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Game last night with Git’s . His Demon List vs Gladius Marines. Here is a picture I believe at the back half of the 3rd turn.

As you can see I’ve put all my units in an effort in to taking out the Major beatsticks. I've managed to take out the hounds protecting Skulltaker but failed to stop him. Here he is after finishing off the scouts that were on the 2nd floor. He’ll go on to kill the Chaplin and remaining Dev in his phase.

His demon prince was formable. 2+ saves, Iron arm ect. He multi charged two RB and destroyed them both right after this shot was taken. I then poured everything I had into him that you see on the table with the exception of the Stormraven and one Stormtalon and did absolutely nothing. 5 meltas, over 30 bolters, 3 AC’s, 2 LC and 10 sniper shots. Ouch.


The SR and remaining ST tried to take out he GUO ( his leader though I had already lost in points. Pyrrhic victory?)
So I managed to only kill the Hounds, a summoned screamer unit and the Skeletons ( can’t remember what they were proxity for ).

Got some wounds on some of the major Demons, but could not seal the deal. The other causalities like the herald and a unit of nurglings were taken out by the Chaos storm rule that happens and the end of the turn. I can only imagine how much worse this would have gone if he didn't kill of these units for me.

Tough army to beat. Quantity doesn’t beat out quality in this match up. Definitely a good build. The Nurglings are nigh impossible in cover to destroy so getting them off objectives requires assets you can’t afford to take off the summoner’s or the major demon characters. The GUO didn’t play a big part for the points but is a great deterrent for cleaning backfield units. Once the major demonic Characters get to you its over. High Stats with powerful buffs ( both boon and Psychics) make them almost impossible to counter; especially without a beatstick of your own . Can’t imagine facing multiples. Luckily the herald got killed off. Can’t imagining adding a Bloodthurster in to the mix.

Ironically, I had a lot in my favor to start, won the deployment, first turn, deployed at the short table ends, all my reserves game in on turn 2. So I can’t say I lost due to chance. Just got beat. Thanks for the Game, it was challenging, educational and makes me glad I still have those Grey Knights!

Lastly this army looks even better in person than it does on the internet. Good show!

The outcome of this game still leaves me scratching my head... SL should have annihilated us (Yellowbeard was helping me play my demons). Not only did he have all the free vehicles, each upgraded with heavy weapons... but he had two devastator squads and the heavily armed 3-flyer formation (from the SM dex). Sooooo much heavy firepower and I didn't even get into assault with most of his army (not including the things that deep struck into my backfield) until turn 3.

Things of interest that made a difference...

1. My only summoner (Herald of Tzeench) was obliterated by the very first Winds of the Warp (?) roll, but at least she did summon in some screamers first.

2. My dice were well above average all game.

3. The demon price and GUO got "Iron Arm" and got it off every turn.

4. The demon price lived up to the fluff you read about for demons in the Black Library lore. He killed everything he touched and didn't take a single wound (which included a stretch of INSANE saving throw rolling in T5 I think).

5. GUO was down to half wounds and Skulltaker only had one left with no escort... so SL had definitely done a good job on the main characters aside from the DP. I'd also lost cultists, flesh hounds, screamers, the aforementioned herald and some nurglings... so SL accounted for himself well.

6. As you can see from the last pic above, we left the chaos lord's unit and the GUO in the backfield... which made it very difficult for SL to mount any kind of serious offensive. He had a crap-ton of heavy firepower... but if that didn't work, the demons' rear and flanks were pretty safe.

7. We had better luck on our maelstrom card draws than SL did. We controlled the same number of objectives for most of the game (3 each), we just drew our own numbers more often than he did.


Thanks for the game guys. I'm still confused as to how the end result came about. I thought we were going to get blasted off the table without ever making contact.

Here's a couple of additional pics from me...

Great to see you guys having fun, nice write ups, and great pics. Sorry SL, but Gits Chaos army is still too beautiful, just such a treat to see every time.

 Camkierhi wrote:
Great to see you guys having fun, nice write ups, and great pics. Sorry SL, but Gits Chaos army is still too beautiful, just such a treat to see every time.

OK then. You should be in for a treat with the BT greater demon.

I think the bloodthirster got crushed on the way home. I'm afraid to open the bag actually...

Oh no... Hopefully its not as bad as you think...

Thanks for the pics and report. I think Gitz has figured out the best daemon/csm list, or he used someones dice that were not his own. Last time I borrowed him mine he crushed me by turn 3.

Hope the damage isnt too bad for the BT.

Thirster is fine, unfortunately most of the other characters took some damage. Witch got it the worst, the others are just minor fixes.

