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Augustus, I don't know how you manage to so consistently knock things out with such skill but I am forever envious. I adore the Typhon, and honestly think I like it better without the sponsons because the covers you made are so bloody unique.
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Thanks to the tireless efforts of a local player, we have a game club in Amsterdam that is open four times a month (twice on Saturdays and twice on Sundays). For some reason, I've not been very active there, but it's pretty awesome to get some bigger-points games in. So yesterday, I grabbed the opportunity to play my Imperial Fists against a 2500 point Chaos Iron Warrior + Daemon Alliance army led by new member Max, an expat from Russia. 

My list was as follows:

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Primary Detachment: Gladius Strike Force (Formation Detachment)

Demi Company (Core Formation)

Captain on Bike, Power Fist, Lightning Claw (Warlord)

Ironclad Dreadnought, Heavy Flamer, Drop Pod

5-man Tactical Squad, Lascannon, Razorback

5-man Tactical Squad, Lascannon, Razorback

5-man Tactical Squad, Missile Launcher, Razorback

5-man Bike Squad, 2 Gravguns

5-man Devastator Squad, 2 Lascannons, Razorback

Demi Company (Core Formation)

Chaplain on Bike, Power Fist

5-man Tactical Squad, Lascannon, Razorback

5-man Tactical Squad, Lascannon, Razorback

5-man Tactical Squad, Missile Launcher with Flakk Missiles, Razorback

5-man Bike Squad, 2 Gravguns

5-man Devastator Squad, 2 Missile Launchers with Flakk Missiles, Razorback

10th Company Task Force (Auxillary Formation)
5-man Scout Squad, Missile Launcher
5-man Scout Squad, Missile Launcher
5-man Scout Squad, Missile Launcher
Detachment: Skyhammer Annihilation Force (Formation)
10-man Devastator Squad, 4 Grav Cannons, Drop Pod (combat squads)
5-man Devastator Squad, 2 Grav Cannons, Drop Pod
10-man Devastator Squad, 2 Flamers, Jump Packs (combat Squads)
8-man Devastator Squad, 2 Flamers, Jump Packs

That's 73 marines, 15 scouts, 12 bikers, 3 Drop Pods, 8 Razorbacks and a Dreadnought!

It looked like this:

http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d185/mkruijff/Imperial%20Fists/temporary_zps7tfozkzn.jpg

I didn't see his list, but from the top of my head he ran the following:

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Primary Detachment (Chaos Space Marines): CAD

HQ

Lord on Bike, Power Fist, Fleshmetal Exoskeleton, Gift of Mutation (Warlord)

Sorcerer on Bike, Power Fist, Level 3, Spell Familiar

Elites

Helbrute

5 Possessed, Rhino

Troops

5 Marines, Meltagun

5 Marines, Flamer in a Bastion Fortfication

10 Cultists
3 Obliterators

Fast Attack

3 Chaos Bikers

Heldrake, Baleflamer

5 Spawn

Detachment (Chaos Daemons): Allied Detachment

Herald of Khorne, Juggernaut, Exalted Locus of Wrath

Bloodthirster of Insensate Rage (which in hindsight, I'm not sure if Chaos Daemons can take, unless it was legalized in a WD)

3 Nurgling Bases

10 Bloodletters, Instrument, Banner of Blood

20 Fleshhounds


Actually, he mentioned the CSM detachment being a Chaos Warband formation, but that isn't possible due to the inclusion of the cultist squad, the obliterators, and the heldrake. I don´t really mind, though, seeing as he didn´t really make use of the ObSec rules.

