Wednesday, February 27, 2013

Goatboy - Tournament Weekend!

I got my final list.  It has some tricks and brute force aspects to it.  Beyond that - I will most likely be messing with CSM & Demons for the next few months until after Adepticon.  It should be a lot of fun.  The rumors are sounding insane and I can't wait to throw down with the gibbering horde.  And it will be a horde army if done right.  It will make Nids feel kind of sad though.

With that - let's look at the list for this weekend.  I packed it up already so it won't be changing for the weekend.  Will see how nutty it works.  The event is the Railhead Rumble.

HQ: Typhus
HQ: Daemon Prince, Wings, Power Armor, MoN, The Black Mace
HQ: Necron Overlord, Warscythe
HQ: Cryptek X 2, Harbringer of the Storm, Harbringer of Despair, Veil of Darkness
Troops: Zombies X 30
Troops: Zombies X 10
Troops: Zombies X 10
Troops: Necron Warriors X 5, Night Scythe
Troops: Immortals X 10, Tesla, Night Scythe
FA: Heldrake, Baleflamer
FA: Heldrake, Baleflamer
Heavy: Annihilation Barge
Fortification: Aegis Defense Line, Commlinks

1850 -

It has the brute force of 5 flyers, anti horde with the DP, flamers to remove hidden assholes, and some teleport tricks to get line breaker if needed.  Typhus is my Warlord due to the nature of hiding him to keep from losing it.  The Daemon Prince will be dead most games.

I went with Commlinks because the event is known to have big terrain and I haven't had much luck with the quad gun.  It dies first turn if it is a threat and if it isn't it is kind of worthless.  Plus you can terrain lock it if you are a dick.  Plus with 4 Reserve rolls it will help to make it or at least try to turn it off for a turn if need be.

So yeah - will see how it works.  It at least looks alright with only a few off models in the mix.  I think  I am just waiting for Demons.

I have 30 new Horrors, 9 Screamers, and some DP's.  I kind of want to look at the new Greater Demons as I think they will be helpful.  It all depends on what we end up finding to be good.  I have a feeling I will be buy a ton more plastic demons.  Jerks!

Some painted models to look at as well.

Random Resin dude.

My other Cryptek.  The Teleport guy.

Some gross Cultists/Zombies.

Look for lots more to chat about with Demons coming out.  Woohoo!

Sunday, February 24, 2013

Sorry its been quiet

I was machining through some painting, trying for a new job at work, and just trying to figure out my list for next week.  I've decided to just go mean and go with a CSM/Cron list to play them.  It feels right and I only plan on swapping out one thing maybe - the Sorcerer or Chaos Lord.  What do you think?

Welp here is the list - then the two extra choices I could change.

HQ: Typhus
HQ: Sorcerer Lord, Bike, Power Maul, Force Axe, Lvl 3, Spell Familiar, Veteran
HQ: Necron Lord, Warscythe, Mind Shackle Scarabs, Weave
HQ: Retinue - Storm Cryptek
Troops: Zombies X 35
Troops: Zombies X 10
Troops: Zombies X 10
Troops: Warriors X 5, Night Scythe
Troops: Immortals X 10, Telsa, Night Scythe
FA: Heldrake, Bale Flamer
FA: Heldrake, Bale Flamer
FA: Chaos Spawn X 5, MoN
Fortification: Aegis Line, Commlink

I could change out the Sorcerer lord for a MoK Chaos Lord with fun stuff for the same cost and then I have 30 points to amp up the Necron Lord.  Blargh!

But this should be mean and good enough to win most games I hope.  Dakka this you jerks!  I should hit 4 flyers on Turn 2 which could hurt a lot of armies.  Fun times.

Paint list

Me
Plastic Dudesmen - need to get a script
10 new Cultists

Jens
40 Cultists - Done!
Typhus - Done!
Zombies - Need to do 30
1 Warpsmith - Need to finish putting and building on a base.
2 Pieces of Art - Drawn!
I probably won't get all of it done but it is great to give me hope

Luis
I need to do some Dark Angel stuff to finish off and then a new project will come in too.  Fun fun fun.