Unholy crap, that blood thurster is epic!

 Gitsplitta wrote:
Thirster is fine, unfortunately most of the other characters took some damage. Witch got it the worst, the others are just minor fixes.

I always assume something is going to be damaged every time I take my army out. Normally just a backpack or an arm falls off. I think I either had a bad batch of superglue early on, or just the poor skills of my younger self. But it has left me with a very relaxed view on damage. It happens, I fix it, move on.

Happens a lot less these days. Either all the bad glue/skills has broke, and been fixed by the more talented/better equipped me once already, or I just take better care of my things. A good case does help a lot. Love my KR.

Out of curiosity, how do you take your armies to the game? You have a lot of awesome custom work, seems like it would be hard to pack safely.

Nice to see them on the table. That’s where minis belong!

ok.. Time to get some update before your following decides to convert your shrine to a memorial.

at least get us a army shot or some color swatches.

Doing what I can to help.

It would appear You (gits) have gone to your usual summer hiatus. No worries. Would be nice to see some pics or mini batrep. But it is cool, we will wait impatiently.

It's all the fault of Pokemon GO , I too have been corrupted .

I was just reminded how cool your headless horseman is, I had to do a double check. He stands out so well on the table.

Dammit, when I saw unread posts I was expecting and update.

:(

EDC

I know it's old news. But in regard to transporting armies I have a custom case for each and everyone of my armies. Once I finish one I make the foam inserts and then a timber/aluminium box with straps and locks and I know with reasonable confidence they will survive just about any transporting.

For armies as unique as yours may be the best way forward.

Hey guys, thanks for hanging with me. I just have so much trouble getting motivated in the summer. I have a lot of time off (usually) too... but I just can't bring myself to paint. This year has been an exception through. We're at half staff at work, but the three of us who are left are still doing the work of six people. By the time I come home I'm drained mentally & physically.

I just got home from perhaps the worst week (as far as job duties) that I'll have for the rest of the summer. Neighbor boys are over goofing off with Thing 2 so there's not much opportunity for relaxation. Been thinking about my big demon a lot lately and have concocted a plan to advance it a bit (I was kind of stuck). With luck, I'll have a wee bit of progress to post later on tonight.

Again, thank you all for sticking with me. Seeing comments on my blog does put a smile on my face.

I know what you mean about being drained. #4 has been treating us to double night feedings and a 4:30 am wake-up call. On top of running 1-3 to all of their summer activities. I can't bring myself to paint. Assembly is a different story though.
I can't wait to see what you do with that large demon.

Well, nothing tonight... though I did repair several broken figures. However, I have been talking with Nerdfest about what to do with certain vexing aspects of the figure. He's given me some good ideas which will hopefully come to fruition soon.

Something I like to do to get motivated is look at other people's completed armies or success stories. Maybe have a look at JamesY's Crimson Fists 1st company that he painted in about a month. Or (dare I say it) look at some of the armies in the White Dwarf magazines. Just looking at something finished inspired me to do the same, and even if my painting isn't as good it still GOT me painting.

Sorry if it sounds a bit preachy but that's just my thoughts.

I appreciate it WD, no problem.

Don't forget you game with YB this Thursday. .

Have already sent a PM to YB... hope he gets it.


I did actually pick up a paintbrush the other night and start fiddling with the leather straps on the demon. I decided trying to rush through it, even though I have a horribly long "to do" list is just patently unsatisfying. Unfortunately as I was fiddling with the straps, I've noticed some rather obvious mold lines on the body that are going to have to be dealt with. It may require a major enough repair for a complete re-paint... Not what I was hoping for on a model I'm struggling with already.

Bummer with the mold lines, I feel your pain. Difficult with some models, it is just that moment that you don't feel it. Come back to it, try something smaller, could be it is just too daunting right now, but once your in the run of it, look how quick you did that lizard a while ago!

I am struggling at mo, myself, but seeing you guys painting amazing models keeps me going.

I think the tables have turned Cam. YOU'RE the one providing inspiration to others now!

Sometimes I have to just push through to get going again . Sit down and just get going. Especially on repetitive stuff. I do just a little at a time. Soon I see I've made progress and I get excited to see it completed.

Like all the plates on the 3 other IK's.. making progress is slow but at least it's progress.

Maybe a good game Thursday will fire you up.

I haven't heard back from YB yet... you might give him a poke if you have another way to contact him. Would like to make sure we have our ducks in a row.

Happy birthday to you and WhaleMusic.

Happy birthday old chum (&WM&SL2 )

Yes... July 27th... a day which will live in INFAMY. (on Dakka at least)