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Awesome batrep solar. Really nice to see such well painted armies. Its no surprise you guys got such good painting scores.

Solar_lion wrote:2nd game against IG and SM .. this time Mr. M. and I
Starting set up
*snipped Dakka throwdown!*

Whoo! Did DD3 know it was you guys at the time?

Oh yeah... everyone knew.

Interestingly, after that round we thought our IG / Raven Guard (the scout list) was our weakest team pairing... then they paired up again the last round (by choice!) and got a massacre win, earning the most battle points we had all day!

Go figure

I tried to play scouts the Space Marine way during that game, defensive and reactive.

The last game I played very aggresive, and I think that made the difference. IG sitting in the back waiting to attack, and Scouts heading forward to attack and distract.

Even on the loosing side, this was probably the best game of the day for me. Very enjoyable match up, great players, and very nice looking models.

d-usa wrote:I tried to play scouts the Space Marine way during that game, defensive and reactive.

The last game I played very aggresive, and I think that made the difference. IG sitting in the back waiting to attack, and Scouts heading forward to attack and distract.

Even on the loosing side, this was probably the best game of the day for me. Very enjoyable match up, great players, and very nice looking models.

Thanks man!
I definitely had fun playing against you guys.
Hope to get the chance to play you again next year (if your going). If not maybe make some time to play a game after, maybe the next day (I'm flying next year so I can stay longer)

Oh and RiTides have to mention again how much I loved your Leviathans/Dreadnoughts.
I have this urgent need to buy a few and use them as Dreadknights for a Steam Punk Grey Knight army haha


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And just because I can heres a few crappy i-phone pics of what I had to face in the first game versus the Tervigon baby farmers.
I call it.... the Termy Tide!
Basically my pod landed, Librarian, Sanguinary Priest and squad step out and just hold out against wave after wave of Termagaunts. My Librarian was a total bad ass in this game. I believe he wiped out his points in Termies and actually survived. Well until the 2nd game when the Veteran Guardsman shot him in the face with a melta-gun haha.

Oh look... Big Momma Tervigon is lurking in the background......

Should have some more pics soon.
Been super busy after we got back.

d-usa wrote:I tried to play scouts the Space Marine way during that game, defensive and reactive.

The last game I played very aggresive, and I think that made the difference. IG sitting in the back waiting to attack, and Scouts heading forward to attack and distract.

Even on the loosing side, this was probably the best game of the day for me. Very enjoyable match up, great players, and very nice looking models.

Thanks. was a good game that went back and forth. If all those barrages did a bit better, the game would have been completely different. I was supprised you didn't deploy your troops and make a push to contest the objectives.

SL

Malevolent, those pictures are awesome. If only you had drawn different objectives in the first round. You guys would have done even better!

IceAngel wrote:Malevolent, those pictures are awesome. If only you had drawn different objectives in the first round. You guys would have done even better!

Yeah. We held out as much as we could.
I threw all my Lascannon, Twin-Linked Plasma Guns, Missile Launcher and Blood Lance at those Tervigons and couldn't take one of them down (although combined, myself and Brian took one down to a single wound!!!).
I want to try out Twin-Linked Assault Cannons on the Razorbacks though and maybe fit in a Baal Predator or two. I wasn't doing great with single shot weapons anyways.....

Dude your dice sucked.. wasn't there a performance upgrade when we got you new dice?

SL

I'm one of the Tyranid players from the first game. It's great seeing these photos up here. These guys were a blast to play with. Great looking models.

Kurros....

I think you must of been the only Nid team I saw at the team tourney ..was there more and I just missed them. Odd cause they were a lot more last year.

SL

I honestly wasn't expecting that many people to bring them but, we were a bit surprised to be the only ones.

Most of us run other armies... we decided to change things up a bit for funsies. I actually built and painted my army in 3 days the week leading up to Adepticon. It was a nice change of pace and while it wasn't exactly my most successful tourney it was probably the most fun I've ever had.

