Polythemus Posted April 10, 2012 Share Posted April 10, 2012 On the out skirts of Hasthinapour. In the glowering shadow of storm clouds, the rain fell on Shabala's face. He knew what was to come and the interminable wait that streched out before him. He had been promoted to sergent of this small marine platoon by his company and in the redeployment had been sent to augment the security detail on this backwater world of Selucis. The foliage on the planet had become excessively vibrant even at higher latitudes such as where he found himself now. "...and this is where they're coming because they they know the city of Hasthinapour holds two million victims, and those damn 'Nids are always hungry." the words of belial echoed in his mind. "what they dont know is that here they face a power more terrible than any they have witnessed, the Dark Angels. " The giant man was even more impressively huge in his terminator armor. His gravel deep voice could plow the earth and slightly graying temples bespoke calm command. When the three deathwing squadrons had arrived at the local space port people did not know what to make of the massive warriors whose numbers were so few. They were some who voiced concern that to send such a puny force was to invite death with open arms. The genestealer cult numbers in god knows how many, and they send us 16 soilders? Shabala knew better. The warriors that stood beside him on the field were massively experienced and it was that experience that would make it possible to survive today. it was just his squad, the terminators and hopefully brother elijah the dreadnought. That was all that was keeping the city to the east secure. Then he saw it. Even at this distance, though the rain, the tyranid leader was nearly three times the height of the 'gaunts around him. The Overfiend. The Hive Tyrant. It turned, looking around, and surveyed the field. Rain seemed to steam off his skin and it had so many arms and weapons it might as well have been a hindu god of death from ancient terra. The overfiend stalked about imperiously preparing its assault troops. then it screamed. It was a scream of metal twisting in the night, of murder, of life removed from bodies a million times over. The scream was a clarion call to its fellows, and the other nids took up the call. The noise came from everywhere. it echoed off the surrounding hills, cleaved into his heart, and pierced the earth causing the ground to bleed in response. His earpiece sparked clearly with belial's roaring voice. "The emperor calls our souls to service! Show them the vengence that is your birthright! Lets send these bastards back to the abyss! " The torrent in the sky renewed its vigor. Shabala checked his chainsword and pistol. If the devils got all the way to the ruins he would take as many with him as he could, and defend his brothers with his life. All was that was left was the work at hand. Then it began... Hq Belial th/ss Alpha (Command) squad lc w/ banner, apoth w/ th/ss, 1x th/ss and cml, x2 lc Beta squad x2 th/ss, x1 th/ss with cml, x2 lc Gamma sqaud x1 pw/sb, x3 pf/sb, x1 pf/sb and cml Tactical squad with flamer, missle launcher dreadnought with asscan, pw/sb Hive tyrant had: twin-linked devourers w/brainleech worms, and a stranglethorn cannon, with psychic powers Leech Essence, Paroxysm, and Hive Commander. Hormagants(25) had scything talons and toxin sacs. Termigaunts(10) had fleshborers devilgaunts(10) had devourers Genestealers(2x10) had rending claws Gargoyles(10) had fleshborers Warriors: 2 with scything talons and deathspitters, 1 with scything talons and venom cannon. Tyrant guard had scything talons and rending claws. The mycetic spore had ripper tentacles, The zoanthropse has no weapons but its braaaiiiin. Tyranids role to go first We decide to roll d6 + 3 pieces of terrain with first piece being placed by defender, then rolled for mission Annhililation, pitched battle deployment battle tactics Tyranid 1 All moves up warrior fires venom cannon Ht fires its weaps Da 1 beta squad deep dwa behind hive tyr fire cml nothing Missles and storm bolter fired into HW, one is instan killed others are wounded Tac fires into termgaunts by hill Dread fires at termg by hill Ty 2 1 gene, horms, enter but too far to charge, gargs mishap detroyed Term gaunts 2 fire at beta kill one then charge, Ht fires on tact squad kills 2 then moves back toward beta Zoan enters stuns dread Spore pod fires at tac killing 1 Termagaunt 1 fires on gamma squad killing two Da2 Tac squad fires on termg 1 killing a few Alpha squad fires cml on gene stealers kill 2 Gamma squad fires sb and cml on horms killing 6 Alpha squad chages genestealers killing 4 taking no wounds Beta squad in cc finishes termg2 and consolidates toward ht Tyranid 3 H warriors fire venomcannon, and barb stranglers at gamma doing nothing Termg 1 fires on gamma does nothing, charges? Ht fires leech and paroxysm? at beta no effect then kills three in cc Genestealers die in cc, hormgaunts charge and kill 2 in alpha second genes enter far from the