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Same, I call cool basements like that lairs of awesome/man-ness

Basements are great. Mine is pretty usable because we painted it white and put down the soft tiling. It's also a pretty cool place to hang out because in addition to the GW hobby it also houses my brewing hobby. Only the garage can compete.

Back on topic:
Turn 3A - The remaining Chaos troops enter the fray behind the covering smoke of a Blind Barrage. (Score: Chaos 4 + 2*3 = 10 - Imperials 10)



Turn 3B - The Imperial reinforcements arrive just as the smoke lifts to reveal the true chaotic threat! The battle for the control tower intensifies. At the electrical facility, the Bloodthirster is taken down by disciplined, massed fire. (Score: Chaos 10 - Imperials 10 + 3*3 = 19)

malfred wrote:Dang. I want a basement.

I think mine is technically a "crawlspace." I'll have to check city code.

Yeah man, hurry up and get a basement so I can hang out over there and make giant tables. chop, chop.

Turn 4A - With the battle fully joined, the Warhound turns his attention to Grey Knights and Ultramarines around the control tower. The unengaged elements of the Chaos forces push forward in a Strategic Redeployment to close the gap with the Imperial artillery. At Abaddon's order, his ship, the Planetkiller unleashes a controlled Orbital Bombardment, knocking a Valkyrie from the skies and decimating a unit of storm troopers and a squad of Ultramar's finest. (Score: Chaos 10 + 3*4 = 22 - Imperials 19)



Turn 4B - The true heros of the Imperial forces, a squadron of (pesky) Imperial Ultramarine landspeeders, repeated efforts to destroy the Traitor Baneblade succeed, leaving another massive crater in the polar ice. The library entrances secure for the moment, the Imperial forces advance while the Grey Knights hold the Control Tower in the shadow of the raging Warhound Titan. (Score: Chaos 22 - Imperials 19 + 3*4 = 31)

landspeeders killing baneblades?!?

Thats a first.

Formations can be surprisingly hard to kill. And 3 multi-melta speeders behind a Driver Stunner Baneblade is bad news!

Turn 5A - Still flush with his destruction of Ultramarine terminators, Abaddon waded from his Landraider into combat with six Grey Knight terminators, killing three easily, but suffering a thunderhammer blow that slowed him briefly. The last Grey Knight at the control tower ended his duty to the Emperor under the foot of the Warhound. (Score: Chaos 22 + 3*5 = 37 - Imperials 31)




Turn 5B - The Grand Master of the Grey Knights fearlessly charges into combat with the Great Unclean One behind the control tower, relieving a sole Ultramarine Champion who had survived four turns of combat with the immense pustulant Daemon. Despite this heroism and the massive volleys of artillery fire, the Imperials can not extend their control of the battlefield beyond the twin entrances to the complex. (Score: Chaos 37 - Imperials 31 + 2*5 = 41)

And now the final turn!

Turn 6A - Sensing a possible victory in the air, the minions of Chaos charge forward into the teeth of the Imperial tanks. The Warhound covers their advance by destroying the famed Imperial Tanker Task and his command Vanquisher. The Marines and Daemons of the Plague God dig in to the objectives they hold, anticipating a righteous final push from the forces of the Imperium. (Score: Chaos 37 + 3*6 = 55 - Imperials 41)



Turn 6B - The Imperial Ogryns rush forward to try to push the Plague Marines out of the electrical facility and secure a famous victory. They are supported by the combined firepower of as many Imperials as could bring their guns to bear. Unfortunately, the Sons of Nurgle proved too resilient and the Ogryns could not secure the objective. With only two victory points separating the forces of Good and Evil, the battle was declared a draw. (Score: Chaos 55 - Imperials 41 + 2*6 = 53)



Great battle. We'll be talking about this one for a long time. Next up we are doing some small (500pt) games to mix things up and it will give me a chance to select a small part of my army and finish it up. More pics to come!

Waw, sounds like a wild one. Great building, great table, great everything. In the hobbyworld, you are to be commended, Scarab.

