AwesomeSauceStudio Web Log

Paint With Me Test

2011-02-27T14:37:00.005-05:00

Paint With Me Cam will be going live at 3PM Eastern, but I won't start the actual program until 4PM Eastern.

If you want the Cam and a Chat room, click the link bellow, but you have to be registered;

Paint With Me

Here is just the cam without the ability to chat, for now....

Watch live video from buffotheartclown on Justin.tv

Paint With Me Update

2011-02-24T21:02:00.004-05:00

Alrighty....

After a few hours of messing with various settings, and most importantly, picking a good live streaming host, I believe I am ready for a test run of this garbitch. Everything is working just fine now!

I'll run the test cast at, um, let's say, 4 pm Eastern on Sunday the 27. It'll go for about an hour and a half. I will be painting my Deff Skullz and showing people the wash technique I learned recently to get kick-ass skin effects!

I am sorry if this inconvenienced the two of you who said you wanted to watch.

I have gotten a few different ways of contacting people. Just send me your email at BuFFo@awesomesaucestudio.com, and an hour before the show I will email everyone to give ya'll a heads up.

I will post the link to my cast on both my blog here, and in my notification email, an hour before the show, so let's say at around 3 pm Eastern. I will be turning the cam on around 3pm Eastern as well.

Add me on AIM for more details, and to shoot the shit. BuFFoTheArtClown

See ya Sunday! Peace!

Paint With ME update

2011-02-24T20:17:00.003-05:00

Sigh.... Of course I am having technical difficulties with this.... Been at it for the past hour, and things aren't lining up for me....

I will continue to work on this until 9 PM eastern to see what I can do.

If you want to know the latest on what is going on, hit me up in AIM as buffotheartclown.

Paint With Me Update

2011-02-22T20:32:00.004-05:00

Tomorrow I am going to test my cam with Justin.TV to see how things turn out.

Thursday at 9 PM Eastern I will have a test run for Paint With Me. It should last for an hour at least. If this works out great, any future Paint With Me webcasts will probably be anywhere from an hour to three hours long.

Hopefully this will work!

You'll find me on Justin.TV as BuFFoTheArtClown.

Paint With Me Update

2011-02-19T15:04:00.004-05:00

So, if you read this blog post of mine, you'll have an idea of what I am trying to do. If you haven't read that post, please do.

So, for the first Paint With Me, I was thinking of showing you all how I paint my Deff Skull infantry models. Here is an example of some finished models for my Ork Deff Skullz Army.

How does that sound?

I'm gonna take you for a ride!

2011-02-18T14:16:00.002-05:00

Tonight there is going to be a Marvel versus Capcom 3 release party at a friend's house. Anywhere from 10+ people are going to be there. Some people are bringing their T.V.'s and gaming systems. I am bringing my 32" Comp Monitor and Xbox 360 along with the MvC3 game of course.

One of my most favorite fighting games of all time has finally come out with it's long awaited 3rd installment, and I am not going to miss this for the world.

I am thinking that next week I am going to give the "Paint With Me" Cam a test run. I'll keep ya'll posted.

If you are interested in joining me on my cam, send me an email at buffo@awesomesaucestudio.com so I can send out the early notifications of when I will be using my Cam.

Peace!

(No Blackheart... I cry... )

Question to you all....

2011-02-17T15:58:00.004-05:00

I have an idea and I wonder if the few of you who watch this would be interested....

I am a big time starcraft 2 player. I love watching various live streams of people either playing professional games or casting them.

I also like to paint when I am with a group of people....

What if I set up my webcam with a chat room, so people can watch me while at the same time painting figures themselves? We could chat about painting things, 40k, or just any bullshit we want to. The idea is for people who paint better in groups, but cannot find a group to paint with, and would like to spend an hour or two just painting and bull shitting.

I don't know if this would be a stupid thing to do, but I already have a webcam account set up on Justin.tv, so I thought why not?

I could have people who want to participate join a mailing list, so I could just email out something like "I am going to start painting in 30 minutes". Ugh.... I guess I would benefit from getting a twitter account for this probably since that is much faster?

I would probably add everyone on my AIM list and notify people like that?

What are your thoughts on this? Be honest. Stupid idea, or are you interested?

Da mOrkanOrk's Geerage Mob - Finished Deff Dread Pics

2011-02-14T19:12:00.005-05:00

I will be posting updates of both finished and work in progress models for my 1500/2500 point double Big Mek Deff Skullz list.

Here are my two main Troop choices for my growing Ork army;

Gortrak Muk Ra, Da Dawg Crusha
(Deff Dread, Troop Choice)

Gortrak Muk Ra has earned the title "Da Dawg Crusha" from his very first battle since being encased into a Deff Dred. Against the Dawg Beakies, Gortrak, along side a mob of Boyz, fought an old, strong Beakie by the name of Logan Griminar. This Grimnar guy fought like he was one of the boyz himself, but being nothing more than just a special 'ummie, he fell under the mighty power of Gortrak's crushing buzzsaw grabbas. His Grot Rigger is Chip.

Ol' Sweaty Gur Prakka, da Immoblz
(Deff Dread, Troop Choice)

Ol' Sweaty is an old Ork, barely able to walk by himself anymore. He was put into a Deff Dread because a useless Ork is a dead Ork, and Ol' Sweaty will fight untill the day he dies. Fighting along side Gortrak, Ol' Sweaty was immobilized by a Dawg Beakie's Melta thingy. After the Ork victory, the surviving Orks laughed and threw rocks at Ol' Sweaty because he couldn't move the entire battle, hence the title given to him, "Da Immoblz". Ol' Sweaty's Grot Rigger, Chunk, fixed the broken servos in the left leg, allowing Ol' Sweaty to step on and crush three Orks that were taunting him seconds earlier. The surviving Orks from THIS battle ran away as fast as they could!

Deff Skullz Pictures

2011-02-13T22:56:00.002-05:00

Okay, I found some time and took a few pictures of my Deff Skullz. It isn't much for now, but I will have more pics up soon.

I haven't painted in years, so please, go easy on my delicate soul, lol :P

Oh wow.....

2011-02-11T13:02:00.002-05:00

Only in my second day of taking my little blue pill, I can already 'feel' a difference.

It is hard to explain, but let me give you an example....

Before - If I made a sandwich, I would probably leave the silverware in the sink, or leave crumbs on the counter.
Now - I have to impulsively make sure i put everything back in its place, clean everything, and make sure everything is neat.

Before - I would look at my blog and decide, eh, I'll update it another time.
Now - I look at my blog button and feel the need to update it for some reason.

Before - I would get my things ready and go to the store to hang out.
Now - I have spent about 30 minutes sidetracking myself, cleaning up my room, before I head out, including writing this blog entry.

I know the side tracking thing may just indicate another sign of ADHD, but I never clean my room, not on impulse like this.

I am also finding no difficulty painting my figures in my room now. The light still bothers me, but even when I say "I am done for now" in a few minutes I feel the 'pull' to keep painting until something is done or until I deem it right.

I know this is yet not another update with a battle report, and I apologize, but I can feel the want/need to do the reports soon. I mean, I am getting a flood of things I want to do that I normally wouldn't even think about or care.

So please, a bit more patience. I'll get my past due reports out soon. As soon as I can stop myself from painting, lol.

Down the road...

2011-02-10T11:41:00.003-05:00

Some updates....

I went to the doctor yesterday, and I am now on medication for my ADHD, of which he said I most definitely have. Popped my first pill this morning, so let's see how this goes over the coming weeks.

Funny though... Last week it occured to me that I can only get painting done when I am with a group of people. I have been at my local hobby store painting all last week and this week. The reason why I say this is funny is because I found a way to use my ADHD to help me with painting, but now I am taking medication, so who knows what will happen. I just cannot stand being alone in my house painting for more than 5 minutes. Being alone drives me insane.

Also, the lighting in my room isn't right for painting. I can't explain it. My vision quickly blur and I can't judge distance from my brush to the model with my room lighting, even under my art desk lamp. Odd huh?

What am I painting? Orks!

Yes, I am getting back into my old army. Orks were never really a love of mine. I just got into them in the previous codex ( of which I thought was actually pretty good ) and made two armies; 'ard boyz and a grot mob. The new codex basically invalidated both ideas, so I sold my Orks years ago.

I am off to the store to get painting done. When I get back tonight, I'll take some pictures for all four of you who still read this shit to see.

You'll be very pleased I think :)

- EDIT 10:29 p.m. -

I am trying to take some pictures of my Orks, but the lighting in my room/house is not natural enough for my liking, so I will take the pictures tomorrow at my local hobby store.

Skin Painting Tutorial here

2011-01-31T14:59:00.003-05:00

I discovered this tutorial on how to paint skin, and I think it is one of the best tutorials I have ever seen in all my years of painting.

If you paint figures with a lot of skin, like Orks/Orcs, IG, Tyranids, etc, this tutorial might be some help to you!

Enjoy!

How to Paint Skin

Dark Eldar Errata/FAQ is out!

2011-01-15T14:10:00.003-05:00

By now all of you already know this.

My opinion is that the Dark Eldar Errata/FAQ is a great document for our Dark Kin. I agree with just about everything in there.

Do you have an issues with this document? If so, what exactly?

Let us discuss the details of the FAQ together :)

For me, the Dark Eldar got a boost in power from the FAQ. Very good stuff.

Dark Eldar Errata

ADHD - a serious chat

2011-01-11T12:56:00.003-05:00

Anyone else here ever been diagnosed with some form of ADD/ADHD?

I won't go into a long winded discussion about my life, but I am 31 and I am fed up with my complete and utter lack of care for anything around me. Any project I start I cannot finish. Any person I know, be it family or friend, I honestly couldn't care less if they died (I say it is just the natural order of life that people die, but for fucks sake, that doesn't mean I shouldn't care, right?).

I have made an appointment to see a Doctor next week on Thursday to diagnose me with ADHD, and perhaps prescribe medicine to help out my condition.

It has taken me over a year to pick up the phone and call JUST to make the appointment!

I was talking to a college class adviser, and this subject came up, and it inspired me to call and get on medication to turn my life around. I go on a low/no carb diet from time to time so I can lose 20 pounds in three weeks, so I know that small chemical changes in your body can turn you into a different person. I just hope that medication will be as benificial to me as it is to people I have talked to.

Have any of you ever been diagnosed and taken medication? Has your life changed? What was different before and after the medication?

I am amazed I did soo many games for this project, but, I just cannot bear to do the battle reports. When it comes down to it, I just don't care. I really hope that medication can help me because this shit is seriously impacting my life big time.

Post Holiday Update

2010-12-29T11:42:00.002-05:00

Sup ya'll!

I wanted to put up this quick update to keep you guys informed as to what is going on.

The past week, and to an extent this week, as we all know, is the holidays. I have been busy with various things here and there, especially with December 23rd being my Birthday. I call December 23rd - December 25th my Birthmas, since it is a mix of the two!

I got a new camera recorder for my Birthmas, so I will now be able to record my games with HD if that is what you wish to see! The picture clarity will be much sharper, so now you can view my plastic army in greater glory!

On top of all this, in the next few weeks, I will have a very special surprise for everyone here. It will not really be 40k specific, and it may not be for everyone, but I know it is going to be something fun for most of you! This new project will be taking up a lot of my time, so I will try my best to keep up with the Battle Reports as best as I can.

I am sooo excited about this! I can't wait to show it to you all!

Peace!

1500 Coven versus Ultramarines

2010-12-20T00:24:00.001-05:00

The forces of the Ultramarines meet with the devious, snake-oil Uriel and his creations on the fields of slaughter...

This is a battle that happened a few weeks back.

I know I promised a bunch of Reports today. My left hand hurts from all the typing and Vassal manipulation. I'm fat, Shit happens!

I use Vassal as an abstract tool to represent the battle. I use no measurements in Vassal, so one turn a unit may move 6", but only move 3" next turn, but in reality the unit moved 12" total in the 'real life' game. Just remember, this is abstract, so do not get caught up in the visuals, and just enjoy the match!

New Arrows are being used!

Green - Unit Movement
Red - Assault moves
Blue - Special Movement (Deep Strike, Consolidation, etc)

- 1500 Point Coven of the Budding Lotus -

Urien Rakarth

10 Grotesques w/ Liquefier Gun
Aberration w/ Flesh Gauntlet

10 Wracks w/ 2x Liquefier Guns
Raider w/ Flickerfield

10 Wracks w/ 2x Liquefier Guns
Raider w/ Flickerfield

10 Wracks w/ 2x Liquefier Guns
Raider w/ Flickerfield

Talos w/ TL Haywire Blaster and Chain Flails

Talos w/ TL Haywire Blaster and Chain Flails

Talos w/ TL Haywire Blaster and Chain Flails

- 1500 Point Ultramarines -

Chaplain

Ironclad Dreadnought w/ Heavy Flamer
Drop Pod

5 Assault Terminators
Land Raider

10 Tactical Squad w/ Missile Launcher and Flamer
Rhino

10 Tactical Squad w/ Missile Launcher and Flamer
Rhino

5 Scouts
Telion

5 Vanguard Veterans w/ Jump Packs, Lightning Claws, Power Weapons

- Why I Took My (Dark Eldar) List -

I just want to keep messing around with a Coven based list. After 12 years of Cabals and Cults, it is time to give rise to the almighty Coven!

I absolutely love Grotesques. When they aren't locked in eternal combat with Dreadnoughts, they have always instilled fear in the hearts of my opponents, and that is reason enough to take them!

- Mission and Deployment -

- This is a 1500 point game on a 6x4 board.

- Annihilation. Dawn of War.

-Ultramarine rolls to go first. Marine decides to let the Dark Eldar go first.

- Dark Eldar deploys out a raider with 10 Wracks riding inside. Nothing is in Reserves.

- Ultramarine deploys out Telion and Scouts. Nothing is in Reserves.

- Scouts Scout closer to the Dark Eldar.

My opponent completely forgot that the Wracks could easily Assault the Scouts on turn one!

- Marine attempts to Steal the Initiative to make up for his deployment mistake, and fails. Dark Eldar take turn one.

- Dark Eldar Turn 1 -

Urien gives out 3 Pain Tokens. One for the Grotesques, and one for two Wrack Units. This picture is misleading as the Wrack unit on the left should have 3 Pain Tokens.

Two Wrack units move up against a Ruin.

Grotesques and Urien move up in a line with three Taloi following suit behind and around them, protecting their flanks.

One Wrack unit Disembarks from a Raider and Assaults the Scouts. The Scouts are wiped out without any effort, and the Wracks gain their third Pain Token (not shown in picture). (Kill Points - Dark Eldar 1, Ultramarines 0)

- Ultramarine Turn 1 -

Iron Clad arrives via Drop pod in the center of the board in an attempt to stall the Wracks in a nearby Raider, and possibly tie up the Grotesques the entire game.

Two Rhinos with Tactical Squads, Vanguard Veterans and Assault Terminators in a Landraider drive onto the battlefield.

The Iron Clad attempts to Melta and Flame a Raider, but manages only to score a Shaken result.

Assault Terminators jump out of the Landraider and fail an Assault to the Wracks in the ruin.

The Landraider fires its Lascannon at an empty Raider, but doesn't do anything to it due to a Flickerfield save.

- Dark Eldar Turn 2 -

Dark Eldar begins to do an outflank maneuver on the Marines by sending an empty Raider on the left, Wracks in the middle and a Wrack unit on the right.

Taloi and Grotesques move forward.

The Taloi fire their Haywire Blasters at the Iron Clad, Blowing an arm off the thing.

One Talos Assaults the Iron Clad much to the dismay of my opponent. He thought the Talos would be out of 12", but he was wrong! The Talos lays 6 attacks into the Iron Clad, blowing it up in a shower of metal and flesh.(Kill Points - Dark Eldar 2, Ultramarines 0)

The Wracks in the Ruin fire two Liquefier Guns into the Assault Terminators, and score an AP 1 and AP 2 hit, but most damage is deflected by their 3++ save, and only one Terminator melts into the Ruins. The Wracks then Assault the Terminators, but do no damage. A few Wracks die, but they hold due to being Fearless.

The Wrack-Raider on the right Stuns a Rhino with it's Dark Lance.

The Wracks in the middle Assault out of the Raider into the Vanguard Veterans. One Marine dies, but a slew of Wracks die, and then Fall Back!

This was the first time I have ever fought Vanguards. I didn't know they all have Power Weapons! Now I know how people must feel when they are Assaulted by Incubi for the first time! I didn't fire the Liquefier Guns because I wanted to kill them in close combat for movement purposes. Whoops! Egg on my face!

- Ultramarine Turn 2 -

A Tactical Squad gets battle hungry, and leaps out of the Stunned Rhino to Rapid Fire into the Raider, but only manages to score a single Shaken result against it!

After the fact, my opponent realized his blunder as he saw that the Tactical Marines were now outside and ready to get assaulted and flamed by Wracks in the right Raider!

The Landraider fires all guns into the Talos in the center of the field, and kills it. (Kill Points - Dark Eldar 2, Ultramarines 1)

The Vanguard Vets Assault the Wracks. I roll my Leadership and fail on an 9! I knew I should always take the friggin leader upgrade for these pieces of shit! (Kill Points - Dark Eldar 2, Ultramarines 2)

Marine player was stunned because he did not know about the rule to catch and kill fleeing units. He was very happy as no one else has ever told him about that before. Lucky fucking me, right? I should have kept my big mouth shut lol!

In combat the Assault Terminators kill off the Wracks and Consolidate a bit towards the Landraider. (Kill Points - Dark Eldar 2, Ultramarines 3)

- Dark Eldar Turn 3 -

The Wracks jump out of the right Raider before the Raider moves up the flank more.

The other Raiders move along the flank and to the backfield of the enemy. Darklance fire from the Raiders Shake a Rhino and Destroy the Landraider. The explosion from the Landraider manages to kill an unlucky Terminator nearby! (Kill Points - Dark Eldar 3, Ultramarines 3)

Taloi and Grotesques lumber forward.

The last unit of Wracks pours their Liquefier Guns into the Marines, killing 5 of them. The Wracks kill another 4 in Assault, but the Marine hold on a double1!

- Ultramarine Turn 3 -

The Assault Terminators hammer into the Shaken Raider in the backfield, and pen it twice, only to have the hits avoided by two Flickerfield Saves.

The empty Rhino moves along the right flank.

The Vanguard Veterans decide to help the lone marine and Assault the Wracks! Everything but a single Vanguard Veteran dies as the Wracks are cut down while trying to run away! (Kill Points - Dark Eldar 4, Ultramarines 4)

For whatever reason, the Marine player does not move his Rhino with the last Tactical Squad in it anywhere. I don't remember why.

- Dark Eldar Turn 4 -

Dark Eldar units move about. All shooting is ineffectual.

The Grotesques punch a Drop Pod to death! (Kill Points - Dark Eldar 5, Ultramarines 4)

- Ultramarine Turn 4 -

Ultramarine now is trying his best ot keep units alive until the end of the game.

Terminators move into Cover. Rhino with Tac Squad moves into the Backfield and pops Smoke. The lone Vangard Veteran and an empty Rhino move into the Ruins for cover.

- Dark Eldar Turn 5 -

Darklances from the two raiders wound the last Vanguard, but he makes his cover saves as he goes to ground!

