Goatboy's 40k Extra Thoughts: Man this post took too long to write up

I kept getting side tracked with regular work, paint work, and kiddo/family etc. The life of having more to do then you have time to do. Blah haha - lets do a paint list and then onto some meaty stuff.

Paint list
Me
Bols Article - Written - about new Tau list idea - spicy!
Extra Tactical Squad of BA/GK army change - Done!
Extra Purifier without a Hammer - Done!
3 out of 6 review things for Frontline done! Maybe another one will be done!

Nick R
5 more half yellow/black bikers that hate me - Primed!

Carl
Need to reprime the 5 bikers I built and the primer messed up! Bastard primer!!

Andrew
Tech Priest Guy - Almost done need to fix an arm

Luis
More Dark Angel guys!

Jon
Start his Black Knights this week during Thanksgiving!

Don
Some random stuff I haven't taken out of a box cuz I suck!

Ah crap I need to pack up some stuff to ship too! Damnit! I couldn't find the tape last night...

Alright - as you know I have been trying out a new army - the GK/BA thing. I've played 3 games so far - should get more in this weekend with the update - thus the extra painting. I've gone 1-2 with them - with 1 lose due to a mistake with the powers I threw and the other cuz Mephiston failed some charges for me. It sucks but that is life. It still felt like I was in it so at least that was a good thing army wise. Quick rundown of what I faced.

Game 1 - Drop Guard Elysiums match up. I won this one after round 3 as I burned up all the guys. Any light armor based army just does not like Novas. I actually got off most of my powers in this game so that might be why it ended sooner. Still - I burned up a lot of things. Highlights - learning Misfortune plus Cleansing flame means I can take down flyers and other things. Ignoring cover is hot too.

Game 2 - Eldar list with lots of warp spiders. I lost this one due to trying to use Cleansing flame vs going for Force and Hammer hand. I could have taken out the Dark Eldar Scalpel group if I had done things right. Still the army worked out pretty well. I also should have casted Force and Sanguine sword on Mephiston - could have won me the game there as well. But again - army didn't feel like I was losing completely. I failed like 30% of my powers too - plus some key spells like misfortuned etc. I almost quadrupled the dice of my opponent on warp dice but never stopped a spell either.

Game 3 - Versus Gladius. This was versus Frankies rough as hell army too. I failed over 50% of my powers and still almost pulled it out. If Meph had only not failed 2 charges it might have been me winning the battle report. Again when the Novas went off they were brutal. Popping Rhinos and killing all the scouts. It just causes a lot of hits. It did make me rethink the army and come up with the following rebuild too.

New List -

GK Nemesis - BA CAD
GK
Libbie, Lvl 3, Warding Staff - Warlord
Libbie, Lvl 3, Warding Staff
Purifiers X 10, Incinerators X 4
Purifiers X 10, Incinerators X 4
Purifiers X 10, Incinerators X 4
Strike Squad X 5

Mephiston
Tactical Squad X 5, Meltagun, Combi-Melta, Drop Pod
Tactical Squad X 5, Meltagun, Combi-Melta, Drop Pod
Tactical Squad X 5, Meltagun, Combi-Melta, Drop Pod
Drop Pod
Drop Pod
Drop Pod

I gain 6 Objective secured units for the loss of the assault squad and the extra librarian that didn't do much. I also lose the hammer on one purifier squad which is kind of sad but I found he always died before he got to swing. This army feels a lot better and I think it will give a lot of armies fits as it does weird things. Plus it just auto hits everything all the time too. Will write up the test games this weekend and see how it pans out.

I keep thinking a list like this might be a good meta choice with ITC. Lots of fast units, a good null deploy strategy and enough weapons to be a hurting.

White Scars CAD + Champs of Fenris
Khan, Moondraken
Tech Marine, Bike, Conversion Beamer, Hunter's Eye
Bike Squad X 3, Melta X 2, Combi-Melta, Attack Bike, MM
Bike Squad X 3, Melta X 2, Combi-Melta, Attack Bike, MM
Bike Squad X 3, Grav gun X 2, Combi-Grav
Bike Squad X 3, Grav gun X 2, Combi-Grav
Bike Squad X 3, Grav gun X 2, Combi-Grav
Drop Pod

WGBL, Thunder Wolf, Powerfist, SS
Iron Priest, Thunder Wolf
Iron Priest, Thunder Wolf
Iron Priest, Thunder Wolf, Cyber Wolves X 2
Iron Priest, Thunder Wolf, Cyber Wolves X 2
Iron Priest, Thunder Wolf, Cyber Wolves X 2

The idea is that you can outflank everything, come in and be a pain in the butt - hiding out from Tau and other things. The 2 Cyber Wolf Iron priest join up the Grav Bike squads and give an extra 2 wounds they can sacrifice etc. The Melta is there - cuz sometimes you need it. It feels alright - it has a lot of guns and can move around a lot. The single drop pod is so you can null deploy if you make them go first.

Alright models and calling it a day.