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Steady Space Marine Vet Sergeant




England

It's good to see you haven't completely given up on the EC, as they were shaping up to be tremendous models.

As for the Priest, I think he looks like he came straight out of 40k, a great choice of model for him I think. The red and white compliment each other very well, suitable for Inquisition colours as well. Keep trucking Gits!

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Decrepit Dakkanaut






Madison, WI

So today... EC Purple was made... then things were made EC Purple. Sorry for the blurry pic. Just can't get the autofocus to work properly.



Made my purple in a very large batch which should mean I won't have to re-mix the base color for this army. Give the various painting rounds a chance to come out looking similar.

Anvildude: "Honestly, it's kinda refreshing to see an Ork vehicle that doesn't look like a rainbow threw up on it."

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Upstate, New York

That’s a lot of purply goodness!

   
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So much purple! it's a damn nice colour Gits, would make for a sweet Soul Drinkers army in the future :-)

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Steady Space Marine Vet Sergeant




England

Nerd is onto something there

Nothing is quite as frustrating as running out of your main colour that you've mixedx, and you have to have guess what ratio the paints are in. At least you've done the sensible thing and made a lot of it.

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Huge Hierodule






Nottingham (yay!)

That's a pretty rough intoduction you've had there, glad to see you're sticking with it. I've given up on pretty much all competitive forms of play and just turn up for the narrative, if I come up against a TFG with a lethal list then I'll let them have their fun and approach the whole encounter as a doomed last stand kind of thing. If my charge gets destroyed by cannon fodder then I take it to be a slapstick encounter where the guy at the front tripped and brought everyone else down, I find approaching things like that gives a lot of psychological cushioning against the disappointment of spending ages on a unit or army and it getting tabled on its first fielding. Thinking back to five or ten years ago when I was thinking more about how to win, I would get more victories but the experience wasn't as satisfying as just steering the spectacle and watching it unfurl.

   
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Australia

Well said lindsay40k, that is almost exactly my take on my little part of the hobby world. I definitely love the story and am happy to promote it through what I consider a thematic combat or the like. I certainly like a win every now and then of course. But imagine the saga to be written by that lone Blood Claw charging headlong into the Daemon Prince Magnus and the honour he would win if he banished him back to the Warp. Haven't seen it happen yet, but one day......

I don't know what else to say about 30k as those who have posted above me are far more knowledgeable about those things, but keep your head up and enjoy the community for what you can get out of it and always remember the amazing hobby community that you have revolving around your amazing blog. And lets see some more of that beautiful purple hey?

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South Dakota

So much purple... so much resin. I go into shock anytime I put something as small as sisters rhino doors in a forgeworld cart, I can't imagine going as deep as you have, Gits.
I hadn't thought of using Menoth models as Ecclesiarchy, but it makes perfect sense.

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Green Bay, Wisconson

An a amazing purple color to start with. Should be some nice additions to the army.

 
   
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The priest looks great Gits, I honestly thought he was an older GW model at first!
Nice to see heavy progress on your EC. Did you give your recipe for that purple earlier, or is it a trade secret?

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Auckland, NZ

Nice job on the Priest Gits, very cool model.

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Pious Palatine






Excellent work on the Priest on the previous page. He looks proper grim dark.

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Not where I should be

Harsh start to the gaming with this lot, but stick with it, remember someone always has to lose occasionally, be boring else, learn from it and come back stronger. I know you will.

Purple is so nice, and that priesty looks absolutely brilliant. such a great vibe about him.




 
   
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Decrepit Dakkanaut






Madison, WI

Sorry for not replying to everyone earlier... I've been waiting to get some more work done on my EC so I'd have something to show you but the fates have conspired against me.


@lindsay40k: Good advice. Have spoken to several friends about my first experiences... and while my first opponent brought a pretty rough army for my first go... most of my issues can be chalked up to really bad dice luck. I'll keep at it, both painting and playing, I'm sure things will improve as time passes.

@Archer: See above, and thanks.

@All: Many thanks for your kind comments. I'm pretty happy with the priest. I blundered into an old cache of GW models and found an actual GW priest that is nearly identical to the model I've done already. He's carrying a huge hammer, which I plan on replacing with a chainsword of course.

Have a "training game" of 30k lined up with a friend of mine tonight, we'll see if that goes any better than the previous 2 outings...