Taloi move up, and only manages to Shake the Smoked Rhino with a shot from a Haywire Blaster.

Grotesques move into the Ruins. Only 2" away from a Rhino, the Grotesques roll double1's and fail their Assault! Whoops!!

- Ultramarine Turn 5 -

The Ultramarine player turtles like a cowering dog in the Ruins.

- Dark Eldar Turn 6 -

The Raiders fire into the Rhino with the Tactical Squad and Stuns it.

The Taloi Assault the Terminators and kill one Termiantor and the Chaplain. A Talos takes a wound. (Kill Points - Dark Eldar 6, Ultramarines 4)

Grotesques attempt to punch a Rhino to death, and fail due to needing 6's to hit. BACK TO THE FUCKING MEAT PITS WITH YOU GUYS!!

- Ultramarine Turn 5 -

Last ditch effort to get two Kill Points by the Ultramarine.

The Tactical Squad gets out of the Stunned Rhino and Rapid fire into a Raider. With two Glances from Bolters, the Raider makes both Flickerfield Saves...

One more Terminator dies in combat, but the last Terminator holds strong and deals another wound to a Talos.

The game ends.

- Battle Report Conclusion -

Dark Eldar - 6 Kill Points

Ultramarines - 4 Kill Points

Victor - Dark Eldar by 2 Kill Points

- Post Game Opinions -

Grotesques.... Along with Urien, this unit comes out to something like 580 points or some shit. They killed a Drop Pod. AWESOME!!! :) No but seriously, awesome KP denial unit. Also, they are my favorite unit in the Dark Eldar Codex by far. So much fun!

Not much to say here really... This was a very intense game, with mistakes being made all over the place!

It is funny, because before doing this report, I forgot who won. Even after doing the Vassal pictures I still didn't know who won as I thought it was a tie. It wasn't until like 5 minutes ago did I see that I won. I went over the report to make sure I didn't make any mistakes in counting Kill Points.

Kind of interesting doing weeks old Battlereports I guess, lol. This is surprising me as well!

Well, onto the next Battle Report... Lets see if I can knock this fucker out tonight.

Did the new arrow colors make things easier for you guys to follow the action? Is the report better with the new colors, or should I just stick with all green arrows? How about the blood being left after combat? Does the blood make the reports cluttered or more interesting?

Peace!

Skaven Picture

2010-12-13T11:49:00.003-05:00

Wow, I got contacted to do some art, out of the blue, for a magazine I did art for a long time ago.

The Skavenblightgazette is about Skaven.

It is a wonderful website for all you Skaven lovers out there to go check out. Their magazine, which comes out a few times a year, is just awesome, and one of the best Fanzines I have ever seen.

This is a shitty piece I did for them a few days ago for a Blood Bowl character they created.

I haven't drawn anything in about a year. I normally don't get the chance to draw anything, but it would be nice to get back into practice of doing so. I can never find my own style. Been trying for over a decade. Maybe one of these days I will.

Anyway, I am working on two battle reports at the moment, so I'll have them up soon.

Peace!

500 Hellion Gangers versus Chaos Space Marines

2010-12-09T18:26:00.006-05:00

- Video Update -

- Video Battle Report -

- Vassal Battle Report -

Here is a small skirmish for my store's campaign between Zack's Chaos Marines and my Hellion Gangers!

- 500 Point Hellion Gangers -

Baron Sarthonyx

10 Hellions

10 Hellions
Helliarch w/ Stunclaw

3 Reavers w/ Heat Lance

- 500 Point Chaos Marine Force -

Chaos Sorcerer w/ Lash of Submission

6 Chaos Space Marines w/ Melta
Rhino

6 Chaos Space Marines w/ Melta
Aspiring Champion w/ Power Fist
Rhino

Obliterator

- Why I Took My (Dark Eldar) List -

I am just having soo much fun testing out Hellions! What can I say? I just wanted to see how they fared against the forces of Chaos!

-Army Icons -

Chaos along the top, Dark Eldar along the bottom

- Mission and Deployment -

- This is a 500 point game on a 4v4 Board.

- Annihilation. Dawn Of War.

- Chaos Marine wins Deployment roll. Chaos decides to go first.

- Combat Drug results in a +1 Strength.

- Chaos Marine deploys out a Rhino with 6 Marines and a Sorcerer. Chaos puts the Obliterator in Reserves for Deep Strike.

- Dark Eldar Deploys out nothing.

- Dark Eldar attempts to steal the initiative, and fails.

- Chaos Turn 1 -

After learning about the distance Hellions and Reavers can go, Chaos moves his Rhino back.

The Rhino that moves onto the board stays back a bit.

- Dark Eldar Turn 1 -

All then units come onto the board.

Hellions on the left Run into terrain, and one Hellion dies to Difficult Terrain.

The Hellions on the right form a circle around the Reavers. This is to grant cover saves to the Reavers in case the Obliterator decides to drop down next to them or fire at them.

After the game I learned that when Hellions Run through terrain they do not make Dangerous Terrain Tests. Oh well!

- Chaos Turn 2 -

The Obliterator fails to arrive from Reserves.

Rhinos move back a bit.

The Sorcerer Lashes the Hellions back. One Hellion dies from the Lash and Dangerous Terrain Tests. The Hellions become Pinned!

- Dark Eldar Turn 2 -

With one Hellion unit Pinned, the other Hellions and Reavers decide to not move forward, and instead stay behind.

Dark Eldar armies like this one either need to move together in unison, or not at all. Never stick your fragile units out too far forward! Of course, there are exceptions, but this is a good rule of thumb to play by if you are starting out with Dark Eldar.

- Chaos Turn 3 -

The Obliterator Deep Strikes in, scatters a bit, but nothing dangerous.

Rhinos fudge about defensively some more.

Sorcerer Lashes the Hellions back into a ball. The Hellions are not Pinned.

The Obliterator fires a Plasma Cannon shot into the Hellions, but the shot scatters harmlessly away.

- Dark Eldar Turn 3 -

Now that all units can move, all units move forward.

The Baron breaks off the Hellions so that only one unit can get Lashed instead of two.

Providing the enemy with too many targets to deal with is a powerful tactic to use with Dark Eldar. Keeping too many units clumped together will make deciding what units to shoot at much easier for your opponents.

- Chaos Turn 4 -

Chaos units get into a defensive ball.

Sorcerer Lashes the Hellion on the right flank back a bit. They are not Pinned.

Concentrated fire from both Rhinos and the Obliterator kills 3 Hellions. The Hellions hold.

- Dark Eldar Turn 4 -

Reavers Turbo Boost above the Obliterator, dealing it one Wound.

Hellions on the right move forward.

Hellions on the left, and the Baron, Assault the left most Rhino and the Obliterator. The Rhino is unscathed, but the Obliterator is cut into ribbons. +1 Pain Token for the Hellions. (KP - DE/1 CSM/1)

- Chaos Turn 5 -

Chaos Marines get out of both Rhinos.

Rightmost Rhino Tank Shocks the Hellions, but does nothing.

The Chaos Marines on the right Rapid Fire into the Hellions, killing them. (KP - DE/1 CSM/1)

Chaos Marines on the left Pistol fire into the Reavers, then Assaults them. The Reavers are killed in return. (KP - DE/1 CSM/2)

- Dark Eldar Turn 5 -

The Baron Assaults the Chaos Marines. All the regular hits are deflected by the Shadowfield. A single power fist wound manages to short out the Shadowfield, killing the Baron. (KP - DE/1 CSM/3)

Stupidly, the Dark Eldar, instead of running the Hellions into Assault range, fires the Hellions guns instead. Killing one Chaos Marine and wounding the Sorcerer.

Dark Eldar calls the game.

- Battle Report Conclusion -

Dark Eldar - 1 Kill Point

Chaos Space Marine - 3 Kill Points

Victory for Chaos Space Marines!

- Post Game Opinions -

This was a classic "why bother" kind of game. What I mean is, my opponent is so afraid of losing, he would rather tie the game by not engaging rather than slugging it out and fighting.

This happens to me from time to time, and I hate these kinds of games. I just end up ALWAYS being the guy who commits to the fight.

Also, I could have easily just sat back with my Heat Lance and blow his Rhinos up for easy kill points, but why? I wanted to fight his d00ds in combat and take slaves!

I am not a huge fan of games under 1000 points. I find these games to be rather one sided/dull because of the power skew at this level.

I made a critical error when I fired my Hellions instead of Running them for Assault. I don't know if it would have made much of a difference though. Who knows!

This was a decently fun game for me. Nothing to write home about, lol.

Peace!

Lets Chat - Succubus?

2010-12-08T22:10:00.000-05:00

Why should I EVER field a Succubus?

Peace!

You Decide! Vassal, Video or Both....

2010-12-07T17:12:00.002-05:00

So, which do you prefer, and why?

Peace!

500 Hellion Gangers versus Tau Empire

2010-12-06T21:39:00.004-05:00

Here is a little skirmish battle between Dark Eldar and Tau with my good friend Chris

- 500 point Hellion Gangers -

Baron Sarthonyx

10 Hellions

10 Hellions

3 Reavers

- 500 point Tau Expeditionary Force -

Commander

12 Fire Warriors

4 Pathfinders
Devilfish

- Game Type -

- 4x4 Board

- 500 point battle for our store's campaign

- Capture and Control Mission with 3 Objectives

- Spearhead Deployment

Watch the video before scrolling down to the Spoilers....

- Post Game -

My opponent Chris is a new player. He plays maybe once every few months.

I set up the terrain in such a way that he could get good firing lanes on me. He did not take advantage of the terrain set up, but that is fine.

During the game I suggested that he just Embark the Firewarriors in the Devilfish, and zip around the board until the late game, where he could hold one objective and contest another with the Firewarriors and Devilfish. He said he had a plan, and didn't move his Devilfish on turn 1. That set the Baron up to Stun the Devilfish, basically sealing the game as he could no longer go anywhere.

As always, my opponent and I did not tailor lists, and just made whatever we thought would be appropriate.

I am having so much fun with my Hellions and Reavers that they will basically appear in a ton of future video Battle eports!

Reavers... For my post game analysis on Reavers, I will link you to this post.

Basically, my use of Reavers has changed, and this will be reflected, not in the next few games I already recorded and will put up, but in any future games I play.

See ya, peace!

1000 Hellion Gangers versus Orks

2010-12-06T01:10:00.006-05:00

I will be playing my good friend Mike and his Orks.

- Hellion Ganger List -

Baron Sarthonyx

10 Hellions
Helliarch w/ Stunclaw

10 Hellions
Helliarch w/ Stunclaw

9 Reavers w/ 3x Heat Lances

9 Reavers w/ 3x Caltrops

- Dirty 'ard Boyz -

Warboss w/ Power Claw

7 Nobs w/ Random Nobby shit like Power Claws, 'Eavy Choppas, etc...
Trukk w/ Red Paint Jearb

20 'Ard Boiz

3 Deff Koptas w/ Buzzsaw, 3x Rokkits

2 Killa Kanz w/ Grotzookas

Combat Drug rolled was Pain Token

Alrighty, lets get this mudda fugga going!!!!

Game Spoilers Bellow, read after the Video...

This is a classic example of what I like to call "Playing the List" and not the opponent.

I had made a list, adn in my mind I wanted to do certain things, regardless of the Mission type. This is a big no no. What do I mean specifically?

Knowing full well that my opponent only had a single Trukk to get to my rear lines, the best course of action would have been to blow the Trukk up with my Heat Lance toting Reavers. What did I do? I got too caught up in the Reaver's Bladevanes, and I just got all giddy at the possibility of using the Bladevanes on the 3 Deff Koptas.

This game could have easily been a win for me if I was thinking with a more level head, but, my Dark Eldar blood lust got the best of me, and oh well!

After the game, the comment came up that it was shitty to fight a tricked out Nob Squad at 1000 points. I disagreed wholeheartedly. If I would have just blown up his Trukk on his side of the table, I could have held my Objective, and on turn 5 send in a Reaver Squad to contest his. If the game went to turn 6, I could send in the other Reaver Squad to contest.

I basically rolled out the red carpet for the Nobs, let them get into my back field, and just part their shitty Trukk on my Objective.

Oh, my Hellions running off the table on turn 1 didn't help much either, lol. But thems the breaks!!

In the end, the game was very fun for my opponent, and that is all that mattered to me.

Reavers... I love these guys. They are so much fun. They are proving to be a very, VERY fragile unit for what they do, but their awesomeness far out weighs their suicidal tendencies. I liked the split between two units of Reavers, with one dealing with Anti-MECH and the other Anti-Infantry.

1500 Kabal/Cult/Coven versus Ultramarines

2010-12-03T23:14:00.003-05:00

Here is another game between my friend Brian and his Ultramarines.

- 1500 Point Kabal/Wych/Coven Mix -

Heamonculus W/ Liquefier Gun
Heamonculus W/ Liquefier Gun
Heamonculus W/ Liquefier Gun
Heamonculus W/ Liquefier Gun
Heamonculus W/ Liquefier Gun
Heamonculus W/ Liquefier Gun

8 Bloodbrides W/ Haywire Grenades
Hekatrix W/ Agonizer, Phantasm Grenade Launcher
Raider

8 Bloodbrides W/ Haywire Grenades
Hekatrix W/ Agonizer, Phantasm Grenade Launcher
Raider

8 Bloodbrides W/ Haywire Grenades
Hekatrix W/ Agonizer, Phantasm Grenade Launcher
Raider

20 Kabalite Warriors W/ 2x Splinter Cannons
20 Kabalite Warriors W/ 2x Splinter Cannons

- 1500 Point Ultramarines -

Shrike

Captain w/ Lightning Claws, Artificer Armor
5x Command Squad w/ 2x Lightning Claws, Champion, Flamer, Melta
Rhino

Ironclad Dreadnought w/ Heavy Flamer and Meltagun
Drop pod

10 Tactical Marines w/ Missile Launcher, Melta Gun
Rhino

10 Tactical Marines w/ Missile Launcher, Melta Gun
Rhino

5 Vanguard Vets w/ Jet Packs, 4x Power Weapons, Lightning Claws

Landspeeder Storm w/ Heavy Flamer

Landspeeder Storm w/ Multi Melta

- Why I Took My (Dark Eldar) List -

This time around I just wanted to make a weird list with no real focus. There is a serious lack of Anti-Tank. I wanted to see how low anti tank would do against a Marine opponent.

- Pre Deployment Plan -

Just to rush forward with my Bloodbrides and Heamonculi while walking slowly with Splinter Weapon fire covering them from infantry.

- Mission and Deployment -

- This is a 1500 point game on a 6x4 board.

-Capture and Control. Pitched Battle.

-We put out the Markers on the board.

-Ultramarine rolls to go first and wins. He decides to go first.

- Combat Drug results in a +Attack.

- Ultramarine Deploys out his force. He deploys his Ironclad in Drop Pod and Shrike with his Vanguard Vets into Reserves.

He has a 10 Tactical in the upper left and a 5 Tactical in the upper right, both in Rhinos. His HQ unit in Rhino takes the middle. His dual Landspeeders take the middle as well, for rapid reinforcement or quick in and out strikes.

- Knowing he as a Ironclad in Reserves, and my units have next to no Anti-Tank, Dark Eldar Reserves everything out of fear of teh Ironclad. This will later prove to be a HUGE 'new player' mistake...

- Dark Eldar attempts to steal the initiative, and

- Post Deployment Plan -

Not much to plan really. Just wait to see what I have coming in and go for the gold!

- Dark Eldar Turn 1 -

I am Error.

- Ultramarine Turn 1 -

Not much going on here. Ultramarine scrambles around the board to take a strong flanking position on the side of the table with the most Objectives.

In the top right, the 5 Tactical Squad Immobilizes their Rhino trying to transverse the Hill!

- Dark Eldar Turn 2 -

A 20 Kabalite Warrior unit enters the Battlefield.

A single Raider with 8 Bloodbrides and 2 Haemonculi enter the Battlefield. The Raider lands on a hill, unloading the unit. The Bloodbrides and Heanoculi detach as the Bloodbrides want to take advantage of their Fleet. They toss a few Haywire Grenades at the Landspeeder, but miss. The two Haemonculi stay in the Raider, edging them on!

Yes, I forgot to fire the Raider at anything!

- Ultramarine Turn 2 -

Ultramarine units move around the Battlefield.

The HQ Rhino in the center charges forward and pops it's Smoke.

The Ironclad hugs the terrain as it creeps closer, guarding the middle Objective.

A Missile from the top right Rhino fires out of the Hatch and blows the Dark Lance off of the Raider.

The Landspeeder on the right fires it's Multi-Melta at the Raider, and blows it up. The two Heamonculi fall out unharmed.

- Dark Eldar Turn 3 -

Another 20 Kabalite Warrior unit makes it into the battle. The Dark Eldar forgets about Shrike completely, and deploys the Warriors in an anti-blast/flamer line against the table edge.

The other Warrior squad reforms into a defensive position.

The Bloodbrides and 2 Heamonculi join forces, and charge the HQ Rhino, missing everything!

- Ultramarine Turn 3 -

Shrike and Vets Outflank and get close to the Kabalite Warriors.

HQ Rhino Tank Shocks the Bloodbrides, running an unlucky woman as her Haywire Grenade fails to do any damage to the Tank.

The Landspeeders get into firing positions.

The Immobilized Rhino fails to repair itself the entire game... Just letting ya'll know that!

Landspeeder Storm flames and kills 2 Kabalite warriors, thanks to their anti-flamer formation.

The Ironclad lumbers out of cover and burns 4 Bloodbrides into thin air. The unit Holds. The Ironclad then charges the Bloodbrides, but fails to do anything to them, thanks to their 4++ save.

Shrike's unit charges the Kabalite Warriors, and kills 11 of them! The Kabalites Break and run back to their Web Way Portals!

- Dark Eldar Turn 4 -

The last two Bloodbride units make it onto the battlefield. Their Raiders zip towards the Ultramarine's back line to contest their Objectives.

Conceding that my Kabalite Warriors are dead next turn, I don't move them, and just fire unsuccessful Splinter Cannon fire at Shrike, doing nothing.

The Ironclad and Bloodbrides exchange blows, but nothing happens.

- Ultramarine Turn 4 -

The Ultramarine vehicles scramble to intercept the Raiders.

Shrike moves closer to their next yummy target!

Landspeeder's Multi-Melta and a Missile from the upper left Rhino hit the Raider, but it makes both it's cover saves.

The Ironclad puts an attack on a Heamonculus and Bloodbrides, and manages to kill a Bloodbride.

Shrike does what you think he does. Look at the picture for fucks sake... The last Kabalites run like hot, sexy Japanese School girls towards the nearest tentacle demon would, and run off the battlefield.

- Dark Eldar Turn 5 -

The Raiders lurch forward and the Bloodbrides and Heamonculi jump out. Both Raiders are contesting the Objectives.

The Raiders fire and fail to do anything with their Dark Lances.

In the upper left, the Bloodbrides manage to Stun the Rhino with their Haywire Grenades.

In the upper right, the Bloodbrides manage to Wreck the Rhino. Because of the location of the Bloodbrides, the Marines needed to do Emergency Disembarkation, killing all but 2 of the Tactical Marines! It is hard to tell by the picture, but trust me, there was no room.

Ironclad and Bloodbrides wiff again...

