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After finally finishing my SpaceHulk board, finishing my Horus/Sanguinius—figured it was time to take it out for a walk. My 6 year old son had been asking me to play for a bit now—so, what better game than a Father vs. Son game—with a Father vs. Son scenario! He, as always, wanted to play the good guys—so I was going in charge of stopping the false Emperor and giving glory to Horus. Here is the board setup;












As some of you might wonder, the 3d Space Hulk tiles are made by a company named Creative Gamescapes. Their site is located here;

http://www.creativegamescapes.dreamhosters.com/

I have no affiliation with Creative GameScapes—but boy am I a fan of their product! It’s a modular tile set that is extremely easy to put together, stores well and is made of rugged (I’m talking, you could probably run it over with a car!) plastic. Just a really great product put out by a super friendly company—I cannot recommend them enough. So on to the game!

The General Rules:
Without going into a great amount of detail, the rules are pretty simple—the Emperor starts with two Custodes and as he explores the ship, they can find other trapped Custodes to aid the fight. However, given they are on quite possibly the most evil Astartes ship in existence—they are also bound to find some Daemons along the way. As the Chaos player, I rolled on my little chart and made some random Warp Points—along with some random trapped Custodes. Depending on that roll, I might get a couple of Bloodletters—Flamers—or perhaps a Herald. Once the Emperor or any Custodes approached or opened a door into that room/point, I rolled on the chart. So first turn….


Turn 1
My son advanced the Emperor to one side and two Custodes on the other “They aren’t as strong so they need buddies”. Makes sense to me. As the Emperor rounded a corner however, the first Warp Point ignited and a handful of Daemons erupted from the rift. Unfortunately for me, I was facing the Emperor or Mankind and rolled miserable on the chart. Three Bloodletters charged to their doom, inflicting no damage to the God Emperor;






Turn 2/3
The Loyalist advance continued on the right side—and they decided to split up yet again (This would prove unfortunate for one of them). While one Custodes discovered a friend and some enemies, the other lone Custodes just found enemies! The Emperor continued his advance and found a single Custodes surrounded by Daemons in a small sub room. Now, Nathaniel had a single Custodes fighting for his life in the middle—and small scrums to the right and left of the board.










Turn 4
Slightly wounded, the Custode in the middle of the board advanced—and found yet more bad luck. I rolled pretty high on my Warp Chart and got Skulltaker—whom promptly took the Custode’s head. Score one for the Ruinous Powers! The Emperor and his Custode advanced to the middle room—with the other wing wrapping up their combat and continuing on as well.




Turn 5
Turn 5 saw a surprise for the Loyalist—I had secretly decided to let Sanguinius show up to fight Horus—and if he managed to wound him, make it a bit easier for the Emperor to finish him (Old school fluff)--however I made Horus pretty tough so didn't know if it would happen or not. Sure enough, leave it to the 6 year old to roll my Dakka dice like this;





This battle would continue through the next turn. In the middle of the board, everything met in the large room—and a big battle broke out. Warp Points erupted, a new Custodes was located—and we went to rolling dice. Minutes later, he had lost a couple of Loyalists—and the room was cleared.




Turn 6
So, Horus took a wound—then promptly owned his brother (I might have made Horus a bit too strong);



If only Sanguinius had held out, his father might have saved him in time—as it was, the Emperor advanced just in time to see his son die to Horus’s hands.




Turn 7/8
So the showdown is finally set and of course Horus has a plan up his sleeve. My Justaerin Terminators arrive and shape the board up for a nice final showdown. One of the rules of the scenario is the Emperor’s “Annihilate” power. It’s a power that must be used to finish Horus—but the Emperor cannot use it until the third round of combat (It takes a couple of turns to make the Big E realize Horus is utterly evil and needs to be put down). Everyone charges/counter charges—we make a father/son gentleman agreement to let the Big E and Horus fight alone—and it’s on!






Turn 9
Battle continues with the Custodes/Justaerin—and I’m actually winning this fight. I was up a model up going in—but the Custodes have a slight edge in stats—so I’m getting wore down in wounds. The Big E and Horus continue their fight—and the Big E is down to a wound, Horus has two remaining.




Turn 10
Well, a round of epic rolling for my son—the Custodes finish the Justaerin with one left standing (with one wound mind you). The Emperor auto casts his power, being third round—and needs to roll at least a 2 for the number of wounds caused. Of course, he rolls a 6 to rub my nose in it—and the Warmaster has fallen! Not without doing some damage though—and had he rolled a one to wound—Horus would have likely finished the Big E.




All in all, we both had a great afternoon. It’s really special to share my hobby of 10+ years with my son—and makes me feel pretty old at the same time! Now, to talk tournament organizers into letting me bring him along to roll my dice….

i must say that was a truely beautifully written battle report well done!

AgeOfEgos wrote:All in all, we both had a great afternoon. It’s really special to share my hobby of 10+ years with my son—and makes me feel pretty old at the same time! Now, to talk tournament organizers into letting me bring him along to roll my dice….

i hope they do :3 it would be quite fun for him if he hasnt started his own army yet

Very nice.

Is there any special rules you use for the Primarchs and the Emperor?

Nice batrep, cool to see your son embark on this epic journey... Kudos!

Excellent board and beautiful models!

That looks like it was a heck of a lot of fun. Something to be sent into GW. Those pics tell the fight to the bridge ina very detailed and fun way. Grats!

