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This was a friendly practice game for a tournament taking place next week at our local gaming store. My friend is trying to rebuild his chaos army and is trying different units out, so this list was not the most competitive. I on the other hand was using an extremely tournament driven list.

The salamanders
x1 Vulkan
x1 Liberian terminator armor, powers were null zone and might of ancients

Elites
5x th/ss terminators with land raider redeemer extra armor and pindle mount multi melta
5x th/ss terminators

Troops
10x tac marines rhino /w flamer and multi melta
10x tac marines rhino /w flamer and multi melta

Fast attack
3 attack bikes /w 3 multi melta's

Heavy Support
Land raider redeemer extra armor pindle mount multi melta

choas
1x chaos lord /w bike blood feeder and i believe that is it
1x chaos lord /w bike blood feeder

Troops
10x plague marines 2x melta champ with power fist Rhino /w daemonic posseion
10x plague marines 2x melta champ with power fist rhino (same as above)
10x plague marines 2x melta champ with power fist rhino (same as above)

Heavy support
3x predator annihilators with las cannon sponsons

We roll for mission it was the mission with d3 objectives +2. Deployment was spear head. We rolled off to see who would go first I won the roll with a 4 however I elected to go second.
Unfortunately i do not have a digital camera otherwise i would of taken pictures (I will hopefully be getting one for xmas I asked the Gf for one). The board was a desert map with some a low laying hills in back center of the deployment zone a large piece of area terrain in the middle board with some jutting rock structures on top of it, all around the board were desert stone structures that were pillar like some that could break line of sight to hide a rhino but nothing that could conceal a land raider. Off to the right hand side of the board my opponent had a spider like rock formation that could hide a rhino behind it. Other then that not to much terrain. My friend laid his objectives down on in the back right corner of the board by the spider rock, another on the piece of area terrain and another objective 12 inches to the left of the area terrain. I placed one of my objectives on a near by stone pillar and the other objective would be in the middle of the board veering off towards the right side

Deployment: Chaos
My opponent deployed his three predators in a straight line right across his back table edge. He then took two of he rhinos filled with plague marines and hide one behind the spider looking rock formation and the other behind a stone pillar on the right side so they were near by, it was 50% concealed so it would get a cover save. The other he kept to the left of the predator formation and hide that behind a stone pillar as well. The last things he deployed were his two chaos lords on bikes, one went to the left with the lone rhino the other stuck in the middle of his forces behind predators.

Deployment: Salamanders
I stuck Vulkan and the libarian in two separate land raiders each filled with 5 thunder hammer terminators. I deployed the land raiders 10" in on the right side of the board I noticed that a majority of the objectives were on the right side and figured to consolidate my forces into a spear tip on that side. In front of the land raiders I put the two rhinos that way they will be able to absorb some of the las cannon shots that would definably be coming at the land raiders. Off to the right side i put my three assault bikes down so they would be free to turbo boost.

1st turn: Chaos
Chaos did not move to much he wanted me to come forwards into hoping that he would be able to blow up my land raiders and then shoot the terminators to bits. The predators did not move they had los to the rhino in front of the landraider containing the librarian. The first predator glanced the rhino with all it's las cannon shots taking off a storm bolter and then immobilizing it. The next predator fires wreaking the rhino and have my tac squad file out onto the board. The last predator fires at the land raider however none penetrate the land raider 1 glance however due to extra armor is shaken and can not shoot next turn. The two plague marine rhinos on the right side stay in there cover and wait for when I push my troops forward. The lord behind he predators starts to move off to the right side towards the objectives while the rhino on the left hand stays stationary along with that chaos lord on bike nearby.

1st turn: Salamanders
The tac squad that rhino was wrecked rolled 5 for difficult terrain and pushed towards the objective i placed in the middle right of the board. Mean while my land raider containing the libarian pushes forward 12 inches and pops smoke. The rhino that was in front of vulkans land raider moves 12 inches behind an objective I placed towards my table edge behind a pillar, there there rhino hide out of site of pesky las cannon shots. Vulkans land raider veered off to the right heading down towards the spider rock formation were 2 squads of plague marines awaited. Along with vulkans land raider I turbo boosted my attack bikes 24 inches down so they sat right out side the rock formation. In the shooting phase Vulkans land raider shot the multi melta and thanks to some good rolling on my part and poor cover save rolling was able to penetrate and wreck the rhino containing a squad of plague marines.

2nd turn:Chaos
Once again not to much movement on chaos's side, he moved the rhino on the left hand side 12 inches up along with the biker lord right behind the rhino. The plague marines that spilled out of the wrecked rhino moved towards the bikers that I turbo boosted, I could foresee and assault coming this turn. In the shooting phase 9 las cannon shots, tried to hurt my smoked land raider fortunately for me I made all but 3 cover saves 2 glancing 1 penetrating, lucky for me when he rolled them they did nothing but shake the land raider. The plague marines shot 10 bolt pistols into the bikers dealing on of the bikers a wound. The plague marines next assaulted the bikers with combo of power fist and regular attacks was able to wipe the bike squad out. They consolidated forward towards an objective.