Can the Ultramarines make it to their Objectives in time?

- Ultramarine Turn 5 -

Shrike flies 12" and runs 6" towards the upper left Objective, as does the Landspeeder.

The two Tactical Marines in the upper right move through cover and run, making it next to the Objective.

The 10 tactical Marines need to Assault the Raider to get within 3" of the Objective. They Assault the Raider, making it within 3" of the Objective.

The Landspeeder fires at the Raider, but fails to do anything to it.

The HQ Rhino drives up to the Raider and the HQ Unit jumps out and Wrecks the Raider in a hail of Meta fire.

The Ironclad crushes a Heamonculi, but the Bloodbride unit Holds.

At the moment, the Ultramarine player is winning 1 Objective to none, thanks to the Raider becoming a flaming Wreck!

The Ultramarine player rolls the Game Ending die, and the game continues!

- Dark Eldar Turn 6 -

Without any Troop choices left, all the Dark Eldar can do is Tie.

There are some tough choices Dark Eldar has to make to get the Tie. Dark Eldar can keep the Raider in place to contest the Objective, but in doing so, the Bloodbrides are blocked from Assaulting without their full numbers. Also, Dark Eldar want to use the Liquefier Guns on the Marines before Assaulting them to soften them up, and the Raider is just getting in the way.

Dark Eldar decides to go for it all! The Raider moves 24" behind cover to attempt to stay alive another turn.

The Heamonculi in the upper right leave the Bloodbrides to get into better firing positions.

The Bloodbrides in the upper right roll double1's to go through cover!! Ouch, Dark Eldar plans are hurting now!!!

The Bloodbrides in the upper left make it into comfortable charging distance just fine.

And guess what? The Bloodbrides in the upper right only Run 1"!!! They are out of Charge range of the two Tactical Marines on the Objective! Thank Commorragh the Heamonculi left the unit!!

The Heamonculi in the upper right fire their Liquefier Guns. One Gun is Ap4, and kills a single Marine. The second Gun is Ap 3 and kills the second Tactical Marine!

It now comes down to the last Objective....

The Heamonculi fire their Liquefier Guns at the Tactical marines...

The Guns are Ap 2 and Ap 3.... All 10 Tactical Marines are melted into the concrete!

Without any Scoring units on the board, both players declare a Tie!!

- Battle Report Conclusion -

Dark Eldar - 0 Objectives

Ultramarines - 0 Objectives

Tie!!!

- Post Game Opinions -

Liquefier Guns.... What can I say that I haven't already said in previous Battle Reports? These guns are so powerful it is a crime. MEQ will have to learn to fear Flamers for once :)

Bloodbrides.... I like these gals very much. New players to the Dark Eldar may not see anything good about them, but what they don't know is that the old Wyches used to cost the same with 1 less LD and 1 less attack! Bloodbrides are such a bargain for what they give you.

Of course, if you have Troop slots left over, there really isn't a reason not to take Wyches over Bloodbrides 99% of the time. The fact that Wyches can hold Objectives is WELL worth the 1 less attack :)

This game is an example of how NOT to let psychology get the better of you. I let a single unit scare me, and I Reserved everything. I should have just Deployed everything, and dealt with the Ironclad coming the hard way.

Just play your list, play your army, and play the opponent, but never let your mind pay trick on you.

Of course, I did not know I was going to Steal the Initiative, but hey, that's the game!

1500 Dark Eldar versus Tyranids

2010-11-29T21:11:00.002-05:00

Alrighty!!

Colin and I switched armies, and I am playing his Tyranids and he is playing my Dark Eldar.

This is the first time Colin has played as Dark Eldar, and it has been around 4 or 5 years since I have played as Tyranids, so lets watch us fight!

- Why I took my Tyranid List -

I wanted to take units from the Tyranid codex people online say suck. I wanted to try Carnifex Broods, a Harpy and a Tyrant with Wings.

Lets get right to it!!

Part 1

Part 2

2500 Wych Cult versus Tyranids

2010-11-28T17:37:00.006-05:00

Here is a game between my friend Colin and I. There is a card game tournament going on in the background, so sorry for the loud noises. Not much I could do anything about that.

The last time Colin and I fought, it was my Kabal list. This time, I wanted to change gears and go all Close Combat against him.

I took an entire Wych Cult list with 6 Wych Squads, 3 Bloodbride Squads, Lelith, the Duke and 3 Ravagers.

I don't have his list handy, sorry guys. Just listen to the start of the video to see what he has.

- Pre Game Information -

The mission is Infestation from the Battle Missions book. Colin is going first, so I set up to receive the attack.

The game is basically Kill Points.

Dark Eldar have 23 kill points to give up.

Tyranids have 13 kills points to give up.

I put my Ravagers out front so that their Shadowfields can stop his Gargoyles and Zoanthropes from shooting at me before I can assault them with my Wyches and Bloodbrides.

The Duke got me Pain Tokens for my Combat Drugs.

- The Game -

Next video battle report, we switch armies, and I play his Tyranids and he plays my Dark Eldar

I would like to see what you guys think will happen between us in the next match :)

(I know the resolution is low. The next video is going to be low as well, but future videos will be higher quality. This is the first time I have ever dealt with online video stuff like this, so sue me, lol.)

2500 Web Way Foot versus Eldar

2010-11-26T20:54:00.006-05:00

Here is another game between Defenstratus and I. Lets see some kin duke it out!

- 2500 Point Dark Eldar Web Way Foot List -

Baron

Heamonculus w/ WWP
Heamonculus w/ WWP

10 Grotesques w/ Liquefier Gun
Aberration w/ Venom Blade

4 Trueborn w/ 4 Blasters
4 Trueborn w/ 4 Blasters

20 Hellions
Helliarch w/ Stun Claw

5 Kabalite Warriors w/ Blaster
5 Kabalite Warriors w/ Blaster
5 Kabalite Warriors w/ Blaster
5 Kabalite Warriors w/ Blaster
5 Kabalite Warriors w/ Blaster

9 Reavers w/3 Caltrops, 3 Heat Lances
9 Reavers w/3 Caltrops, 3 Heat Lances

Talos w/ Chain Flails, Heat Lance
Talos w/ Chain Flails, Heat Lance
Talos w/ Chain Flails, Heat Lance

- 2500 Point Eldar List -

Farseer w/ Jetbike, Doom, Fortune, other stuff

7 Warlock w/ Embolden, Enhance, Destructors, Jetbikes

Eldrad Ulthran

9 Pathfinders
9 Pathfinders

9 Dire Avengers
Exarch w/ Bladestorm
Wave Serpent w/ Spirit Stones, TL Star Cannons

9 Dire Avengers
Exarch w/ Bladestorm
Wave Serpent w/ Spirit Stones, TL Missile Launchers

9 Warp Spiders
Exarch w/ Withdraw

4 Dark Reapers
Exarch w/ Crack Shot

3 Warwalkers w/ 6 Missile Launchers

- Why I Took My (Dark Eldar) List -

I wanted to give the Web Way Portal tactic another shot. I also figured that my opponent was going to go Vehicle Heavy, so I wanted to make a silly list to dick around with. Of course, he didn't show up with many vehicles.

- Deployment Plan -

I wanted to put out a unit of Grotesques behind cover to weather the storm and drop out Web Way Portals through the attached Heamonculi.

- The Game -

Do not scroll down... Watch the video first, as I have spoilers bellow for AFTER you watch the video....

- Battle Report Conclusion -

Dark Eldar - Zero Objectives

Eldar - Two Objectives

Victor - Eldar!!!

- Post Game Opinions -

Web Way Portals - I fully understand that everyone can use different units/tactics better than others. I just do not like the Web way Portal system anymore. It used to be powerful, but now it is just a shell of its former self.

The Dark Eldar is all about the Alpha Strike, more so than any other army in the game, and to take away the punch the Dark Eldar can have first/second turn is pretty much neutering the army.

In every game I have played so far, the only loses and draws have come from me Reserving my forces. Even in games where I deploy, go second, and get shot up turn one, I still can put up a fight.

I just do not like these things at all. So bad.

Seer Councils - When the Dark Eldar had Horrorfexes, for 5 points, I used to be able to shut this unit down no problem. Now, as I said before the DE codex came out, the Seer Council is going to run through the DE forces without much effort. I still need more games against them to see what I can do about them.

As Defenstratus told me, what I need to do is not shoot them up, but charge them with a powerful Archon, and rip the Farseer to shreds in close combat. Once he dies, the entire unit just falls without their ability to reroll failed armor saves.

More testing will be needed!

Reaver Jetbikes - Either get 3 Caltrops or get 3 Heat Lances/Blasters. Do not get both upgrades, as you will want to do one or the other with the unit. The Reavers make perfect Cover hunting units, meaning, they are great at swooping over units in cover and killing them with their massed bladed attacks in the Movement phase. If you go this route, do NOT waste points on making them anti-tank. In every game I have used them, they hunt units in cover 99% of the time, never being able to fire a single shot at anything.

Biggest weakness... Strength 3. Once they get charged by a Walker, it is game over. Avoid them like the plague.

Hellions - When I used my Reavers for the first time, it was a disaster. But, I understood the power behind them, and am getting better at using Reavers. Same with Hellions. As a long time Dark Eldar player, I can tell you first hand to never give up on a unit. Keep practicing with the unit so you can better understand its powers and its weaknesses.

Hellions seem so powerful. A possible 60+ strength 4 attacks on the charge is nothing to sneeze at. I would love to see what they could do to the Seer Council one of these days, if I could ever pull off the charge against them :)

Biggest weakness... Strength 3. Once they get charged by a Walker, it is game over. Avoid them like the plague.

- edit -

WHOOPS!!!! As pointed out to me by Colin95, I did not realize Hellions are now Strength 4 at all times... I thought it was only during the Charge that they became Strength 4!!

Don't worry guys, one day I'll learn to play my own army!!

Dark Eldar Army - The more I play power lists, the more I am fully understanding the beauty and perfection of the Dark Eldar army. The army has never needed a 'WAAC/Power' unit to win games. I am glad none was included in the new codex. Every unit has major weaknesses that opponents can exploit. Every unit has strengths that can be used to over power the enemy if the Dark Eldar can make the conditions right for the army to do so.

There is no single power unit in the Dark Eldar codex that just SCREAMS to be used to win. The unit balance is just amazing in this codex!!

About the only WAAC/Power thing Dark Eldar can do is still go mass Dark Lance with a decent CC counter assault unit. Other than this, I am in love with the Dark Eldar codex.

It has always been a master's army to use, and it will always be so.

Commorragh bless you Phil Kelly!

Happy Thanksgiving!!!

2010-11-25T16:26:00.003-05:00

For the few who bother to read my shitty, boring blog, I am grateful for YOU!

Thank you for taking your time and reading my blog. I really do appreciate it very much.

As a token for your continued love and support, I will be dumping out the rest of the Battle Reports as soon as I can.

Enjoy your foodies!!

2500 Kabal versus Blood Angels

2010-11-21T13:12:00.002-05:00

Surprise!! Video Report Time!!!

2500 No close combat Kabal versus Blood Angels

I wanted to test out a list with zero close combat support against an army with, um, shall we say, fantastic close combat :)

Enjoy :)

Thank you Defenstratus for taking your time and recording our game!

Win - loss will not be recorded here, as to not put up a spoiler.

Back to normality...

2010-11-15T21:43:00.005-05:00

Wow, I am glad last week is finally over.... I spent the entire week making terrain, and gluing my Dark Eldar together, for the Apocalypse games at The Wizard's Wall.

The games were as follows...

1) Ultramarines versus Chaos Marines and Deamons. Ultramarines won the day by saving hostages and stopping the Bloodthirster Bloodbath!

2) Tyranids versus Space Wolves. Space Wolves successfully defended their Headquarters from the invading Tyranid forces.

3) Dark Eldar versus Blood Angels. Dark Eldar were able to capture and/or kill all 5 Headquarters of the Blood Angels in a successful slave raid for Commorragh. Three Talos tore apart The Sanguinator in an epic finale.

4) Eldar versus Orks. Aided by a Titan, the Eldar tried their hardest to locate a special meteorite fragment which fell onto the planet from a much larger meteor, but ultimately failed. The Orks defended their outpost fortress and discovered the correct meteorite fragment, which was under their Skullhammer Super Tank the entire battle!

All in all, the forces of 'Good' won two battles while the forces of 'Evil' won two battles.

Now, I am getting back to magnetizing all my Dark Eldar, and getting back to work on my Battle Reports!

I'll get pictures up of the Apoc Games as soon as the photographer gives me the photos.

Fucking Magnets... How do they work??

2010-11-11T13:08:00.006-05:00

I ordered special sized rare earth magnets a few days ago, and they arrived today.

I received 200 .063" magnets for infantry weapon options and 150 .125" magnets for vehicle weapon options.

The majority of my infantry will have magnetized arms so I can swap out special weapons on the fly.

For my Vehicles, everything is being magnetized. The spikes, the sails, the weapons, the gang plank, everything! This is so I can transport them easier, and more importantly, when I lose a weapon during the game, I can just remove it, or when a vehicle is wrecked, I take it apart and leave the pieces all over the battle field!

I had done with with my previous DE, and it worked out like a charm.

- edit -

I realized I never posted the LInks for the site where I buy my magnets..

!!Magnets!!

First two magnets in that second link are what I buy. First magnet for infantry sized models, second magnet for vehicle weapons, etc....

Autobots, Roll out!!!!!

Apocalypse Game Saturday 13th

2010-11-09T22:02:00.002-05:00

Sorry for the Battle Report delay, for I am busy getting all my new Dark Eldar crap ready for an Apocalypse Game at The Wizard's Wall that is taking place this Saturday.

The scenario is basically Dark Eldar, plus allies, versus everyone else.

This is our stores way of introducing the new Dark Eldar into the fold.

I am frantically trying to get my 8K worth of Dark Eldar ready for Saturday, just to see them all removed from the table on turn one :)

I'll try my best to put up a Battle Report or two this week, but no promises!

Money where your mouth is...

2010-11-08T19:38:00.003-05:00

Yarrick wrote in one of my previous logs "Send a picture or it didn't happen :P" concerning my Dark Eldar purchase.

Happy?

2500 Kabal versus Tyranids

2010-11-07T18:55:00.004-05:00

Time to get a little power gaming here! My friend's Tyranids are going to attempt to assimilate my Kabal's raiding fleet in a 2500 point 'Ard Boy style game.

- Battle Report Notes -

1) I use Vassal to represent games I have played at my local gaming store.

2) I use Vassal as an abstract tool to represent the battle. I use no measurements in Vassal, so one turn a unit may move 6", but only move 3" next turn, but in reality the unit moved 12" total in the 'real life' game. Just remember, this is abstract, so do not get caught up in the visuals, and just enjoy the match!

3) When a Vehicle is damaged, the number of 'explosions' on the vehicle indicates the roll on the Damage Chart. If you see 4 little explosions, that means either it was a straight 4 on the Damage Chart, or maybe a 3, but with a +1 for Open Topped or Melta.

4) As the Dark Eldar player, I cannot answer questions pertaining to what my opponent was thinking when doing certain actions. I will try my best to remember what my opponent verbally tells me, but other than that, I really do not know why my opponent does what he does.

- 2500 Point Kabal of the Budding Lotus -

Asdrubeal Vect

Baron Sathonyx

4 Kabalite Trueborn w/ 4x Blasters
1 Dracon w/ Blast Pistol
Raider w/ Flickerfield

4 Kabalite Trueborn w/ 4x Blasters
1 Dracon w/ Blast Pistol
Raider w/ Flickerfield

3 Kabalite Trueborn w/ 2x Splinter Cannons
Venom w/ 2x Splinter Cannons

19 Kabalite Warriors w/ 2x Splinter Cannons, Blaster
1 Syberite w/ Blast Pistol

19 Kabalite Warriors w/ 2x Splinter Cannons, Blaster
1 Syberite w/ Blast Pistol

19 Kabalite Warriors w/ 2x Splinter Cannons, Blaster
1 Syberite w/ Blast Pistol

8 Wyches w/ Shardnet and Impaler
1 Hekatrix w/ Phantasm Grenade Launcher, Agonizer
Raider w/ Flickerfield, Grisly Trophies

10 Scourges w/ 4x Splinter Cannons

Ravager w/ Nightshield and Flickerfield

Ravager w/ Nightshield and Flickerfield

Ravager w/ Nightshield and Flickerfield

- Tyranid Devourer Force -

Hive Tyrant w/2x Scything Talons, Hive Commander, Adrenal Glands, Regeneration, Leech Essence, Paroxysm, Armored Shell

3 Hive Guards

3 Tyrant Guards w/ Rending Claws, Scything Talons

Deathleaper

3 Zoanthropes

10 Genestealers w/ Rending Claws, Scything Talons, Toxin Sacs
1 Broodlord w/ Scything Talons

25 Hormagaunts w/ Toxin Sacs

25 Hormagaunts w/ Toxin Sacs

16 Termagaunts w/ Devourers

6 Ravener w/ Rending Claws, Scything Talons

Trygon Prime w/ Adrenal Glands, Regeneration

Tyrannofex w/ Regeneration

- Why I Took My (Dark Eldar) List -

I wanted to test out the new and improved Splinter Cannons, mixed in with an ass load of Darklight weaponry. I made this list as my general all comers list for 'Ard Boyz point sized games while in college class. From this master list, I will begin to work on my 'Ard Boyz list for next year.

This list is designed to be an alpha strike list. Both my HQs help me go first, and my entire army is built around the premise of going first and striking hard.

- Pre Deployment Plan -

Knowing my opponent was Tyranids, my idea was to bait his stronger units with my close combat units while shooting is army to ribbons as fast as possible.

- Mission and Deployment -

- This is a 2500 point game on a 6x4 board.

-Annihilation. Spearhead.

-We both roll a 3, but Dark Eldar gets a +1 for having the Baron in the army. Dark Eldar chooses to go first.

- Combat Drug results in a +1 Weapon Skill

- Dark Eldar deploys entire army in alpha strike position. Vect is in the center Raider with 9 Wyches. Bottom two Raiders hold the Blaster wielding Trueborn. Venom at the top holds the Splinter Cannon wielding Trueborn. Ravagers just chillaxin, and Scourges are behind Vect. A line of Warriors is deployed to keep out any out flanking units from the Vehicles.

- Tyranid puts a Trygon Prime and a Deathleaper into Reserves for Deep triking. Hormaguant Brood is deployed in such a way at to give his Hive Tyrant unit a cover save. Hive Guard up front. Zoanthropes and Raveners at the top.

- Tyranid Infiltrates his Genestealers in the top right ruins, as the Tyranid knows that by his turn 2, there will be a line of Warriors blocking the entire right boarder of the battlefield, blocking out flanking from being effective.

- Tyranid attempts to Steal the initiative, and fails.

- Post Deployment Plan -

My plan has not changed. My target priorities are the Hive Guard first, and Genestealers second. The 'stealers will not be able to bother me until turn 2, so the Hive Guard, which can and will destroy my Raiders, must die on turn 1 if I am to stand a chance.

- Dark Eldar Turn 1 -

Vect's Raider moves forward, and both Vect and the Wyches jump out, splitting up into two different units.

Raiders and Ravagers move about. Scourges leap forward into firing positions.