I didn't get a chance to make a photograph of the battle in progress, but here's a pic of the table, with his army deployed on the right, and mine in the process of being deployed on the left.
http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d185/mkruijff/Terrain/7de07bb6-b9ca-4fe6-a91c-a29812a7965f_zpsffsx8xrd.jpg

 

Despite the fact that my list was obviously the stronger one, Max put up a really good fight - using his army and the terrain perfectly to compromise my strongest elements. This guy knew what he was doing. He put his marine characters in the Spawn unit, and the Herald in the fleshhound unit. Highlights of the match were:

  • Him casting Invisibility on his Bloodthirster and Shrouding on his Obliterators, which were already in ruins - and my 900+ point Skyhammer Annihilation Force killing a grand total of 2 Flesh Hounds and one rhino, after which he proceeded to kill the entire formation (except the 8-man Assault Squad) in turn two. :eek:
  • My Captain charging the Lord, Sorcerer and his Spawn unit, and killing his Lord in a challenge, after which in the subsequent round and Challenge, his Sorcerer cast Force on his Axe, and killed my Captain. 
  • His Sorcerer and the remaining Spawn killed two units in one turn: an entire tactical squad with Psychic Shriek, and another in combat - including the squad's sergeant in a challenge, which led him to be gifted with Daemon Princedom!!!
  • His Bloodthirster chewed his way through a scout squad and a Bike squad in two turns, after which it was pretty badly shot up. With just one wound remaining, it succesfully charged the remnants of IV Tactical Squad, including sergeant Fidurik Kolan. It's rage induced challenge was heroically answered by Sergeant Kolan, who proceeded to headbutt the Bloodthrister to death with his single attack!!!! 

I did win by a large margin, but only because of maelstrom points and my dominance with Objective Secured. The table showed a different story - by the end of turn 5, his Spawn and Daemon Prince had jumped right in the midst of the remains of four tactical squads, a total of 9 marines. I also had 5 scouts left over in two seperate squads, as well as 7 Razorbacks and a lone non-objective secured Drop Pod. In total, he had killed 64 marines, 10 scouts, 10 bikers, both of my biker characters, the dreadnought, two drop pods, and one razorback! He still had an ObSec tactical squad on an objective in the Bastion, an obliterator, and said Daemon Prince.

It was a total slaughterfest, and a very fun game against a skilled and fun opponent. We had great fun coming up with narratives for all the challenges that he made (and that were all accepted by me -despite it being tactically disadvantageous- because Marines aren't cowards). You can be sure that Sergeant Kolan will get something on either his base, his banner, or himself to show his victory over the Bloodthrister.

Anyway, I hope you enjoyed the batrep. Let me know if you like this kind of style of reports.

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@ Noctis Cornix: Her number is 555-2666-77528. Read that alphanumerically. :wink:

@ Bjorn Firewalker: Thanks, buddy! :thumbsup:

@ Black_out: It's a combination of having an airbrush, and having too much spare time due to a lingering back injury. This is quickly healing up, though, and seeing as I'll start a new job by the end of april, my hobby productivity will most likely falter somewhat after that date. I appreciate the sentiment, though! :smile.:

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Dammit, I just spent 40 minutes writing that post ^^, only to find that B&C didn't post 60% of what I´d written after pressing ´post´. I'll get back to it after I have dinner, where I'll rewrite the entire batrep. For now, I´m slightly miffed. :sad.:

EDIT: rewritten :)

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@ hushrong: it's up now, buddy!

 

@ Maarten: Yeah, that was kind of hilarious, especially considering mine trashed your Dark Mechanicus army so badly, last time! I didn't mind though - Either way: or I would win, or Chaos! ;) 

 

@ Race Bannon: No! He was there - remember Targus Vor's miniature's Eviscerator is magnetized and I have spare arms holding a normal chainsword and a bolt pistol. So he was there, he just left this Eviscerator on the Strike Cruiser. :) He heroically held off a Chaos Biker unit for seven (!) assault phases before getting killed in a challenge with its Aspiring Champion. :rolleyes:

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Seven turns (well, phases of 3,5 turns, but still) indeed! Pretty appropriate for an Astartes from the VII Legion, no? BTW: he wasn't actually killed - just knocked out by a cowardly move from the Aspiring Champion. His squad mates proceeded to kill the rest of the bikers in the following turn, and I am reliably informed that Sergeant Vor survived with no permanent injuries and a zealous taste for revenge! :tu: 

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Epic battle buddy, and epic painting of all those squads and tanks I haven't commented on before :thumbsup: (not that I expected anything less when it comes to your painting).

