Hintzy Posted August 19, 2019 Author Share Posted August 19, 2019 (edited) I had a 1500 point game against a solid opponent yesterday. He brought Ad Mech and we played the CA18 Eternal War mission with one objective in the center that removes invulnerable saves. His list was a shooty Agripinaa list (Overwatch on 5+): 2x Dominus 1x Manipulus 1x Enginseer 3x 10-man Ranger squads, each with an Arquebus 3x Neutron Onagers 3x Shooty Kastelan Robots 2x 5-man Infilitrators 1x Datasmith My list: Smash Captain (Warlord, Gift of Foresight) JP Chaplain JP Librarian w/Angel's Wing Librarian Dreadnought 3x 5-man Scouts 2x 5-man Intercessors 1x 5-man Tacticals (barebones) 1x 15-man JP DC squad (3x Swords, 3x Fists, 9x Chainswords) 1x SG Ancient w/Relic Banner 1x 5-man Terminator squad Hammers/Shields This mission was one where a player deploys their whole army and then the other deploys their whole army. He deployed first, which meant he went first. I knew I was going to have a rough time weathering all of his shooting. I deployed as defensively as I could, leaving most of my deepstrikers in reserve. There wasn't much LOS blocking terrain on the board unfortunately, so deploying defensively was a challenge. His first turn consisted of me picking up a bunch of models, but nothing crucial. I was able to Forlorn Fury my Captain into his robots, which had switched protocols and couldn't fall back. His second turn forced me to pick up more infantry models, but again nothing crucial. I was able to keep either Tacticals or Intercessors in cover near enough the objective to score it every turn. The scoring range started at 18" and dropped by 3" each subsequent turn. My Terminators dropped along with the Librarian and Ancient to take out the Onagers. My DC and Chaplain dropped on the other flank to tie up the Infiltrators and keep them tied up in combat to prevent them moving onto the objective. The Librarian made the charge, along with the Terminators who needed a CP re-roll. The Ancient was left behind, but a Terminator stayed back to keep him in range. The DC made the charge with DoA, and the Chaplain failed, but I again left a DC behind to keep the unit in range. Over the next few turns the Terminators wiped the Onagers. My opponent used the auto-explode stratagem over several turns to great effect, killing my Librarian Dread and Captain, and some Terminators. Due to some positioning errors on my part after consolidate moves my Ancient was killed by shooting, so lesson learned there. Ultimately my Terminators and characters were wiped, along with all of my DC by turn five. But the DC had tied up his Infiltrators and Rangers long enough to keep them away from the objective. Despite heavy losses on my end I was able to secure the victory by focusing on playing the mission. The game ended on turn five, and had it continued I surely would have been tabled, however he would have been unable to catch up in score. TLDR: Went second against very heavy shooting and took a ton of casualties. I focused on the mission, and prevented him from playing the mission, and pulled out a victory. Additionally, the new Shock Assault, plus Unleash Rage on the Terminators, resulted in my opponent telling me to not even bother rolling dice in the combat phase and he just pulled two Onagers off the board. Edited August 19, 2019 by Hintzy Demoulius and Majkhel 2 Back to top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hintzy Posted August 31, 2019 Author Share Posted August 31, 2019 Jump Pack Librarian finished for ETL This model includes the first force/power weapon I've done that I've been happy with, as well as my first serious attempt at a gem. Vermintide, Bjorn Firewalker, Burias-Drak'shal and 2 others 5 Back to top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gingerninja Posted August 31, 2019 Share Posted August 31, 2019 Nice, well done sir! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SnorriSnorrison Posted September 1, 2019 Share Posted September 1, 2019 He's looking good! Nice cheeky vow, too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Majkhel Posted September 1, 2019 Share Posted September 1, 2019 Veeery nice force weapon effect! Dark and ominous, quite in opposition to what we usually see - dark waves of power instead of the light ones. I must try something similar at one point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hintzy Posted September 2, 2019 Author Share Posted September 2, 2019 (edited) Thanks everybody! Edited September 2, 2019 by Hintzy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hintzy Posted September 14, 2019 Author Share Posted September 14, 2019 In other news: Painting the Sanguinary Ancient banner is proving to be significantly more challenging than I had anticipated. I thought all of the molded details would make it fairly simple, but they're all just shallow enough to be a real pain. Leonaides 1 Back to top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hintzy Posted September 20, 2019 Author Share Posted September 20, 2019 I persisted with the Sanguinary Ancient banner and managed to pull it out in the end. Finishing all of the gems really