Combined Splinter Cannon fire from a unit of Warriors, the Venom and the Trueborn in said Venom wipe the Genestealer menace from the battlefield.

Splinter Cannon fire from the Scourges and another Warrior squad kills two Hive Guard, while Raider Dark Lances kill the last Hive Guard.

Stunned at how effective Splinter weaponry is in the new codex, the Dark Eldar completely forgets to fire his Ravager Dark Lances, and jumps right into close combat.

Vect runs into 3 Zoanthropes, and actually one of them and wounds another. One Zoanthrope manages to short out Vect's Shadowfield, and wounds him. Zoanthropes take another wound from No Retreat, and only one Zoanthrope stands.

Wyches run into the Termagaunts, and kill 10 of them. One wych falls in turn. The remaining 6 Termagaunts fall due to No Retreat.

- Tyranid Turn 1 -

Tyranid forces lurch forward towards the Dark Eldar lines.

The Tyrannofex barfs up some grubs on the Scourges, wounding a single Scourge, but it lives with it's 6++ save.

Raveners charge into the Wyches. The battle is fierce, but the combat is a tie with both sides inflicting two wounds into each other.

Vect dispatches the last Zoanthrope, and gets him a nice shiney Pain Token.

- Dark Eldar Turn 2 -

All Dark Eldar units move into more effective firing positions.

Vect's Raider comes by and picks Vect up. Vect then drops his Orb into the Hormaguants, killing 4, and restoring Vect's lost wound.

Splinter Rifle and Splinter Cannon fire from two Warrior units and the Scourges wipe out the remaining 21 Hormagaunts protecting their Hive Tyrant master. One of the Warrior squads get a Pain Token for getting the last kill!

Ravager Dark Lance fire cuts into the Tyrant's unit, but they are saved by the underbrush.

Both Trueborn units at the bottom open up with their 10 Darklight weapon shots, and cut turn the Tyrannofex into a mound of slag and meat.

Raveners and Wyches exchange blows, but the Raveners come out on top and run teh fleeing Wyches down.

- Tyranid Turn 2 -

The mighty Trygon Prime enters the Battlefield from under the ruins, but, it miscalculates, and ends up bursting out in the open instead!

The Deathleaper also appears in the forest deep in the Dark Eldar lines.

The Hormagaunts and Tyrant move forward to their prey.

The Trygon Prime fires into the Venom, blowing it apart. The Tureborn inside drop to the ground unharmed, but they are pinned due to the shock! The explosion kills 4 Warriors! One from one squad and 3 from the other.

Raveners bound across the Battlefield with their lightning fast speed, and slam into a unit of Warriors. Due to the Warrior's Feel No Pain, they take far less casualties then they would normally. The Warriors make a Leadership Test against 3, and make it!

- Dark Eldar Turn 3 -

Splinter Rifle, Splinter Cannon and Darklight weaponry blow into the Tyranid forces.

Mass Splinter fire cut down 14 Hormagaunts, but they are still within 12" of the Tyrant, so they hold just fine.

Trueborn Darklight weaponry cuts into the Tyrant squad, wounding the Tyrant twice, killing one guard and wounding another Guard once.

All Darklight weapons in teh rear turn on the immediate threat; the Trygon Prime. The Trygon Prime is vaporized within seconds of the Darklight weaponry drawing a bead on it.

The Warrior squad in the rear open fire on the Deathleaper, causing it two wounds.

Vect leaps off os his Raider and joins the fight against the Raveners. Two Raveners fall dead, as do two Warriors. Combat draws.

- Tyranid Turn 3 -

The Deathleaper charges a Ravager, and rips off a Dark Lance mount with it's giant Flesh Hooks.

The Hive Tyrant unit and Hormagaunts charge the Warriors in cover. The Warriors are decimated, break and run! Poor Baron Sarthonyx run with them! Awwww....

Vect kills one more Ravener. The last Ravener takes a wound from No Retreat, and holds.

- Dark Eldar Turn 4 -

Dark Eldar forces move into better firing positions.

From a hail of Splinter and Darklight fire, the Hormagaunts, Tyrant and Tyrant gaurd drop to the ground.

Vect finishes of the last Ravener, and gets a Pain Token.

Tyranid player calls the game as all he has left is a Deathleaper who won't leave cover!

- Battle Report Conclusion -

Dark Eldar - 12 Kill Points

Tyranids - 4 Kill Points

Victor - Kabal of the Budding Lotus

- Post Game Opinions -

Splinter Rifles.... I love them now! I personally think that the Splinter Rifle is the best basic weapon available in the game. It went from Zero to Hero over night! Well, 12 years isn't over night, but whatever lol... 7/10

Splinter Cannons. Wow, these things are just beast! Just look at how they kill anything on foot, regardless of toughness. The sheer amount of fire these things put out is amazing. Do I miss Disintegrators? Hell no. Now that Dark Eldar got a boost with all their Splinter Weaponry, who Plasma Cannons lol. 8/10

Vect. He is house. Definitely worth 240 points, easy. Between his re rolling misses and always wounding on 3+, he could easily walk up to just about anything and bend it over. 7/10

Trueborn. I mean, you need to literally be blind to not see how good these guys are. Stick them in a Raider and have an awesome anti-MEQ/MECH unit, or stick them in a Venom and have a powerful anti-MEQ/HORDE unit. These guys are the 'Lootas' of the Dark Eldar. Ultra powerful ranged fighters in an elite slot. 8/10

I definitely like this list. So much more powerful than my previous 'Ard Boy lists, based on the concept.

Dark Eldar is finally here!!

2010-11-05T18:42:00.005-04:00

I went to my local gaming store, The Wizard's Wall, and bought the following;

60 Kabalite Warriors
40 Wyches
18 Reavers
4 Raiders
10 Incubi
Archon
Lelith
Dark Eldar Codex

I immediately went to Office Depot, and for 6 bucks I got my new codex Spiral Bound with the front and rear covers laminated.

I could have bought this stuff online at a discounted price, but when I can, I support my local friendly gaming store! You all should do the same, keep this hobby healthy when possible.

So much painting to do.... Especially with my 20 converted Wracks, 6 Razor Wings, 10 Kymarae, and 4 Clawed Fiends.

So happy!!!

Update...

2010-11-05T03:02:00.001-04:00

I have a few more games to put up, but this weekend is going to be busy. I will have two Battle Reports up this weekend, probably both on Sunday.

1000 Wych Cult Versus Space Wolves

2010-11-01T17:42:00.003-04:00

This match is a decent sized skirmish match between my friend "Pockets'" and his Space Wolves and my first Wych Cult list with the new Dark Eldar. I decided to go all the way and throw in Lelith. Was it a smart thing to do? Let's find out... :)

- Battle Report Notes -

- 1000 Point Wych Cult -

Lelith W/ Bad ass, sexxxy good looks

9 Wyches W/ Shardnet and Impaler
Hekatrix W/ Venom Blade, Phantasm Grenade Launcher
Raider

10 Wyches W/ 2 Shardnet and Impalers
Hekatrix W/ Venom Blade, Phantasm Grenade Launcher
Raider

10 Wyches W/ 2 Shardnet and Impalers
Hekatrix W/ Venom Blade, Phantasm Grenade Launcher
Raider

10 Wyches W/ 2 Shardnet and Impalers
Hekatrix W/ Venom Blade, Phantasm Grenade Launcher
Raider

- Army List -

Wolf Lord W/ RA, Frost Axe, WTN, Belt of Russ
Wolf Guard W/ Combi Melta
Wolf Guard W/ Power Fist
Wolf Guard W/ Terminator Armor and Cyclone Missile Launcher

5 Wolf Scouts W/ 5 Sniper Rifles

10 Grey Hunters W/ Melta Gun, Mark of the Wolfen, Wolf Standard
Rhino

9 Grey Hunters W/ Melta Gun, Mark of the Wolfen, Wolf Standard
Wolf Guard W/ Power Weapon
Rhino

6 Long Fangs W/ 5 Missile Launchers
Sergent
Wolf Guard W/ Terminator Armor, Power Fist?

Before people give me grief, the Space Wolf army list given to me is half scribbled and full of shorthand. The Wolf Guard were thrown all over the army, and I don't really remember which ones went where. All I remember was there is a Terminator Wolf Guard with the Long Fangs, and a Wolf Guard with a unit of Grey Hunters. Don't hang me, please!

- Why I Took My (Dark Eldar) List -

I just wanted to try out a Wych Cult with the new Codex. It just so happens that this turned out to be a smaller game, so I cut out 500 points, which was just mainly my 3x Ravagers and some other stuff I forgot about.

- Pre Deployment Plan -

Get into close combat, and annihilate my opponent as quickly as possible.

- Mission and Deployment -

- Being a 1000 point game, we played on a 4x4 Battlefield.

-Annihilation. Dawn of War.

-Space Wolf won the Deployment Roll. He tells me I can go first. Later on he tells me that he thought I was going to charge his Deployment line with my Units, so he could counter assault me. Oh, he was very wrong...

- Combat Drug results in a +1 Attack for my entire army.

- I Place out Lelith in a Raider with 9 Wyches against the Deployment Line. Nothing in Reserves.

- Space Wolf deploys nothing. Nothing in Reserves.

- Space Wolf attempts to Steal the initiative, and fails.

- Post Deployment Plan -

Interesting... My plan is to hold back until I am able to assault with my entire army at once, if possible.

- Dark Eldar Turn 1 -

Raiders all come onto the board, and join up with Lelith.

- Space Wolves Turn 1 -

Space Wolves enter the Battlefield in a tight, counter assault formation. He hopes to bait my units to assault his Commander, and then pop out, and either Pistol me then Charge, or just Rapid Fire Bolters in my face.

Long Fangs take up cover on the right, while the Scouts enter behind the force.

- Dark Eldar Turn 2 -

Dark Eldar takes the bait wholeheartedly.

All Raider move forward. Wyches jump off the skiffs in anticipation that a Dark Lance shot or two will open up the Purina puppy chow cans open for them.

Raiders open fire, and Immobilize both Rhinos.

Wyches on the right charge the Long Fangs. The Shardnet and Impalers from the Wyches touch both the Wolf Guard and the Long Fang unit leader, reducing their attacks. Space Wolf is not happy with the Shardnets... To be honest, Wyches had this 'ability' before, but I guess he must have forgotten, since we haven't played together in 6 months. Now, though, Shardnets can 'target' specific models. Dropping the Unit Leader to 1 attack from 3 (touched by both Shardnets) and a Power Fist from 2 to 1 attack is pretty neato.

Wyches kill two Long Fangs. Wyches suffer no casualties, and the Long Fangs hold.

Lelith and her Wyches charge into the Wolf Lord and 3 Wolf Guard. I position my chargers in such a way that Lelith is able to just touch a regular Wolf Guard, and not the Lord. Lelith lays in with 12 attacks, and kills both Wolf Guard. The Rest of the Wyches pour attacks into the Lord, dropping him on the spot.

Space Wolf player was again not pleased that my two Shardnet wielding Wyches took away 2 Attacks from the Lord.

+2 Pain Tokens for Lelith and her Wyches.

- Space Wolves Turn 2 -

Space Wolves spring their trap. Puppies leap out of the Rhinos, and one unit rapid fires into Lelith... Feel No Pain ignores most of the wounds. Space Wolf player is not pleased with the Feel No Pain.

Another Grey Hunter unit must fire into the Wyches to force a Leadership test. Enough wounds are made to force the test.

Lelith and the last remaining Wych fail their Leadership Test, and fall back!

Two more Long Fangs drop to the ground. Wyches win combat, but the Long Fangs hold.

- Dark Eldar Turn 3 -

Realizing his Rhinos are Immobilized, Dark Eldar pull their Raiders back so the Rhinos are within Dark Lance range, but out of Storm Bolter range.

One Raider moves forward and unloads its Wyches.

Raiders open fire on both Rhinos, and blowing off the Storm Bolter from both Rhinos.

Wyches charge into the Grey Hunters from the upper left while Wyches charge into both the same Grey Hunters and the Scouts from between the Rhinos. Shardnet and Impalers completely negate most of the attacks the Grey Hunters would have had normally. Wyches win combat, and after combat resolution, all that is left is a single Grey Hunter and 3 Scouts.

Yes, the Space Wolf player did use his Wolf Banner, but he kept rolling 2's for his armor saves. We counted, and I noted this on paper. 8 rolls that were 2s, and only a single roll of 1, which in turn was rerolled as a 1 anyway!

Wyches on the right kill the Wolf Guard, and a lone Long Fang holds.

- Space Wolves Turn 2 -

Grey Hunters charge out of the Rhino and into combat with two units of Wyches.

I have not mentioned this, but the Space Wolf player was also pissed that he could never get his bonus for Counter Charge, nor regular Charging, because of the Wyches now "new" Defensive Grenades.

Combat ensues. Lone Long Fang is killed. Lone Grey Hunter is Killed. One Scout left. Not one Wych casualty in any of this game's close combats, thanks to the Shardnet reducing everything around them to basically nothing.

Space Wolf player calls the game.

- Battle Report Conclusion -

Dark Eldar - 8 Kill Points

Space Wolves - 2 Kill Points

Victor - Dark Eldar

- Post Game Opinions -

I don't know what people are smoking yet again when talking about Wyches. The new Wyches are so vastly superior to the old wyches it isn't even comparable.

Shardnet and Impalers. Wych Weapons what? What are those? I already forgot about them. This weapon is so awesome, it defies description. The ability to move my models into base to base with a model(s) I want to lose 2 attacks with is amazing. Wolf Lord has how many attacks? No it doesn't. Now it has 2, and you have to deal with my 4++ save. Enjoy.

Phantasm Grenade Launchers. Now I know how Plague Marines feel! I love having both Defensive and Offensive Grenades rolled up into one item. Wyches used to pay the same amount for just Offensive grenades, which means Wyches got Defensive Grenades for FREE with this item!

Wyches. These are basically the same as the old Wyches, but 3 points cheaper. As mentioned above, Wyches get Defensive Grenades for free. So Wyches not only went from 13 points to 10 points, but they have new kick ass weaponry (which they had in 3rd edition, but was taken away),Defensive Grenades for free, and Feel No Pain basically for free? What more do you want? Yes, they lost their Blasters, but for me personally, Blasters never did much for me to justify them in the long run. Plus, if you are hard up for lance weaponry, just take a Blast Pistol. Yeah, sign me up!

Lelith. I am still not too sold on her, but I must admit, having 11 attacks against MEQ on the charge is pretty nice. I'll have to play more games with her, but for now, I am leaning further away from "not good" to "pretty decent". I bet after I throw her into combat with WS3 T3 models, she'll shine like no one's business!

During the game I did give Lelith the benefit of the Combat Drugs for her one round of combat. It did not make a difference, I don't think, so it isn't a big issue. I am just used to the old book, but next time I will try my best to remember the rules for Special Characters better!

In this game, my opponent was not aware that Wyches had a Feel No Pain upgrade, and Defensive Grenades. He also found out the hard way what Shardnets do. We will play a follow up game in the near future!

I must admit... It was nice playing against one of GW's little money making power armies, and taking away all their toys in combat. Dark Eldar have always been anti-MEQ, and now it seems they are anti-MEQ +++....

Coming next.... 2500 points of 'Ard Boyz goodiness as my Kabal of the Budding Lotus takes on a Tyranid Hive Fleet!

1500 Cirque de Commorragh Versus Ultramarines

2010-10-31T16:32:00.005-04:00

Another game with my friend Brian and his Ultramarines. Have at it ye' scurvy dog!

- Battle Report Notes -

- 1500 Cirque de Commorragh -

Archon W/ Agonizer, Shadowfield

3x Haemonculi

Court of the Archon
2 Medusae
5 Ur-Ghuls
2 Lhemans
3 Sslyths

10 Kabalite Warriors W/ Blaster
10 Kabalite Warriors W/ Blaster
10 Kabalite Warriors W/ Blaster
10 Kabalite Warriors W/ Blaster

5 Beastmasters W/ Agonizer
5 Kymerae
2 Clawed Fiends
4 Razor Wings

5 Beastmasters W/ Agonizer
5 Kymerae
2 Clawed Fiends
4 Razor Wings

- 1500 Ultramarines Force -

Chaplain

Ironclad Dreadnought W/ Heavy Flamer
Drop Pod

5 Assault Terminators W/ 5x Thunder Hammers and Shields
Land Raider

10 Tactical Squad W/ Flamer, Missile Launcher
Rhino

10 Tactical Squad W/ Flamer, Missile Launcher
Rhino

5 Scouts W/ Telion

5 Vanguard Veterans /w Lightning Claw, 4x Power Weapons, Jump Packs

- Why I Took My (Dark Eldar) List -

I wanted to start an idea behind a traveling circus that the Dark Eldar use as a cover to steal the souls of children. There is a menagerie of creatures, side show freaks and attractions used to entice local towns to attend. During these shows the Dark Eldar slowly drain the patrons of their souls, leaving only empty husks to feed the various circus creatures. These circus acts also serve another, more practical purpose; to assess the defensive capabilities of a location for future raids.

I took all the freaks in the list and decided to parade them around the Battlefield. I am going to replay this list, but instead of Kabalite Warriors, I am going to include Wracks. Yeah, my anti-mech will be much weaker, but that is okay.

Enjoy the freak show!

- Pre Deployment Plan -

Charge, charge, charge!!! I really have no plan, as I have never used, basically, an entire Beast based army before.

- Mission and Deployment -

- Capture and Control. Dawn of War.

- Ultramarine won the Deployment Roll, and chose to go first.

- Both Objectives were placed out. Neither player deploys any units.

- Ultramarine infiltrates Scouts.

- Dark Eldar attempts to Steal the Initiative, but fails.

- Post Deployment Plan -

With only two objectives to take, and no Raiders, I was in for a tough time. Basic plan was to rush his objective, hold mine and see what these Dark Eldar units can do.

- Ultramarine Turn 1 -

Ironclad Drops next to the Dark Eldar's Objective.

I now mark Transports with a model on it so you can tell if there is a unt inside. Of course, I forgot to do this with the Landraider, lol. There is a Terminator Assault Squad with Chaplain riding in that thing.

Jump Pack Vanguard unit flies onto the Battlefield. All wielding power weapons. Very dangerous.

One Rhino stays behind to hold an Objective.

I think the Ultramarine forgot to move the Scouts, or maybe he didn't want to. I forget.

- Dark Eldar Turn 1 -

I'll be honest. I have no friggin clue what I am doing with these units. Running 'Nob' type squads is a new thing for me. So bare with me as I mull around the Battlefield figuring out what to do!

Each unit is marked with a single Pain Token.

The Kabalite squads move in behind my forces. I hope to be able to destroy that Ironclad before it can do any damage. One Kabalite fires his Blaster at the Dread, but misses.

Everything else moves onto the Battlefield and Runs forward. Beastmaster Squad on the left, followed by the Archon and his Court in the difficult terrain, and another Beastmaster squad to the right.

- Ultramarine Turn 2 -

Marine units drive around the Battlefield. Hoping to intercept me on my way to his Objective.

Missile launcher from a Rhino fires at my Kabalite Warriors, but scatters onto my Court, wounding a Clawed Fiend. He now has +1 Attack!