action Zoan immobilizes dread Sporepod kills 1 tact squad Da 3 Tact moves to flamer zoan and spore Gamma moves to shoot on zoan then assaults spore pod (mistake) and kills it Alpha kills 2 more hormg but loses one termie (cml) Beta is killed in cc by ht Ty 4 Ht big eplosion on gamma kills 1 Zoan psy attack gamma no effect Gene 2 advances from Far edge Warriors fire on tact kill none Hormigaunts down to one Da 4 Tact fires on the zoan no effect invuln shrugs off missle Gamma fires on ht bring him down to one wound kill body guard Alpha kills last hormiguant consolidates toward ruins Ty 5 Zoan shoots on gamma no effect Ht leeches (success) and fire on gamma kills one Warriors fire on alpha no effect Da 5 Tact and gamma fire everything at ht no effect Alpha attacks warriors and kills both Da win Mistakes the noted one with fireing on zoan and attacking spore (bad) Not providing belial with 3 attacks until turn 4 or 5. Not realizing termies have 2attacks each The alpha squad really did well taking out the genestealers, hormaguants and warriors. (and yes i realize now that they are tyranid warriors not hive warriors. As for strat nothing id do different really maybe deep strike against the hive guard but i think the strat of distracting the ht worked best even if it cost me my whole squad. I think that with the current faq i treated the apothecary wrong. It states that as long as the apoth is alive the other models in his unit have feel no pain special rule, i think this now applies even when the apoth is in cc. Any constructive criticism is welcome on the art or anything! Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/250430-tyranids-vs-dark-angels-1250pts/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cactus Posted April 10, 2012 Share Posted April 10, 2012 Thanks for this, I love the comic strip style battle reports. Congratulations on your win. Â You're correct that the apothecary's 'feel no pain' applies in close combat too. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/250430-tyranids-vs-dark-angels-1250pts/#findComment-3036580 Share on other sites More sharing options...
librisrouge Posted April 10, 2012 Share Posted April 10, 2012 Ditto what cactus said about the Apothecary. Â Totally dig your report style dude. Hope to see more in the future. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/250430-tyranids-vs-dark-angels-1250pts/#findComment-3036608 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Polythemus Posted April 10, 2012 Author Share Posted April 10, 2012 Hey thanks for the comments guys. Its a labor of love and a good creative outlet! Is the whole intro thing too over the top or did it get you amped? Obviously the pictures are the main draw here but its nice to add in a little pizzaz, and get feedback on it. Thanks again! Â Polythemus Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/250430-tyranids-vs-dark-angels-1250pts/#findComment-3036649 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother Ambroz Posted April 11, 2012 Share Posted April 11, 2012 Usually I only like to read the CSM batreps but when someone does an awesome job with a batrep like this it's well worth it. Great work and congrats on the win. :) Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/250430-tyranids-vs-dark-angels-1250pts/#findComment-3037101 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother Nihm Posted April 11, 2012 Share Posted April 11, 2012 I liked it. Â The comic style wasn't over the top, it was close, but not over the top. Â Thank you for sharing. :unsure: Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/250430-tyranids-vs-dark-angels-1250pts/#findComment-3037361 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Polythemus Posted April 17, 2012 Author Share Posted April 17, 2012 Hey guys  Just wanted to say thanks for commenting. I really do appreciate the feedback as im sure all people do when they put the time to report on their table top adventures. hopefully the models will get better painted very soon but i'll likely have one more batrep for y'all before i can roll out some of the cosmetic enhances that have been made to this army. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/250430-tyranids-vs-dark-angels-1250pts/#findComment-3041943 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kierdale Posted April 19, 2012 Share Posted April 19, 2012 Firstly: congratulations on the win! I enjoyed the pics very much but could you perhaps make the text bits a bit meatier/detailed? Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/250430-tyranids-vs-dark-angels-1250pts/#findComment-3043099 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rykros Posted May 6, 2012 Share Posted May 6, 2012 Congrats on the win! I have to say I loved the comedic style of the report and hope to see more Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/250430-tyranids-vs-dark-angels-1250pts/#findComment-3054612 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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