tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-67749977663561736892024-03-05T01:26:42.030-08:00THE 512th CADIANOrbital Defence DetailMenzies Tankhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16442136130180768750noreply@blogger.comBlogger181125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6774997766356173689.post-66436187510303300212015-02-24T04:06:00.000-08:002015-02-24T04:07:39.567-08:00How well do you know your 30K lore?<span style="background-color: black; color: white;"><br /></span>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">When I did research for this piece I was very surprised to find that the original recruits for the Raven Guard were from Mongolia (which you'd expect this for say the White Scars, but currently in-fluff a lot of the central 40k chapters Terran origins are still a 'mystery') but even more surprised at the hidden gem of the Iron Hands of Texas, i.e. Sollus Stellax Bloc is cod latin-Imperial Gothic for the Lone Star State (Solo Stellar).</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Other amusing tidbits include the conflation Old Albia as being both the British Isles AND Albania (purely for that double-headed eagle motif), and that<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 22.7199993133545px;"> the Word Bearers / Imperial Heralds are probably the most racially and culturally-diverse Legion recruiting from an ever-growing list of 'defeated enemies of the Emperor'. No wonder they're so highly treacherous! :)</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Lastly in terms of geographically corresponding the real-world locations with the Terran Unification Wars fluff I relied on a map of Terra circa Unification Wars (late 29th Millenium) created on deviantart by 'Quantumbranching' that greatly assisted my research, do check it out!</span></div>
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Menzies Tankhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16442136130180768750noreply@blogger.com31tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6774997766356173689.post-21280683452088133742015-02-19T10:42:00.000-08:002015-02-20T04:32:12.329-08:00How Well Do You Know Your Space Marines?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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From top left to bottom right, images taken from following sources:<br />
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1. Space Wolves<br />
2. Dark Angels<br />
3. Blood Angels<br />
4. Ultramarines<br />
5. White Scars<br />
6. Black Templars<br />
7. Imperial Fists<br />
8. Raven Guard<br />
9. Grey Knights<br />
10. Minotaurs<br />
11. Carcharodons<br />
12. Mantis Warriors<br />
13. Crimson Fists<br />
14. Legion of the Damned / Firehawks<br />
15. Iron Hands<br />
16. Flesh Eaters<br />
17. Black Dragons<br />
18. Deathwing<br />
19. Rainbow Warriors<br />
20. Flame Falcons<br />
21. Lamenters<br />
22. Storm Wardens<br />
23. Mentors / Mentor Legion<br />
24. Salamanders<br />
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<br />Menzies Tankhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16442136130180768750noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6774997766356173689.post-61012762071957707052014-12-22T06:13:00.000-08:002014-12-22T06:13:45.643-08:00Season's Greetings!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Menzies Tankhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16442136130180768750noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6774997766356173689.post-22326009468426468342014-11-17T09:42:00.004-08:002014-11-18T04:31:33.328-08:007th ed. Grey Knights: Casting Vortex of Doom<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Wish you could fire awesomely destructive Mind-Bullets in your games of Warhammer 40K?<br />
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Dare you try, the <b>VORTEX GAMBLE </b><i>(trademark pending)</i><b>?</b><br />
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Here is my recipe for all you <b>Grey Knights</b> fans as to how to leverage your list building to ensure that the Daemonology Santic power "Vortex of Doom" a 12" range small blast D-weapon Vortex witchfire, can be reliably picked as well as used in your fun-filled games of 7th Edition Warhammer 40k, especially in the new meta of gargantuan creatures, super-heavies, tranny c'tannies, and Lords of War.<br />
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What you want to do is build a small 'sniping', potentially 'suicidal' unit that can shoot this power to take out the biggest, baddest, most points-expensive enemy unit in the game for fun, and of course to wreck havoc on your enemy's side of the battlefield.<br />
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D-weapon blast ahoy!<br />
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<b>Step 1: Pick a Librarian.</b><br />
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One of the cheapest HQ's in the game, a bit squishy despite being a 2-wound character in Terminator Armour, but to me this is the best way to get Vortex of Doom. With Mastery Level 2-base, you need to upgrade him to Mastery Level 3. This gives you access to at least 3 powers, all of which you want to take from the Daemonology: Santic lore to maximise your chances of getting the Vortex of Doom power (which is Roll 6, out of 6 possible powers). So currently a 3/6 chance of getting Vortex of Doom.<br />
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<b>Step 2: Upgrade your Librarian.</b><br />
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Obviously you also want to give him the Relic: Domina Liber Daemonica. This will give you a 4th Santic power you can roll for. Of course, we get the 'free' Primaris Power due to Psychic Focus, but as 'Banishment' is situational (good v. daemons, useless everywhere else), we'll ignore this for now. So now you have a 4/6 chance of getting Vortex of Doom.<br />
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Also this gives you the ability to reroll psychic test rolls of '1', which will assist you in the casting of a Warp Charge 3 power, what with all the dice you'll be chucking about.<br />
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Other potential upgrades include maximising your Librarian's survivability, so Cuirass of Sacrifice is a nice buy, as well as giving him a bodyguard of Terminators especially due to Brotherhood of Psykers, you can have Psychic shenanigans with things like Perils, and/or 'shooting' of the powers 'shared' amongst the unit, which can help extend the range of a Vortex of Doom getting 'shot'.<br />