Ironclad douses a unit of Warriors with a Heavy Flamer, baking 6 of them. They do not break, and the Ironclad Assaults. The Ironclad does no wounds, and combat draws.

- Dark Eldar Turn 2 -

Not much going on here... My units move forward and Run to cover extra ground. Kabaliite Warriors spread out a bit to weaken incoming Missile fire from the Rhino.

My Archon and his Court are my bait units. I want the Ultramarine player to assault them, so I can counter Assault with my Beastmaster units and gain extra ground due to consolidation. Will he take the bait?

Close combat with Ironclad results in no casualties. Combat is a draw... again....

- Ultramarine Turn 3 -

Ultramarine units move around. Units on the left are going to defend his Objective, while units on the right are moving to take my Objective.

Landraider crashes through the ruins, and out comes a party!!!

Another Missile from the rearmost Rhino kills two more Kabalite Warriors.

The Assault Terminators, and Chaplain, disembark in such a way so that they have nearly exactly 6" to assault. This is to reduce the amount of reacting models I can have to fight against his units. Result? He destroys the Beastmaster unit as the Dark Eldar player only had a handful of non power weapon attacks back. The Beastmaster unit actually falls back, but since they have no ranged weaponry, we decide to just remove them from play since they won't be able to regroup during my next turn due to being within 6" of the Terminators.

Combat with Ironclad? What do you think? The stupid thing wiffs again, and deals no casualties. Ultramarine player is pissed, but he doesn't realize that the LONGER the Ironclad stays in combat, the LESS time I have to shoot at it to blow it up before the game ends. I am the one who is secretly pissed :(

- Dark Eldar Turn 3 -

This combat with the Ironclad is getting to be retarded. This one, stupid Imperial Robot is completely ruining my plans, as I can't even get close to my objective. Last thing I need is for the Ironclad to win combat on MY turn, and destroy another Troop choice. I can't move my Troops around the north of the terrain, as all that is going to do is introduce 24 Power Weapon attacks from the Vanguard Vet squad.

As long as my Archon and his Court are alive, my opponent cannot get close to my Troops with his Terminators and Vanguard Squad. So we are both keeping distance from each other.

Archon and Court move closer to the Terminators while Beastmaster Squad moves north towards the enemy.

3 Kabalite Warrior Squads open fire on the Terminators. The amount of Poison shots the unit suffers, and three Blaster shots, manages to kill 3 Terminators. They hold.

My Archon and Court are within 'Normal' Assault range, which is good as the Haemonculi along for the ride prevents them from 'Fleeting'. This time, only a single model makes it into combat with the last Terminator and Chaplain, and it is my Archon. Archon destroys the Chaplain, the Terminator cannot get through the Shadowfield, and the Terminator fails his Leadership test. He falls back.

For killing the Chaplain, the Arhon's unit gains a Pain Token.

Ironclad combat? YES, yet another combat where the Ironclad either misses everything or wounds on 1. Can you believe this garbage? The Emperor fraggin protects for sure!!!

- Ultramarine Turn 4 -

Assault Terminator continues to fall back, due to being within 6" of a Dark Eldar unit.

Vanguard Vets fly 12" and Run 6", trying to make it to the Objective.

Telion and his cronies keep slithering behind my lines....

The Landraider moves into 'Blocking' position, so that my job getting to my Objective becomes ten times harder. Landraider fires it's Heavy Bolters, killing a lone Warrior.

Another Missile from the Missile Factory up in the corner wounds my Beastmaster unit... I put the wound on my Clawed Fiend. It now has +2 Attacks!

Praise be Vect!!! The Ironclad FINALLY kills the Kabalite Warriors on the Ultramarine's turn! It then Consolidates a massive 1". Ultramarine player face palms.

- Dark Eldar Turn 4 -

Heamonculi split from their units so that the units can use their Fleet and Beast rules. Pain Tokens are split up accordingly.

Kabalite Warriors move into firing positions. The first Blaster fired Wrecks the Ironclad! The second Blaster shot destroys the weapon from the Drop Pod.

Beastmaster unit in the top left race across the Battlefield. Move 6", Run 6", Assault 12". The 5 million attacks Wreck the Rhino. Strength 5 hits and Rending are pretty nice!

Archon and his Court barely make it into combat. I didn't show it in this picture well enough, but I actually managed to stick a single model in Difficult Terrain somehow without noticing it. I roll double 1's to get out of Terrain, so the model is still stuck in terrain. I then roll a 6 to assault, and the unit barely makes it into combat with the Vanguard Vets.

Vanguard Vets lay into the Court with a metric ton of power weapon attacks. Wounds are spread all over the place, and I manage to only lose a single model. Two Vanguard Vets actually die from my measly 4 attacks from what I had available to attack. Archon and his Court lose combat, but hold.

- Ultramarine Turn 5 -

The lone Terminator - we'll call him "Bronson" - regroups and heads towards the Court of the Archon. I guess he must have a Death Wish... or two... or three... or four... OR FIVE!??!? How many of these damned movies exist?!?!?!

Lazy ass Scouts push a half asleep Telion into the Landraider. The giant pile of metal drives next to the Objective, and fires on some Kabalite Warriors with it's Heavy Bolter. 2 die, but the unit holds.

Heamonculi wander around aimlessly, like two blind old guys looking for their medicine.

Archon and his Court dispatch the Vanguard Vets, and gain another Pain Token. They Consolidate 6" into the Difficult Terrain.

In the top left, the last Rhino drives into terrain, and 10 Tactical Marines jump out. Mass bolter fire from both Marine units pour into the Beastmaster unit. A ton of crap dies, including 4 out of the 5 Beastmasters. The lone Beastmaster barely makes his Leadership Test and the unit holds.

- Dark Eldar Turn 5 -

Archon and his Court move to within 3" of the Objective.

Kabalite Warriors Immobilize the Landraider.

In the top left, the Beastmaster corrals his monsters into combat. 3 Marines die, and so does a Kymerae. The Ultramarines hold.

Ultramarine player rolls to end the game, and it does end!

- Battle Report Conclusion -

Dark Eldar - 0 Objectives

Ultramarines - 0 Objectives

Game is a Tie!!

- Post Game Opinions -

My gosh, this was a heck of a fun list to run!

Court of the Archon. What an interesting unit. I did not really get to use this unit to its full potential as just about every single close combat with these guys only ever resulted in using 2 or 3 models! I need to mess with these guys some more to get an accurate opinion on them.

Beastmaster. Much, much, much better than in the previous Codex. The three beasts available are just awesome. I really love this unit. It is SO much fun to use!

Kymerae. 4++ save it pretty awesome. Great for soaking up Thunder Hammer hits!

Clawed Fiends. The ability to get MORE attacks as they get hurt is pretty awesome! IU was actually getting mad when I would make my Feel No Pain rolls for them. By the time I got them into combat, they had soaked up a bunch of wounds, and were striking with a bunch of Strength 5 Attacks.

Razor Wings. I must say.... What the hell is up with this unit? Who thought of this craziness? Giant, fat flying birds with a ton of Wounds and Attacks? It is such a weird unit. I do love the amount of Rending attacks they get. Pretty awesome!

Overall, the Beastmaster unit is like an Ork Nob squad, in that you can totally mess with the wound allocation to keep the unit alive.

I will be playing this list again, but with Wracks instead of Kabalite Warriors, and maybe even a few Grotesques as well. We'll see! :)

Oh, do not bring up Harlequins please. I will not be using them in my army lists, ever. Bloodbrides make them obsolete, and I am here to play Dark Eldar, not Eldar Codex left overs. I have a small force of Harlie models, so yeah I like them just fine, just not in my Dark Eldar codex. I'll stick to their various .pdf rules thank you very much.

Thanks for watching! Tune in next time for a small Wych Cult versus Space Wolf skirmish!

Dark Eldar versus Ultramarines - Game 4 of 45

2010-10-29T22:45:00.012-04:00

Finally, you guys asked for it, and here it is, a match between my Dark Eldar and a Marine opponent. My opponent is my good friend Brian, and he is a very competent Marine player.

-Game Notes -

- 1500 Point Heamonculi Coven -

Ancient Heamonculi w/ Venom Blade
Ancient Heamonculi w/ Venom Blade

Heamonculi w/ Venom Blade, Liquefier Gun
Heamonculi w/ Venom Blade, Liquefier Gun
Heamonculi w/ Venom Blade, Liquefier Gun

10 Grotesques w/ Liquefier Gun
Aberration w/ Flesh Gauntlet

9 Wracks w/ 1x Liquefier Guns
Raider w/ Flickerfield, Torment Grenade Launcher

9 Wracks w/ 1x Liquefier Guns
Raider w/ Flickerfield, Torment Grenade Launcher

9 Wracks w/ 1x Liquefier Guns
Raider w/ Flickerfield, Torment Grenade Launcher

Cronos Parasite Engine /w Spirit Bomb

Cronos Parasite Engine /w Spirit Bomb

- 1500 Point Ultramarines Force -

Company Commander w/ 2x Lightning Claws
5x Command Squad w/ Power Weapon, 2x Lightning Claws (on a single model), Apothecary
Rhino

Ironclad Dreadnought w/ Drop Pod

10 Tactical Squad w/ Missile Launcher, Flamer
Rhino

10 Tactical Squad w/ Missile Launcher, Flamer
Rhino

10 Tactical Squad w/ Missile Launcher, Melta Gun

Land Speeder w/ Multi Melta

5 Scouts
Land Speeder Storm w/ Heavy Flamer

5 Devastators w/ 2x Missile Launchers, 2x Lascannon

5 Devastators w/ 4x Missile Launchers

- Why I Took My (Dark Eldar) List -

This list is a modified, fixed version, of the list I took in game 3 against the Orks. Nothing really too different, except for the weapons I gave some of my models.

- Mission and Deployment -

- Search and Destroy. Pitched Battle. Objectives were placed out around the Battlefield. As always, I put my Objectives out in the open, right where I want my opponent to be late game.

- Dark Eldar won the Deployment Roll, and chose to go first.

- Dark Eldar deploys entire force. Grotesques with 2 Ancient Heamonculi in the front. Two Cronos Parasite Engines behind them. Three Raiders with 9 Wracks and a Heamonculus each.

- Ultramarine deploys force. Landspeeder Storm in top right with Scouts. Landspeeder with Multi Melta in middle top left. Combat Squad Marines in top left into two units. Devastator Squads in top middle hill and top right ruins. Three Rhinos near ruins. HQ and Tactical Squad in rear Rhinos and Tactical Squad in the front Rhino.

Ultramarine attempts to steal the initiative, and fails. Dark Eldar takes first turn.

- The Plan -

Dark Eldar - Send one unit of Wracks to the top left to mess with the Devastator Squad on the Hill. Send rest of army to hold the three objectives in the right side of the Battlefield. The first order of business was to take down his Devastator Squads.

Ultramarine - Spread out, force Dark Eldar to split his forces. Use Drop Pod to bring in Ironclad to tie up the Grotesques. Counter assault with HQ and Tactical Squads.

- Dark Eldar Turn 1 -

Grotesques and Ancients move forward. Cronos Move forward. Raiders go Flat Out into assault positions for next turn.

- Ultramarine Turn 1 -

Drop Pod enters the Battlefield... and scatters directly in front of the Devastator Squad in the ruins, blocking their Line of Sight to most of the Battlefield! Ironclad Dreadnought shambles out of the Drop Pod, ready for battle.

Units shuffle around the board into various positions. Tactical Squad in the upper left starts to move to take Objectives later on. Rhinos move into assault positions for next turn. Two Rhinos pop Smoke.

The Ironclad's weaponry spring into life after decades of non-use.... and fails to hit the Raider directly in front of it! Even it's Heavy Flamer fails to do any damage.

The Devastator Squad in the ruins, with half of it's members blocked by the Drop Pod, fire two Missiles into a Raider next to them... A Glancing shot Shakes the Raider.

Land Speeder Storm's heavy Flamer fails to catch on the Raider due to the Raider's Flickerfield.

The other Land Speeder opens fire with it's molten hot Multi Melta on a nearby Raider... and Penetrates, but a roll of a 1 only becomes a 3, blowing the Raider's Dark Lance off.

Tactical Squad fires a Missile at the Raider missing it's Dark Lance... A Penetrating shot Stuns the Raider.

Devastator Squad on the hill attempts to fire its massive payload onto a Cronos Parasite Engine... 2 Wounds scored, but, both wounds avoided by Cover Saves given by the Grotesque!

- Dark Eldar Turn 2 -

The one mobile Raider skims over the Ruins in the top right, and opens fire on the Rhino in the rear which did not pop Smoke... A Penetrating shot Destroys the Rhino, sending 10 Tactical Marines to the ground. The Marines are not Pinned, nor do they take any casualties.

Wrack,s with their Heamonculi masters, leap out of the the other two Raiders.

The Wracks in the upper right pour double Liquefier acids on the Devastators, malting one into the ground. The Wracks in the upper left do the same to the 5 man Tactical Squad, but fails to wound any of them. The Wracks near the 10 Tactical Marines pour Liquefier toxins upon the Marines, melting 6 of them into the crater where the Rhino once stood. The 4 remaining Marines stand their ground.

All three Wrack Squads charge. One Wrack Squad double charges the Devastators and Land Speeder Storm. Another Wrack Squad Charges the 4 remaining Marines in the Rhino crater. The last Wrack Squad double charges the 5 Tactical Marines and the 5 Devastators on the hill.

The Wracks win all combats, all thanks to the Tormentor Grenade Launchers on the nearby raiders which impose a -1 LD to all enemy units within 6".

In the upper left, the Devastators hold, but the 3 Tactical Marines remaining break from combat and flee.

The Devastators in the upper right break as well, and flee for their lives. The Land Speeder Storm is Immobilized by the Furious Charges of the Wracks. The Wracks consolidate around the Land Speeder so it's 5 Scouts cannot Disembark from the Speeder.

The Wracks in the middle finish off the 4 Marines, and gain a Pain Token.

As for the 2 Cronos Parasite Engines and 10 Grotesques? They charge both Rhinos in the front, and fail to do anything to either one. Sometimes, 42 strength 6 attacks just can't hurt Armor Value 10, and neither can 6 monstrous creature attacks!

- Ultramarine Turn 2 -

5 Tactical Marines on the left move towards an Objective. One Rhino pivots so it is not in CC with the Cronos anymore. The other Rhino, still filled with 10 Tactical Marines, Tank Shocks past the Grotesques.

The Company Commander and his Command Squad leap out of the Rhino and sees the Wracks in front of them. They fire their pistols, Plasma Guns and Flamer, but fail to do any damage to the monsters.

Land Speeder fires it's Multi Melta... A Glancing shot that Stuns the Raider.

The Ironclad brings its weapon online again, and wounds a Grotesque with a Melta shot.

Unable to move, the Land Speeder Storm douses the immediate area with searing hot flame, but failing to do any damage to the Wracks, which shrug off the pain like it was child's play.

The Command Squad charges the Wracks, and kills 6 of the monsters. The Wracks manage to kill a single Marine. Being Fearless, the Wracks lose two more of their number, and hold.

The Ironclad charges into the Grotesques... The Ultramarine player smiles as he has just locked a 500+ unit in CC for the rest of the game, ensuring his Command Squad and 10 Tactical Marine Squad will be safe from the Grotesques bulging muscles of death. The Ironclad kills two Grotesques, and the Grotesques hold.

The Wracks in the upper left finish off the Devastators, and move closer to the Land Speeder near them after combat. +1 Pain Token.

- Dark Eldar Turn 3 -

Both Raider on the right of the Battlefield move in better firing positions for the Rhinos. They both fire their Dark Lances... a Penetrating shot Stuns the Rhino.

The Wracks surrounding the Immobilized Speeder fan out at the order by their Heamonculus master.

The Wracks in the upper left move closer to the Land Speeder. They open fire on the Speeder with their Liquefier Guns... a Glancing shot Shakes the Land Speeder.

The Wracks near the Immobilized Speeder also fire their Liquefier Guns, but to no avail. They then charge the Speeder. Unable to move, the Speeder is brought down, and it's crew of 5 Scouts are torn to shreds by the Wrack's Poisoned Weaponry and spouts of Liquefier Gun acids.

Both Cronos charge the Command Squad. A fierce battle ensures, but multiple Lightning Claws and Power Weapons not only bring down the remaining Wracks and Heamonculus, but put a couple of wounds on a Cronos.

For whatever reason, the Wracks in the upper left forget to assault the Land Speeder!

The Ironclad kills two more Grotesques, and subsequently, kills a third after combat. The Grotesques hold due to their Fearlessness.

- Ultramarine Turn 3 -

Not much goes on here. 5 Tactical Marines on the left move and attempt to flame the Wracks, but do no damage thanks to Feel No Pain.

Land Speeder moves a bit, but cannot fire this turn.

One empty Rhino starts to drive to the left of the Battlefield in hopes of contesting objectives on turn 5.

Ironclad Kills more Grotesques, and of course they hold due to being Fearless.

The Company Commander kills a Cronos, and the Cronos kill a Marine, but it takes a wound in turn by a Lightning Claw Marine.

- Dark Eldar Turn 4 -

Wracks on the left of the Battlefield move closer to the 5 tactical Marines, and glues them all to the grass with their 2 Liquefier Guns.

The Wracks on the right Embark onto a Raider.

The Raider on the left, without the ability to fire due to a lost Dark Lance, zips across the battlefield.

Both Raiders fire on the remaining two Rhinos. The Rhino holding the 10 Tactical Marines is Shaken while the other empty Rhino blows up in a fiery Wreck.

The Ironclad finishes off the last Grotesques, and after combat cuts down both Ancient Heamonculi. Sometimes being Fearless is not what it is cracked up to be!

The last Cronos and a Marine armed with Lightning Claws kill each other in a final embrace of death. The Company Commander now starts to make a B line to the left of the Battlefield.

- Ultramarine Turn 4 -

The Company Commander run across the Battlefield.

The Land Speeder moves back near an Objective, and fires on the lanceless Raider, but it's Flickerfield saves it from harm.

The Ironclad moves towards an Objective as well, and fires its Multi Melta on a Raider filled with Wracks, but it's Flickerfield saves it from a Penetrating shot as well.

Last, the Rhino filled with 10 Tactical Marines moves on an Objective, claiming it their own.

- Dark Eldar Turn 5 -

The lanceless Raider moves in front of an Objective to block it, while the Raider with Wracks in it flies across the Battlefield to the opposite side of the Objective, holding it.

The other empty Raider moves to contest the Objective held by the Rhino's Tactical Marines.

The Wracks move towards the Land Speeder.

A Dark Lance shot Stuns the Rhino on the Objective.

Wracks charge the Land Speeder, and turn it into a pile of scrap under the weight of their poisoned blades.

- Ultramarine Turn 5 -

The Company Commander runs across the Battlefield...

The Ironclad fires upon the lanceless raider with it's Melta Gun, but the Raider's 4+ Cover Save keeps it alive.

10 Tactical Marines exit their Stunned Rhino, and pour Bolter Fire and Melta Gun shots into the Raider. Only the Melta Gun has an effect on the Raider... but the Raider's Flickerfield harmlessly bounces the Melta shot into the air.

The Ironclad charges the Raider, but misses with all it's attacks. Needing 6's to hit is hard to do sometimes.

The Dark Eldar player rolls to see if the game ends... and the game ends.

