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hahahahah signature is bangging, jungle is massive (MINT) next up warhammer tourny, god we are gonna suck there. was a pleasure meeting wolf just cause he had some social skills unlike many gamers

Tantras wrote:I took the liberty of editing my signature.

Kev, I think yours is now out of date.

Uwee Hee Hee

Hi Everyone,

Awesome day on Sunday I think you'll agree. Really enjoyed it so thank you all for coming. One thing to note before I pop a load of pictures from the day onto this post is that the standard of painting and modelling was excellent so thanks to everyone for making the effort.

Here are the pics. Thanks again to Snowey for being the resident photographer.

Wow, nicely done everyone - the models were all painted AND painted to a really good standard. Much better than in London Plaza. Congrats to Tantras!

Didn't even realise this thread was here, doh !!

Cracking day had, awesome games and next time I'll get those peskly Necrons when I actually remeber to move and not just hide and shoot lol.

On a side note my Orks have entered into the Olympic games 2012 Skeet shooting and considering their performance on Sunday I think they have a real good chance of a medal.

Yeah it's a big shame we didn't get to finish the final Snowy, very gracious of you to surrender as you did.

Sure I'd blown more than 50% of your force to pieces as you crossed the board, but Sharpe's rifles were still standing I think, and that pisses me off, hahah!

Cracking day, all said and done.

Those orks were ludicrous. At one point a couple of them dived onto the floor, popped off a shot each into a couple of the Emperor's finest and they bit the dust. Took me to town they did.

And Patrick the nob was hard as nails

Taloncab, Patrick wanted tosay that your metal boyz are pussy's and that he could scrap em any day ...

I'm just passing the message on you understand ofcourse.

I'm thinking of adding some scopes to the boyz after Sunday hehe.

Haha those spooning sniper orks were some fine shooters indeed ! There were some very fun games to watch and play

I look forward to the next event that i am allowed to participate in

Pictures look awesome guys...

BooBoo, my guardsmen are getting a little worried for tomorrow now!

My my what an impressive choppa! All luck from Patrick and his boys like. I should have won the tournament with that list for sure. God knows how ben won it. The paint work on those orks is excellent too. You might have even picked up the best painted if not for luke. Oh and i've popped a letter to GW HQ thanking manager dave for letting us play and helping choose the best painted army. Let's organise another soon yes. It's an ideal format. I've even started constructing more scenery so I can play at home! It's looking good too.

Good little event we had going on there. Just a few notes about the day in general that I'd like to share.

First off... I was robbed.

Now that I've gotten that out of the way, I think Ben's army was virutally unbeatable by the forces that showed. Short of everyine fielding Tyranids (or a unit of Spartans) he was bound to come out on top. Especially as we didn't get matched up.

As for my own performance... Well, those that managed to scrape a result against me should take a long hard look at themselves and know how fortunate they were. I don't think there'll be any argument over that point. I mean, those ridiculous Ork 'sharpshooters' managed to take down my Zoanthrope in their first round of shooting (that's right folks, three Orks armed with gat-guns on spray and pray duty). Outrageous.

And don't even get me started on those Plague Marines.

At least Wolf's Tau did the decent thing when I gave them the good news (from the business end of a fleshborer), and rolled around screaming.

Haha ! Damned Tau being crap at pretty much everything. Let's be fair htough I used all my luck in that game on those 6 cover saves haha !

Corsair wrote:I think Ben's army was virutally unbeatable by the forces that showed.

I think Pip had a very legitimate chance of beating me, the Rough Riders' lances would've prevented me from using WBB and the Ratlings would've done the same if they'd luckily rended me. As it turned out though, luck just wasn't on his side. He failed a boat load of 3+ cover saves and I passed a fair few 4+ cover saves.

I honestly believe the Orks would give the Necrons a sound thrashing if they met again.

I was so absorbed in shooting things I forgot that Orks are awesome in combat and now I know the Metal Mickies only get one attack in combat, even the Grots would have a field day with them.

Nahh, you had about 15 guys left mate, I still had another turn of backing off and shooting over open ground (14 shots, no cover), maybe even two turns.


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Ahh sorry, if they met again, missed that bit.

I don't know mate, it's not like you didn't move every turn, y'know? Are you saying you wouldn't bother shooting at all and just run instead?

Yes mate, I'd just run the boyz into Combat, only the Big Shoota's shooting.

Live and learn though, that's half the fun.

It'd be an interesting one, certainly. Time permitting you'd have to roll your chaps separately though. Three times when you ran them in batches you rolled a 5 or six... Realistically you wouldn't have had as many guys as close.

I'm up for a rematch if you are

Corsair wrote:
And don't even get me started on those Plague Marines.

Wasnt the plagues fault Kev it was your horrendous dice rolling

What do we think of this by Snowey? I'm not sure on IG orders. My instinct says they don't work.

SNOWEY: How sads this, work has already begun on a new Kill Team, but I have a few questions that I just need sorting ...

Imperial Guard Orders ...

1) If an order is issued to a unit, does the whole unit receive the benefit where-ever they are on the table.

2) If the above is true and the Kill Team consists of two Infantry choices and they are combined, would they all benefit from the orders.

I certainly hope this is the case, because I'd really prefer to take normal guards rather than the beardy Vet's that everyone seems to love.

Food for thought.

Snowy




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PS - I didn't encounter Ben but I would have mashed his necrons. Out-ranged the blighters for sure.

well we were saying icons effected everyone, and the harliquin nightfight thing effected everyone so why not the orders effecting everyone, everyone would be in contact via radios.

Fair dos. As long as the squad is bought together then - go for it snowey

Could be nasty. How many guys can you fit in there for 200pts? You can sneak in some heavy weapons too, I think.

P.s. Chris, only the Plasma Cannon and Missile Launcher would've outranged me and caused a threat... I'd get cover saves from both most times and even a WBB roll against the Plasma Cannon. You would've bitten the fat one.

I'm assuming you have to use the correct deployment choices for Guard, so been looking at Platoon Command Squad and two Infantry Platoons as is the minimum required.

No Heavy Weapon Squads, Vet's (wahoo) or Special Weapon squads, just good ol' fashioned Guardsmen ! (25 models in total)

Also I've had these guards for years, since I bought them off Philbert, so finally gives me a reason to paint them.

Hmmmm....

"You are not my friend,
You are my foe,
You dont look like Immortals to me,
Your weapons have to grow...

This is a Necron invasion!"

Thought you guys werent using counts-as?

I'd agree on the orders front, they would affect the entire squad(s), Could churn out a lot of laser pointer fire thats for sure.

lifeofshan wrote:
Thought you guys werent using counts-as?

We used limited counts-as, providing it wasn't stupidly complicated or anything. I used heavily converted Necron Warriors anyway, you just can't see because they're turned the wrong way

Could be fun to take 3 Infantry squads, combine them all and watch the laser goodness ...

Also it would mean the team would be the same as the Orks, at 35 models, but I think the first plan is best.

I don't think it'd play that much differently to the Orks, mate. Massed numbers of not-very-good guys. Wouldn't an elite alternative be more interesting for you?

I think this force will be far more Elite than the Orks, but as for playing a 3+ save team of 6 to 8 guys ... maybe.

I do like Space Marines, but it's really easy to fail one save and you don't get much for your points.

Eldar would be fun if they didn't cost so bleedin much in points.

Chaos Space Marines could be fun, maybe Tzeentch or Slaanesh for a bit of colour.

Tbh I really think this new team will be a lot more than most forces can handle, I'll find out tomorrow when I test it against Luke.