Anvildude: "Honestly, it's kinda refreshing to see an Ork vehicle that doesn't look like a rainbow threw up on it."

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Steady Space Marine Vet Sergeant




England

I think a training game will do you good, just make sure you both understand that. Since it's a friend, I'm sure you'll be fine (hopefully the dice go your way too ).

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Yeah, just keep at it. I'm still learning stuff about BMG. It's an ongoing process, try not to be despondent!

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Australia

Dice can be a massive thing. I had a game of 3rd edition 40k a couple of nights ago with my orks vs an Eldar army. My first turn of shooting, 4 big shootas and a rokkit launches later one dead Wraithlord. Never seen anything like it. I rolled like a god and he saved terribly.

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Decrepit Dakkanaut






Madison, WI

I'm going to preface this post by saying that I already wrote most of this battle report once... then accidentally deleted the post before I could finish it. Yay internet...



For those of you who were curious about my 30k battle the other evening... I cobbled up enough pics to make a decent little batrep. Hope you enjoy it.


Mission parameters:
- 1500 points
- daylight
- standard (long edge) deployment
- kill points (HQ=3, HV=2, all else =1)
- standard secondary's (STW, LB, FB)

Supporters of the False God:
- Imperial Fists
- Pride of the Legion RoW
- Praetor, Apothecary, 2x 5 terminators w/ combi-meltas & storm shields, contemptor, 5x missile launchers, 8x heavy bolters
- warlord trait allows DSing of a single unit (contemptor)



Defenders of the Imperium of Man:
- Emperor's Children
- Pride of the Legion RoW
- Preator on bike, 2x 6 vets, rapier w/ laser destroyer, 4x outriders, deredeo, leviathan
- warlord trait allows DSing of a single unit (leviathan)


Please note that I forgot 2 bikes, so the yellow bike is standing in for my Praetor and the quad bolter is standing in for a basic outrider. I also forgot that this list includes two rhinos with dozer blades.... didn't remember it until turn 4... so I played this game 80 points short!


Deployment:

My opponent John won the roll-off but then opted for me to deploy and go first. Since my two vet squads were outflanking thanks to the RoW and my leviathan was DSing thanks to my warlord trait... all I had to worry about were the bikes, deredeo and the rapier. I placed the rapier in a ruin on my left and the deredeo in a ruin on my right with the bikes encircling it as a screen. (you can just barely see the dread and bikes in the blurry background)




The spotter for the rapier looks out from his perch for valuable targets.



The Imperial Fists counter by placing both heavy weapon teams in a ruin on the EC left... just opposite the EC rapier. (sorry, no pic)



The Emperor's Children open fire on the most deadly Imperial Fists unit available... the 5-man missile launcher squad. Between the rapier and the deredeo, two marines are killed and the unit falls back in the face of a strong opening salvo.




The tactical withdrawal is only temporary however and the missile launchers move back into the ruin in good order. Meanwhile the heavy bolters fire in a futile fuselage at the entrenched EC rapier.


The first of the EC reserves arrive in the from of the two veteran squads, who move at top speed around a small patch of ruins & coming in from the left, being sure to keep out of line-of-sight of the intercepting ML squad. Once again the rapier and leviathan fire at the missile launchers, once again the IF squad takes two casualties and once again they fall back. This time the sole living member of the squad has had enough... its just not meant to be their day... and so he quits the field.

With impeccable timing and accuracy, a squad of terminators and the comtemptor materialize out of crackling air. They surround the deredeo and his protectors, dropping him to a single hull point.




A thunderous roar echoes across the ruined city as 3 EC veterans are cut down by heavy bolter fire.




The sergeant and noble vexilla bearer are the only survivors... but they hold!




The outflanking vet squads continue to push forward on the left, hoping to finish off the heavy bolters. Their fire combined with rocket fire from the deredeo reduces the squad to 6 men.




As the deredeo is about the only thing that's doing anything for the Emperor's Children, the praetor decides to defend it rather than run. With 3 plasma pistols and seven S5, AP2 attacks in CC... why not give it a try? Right??

Spoiler:
Em... no... wrong. Warlord and squad get wiped by terminators without killing a single guy. This little debacle costs me 5 victory points! Major bit of stupidity here that costs me the game.





The last of the Imperial Fists' reserves arrive on my left flank and threaten my surviving veterans. Their fire (and that of the heavy bolters) is ineffectual.