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I ... he lives!

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Taking a deep breath, Targys could smell the fresh paint the artificers used on the replaced pauldron now fixed onto his right shoulder.  The squad sigil shined from the available light in the room.  Swiveling his arm, he registered soreness from the previous battle and pushed annoyance out of his mind.  On the table rested his helmet, it's crimson colour cleaned from most of the grime still showed the mark from where the traitor's sword made contact.  The artificer's expertise kept the helmet functional, but they refrained from the paint work at Targys' command.

 

Next to the helm was his preferred weapon of combat: the Eviscerator.  The massive teeth of the chain-blades gleamed bright against the dark casing.  He refused to name the weapon due to the fact that it was just a tool ... an extension of himself.  He was the weapon of the Chapter.  For Dorn.  For the Emperor.

 

"Imperator Vult," whispered Targys as he etched another mark at the hilt .  Another vendetta to maintain.

 

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I ... he lives!

 

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Taking a deep breath, Targys could smell the fresh paint the artificers used on the replaced pauldron now fixed onto his right shoulder.  The squad sigil shined from the available light in the room.  Swiveling his arm, he registered soreness from the previous battle and pushed annoyance out of his mind.  On the table rested his helmet, it's crimson colour cleaned from most of the grime still showed the mark from where the traitor's sword made contact.  The artificer's expertise kept the helmet functional, but they refrained from the paint work at Targys' command.

 

Next to the helm was his preferred weapon of combat: the Eviscerator.  The massive teeth of the chain-blades gleamed bright against the dark casing.  He refused to name the weapon due to the fact that it was just a tool ... an extension of himself.  He was the weapon of the Chapter.  For Dorn.  For the Emperor.

 

"Imperator Vult," whispered Targys as he etched another mark at the hilt .  Another vendetta to maintain.

 

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This is SO going into his fluff description in my 5th Company Imperial Fists showcase thread!!! Actually, this gave me the idea of writing these kinds of fluffy pieces about epic battles for the entire army! :D :tu: Thanks!

 

@ MrBear: Thank you very much, buddy! Glad you like things around here so much! How is the 33rd company doing?

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Fantastic! In the future it would be sweet to see more in-game shots of your marines.:biggrin.:

 

Definitely sounds like a good game was had. Before Traitor Legions came out most of my matches were bloodbaths with my EC barely making enough points to actually win. So I can feel for Max. I usually just enjoyed how much carnage they could reap. Now, thanks to TL they are maniacs killing everything and raking in victory points.

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Well there's always plenty of good stuff to see here, so I should actually drop by more regularly than I do.  :smile.:  

 

When it comes to the 33rd... They are on the backburner at the moment as I decided that I needed a break from all that Kantor Blue for a while. I have plenty of ideas for them though, and there will be tanks, cultists and some other stuff in the future.  For now I've kind of switched gears when it comes to painting, still  doing power armour but I've jumped on the 'Heresy Train' instead. Slowly (as always) building a Sons of Horus force (the second link in the signature), and aiming to actually play small battles with it sometime in the future! It might might take a while to get a proper force though...:laugh.:  

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Looks like it was a fun game, I do think that Chaos Daemons can take D Thirstiers now, got updated in Curse of the Wulfen I believe... However that is definitely not a warband :P. Imperial Fists vs Iron Warriors must be a much more interesting march now that Traitor Legions dropped in!

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Finally finished the last five devastators of the Skyhammer Annihilation Force. Which is good, because I'll be bringing them to a local tournament tomorrow. :biggrin.:
 

Sadly, none of these guys are named! So if you've got a nice name skedaddling through your brain, let me know in the comments. 

