Tuesday, December 21, 2010

First games out...

Blood Angels, Conversion, Kit-bash, Storm Raven, Warhammer 40,000, Work In Progress

Like I said, it's been a while.

I didn't realize how long.

The first game out with my new list, I was playing against a person who has played, quite literally, three games. I can try and assuage myself by saying that he stole the imitative, but the fact of the matter is, I lost because I made stupid mistakes and played too conservatively. I weathered the first turn of fire, losing one Raven to a drop podded Sterngard squad. I hung back to use the remaining Storm Raven's firepower, and ended with the squad and dread inside being out of position when the Raven crashed. He pummeled me, with me helping him to do so. Still, the shame hung with me for a day, until I faced off against his roommate.

That game went significantly better. I ended up controlling the pace of the battle better than the last by being aggressive and shoving the Storm Ravens right in his face. I pounded his Death Company and troops, and his immobilized Land Raider was surrounded by my troops and a Blood Talon dread.

I need to test out and refine this list a bit further before I'm satisfied, but I like the way it plays.

Friday, December 10, 2010

It's about damn time...

Assault, Blood Angels, Flesh Tearers, Terminator Armor, Warhammer 40,000, Work In Progress

It's about damn time I returned to this blog. I haven't been playing much in the way of games since the semester started winding down.

Tomorrow, I'm headed out to Games Workshop to order a few bits and pieces for my revamped 1850 army of cheesy doom. I'm hoping to get a game against Dark Eldar at some point, but I haven't yet.

Here's what I'm thinking of taking in 1850:

1850 Pts - Blood Angels Roster - Flesh tearers 1850 Double Raven

HQ: Librarian (1#, 100 pts)
1 Librarian @ 100 pts (Blood Lance; Fear of the Darkness)


HQ: Reclusiarch (1#, 145 pts)
1 Reclusiarch @ 145 pts (Power Fist)

Elite: Terminator Assault Squad (10#, 425 pts)
5 LC and 5 TH/SS

Troops: Assault Squad (11#, 250 pts)
10 men, rhino, Melta gun x2, Power fist

Troops: Assault Squad (11#, 250 pts)
10 men, rhino, Melta gun x2, Power fist

Heavy Support: Stormraven Gunship (1#, 215 pts)
1 Stormraven Gunship @ 215 pts Extra armor, Multi-melta, Lascannons

Heavy Support: Stormraven Gunship (1#, 215 pts)
1 Stormraven Gunship @ 215 pts Extra armor, Multi-melta, Lascannons


Elite: Furioso Dreadnought (1#, 125 pts)
1 Furioso Dreadnought @ 125 pts Blood talons, Storm Bolter/Melta

Elite: Furioso Dreadnought (1#, 125 pts)
1 Furioso Dreadnought @ 125 pts Blood talons, Storm Bolter/Melta

I see this as a hyper-agressive fun list. I'm not sure about the storm raven's survivability, and I want to play test this before I use it anywhere important. Of course, Adepticon is fast approaching, so I want to get in as much practice as possible. I can also swap in some drop pods for the rhinos, and I was thinking about adding locator beacons to allow the Storm Ravens to safely deep strike.