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Well, I do have 40 years on him... so I feel a handicap of some sort is probably in order.

Having read it over quickly - that's fair enough (though maybe +10% next time? xD)

I think putting the Bikes in Reserve might have been a mistake and think that having them on the field would have made a difference, specially with his warlord trait, and it ultimately bit you in the ass.

As to the Reapers... I don't know, I fully intend to field 1-2 squads in my Eldar army when I get round to it, they seem brutal.

Hey Gits, here's a tease for you :-) I had some time on my break to work on the armour for your MW! it's coming along nicely I think! I can't wait to get into the details!

Saw that on your blog... really nice work Damo. Going to be a fantastic figure!

Nice report.

Link to yet another battle report staring Thing 2 vs. my presumptive Adepticon army. You guys will probably get really sick of these as their'll probably be a lot of them.

MW vs. Eldar... the re-match

Nice job mate!

I like these batreps as they`re neither to short nor to long so I bother reading the entire thing

I hope my boys will be interested in gaming when they get a bit older, my eldest is seven now and the last two 3 and 5. Would be good times in the household with some proper wargaming (unless they`ve inherited SWMBO`s competetive flair..).

R

Got the pics for one more. Will get it up as soon as I can.

Read both, and it seems you had fun at least !

As for the army list, I feel it might be a bit vulnerable on the "mobility" side to me...

5/6 of the missions are objective-based, so you'd rather have some scoring units that can roam the battlefied freely IMHO !!

Tossing in a Rhino (or DP, as you so like them) should help you, I hope... As it stands, the Scout Bike squad is your only mobile unit, and it's non-scoring...

Also, I'm also struggling with that myself, but the loadout of your squads seem a bit "too versatile" too me...
As for the Tac squads, why not try 1x Anti-Armour and 1x Anti-Personnel, rather than 2x "Anti-everything" ?
I know 1k games are all about tactical flexibility, but bolters are good AP weapons already...

On a side note, those Batreps are nice to read, as they are short & dynamic ! Keep them up !

 Yggdrasil wrote:
Read both, and it seems you had fun at least !

As for the army list, I feel it might be a bit vulnerable on the "mobility" side to me...

5/6 of the missions are objective-based, so you'd rather have some scoring units that can roam the battlefied freely IMHO !!

Tossing in a Rhino (or DP, as you so like them) should help you, I hope... As it stands, the Scout Bike squad is your only mobile unit, and it's non-scoring...

I struggle with this myself... a rhino maybe... but a pod doesn't do much for me that Redth's infiltration won't already do... and it's a one-shot deal. If I'm going to drop the points, I'd rather have something that'll work beyond deployment.

Also, I'm also struggling with that myself, but the loadout of your squads seem a bit "too versatile" too me...
As for the Tac squads, why not try 1x Anti-Armour and 1x Anti-Personnel, rather than 2x "Anti-everything" ?
I know 1k games are all about tactical flexibility, but bolters are good AP weapons already...

I'm not sure what your getting at. With only one special and one heavy weapon, by options are kind of limited. I guess that's why you combat squad, so you have the long-range support element separate from the close range, AP element. Perhaps if you gave me an example?

On a side note, those Batreps are nice to read, as they are short & dynamic ! Keep them up !

Thanks!

Not trying to hijack you Gits but here's an update on your mantis Warrior i'm doing i'm pretty happy with how he's looking now!

should be finished tomorrow for you!

Just beautiful my friend! Good thing you don't do them all the time or no one would ever read my blog!


Oh, finished the third battle report in the "testing the Adepticon army series". Linky: SM v SM, 1k pts

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I struggle with this myself... a rhino maybe... but a pod doesn't do much for me that Redth's infiltration won't already do... and it's a one-shot deal. If I'm going to drop the points, I'd rather have something that'll work beyond deployment.

I hadn't got that "Infiltrate USR" thing, sorry... Is he a, IA special character ?

I'd definitely go for Rhino, but since you seemed to enjoy DPs a while ago... I just mentioned them !

I'm not sure what your getting at. With only one special and one heavy weapon, by options are kind of limited. I guess that's why you combat squad, so you have the long-range support element separate from the close range, AP element. Perhaps if you gave me an example?

Let's say :
- Tac squad 1 : Combi-flamer, Flamer, Plasma Cannon : that's some tough AP firepower !
- Tac squad 2 : Combi-melta, Meltagun or Plasmagun, Lascannon : that one's more AT-focused !

As for combat squadding, you can have half a squad with bolter-only models, while all the other "specials" (Sgt, Special, Heavy) regroup in the other one !

Hey Yggs... didn't want you thinking I'd forgotten about your GMS marine. I tidied up some of the florets and added the OSL. Here's a quick pic. The OSL is actually the same on both jets, they just look off because of the way the lights were hitting it in the photo booth.

Broccoli florets?

Awesome job on the OSL..