- Conclusion -

Dark Eldar - 2 Objectives

Ultramarines - 0 Objectives

Victor - Dark Eldar

- Conclusion -

This is my reworked Heamonculi list, and I think it works pretty damned well. I do not think I need Ancient Heamonculi in this list, and I will be downgrading them to Heamonculi in later games.

My opponent played well. We both did not expect the Wracks to do as well as they did.

- Unit and Item Opinions -

Liquefier Guns. Once again, these monsters just melted their targets into the ground shot after shot. Remember, when you fire a Liquefier Gun, 50% of the time it will ignore the armor of a MEQ model, so when you have two of them, or even three if you are able to do that, MEQ just dies... A lot. I loved these in the old Dark Eldar book, and I love them in the new one. Best Flamers in the game. Thank goodness they can be taken outside Heamonculi now.

MEQ players, for the first time in a long time, now will the same fear of flamers as other armies. More so actually, since MEQ armies come in smaller numbers, the Liquefier Gun can cover a 10 man unit and kill half of it quite easily. Oh yeah, Liquefier Guns can take care of 2+ Save models as well.

All hail the unsung, under the radar, unseen and over looked "Power" of the new Dark Eldar codex; anti-MEQ flamers on 10 point models.

Grotesques. Yet another game where I was not able to see their full potential. Getting tied up by any walker with an armor of 12 really does put a damper on things. The fear this unit gave my opponent was worth it, though. He made sure not to assault me out of his Rhinos until this unit was dealt with in some fashion.

Now that I think about it, last game against the Orks, the Grotesques did a wonderful job. If it weren't for the wound allocation rules, the Nobs would have been dead. Don't get me wrong, I like wound allocation. I am just saying that Grotesques are what Ogryns wish to be; useful and deadly.

Wracks. Unlike my last game against the Orks, this time I remembered to give my Wracks +1 Attack and reroll to wounds on the charge. The results speak for themselves. Wracks are just nasty. Spouting out Liquefier juice before assaulting is king. These guys are the Flamer Assault unit other armies wish to have. Also, when I had 26 attacks on the charge, with wound rerolls, MEQ just fell by the wayside.

I am tempted to make a full army of these bastards. 6 Troop slots filled with these guys. They are cheap as well! My Wrack units, with raiders and upgrades, came up to only 170 points. You can squeeze 6 of these units in a 1500 point list, and still have room left over for Ravagers if you wanted to do it...

That gives me an idea for an up and coming army list... -wink-

Heamonculi. Just give them Venom Blades, and let them go to town. Sure they die fast in close combat, but who cares! They gave their Pain Token to the Wracks/Grotesques, so let them die.

For my tastes, Ancient Heamonculi are not worth for how I use them. I know they can be powerful, but for my army list play styles, they are just a waste of points at the moment.

Raiders. I don't know what tools keep on thinking Raiders are dead to use. I don't know what crack they are smoking. Flickerfields continue to make Raiders tiny tanks flying around the Battlefield. Whatever, lol. I love Raiders, and I will continue to field them en mass in my armies.

I will give the new and improved (yeah right) Web Way portals a few games though. Maybe they'll surprise me.

Cronos Parasite Engine. Second game with them, and I am not liking them. Their Strength 5 is pretty crappy when in CC. Each game they are stuck in combat, I pine for a Talos and it's Strength 7 attacks. I am going to shelve the Cronos Parasite Engine for now. All my units start the game with 2 or 3 pain tokens, and I fail to see the point of taking these in my lists.

Coming up next... Ultramarines versus Cirque de Commorragh!

Dark Eldar versus Orks - Game 3 of 45

2010-10-27T23:25:00.013-04:00

This game, I revisit my good old Ork opponent, Mike.

This is a 1500 point battle. So lets have at it!

As was pointed out Comrade_Nikolai and Anglacon in my comments section, my Wrack units are not built correctly. There needs to be 10 Wracks for 2 Liquefier Guns. Thank you guys again for pointing this out! I will fix this error next time I use these units. Such is the life of a tester, right?

Whoops! I also forgot that you reroll Poisoned wounds against opponents in CC under certain circumstances! I never did this once in this game, as I never used Poisoned weaponry before in CC. I guess I forgot rules all around, huh? ha!

- Heamonculi Coven -

Ancient Heamonculi w/Hex Rifle
Ancient Heamonculi w/Hex Rifle

Heamonculi w/ Archangel of Pain, Liquefier Gun
Heamonculi w/ Venom Blade, Liquefier Gun
Heamonculi w/ Venom Blade, Liquefier Gun

10 Grotesques w/ Liquefier Gun
Aberration

9 Wracks w/ 2x Liquefier Guns
Raider w/ Flickerfield, Torment Grenade Launcher

9 Wracks w/ 2x Liquefier Guns
Raider w/ Flickerfield, Torment Grenade Launcher

9 Wracks w/ 2x Liquefier Guns
Raider w/ Flickerfield, Torment Grenade Launcher

Cronos Parasite Engine /w Spirit Bomb

Cronos Parasite Engine /w Spirit Bomb

- Ork Horde -

Ghazghkull Mag Uruk Thraka

Big Mek

10 Nobs w/ 3 Power Klaws, 3 Big Choppas
Mad Dok
Trukk w/ Red Paint

20 Boyz w/ 'Eavy Armor, Slugga and Choppa
Nob w/ Power Klaw

3 Deff Koptas w/ 3 Buzzsaws and 3 Rokkits

5 Storm Boyz
Nob w/ Power Klaw

3 Killa Kanz w/ 3 Grotzookas

- Why I Took My (Dark Eldar) List -

For nearly a decade I have always tried to make Heamonculi lists with no real avail, since all that was available for Heamonculi as Troops were (Kabalite) Warriors. Now, with their own troop type, the Wracks, I can finally make a list based around the supreme torturers of the Galaxy, the Heamonculi!

I really didn't put too much tactical/power thought to my list. I just wanted to make it as themed for Heamonculi as possible. I was going to toy with Uriel, but I wanted to geek out with tons of Heamonculi over a single Heamonculous.

- Mission and Deployment -

- Capture and Control, Dawn of War. Ork won the Deployment Roll, and chose to go first.

- Ork places 3 Koptas in Reserves to Outflank and 5 Storm Boyz in Reserve to Deep Strike.

- Ork Deploys 20 'Ard Boyz and Big Mek in the center to hold an Objective.

- Dark Eldar places an Objective in the corner, deploys nothing. and places nothing in Reserves.

- Dark Eldar attempts to Steal The Initiative and fails. Ork goes first.

For the Dark Eldar, the plan was to completely ignore the bottom left Objective, and instead fight to death in the center of the board!

- Ork Turn 1 -

Killa Kans clamor onto the battlefield, followed by a noisy Trukk filled with Nobs accompanied by Ghazghkull himself.

- Dark Eldar Turn 1 -

Grotesques, corralled by two Ancient Heamonculi, walk onto the battlefield. Three Raiders filled with Wracks and Heamonculi fly into striking postitions, with the far right Raider going Flat Out. Finally, two slow and ponderous Cronos Parasite Engines crawl into view of the 'Ard Boyz.

Both Cronos Engines fire their Spirit Bombs into the 'Ard Boy horde, killing 3 Orks total. Their spirits are syphoned into the storage vessels within the Cronos Engines. Both Cronos gain 1 Pain Token.

(Grotesques, in their stupidity, forget to Run! The Ancient Heamonculi are not pleased...)

- Ork Turn 2 -

The Orks, for some reason, forgot their Reserves!!

Killa Kans and the Trukk move forward a bit.

The Big mek powers up his Super Doodad, fires on the Grotesques, and rolls a 12!! 3 Grotesques vanish into pure nothingness as Gork and Mork feast on their fat bodies.

- Dark Eldar Turn 2 -

Grotesques are forced to run into position by their Ancient Heamonculi handlers.

Cronos Parasite Engines fire into the 'Ard boyz, but fail to cause any casualties.

Three Raiders move into position, with two of them disembarking their Wracks while the third Raider gets ready to begin firing on the incoming Ork vehicles next turn.

The Heamonculi feed drugs into their subjects, and force the Wracks off of two of the Raiders. The Wracks immediately begin t douse the ruins with acids and toxins, while one of the Haemonculi joins in the fun with his own Liquefier Gun. 13 Orks melt into the plasticrete ruins, causing the remaining Orks to route and run, taking their Big Mek with them!

- Ork Turn 3 -

Ork Koptas and Storm boyz join the fight!

The Killa Kans move onward while the Nob's Trukk drives past them at full speed.

The 3 Koptas fire their Rokkits at the Raider next ot them, and 3 rokkits make their mark! Two Rokkits, though, vanish into dust as the Raider's Flickerfield leaps into the air. One Rokkit does manage to blow off the Dark Lance from the Raider.

The Storm Boyz fire wildly into the air, attempting to hit their own Raider target, but miss with every single shot. At least they made a lot of noise!

The Nobs and Ghazghkull jump out of the trukk, and Ghazghkull lets out a mighty WAAAGH!!
The Nobs and Ghazghkull run towards the Grotesques with a blind, rage fueled fury!!!

And they are short... An inch....

- Dark Eldar Turn 3 -

Wracks scramble to deal with the immediate threats to their flanks. Wracks jump back onto a Raider as more run across the battlefield to meet their opponents.

Raider quickly turn around to defend the flanks of the Dark Eldar force with thier Wrack passengers ready to fire.

Two Raiders filled with Wracks let loose their Liquefier Guns into the Deff Koptas, turning both pilot and machine into an indistinguishable pile of organs and metal.

Wracks on foot, along side their Heamonculous master, release their Liquefier Gun's acids into the Storm Boyz, fusing flesh and fuel into an explosive conclusion, killing all the Storm Boyz instantly.

One Cronos Parasite Engine misses it's target, and the rebound bounces back onto the Grotesques, wounding one of them in the process!

The Ancient Haemonculi pump thier Grotesques with drugs, and force them into close combat with the Nobs and Ghazghkull!

The combat is bloody. The Grotesques are able to kill one power klaw wielding nob, and wound 6 others, but the mighty Warboss himself brings three Grotesques down with mighty blow after blow. The Grotesques hold combat under the baleful eyes of their Ancient Heamonculi masters.

- Ork Turn 4 -

Killa Kans move further into the heart of the battle.

The Ork Trukk driver decides to take a break and read a Pentork Magazine.

In combat, the Grotesques and Ancient Heamonculi manage to another Power Klaw Ork and an Ork with a Big Choppa. Ghazghkull and his fellow Nobs destroy all the remaining opposition escept for a single Ancient Heamonculous, which is too arogant to know when to fall back, and stays in combat...

- Dark Eldar Turn 4 -

The last Wrack unit on foot embarks into a Raider, and the Raider begins to make a dash to the Objective in the bottom left of the battlefield.

The other two Raiders move into firing position, and blow the wheels off the Trukk, Immobilizing it.

The two Cronos Parasite Engines join the lone Ancient Heamonculous in combat. One more Nob falls to the Cronos' claws. The Ancient Heamonculous dies to Ghazghkull, who has had enough of this foolishness. One of the Cronos Engines takes two wounds into itself from a Power Klaw Nob.

- Ork Turn 5 -

The Big Mek and 'Ard Boyz run into the sunset as they flee off the battlefield.

The Killa Kans finally make it into combat with the two Cronos Parasite Engines.

Both Cronos get destroyed, but not before they put more wounds out into the Nob squad, and kill a Nob. The Nobs and Ghazghkull consolidate into the ruins while the Kans move out.

- Dark Eldar Turn 5 -

One Raider makes it to the Objective in the bottom left corner, and holds it with Wracks aboard.

The two other Raiders move into the Ruins, and spout out 6 Liquefier Gun sprays into the Nob unit, yet only managing to kill the Pain Boy....

Ork Rolls for game end, and the game continues....

- Ork Turn 6 -

Killa Kans move into difficult terrain, fires their Grotzookas at the Raider, but fail to do anything to it.

The Nobs and Ghazghkull charge one of the Raiders in the Ruin, and manage to blow it up. The Wracks shrug off the pain of the explosion with their Feel No Pain.

- Dark Eldar Turn 6 -

The Raider, taking fire from the Killa Kanz, returns Dark Lance fire, blowing one of the walking garbage cans into oblivion.

The Wracks and their Heamonculous spout Liquefier Gun acid all over the Nobs, killing 1 Nob outright. The Wracks and their Heamonculous master in the Raider nearby do the same, and manages to kill one more Nob. Ghazghkull and his two Nobs hold.

The Wracks on foot charge into the last three Orks in the ruins. With their Furious Charge, they kill both Nobs, receiving their third and last Pain Token (the second one was from the Deff Koptas) before Ghazghkull can strike back. Ghazghkull in turn kills 4 Wracks, but now Fearless, the Wracks stand their ground, defiant, to the Ork Warlord of all Warlords!

With Ghazghkull 4" away from the Objective, the Dark Eldar rolls to see if the game ends, and it continues!

- Ork Turn 7 -

The Killa Kanz fire another Grotzooka volley into the Raider, Wrecking it, and sending it's Wrack passengers all over the Objective.

The Wracks manage to wound Ghazghkull twice before having 3 of their own fall to the Ork monster. Once again, the Fearless Wracks hold, shrugging off any further pain.

- Dark Eldar Turn 7 -

Wracks, lead by their Heamonculous master, leap out from a Raider in the ruins, and charge into the lone Warboss....

Ghazghkull falls to the poisons, acids and toxins of the Wracks and Heamonculi....

- Conclusion -

Dark Eldar - 2 Objectives

Orks - 0 Objectives

Victore - Dark Eldar

- Post Game Thoughts -

This is my basic Heamonculi Coven list. I will be working on this list a lot for my future games!

- Unit and Item Opinions -

Liquefier Guns. I won't spoil my other match with this list, but as you can see, these new 'flamers' are powerful. The Liquefier Gun used to be called a Destructor in the 'old' Dark Eldar codex, but only the Heamonculi could wield them. Now that units can wield them in battle, Dark Eldar are now able, for the first time ever, field mass flamers for anti-infantry. Here is the kicker...

Liquefier Guns can kill MEQ and Terminators, unlike any other flamer in the game. Like I said, I won't spoil my match against the Marines, but suffice it to say, you'll see how powerful this Dark Eldar flamer is against MEQ.

Grotesques. I love these guys. It is nice to have something that can only be instant killed by a strength 10 weapon. On paper they look meh, but in practice, my opponents always go "holy crap" and give them a wide berth, or send their strongest CC units after them to kill them. I know people online do not like these guys, but I find them fluff and powerful. Heck, you can arm their leader, the Aberration, with some nasty power weapons. I have not done this yet, but I will in the future.

With Uriel and Furious Charge, these buggers have Strength 7 on the charge. This might prove to be quite nasty as a Tank Killer!

Wracks. I love 'em. They are really nothing special, except for the fact they can carry two Liquefier Guns into combat. Stick a Heamonculous with them, and the entire unit gets Furious Charge at the start of the game! That is pretty nice :)

Cronos Parasite Engine. In this list, I found they are not needed. I start the game with so many pain tokens, that the Cronos is actually a complete waste here. All my units start the game with 2 or 3 Pain Tokens,so the Cronos is just not worth it here. Next time I run this list, I am going to shove two Taloi in here instead.

Please leave me comments, feedback, etc.... I appreciate your participation!

"Old" Battle Report Update and new Widget...

2010-10-27T23:09:00.002-04:00

I got an updated army list for the Tau Empire in my Battle Report located here.

Thank you for the updated list Mjolnirmahkie!

I have also added a little widget to the main page that shows up and coming battle reports that are awaiting the Vassal treatment. Now you know what will be coming up without me posting new posts about it.

Five games coming soon..

2010-10-27T00:37:00.003-04:00

I have the current games waiting to be translated into battle reports....

1500 versus Ultra Marines
1500 versus Ultra Marines
1500 versus Orks
1000 versus Space Wolves
2500 versus Tyranids

Be patient... They'll be updated soon enough!

Dark Eldar Versus Tau - Game 2 of 45

2010-10-24T18:25:00.013-04:00

My second game versus my good friend Mark and his Tau.

Just a few things I need to point out before going on. I do not include everything that happens in my battle reports. So think of my battle reports as a guideline. For instance, you may wonder why a unit does not fire in a turn or two. Either the firing did nothing of importance, i.e. it missed, or I simply forgot to jot down what happened.

If anyone has a question as to why something did or did not happen, please feel free to leave a question or five in your comment. Either I, or my opponent, will answer it for you, if either of us can remember the actual reason behind our actions :)

Also, I am going to try something different. I am going to refer to the players as their Race. People may not know who "I" am when I refer to Dark Eldar. The language might come off odd sounding, and if it bothers people, or helps out, please leave me feedback. I want to make my reports as clear as possible for you all.

1500 Point Battle (I left this out last time. Thank you all for your input!)

- Kabal of the Budding Lotus -

Archon w/ Huskblade, Drug Dispenser, Shadowfield, Soul Trap, Ghostplate Armor

5 Incubi
1 Klavex w/ Demiklaives
Raider w/ Aether Sails, Torment Launchers, Ram

19 Kabalite Warriors w/ 2 Splinter Cannons
1 Syberite

19 Kabalite Warriors w/ 2 Splinter Cannons
1 Syberite

5 Kabalite Warriors w/ Blaster
Raider w/ Ram

5 Kabalite Warriors w/ Blaster
Raider w/ Ram

5 Kabalite Warriors w/ Blaster
Raider w/ Ram

Ravager w/ Night Shield, Flicker Field

Ravager w/ Night Shield, Flicker Field

Ravager w/ Night Shield, Flicker Field

- Tau Force -

HQ Suit (Shas'el) w/ Twin Linked Fusion Blaster, Plasma Rifle, Multitracker, Stim Injector
Bodyguard Suit (Shas'vre) w/Plasma Rifle, Fusion Blaster, Multitracker, Target Array

Crisis Suit w/ Twin Linked Missile Pod, Blacksun Filter, Target Lock
Crisis Suit w/ Twin Linked Missile Pod, Target Array

Crisis Suit w/ Twin Linked Missile Pod, Blacksun Filter, Target Lock
Crisis Suit w/ Twin Linked Missile Pod, Target Array

Crisis Sui (Shas'vi) w/ Twin Linked Fusion Blaster, Target Array
Crisis Sui (Shas'vi) w/ Twin Linked Fusion Blaster

10 Fire Warriors
Shas'vi
Devil Fish, Seeker Missile, Disruption Pod

10 Fire Warriors
Shas'vi
Devil Fish, Seeker Missile, Disruption Pod

10 Fire Warriors
Shas'vi

5 Pathfinders
Shas'vi
Devil Fish, Seeker Missile, Disruption pod

Hammerhead w/ Railgun, Burst Cannons, Blacksun Filter, Multi Tracker, Seeker Missile, Disruption Pod

Hammerhead w/ Ion Cannon, Burst Cannons, Blacksun Filter, Multi Tracker, Seeker Missile, Disruption Pod

- Why I Took My (Dark Eldar) List -

For my games, I will be playing repeat lists against various opponents. This, of course, is so I can gather more information about units against various types of armies. Basically, I want to play a list against a Shootie army, a Close Combat army, and, ugh, MEQ armies.