2nd turn: Salamanders
The librarian's raider went full 12 inch's (rolling good for my difficult terrain check) and passing right through it and ending up right in front of the predators, there I made a difficult decision in dumping out my payload of thunder hammer and storm shield termies, and my libarian, looking back on it i was right on the cusp of assault range and had to take a chance in destroying the predators. Vulkans raider steamed ahead 12 more inches and disembarking his group right in front of the plague marines that just slaughtered my bikers. I kept my two tac squads on the objectives free and clear of any chaos taint. Lucky enough i was able to engage 2 terminators and my librarian with a predator. I was able to successfully cast might of the ancients and since the tanks did not move had 6 2d6 armor strength 6 hits on the back of his predator. Needless to say the tank popped. Off to the right vulkan and company assaulted the plague marines in turn Vulkan killed 2 plague marines, they plague marine champion was the only one able to cause wounds to my terminators with his power fist, he was able to kill 1 th/ss terminator. However the terminators were angered by this death and thanks to vulkans master craftedness was able to do 12 hits and 10 wounds wiping out the entire plague marine squad.

3rd turn chaos: My friend hoped to kill my terminators by firing 6 las cannon shots into my terminators, however do to some poor rolling on hit and me making successful saves he was only able to bring down 1 thunder hammer terminator. The other plague marines that hid in the rhino behind the spider rock formation disembarked and moved 6 inches out towards vulkan and company he would shoot the terminator squad with bolt pistols and then prepare for assault. He then moved his other chaos lord on bike 12 inches forward and would then assault vulkan as well. The lone rhino to the left of side of the board moved forwards towards the center of the table the chaos lord on bike staying right behind the rhino. Now came down to the massive plague marine and chaos lord assault. Vulkan struck first at the plague marines killing 3. The chaos lord had to tick off the blood god because he rolled a 1 during the blood feeder roll and did a wound to himself. The plague marines struck next doing 4 wounds, I failed one of the terminators saves and another one dropped (down to 3 termies left) The 2 of the th/ss marines are in base to base contact with the lord and strike at him, while the other swings at plague marines. the two terminators manage to wound and kill he lord (gotta love instant death). The lone marineon the plague marines fails to kill any and i win combat by 3 and he fails 1 fearless save and loses another marine.

3rd turn salamanders: I move my land raider backwards to block off and objective from the plague marines that moved towards the center of the board. Mean while the libarian and friends multi charge the two predators. I still keep my two tac squads free and clear on objectives. vulkans land raider moves into position to get off a redeemer cannon if vulkan and the rest of the marines die. Shooting phase libarians land raider's multi melta fails to hurt the rhino containing the last plague marines. Assault phase, libarian and company sweep the predators off the board. Vulkan kill 3 plague marines, however the plague marines strike back with an vengeance doing 4 wounds (allocated 1 to vulkan who failed his armor save) and remaining thunder hammer termies died to the 3 wounds rolling 1's. However we tied combat and were locked in.

4th turn Chaos: There wasnt much left for my friend at this point, he had 1 chaos lord on bike 1 squad of plague marines free and 1 squad of plague marines tied up in combat with vulkan. He decided to disembark his plague marines in the rhino and fired 2 melta guns into the land raider unfortunately for him he rolled snake eyes and missed on both shots. In the vulkan combat vulkan hit with every attack and killed 3 more plague marines. the plague marines in attacks back wiffed and he ended up losing 3 more plague marines to fearless rolls.

4th turn salamanders: I turned my land raider forwards towards the newly disembarked plague marines and used the fire storm cannon to wipe them out. I then fired the multi melta on the land raider at the chaos lord and instant death killed him. At this point in time my friend conceded the game.

This was a fun game however my list was much more tournament geared, while my friends list was using different units he has never used before and was trying out new stuff. This is my first battle report I have typed up and while it's not the most exciting game it is my most recent and I would like some feed back on it and see what i could do better next time so I can improve them in the future. Also like i said i will hopefully soon have a digital camera and be able to take lots of pictures so you can see the board and movement as well. I do apologize ahead of time if my report was confusing. This is my first battle rep and would like constructive feed back to make these better in the future. Thanks for reading!

Thanks for taking the time to post it! your list was quite a bit harder than his, but more than that, you have a lot more experience with the units than he has with his - that is what made such a big different, I believe.

I think his list isn't terrible - though the blood feeders are kind of dangerous to the user they can also be a real game winner and I like a lord on bikes, but not really 2. I don't feel that you get a whole lot extra.

Pics would be nice, but they aren't necessary. I liked how you broke things up and it was easy to follow.

Thanks again for taking the time!

Thanks Somnicide, I think your right, I have been playing that army since the new space marine codex came out, so I think with him experimenting with new units, hurt him a little bit. Blood feeder rocks at times I saw one get double six's before my jaw jut dropped. any way thanks again for the compliments much appreciated.


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also here i some pics of my salamanders http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/252262.page

Yeah, something that I think is kind of fun when playing a pickup game with a friend where the outcome doesn't really matter is to try things out you normally wouldn't just to get a better feel for the options - for instance, if you showed up at the game store with that same guy again and you just had your same models you could help level the playing field a bit by spending just a couple of minutes with the codex and shifting things around - instead of Vulkan, just make him a Chapter Master with a couple of upgrades, use totally different powers with your librarian, either use combat squads or don't (the opposite of what you normally do), count all of your assault termies as lightning claw termies. The cool thing about this is that it makes you look at your army a little differently and maybe you will find something that works much better than you expected. I look forward to more batreps from you!

Your models are absolutely gorgeous! how are you going to do the bases?

thank you very much. currently they are based with some sand washed with devilin mud and some grass. I'm thinking about buying some bases from back2basics and converting them to fire bases which i think would look a lot cooler

Next time we play he Night lords will exact vengeance for me and chaos will claim you!

you guys should play this weekend at the tourney, fight and die for the greater glory of justin cook!