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Excellent Monolith
Looking forward to the batrep E

Great stuff.
You guys make cool stuff with limited resorces.

Great job guys this is what hobby is all about :')

can I mail you my necrons to paint them? LoL

OK fellas IG versus Tau!

Scout phase and turn one was sweet..I sent a storm trooper squad forward on the far left side,Spc.Kehrer sent a devilfish with a squad of pathfinders to scout in the very middle of the board,They passed a difficult terrain test ,and dismounted their troops.I formed a firing line in the middle of my side of the board with a heavy weapons squad on each flank. Directly behind them I had my Manticore and Deathstrike missle launcher. Far left I had my Valkyrie and Vendetta loaded with storm troopers.Far right I had my PLT HQ,my company command was in the center with veteran squads on each side.Every verteran squad I ugraded them with carapace armor(+4sv) 1 plasma gun,1Plasma pistol for sgt,1 grenade launcher and 1 sniper rifle per squad.so my squad`s firepower was pretty good.
TAU TURN 1:
Kehrer`s leader I forgot his name moved forward and waxed my scout stormtrooper squad,they had no hope.Then he attemped tank shock on my company command,the hq squad saved vs. moral and they side step the tank. Commisar Yarrick failed the moral test and he fell back.Kehrer had a squad of 3 crisis suit supported by tau infantry,they fired and killed my heavy weapons squad on my left flank and killed a few guardsmen from squad 1(left). In the far right corner far away from everything his long range crisis suits open fire on my Manticore and destroy it.His pathfinders in the middle of the board open up and kill a couple more verterans from squad one
IMPERIAL GUARD TURN 1:
My Vandetta gun ship fires on his leader`s crisis suit and do to the strength on my weapon vs. his toughness,puts the instant death rule into play.His leader goes down in a hail of lascannon fire.I dismount stormtroopers from my valkyrie,they are assualt storm troopers,I can only hit the battlesuits with a grenade launcher and plamsma gun,they hit and wound destroyind both shield drones 25% of the force.They fail a morale check and fall back.My Valkyrie fires and puts heavy casualties on the infantry squad next to the battlesuits.Multi-rocketpods are deadly against infantry.Commisar Yarrick passes his next moral check and moves towrd the devilfish to attack and fails,Col.Straken fails his hit on it also,but HQ squad hit successfully with krak grenades and shake the crew.Squad2 and my PLT HQ fire towrd the 1 o`clock position on his farseer squad and inflict some casualties.

Oh yeah I advanced squad 2 forward six inches,uphill.
TAU TURN 2:
THE squad of 3 crisis suits open up on squad 1 and leave the with only 3 veterans.His kootox and 2 kootox riders I think they are called,are out of range in the back left corner and cant fire .His infantry in the middle, kill one or two guardsmen.His devilfish attemps to tankshock squad 2,they pass the test and side step outta the way.They immediatly take fire from the farseers squad on the right side of the board and are pinned on the hill.His long range suits hit my deathstrike missle,destroying the heavy flamer and delaying the count. One thing i left out from turn one ,he had sniper dones firing in my squad 2 to also.forgive me there was so many individual little battles.And again in turn two the sniper drones fire on squad 2,getting a few more kills.

IMPERIAL GUARD TURN 2:
I move Yarrick closer to the battle suits with hopes to power claw them.I load my stormtroopers back into aircraft in case I need to assualt later.Squad 2 passes their next moral check and move up the hill..they fire and get a few pathfinders.I fire with my valkyrie at his kootox rider squad with multi-rocket pods but miss with both but the valkyrie hits with a multilaser,killing one piece forcing a moral check..the kootox riders fail and start to fall back.My vandetta fires on the 3 battlesuits killing 2 and my leftovers from squad 1 take out the last suit.my heavy weapons squad and Platoon HQ fire on the farseer and his infantry and finish them off..so far with loosing guardsmen Col.straken keeps the guardsmen from failing moral checks.

Wow guys, simply a fantastic thread. I'm really looking forward to seeing more of your stuff and hearing more about your games. Definitely a subscriber to this thread!