That is it - I am off to Railhead this weekend with some local friends.  Will see how it goes.  I should do fine and I am really just looking forward to playing Demons in a few weeks.  I think I will bring CSM/Demons for Adepticon so I am excited.  Shit I have had 2 armies come in the last few months.  Killing my wallet.

Ok - models to show and then I crash out.  It is going to be a week before I get a vacation throwing dice.

Typhus painted to match an army.

Too many puppies!!!

I also painted some Necron stuff quick for a guy I work with.  Didn't get pics but they will be pissing people off next weekend at a local event.  Woohoo!

Ok that is it for now I am crashing out.


Sunday, February 17, 2013

Goatboy - Tick Tock - Tournament Clock

Blargh - too much to try and figure out.  I am just trying to build out a list I can have fun with and I won't lose too many friends.  Blargh!  I did get my dragon to come off its base easier - so it will be ok to have in a bag. I grabbed a Sword bag from Battle Foam as it should fit my army and be small enough to not piss me off for tournaments.  Ughs...

Let's get a paint list out of the way - then army lists and finally some models eh?

Paint List

Me
Plastic Dudesmen - 101 - got one drawn - need to get dialogue to fit better and double a panel.  It should work alright in the end as I thought it was fun.  But I will always have my haters.
Maybe a new custom dragon?  I want to do one out of a Storm Talon.  It keeps burning in my head.
Thinking of working up a card/sheet to mark down opponents stuff/warlord etc Magic powers.  

Luis
4 Robed Vets - Done
2 Jump Pack Guys - Done
1 Random Metal Dude - Done
Probably more vets and other guys - Not built yet.

Mike
Dakkajet - Done this weekend!

Jens
10 Cultists - Done
10 More - Getting built now
10 More - maybe?
1 Banner - Drawn need to color
1 Character sketch - need to draw

So who knows what else will come up this week.  I finished off the Mantic Dreadball teams last week. I am also trying to break down lists.  Ugh...

List 1
Typhus and Abbadon Fun Times
HQ: Abbadon
HQ: Typhus
Troops: Zombies X 32
Troops: Zombies X 32
Troops: Zombies X 10
Troops: Zombies X 10
FA: Heldrake, Baleflamer
FA: Heldrake, Baleflamer
FA: Chaos Spawn X 5, MoN
Heavy: Obliterators X 3, MoN
Heavy: Obliterators X 3, MoN

It sounds fun - it might be ok.  I could drop the one Spawn for 3 dragons.  But... blargh!

List 2 
Typhus plus the Beat Stick
HQ: Typhus
HQ: Chaos Lord, MoK, Juggernaut, Sigil of Corruption, Axe of Blind Fury, Veteran of the Long War,

Troops: Zombies X 35
Troops: Zombies X 35
Troops: Zombies X 10
Troops: Zombies X 10

FA: Heldrake, Baleflamer
FA: Heldrake, Baleflamer
FA: Chaos Spawn X 5
Heavy: Obliterators X 3, MoN
Heavy: Havocs X 5, Autocannon X 4, Veterans of the Long War
Heavy: Havocs X 5, Autocannon X 4, Veterans of the Long War
Fortification: Aegis Defense Line, Quad Laser

This one is just an interesting tweak from the above list.  Drop Abbadon to get a Juggernaut to run around.  Plus it has two dragons and guns to remove flyers.

List 3
CSM/Orks
HQ: Chaoslord, MoK, Juggernaut, Sigil of Corruption, Axe of Blind Fury, Veteran of the Long War, Meltabomb
HQ: Sorcerer Lord, Lvl 3, Bike, Sigil of Corruption, Force Stave, Spell Familiar, Veteran of the Long War
HQ: Big Mek, KFF
Elites: Lootas X 10
Troops: Cultists X 10
Troops: Cultists X 10
Troops: Shoota Boyz X 30, Rokkits X 3
Troops: Shoota Boyz X 30, Rokkits X 3
FA: Heldrake, Baleflamer
FA: Chaos Spawn X 5, MoN
FA: Chaos Spawn X 5
Heavy: Havocs X 5, Autocannons X 4, Veterans of the Long War
Heavy: Havocs X 5, Autocannons X 4, Veterans of the Long War

This one feels alright - it has a good deal of bodies and the two spawn bombs should be fun.  I should be able to hurt Necron flyers by the sheer amount of shooting I can pump out to remove them.  Plus I have two engage units that will get into their zones and taking stuff.