BTW, I saw a pack of rolling tobacco with dutch warnings written on them. You from the Netherlands or Belgium?

Superb work Scarab, the table(s) look fantastic and that battle was truly epic! Certainly looking forward to hearing about your smaller scrums too, particularly if it means closer shots of awesome models

Also, don't I live kinda close to you? When was ya'll's games day again?

- Salvage

was a fun read look forward to more

PanzerSmurf wrote:Waw, sounds like a wild one. Great building, great table, great everything. In the hobbyworld, you are to be commended, Scarab.

BTW, I saw a pack of rolling tobacco with dutch warnings written on them. You from the Netherlands or Belgium?

Thanks man! My wife is Dutch and her uncle is professional tobacco blender, so we have lots of nice cigar boxes around. You have a good eye.

Boss_Salvage wrote:Superb work Scarab, the table(s) look fantastic and that battle was truly epic! Certainly looking forward to hearing about your smaller scrums too, particularly if it means closer shots of awesome models

Also, don't I live kinda close to you? When was ya'll's games day again?

Thanks. Hey, you are welcome. It's always in October - usually on Columbus day weekend.

Empchild wrote:was a fun read look forward to more

Thank you! You're not to far afield either. Maybe we'll catch a game sometime.

Empchild wrote:was a fun read look forward to more

Thank you! You're not to far afield either. Maybe we'll catch a game sometime.

Wow, I work in Worcester. Will PM.

scarab wrote:

PanzerSmurf wrote:Waw, sounds like a wild one. Great building, great table, great everything. In the hobbyworld, you are to be commended, Scarab.

BTW, I saw a pack of rolling tobacco with dutch warnings written on them. You from the Netherlands or Belgium?

Thanks man! My wife is Dutch and her uncle is professional tobacco blender, so we have lots of nice cigar boxes around. You have a good eye.

Aaaah, I see... Yeah, saw some dutch-labelled sanding paper there too. I'm Belgian myself (see the little flag ), but with dutch and german roots, so I allways tend to keep an eye out for other languages and writing and things, among other things .

Cool table, min's a beer please.

Miss Dee wrote:Cool table, min's a beer please.

Thanks. I have no idea what the last bit means, but it's about beer, so it must be a good thing!

Nice battle report and i can only dream of playing apocalypse.. . BoT lovin' the marines and your deamon prince you have excellent (sp?) sculpting skills can't wait for more!

Hmmm needs more beer ! ( oh good stuff )

Back to these after a break. First unit of Mort's Reapers finally done:

They look resilient as ever You've got one heck of Nurgle army TG

Nice minis keep it up

Thanks gents!

I like the combination of "uniformity - yet unmistakeably Nurgle" effect.

Mortis is fantastic. Really. I'm curious as to what you used as his body. It's too big to be any of the metal minis that I can think of.

Also, where did you get the plastic wings for the Daemon Prince? I've been trying to get my hands on some like that, and I have been unsuccessful so far.

Thanks.

TempusCorvus wrote:Mortis is fantastic. Really. I'm curious as to what you used as his body. It's too big to be any of the metal minis that I can think of.

It's an Inquisitor scale space marine as a base. 58mm models line up well size-wise with typical Daemon Princes and it's a GW model.

TempusCorvus wrote:Also, where did you get the plastic wings for the Daemon Prince? I've been trying to get my hands on some like that, and I have been unsuccessful so far.

They are from the GW dragon. GW sells them on the website as bits. Try a search for wings.

Hows the 1,000 sons going?

Very cool work scarab with the death gaurd. I love the skulls in the center of the pack. Is a great offset color wisethat draws your eyes to the models.

kaiservonhugal wrote:I like the combination of "uniformity - yet unmistakeably Nurgle" effect.

Agreed, Like the rusted armour alot. Nurgle has plenty of colours beside green.

I'm so far from you guys i live in chicago. But it is the Center of Culture.

Thanks again gents. Had two great games with them last night, both vs IG. Game one was brutal for the IG as he got too near. Game two he deployed as far away as possible and it was a closer affair. 5-4 on kill points when we had to call time. Good times.