Chalx the grey Posted April 9, 2011 Share Posted April 9, 2011 I just played through my first tournament[/i], and despite getting two losses and a draw I had a lot of fun. It had 14 players, winner was playing Dark Eldar and the second was the Grey Knight army I played against in the 1st game. At 2000 points I had roughly Bjorn Rune Priest 1 vendread with melta in a pod Lone Wolf termie with hammer and shield 2 GH squads in rhinos with melta and fist combi melta wg 1 GH squad footslogging it with 2 plasma and a cyclone wg A squad of bikers with fist, wg with fist & att. bike A typhoon speeder A vindicator missile long fangs with lascannon razorback Game 1: New Grey Knights, annihilation. Vindicare, Eversor in a Land Raider (nice), two full squads of PA grey knights in rhinos (these guys kicked my grey hunters assess badly, specially those +2 init power weapons) a psiker rifleman dread with s8 autocannons and more. I lost 7-8, and had no chance at combat but they die to plasma and missiles just as well. Game 2: Chaos Marines, capture and control. Nurgle army with two princes, Land Raider with termies and more. I got the game going with two obejctives (one was Bjorn) to one, but a hopeless turn 5 charge by some plague marines had Bjorn contested and I got a tie. Game 3: Imperial Guard, seize ground. this last game was against a teenager sporting a mean castle list with lots of ordnance, 2 Leman Russ executioners (5 plasma blasts a turn each), a Psyker Battle Squad and a vendetta with vets. My dreads and lone Wolf (who cracked no less than an executioner before he died, mind you) gave me some hope and I got 3 objectives to his 1 at the end of my 5th, but in HIS 5th he blasted me off my 3 objectives and won the game. Afterthoughts (bit of a rant) he played with 2 separate Russes but also had a Manticore AND a Colossus, so the russes should have been in a squadron (or do IG have 4 heavy support slots?). Also he tried to convince me that it was turn 4 when even his friend was saying he thought it was turn 5... and blasted my 2+ save rune priest and termie WG defending an objetive with a supposedly master of ordnance indirect fire AP1 large blast - which I know now is actually AP3. I was warned by some other players (and even the organizer) to look closely to his rules but I was in no mood to do it and didn't know the IG rules thoroughly. I got Best Painted at the end so it was good on the hobby side of things! For reference, here some old shot of half the army from an old pic (it has grown a bit since!) Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/226968-epic-tournament-fail/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baba Lem Posted April 10, 2011 Share Posted April 10, 2011 Nice shot. Glad you had your fun ! Regarding the Leman Russ'; indeed, they should have been in a squadron, making them quite a bit more vulnerable. Did Bjorn work out for you, or would say say, you'll rather take something else next time around ? Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/226968-epic-tournament-fail/#findComment-2718884 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chalx the grey Posted April 10, 2011 Author Share Posted April 10, 2011 Well Bjorn did an ok job, he only fell against a terminator chainfist, no firepower would bring him down... even though you cannot normally expect him to kill his points back, most of the game he is stunned ;-) but hey he gets out a nice plasma cannon shot once in a while or burns some guardsmen with his flamer! I like running a couple of dreads anyway and he frees you up an elite slot while having a rocking statline. With extra armor, as many have pointed out in this forum, he would be a real menace! His special rules are also nice to play, and forces some tough choices on your opponent. I'll probably give him more chances, but only in big or friendly games Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/226968-epic-tournament-fail/#findComment-2719363 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max_Dammit Posted April 10, 2011 Share Posted April 10, 2011 the free elite slot would be filled wit ha ironpriest if id field him Not really a big army for 2000 pt Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/226968-epic-tournament-fail/#findComment-2719388 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chalx the grey Posted April 10, 2011 Author Share Posted April 10, 2011 Yeah, I know. Bjorn and the vendread eat up too many points. Problem is I don't have a 4th grey hunter squad, otherwise I'd put it in and remove some toys. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/226968-epic-tournament-fail/#findComment-2719415 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beef Posted April 11, 2011 Share Posted April 11, 2011 nice army, where is the rest of it?? Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/226968-epic-tournament-fail/#findComment-2719729 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chalx the grey Posted April 11, 2011 Author Share Posted April 11, 2011 Right, half the army is missing in the picture becoause it's an old pic. Ok, I'm at work now but I'll try and take a couple new shots tonight with the whole roster! Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/226968-epic-tournament-fail/#findComment-2719880 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt D Posted April 11, 2011 Share Posted April 11, 2011 i am digging your plasma guns! cand we get a pic of one of them? would love to see the paint job better. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/226968-epic-tournament-fail/#findComment-2720140 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chalx the grey Posted April 11, 2011 Author Share Posted April 11, 2011 Ok here goes the first one, it took a while: Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/226968-epic-tournament-fail/#findComment-2720740 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dahli Llama Posted April 12, 2011 Share Posted April 12, 2011 Very nice! Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/226968-epic-tournament-fail/#findComment-2721409 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chalx the grey Posted April 12, 2011 Author Share Posted April 12, 2011 A couple close-ups and a detail on the plasma paintjob, as per Matt D request! t's funny I was actually asking myself if I should repaint it to be on the ice-blue scale, as is real plasma B) Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/226968-epic-tournament-fail/#findComment-2721701 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonny Wolf Posted April 12, 2011 Share Posted April 12, 2011 Very nice, brother. Very nice. Nice and clean. Not a fan of desert rocks for base flock, but still, very nice :) Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/226968-epic-tournament-fail/#findComment-2721796 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt D Posted April 12, 2011 Share Posted April 12, 2011 looks great! as far as changing it goes the important thing to remember is "the rule of cool" and that is "cool". ;) Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/226968-epic-tournament-fail/#findComment-2721841 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chalx the grey Posted April 13, 2011 Author Share Posted April 13, 2011 Hey thenks for the comments! Now that I look at the pictures again I really feel a need to paint the razorback or the second rhino, just for completeness. I was lucky to get best painted with those two unpainted, but luckily there was a single army that was fully painted... to a very low standard, i.e. 3 colours. Good that the judges stopped to have a closer look :) Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/226968-epic-tournament-fail/#findComment-2722940 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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