My opponent has been playing Tau for about 5 years, so he has an idea of how they work.

- Mission and Deployment -

Search and Destroy and Spearhead. Dark Eldar won the Deployment Roll, and Dark Eldar is going first.

We get 3 Objective Markers. Dark Eldar get two, Tau gets one. Tau goes to place his marker in the center of the table, in the Tower, but decides against it. Dark Eldar then places last marker in the Tower anyway.

Objectives in the RL pictures look like Christmas Trees.

- Archon gains +1 Weapon Skill from his Combat Drugs.

- Dark Eldar deploys entire army onto the battlefield, readying for an alpha strike. My plan is to hold the center Objective with my Archon and Incubi, so that the Tau player will be forced to come to me eventually. By doing this, I flip the Tau's entire game plan from defensive to eventually offensive, into situations he does not want to be in.

- Tau deploys defensively, readying himself for the first turn strike.

- Tau places his two suits in his HQ unit in Reserves for Deep Striking.

- Tau attempts to steal the Initiative and fails.

Note - The centerpiece tower counts as both a ruin, on the top floor, and a building. There is a single access point. So to get to the top floor, you either have to 'fly' up there, or enter through the only door on the ground level, which is facing the Tau player.

- Dark Eldar Turn 1 -

Dark Eldar Ravagers move into Alpha Strike positioning. Their goal is to do everything in their power to destroy the Hammerhead toting that nasty Rail Gun. If I can destroy that vehicle, my game will be 100% easier...

Raiders move into 'pounce' positions. The Raider holding my Archon + Incubi heads for the centerpiece tower. If I can secure the tower, I should have the game won, since the tower itself blocks line of sight to infantry sized models. My goal is to keep my HQ up there the entire game, and on turn 5 pour out and destroy everything they can. Getting my Archon + Incubi next to the game's third objective basically won me the game unless the Tau player can pull out some miracles.

One Raider moves to the rear of my deployment zone. I know my opponent loves to Deep Strike his HQ suits behind my lines, and I need to make sure I have to provide him with too many targets to be effective.

Two Ravagers fire their Dark Lances upon the Hammerhead, and Destroy it. One Ravager fires at a suit unit and kills one suit.

Now that the Hammerhead is gone, Dark Eldar needs to focus fire on the suits. Their 'Autocannons" are too deadly to keep around for long.

- Tau Turn 1 -

Not much movement going on. I chose to not represent the movement of the Suits during the Assault phase. This would have made the pictures too confusing, especially since 99% of the time the suits just hop back into their original positions anyway. So yes, the Tau player is using the Assault move every turn with his Suits.

Tau Pathfinders tag the Raider in the Tower with 2 Markerlights.

Fire Warriors fire upon the Ravager at the north of the Battlefield. Because of the Nightshield, they are 3" out of range!

Ionhead (Hammerhead with Ion Cannon) and one Devil Fish fire on the Raider in the Tower. Cover saves made.

Two Suits fire their Missile Pods at a Ravager. 5++ Flicker Field saves the Ravager from two penetrating hits. One glancing hit makes it through. Rolls a 6 and Wrecks the Ravager.

At this point, Tau forgot to fire his Ionhead's secondary weapons. I told him it was perfectly fine to fire the tank's secondary weaponry. Stupid Strength 5 shots Destroy the center Raider due to the Markerlight's -1 to cover and +1 to BS. Thats what I get for being nice, hmph!

Archon and Incubi come flying out. They are not pinned.

- Dark Eldar Turn 2 -

One Raider flies to the top of the Tower and the 5 Warriors disembark in the tower. I position my Blaster from the unit to be able to fire out of the front of the tower in case the Tau gets too close to the tower.

Kabalite Warriors make it to the lower left building, and hunker down for the rest of the game by the Objective. I position my Splinter Cannons towards the 'front/right' of the squad.

Ravagers move into position to start taking the Tau army apart.

First order of business, Suits. Ravager fires at a lone suit, and kills it.

Splinter Cannon shards rip through and kills a 4th Fire Warrior.

Second Ravager fires on a Devil Fish. Killing the enemy mobility is key in Capture and Control. The Devil Fish blows up, and in the process kills 3 Fire Warriors as they come out.

- Tau Turn 2 -

Tau units shuffle around for better firing positions.

Unremarkable turn for Tau. Remarkable turn for Dark Eldar.

Markerlights... Pulse Rifles... Missile Pods.... and an Ion Cannon only manage to destroy Dark Lances off of two Ravagers and the center Raider.

Flicker Fields on the Ravagers save the day, as penetrating hits were ignores, while Glancing hits tore off the Dark Lances.

Bottom Ravager has one Dark Lance, and cannot fire the next turn. Top Ravager has two Dark Lances, but can neither move nor fire next turn. Raider in the center has no weapons and is also immobilized.

I must admit... It was nice to see a Tau player get frustrated by my 5++ saves for once. I am always the one who gets pissed at the Tau's 4+ Cover saves on their vehicles!

Flicker Fields have earned their keep on my Ravagers permanently.

- Dark Eldar Turn 3 -

Like wounded animals seeking shelter to lick their wounds, all my vehicles either go flat out or move to safety behind my one Stunned Ravager.

My Raiders get into position to engage the Tau forces with Kabalite warriors.

Nothing is in range of weapons that are able to fire.

- Tau Turn 3 -

HQ Suit and his Bodyguard Deep Strike and scatter into the open. Tau player uses his Pathfinder's Devil Fish ability, or something like that, and reroll the Scatter dice. Suits land 'safely' into cover.

Fire Warrior unit in cover embark into a Devil Fish, which then moves next to the centerpiece Tower. Tau player is planning on entering the tower, and Rapid Firing my Archon + Incubi Unit to death.

Two Suit units move behind a Devil Fish for cover.

Ionhead fires on the rearmost Ravager, chasing it! Flicker Field deflects a Penetrating hit.

HQ Suits fire on the Stunned Ravager, and manages to blow off a second Dark Lance. Both Ravagers now have one Dark Lance each.

- Dark Eldar Turn 4 -

Dark Eldar repositions Ravagers and one Raider (with 5 Kabalite Warriors in it) behind the Tower.

Raider drops out 5 Kabalite Warriors next to the HQ squad. I rapid fire into the HQ Squad. Tau player lets out an audible sigh. Tau player tells me he is used to opponents assaulting his suits, where his suits actually do better. I tell him I am not stupid, and I would rapid fire his suits to death and stay out in the open then get locked in combat with his suits.

Combined fire from the 5 Kabalite Warriors, and 5 Kabalite Warriors from the hill, including two Splinter Cannons, manages to kill a Suit and wound his HQ suit.

A single Blaster shot from the Kabalite Warriors on the Tower Immobilizes a Devil Fish. Tau players lets out another sigh. Immobilizing this Devil Fish basically destroyed his plans of using it as a mobile cover platform for his two Suit units. Tau player tells me I am too smart for my own good. I tell him that this is the 98th time we have played together over the past 5 years, and that eventually I'd learn his play style!

As you guys out there can see, this is the point in the game where we both begin to take 5, 10, even 15 minutes before making a single decision... We are both in deep thought, and this game just went from Checkers to Chess to Brain Surgery.

With the center objective so hotly guarded by one of the game's best CC unit, every inch counts.

Business just got serious.

- Tau Turn 4 -

It now takes the Tau player around 5 minutes before deciding to move a single unit in the movement phase. He does not like my Splinter Cannons. Also, the ignored unit of Close Combat death in the Tower by the Objective is beginning to worry him as the game comes closer to ending... With his one Devil Fish Immobilized, he also cannot use it to hold the Objective out in the open with the Fire Warrior unit waiting inside.

The Tau player knows he is in a bad spot.

Tau moves his Suits for better positioning for the later turns.

Best the Tau player can do is limit my firepower and mobility.

Markerlights, an Ion Cannon, tons of Strength 5 weaponry, and Plasma Gun shots from his HQ suit Wrecks a Ravager, Destroys a Raider and blows off the last Dark Lance from the last remaining Ravager. Kabalite Warriors jump out of the flaming Raider.

- Dark Eldar Turn 5 -

This is it. Time to counter the Tau's plans as best I can.

Dark Eldar positions the last Ravager, which cannot fire anymore this game, in such a way that the Ionhead cannot contest the Objective marker in the bottom left of the Battlefield.

Dark Eldar moves last mobile Raider out in the open to bait anything. The less that can fire at the important units, the better.

Dark Eldar decides to strike with Archon and Incubi. Archon splits from the Incubi. Archon charges the two Elite Suits while the Incubi charges the Fire warriors on the Objective marker. Both Tau units are decimated. Archon's Huskblade manages to Instant Kill both suits. +1 Pain Token to both units.

Some Splinter Rifle and two Splinter Cannons open up on the lone Tau HQ Suit, and kill it. +1 Pain Token.

- Tau Turn 5 -

Tau's entire game plan now was hoping the game went to Turn 6.

Ionhead moves in position for a Turn 6 Ram or Tank Shock.

Fire Warriors disembark from the last mobile Devil Fish. Devil Fish moves in front of a 5 man Kabalite Warrior unit.

Fire Warriors disembark from the Immobilized Devil Fish.

The last two suits get into firing position.

Devil Fish in the center lets loose a hail of fire, and kills three Kabalite Warriors. The Warriors hold.

Markerlights, Missile Pods and Pulse Rifles blow open the Incubi Armor, decimating all but a single Incubi. The Incubi holds.

20 Pulse Rifle weapons pour out death upon the Archon.

11 Wounds.

On wound number two, the Shadowfield fails... It flickers out of existence as it's power systems overload.

For 9 more wounds, the Archon's Ghostplate soaks up some of the damage, but what penetrates his armor, the Archon shrugs off the pain as if it were from a child's toy. Decades of torture and pain has served to save the Archon.

Between Ghostplate Armor and Feel No Pain, the Archon survives with a single wound left.

Tau player rolls to see if the game ends..... The game continues....

The Tau player smiles...

With a smile of his own, the Archon licks hot, delicious blood off of his lips, and painfully lifts his Huskblade high above his head, and charges the Fire Warriors....

- Dark Eldar Turn 6 -

The Dark Eldar forces go silent... The now pay attention to the lone Archon and lone Incubi.

Screaming in delight, the Archon throws himself into the Fire Warriors. The Archon cuts down 4 Fire Warriors. The Fire Warriors attempt to strike back, but cannot land a single blow. The Fire Warriors break, and with their backs exposed, the Archon slices and dices the remaining warriors.

Without making a single sound, the Incubi swiftly moves into combat with 10 Fire Warriors. The Incubi cuts down 3 Fire Warriors. The Fire Warriors strike back, but the Incubi shrugs off the pain (Feel No Pain). The Fire Warriors break, and the Incubi cuts them all down in retreat.

- Tau Turn 6 -

In desperation, the Tau Tank Shocks the Ionhead through Kabalite Warriors... The Ionhead is 3.1" away from the Objective!

One Devil Fish blows through the foundations of the Tower, and Rams the Raider that has been sitting in place immobilized the entire game. The Devil Fish snaps the weak Raider in two, and places itself within grasp of the objective.

The Immobilized Devil Fish simply turns on it's weapons, and drills holes into the Archon's back, dropping him.

Missiles from the Suits fail to kill the Incubi.

The Suits Charge the Incubi... After a few swift blows, the Incubi stands alone among the husks of bleeding mechanical suits.

Dark Eldar rolls.... and the game ends...

- Conclusion -

Dark Eldar hold one Objective

Tau hold none.

Victor - Dark Eldar

- Post Game Thoughts -

Splinter Cannons are proving themselves to be game winners. Before they were 24" range, but now with 36" and the ability to fire 6 shots, Splinter Cannons have shown to be a real power house.

Flickerfield. This game's MVP by far. Coupled with Nightshields, Flickerfields are just house. My Ravagers will now come stock with Flickerfields and Nightshields. And to think, for the cost of a single Nightshield in the previous Dark Eldar codex, Ravagers now get a 5++ save ontop of the Nightshield. Simply amazing.

Pain Tokens on my Archon and Incubi, giving them Feel No Pain, extended their lives immensely. Ghostplate Armor will now be stock on my Archon. DE players have been wanting a 4+ armor save for our HQs, and we finally got one. Just awesome!

This match was bloody and fun! I don't know what else to say really... The match speaks for itself....

Dark Eldar versus Orks - Game 1 of 45

2010-10-23T12:43:00.001-04:00

Here is the first game, out of 45, I will be playing with the new Dark Eldar.

- Kabal of the Budding Lotus -

Archon w/ Huskblade, Drug Dispenser, Shadowfield, Soul Trap

5 Incubi
1 Klavex w/ Demiklaives
Raider w/ Aether Sails, Torment Launchers, Ram

19 Kabalite Warriors w/ 2 Splinter Cannons
1 Syberite

19 Kabalite Warriors w/ 2 Splinter Cannons
1 Syberite

5 Kabalite Warriors w/ Blaster
Raider w/ Ram

5 Kabalite Warriors w/ Blaster
Raider w/ Ram

5 Kabalite Warriors w/ Blaster
Raider w/ Ram

Ravager w/ Night Shield, Flicker Field

Ravager w/ Night Shield, Flicker Field

Ravager w/ Night Shield, Flicker Field

- Ork Force -

- Why I took my list -

I wanted to try to emulate my old lists from the previous Dark Eldar codex with as much Dark Lance spam as possible to see if it could be done. Yes, it can be done, but my Ravagers went from 3 Disintegrators each to 3 Dark Lances to keep my Dark Lance numbers up.

I wanted to see how effective the new Blaster range would be from Raider platforms.

I took Splinter Cannons so my foot troops could stay mobile while firing, as well as seeing how the new poison rules would work for me.

I did not know who my opponent would be when making this list. I made this list at home and brought it to my local store, The Wizard's Wall. I came across a relatively new player with Orks.

-Mission and Deployment -

Annihilation and Dawn of War. I (Dark Eldar) won the deployment roll, and I decided to go first.

-Deployment -

Archon gains Feel No Pain from his Combat Drugs.

Dark Eldar deployed two Kabalite Warrior units at the 24" Deployment line.

Ork deployed one 'Ard Boy unit, one Nob unit and Ghazgul. Ork places Storm Boyz in Reserve for Deep Striking.

Ork attempted to Steal the Initiative, and failed.

-Dark Eldar Turn 1 -

Dark Eldar moves 3 Ravagers, 3 Raiders w/ Warriors and 1 Raider w/HQ and Incubi onto the battlefield. The HQ Raider is the Raider with the small green based model on it.

Kabalite Warrior units move forward.

NOTE - The Kabalite unit on the far right is actually blocked by a cliff in front of them, represented by the trees. They cannot draw line of sight in front of them, and they failed to move up the cliff face during their movement.

Even with re-rolling night fight, shooting is ineffective.

- Ork Turn 1 -

Ork moves Bigmek onto the battlefield behind his Nob unit, and does not join the Nob unit. Ork moves Trukk, Killa Kans,and Deff Koptas onto the battlefield. 'Ard Boyz move forward into the forest.

Deff Koptas fire at the raider holding the Archon and Incubi, and Destroy it. Archon and Incubi disembark to the left, are not pinned, and take no wounds.

- Dark Eldar Turn 2 -

All Dark Eldar units move forward, except for the Kabalite Warrior unit on the right, which cannot seem to get up the cliff!

Dark Lance fire from the the Ravagers and Raider, along with a Blaster shot or two, manages to destroy the Trukk (which the Ork player was trying to get his Nob unit in next turn!) and Wreck and Destroy two Killa Kans.

Mass Splinter Rifle and Splinter Cannon fire from a Warrior unit tear through the Deff Koptas, killing them all.

- Ork Turn 2 -

Storm Boyz arrive behind Dark Eldar's Ravager and do not scatter.

All Ork units move forward.

Shooting is ineffective.

Orks call WAAAGGH!!

Nob unit lunges forward and engages the Incubi unit. 'Ard Boyz charge and engage Kabalite Warrior unit in the forest.

Archon kills two Nobs with Huskblade, and Incubi kill 2 Nobs thanks to the Demiklaive. Nob Power Klaws, with Ghaz's Power Klaw, destroy the entire Incubi Unit. Archon fails his Shadowfield save and dies.

'Ard Boyz kill 14 Kabalite Warriors. Warriors in turn kill two Orks. Warriors roll double 1's and hold! This is NOT what I the Dark Eldar player wanted at all! Now the Orks would be safe from a turn of shooting... :(

- Dark Eldar Turn 3 -

At this point, I could have easily just moved all my Raiders and Ravagers back and just fired on his remaining forces for the rest of teh game in relative safety. I decided against this for two reasons. First, I knew I had the game won already, so I didn't care about actually winning, but rather making an interesting battle report for you guys. Second, my opponent was a new player, and I refuse to table new players, or make non winnable situations for new players.

So, I decided to make a wagon wheel around the Nob squad with my Raiders and Ravagers and see where the game would go from there. Of course, I knew exactly what would happen, and I am sure it would make my opponent very happy :)

Ravager fires on, and immobilizes, the last Kill Kan.

Kabalite Warriors fire on, and wipe out, the Storm Boyz.

Dark Lance fire from all my vehicles, along with Splinter Weapon fire from inside the Raiders, kill the lone Big Mek and three Nobs from the Nob unit.

In assault, the few remaining Warriors and 'Ard Boyz fight to a stand still. Why? Pain Token on the Warriors gives them Feel No Pain, which saves my butt. This is the ONLY instance of me remembering my Pain Tokens.... After this, I forget about this rule for the rest of the game.

- Ork Turn 3 -

Killa Kan fires on, and Immobilizes, a Raider that moved last turn.

In assault, Nob squad destroys two Raiders, including the Immobilized Raider. Warriors pour out of the Raiders. One lone Kabalite Warrior becomes pinned as he flies out of his Raider.

'Ard Boyz mop up the rest of the Kabalite Warriors in combat.

- Dark Eldar Turn 4 -

Two Ravagers move about.

Dark Lance, Blaster, and Splinter Weapon fire kills the rest of the Nob unit, leaving Ghazgul alive.

Splinter Weapon fire kills 7 'Ard Boyz, but they hold and do not break.

- Ork Turn 4 -

Ghazgul assaults the 5 Warriors, and destroys them. Ghazgul consolidates into the Raider Wreck.

'Ard Boyz assault, and break, the 20 Warriors. 'Ard Boyz consolidate.

This is where I forgot about the Warrior's Pain Token, and didn't use their Feel No Pain. Oh well!

- Dark Eldar Turn 5 -

Being within 6" of the 'Ard Boy unit, my warriors fall back.

The lone Warrior runs into cover, getting away from Ghazgul.

Mass fire from my Ravagers and Raiders deal Ghazgul 3 wounds, and Destroy the last Killa Kan.

At this point, we just decided to end the game. I was too far under on Kill Points to come back, and I didn't feel like chasing 9 'Ard Boyz through a Forest for possibly 3 turns, trying to squeeze out a wipe out victory against my opponent. That is just bad sportsmanship. Now if my opponent was a veteran player, then I would have attempted to wipe him off the board.

- Conclusion -

Dark Eldar - 6 Kill Points

Orks - 8 Kill Points

Victor - !!!Orks!!!