The terminators *barely* make their charge and slice my deredeo to pieces with their chain fists.




The last of the EC reserves arrive in the form of the Leviathan. It attempts to come in near the newly arrived squad of terminators threatening the left flank, but telemetry is way off and the dreadnought materializes on the far corner of the battle zone, completely out of the battle. This is "the dagger" that assures an Imperial Fists victory.




The sergeant finally leads his men into assault with the heavy bolters and removes them from further tactical consideration.




Free from any threat from the grav-flux-bombard-wielding leviathan, the Imperial Fist terminators charge the two lagging EC vets who were just too tired to make a 5" charge... with predicable results.




The surviving EC veteran squad seeks shelter in the ruin, but is eventually caught and slaughtered by the Imperial Fists terminators.




On the other flank, the rapier is eventually taken down by the contemptor.



Final War Tally:
Imperial Fists: 12
Emperor's Children: 6

Well, at least I was in this game for a while. Should have just ran the bikes the heck away from the terminators saving me 5 points. Combine that savings with the horrible dice luck I had when trying to finish off a 1-wound contemptor which would have provided me with one extra point & resulted in a 7/7 tie. Alas, it was not to be.


My Praetor and the bikes still suffer from EPIC levels of suckage. Need to get rid of them as soon as possible.





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Anvildude: "Honestly, it's kinda refreshing to see an Ork vehicle that doesn't look like a rainbow threw up on it."

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Green Bay, Wisconson

Honestly the bad luck aside you were facing a pretty tough IF list. Lots of shooting and 2 units of terminators. I say you did fairly well considering.

I give you the best painted award!

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Madison, WI

Yeah, 2+/3+ is nearly impossible for me to deal with. I can plink away at it, but not in any meaningful way.

I'm going to finish the airbrushing tonight, then start blocking out the steel. I's a bit frustrating to know that the army won't get any better with all of this painting... but it'll be a good step in the process and free me up to do something that WILL improve the army.

And, you know... it'll look damn nice.

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Anvildude: "Honestly, it's kinda refreshing to see an Ork vehicle that doesn't look like a rainbow threw up on it."

Gitsplitta's Unified Painting Theory
 
   
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Is 'Eavy Metal Calling?





UK

 Gitsplitta wrote:


And, you know... it'll look damn nice.


And that is really the most important thing!

I think we've all had moments like that one charge that seemed to lose you the game. Sometimes it seems like a stroke of tactical genius, sometimes it's just cold hard logic ('surely Belial and his bodyguard squad should be able to handle that IG Command Squad in melee'... 4 dead Terminators and one smugly powerfist-toting IG Commander later... ), but the die just don't go your way. Really though, that's all part of the fun of the game. This one seemed to be down to bad luck, which is always more bearable than just a bad matchup.

Looking forward to more EC goodness!

 
   
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Fixture of Dakka







Had lots of fun catching up on your adventures and I'm liking the new look, unified blog! I'm looking forward to following you're continued shenanigans, Gits, always a pleasure.

   
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Green Bay, Wisconson

The last picture is my favorite. The Sargent having an Achilles moment. One of the best poses of all time.


 
   
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San Diego

How did that rapier get up there?

Awesome looking army and nice battle report

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England

I didn't think you did half bad. The Levi would have shredded the Termies if it DS correctly, and I think your Vet squad at the end performed admirably. Keep it up Gits, there's a light at the end of this tunnel.

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Not where I should be

That sounds more like you had some fun at least, even with the tweaking you are having to do, it is a very nice force. The game itself sounds much more unforgiving, and you have managed to have some tough opponents even with them "taking it easy" on you.




 
   
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Decrepit Dakkanaut






Madison, WI

Yes, it was a fun game.


Purple is down, next will be to block out the steel. Note that I tossed in a couple of Mantis Warrior vehicles into the mix as they're at the same stage.


Anvildude: "Honestly, it's kinda refreshing to see an Ork vehicle that doesn't look like a rainbow threw up on it."

Gitsplitta's Unified Painting Theory
 
   
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My ancient "lab"

Good stuff! Definitely excited for all this stuff to come.

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Decrepit Dakkanaut






Mostly, on my phone.

Oh I am sure stoked to see all these guys trim and tidy! Exciting stuff!

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England

It's well on its way Gits, keep it up!

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