Xenith Posted October 24, 2014 Author Share Posted October 24, 2014 So with news of an upcoming codex, I decided to ditch the Chaos and bring my Blood Angels to games night, pitting the might of the 5th edition dex against whatever 7th edition could throw at me. I ended up playing against an AM player at 1500 pts to a hard fought loss. One more turn and I'd have had it, I think. My army: Mephiston Elite Chaplian - jump pack, infernus 5 Sanguinary Guard - 1 Infernus 5 Death Co - 1 fist jump packs 10 tacticals - power sword, heavy bolter, flamer 10 tacticals - plasma gun, plasma cannon. 5 devastators - 4 ML 2 Attack bikes (mm) 2 Attack bikes (mm) I got lucky, and mephiston rolled Immovable object warlord trait for IWND, Then Iron Arm, Endurance, Life Leach, and the Primaris, Smite. Looks like he was never going to die this game. Opponent had: Yarrick 2 Identical blobbed platoons of: Platoon command, melta 2 squads with autocannon and a special (melta?), serge with bolter Veteran squad - 3 melta, carapace, shotguns, Chimera Veteran squad - 3 melta, carapace, lasguns, Chimera 2 Tank vanquisher squadron (lascannons) 2 Tank Leman Russ squadron (heavy bolters) Stars of the show: Death company and Chaplain. They managed a T2 disordered charge into both blobs (hehe), and after a crazy amount of overwatch (killing none) killed 13(!) guardsmen. I even forgot the add the furious charge S bonus. They didnt really need it, wounding on 3+ with basic S4 with rerolls. They lose 3 in return from about 17 attacks back (unlucky) but one blob ran and was wiped, the other containing yarrick failed the Ld, yarrick executed one, and they held (damn). The 2 remaining DC and chaplain then ground this unit down until it was just 3-4 guys and yarrick over the course of the next 2 turns. Biggest losers Sanguinary Guard - Although I did leave them in range of the melta squad, they got wiped in one turn. I think I overestimated their durability Middle ground Tactical squads. Held objectives. Didn't really do much else. I need to be much more aggressive with these, and get them a transport. The array of battlecannons in front of me meant I kept them in cover. Undecided Mephiston - He is so slow now. Even with rerolling the run dice, it was T3 before he got into combat. My opponent also didnt take the bait when I left him out in the open in my T2 to be shot at. Nevertheless, he did get into combat, killed both vanquishers in one round (didnt need to roll to damage, 6 attacks all hit at S9 on rear armour killed both outright!) and he is an absolute monster. I can see great benefit in running him, literally, alongside a land raider, to force the opponent to split fire. So far, I seem to come from every game wishing that I had included more death company. I should have really used Lemartes instead of the elite chaplain (brain fart), and had more DC instead of the Sanguinary guard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jolemai Posted October 24, 2014 Share Posted October 24, 2014 A couple of questions if I may: How did you wipe the one blob if the DC were still engaged with the other? How did Mephiston eat two Vanquishers in a single turn? Only you'd need to be in base to base with both which would mean you didn't move the shortest distance to engage...? As for Mephiston being slow, have you a delivery system for him? If you do, give it a try next time :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xenith Posted October 24, 2014 Author Share Posted October 24, 2014 A couple of questions if I may: How did you wipe the one blob if the DC were still engaged with the other? How did Mephiston eat two Vanquishers in a single turn? Only you'd need to be in base to base with both which would mean you didn't move the shortest distance to engage...? As for Mephiston being slow, have you a delivery system for him? If you do, give it a try next time Good questions! 1) Ok, yes, big cock up there. The other squad should have escaped. We started doing this, and the other player didn't pick up on it either, no did anyone else in the store. Chalk it up to experience. 2) The vanquishers were squadroned, so the hits were spread through the unit of 2. 3) I cant really think of a good one that would maximise his potential. Raven sees him getting into combat T3 at the earliest. He could maybe jack a land raider, but that leaves another squad footslogging :-/ Either way, a raider would get him 12" ahead, vs 6+D6 (with reroll), or 18" if I flat out. Ill try a 5 man assault squad without packs to get a cheap crusader, and stick him in it next time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xenith Posted November 14, 2014 Author Share Posted November 14, 2014 And the 4th Co rampage home to victory against Astra Militarum in last night's game! Big Guns never tire, 4x4 board, 4 objectives Reclusiarch - Power Fist 9 Death Company - bp+ccw Land Raider Crusader - multi melta Corbulo Assault squad - 2 melta, powerfist Tactical squad Mercurio - flamer, heavy bolter, power sword, rhino 2 Attack bikes - mm 2 Attack bikes - mm 5 Dev's, 4x Missile Launchers Against: Pask- Punisher (!) HQ tank squadron, 2 leman russes Regimental command apothecary, standard Sanctioned psyker, lvl 1 (prescience, misfortune) Enginseer Platoon command - 3 sniper rifles 20 man blob squad, 2 heavy bolters, melta, flamer, bolter Platoon command - 3 sniper rifles 20 man blob squad, 2 heavy bolters, 2 flamers Hellhound Vendetta Gunship Deathstrike missile. This game basically boiled down to whether I could get into combat before he killed the land raider. His only lascannons were off board, and seeing as the battlecannons could only glance, I fancied my chances. AM1 Battlecannons open up on the rhino (!) opposite one 20 man unit, strip 2 HP, and leave it stunned and weapon destroyed, also killing one attack bike and reducing the other to a single wound, despite jinking. Hellhound moved up and flames the assualt marines, killing 1. BA1 Everything that could combat squad, did. Assault marines jump forward, 2 melta squad kills the hellhound (woot, first blood!). Crusader moves 12" up and pops smoke. Takes a PotMS assault cannon shot at the guard squad in the middle, kills a couple. Asm combat squad 2 hides behind the raider. Tacs in the rhino do nothing. AM2 Vendetta comes on, shoots the landraider, 3 hits, 3 fails to do anything. 2 battlecannons shoot it, one hull point gone, and kills an attack bike that was nearby. Blod squad near the tacs move forward to get within RF range of other stuff. BA2 Crusader moves up, drops DC off 1" from the frontlines, corbulo up front to tank overwatch. Rhino moves up and tac marines disembark, flame and shoot the blob squad for 7-8 kills, they then run away, and as they were strung out, hit the board edge and die. The cruasder puts the regimental command in its line of sight. I stupidly fire the hurricanes at full BS instead of the asscans, but score 9 wounds. I'm happy with that. All but the captain killed, then the assault cannons snap fire, cause a wound, one dead commander. The Death co charge and wipe the squad, then conga line up so pask and buddies have no where to go, and Im protected from blasts. AM3 Pask moves a little, but not far enough. The deathstrike goes off! Christ, that's a big template. He centres it on the land raider, scatters, clips 2 assault marines, kills one, and does nought to the LRC (phew) shooting from the russes kills 7 tac marines, and 4-5 death company, after corbulo tanked Pask's heavy 20 shooting (!). The Platoon command charge in to try and deny me charge bonus, but die to corbulo before they get to swing. BA3 Little left now on the AM side. A fired hellstrike, a platoon command, enginseer, vendetta. The tacs re-embark, then the rhino moves 12", then flat outs to on top of the objective the blob was on. Death co move up to the leman russes. LRC multimaltas a russ, fails to do anything, and also fails to do anything to the vendetta despite getting 3 hits! Lastattack bike flanks a russ, meltas it, crew shaken only. Death company. Wow. Corbulo kills a tank on his own (3 rending hits), the chaplain causes another 3 HP damage on pask, killing him, then the DC cause a final 2 HP damage, killing the last russ. Victory BA! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xenith Posted November 15, 2014 Author Share Posted November 15, 2014 (edited) So, time to make a start on the second assault squad!The end goal for this army is to reach full company strength. When I started repainting my BA, it was during the pdf codex, and I thought I'd make an entire jump army, so naturally I painted my first assault squad as 8th company. D'oh. That just means I have another 2 assault squads to make for the 4th Co.In he 'BA today' thread, I said I was refurbishing some of my first assault marines, changing the loadout from the expensive 3x plasma pistols to 2 flamers and 2 hand flamers.Well, I had a change of heart. I couldnt relegate my original marines, some of the first I bought, to be bolt pistol chumps, the first casualties, so I am going with a 2 plasma pistol, 2 plasma gunslinger sergeant. Inefficient as hell, but hopefully funny when they jump next to a marine serge with a power weapon and plasma him to death before charging (or strip a few wounds from a monstrous creature!)Here are the 7th squad as they stand: With one of my first plasma pistol guysHis head has been removed as the original bare head/respirator head was so caked with varnish that it would ruin the new paint job. I removed this with great pain, and located an identical, less painty head!The sergeant, codename: Risky business gets dual plasma pistols fun the fun of it, and is of course completely magnetised, so I can switch them out if needs be. http://www.bolterandchainsword.com/gallery/image/215432-2014-11-20110847-zps51d30787/The serge is getting the bionic face from the last tactical squad box (ha!), and also a beaky helm that will be mag-locked to his waist.Xen Edited April 8, 2020 by Xenith Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xenith Posted November 16, 2014 Author Share Posted November 16, 2014 (edited) More work and better pictures of the Reclusiarch!I've since added extreme highlights on the red, but you get the idea. ++PHOTOS LOST IN THE WARP (Photobucket)++ Edited April 8, 2020 by Xenith Memento Of Prospero and Midnightmare 2 Back to top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jolemai Posted November 16, 2014 Share Posted November 16, 2014 Personally, I'm not really sold on the Corbulo + Death Company + Land Raider combo. Would you use it again? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xenith Posted November 16, 2014 Author Share Posted November 16, 2014 Personally, I'm not really sold on the Corbulo + Death Company + Land Raider combo. Would you use it again? I'd definitely try it again a few more times. I know the Death co Already get FNP and FC, but having Corbs be able to tank all those wounds really kept them alive. I guess I'd try running another 5 DC in his place, but he also provided FNP to everything within 6" of the land raider, which included the attack bikes, which was nice. I do think it has enough variety in and volume of attacks to be able to deal with pretty much anything, but at the cost of almost 700pts for the unit+transport. The next thing to try out (before they get changed) is 5 van vets tp troubleshoot anything that poses a threat to the raider! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Memento Of Prospero Posted November 16, 2014 Share Posted November 16, 2014 Love the chaplain! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Helias_Tancred Posted November 16, 2014 Share Posted November 16, 2014 Good stuff Xenith! Nice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xenith Posted November 16, 2014 Author Share Posted November 16, 2014 Thanks guys! The Chaplain has been wreaking fair havoc on the table now he has the powerfist! The painting has really come together on him, hopefully I can think of summat cool to paint onto the shoulder pad! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xenith Posted November 20, 2014 Author Share Posted November 20, 2014 (edited) 7th Squad finished to just about tabletop standard!all done bar basing and the metal on the chainswords, but I wanted to update anyway before a game tonight.Whole squadThe current disposition of the 4th Company is:4th Company3rd Squad - 10 marines, plasma gun, plasma cannon4th Squad - Sergeant Mercurio, Flamer, heavy bolter7th Squad - Serge, dual plasma, 2x plasma pistols9th Squad - 5 devastators, 4 missile launchersSo 35/100 marines down.additionally, I have:1st Company5 Terminators - 1 with Lightening claws2nd Company10 man Tactical Squad, flamer, missile launcher8th Company10 man Assault Squad - 2 meltas7th Squad - 4 attack bike squadronUnspecified5 Sanguinary GuardLand Raider CrusaderRhinoSo about 73 marines in total.The goal is to eventually hit full company Strength for the 4th co, then add reserves from the 1st and 10th Co's.All my 2nd edition marines were going to go into the second company, but depending on how I fill out the 4th companies tactical squads, some may make it in there.Regarding 4th Co tactical squads, I have 4 more to make. Regarding loadouts, I was thinking:Melta, multimelta, combimeltaplasma gun, lascannon, combi plasAny other good ones?The last 4th co devastator squad will either be 4 lascannons or 4 plasma cannons, and then both bulked out to 10 men each. Edited August 3, 2017 by Xenith Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Midnightmare Posted November 20, 2014 Share Posted November 20, 2014 Nice work on the RAS Xenith :) Your Chaplain is excellent btw Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angelus Mortifer Posted November 20, 2014 Share Posted November 20, 2014 Totally agree. Very cool Chaplain and I'm digging your RAS Gunslinger. More please Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xenith Posted November 21, 2014 Author Share Posted November 21, 2014 (edited) Thanks guys, it means a lot!Got a game in tonight v Dark AngelsThe RelicBA:Reclusiarch - power fistCorbuloFurioso, frag cannon, meltagun, magna grapple, drop pod, deathwindDeath Company - 7 men, crusader, multimeltam storm bolter10 assault marines, 2 melta, powerfist, infernus10 assault marines, 2 plasma pistols, 2 plasma pistols3 attack bikes, multi meltasVSBelialChaplain Seraphicus5 deathwing knights5 deathwing, assault cannon5 scouts, snipers5 scouts, snipers5 Tactical marines, missile launcherAssault squad, 10 man]2 WhirlwindsFire Raptor (!)Very interesting game, and could have gone either way, although I pulled out a win in T6.Highlights:Dread pods in and frags seraphicus's tactical squad, then magna grapples him to death next turn before wiping a scout sqaud.New assault squad Risky Business lived up to their name and deepstruck in the backfield near the unguarded whirlwinds, almost scattering off table. The gunslinging serge, 2 plasma pistols and a krak grenade killed a whirly on the drop, before they killed the second the turn after, losing one to the explosion. the combat squads then fought and killed the other scouts before claiming the objective.My opponent's incredible armour saves on terminators. My DC caused 24 wounds in combat, 1 failed save, 3 DC dead in response, before the chaplian