littlbitz Posted October 13, 2014 Share Posted October 13, 2014 Well, what a weekend! Was well worth the 3 hour drive, a great event run by a great bunch of guys. I went with a 3-3 record for the weekend, which was good enough to win me the "Renaissance Man" award. The Renaissance man is the player who scores the highest in Battle, Paint, and Sports with all three categories being weighed equally. Along with the nice trophy, I got that Titan, and a 50 dollar voucher for the Warstore! Ill post more details later, after I get some rest. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/297922-back-from-the-battle-for-salvation-gt/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rune Priest Jbickb Posted October 13, 2014 Share Posted October 13, 2014 Congrats man that's awesome! Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/297922-back-from-the-battle-for-salvation-gt/#findComment-3832325 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hear da Lamentation Posted October 13, 2014 Share Posted October 13, 2014 Fantastic Littlbitz ! Really please for you. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/297922-back-from-the-battle-for-salvation-gt/#findComment-3832349 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hear da Lamentation Posted October 13, 2014 Share Posted October 13, 2014 Did you go with the "Hammers" list? Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/297922-back-from-the-battle-for-salvation-gt/#findComment-3832370 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baulder Posted October 13, 2014 Share Posted October 13, 2014 grats Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/297922-back-from-the-battle-for-salvation-gt/#findComment-3832376 Share on other sites More sharing options...
littlbitz Posted October 13, 2014 Author Share Posted October 13, 2014 Thanks guys! Here is the list I took to this event Champions of Fenris WGBL Jump pack and Frost Axe. 85 Pts. WGBL TWM Frost Axe and Storm Shield. 135 Pts. Iron Priest, TWM. 105 Pts. Wolf Guard Termies x3 Combi-PG x2, Combi-MG and Wolf Claw. 124 Pts. Wolf Guard x5 Jump Packs, Thunder Hammers and Storm Shields. 330 Pts. (I know, hahahahaha) Dreadnought with Assault Cannon and Heavy Flamer, in a Drop Pod. 160 Pts. Blood Claws x8 with Flamer, Power Axe, Pack Leader with a Fist, mounted in a Storm Wolf Transport with MM upgrade. 386 Pts. Grey Hunters x5 with Razorback transport, with Twin-linked Las. 145 Pts. Thunder Wolf Cav x5 with 4x Thunder Hammers and 4x Storm Shields. 380 Points 1850 Believe it or not, the list did not perform poorly at all, only 1 game, did I really feel like I had no shot at all, and he went on to win over-all I believe. next, I'll post some short batreps, and note changes I plan on making to this particular list.... Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/297922-back-from-the-battle-for-salvation-gt/#findComment-3832465 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Konnavaer Posted October 13, 2014 Share Posted October 13, 2014 Congratulations brother, always good to hear that an event is good fun and the wolves made a good showing, looking forward to the bat reps Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/297922-back-from-the-battle-for-salvation-gt/#findComment-3832467 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rune Priest Jbickb Posted October 13, 2014 Share Posted October 13, 2014 That list looks fun. How did those wolf guard work out for you? They look super fun, but I balk a little at the point cost. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/297922-back-from-the-battle-for-salvation-gt/#findComment-3832531 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Z00Z Posted October 13, 2014 Share Posted October 13, 2014 excellent! well done brother. Very keen to hear your battle reports. I've been toying with the idea of running an unconventional list like yours! Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/297922-back-from-the-battle-for-salvation-gt/#findComment-3832543 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rune_Priest_Rhapsody Posted October 13, 2014 Share Posted October 13, 2014 Nice work Littlbitz!! Certainly Russ himself smiles upon you!! What a great looking list!! Too me, it is a great compromise between competitive and fluff. Obviously higher on the competitive side!! The Jump Guard and TH/SS TWC really make me smile, and I bet that both packs can soak up a lot of Tau/Eldar fire!!\ Bravo!! End of Line Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/297922-back-from-the-battle-for-salvation-gt/#findComment-3832544 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frater Cornelius Posted October 13, 2014 Share Posted October 13, 2014 Nice work Littlbitz!! Certainly Russ himself smiles upon you!! What a great looking list!! Too me, it is a great compromise between competitive and fluff. Obviously higher on the competitive side!! The Jump Guard and TH/SS TWC really make me smile, and I bet that both packs can soak up a lot of Tau/Eldar fire!!\ Bravo!! End of Line Eldar and Tau fire mainly consist of S6/7 AP4 or worse. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/297922-back-from-the-battle-for-salvation-gt/#findComment-3832555 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcpolle Posted October 13, 2014 Share Posted October 13, 2014 Eldar and Tau fire mainly consist of S6/7 AP4 or worse. I believe he was thinking more of the amounts of firepower. Because S6/7 AP4 is harsh when there is a bucket load coming at ya. Polle Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/297922-back-from-the-battle-for-salvation-gt/#findComment-3832589 Share on other sites More sharing options...