-Post Game Thoughts -

As I mentioned in the battle report, I did not play to win after I realized I could have won early on the game. There was no point. After I destroyed my opponent's only Trukk, there was no way he was going to be able to catch me. Making the game fun for my opponent and my Blog readers was my only goal.

After this game, it felt GREAT being able to fire into hordes with Poisoned Weaponry, and actually be able to do damage.

At this point, I would gladly give up my old Disintegrators for all these poison weaponry!

The ability to finally deal with horde, with our STOCK weapons no less, is just amazing.

Warriors in Raiders is just amazing. With Poison, and the new 18" Blasters, Raiders finally feel like how they should have 12 years ago, flying gun boats!

I am not a fan of the Huskblade so far. Yeah, I instant killed 2 Nobs, but that Strength 3 bothers me a lot.

I forgot about my Pain Tokens the entire game, except for one turn of close combat. I have to get used to these things!

My Imperial Guard and... 43 Games to go!

2010-10-17T21:01:00.001-04:00

I have decided to post some pics of my unfinished Imperial Guard up on The Lounge.

I am kind of shy with my art, so it took me a lot to get these pictures up.

Ossein Phantom Fleet

Also, I have played against Orks and Tau with the new Dark Eldar recently. Monday evening I will post my battle reports!

New Dark Eldar

2010-10-13T10:36:00.000-04:00

I tried in the past to keep this blog open, but I never found reasons to post anything. I don't have a Facebook, I don't Twitter... none of that...

With the new Dark Eldar Codex on the horizon, I have found a reason to blog!

Play 45 games with the new Dark Eldar with as much variation as possible.

- I will be focusing on making 'themed' lists, and playing 15 games for each Theme.
- I will report on my experiences for each game, comparing the 'old' Dark Eldar play style to the 'new' Dark Eldar play style.
- I will take special care to note any changes on strategies and tactics for new Dark Eldar Archons who are joining the ranks of Commorragh for the first time!

My themed lists, all 1500 point, are as follows;

Kabal - Led by Archons and filled with Warrior Ranks. The 'basic' army build for Dark Eldar

Wych Cult - Led by Succubi (maybe even an Archon as an Archite) with Wyches and other Cults.

Heamoculi Coven - Led by the Heamonculi, ordering their ranks of Grotesques and Wracks around the battlefield

At the moment I have no plans on buying tons of Hellions, so I will not be doing a Hellion army for now. If I did, they would fall under a Wych Cult anyway, because I say so, lol.

Specific Army Lists will be made on the spot before my games, so I won't be posting any on here initially. I MIGHT be posting Battle Reports. These will be in Picture/Text format, with only factual information presented, if I choose to post them.

If anyone has any ideas as to what you want to see me test, let me hear it!

My first BoLs Article submission...

2010-05-03T14:24:00.000-04:00

GLEE!

I am excited that I am now a contributing member to the Warhammer 40,000 Gaming Community in some small way.

Dark Eldar Weaknesses

I have started what will probably be a 20 part expose on the Dark Eldar.

Why am I doing this now, after 12 years?

With the the new Codex impending on us this year at some time, I wanted to make sure players got a basic understanding at how the Dark Eldar work as an army. This may help a hobbyist decide to purchase a Dark Eldar collection and enjoy their choice.

'Ard Boyz 2010

2010-05-02T20:05:00.000-04:00

I will be breaking out my Dark Eldar for this years 'Ard Boyz, as I did for last years.

What will I be running this time around? Pretty much the same list, with a modification here and there.

I just love horde Warrior lists. Great for stopping Deep Striking units from getting behind my army, or in placed I deem them not allowed to go :)

New Nid Codex

2009-12-13T02:59:00.000-05:00

With the rumor of Synapse no longer giving models Eternal Warrior.... My Callidus + Weaken Resolve can now instant kill an entire Carnifex brood? Is this true?

I called it :)

It has been a while...

2009-08-27T01:59:00.001-04:00

... since my last post... Oh well... I am not the kind of person who feels the need to update a blog every time I fart.

I am still very much alive, drawing, and getting things done.

In a few weeks I will open up my Miniature Gallery, and start offering my services to fellow miniature hobbyists.

Powdered... Toast... Maaaa- aaaaaaan!!!

Greased Up Deaf Guy - 40k Scenario

2009-07-16T03:35:00.000-04:00

I, and a few other Wizards Wall (my local game store) patrons, are going to be creating a collection of Wizard Wall exclusive scenarios for Warhammer 40k.

Wizards Wall forum found here... Wizards Wall

These scenarios are tested by us, and once they are ready for release, I will post them up here...

Here is the first scenario.... Greased Up Deaf Guy! (more to come each month!)

The four players who tested this enjoyed it very much, as it is a furiously fast paced game even by 40k standards.

Have fun trying to catch those Deaf Guys!

'Ard Boyz Results...

2009-07-11T23:33:00.001-04:00

Okay, Kabal of the Budding Lotus....

Mission 1 - Versus Space Marines. Tabled on turn 6. Massacred, 24 points.

Mission 2 - Versus Space Marines. Massacred, 23 points.

Mission 3 - Versus Double Lash Plague Marine list. Massacred, 22 points.

69 points total.

Top 3 in the Melbourne, Florida area....

1 - Dark Eldar
2 - Orks
3 - Orks

See ya in Orlando :)

2500 point 'Ard Boyz Dark Eldar army list

2009-06-30T23:34:00.000-04:00

Archon + all the trimmings
2 Warriors w/ dark lances
2 Incubi
Drazhar master of blades
Raider w/ horror and trophy

10 Mandrakes

9 Wyches w/ all the trimmings
1 Succubus w/Goblet, Combat Drugs, Agoniser, Poison Blade, Crucible, HG
Raider /w Horror, Trophy

9 Wyches w/ all the trimmings
1 Succubus w/Combat Drugs, Agoniser, Poison Blade, HG, Trophy, Angel
Raider /w Horror, Trophy

5 Warriors w/ DL and Blaster
Raider /w Horror, Trophy

5 Warriors w/ DL and Blaster
Raider /w Horror, Trophy

20 Warriors w/ 2x DL and 2x Blasters
20 Warriors w/ 2x DL and 2x Blasters
20 Warriors w/ 2x DL and 2x Blasters
20 Warriors w/ 2x DL and 2x Blasters

3x Ravagers w/ 3x Dissies

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Just an hour ago at my LGS I used the DE list I posted above against a Nurgle/Slaneesh Double Lash list.

I tabled my opponent turn 4. We played the first scenario for the 'Ard Boyz.

Drazhar, Master of Blades is just one giant bad ass. He was ripping through Plague Marines like candy, plus, his ability to switch spots with my Archon after he lost his Shadow Field kept him alive an extra turn.

I never used Drazhar once in 11 years, but now I am going to make room for him in all my Kabal lists. He is just too good.

Update....

2009-06-27T06:00:00.001-04:00

I have been very busy as of late with some computer games I have been working on. plus, I have been playing 40k much more often recently in about a year of hiatus from gaming.

Been kicking ass with my Dark Eldar, which isn't anything new since I am the self titled 'best Dark Eldar' player on the face of this mud ball. I can't lose a game if I tried.

The game I am currently working on as both artist and co-designer is Leaiva Online. This is a 2D mmorpg which will have over 40 different 'classes' a player can choose from.

Come join up!

On a side note, I have been banned from another xenophobic 40k site, yet again. What else is new. Shame too because the knowledge of Dark Eldar on that site from the posters was piss poor at best.

Any-who, I am also still doing art for some magazines, and other various online things.

Dwarven Scribe

2009-05-23T00:32:00.001-04:00

Finished a piece for a Skaven Webzine issue coming out later this year.

Tau Empire Art : Wt'ail, the Diplomat

2009-05-17T01:49:00.000-04:00

Another Battlefleet Gothic Tau. This time a Water Caste Diplomat Wt'ail.

Battlefleet Gothic Tau Coommander, Sheva's

2009-05-13T15:39:00.000-04:00

Here is another Tau leader. This Tau has close ties to the Fire Caste.

Tau Commander Picture

2009-05-13T05:39:00.000-04:00

As I am now helping with a WebMag with its imagery, I decided it was best to go back to an older style of mine, Fake-Vector. I forgot how fun it was to use this style, and I think I am going to stick with it for a while.

My latest piece, Tau Commander

Tactica : Psyker Battle Squads and Assassins

2009-05-11T16:07:00.000-04:00

Charlie-Eagles recently posted in my blog about the usefulness of the PBS and Assassins, so here is my opinion on the subject...

charlie-eagles said...

I'm surprised you've only looked at combining the psyker squad with callidus or inquisitor, another crazy thing is using it with the culexus assassin: having a assault 2 +1 for every psyker within 12" animus speculum... say 18+ of your own psykers? =20+ AP 1 shots. Best thing about that is the psykers don't even have to do anything for it... you can use them for some other nasty combo at the same time (IE: divine pronouncement).
Anyone got any thoughts on the best ways to play against the psyker squad? ('hammer of witches' for example)

Well, it may seem like I have over looked the Culexus Assassin, but I didn't. Its just that everyone and their mother around the net is sucking on that teat a little to hard for my tastes.

Lets break down the difference between the Culexeus and the Callidus. We are going to assume you are using the weapon at it's maximum strength? Maximum strength means the Culexus is near 18 psykers for its maximum assault possbility, and the Callidus is wounding against Toughness 2 due to Weaken Resolve and the Neural Shredders LD to T switching ability.

Culexus Animus Speculum
12" S5 AP1 Assault 20

Callidus Neural Shredder
Template S8 AP1 Assault 1

Range - They are both roughly equal here.

Strength - The NS will be hitting against T2 targets (because of Weaken Resolve), so it will be causing Instant Death. Also, it will be wounding most everything in the game on a 2+. Instant Killing multiple wound models on a 2+? Yes please!

AP1 - Same here.

Firing Mode - Here the winner clearly goes to the Culexus for its 20 shots (because of 18 Psykers nearby). Even the NS cannot hope to hit half as many models on a good day.

So what we have here are two weapons roughly equal in killing power and utility. So where then does one outshine the other? In the Assassin itself.

The Culexus Assassin

Lets be honest here... The Culexus is so specialized in a game where Pyskers are not the norm, that you will not be using any, if all, its abilities during the game.

As a matter of fact, to be able to get those 20 shots off, you need two Pysker Battle Squads wholly within 12" for the gun to get its 20 shots. At best, you can have the two pysker squads inside Chimeras driving along side the Assassin within 12".

So for the Assassin to be effective, you need to drive your Psyker Squads up in the enemy's face. Once your opponent knows this trick, good luck getting both Chimeras into your enemy's line past the first turn without getting blown to bits by everything he has.

Should I even mention that your Psyker Squads will be LD 7 during this? Heaven forbid they get blown out of their Chimeras. They might get pinned easier than normal. Plus, trying to pass their Psyker Tests has just dropped from "just about always" to "Flip a coin".

The Callidus Assassin

The Callidus. first off, has 'A Word In Your Ear'. So awesome this power is. Really.

But the strength with this assassin the the safety of your Psykers AND the assassin due to Polymorhpine. With this ability, you can target ANY unit you want to kill on the board.

Weaken Resolve at 36" + The perfect landing from orbit the Assassin does means you WILL be able to kill a powerful unit without your opponent being able to do anything about it. Unless he has Mystics of course :)

This means you can hide and keep safe your Psykers, and only use them when you need them.

This is FAR better than driving two Chimeras next to a lone assassin the entire game.

Then the assassin has the C'tan Sword, a free shitty Poison attack, and Jump back. All very useful. Well, except the Poison attack lol.

How To Fight Psyker Battle Squads

This really isn't all that difficult, and how you do it will vary on the mission, objectives and individual game situations, but, just shoot them up or assault the crap out of them.

If your opponent is using the PBS + Callidus, well, kill that Chimera fast, otherwise kiss your 10 Biker Nobs, Seer Council, Plague Marines, etc good bye.

If your opponent is running a PBS+ Callidus and/or Divine Pronouncement combo(s) you need to kill those Psykers ASAP before anything else! Otherwise you are not going to enjoy your game at all.

So there you have my opinions on both Assassins and their uses with the Psyker Battle Squad. Even against Psykers, I would rather just drop in the Callidus and auto kill the unit in one fell swoop, instead of trying to use the Culexus and dodging fire, all the while trying to get your three units within 12" of a Seer Council :)

Ossein Phantom Fleet Platoon Commander

2009-05-10T21:42:00.000-04:00

Just finished an image of one of my Imperial Guard models.

Khorne Berserker Art Finished

2009-05-09T19:26:00.001-04:00

Finished my first 'real' 40k piece, a Khorne Berserker. I have doodled and dabbled with 40k art before, but this is my first finished piece.

Website Update #2

2009-05-06T18:41:00.000-04:00

I have finished the Character section of the Assfolio. I will be working on the Game and Miniature section in the next few days.

Bear with me as I get the website finished. Ignore broken links :)

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Imperial Guard Psyker Power Rocks!

2009-04-25T01:11:00.000-04:00

After testing my various army builds over the past few weeks against some friends, I have come to the conclusion that the Imperial Psyker Battle Squad is the single, most powerful unit in the IG army by far.

Here are some things I have done with the Psyker Squad so far, in no particular order;

1) WR + DP = Turn 1, 15 strong Necron Warrior unit with Lord forced off the board.
2) WR + NS = Turn 4, Callidus kills 8 Plague Marines, and finishes off the rest in close combat, taking a super tough unit off an objective
3) WR + NS = Necron Lord and Immortals Deep Strike near my lines. Next turn, Callidus shows up, and all but 1 Immortal and Lord killed. Perma-fall back.
4) WR + NS = Callidus kills 7 Nob Bikers, forces fall back off table.
5) WR + Shooting = Forcing a Morale Check from shooting usually means death to a unit
6) WR + Pur = Guaranteed way of dropping an IC's LD to 3 for entire game. Worked great on Marine Commander after Callidus killed entire retinue with Neural Shredder.
7) WR + DP = Got a 20 something strong Kroot unit out of a forest and off object, securing the win for me.

WR = Weaken Resolve
DP = Divine Pronouncement
NS = Neural Shredder
Pur = Purgatus

When I use these combinations the games are pretty much not fun for me, and especially my opponent. But I can imagine the Tournament fun you can run with these guys.

So far, the most potent base for a Psyker Army I have come across consists of;

1 Inquisitor Lord w/ DP and random Retinue
1 Callidus Assassin
10 Psyker Battle Squad (with or without Chimera. I use a Chimera for protection)
10 Psyker Battle Squad (with or without Chimera. I use a Chimera for protection)

What else can you come up with?

Website coming along...

2009-04-23T02:03:00.000-04:00

Listen up skraggers,

Work on my website is nearly done. It will be bare bones at first, but will eventually, over time, evolve into my full fledged studio location.

1500 Imperial Guard Psyker Army

2009-04-14T20:55:00.000-04:00

Sup Skrags,

My first post is going to be a work in progress list fer my Imperial Guard army.

This army uses Ally Rules from the Witch Hunter's Codex, and uses some potent Psykers from both books for a themed army based around powerful Psykers.

Head Quarters

Primaris Psyker - Join him to one of the Psyker Battle Squads or the Inquisitor in Land Raider for added Nightshroud protection!

Ordo Hereticus Inquisitor Lord
Psychic Hood, Psyocculum, Auspex, Psi-Tracker
Familiar x 2
Devine Pronouncement - After a Psyker Squad drops a units leadership, hit the unit with this to make them essentially auto fall back.
Purgatus - Want to insta kill an independant character? Drop it's leadership to 3, and hit him with the Neural Shredder.
Word of the Emperor - Always good to defend yourself against enemy units.

Land Raider - After a Psyker Squad drops a units leadership, Tank Shock all game long!
Smoke Launcher

Elites

Psyker Battle Squad (10) - Drop either pie plates of death or leaderships down to nothing.

Psyker Battle Squad (10) - Drop either pie plates of death or leaderships down to nothing.

Callidus Temple Assassin - Neural Shredder is great for insta-killing leadership dropped multi-wound units and ICs. Great for Ork Biker Nobs!

Troops

Platoon Command Squad
Sniper Rifles x 3 - Pin those LD 2 units!

Commissar
Infantry Squad
Infantry Squad
Infantry Squad
Lascannon

Platoon Command Squad
Sniper Rifles x 3 - Pin those LD 2 units!

Commissar
Infantry Squad
Infantry Squad
Infantry Squad
Lascannon

Fast Attack

Sentinel w/ Lascannon
Sentinel w/ Lascannon
Sentinel w/ Lascannon

With the ability to take Allies from both Demonhunters and Witch Hunters, making this list was very fun, and the possibilities are endless!!! I made, like, five lists, but decided to mess with this one at my local gaming store.

The Army is a gimmick army, and its for a fun time, but, it can be pretty deadly given the right situation.

The idea of the army is to use the Psyker Battle Squads to their full potential. Keeping them screened behind my Commissar-stubborn Infantry Blocks will give them increased survivability. Or march them behind the Land Raider.

The Primaris Psyker can join whatever unit he wishes, usually one of the Psyker Squads, and give them some Nightshroud lovin'. Or join him up with the Inquisitor to give the Land Raider Nightshroud.

Here is where the idea of the army comes into play....

By dropping the leader ship of enemy units down to a pile of crap each turn from the two Psyker Battle Squads, you are given a plethora of choices to mess with your opponent.

1) You can use your Inquisitor Lord's abilities to either make units fall back or drop an enemy Independent Character's leadership down to 3 for the whole game.

2) You can use your sniper rifles to stop enemy units from doing anything each turn if you can manage to get a wound in. Remember that each sniper shot makes the unit take a test, so multiple wounds from sniper rifles will incur multiple tests.

3) When your Callidus Assassin becomes available, using your Neural Shredder will insta-kill any unit with a dropped leadership. So if you are able to, drop that Ork Biker Nob's Leadership to 2 (or 4), hit them with the Neural Shredder, and watch the entire mob disappear in a poof! Of course this only works when the Callidus becomes available, but when she does, bye bye unit!

4) A Word In Your Ear is always a wonderful tool, and can set up an enemy tank to be blown up at the start of the game by your bevvy of Lascannons. If you can manage it, you can position an enemy unit to be first turned 'leadership-mushed + pinned'.

5) Drop a unit's Leadership then Tank Shock it all game long!

6) Heck, dropping a unit's leadership and hitting that unit with mass Lasgun fire will ensure the unit is running away in a hurry!

7) Many great ways to rape your opponent's leadership to get his units off the objectives!

So between your Psyker Battle Squad and your Inquisitor's ability to dork-down unit and independent character's leadership down to nothing, you should have no problem abusing your opponent's Leadership for fun!

I gave the Inquisitor some anti-Psyker stuff to make sure armies like Eldar will have a tough time keeping their vehicles invincible the entire game.

Remember, you can also use a Culexus Assassin instead of a Callidus. This is a bit tricky to do since he will drop your units down to leadership 7, but, if you can pull of the awesome power of 10 - 20 shots with it's Animus Speculum, you will kill almost any non-heavy vehicle unit in the game.

Just imagine... A 10 man strong Psyker Battle Squad in a Chimera, with a Culexus Assassin hiding behind the Chimera. And then BAM! Assassin jumps out and lays 10+ shots into some poor, dead unit.

Later Skrags.