salvaged it. I also finished my JP Chaplain who'll be my Lemartes stand-in for a while probably. Bjorn Firewalker and brother_b 2 Back to top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bjorn Firewalker Posted September 20, 2019 Share Posted September 20, 2019 Excellent work on the Ancient and the Chaplain. Hintzy 1 Back to top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hintzy Posted November 30, 2019 Author Share Posted November 30, 2019 It's not specifically Blood Angels related, but I've finished a big terrain project. With more terrain at home I plan to be able to get more games in when I can't make it to the FLGS. Made from scratch out of foam board, cereal box, and popsicle sticks. The first floors are all LoS blocking for the sake of my poor Angels. Jolemai, Dosjetka and Majkhel 3 Back to top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Majkhel Posted December 1, 2019 Share Posted December 1, 2019 Great work! :) Judging by the look, some ancient architecture from 2nd or 3rd millenium ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hintzy Posted December 1, 2019 Author Share Posted December 1, 2019 Thanks! Yeah that definitely look more contemporary than sci-fi. I tried some gothic windows a while ago and wasn't happy with how they turned out. Different worlds light years apart probably have different architecture, right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Majkhel Posted December 1, 2019 Share Posted December 1, 2019 Just so. And I deliberately called it "ancient" as in WH40k settings these are exactly that. Square windows are soooooo much easier to carve than those "gothic" pointy ones. Plus they are more functional and so perfect for low-grade workers' habitats imo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hintzy Posted December 13, 2019 Author Share Posted December 13, 2019 Finished up a Drop Pod this afternoon. I almost talked myself out of adding the scorching from entering the atmosphere as I considered the reality of pointing a spray can at an otherwise finished model. But, it had been the plan from the beginning and I decided it wouldn't look right without it. There's no way a drop pod would make it all the way from orbit to the surface of a planet without a little atmospheric weathering. I'm glad I did, I think it turned out nicely. Bjorn Firewalker, Panzer, brother_b and 4 others 7 Back to top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ekfud Posted December 16, 2019 Share Posted December 16, 2019 Have had a drop pod sitting in a box for quite some time (basically bought just before 8th came out...). Is the kit as annoying to put together as others have said? Have been told the joints are a bit challenging to line up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hintzy Posted December 16, 2019 Author Share Posted December 16, 2019 I have heard the same, but didn't really have any problems myself. I used rubber bands while the vertical fins were gluing, but that was the only extra accommodation I had to make. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hintzy Posted January 10, 2020 Author Share Posted January 10, 2020 Finished Mephiston! This is the first time I've been able to get a newly released model and paint it in a relevant time frame. I'm really pleased with how it came out and I'm excited to use him in a game sometime soon. redshadow, Matarno - Lord of Skyfall, ShibeKing and 8 others 11 Back to top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bjorn Firewalker Posted January 11, 2020 Share Posted January 11, 2020 Excellent work on Primaris Mephiston. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Indefragable Posted January 11, 2020 Share Posted January 11, 2020 Hair and skin are excellent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Majkhel Posted January 11, 2020 Share Posted January 11, 2020 Congratulations! I second that the hair and skin came out really well. Nice white on the Alatus Cadere as wel. And you've managed to set the right hand at the right height and angle. Well done! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hintzy Posted January 11, 2020 Author Share Posted January 11, 2020 Thanks for the kind words everybody! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SnorriSnorrison Posted January 11, 2020 Share Posted January 11, 2020 Mephiston turned out really nice, Hintzy! I concur with Indy, the hair and face do look nice and clean. Well done. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlo Posted January 12, 2020 Share Posted January 12, 2020 SOLID paint job! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thoridon Posted January 12, 2020 Share Posted January 12, 2020 Meph does look great. A much better model to paint than the old one! I like the extra grass on the basing, it complements the bit of ruin nicely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mordas Posted January 12, 2020 Share Posted January 12, 2020 just wow, simply amazing job there, I would love to be able to paint the red robes as well as you. Nice job Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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