Saturday 13 July 2013

Post Tournament

Sadly I was unable to complete the DS tournament due to my daughter being unwell. I think she would probably have surviced without me, but it was just as much about being a good dad and a good husband. So, I got three games in. I was butchered by Eldar on jetbikes, narrowly won against Space Marines and narrowly lost against Grey Knights (an epic Coteaz vs. Coteaz smack down).
I was going to take lots of pictures, but the excitement of the battles kinda got in the way. I am still determined to do a proper battle report one day.
Still, I did manage to get some pictures from the day:
Some rather cool looking Eldar Jetbikes preparing to do in my Grey Knights

A key moment in my struggle with the Eldar where things hang in the balance and then go very much against me.
A scary moment in my fight against Space Marines when I am drop podded for thr first time.
My inquistor directing the battle from the back row
And finally a picture of my Coteaz model. I have to say, I am quite pleased with how this one came out.




Now, although I was not able to complete the tournament, I did learn two things:

Coteaz adds a lot of nice flexibility to an army what with all the Warbands as troops goodness. Now that I have found a Coteaz model I like I will certainly pursue Coteaz lists more. I am thinking of doing some Fluffy battle reports around this guy.

I have occaionally used a Dreadnought in my army, and is usually gets blown up in short order. What is the solution?? More Dreadnoughts. I have splashed out a bit this month on Ebay and will shortly have no fewer than four Dreadnoughts to play with!!








Friday 5 July 2013

Darksphere 40k Tournament

For the last month and a bit I have been preparing for the first ever Darksphere 40k Tournamant. Now someone once said that it is not your list, it's your gameplay. The final version of my Army List (Final Mk2) was the 28th version. Not sure what that says.
Anyway, here is a overview of my army as it will be fielded tomorrow (Saturday 06 June):

A few of things to note.
1) I am not bringing a flyer. I have used the Stormraven a couple of times and never really got on with it. Obviously a couple of games (well three) is not really enough to make a judgement on a multifaceted tool like a flyer, but I thought I would stick with things I am more comfortable with. So, I am basically hoping that most people will be flyer free.
2) I am not going to be Deep Striking anything. Sometimes that can do something amazing in a game, but I have a tendency to place the Deep Striking squad somewhere stupid and/or not getting it in until turn 4. So,...
3) ...instead I am going to reply on transports to get my troops to critical points. For the first time ever I am putting Terminators in a Chimera.
4) Finally, I will for the first time ever be bringing two Dreadnoughts. I had hoped to make the both Psyflemen, but was not able to get the additional Autocannons in on time. So, one will be armed with Fist and Lascannon.
I will post reports from both days (unless I am completely crushed, in which case I may not...)