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Hey Folks!

Its been months since my last Battle Report and I am happy to say we are back!

The new release of the Dark Eldar was the the real drive for me to get back to posting reports and to add to that, my buddy just finished his adeptus custodes army not to long ago and I thought, "This would be a great debut for both of our armies.

For the Custodes, since the Grey Knights army is not out yet , we decided to proxy them using...wait for it.....an Emperors Children Army!!! Yes yes, blashemous I know, but poetic on a couple of levels if you know what I mean This list also has a few tweaks (4 HQ and 6 Heavy Support) but I was sure the new Dark Eldar were up to it. Not to mention all the Sonic Blasters, oh, I mean "Las Pikes" or whatever

So Without further adieu, The Report!

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Lord Inquisitor Deaveshda of the Ordo Xenos was vindicated. None of the Lords of Terra would believe her when she had submitted dire and urgent information about a nascent Xenos portal that would expose Holy Terra to the terrors of the Galaxy. And Lord Inquisitor Deaveshda was also fortunate that she was able to muster the might of the Adeptus Custodes in time. But unknown to Lord Inquisitor Deaveshda, her greatest fortune was the sheer arrogence of the Dark Eldar. What Archon Uile'ionhd the Unmaker, lord of the Void Parasites Kabal had opened, would be his and his alone.

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Lord Inquisitor Deaveshda and The Adeptus Custodes

-Lord Inquisitor Deaveshda (Sorceress with Voice of the Throne {lash of submission})

-2 Inquisitor accolites with Purgers (Sorceress with Wind of Chaos {ahem ahem})

-Adeptus Custodes Dreadnaught (Daemon Prince of Tzeentch with Warp Time and Bolt of Change)

-5 Squads of 3 Adeptus Custodes in Terminator Armour (Obliterators, and yes 5 of 3)

-3 Squads of 5 Adeptus Custodes (Noise Marines with Sonic Blasters)

-3 Squads of 5 Sisters of Silence (Chaos Marines with Champion and Power Weapon)

-1 Land Raider
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Dark Eldar, Void Parasites Kabal

-Lord Archon Uile'ionhd the Unmaker (Djinn Blade, Soul Trap, Phantasm Grenade launcher, Blast Pistol, Clone Field, Ghost Armour)

-Master Haemonculus (naked)

-9 Incubi with Klaivex and Onslaught. Raider with Enhanced Sails and Flicker Field.

-3 Squads of Warriors with Sybarite with Blast Pistol, Phantasm Grenade Launcher, Agoniser. Warriors have Splinter Cannon and Blaster. Raider with Enhanced Sails.

-1 Squad of 20 Warriors with 2 Dark Lances and a Sybarite with Phantasm Grenade Launchers, Agoniser and Blast Pistol.

-2 Squads of Wyches with Hekatrix with Blast Pistols. One Has an Agoniser and the other a Power Weapon. One unit has two Hydra Gauntlets and the other a shardent and Razor Flails. Raider With Enhanced Sails

-All Raiders have Dark Lances

-1 Squad of 10 Hellions with Helliarch with Phantasm Grenade Launcher and Agoniser.

-1 Squad of 9 Reavers with 3 Heat Lances and a Champion with Agoniser.

-1 Ravager with all Dark Lances (not shown)
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Mission Capture and Control and Dawn of War (rolled randomly). Combat Drug: Pain Bringer. Dark Eldar win the first turn.


Set Up. Dark Eldar Objective is in the middle of the Dark Eldar Portal Towers and Adeptus Custodes objective is a Warp Imploder (in the upper left corner of the picture) that is being set up to shut down the Portal.

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End of Dark Eldar 1st Turn. I come zooming in and using my Enhanced Sails, pass into enemy territory. The Ravager does not find a target but the 20 warriors, joined by the Master Haemonculus take up good field position and hold my objective. They are to sit on the objective for the rest of the game and snipe with the two Dark Lances.