 

 

XII Devastator Squad 

http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d185/mkruijff/Imperial%20Fists/WP_20170324_004_zpsd9s8kq5s.jpg

 

http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d185/mkruijff/Imperial%20Fists/WP_20170324_005_zpsxkchuozo.jpg

 

Comms Specialist - Matthias Fisch - SalvationOfReason (with fluff)

Unlike his commanding officer, Specialist Fisch does not crave his position in the Chapter's armoury. His skills as a battlefield strategist are second to none, yet came to the fore only after commanding a lone predator squadron through a position ran over by Orks. He continues to guide his brothers, and has taken to carrying a siege shield to battle, which allows him more protection and thus better focus on his specialist task.

http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d185/mkruijff/Imperial%20Fists/WP_20170324_023_zpsxvlzayhm.jpg

 

Vexillarius -

http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d185/mkruijff/Imperial%20Fists/WP_20170324_020_zpsrvvbrvry.jpg

 

Heavy Weapon Specialist (Grav Cannon) -

http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d185/mkruijff/Imperial%20Fists/WP_20170324_014_zpsv4wllveg.jpg

 

Heavy Weapon Specialist (Grav Cannon) -

As you'll notice, the grav cannon's backpack isn't the original, but a modified missile launcher backpack. This is because I bought four of those cannons from ebay, and the seller neglected to send the backpack with one. Enter improvisation. I have come to like it, because the mechanical arm fits the theme of the squad. The grav 'bulge'/power generator on the back is from a Centurion Devastator, which I had left over from back when I converted them into my Obliterators. 

http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d185/mkruijff/Imperial%20Fists/WP_20170324_011_zpsygailai6.jpg

 

Battle Brother -

http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d185/mkruijff/Imperial%20Fists/WP_20170324_017_zpszggklhgt.jpg

 

I hope yu like them! Comments much appreciated, even more so than likes. Also, if you find yourself with a name to spare, please claim one of the above four nameless marines. I'll most definitely write fluff for them too. :smile.:

Cheers!

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@ hushrong: Yeah TL surely made a great deal of sense. I'm still a bit miffed that cult legions need to take their God's number in squads to get benefits, rather than the cult squads having to equal their God's numbers like they used to. Tzeentch armies with their minimum of nine TS is just ridiculous.

 

@ MrBear: Welcome to it, buddy! Regarding your Night lords, I totally get your blue-burnout. It's the reason I started my fists! I'll be sure to run by your Sons of Horus thread!

 

@ The Traitor: That's good to know, thanks. :smile.: It was a fun game indeed! Hopefully he'll bring a stronger list (and I'll tone mine down a little), so the match can be even more interesting.

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Solid work yet again mate, love the mix of parts and how you've made everything work together. I'm sure they and the rest of their company will do you proud at the tournament.

 

'Blue-burnout' is a nice phrase (first thing that popped into my head was a picture of a stressed out smurf though :biggrin.:), and definitly something I was heading towards. Always good with a bit of varition howeer much one might like any particular project, I'm fairly sure I'll be a bit sick of  greenish grey some day aswell. :laugh.:

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They look good, the addition of the phalax shield to the comms specialist was a great idea. Also one of the pics of the second heavy weapon specialists is repeated, I want to see that converted back pack!
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@ Sagentus: Thanks, buddy! The long barreled bolter is just a Tigrus pattern bolter from the BoP MkIII set. :) The fiend will be done during the ETL, where I traditionally will be joining the forces of CHAOS!

 

@ MrBear: I hope so! Truth be told: I'm not particularly going for the win this time, but more for a 'let's see what I can do with this list' type of thing :) Take care to exchange things properly :)

 

@ The Traitor: Hot damn! No idea how that duplication happened - I recognize my failure and wil be sure to correct it. ;)

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Yep! That's nice! Best of luck at the tournament and take pictures! Lots of them!

 

The last squad looks great but as I look at the double posted picture I wonder, what did you use for the tubing between the gravcannon and the backpack?

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