smashed 3 with his fist. On the knights, I caused something like another 15 wounds for no casualties. Incidentally, the deathwind Launcher probably accounted for the most Deathwing Knights, as they were all nicely clumped up all game, for their shield wall rule.Corbulo took on Belial at the end, relying on Belial's AP3 and Corb's 2+ FNP, mainly as I thought it would be hilarious. They initally failed a hail mary 10" charge, but I used corb's reroll on the dice and made it in. They caused one wound apiece by the end.Final TallyBA remaining: 6 assault marines, 2 death company, Reclusiarch, Corbulo, Land Raider, DreadFirst Blood, Line Breaker, The Relic.DA Remaining: Fire Raptor, Belial, 1 Knight.Linebreaker.Very good game, all in all. I probably should have brought the fragioso on closer to the relic to be able to deal with everything there. I'll definitely be using one again! Edited April 8, 2020 by Xenith Memento Of Prospero 1 Back to top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xenith Posted January 12, 2015 Author Share Posted January 12, 2015 (edited) Ok, new for 2015 is my reinterpretation of Karlaen. I love the idea of the model, but think the execution is...lacking. The Storm Bolter arm is magnetised for when he feels lie using a lightning claw or (in the future) storm shield. And my excellent girlfriend got me a Baal Pred for christmas, which i have spend a good while pimping out. Here it is at 50%... Since then it has received a dozer blade, additional front scrollwork, modified smoke launchers and some other bits. Oh, and everything is magnetised. Sponson weapons slide on and off, remove the turret cowl and I can swap the asscans for the flamestorm. Even the storm bolter on the master of the armoury can be removed. I also got stuck into the dread from Deathstorm set #1, making him up as a librarian: Cut and repositioned legs, modified smoke launchers and searchlight, magnetised banner. With plenty of bare plastic left over for freehand. Edited April 8, 2020 by Xenith ZeroCompanyHQ, chaplainmikey, Raztalin and 2 others 5 Back to top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deathspectersgt7 Posted January 13, 2015 Share Posted January 13, 2015 Good Looking Angels Xenith the Chaplain looks Great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xenith Posted January 13, 2015 Author Share Posted January 13, 2015 Thanks Deathspectre! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrunTeufel Posted January 13, 2015 Share Posted January 13, 2015 Dat Karlaen! I now what I am doing with my spare terminator legs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Midnightmare Posted January 13, 2015 Share Posted January 13, 2015 Nice work with Karlaen, much better Libby looks much more dynamic also with the repositioning of the leg and the 'hip twist' (Second photo especially) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xenith Posted January 14, 2015 Author Share Posted January 14, 2015 Dat Karlaen! I now what I am doing with my spare terminator legs. Cheers guys! Watch out, if you assemble the torso plus cape, it will not attach to the legs due to the position of the cape and tabbard. I attached the torso, then assembled the thunderhammer and cape separately, they will then be glued on after painting so I can access the inside of the cape. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sockwithaticket Posted January 14, 2015 Share Posted January 14, 2015 Love that post on the Librarian Dread and I'll echo the others in saying way to rescue Karlaen from his dislocated hip. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xenith Posted January 17, 2015 Author Share Posted January 17, 2015 (edited) Update on the dread! Ive almost gone for a reversed colour scheme, with the main body painted librarius blue. The arms are totally red, as blue arms with red shoulders looked ridiculous on a model this size. I'm still not 100% sure on the blue body. I disliked it until I saw the photos I took, and it's grown on me rapidly! The gold and scroll work will break up the blue a lot, and there is plenty of space for free hand and honour marks. ++INCOMING MESSAGE: ORIGINAL PHOTOS LOST IN WARP++ Edited April 8, 2020 by Xenith chaplainmikey, Landrick and deathspectersgt7 3 Back to top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xenith Posted January 18, 2015 Author Share Posted January 18, 2015 (edited) ++INCOMING MESSAGE: ORIGINAL PHOTOS LOST IN WARP++ Dread update - Table top ready: By tabletop ready, I mean 99% of the undercoat has been covered. He still needs a little tidy up, then the blue bringing up to a lighter shade, then for me to decide on Mephiston red with wild rider highlights, or wild rider base. And then honour markings, dags, scripture etc. Edited April 8, 2020 by Xenith Gaweda 1 Back to top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jønke Posted January 18, 2015 Share Posted January 18, 2015 I'm gonna steal your reversed color scheme for one of my libby dreads. Keep up the great work :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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