg shadow creatures/shades or corrupt angel beings?
High Elves
Archmages personal army from Hoeth, eg Swordmaster bodyguards, a couple of lesser mages in the build.
A very militant prince out to tell the forces of the old world how to live their lives as they cant seem to do it right themselves. Light on magic but a lot of Elite troop types to beat down the opposition with their superior skills.
Anything else?
If anyone has suggestions/ideas for themes I would appreciate it, I have had the following
Chaos
Empire explorer finds Chaos artifacts in a lost tomb and transforms into a champion of the Gods, his team of labourers and advisors get corrupted or go insane. Marauder units as crazed labour force, hired Ogres succumb to Khornes influence, Imperial Wizard turns to Tzeentch etc. Could involve minor conversion work.
A Chaos force of either darkness or light, eg shadow creatures/shades or corrupt angel beings?
High Elves
Archmages personal army from Hoeth, eg Swordmaster bodyguards, a couple of lesser mages in the build.
A very militant prince out to tell the forces of the old world how to live their lives as they cant seem to do it right themselves. Light on magic but a lot of Elite troop types to beat down the opposition with their superior skills.
Anything else?
Sunday in revue
Had a win vs the Sisters of Battle on Sunday morning though take into consideration the general was a tiny bit hung over from his wife's party and really has to work on learning the faith system he did quite well.
We played the good old 6 objectives with 3 being real game which for me is a nice balance for a new or trialing army. For me the Vyper is a big waste of time and yes it was the first thing to die but the points can be spent better on buffing the existing units more or somehow crammin a 2nd farseer with fortune in to support the harlequins. The scorpions will stay, the models are great and as long as you dont bite off more than they can chew they perform really well and this considering they came on the 'wrong' side of the board. The guide/falcon works a charm too so this will push a few more units into the 'pretty and painted' category f my collection.
Hivealiscious =) was too aggresive with his troop choice sisters and not his elites which he will not do again, the Exorcists were plagued by some horrific dice rolls as was a lot of the Sisters play in the early stages of the game with good old Farseer Wryth rolling the 6's as usual ;D
The sisters list is really nicely balanced and great to learn the codex with, plenty of mech but all units have a purpose and I think will perform well vs any kind of build.
All in all a well paced game that didn't take too long in spite of our wives grumbling about food.
Sunday night I saw True Grit with my dad and Ali's family, its a western and I didn't know what to expect but its AWESOME, very funny in a dark way and all the performances were fantastic.
Not a bad Sunday at all and Wellington was the busiest I'd seen it in a loonng time too, damn hot.
We played the good old 6 objectives with 3 being real game which for me is a nice balance for a new or trialing army. For me the Vyper is a big waste of time and yes it was the first thing to die but the points can be spent better on buffing the existing units more or somehow crammin a 2nd farseer with fortune in to support the harlequins. The scorpions will stay, the models are great and as long as you dont bite off more than they can chew they perform really well and this considering they came on the 'wrong' side of the board. The guide/falcon works a charm too so this will push a few more units into the 'pretty and painted' category f my collection.
Hivealiscious =) was too aggresive with his troop choice sisters and not his elites which he will not do again, the Exorcists were plagued by some horrific dice rolls as was a lot of the Sisters play in the early stages of the game with good old Farseer Wryth rolling the 6's as usual ;D
The sisters list is really nicely balanced and great to learn the codex with, plenty of mech but all units have a purpose and I think will perform well vs any kind of build.
All in all a well paced game that didn't take too long in spite of our wives grumbling about food.
Sunday night I saw True Grit with my dad and Ali's family, its a western and I didn't know what to expect but its AWESOME, very funny in a dark way and all the performances were fantastic.
Not a bad Sunday at all and Wellington was the busiest I'd seen it in a loonng time too, damn hot.
Friday, February 11, 2011
New Eldar 1750 to work with
So this is a refinment of the list I played Guilliman/Russ(whatever he decides on) with and had a lot of un in doing so.
Current build
Farseer, stones, doom, guide, warding, witnessing, spear 148
5 Dire Avengers 60
3 Jetbikes inc cannon 76
3 Jetbikes inc cannon 76
5 Pathfinders 120
6 Fire Dragons inc Exarch with DBF, tank hunters 123
Wave Serpent, stones, twin EML, cannon 140
10 Harlequins inc Troupe master, shadowseer, death jester, 9 kisses 276
9 Striking Scorpions inc Exarch with Claw, stalker, shadowstrike 196
Vyper, cannon and underslung cannon 60
Nightspinner 115
3 Warwalkers with scatter lasers 180
Falcon with EML, stones, holo field 180
Total 1750
I'll be giving this a go on Sunday vs some Sisters of Battle so win or lose it should be fun though I'm feeling pretty happy to keep working on this no matter what. It offers scorpions and a Vyper to paint which I've been wanting to do for a while and it uses 1 of the 3 Falcons I own.