List 4
Orks/CSM
HQ: Big Mek, KFF
HQ: Weirdboy, Warphead
HQ: Typhus
Elites: Lootas X 10
Troops: Shoota Boyz X 30, Rokkits X 3
Troops: Shoota Boyz X 30, Big Shoota X 3
Troops: Shoota Boyz X 30, Big Shoota X 3
Troops: Plague Zombies X 30
FA: Dakkajet, Supa Shoota X 3, Fighta Ace
FA: Dakkajet, Supa Shoota X 3, Fighta Ace
FA: Heldrake, Bale Flamer
Heavy: Big Guns X 3, Runtherd
Heavy: Big Guns X 3, Runtherd

This is one of those mass lists.  The issue is do I want to play 5 games with this nonsense?

Or do I play what I threw down with over a tournament weekend?  It isn't a ton of models - but it doesn't leave a lot to desire for engaging and working etc.  I think it is pretty good and just needs a small bit of work to make it hum.

List 5
CSM/Orks
HQ: Demon Prince, Wings, Power Armor, MoN, Black Mace
HQ: Demon Prince, Wings, Power Armor, MoN
HQ: Big Mek, KFF, Cybork Body, Bosspole
Elites: Lootas X 10
Troops: Cultists X 10
Troops: Cultists X 10
Troops: Shoota Boyz X 30, Rokkits X 3, Nob, Big Choppa
Troops: Shoota Boyz X 30, Rokkits X 3
FA: Heldrake
FA: Heldrake, Baleflamer
FA: Heldrake, Baleflamer
Heavy: Big Guns X 3, Runtherder

So right now there is nothing I need to paint - it is just what I decide to shove in a bag and show up with.  Do I want to play a horde?  Ugh... too much to think about.

Enough of this - let's look at some minis.

The start of 40 jerks to paint up.  Yeah I know there are two "leaders" in there.  I just grabbed 10 to do.

Woohoo - more Dark Angels on a lava planet.  More to come.

Zoom zoom - I think I have done 5 of these so far.  Hooray!



Monday, February 11, 2013

Monday Post - Back on track.

Woohoo - got a tournament in March and then April is Adepticon.  I think I will run something a bit nicer for March and look at April as my donkey puncher list.  Will see. I am currently going for a new job at the company I work at too so my week is a lot of fun.  Woohoo!

Or I just play a massed army of orks who run around and cause issues.  I have fun with it as I think the army looks good on the table top. Decisions!  it would be easier to drive with Orks instead of flying with them.  Blargh.

Paint list first - then Army lists.

Me
Autocannon Havocs X 5 - Done!
Zombies X 10 - Done! - Activated 35 jerks!  I win!
Weirdboy # 2 - Want to buy the little Goblin guy - I think it will look cool
Plastic Dudesmen #101 - WTF a 101?  Hooray pissing off commentors! - Done!

Luis
2 Rhinos - Done!
Random Guys - Need to build!!!
More random stuff too - waiting to get it in!

BOLS
Dreadball guys - starting on the ork team tonight!

Who knows what else as I will always be busy.with some nonsense.  It is my life haha.

Lists - lord - what to play for Railhead?  I don't know how far I should go and if I want to just make for annoying games till I play something rough or just try to do my best with options all over.  Blargh!  Plus I need to get the hotel room settled.

Nicer/Balanced/etc

HQ: Abbaddon
HQ: Typhus
Troops: Plague Zombies X 32
Troops: Plague Zombies X 32
Troops: Plague Zombies X 10
Troops: Plague Zombies X 10
FA: Heldrake, Baleflamer
FA: Heldrake, Baleflamer
FA: Chaos Spawn X 5, MoN
Heavy: Obliterstors X 3, MoN
Heavy: Obliterstors X 3, MoN

Two Dragons might be too much - but it has a lot of just bodies with some Spawn and Obliterators.  I could drop the Dragon for 5 more spawn to create a fast batch of killing.  Ughs. It is a rip off of the list by jy2 off of Dakka.  Hopefully I get a chance to meet him sometime as I like his lists and his overall play style.  I could drop one of the Bale Flamers for an Autocannon - but I don't think I need it.  Still - I could drop some Oblits for Havocs as well.  Lots to think about.