Turn 3 Kehrer is not happy...

hey everyone. been actually having to work recently! i don't know about the rage diesel is talking about in our match....well yeah i was pretty mad. oh well. we learn a little more each time we play. it takes me forever to paint my models so i have a few here and there painted but nothing really to show except an assault marine or two. slow and steady though so i can move to painting my terminators soon thanks again for all the support out there! it means a lot!

xo

TAU TURN 3:

The devilfish contiues to try tankshock and moves towrds my heavy weapons teams,the pass their check and sidestep the tank.His last two regular infantry fall back behind the dense foliage.His long range suits fire on my deathstike and miss,His pathfinders in the middle fire and do minimal damage on any guards men,his kootox riders fail a check and are still retreating.His sniper drones and infantry on the right side of the hill fire on my squad 2 and kill all but 2 of them.His 2 infantry on the left side of the hill fire on commisar yarrick and take away his last wounds and I lay the piece on his side.

IMPERIAL GUARD TURN 3:

I roll for Commisar Yarrick`s bloody but defiant special rule.Success! He staggers back to his feet bloody but defiant....lol I push the last of my command squad and two veteran squads uphill towards the enemy.I fire my valkyrie on his fleeing kootox rider squad,rockets end their exsistence.All my squads in the middle,finish most of the resistance. My Platoon HQ kill the sniper drones.My heavy weapons teams fire on the devilfish hit and destroy it.and for my final attack....

BELOW TAU INFANTRY SIGHT IN ON COMMISSAR YARRICK, AND MY VALKYRIE "DEVILBIRD," SIGHTS IN ON FLEEING KOOTOX RIDERS!

STILL IMPERIAL GUARD TURN 3:
The last thing he has on the table is his long range crisis suits, and all I have left to fire is my deathstrike missle...I roll successfully.The deathdtrike missle launches hits, and destroys the shield drones and a battle suit!The reamining battlesuit fails a morale check and falls back 8 inches back off the table.GAME OVER..


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I learned alot from this game about operating my IG.Concentrated fire works great.Veteran squads are pretty handy when upgraded properly.My grenade launchers did alot of devestation.But I give Kehrer mucho props he came in on that first turn and had me shook,I thought I was gonna be wiped out.l learned that valkyries and vendettas have alot of fire power to support infantry.It was a great time.My first IG victory!I hope you all liked the batrep,we`ll keep it comin if y`all stay tuned."E" from the Bunker signing out!

Imperious Dominatus

Fascinating thread about a 40k gaming group at the front!

First ideas about terrain:
1.) I like GW's 40k terrain like all City of Death buildings, the Chaos hill, the generic hills, the wood with destroyed Rhino and even the wood.
2.) Hotz Mats http://www.hotzmats.com/ makes fine felt covers for the table, including green field mosaic http://www.hotzmats.com/mat_1-euro_field.html and desert http://www.hotzmats.com/mat_1-wild_west.html . I ordered them without grid of course. Gives instant atmosphere.
3.) Best trees are by Schleich ( http://www.amazon.de/b/ref=amb_link_73967665_4/280-1692595-2873765?ie=UTF8&node=116287031&pf_rd_m=A3JWKAKR8XB7XF&pf_rd_s=browse&pf_rd_r=0K7E3X3WMSEPDAEPR8V3&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=209098991&pf_rd_i=116282031 ) esp the Baobab http://cgi.ebay.com/AFRICAN-BAOBAB-TREE-Plant-Life-SCHLEICH-30655-/350319451356?cmd=ViewItem&pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item5190aa9cdc (blocks LOS!) and the Acacia http://cgi.ebay.com/UMBRELLA-ACACIA-TREE-Plant-Life-SCHLEICH-30654-/360254581046?cmd=ViewItem&pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item53e0d8a936 (both 13 inches high!) very characterful and robust.
4.) Here a German terrain website: http://www.ziterdes.de/ziterdes/en/index.php?we_variant=en
5.) Here a very good US terrain website http://armorcast.com/store/ including refinery and alien plants
6.) Also have a look at Pegasus terrain, quite cheap and fits GW stuff: http://www.thewarstore.com/PegasusHobbiesTrees.html

So much for now.

Great battle report E, but..

E_ninja13 wrote: Commisar Yarrick failed the moral test and he fell back.

Commisar Yarrick has Inspirational Hero, which gives him and any unit he is with Fearless. This means they they do not ever have to take moral tests or pinning tests.