Broccoli - yum!

Looking good Gits

Nice job on the OSL!

Is the mini as 'clean' as it appears in that photo? As i have to say that one of the things i liked from before (the original pic) was that it was a bit....dirtier than other Tranq Vets. Not as bright and with more of the Devlan Mud (assumed) wash showing rather than the bright yellow....just a query

When I was repairing some of the black areas, I had to hit some spots with white, then paint again with yellow, but it didn't quite have the same look as the airbrushed original so I hit a number of high spots with a very dilute golden yellow so the repaired areas wouldn't stand out. It may have brightened up the high spots a bit, but just a bit. The rest is as sepia laden as it's always been. I honestly don't think it's changed the character of the figure, hope so anyway. I also liked the gritty feel of the figure.

No such thing as too many Battle Reports. I love them. Especially when gorgeously well painted armies are involved.

Sepia, of course it was sepia silly me.

OK cool, it may just be me noticing a non existent difference tbh, but thought i would mention it. Its especially evident to me along the joins on the extended chainsword where it looked almost rusted before, but that may have been a bit that you cleaned up and it just stands out to me and makes me see the whole of the model as different when it isnt. Otherwise the model is great, and yeah, the gritty, dirty feel is what really makes me like this model, it just highlights the Chaos corruption to me as well....

Looks so great !!!

I'm suspecting you to postpone the sending by adding little touches to it, so that you can keep it longer for yourself

On a side note, you didn't reply to my previous post... Or was it so useless ?

Not useless at all Yggs... that, along with some other comments got rolled around into a second variation of the list which I'm considering experimenting with. I'll admit I'm very reluctant to go away from the las cannons in the tac squads because they'll never be any cheaper... and having that extra point of strength has proven very useful.

Here's an alternate list I'm considering...

HQ: Pedro Kantor (175 pts)
EL: 5 sternguard - 2 plasma cannons (165 pts)
TP: 10 tacticals - flamer, LC, rhino (215 pts)
TP: 10 tacticals - flamer, LC, rhino (215 pts)
HVY: 5 devastators - 4ML (150 pts)
Fort: Aegis Defense Line - quad gun (100 pts)
Total: 1000 pts.

So, I give up Redth's abilities (infiltrating, null zone... which I think I'm going to miss, the las cannon in the Dev squad and the bikes. I gain scoring sternguard (both for me and my team mate) who can sit in the back on an objective and plasma things. Pedro's significant shooting (anti-terminator IIRC) and assault capability, two mobile tactical squads, the Aegis line (a little anti-air + guaranteed cover) and Pedro's orbital bombardment. The mobility of the tac squads might be a fallacy though as the rhinos will be ridiculously easy to pop. As such, they may not live long enough to do anything valuable... but I'm willing to experiment.

I keep 4 units with heavy weapons and, save for the commander... the flavor of the army. Besides... I have an Aegis line in the box that's calling to me. I still have over 30 marines which was one of our team's initial ideas. The biggest loss for me will be the ability to infiltrate my army. I am notoriously poor at deploying and being able to infiltrate the whole shebang usually helps me do so in an intelligent fashion. Losing Null Zone is a big blow too, especially with the meta favoring terminators now-a-days.



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Just got done building and converting these beauties. (thanks Damo!)



When combined with the las cannons, they become my next project!

Yay ;-) looking good Gits! really cool models all together! I particularly like the flamer guy the best so far, the MK6 corvus helm looks good on that armour! the Umbra Ferrox guns looks wicked too! I love those Bolters!


now paint them!..... please!

Yeah, the flamer is my favorite. I tried to mix up the bolters a little bit. Unfortunately I could only get one of the old bolters to work, but I like the mix. The real challenge was getting the old style shoulder pads on them It's tricky because you have to cut them off the original arms then hollow them out to go over the shoulder. They're still bigger than the original figures, but they don't look too out of place once you get rid of the massive modern shoulder pads. I used a heat gun to warm up the left arms and hands so I could wrap the fingers around the guns properly. That flamer isn't actually glued on... but it's held tightly in the marine's hands!

Well, all the hard work paid off! I was being sincere when i said i like them! ;-) the pads look the business and if you need any different bolters I've got a few kicking around the Nerd Lair somewhere!

No thank you my friend, these'll work fine. I knew you were... no worries! I'm glad you like them, they were a very generous gift.

This new squad looks great Gits, looking forward on seeing more of it

R

Thanks Red. I just realized I need to do chainsaw blade ornamentation on all those guys... *sigh*.


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Final pic of Brother Duciss. This is after cleanup and OSL. I decided I'm going to start signing my trade marines, not that I think I'm "all that" but I have a foam tray filled with really cool trade marines and I can't remember who's is who's for the most part. Shame that... have to dig through the GMS blog to sort things out.

If he looks neon in this pic... it's the lighting. He's more subdued IRL.