Quick question.. To make your teams do you just have 4 diffrent 1000 point armys or do you have 2 2000 point armys? Do you share FOC slots?

Adepticon has special FOC rules for the team event.

The lists break down like this:

List 1: 1 HQ, 0-1 Elite, 1-3 Troops, 0-1 Fast, 0-1 Heavy
List 2: 1 HQ, 0-2 Elite, 1-3 Troops, 0-1 Fast, 0-1 Heavy
List 3: 1 HQ, 0-1 Elite, 1-3 Troops, 0-2 Fast, 0-1 Heavy
List 4: 1 HQ, 0-1 Elite, 1-3 Troops, 0-1 Fast, 0-2 Heavy

You are then randomly paired into two, two man teams. You will play a game with every teammate at least once.

The rules are all on the Adepticon page, which you should read as they include all of this year's missions so you can see how...imaginative...they are.

Here's the quick rundown:

1 Team, 4 Players.

Each player has a single 1000 point army. Each player takes one of four different Force Org charts. No FOC can be duplicated.

The base chart is 1 HQ, 1-3 Troops, 1 Elite, 1 Fast, 1 Heavy. The other three allow the addition of a Fast, Elite, or Heavy slot.

IA is allowed, with restrictions.

Synergy happens when a team, or team-members, take the same codex. For example, a Space Marine Team with a MOTF *ALL* benefit from the MOTF's rules about Dreadnoughts in different FOC slots. Etc.

Each game, you are randomly teamed up with ONE of your Teammates. Then the two pairs face off against another team. In the fourth round, the Team Captain chooses the pairings. You are guaranteed four games. It is an all-day slogfest. All. Day.

You may benefit from your teammate-of-the-round special abilities. For example, the FNP bubble from a temmate's Sanguinary Priest affects your forces as well. And so on.

Again, check the Adepitcon site for full rules.

--B

PS: With 6th Ed dropping in July, much of this is moot.

Four games, rather than three. The first three run through all the possible pairings of the four players, then Captain's choice for the fourth round as said.

Fixed, thanks!

Solar_lion wrote:Dude your dice sucked.. wasn't there a performance upgrade when we got you new dice?

SL

Well yeah.
More improvement in the close combat department though, Lascannons were still just bright lights flashing in the distance.
I still couldn't believe the dice I brought were rolling so horribly.
They would roll really good, then BAM roll straight 1's for 2-3 turns.
Unbelievable.

Any pictures from the fourth game against my team (Justice League)?

You mean Wolf riders kill everything game? Yeah... I will get them up soon.

I got less pictures of the last 2 games than the first. .goes to show you how tired you get.

SL

This may seem random... but does anyone who attended Adepticon this year want to sell me their Adepticon robot model? I've decided to use mine as a Penitent Engine for my growing Sisters of Battle army and I need two more. I'll have a P&M blog started very soon for them.

Have you contacted the Adepticon folks directly? They may be available through them.

I've seen them pop up on eBay already.

Gitsplitta wrote:Have you contacted the Adepticon folks directly? They may be available through them.

Hmmm never crossed my mind haha thanks Gits!

d-usa wrote:I've seen them pop up on eBay already.

I'll check there if Adepticon itself is out. Thanks man!

I thought proxying them for servitors. I need many more thou.

Chime out if they are available.

Solar_lion wrote:I thought proxying them for servitors. I need many more thou.

Chime out if they are available.

They seem pretty big for servitors.

Yes... *giant* servitors... They're very cool figures, but a tough proxy for most armies. Maybe something Necron?

Having gone thru all the variations and releases of 40K. I look at it as part of a early or past creation. Brings me back to the robots and tin boys of old. I agree it would look odd in an up to date SM army.

Also those Imperial Mechanius techpriests are always looking to up one another so maybe this would be a wild idea of ego.

Necrons could work. However the design looks very primitive for the advanced technology of the Necrons IMO.

I could definitely see them being used for an Adepticus Mechanicus army. Maybe one of the many Fan-Dexes out there.
They work perfect for Penitent Engines and are way cheaper....