Tuesday, February 8, 2011
The road to Runefang
I have expressed interest in Pete Dunn's upcoming WFB campaign 'fun' weekend and the more I think about it the more enthusiastic I am to get a force together and go.
I need a 2k army with a focus on fun and fluff which suits me fine as thats how I want to play WFB anyway.
My options are High Elves or Warriors of Chaos and I'm heavily leaning towards Chaos as so many models are sitting out in the gaming room ready for some painting love.
I will be making a Tzeentch build with a Lord leading a force of magic addicted followers. Im not sure if I should use a Sorcerer or Lord as my general, mage fits the theme better but I want the melee smashing power of the lord but I can prob get that with an exalted hero.
If anyone has suggestions please share, I may even use a spawn or 2 even though they're supposed to be crap but if it fits the theme I don't care.
I need a 2k army with a focus on fun and fluff which suits me fine as thats how I want to play WFB anyway.
My options are High Elves or Warriors of Chaos and I'm heavily leaning towards Chaos as so many models are sitting out in the gaming room ready for some painting love.
I will be making a Tzeentch build with a Lord leading a force of magic addicted followers. Im not sure if I should use a Sorcerer or Lord as my general, mage fits the theme better but I want the melee smashing power of the lord but I can prob get that with an exalted hero.
If anyone has suggestions please share, I may even use a spawn or 2 even though they're supposed to be crap but if it fits the theme I don't care.
The Webway opens!
Here is the first completed set of models from the new Dark Eldar range. Expect to see a few other updates on this army for Cody and the Sisters of Battle for Wil or whatever his eclesiarchy alias may be.
Have a Raider undercoated and to be painted in Cody's Wyche cult scheme which will be a Sith scheme, red and black. Alongside that are a handful of Sisters of Battle to do final details on.
Monday, February 7, 2011
Should put the blog to use...
So almost a year since I created the blog and didn't use it, oh well.
For the boys who played at my place over the weekend a big thank you. All the games I saw or played were awesome in there own way. The 1750's were very close games which I thinks reflects an improvement in everyones gameplay.
The 'fun' Eldar list I played really gave me some good ideas and focus for a new competitive but soft comp list which I have worked on a little more with Stu and Mitch or should that be Tiros and Raern for posting purposes...
The 5 player Kill Team game late Friday night was hilarious from the first bullet fired, "1 shot 1 kill" I believe was the phrase I used when an Eldar pathfinder put a shot clean through the face plate of a Tzeentch worshipping terminator.
Sure by the end of it I only had a single Pathfinder left but after being the meat in the Daemon/Genestealer sandwich I'm pretty happy with racking up the most points of kills =)
On Saturday we played a couple games of Spearhead and no matter what abuse the expansion may have received online I loved the two games played. Guys download it asap from GW we need to play more of them. It's mini Apocalypse which is fantastic because you don't need the time consuming hundreds of infantry to worry about.
In the 2 games we got to play with Titans, lots of MC and lots of tanks and at the end of the games I really don't think anybody was bothered who had won as long as sh*t got blown up... including rerolling the Brass Scorpions nuclear explosion because the first one rolled was way to small lol.
So guys please comment/post on this site if you can, I'd love to have it as a personal forum we can use to theory out lists and keep each other up to date on projects.
For the boys who played at my place over the weekend a big thank you. All the games I saw or played were awesome in there own way. The 1750's were very close games which I thinks reflects an improvement in everyones gameplay.
The 'fun' Eldar list I played really gave me some good ideas and focus for a new competitive but soft comp list which I have worked on a little more with Stu and Mitch or should that be Tiros and Raern for posting purposes...
The 5 player Kill Team game late Friday night was hilarious from the first bullet fired, "1 shot 1 kill" I believe was the phrase I used when an Eldar pathfinder put a shot clean through the face plate of a Tzeentch worshipping terminator.
Sure by the end of it I only had a single Pathfinder left but after being the meat in the Daemon/Genestealer sandwich I'm pretty happy with racking up the most points of kills =)
On Saturday we played a couple games of Spearhead and no matter what abuse the expansion may have received online I loved the two games played. Guys download it asap from GW we need to play more of them. It's mini Apocalypse which is fantastic because you don't need the time consuming hundreds of infantry to worry about.
In the 2 games we got to play with Titans, lots of MC and lots of tanks and at the end of the games I really don't think anybody was bothered who had won as long as sh*t got blown up... including rerolling the Brass Scorpions nuclear explosion because the first one rolled was way to small lol.
So guys please comment/post on this site if you can, I'd love to have it as a personal forum we can use to theory out lists and keep each other up to date on projects.
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