MithrilForge Posted October 14, 2014 Share Posted October 14, 2014 congrats ! and also i'd like to see an army shot added to the pic of the trophy Mithril Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/297922-back-from-the-battle-for-salvation-gt/#findComment-3832982 Share on other sites More sharing options...
guinness drinking dwarf Posted October 14, 2014 Share Posted October 14, 2014 Well done brother, have an ale. looking forward to hearing your tails of victory. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/297922-back-from-the-battle-for-salvation-gt/#findComment-3833004 Share on other sites More sharing options...
littlbitz Posted October 14, 2014 Author Share Posted October 14, 2014 thanks for all the comments guys! I know that the Jump Pack Wolf Guard were a bit of a point sink going into the Tournament, but they fit with my idea of "smashing stuff" all weekend. And I thought they looked cool to boot. I knew there were some weaknesses with the list, mainly no anti- Psyker ability, and very shooty armies I figured would give me fits. Game 1 was against the latter, a Tau (Farsight)-Legion of the Damned list. His list consisted of 3 SkyRays, 3 Rip Tides, a Squadron of 5 Piranha, a commander in a suit, and an assortment of suits with missile pods. His Legion of the Damned were 3x deep striking units with Melta, Multi-Melta and a Combi-Grav. I had first turn, and decided I needed to go for broke, I dropped my Pod with Dread into postion to take out a single battle suit unit for the quick first blood point, and rushed my Thunder Wolves and Jump Packs into his lines, holding a Mealstrom objective with the Grey Hunters. Over the course of the game, his firepower proved to be too much. My opponent mentioned that I failed an unusual amount of saves, but that is his army design, its sheer volume, force me to roll dice and I'll fail eventually. I do feel it was a great fight though. He wisely used his Piranha squadron to screen his Riptides, keeping me from getting to grips with them, and it was that speed bump which allowed him to lay down that firepower. My Blood Claws performed very well, unloading out of the Storm Wolf in Turn 3 and took out 2 Skyrays, My Terminators destroyed the 3rd and a Group of Battlesuits, and several leadership checks were forced on his suit commander when he joined up with the disembarked Piranha gun drones. I took a loss 9-2, not a great start but I do believe he went on to win over-all so I can't complain Well, I went into game 2 figuring I got that out of the way, then hit happened, the other counter to my army. The Screamer Star... Fate Weaver, Herald on a Disk (lvl 3, Exalted Reward), Herald on a Disk (Lvl3, Exalted Reward), Herald on a Disk (lvl3, focus of Conj) 11 Horrors, 11 Horrors, 3x Nurglings, 9 Screamers, 15 Flesh Hounds, Belakor, 3x Nurglings I loathe this army, the 2+ rerollable is just ridiculous and no fun to play against. However, I did my best to make it a good game. Truthfully I should have won, but I made a rookie mistake (the beer was flowing pretty freely). I allowed all my Thunderwolves to get bogged down in the combat with the Screamers and Heralds. I should have broke off the battle leader and Iron Priest, and I could have hit some of his smaller units with them. As it was a kill point mission for the Primary, I got stuck... It was also frustrating to take Fate Weaver and Belakor both down to 1 wound, and just couldnt strip that last one!!! oh well. Game 2, and I took another loss, things were not looking good for the Wolves. Game 3, was against another Daemon Army this Time Nurgle, he had 2 Soul Grinders and an assortment of other Nurgle nastiness. The details of this game I admit are a little fuzzy. Lol, suffice it to say a great time was had by both of us, and my Thunder Hammers proved to be too much for the Forces of Nurgle to handle, and the diseases ones were sent back to the Warp to lick their wounds... Finished Day 1 with 1 win and 2 losses, not great. Match ups were not the best for me, but hey it happens. Day 2 my first game was to be against a pure Grey Knight army Crowe, Strike Squad, Purifier Squad, Paladins, Interceptors, Storm Raven, Purgation Squad, DreadKnight, Librarian. Hammer and Anvil deployment. In this game, my opponent made a critical error. turn one he deep struck his Paladins behind me in my lines, cast all those nasty upgrade spells anticipating hitting my lines. Then in my turn I left... My Thunderwolves headed across the board and smashed into the rest of his army systimatically taking everything out except his paladins which were left footslogging it trying to catch up... Win 2 for the Space Wolves Game 5 was against Orks, Warboss on bike with Orky stuff, Big Mek with Force Field, Bike and Orky stuff, Painboy on a bike, 20 'ard boys, 20 'ard boys, grots, Mega-nobs, Biker Nobz unit, more Warbikes, 3x Battle Wagons. Oh the poor Orks, these guys brought a Choppa to a Thunder Hammer fight, I hit his lines like a ton of bricks with everything, and swung something in the neighborhood of 35 Thunder Hammer Attacks, it was ugly, the Orks were tabled... As this is a Nova Format Tournament, I was bracketed in day 2, so with 2 wins under my belt I went into game 3 fighting for the Bracket win. Game 6 (I do love the 6 game format, I always feel like 5 just isnt enough for me...) was against a White Scar-Space Wolf list. Now, I'm a bit of a purist, so I don't like this list. I dont have a copy here, but it roughly had Khan, a biker command with goodies, 4x biker squads with melta/grav, 3 or 4 Iron Priests on Thunder Wolves, and a couple other things, Im not too sure. I made a bit of a mistake in this game, I hit him with a 1-2 punch, sending in my