"The indoctrination of the next generation COMMENCES!!!" [evil laugh]. In all seriousness it's great to hear about a family bonding over the hobby!

Would you happen to have the rules for this game? It sounds like a ton of fun!

wow, excellent force weapon lighting effects. Looked amazing up close. Excellent paint work.

Really awesome stuff!

Epic. Father vs son with the son playing as the father * head explodes*

Incredible! Oedipal!
And so pretty it looks almost edible!

Wonderful batrep. Thanks very much for posting.

That was great. I have my own son (only a year old) so I can't wait to play a game with him!

Brilliant, love the custodes as well, are they NMM painted (the emperor certainly is, but I can't tell with the custodes...

THAT HAPPENED PRECISELY AS IT SHOULD HAVE DONE!!! On a slightly less hyper note, what rules do you use for the Emporer / Horus / Custodes?

Can I get a link to the rules set you are using sir?

Good gracious - the board, the conversions, the paintwork - amazing stuff.

Really very cool to see a father and son game like this. I hope to do something similar when my boy is old enough.

Can you give us an insight as to how those incredible figures were made/painted?

That is some awesome work on those minis ayye!

It's nice to hear you bonded with your son some more over your hobby. It would be awesome for you if you could get him to roll your dice at tournaments. Not so awesome for the opponent however.


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Just one thing that annoyed me was that... the emperor...just looked to...you know...Gold? He wasjust so gold and stuff that it just looked like he was just gold with an awesome sword.

jy2 wrote:Very nice.

Is there any special rules you use for the Primarchs and the Emperor?

Yes--I used the Tempus Fugitives rules for the Primarchs/Honor Guard;

http://www.tempusfugitives.co.uk/

Emperor and Horus--I used my own custom rules. Basically, a high statline with several psychic powers for the Big E--and a couple for Horus.

Nagashek wrote:That looks like it was a heck of a lot of fun. Something to be sent into GW. Those pics tell the fight to the bridge ina very detailed and fun way. Grats!

I would--but I'm not sure how they would react seeing all of that 3rd party resin!

Killbot3.0 wrote:"The indoctrination of the next generation COMMENCES!!!" [evil laugh]. In all seriousness it's great to hear about a family bonding over the hobby!

Would you happen to have the rules for this game? It sounds like a ton of fun!

As above, the Tempus Fugitives is where I got a majority of my rules. Bookmark that site, those guys rock.

sudojoe wrote:wow, excellent force weapon lighting effects. Looked amazing up close. Excellent paint work.

To give credit where it's due, the Custodes were not painted by me--I painted Horus and his Justaerin Honor Guard. The Custodes were painted by Nuclealosaur--and I would highly recommend him to anyone. Awesome painter and good communication.

optimusprime14 wrote:That was great. I have my own son (only a year old) so I can't wait to play a game with him!

Yeah--it's a real blast seeing him get into the hobby. Gratz on your year old though, good times ahead!

Colonel Dakura wrote:THAT HAPPENED PRECISELY AS IT SHOULD HAVE DONE!!! On a slightly less hyper note, what rules do you use for the Emporer / Horus / Custodes?

As above, the Tempus guys is where I got a majority of my rules.

Lucre wrote:Can I get a link to the rules set you are using sir?

As above, the Tempus guys is where I got a majority of my rules.

Gordy2000 wrote:Good gracious - the board, the conversions, the paintwork - amazing stuff.

Really very cool to see a father and son game like this. I hope to do something similar when my boy is old enough.

Can you give us an insight as to how those incredible figures were made/painted?

The Custodes were converted from Scibor miniatures and Grey Knight parts--then painted by Nuc as noted above. Horus I found online in an auction and painted up--the Justaerins are a mix of Maxmini shoulderpads with CSM Terms--and painted up with light affects.


Thanks again for the kind words everyone!

This was a wonderful batrep, and I'm glad to see you and your son had such a good time acting out a major part of 40K lore! Also love how it pretty much ended up like in the fluff (Sanguinius wounding Horus, Horus destroying Sanguinius, and then the Big E taking Horus down).

This is a stunning report, the models and scenario were amazing (and it played out as it should have to boot).

This was really cool. That table, minis and everything was awesome. The true meaning of what this hobby is about.

Those models look amazing.

Have you got a breakdown of the models you're using? I see some Scibor stuff in there, but it looks converted. What about the Emperor/Horus/Sanguinius? Where are they from? What what did you do to convert the Chaos Terminators?

that was an awesome report

really cool custodians and hero's must of take a while to make.

H.B.M.C. wrote:Have you got a breakdown of the models you're using? I see some Scibor stuff in there, but it looks converted. What about the Emperor/Horus/Sanguinius? Where are they from? What what did you do to convert the Chaos Terminators?

Hey HBMC,

Yep, good eye.

Custodes:
Scibor bodies/shoulder pads
GK arms/weapons
Scibor Shield

Emperor:
Grytz!

Horus:
Ebay find for 30 bucks--I kid you not

Sanguinius:
Scibor ArchAngel

Chaos Terms:
CSM Term box set
Maxmini shoulder pads


Thanks!

AgeOfEgos:
This is the most incredible thing I have seen in along time. Hat of you you Sir!
You are a true inspiration.

Exalting this thread for sure.

Love the models in the top picture what are they :O