I could always play my Ork horde too.  I just need to paint one more Weirdboy to complete it.

HQ: Weirdboy, Warphead
HQ: Weirdboy, Warphead
Elites: Lootas X 10
Troops: Shoota Boyz X 30, Big Shoota X 3, Nob
Troops: Shoota Boyz X 30, Big Shoota X 3, Nob
Troops: Shoota Boyz X 30, Rokkits X 3
Troops: Shoota Boyz X 30, Rokkits X 3 
FA: Dakkajet, Supashoota X 3, Fighta Ace
FA: Dakkajet, Supashoota X 3, Fighta Ace
FA: Dakkajet, Supashoota X 3, Fighta Ace
Heavy: Big Guns X 3, Runherder
Heavy: Big Guns X 3, Runherder
Heavy: Big Guns X 3, Runherder 
Aegis Defense Line, Quad Gun

This one is the Chore list - to play and play against.  Still it shoots a lot.  I would need a dice box to roll stuff with this nonsense.  And it just seems most armies will have an issue against it as well.  GK Land Raiders might be a problem - but that is life right?

I am leaning towards orks because it is a local event (driving) so I don't mind taking all of this.  CSM will have to be tweaked to fit in a bag (stupid conversion on one of my dragons).  Blargh.  What should I do?

Here are images to talk about.

Zombies! - this makes 35 Red Armored zombies!


Chaplain for Luis.  Used this to let me jump back in after taking a small break.  This was a lot of fun and a nice crisp style.
Second FW Autocannon squad.  Conversions with the Chosen. Not sure when I will use this too.


Luis's Rhino - 2 of them.  Woohoo!


Grey Knights for a quick Tier 1+ job.  Basic 3 layer metal and then 3 layer gold.  Fun times.

Tuesday, February 5, 2013

Goatboy - Tuesday Late - Tourney Report, Lists, Paint stuff, etc



This week I took a bit of a break as I plan on starting up heavy again this weekend.  40+ bases will do that to you and make you just want to breath a bit.  This week will see me send out stuff, get other things done, and wait on some new pieces to come in.  Fun times indeed.

I played a tournament this past weekend and ended up taking it in the end.  I won all 3 games and had a nice high paint score to push me ahead of some of the scoring issues from the first round.  Too many points to get and it does leave you with too much of hole to dig out of and get towards the top even though you win.  Of course this is the argument for w/l/d but when you only have a 3 round event with 20 people you can't do it that way.  It is the constant battle between the events and personally I like a well designed Tournament utilizing limiting factors on the battle point front.  It is just me.  We are working on it and will get it right for the next wargames con.

So with that - let's go over my games.  The event was 1850 and the missions were combos of the book missions.  Here is the list I brought - it is not a nice list and next event it will be toned down.  You will see in my reports etc.

HQ: Daemon Prince, MoN, Wings, Armor, Burning Brand
HQ: Daemon Prince, MoN, Wings, Armor, The Black Mace
HQ: Big Mek, KFF
Elites: Lootas X 10
Troops: Cultists X 10
Troops: Cultists X 10
Troops: Shoota Boyz X 30, Rokkits X 3
Troops: Shoota Boyz X 30, Rokkits X 3
FA: Heldrake
FA: Heldrake, Bale Flamer
FA: Heldrake, Bale Flamer
Heavy: Big Guns X 3, Runtherd

Rd 1 - Joe from Killeen with a Marine Biker army.  2 Blobs of biker marines as troops, Librarian on a bike, Razorback with combat squad tactical squad, 2 3 man groups of Attack bikes, the Captain had a Relic blade with storm shield, and a Storm Talon.

Mission - Emperor's Will (2 objectives), Big Guns never Tire - 6 Objectives - Set up was the Triangle one

Joe is from Killeen which is not too far from Texas.  Nice guy with a really nicely painted Dark Angels style marine army.  He didn't want to play DA yet as he doesn't have all the models painted.  He took the first turn and shot up some orks.  I tried to get a DP into his Librarian bike unit, he failed his charge and was sitting on 3 wounds.  Shooting didn't kill him but the assault took off his last wound.  I killed 5 Bikers before hand but I took the last krak grenade in the gonads.  I killed the rest of his army with 3 dragons and the other DP went ahead and started chewing through his bike squads.  The fat end of my army is hard to get rid of especially when you take a few turns to remove dragons and Demon Princes.  I lost a Demon Prince (Black Mace), some orks, and a squad of Cultists who got flamed by the avenger and ran off the table.