End of Adeptus Custodes 1st Turn. Even With Concentrated fire, The Dark Eldar only lose a single Reaver and a Raider.
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End of Dark Eldar 2nd turnThe Archon with the Incubi and two squads of Wyches wipe out nearly a third of the Custodes army in a single strike. Pain tokens for everyone


End of Adeptus Custodes 2nd Turn. And Retribution is swift as the Inquisitor Lord Deaveshda disgraces Archon Uile'ionhd and his Incubi as she commands him to bow to the Emperor as he is unmade. The Wyches and Reavers also fare badly, much to the approaching Hellions glee. Nearly a quarter of the Dark Eldar army is Destroyed.
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End of Dark Eldar 3rd Turn. The Hellions join the battle as the charge Inquisitor Lord Deaveshda. The are not able to inflict much damage and due to some very lucky rolls recive very little damage in return.
On the other end of the table, half of the Adeptus Custodes army is being held up from joining the defense of the Warp Imploder by the successful barrages of Dark Lance and Blaster fire.


End of Adeptus Custodes 3rd Turn. The last of the Wyches fight off the Adeptus Custodes Dreadnought as the empty Raiders provide cover and contest the Adeptus Custodes Objective. Lord Inqusitor Deaveshda is surprised by the Hellions tenacity as they continue to delay her from reaching the Dark Eldar Objective.
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End of Dark Eldar 4th Turn. Inquisitor Lord Deaveshda is finally free of the Hellions but now knows she can only try to stop the Dark Eldar from destroying the Warp Imploder. With out the Portal Towers destroyed, success cannot be assured when the Imploder is activated.


End of Adeptus Custodes 4th Turn. Small Skirmishes continue across the battlefield. Each side is reduced to a quarter of their starting strength. But importantly, there are no Custodes near enough to the Portal towers and only a small unit of Sisters of Silence to protect the Imploder.
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End of Dark Eldar 5th Turn. The Dark Eldar began the battle with a pincher attack. The flanking forces furtest from the imploder are reduced in number but maddend with pain tokens. They have fought their way to within shooting distance of the Imploder.


End of Adeptus Custodes 5th Turn. End of Game. The contesting Raiders are cleared from the Imploder and 4 Sisters of Silence remain to hold it. On the other side of the field the Portal Towers are unscathed and well manned. The game is a Draw. Barely.
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Post Battle Shots
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Commanding the few remaining Sister of Silence to cover Her, Inquisitor Lord Deaveshda triggered the Warp Imploder with one hand as she clasped the Aquila pendant around her neck with the other. Now the Emperor will have to do the rest....

TO BE CONTINUED..................................
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Well we hope you enjoyed the Battle Report! It was an absolute blast! More to come soon. Aloha!
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Oh, and here is a link to some close ups of my army:

http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/331789.page

good game, and 2 outstanding lookin armies to boot

Armies are awesome.

cool report. can you take a few full frontal pics of the custodes? are those the russian ones?

Thanks Folks!

Maybe my friend who owns the Custodes will post some images of his army. They were a real treat to play against!

Great game. Looks like a great bit of fun! Thanks for the report.

Great BR! It was fun to play and I can't wait for a rematch!

Very enjoyable and hats off for painting up such a splendid DE army.

Am lookoing forward to more Batreps!

To get pretty much a full army painted and looking that cohesive in the short time they've been out is impressive, good job!

I'm digging the fantastic DE army! Tops. Like the list a lot too!

Great job on the armies and the GW battle board great report!

Wow. Gorgeous armies, set on a wonderfully atmospheric table. First-rate report. Thanks very much for posting. This is exactly the kind of narrative I'm hoping for every time I open up Dakka's "40K Battle Reports" sub-forum.

Thanks to everyone for feedback!

tinfoil wrote:Wow. Gorgeous armies, set on a wonderfully atmospheric table. First-rate report. Thanks very much for posting. This is exactly the kind of narrative I'm hoping for every time I open up Dakka's "40K Battle Reports" sub-forum.

And it is especially these kinds of affirmations which make posting so worth while. Thanks!

Beautiful armies, beautiful table.

I can't get over your wreck markers, that almost makes me want to buy some more Raiders just to smash them up and make some of my own.

Did you do those DE buildings yourself as well?

Yoiks! No need to smash up a land raider!

I`s just a foam core base and trimmings, a sprinkling of bits and cut sprues, and the secret ingredient: black house caulking. It makes it durable, gives everything a twisted look and is really cheap

Oh and my buddy built the terrain. You can check out more of his stuff at senjistudios.com