General Seric wrote:Great battle report E, but..

E_ninja13 wrote: Commisar Yarrick failed the moral test and he fell back.

Commisar Yarrick has Inspirational Hero, which gives him and any unit he is with Fearless. This means they they do not ever have to take moral tests or pinning tests.

yeah we realized that a lil to late and just rolled with it..
im still semi-new to this..

IG Victory! Well done General "E". Nice batrep.

Nice victory, E! Kicked his ass by turn 3, impressive!

Very nice, congratulations.

However, I think you could better use your points by dropping the deathstrike for something else, it really is simply terrible.

I suggest, for cheapness, a leman russ w/ HB sponsons and hull HB, quite a nasty one there.

Or, for a bit more expensive points wise.

An Executioner w/ Hull heavy flamer, and plasma cannon sponsons.

OR

Another manticore >.> (and, you could still use your deathstrike model for this)

E_ninja13 wrote:Turn 3 Kehrer is not happy...

Is this why there is a 9mm on the table?

IG victory.
congrats E

Karon wrote:Very nice, congratulations.

However, I think you could better use your points by dropping the deathstrike for something else, it really is simply terrible.

I suggest, for cheapness, a leman russ w/ HB sponsons and hull HB, quite a nasty one there.

Or, for a bit more expensive points wise.

An Executioner w/ Hull heavy flamer, and plasma cannon sponsons.

OR

Another manticore >.> (and, you could still use your deathstrike model for this)

I agree,all I have other then my manticore and deathstrike is hellhounds,but they have`nt done me justice yet.I have lemass russ tanks on the way, just waiting for the mail..I`m still in the process of trying to figure out what I want in my army.The deathsrike did win me the game.It was worth trying once ..Thanks for the advice Ill let you know how it goes when this tanker get tanks..lol


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sir mongo wrote:

E_ninja13 wrote:Turn 3 Kehrer is not happy...

Is this why there is a 9mm on the table?

LOL nice! nah truth be told thats a tankers primary weapon..all us tankers are issued 9 mils..gotta defend our iron horse! If they try to jump on our tanks we peel their cap back man,have`em pushin up daisies..lol

ugh, I would not want to be stuck fighting dudes with only an M9. Can't wait till we make the transition to the HK45. .45ACP FTW!

Corvus wrote:ugh, I would not want to be stuck fighting dudes with only an M9. Can't wait till we make the transition to the HK45. .45ACP FTW!

we still have m4s though..

With nothing left in my stuff to paint except an egyptian-themed N.Lord without a res orb, and a single immortal, I'm kind of running dry on projects. And now that my nemesis, the XO, is preparing for a PT test by going and exercising every day during our normal game time, it's going to make scheduling games a lot more difficult. But We shall see! One of these days I'm actually going to crush him. I got close last time.

A note: Erickson's latest victory is the first time ANYONE from our group has won from a army wipeout.

Kehrer keeps getting his arse handed to him because he doesn't do two essiential things: intercept oncoming troops against his long-range units, and move agressively against priority targets. He has very little power to bring to bear besides one or two broadsides, and only a pair of krootox gunners. His strategy is simply to stand still and keep shooting with a bunch of fire warriors and pathfinders. Though his powersuits do assault some, he loads his units up with tons of wargear instead of putting a sizable amount of models on the board. I keep telling him he needs to start tarpitting and routing, but I think he just likes the Tau in style more than he cares about winning. It took forever just to convince him to get ANYTHING Kroot on the board. But, hey, he's having fun, and he's a good sport. Maybe if he gets his hammerhead gunship put together, he'll be doing better.

I'm not sure where we're going to go with the campaign, so I'm probably going to set something up, small-scale, between two or three players. Enough to last 5-7 games before it's over. The ambition to make some epic, grandiose campaign is there, but I think we continually bite off more than we can chew. I've been a self-taught student of game theory for the past 12 years, and I can tell the difference between what sounds good, and what *plays* good.

We'll see. I like Erickson's jungle map, and I'll talk to the XO and Erickson about setting up a campaign: Imperial vs. Necrons. Or something to that effect.

I may post more later tonight if anything happens. I'll see you guys around.

Oh, and Corvus, if you ask me, they never should have gotten rid of the 1911.