Points to me - 15 - Line Breaker, Kill the Warlord, Emperors Will, 3 Objectives - Set up was Dawn of War

Rd 2 - Kevin - local guy who has a cool dragon conversion as well. He was playing Chaos with 2 Chaos lords - one MoN with Lit Claw and Powerfist and the other MoK on a Juggernaut with bits.  He had two biker squads with them, 2 Maulerfiends, 2 10 Man Cultists, Plague Marines with a rhino and 2 regular Marine squads with rhinos.  And a dragon as well. 

Mission - FA scoring one and Kill points

I won this one by a lot and it all came down to Kevin's inability to kill a Demon prince camping on one of his 3 point objectives.  I had the 4 point one on my side and the fat butted orks to hold it.  I stuffed his bikers a bit and just kept him from getting into my squishy orks.  His dragon took awhile to down but mine all lived and flew around the table causing problems.  One DP ate it to his juggernaut lord who then died to Shootas.  His other lord didn't survive the constant shooting as he tried to engage. A Maulerfiend survived a squad of Lootas shooting at him, more missiles and a failed assault to get in and start chewing up orks.  It is one of the better things that ork do with holding on and keep fearless.  Unless the enemy has a massive amount of attacks you will be there awhile.  I left Kevin with the Mauler fiend, 1 Plague marine, and 10 Chaos Marines.  I lost some orks, Lootas (failed bait), and a Demon Prince (Brand one).

Points to me - 25 - I got a lot as I  got 3 objectives and a crap ton of Kill points plus all those VP from killing his 3 FA.

Rd 3 - Tim - Killeen guy with Necron Flying circus.  5 Scythes w/ Gauss Immortals(?), 2 Doom Scythes, Destroyer Lord, Immotek, Chrono Crpytek, and 4 Wraiths (maybe 5).  This was a mean list and the joke was I should play him with my flyers. 

Mission - Relic and Emperor's will - Set up was the Football field one.

Tim had a nicely painted Necron army and it was a brutal list.  I set up in a building with Lootas and cannons and just had to wait for him to come through.  I went first which hurt as it mean his flyers were going to respond to me.  He killed all my dragons and one DP (Brand) but I was able to slowly whittle him down and use my Black Mace DP (shrouding is hot in fortified terrain) to eat his units near his Emperor's will token.  I got lucky getting wounds through his Destroyer Lord and taking him out when he got into the ork blob holding the Relic.  I took it back after killing his guys and held on to it in the end.  I think I only killed a few Scythes but got rid of all but one Cryptek as his troops and killed both Warlords.

Points - 15 for me. woohoo.

I ended up winning the event by having a fully painted army.  The top table did not have fully painted options (one guy is in law school so no time and the other is a Golden Demon quality painter - so not enough time to finish all of it) so I was able to get ahead to win in the end.  I was like 5 to 6 points ahead of them with my paint score.  I got a new Chaos Lord model from WoC (painted down below too).

My thoughts on the army?  It was not a "fun" army to play against and not too exciting to play.  I didn't have to think a lot most of the time and even though I made mistakes with my DP's I still was able to pull out ahead with my dragon domination and my ability to not be shaken off my base.  There is some good out of this list but I don't think I will throw down with it again.  It met too many bad criteria for a good fun list to be worth wile.  So back to the idea side to think what might be interesting.  I still want to play with Typhus so will see.

New listish idea - Want to utilize some of the thoughts into creating something a bit more - interesting Ork list I want to play with.  Who knows but it should give problems to Cron Air.  Dragon spam might be bad - but really it takes while to remove all those guys.  The change to Warpheads allow me to teleport sometimes which is good to get Line Breaker as my end will be very hard to remove.

