Night Lords Tallarn Commander's Chaos (5 Games with the Blood Wolves)

[Tallarn Commander]

Greetings again!

 

Game 3: Blood Wolves vs. Iyanden Eldar

 

 

Game 3 pitted the Khornates from Fenris against the (mostly) dead Iyanden. It was a fun game and my opponent was awesome, a gentleman. He was also wearing a t-shirt advertising the German industrial band "KMFDM," which obliged me to randomly sing KMFDM lyrics during our game.   My opponent was also testing his list for the July Tacoma Open.

 

The Iyanden List

Spoiler

Iyanden

-as usual this list is probably riddled with errors

 

CHARACTERS

-Eldrad

-Warlock Skyseer

-various other HQs

 

BATTLE LINE

-10 Corsairs

 

OTHER DATASHEETS

-5 Wraith Guard

-5 Wraith Guard

-5 Wraith Blades

-5 Wraith Blades

-Possibly a 3rd unit of 5 Wraithblades?

-Wraith Knight--we joked about how you never see these after always seeing them back in the mid 2010s

-Wraith Lord with Shuricannons

-Wraith Lord with Bright Lances

-Wraith Lord with Bright Lances

 

So a very fluffy and fun Iyanden force.

 

 

 

 

Here are some photos...

 

 

Iyanden line at deployment

 

 

Blood Wolves line at deployment

 

 

Warlock Skyrunner charges and says hi to Squad Bloodflowers

It did not end well for the Warlock.

 

 

Turn 2 charge by Squad Bloodtongue vs. Wraith Blades

 

 

The Wraith Blade vs. Bloodtongue melee continues

 

 

When I remember it, the Master of Executions buffs sure are good.

 

 

Wraith Knight, Corsairs, and Eldrad manuever onto Eldar left-flank objective during midgame

 

 

Wraith Knight retakes objective and wipes out Bloodtongue

 

 

Blood Golem and Wirewolf charge Wraith Knight

Wirewolf would finish off the Wraithknight, Maulerfiends are probably better this edition than they have ever been

 

 

Company of Eight Chosen charge Wraith Knight and Wraith Blades

 

 

Wraith Guard saunter onto objective

For the early game and the midgame this squad and my Storm Crows Termie squad had both been hiding in separate buildings near this objective. We joked that the two units were texting each other, "If you leave your building, we'll leave our building." "You go first." "No, you go first."

 

 

Wraith Blades Jump out of Melee with Wulfrik and the Company of Eight

 

 

Void Rage Bloodletters Squad prepares to charge Corsairs on an objective

 

 

 

Eldrad watches the swirling melee

 

 

Wulfrik and the remaining Chosen fight a Wraith Lord

 

 

Wirewolf greets a Wraith Lord

 

 

As you can see, the game was full of fun and dynamic scrums in the middle. I actually remembered that my Warlord had the "Prime Test Subject" enhancement this game. I might want to stop taking this enhancement since I rarely remember it. The game was extremely close in points at the end but, in the end, the forces of the Undead Eldar won.

 

My MVP for this game is Wirewolf the Maulerfiend for killing a Wraith Knight and doing lots of damage to other units.

 

 

More games to follow....

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[SirTainly]

looks like a pretty colourful game too!

[Tallarn Commander]

Yes, Sir Tainly, my opponent's classic Iyanden yellow and blue colors were wonderfully painted. And, as good as his army looks, he said he still has some more work to do on it before the Tacoma Open. I hope I catch his army at Tacoma in July because it will be a sight to behold.

 

 

Game 4: Blood Wolves vs. Chaos Knights

 

 

Game 4 found the Blood Wolves up against an awesome Nurgle-themed Chaos Knight army. My opponent was incredibly fun to play against and we found out he lives just north of me in Kenmore, Washington. We plan to get in a game in our neck of the woods.

 

I'm a big vague on recalling my opponent's list. This was Game 3 of the tournament and we were all tuckered out. So I don't exactly recall what my opponent had. His list had various and sundry War Hounds, a big Knight Tyrant, a squad of Plaguebearers, 2 Beasts of Nurgle, and 2 or 3 squads of infiltrating Nurglings. His whole army had a neat Nurgle back-story to it.

 

Here are some photos...

 

Carnivore Chomps on Chaos Lord Svane and his Bloodtongue Legionaries Squad

I remembered my Prime Test Subject enhancement but it didn't do much. Oh well.

 

 

War Hound tussles with Wulfrik and the Chosen

 

 

Another Carnivore rolls poorly against the Alliance Havocs and they survive

He had just ripped apart Wirewolf the Maulerfiend so he was probably a tired Carnivore.

 

 

Voidrage Bloodletters try to save The Alliance

 

 

Storm Crows get taken out by another War Hound

 

 

Bloodfrenzy Legionaries Squad and a War Hound chip away at each other

Blood Golem the Defiler would then come in and finish off the damaged War Hound

 

Plaguebearers leave the enemy backfield to complete a secondary

I love the Plaguebearer on the right. He has such an adorable hat! My Plaguebearers are all the old 3rd edition metals, I would love to paint up a new squad of these plastic Plaguebearers someday.

 

Beast of Nurgle arrives to help mop up

 

 

War Hound finishes off the Baba Yagas Cultist Squad on my home objective

 

 

This was a very fun game full of some hilarious moments. In the end, the Blood Wolves were easily defeated. The Creations of Bile list generally plays to my strengths though. Out of my 4 losses this past weekend, 3 of them were very close. Usually if I go 1 and 4 over a series of days only 1 of my losses is close and in the other 3 losses I am easily tabled. Since I've been playing infantry-heavy Chaos Marine lists for 25 years, the Creations of Bile detachment finally rewards me for my style of play and gives me all sorts of tools for my assault infantry. Huzzah!

 

My MvP for the game is definitely Blood Golem the Chaos Defiler for killing 2 War Hounds through his shooting and melee.

 

I definitely need more in my list that can deal with a knights army. Currently Blood Golem the Defiler, Wirewolf the Maulerfiend, and the Alliance Havocs Squad contribute nicely in such a matchup. My assault infantry with lethal hits can chip away here and there. I think I might test out a second lascannon Havoc Squad and see how that does.

 

 

Photos from Game 5 to be posted soon.....