I bought the egyptian-looking N.Lord way back when I first started, before I knew the rules, or about WYSIWYG. So I'm looking at the parts that came with this model, and I realize that there really isn't a way I could mod this guy to have a rez orb without looking slowed. His free hand is flat-palmed and facing down. And I'm not going to field a N.Lord without a rez orb. Also, the staff he has in his hand looks nothing like a Staff of Light OR a Warscythe. So... what am I supposed to do with this guy?!

E_ninja13 wrote:

Corvus wrote:ugh, I would not want to be stuck fighting dudes with only an M9. Can't wait till we make the transition to the HK45. .45ACP FTW!

we still have m4s though..

Man I still haven't used an M4 yet. All they ever give to us zoomies are 16A2s (unless we are AFSOC or Security Forces).

And Diesel, I agree wholeheartedly with you. Apparently the 101st and the Marines do too, because I hear most of those guys prefer to issue 1911s as sidearms.

diesel7270 wrote:I bought the egyptian-looking N.Lord way back when I first started, before I knew the rules, or about WYSIWYG. So I'm looking at the parts that came with this model, and I realize that there really isn't a way I could mod this guy to have a rez orb without looking slowed. His free hand is flat-palmed and facing down. And I'm not going to field a N.Lord without a rez orb. Also, the staff he has in his hand looks nothing like a Staff of Light OR a Warscythe. So... what am I supposed to do with this guy?!

Since you're just playing with friends I don't think WYSIWYG really matters, does it? I get your dilemna but I don't think you'll be hitting up any tournaments for a while and by then you'll probably have more guys. If you haven't already, invest in the actual lord w/warscythe model.

Re: milky varnish: I don't know if you're still having this problem, but it's caused by the varnish drying at an uneven rate: probably the surface is either drying out too quickly before the lower layers, or vice versa. The usual suspects are temperature (too hot or cold), humidity / moisture, or simply putting on the varnish too thickly, or putting a second layer on too soon after the first.

Suggestions: Use thin coats (some varnishes you can actually water down a bit to get a thinner consistency if needed) try to varnish at "room temperature" (might be a bit hard given where you're at), and never varnish if it's raining. Also make sure the model is bone dry before varnishing: don't do it too soon after painting, and let the first coat dry fully before applying a second. If it does dry milky, I've heard you can sometimes buff it off with a chamois or cloth: alternatively, a second coat can sometimes smooth out the imperfections if they're on the surface.

Re: greenstuff as adhesive: Greenstuff, as you already know, comes in two parts: the base and the curing agent (I think yellow is base, blue is agent, I'm not certain on that). Anyway, if you add more blue, it dries harder and faster, if you add more yellow, it dries slower and softer. You want it slower and softer, because that also makes it stickier: try using 2x yellow to 1x blue. I've also had some decent luck using the so-called "greenstuff sandwich" - apply super glue to both pieces, sandwich greenstuff between them, trim and smooth off the excess. The greenstuff fills the gap, the super glue gives a strong hold. However, you have to make sure the greenstuff is fully cured before putting any strain on the joint, or you wind up with two ragged bits of half-cured greenstuff superglued to your model parts: a real mess.

Best of luck: I had two cousins go through Iraq with the Marines, and one friend who went there as an Air Force MP. Stay safe, game well, and come home soon!

EXTRA EXTRA READ ALL ABOUT IT!

Chaos Space marines have arrived in the bunker!Another army set on domination of the FOB!My tank commander(TC) Lt.Krick got his army the other day.We just finished a small mock battle/tutorial,to get him started so he can get a feel for the rules.So stay tuned.I`m sure Chaos will make an attempt to conquer the bunker!Not on the Imperium`s watch..lol

On a more serious note that brings the total to six different armies soon to be seven.Specialist Quinn ordered his eldar also.The carnage will be incredible when and if we can get a campaign going.But seven different armies!This is gettin outta control,that means more pics,more BATREPs and more good times.Im excited.well "E" signing out from the bunker...

Imperious Dominatus

Awesome. Purge the Xenos!

Hopefully Diesel will have more luck with his Necrons fighting Chaos than I did. I play a lot against a SSgt who runs a fairly cheesy Night Lords list (Daemon Prince, Defiler, Oblits, Rhino Rush) and he tables me every single time.