Saturday, November 12, 2011

List Fail


Today was a day of experimentation; I was attempting to try a new list that revolved around a 10 man terminator squad backed up by a librarian and my standard grey knight list (2 5 man strike squads, 3 psyfileman dreads, & 2 purifier squads). I was honestly less than impressed with result keeping close to a 3rd of my points off the table to deep strike left me sadly underpowered when I was in need of it and when it did land it didn’t have the power that I was expecting. I would have been better off with my DCA list. I also need much more practice with my grey knights I’ve been playing IG to long and I was very conservative in my play style.

Practice makes perfect as they say so in that end I will be starting up a league to improve my skills for the two tournaments that are fast approaching in February and of course adepticon. In that end I think the Cortaez list will be the way to go in the future and this is what I’m thinking for the 1850 point version of it.

Points

Name

WS

BS

S

T

w

I

A

LD

SV

Equipment

HQ

100

Cortaez

4

4

3

3

3

4

3

10

2














HQ

79

Inquisitor Lord

4

4

3

3

3

4

3

10

2

Psycher Level 1 (hammer hand), Rad Grenades, 3 servo skulls













Elite

192

Purfication Squad











30

Purfiers(7)

4

4

4

4

1

4

2

9

3

5 NFH, 2 Psycannons

5

Knight of the Flame

4

4

4

4

1

4

2

9

3

Daemonhammer

46

Rhino


4








Storm Bolter













Elite

192

Purfication Squad











30

Purfiers(7)

4

4

4

4

1

4

2

9

3

5 NFH, 2 Psycannons

5

Knight of the Flame

4

4

4

4

1

4

2

9

3

Daemonhammer

46

Rhino


4








Storm Bolter













Troop


Henchman Squad











20

Warrior(4)

3

3

3

3

1

3

1

8

5

4 Bolters

51

Razorback


4








Twin Linked Heavy Bolter, Psybolt Ammo













Troop


Henchman Squad











20

Warrior(4)

3

3

3

3

1

3

1

8

5

4 Bolters

51

Razorback


4








Twin Linked Heavy Bolter, Psybolt Ammo













Troop


Henchman Squad











19

Warrior(4)

3

3

3

3

1

3

1

8

5

4 Bolters

80

Razorback


4








Twin Linked Heavy Bolter, Psybolt Ammo













Troop


Henchman Squad











19

Warrior(4)

3

3

3

3

1

3

1

8

5

4 Bolters

80

Razorback


4








Twin Linked Heavy Bolter, Psybolt Ammo













Troop


Henchman Squad











105

Death Cult Assassin(7)

5

3

4

3

1

6

2(3)

8

5


30

Crusader(2)

4

3

3

3

1

3

1

8

3

Power Sword & Storm Shield

55

Chimera


3








Multi Laser & Heavy Flamer













Troop


Henchman Squad











105

Death Cult Assassin(7)

5

3

4

3

1

6

2(3)

8

5


30

Crusader(2)

4

3

3

3

1

3

1

8

3

Power Sword & Storm Shield

55

Chimera


3








Multi Laser & Heavy Flamer













HS

135

Dreadnought

4

4

6



4

2

10


2 Twin Linked Auto Cannons, Psybolt Ammunition













HS

135

Dreadnought

4

4

6



4

2

10


2 Twin Linked Auto Cannons, Psybolt Ammunition













HS

135

Dreadnought

4

4

6



4

2

10


2 Twin Linked Auto Cannons, Psybolt Ammunition













Total

1850












I’m unsure if the crusaders are really worth and I may just drop them for two more DCA in each squad, but that’s where the play testing comes in.

Saturday, October 29, 2011

First Frost Incoming




Another 40k codex is about to drop and rumors and half-truths run rampant thru the inter webs. But the question remains will the Necrons be the Meta altering codex that the grey knights turned out to be. If you would believe the rumors it would appear that even there transports will be AR13 which would very much affect things and the living metal rule is said to ignore crew shaken & stunned results. Honestly any more conjecture without point values is pointless. They may be able to do these things but the point cost might be beyond the point in which they would show up in a tournament list.

Tournament update; this week has been chopped full of news for the event as we draw closer to the Nov 19th and the FNGC first tournament, Josh has almost finished up the custom objective makers that he has agreed to paint up for the tournament (vintage DE slave girls any one). Only 5 spots remain open and we still haven’t had the interview with the 11th company go live.

One of my friends may be borrowing my Grey Knights but he plans on funning an unusual list include a Dreadknight, while it’s not quite finished you can see the progress so far. I’ve also been working on my Kalamzar list which is going to be my fun list, and I just got 3 daemonhosts for next to nothing from ebay. Only need two space monkey’s to finish off the list.

Saturday, October 15, 2011

Week Break


Thanks to the one week break in the IG vs. Ork campaign I've decided to hook up with some friends I don't see that ofter any more for some good old fashioned role playing. I started roleplaying a very long time ago something like 19 years ago and up to two years back I used to play it every week. But thanks too a couple of kids, and the lack of interest on my part I just stopped playing. And which point I turned my free time to wargames.

Monday, October 3, 2011

To dip or not to dip.



So this last weekend I picked up a can of Quickshade made by Army Painter from my local gaming store. The hope was that it speed up the painting process on close to a 80 Mordians that I am currently working on. For a table top quality I really like the results but I'm definatly going to have to pick up a matte spray for the model. The glossy sheen just does not work for this army but it might be cool for a space marine of 'Nids.

Please note that one picture is with flash & one without.

Sunday, September 18, 2011

New Project

Well I've been thinking of starting a new project for a couple of different reason first off I'm tired of the cries of cheese or broken when I roll up with my grey knights, it would create an interesting painting project to hopefully grow my painting skills. I'm thinking of doing a black templar list, first off the fluff is great for this chapter. Next it's kind of a dark horse, it has a ton of great abilities that really make it something to be concerned about.

Just priced out what I would need.

Tactical Marine Box Set $37.25

Devastator Box Set $35.00

Black Templar Box Set $30.00

3 Razorbacks $105

3 Land Speeders $90

Venerable Dreadnought $44.50

3 Assault Terminators $150

Land Raider Crusader $66

Emperor’s Champion $15.25

High Marshal $20.00

Total 593 retail