HQ: Old Zogwort
HQ: Weird Boy, Warphead
Elites: Lootas X 10
Troops: Shoota Boyz X 30, Rokkits X 3
Troops: Shoota Boyz X 30, Rokkits X 3
Troops: Shoota Boyz X 30, Big Shoota X 3, Nob, PK, Eavy Armor
Troops: Shoota Boyz X 30, Big Shoota X 3, Nob, Big Choppa, Eavy Armor
FA: Dakkajet, Supa Shoota X 3, Fighta Ace
FA: Dakkajet, Supa Shoota X 3, Fighta Ace
FA: Dakkajet, Supa Shoota X 3, Fighta Ace
Heavy: Big Guns X 3, Runtherd
Heavy: Big Guns X 3, Runtherd
Heavy: Big Guns X 3, Runtherd 

Sits at 1850 and it should give a lot of these armies some issues. Dragons will have a hard time to get close to kill the Lootas - and I will make sure to spread out.  I have enough firepower to hopefully hit a few times - plus the Dakkajets can remove them from the air with a few calls of the Waagh.  The Warpheads can shoot across the table top too.

Now of course my DP army will hurt it as a Black Mace DP - who gets involved with my army - will kill it.  I have a nutty Chaos Spawn army that would love to play this as it isn't too hard to get those things mixed in with orks and just causing a crap ton of death.  That is probably the army I like to play with the most as it has a lot of goofy interactions with different lists.  Plus it is fast.  Hell here it is as I like to play it.

HQ: Chaos Lord, MoK, Juggernaut, Sigil, Blinding Axe, Veteran
HQ: Chaos Lord, MoN, Bike Sigil, Black Mace, Veteran
HQ: Weirdboy, Warphead
Elites: Lootas X 10
Troops: Cultists X 10
Troops: Cultists X 10
Troops: Plague Marines X 10, Plasma Gun X 2
Troops: Shoota Boyz X 30, Big Shoota X 3
Troops: Shoota Boyz X 30, Big Shoota X 3
FA: Chaos Spawn X 5
FA: Chaos Spawn X 5, MoN
FA: Heldrake, Bale Flamer

I have some Anti Flyer nonsense - a Dragon, and two hard rocks coming at you to get into your business and cause problems.  They should hit by Turn 2 and most opponents won't be too happy.  I might drop the Plague marines for some other bits to shore up some stuff - but this might be ok?

I keep wanting to use Bikes but can't find a way to fit them.  I could drop the MoN Spawn (they look cool) and get some bikers in there.  It might not be terrible as they are pretty annoying with a better armor save but the 3 wound Spawn are just a pain in the ass to deal with. The only thing I might try to find room for is a Powerfist on the MoN chaos lord as it will give me an out versus Destroyer Lords etc.

I could take the list above and add in Crons instead of orks as well.  It would be pretty mean but I worry about dropping out due to Drop pods and other nonsense.  Still it isn't a terrible thought.  Horde seems to be a good key to ruining some of these power builds - so make sure you prepare.  It might take me 30 minutes to set up but I will finish my turns so fast it will hurt your brain hehe.  And when I roll 18 dice per jet you will be like - How many shots do they get? 

Enough of that crap - lets look at my paint list

Me
Chaos lord dude - Done!
Plastic Dudesmen - Drawn - even have 2 drawn - second one I think is pretty funny - first is another intro strip.
Draw some Punk rock chick stuff - Need to get my ass working on it
Plus I need to ship stuff too.

Luis
More DA stuff - more is coming in so will see if they come in time this week to get started.  I did Ezekial below and I will have some stragglers to add to a shipment to Chile.

That is it for now - waiting on a Paypal payment to go through and then I can order a Dakkajet to do asap.  I like painting them so it will be fun.  It doesn't look like a big week but I am sure that will change as I paint stuff.  I need to study up some stuff for a job interview so that will take some of my time.  A lot of it most likely.  Woohoo! 

And now a small batch of models.
Luis's DA who are in a grimy Lava World.  I finally found this model after looking for it in the minis he has sent me. 

The Hunter for my Campaign we are locally playing.  I will end up using him as another Terminator MoN sorcerer for an Army I want to start playing.  Straight CSM.

Woot - first of a new set of havocs.  FW bits and DV.  

Matthew's DA Belial.  Woot.  High end paint.