The Black Templars have been beaten back once more.
Foolish Astartes, they certainly under-estimate the strength of our faith. We don't need power armour or boltguns, our faith is our shield, our creed our weapon!
In another news, I got rid of the Orks. Yeah, that was a short love affair. Traded them in for a bunch of Eldar for Kat. She now has pretty much all she needs.
I'll also not be going to the GTS after all... poos.
Unfortunately, I lack the resources to complete my entire force in the time required. So yeah. I may still go and spectate, but that'll be the full extent of my participation.
terça-feira, 9 de fevereiro de 2010
domingo, 10 de janeiro de 2010
Sons of Sanguinius, rejoice!
There was a tournament this past Saturday, and I took my trusted 1st Volistad Scratch Regiment to the battlefield once more. I meant to give them a much needed rest as I work on my Blood Angels, but as it is, I had to send them back to the front.
The tournament went ok. Two rounds. The first round had me facing the same Necron player I fought this past week. Again, I managed to beat him, but it was a hell of a close call. He took two Monoliths which proceeded to wreak havoc on my lines, but I tried to ignore them and roll with the punches, and just take down his Warriors and Destroyers. On the very last turn, I was so badly mauled that it was up to my three Chimeras to do the brunt of the shooting, and bring down the last few Warriors. That forced the Necron player to phase out, and victory, a very hard, painful victory, was mine.
The second round had me fighting the Tau. I hadn't met the Tau in the battlefield since the very year they were released back in 3rd edition. Since I knew I had no chance to outshoot the Tau, even with my numerical advantage, I played for the objectives. I managed to take 3 of the 5 objectives, but by that stage my force was seriously depleted, while the Tau had only taken a few casualties. In the last turn, the Tau player went agressively for the objectives, and his superior firepower managed to dislodge me of all three. At the final whistle, he held one objective, and I held none. So, a defeat.
I guess I had one coming eventualy. My winning streak was beggining to feel weird.
Also, good news! Codex Blood Angels is coming out in April!
At last! I mean, Codex Angels of Death was awesome, but we shared it with the Dark Angels, and it was all the way back in 2nd edition. By 3rd edition, we had a puny, disgusting 20-page panflet pretending to be a codex, something that pissed me off severely at the time. Then, in 4th edition, we had a bloody PDF! It was beggining to look like GW had given up on the Sons of Sanguinius and instead decided to focus on Smurf Marines and Emo Marines. The release of the Space Wolves codex gave me hope, and now it's finally come to pass.
About damn time!
The tournament went ok. Two rounds. The first round had me facing the same Necron player I fought this past week. Again, I managed to beat him, but it was a hell of a close call. He took two Monoliths which proceeded to wreak havoc on my lines, but I tried to ignore them and roll with the punches, and just take down his Warriors and Destroyers. On the very last turn, I was so badly mauled that it was up to my three Chimeras to do the brunt of the shooting, and bring down the last few Warriors. That forced the Necron player to phase out, and victory, a very hard, painful victory, was mine.
The second round had me fighting the Tau. I hadn't met the Tau in the battlefield since the very year they were released back in 3rd edition. Since I knew I had no chance to outshoot the Tau, even with my numerical advantage, I played for the objectives. I managed to take 3 of the 5 objectives, but by that stage my force was seriously depleted, while the Tau had only taken a few casualties. In the last turn, the Tau player went agressively for the objectives, and his superior firepower managed to dislodge me of all three. At the final whistle, he held one objective, and I held none. So, a defeat.
I guess I had one coming eventualy. My winning streak was beggining to feel weird.
Also, good news! Codex Blood Angels is coming out in April!
At last! I mean, Codex Angels of Death was awesome, but we shared it with the Dark Angels, and it was all the way back in 2nd edition. By 3rd edition, we had a puny, disgusting 20-page panflet pretending to be a codex, something that pissed me off severely at the time. Then, in 4th edition, we had a bloody PDF! It was beggining to look like GW had given up on the Sons of Sanguinius and instead decided to focus on Smurf Marines and Emo Marines. The release of the Space Wolves codex gave me hope, and now it's finally come to pass.
About damn time!
segunda-feira, 4 de janeiro de 2010
Foe vanquished
Victory over the Necrons!
A very underwhelming battle against the Eternal Ones, in which the superior volume of fire of the Imperial Guard made short work of the xenos. My biggest loss of the game was when a heavy gauss blast blew up one of my Leman Russ tanks, taking 15 guardsmen with it. Other than that, I found that the Necrons have an undeserved reputation as a terrible foe. Sure, they're annoying, what with the Veil of Darkness and We'll Be Back and all, but by the time they were finally in range to start shooting, they'd already lost most of their numbers. The Monolith can easily just be ignored, and their assault forces fall like any others in front of massed lasgun fire.
As it is, this was the last game I played with my trusty 1st Volistad Scratch Regiment.
The GTS is in a couple of months (early March) and I've got to get busy with my Blood Angels. There's a tournament at Homem Azul this coming weekend, and there my veteran marines will fight their first battle in almost a decade!
In the meantime, I've got a lot of painting to do.
A very underwhelming battle against the Eternal Ones, in which the superior volume of fire of the Imperial Guard made short work of the xenos. My biggest loss of the game was when a heavy gauss blast blew up one of my Leman Russ tanks, taking 15 guardsmen with it. Other than that, I found that the Necrons have an undeserved reputation as a terrible foe. Sure, they're annoying, what with the Veil of Darkness and We'll Be Back and all, but by the time they were finally in range to start shooting, they'd already lost most of their numbers. The Monolith can easily just be ignored, and their assault forces fall like any others in front of massed lasgun fire.
As it is, this was the last game I played with my trusty 1st Volistad Scratch Regiment.
The GTS is in a couple of months (early March) and I've got to get busy with my Blood Angels. There's a tournament at Homem Azul this coming weekend, and there my veteran marines will fight their first battle in almost a decade!
In the meantime, I've got a lot of painting to do.
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