Jump packers against his "DeathStar" unit while my Thunder Wolves went about taking out a couple minor targets. Had I just said the Heck with it and hit with everything at once, It would have tipped the combat into my favor. It was a hard fought battle, but at the end of the day, he won the Primary, and I won the Secondary. Game ended 7-5 Im still getting used to 7th edition, but I don't feel a 3-3 record is too bad. The Scoring system they use is quite interesting. They have 3 main awards, they score everyone 3 different ways to award different play styles and the different ways people enjoy the hobby. The Over-all winner I think is 75% battle and the other 25% is between paint and Sportsmanship The Paint Master is 75% paint with battle and Sportsmanship being the other 25% The Renaissance man is equal scoring across Battle Points, Paint, and Sportsmanship The Battle Points I earned combined with my Sportsmanship and my High Paint score was enough to win me the Ren-man award. Which I was quite pleased with. (and unexpected, I fully thought in my head I wouldve needed a 4th win) So, more changes to my list are coming. The Mechanicon is in 2 weeks, so I have a lot of painting to do. Hopefully I can get it painted in time, otherwise I'll have to tweak my plans a little. Here are my thoughts... WGBL on TWM with Runic Armor (I want that 2+ save), Frost Axe, Storm Shield TWC x4 with 4x Thunder Hammers and 3x Storm Shields Iron Priest on TWM TWC x4 with 3x Thunder Hammers and 4x Storm Shields Ven-Dread with Axe and Shield in a Pod Ven-Dread with Axe and Shield in a Pod Grey Hunters x5 with MG in a Pod Grey Hunters x5 with a Razorback with Twin-Linked Lascannon Culexus Assassin Storm Wolf with MM sponsons (FA choice for the Assassin) Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/297922-back-from-the-battle-for-salvation-gt/#findComment-3833300 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Drunk Guardian Posted October 14, 2014 Share Posted October 14, 2014 Great stuff littlbitz! One suggestion I would make is to consider a Drop Pod rather than Stormwolf for Culexus. If your opponent has a psyker with a buff that needs disabling, the pod can get you there immediately. If they don't have a psyker, then the Culexus becomes more of a distraction. An 18" infiltrate is sufficient to use the Animus turn 1 and provide an immediate threat to some unit. The other benefits are more flexibility for drop pod assaults and freed up points for more supporting units If you just want to field a Stormwolf that's cool too, because they are fun and awesome. :) Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/297922-back-from-the-battle-for-salvation-gt/#findComment-3833325 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hear da Lamentation Posted October 14, 2014 Share Posted October 14, 2014 Brilliant Littlbitz. Sounds like you had a blast. Couple of questions for me. Why the frost axe on the WGBL - the krakenbone sword is sooooo good and only slightly more expensive. Squeezing in 15 more points for the Fellclaw Teeth is also worth it. I take it you are using CoF with this list ... but you aren't taking advantage of the weapons. (Not that I have anywhere NEAR your experience of course) HDL Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/297922-back-from-the-battle-for-salvation-gt/#findComment-3833370 Share on other sites More sharing options...
littlbitz Posted October 14, 2014 Author Share Posted October 14, 2014 Honestly, the answer is simple HDL, That's what I currently have modelled, and I have lots to build and paint in just 2 weeks, just don't have the time. My thoughts with the Assassin in the Storm Wolf was to keep him out of combat and just use his radius ability to shut down Psykers. The way its been eplained to me is I would measure from the Storm Wolf while he is embarked and no Fire Point is needed for his raduis ability. Though, I need it to come on early enough to take advantage of that, so some tweaking of tactics may be in order, im gonna practice some with it. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/297922-back-from-the-battle-for-salvation-gt/#findComment-3833382 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Natanael Posted October 16, 2014 Share Posted October 16, 2014 Very nice reading some of you tournament adventures. I do miss the old bike lists that you used to run, but in a format with this kind of boring, rediculus lists it's no wonder you moved away from them. WG with JPs are expensive, it seems. Have you considered bikes instead? Cheap and +1T =) Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/297922-back-from-the-battle-for-salvation-gt/#findComment-3834968 Share on other sites More sharing options...
littlbitz Posted October 16, 2014 Author Share Posted October 16, 2014 Thanks Nat! And I cant seem to bring myself to take the assassin I was planning, I am pushing forward with some more TWC, and am going to make the move back to Swift Claw Bikers in support. Still Working out the list, but the Bikes WILL be back for Mechanicon... Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/297922-back-from-the-battle-for-salvation-gt/#findComment-3835051 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Natanael Posted October 16, 2014 Share Posted October 16, 2014 YAY! Bikes. ;) You were the reason I got intro Swiftclaws in the last codex, and now i have 20 or os bikes that are either HQs, WGs or Swiftclaws. So I'd love to see someone else using them, hehe. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/297922-back-from-the-battle-for-salvation-gt/#findComment-3835106 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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