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One is supposed to roll for Psychic powers before the game 'begins', so now's your chance to roll for Vortex of Doom. 4/6 ain't bad but don't despair if even with 4 rolls you don't manage to get the Vortex, there's still <u>one last trick up the Grey Knight's sleeve</u>.<br />
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In terms of powers, apart from Vortex you really want Sanctuary: to boost your unit's invulnerable save during the inevitable enemy's shooting phase as you become a nice, big, fat juicy target too good to not-shoot, Hammerhand: to give your Daemonhammer-wielding buddies a chance to lay a S10 smack on some wrong'uns, and Gate of Infinity to allow you to deepstrike out of combat, or perhaps even Deepstrike within Vortex-casting range!<br />
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<b>Step 3: Warlord Traits</b><br />
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At this stage prior to game commencing you should now be rolling on the Warlord Traits, particularly the Grey Knights version. Make sure you're bringing your Librarian as part of the main BRB Combined Arms detachment to give yourself a re-roll on the Warlord Traits table. Here is why:<br />
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If by (a good) chance you've got Vortex of Doom, the one Warlord Trait you REALLY want is First to the Fray. With a 1/6 chance of getting this AND a re-roll, if you do get it you can thus place your Libby and Crew "Mordrak Style", so 1st turn instant deepstrike, no scatter. During your movement phase, put the group within 12" of the juiciest target on board be it a Fortification, Wraithknight, C'tan, etc, and await the Psychic phase!<br />
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I would heartily recommend people to NOT attempt this on a Landraider, as blowing it up might mean it's contents assault you later which is not ideal, but at least if you have Gate of Infinity you can get out of potentially sticky situations. That is, if you survive the combat!<br />
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IF you haven't manage to roll of Vortex at this stage, the Warlord Trait you do want is Lore Master. This gives you an additional 1no. Santic power to pick, so a potential 5/6 chance to get Vortex of Doom. Now's your last chance to roll for it, so make it count!<br />
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Okay, you gots your Vortex. Now what?<br />
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You want to ensure you have enough Grey Knights dudes on board with Psychic potential to contribute to your Warp Charge dice pool. So with the Libby and crew alone, that's 4no. dice. I recommend taking a further 3 Dreadknights along (so 3 more dice, and they're so competitive as to be auto-includes anyway). Anything else is a bonus.<br />
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At this stage you've got 7no. instant dice, during your psychic phase you actually WANT to roll a low enough warp charge dice score as possible. The less dice you roll, the less chance your enemy will be able to Deny the Witch your Vortex blast, nyuk nyuk.<br />
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Now comes the difficult bit.<br />
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You need to be 12" away from your target, so there's gonna be a chance it'll scatter back on ya. Take a servo-skull from an Allied Inquisitorial Detachment, this will help reduce scatter by 1D6.<br />
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When you 'fire' this witchfire power, you want to be throwing at least 8no. dice (or 7no. minimum) to ensure you can pull off a successful Warp Charge 3 power. It's about 85% chance I think, but ALSO a corresponding 45% chance of Perils, so you have to take a risk here.<br />
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Did you remember to take that Relic: Domina Liber Daemonica? The ability to re-roll '1's for the casting of Santic powers = extremely useful at this point!<br />
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Unlike in previous editions, a failure DOES NOT result in the vortex engulfing the squad that casts it so RELAX. Also should you Perils, consult the chart, it's not so bad these days. After all, Grey Knights specialise in Santic, so no perils-ing on any doubles, just double 6's.<br />
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Undoubtedly, there is always a chance your opponent can Deny the Witch a successfully-cast Warp Charge 3 power, especially if they've got Psychic Defences e.g. Psychic Hoods, Adamantium Will, Talisman of Arthas Moloch, etc, etc, but at least you'll both have fun trying to cast and dispel a real cinematic 40k psychic power!<br />
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<b>Step 6: Vortex Shenanigans</b><br />
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So once you've passed the test, you have to 'fire' it, but there's no 'roll to hit' as it's a blast weapon. Roll that scatter dice, and don't forget to deduct your Libby's BS trait (-4"), even better if your target is 12" of a servo skull just so you can clip it.<br />
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As a note: a 'Vortex' has unique USR of it's own so it's rules are like a Barrage, the 'hits'/'wounds', etc are allocated closest to the centre of the marker first, so this is added-value powerfulness if say you shot and hit an independent character bunched up amongst a retinue of bodyguards to maximise the 'hits'.<br />
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Also: as it's a D-weapon you have to roll on the Destroyer weapon chart. This is where the fun begins.<br />
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You have a 1/6 chance of doing nothing. So this is why it's preferably the Vortex hits at least more than 1 target, easier said than done (especially if placed over a large model with corresponding large base). You also have a 1/6 chance of inflicting maximum damage, this being instant 6 wounds + D6 wounds with no saves possible, not even Feel No Pain.<br />
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Any other results will be D3 damage/wounds, which is okay I guess. Hence multiple 'hits' and the interaction of barrage-style rules due to Vortex means this will pretty much kill whatever it lands on.<br />
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Lastly as the marker is considered Impassable Terrain you could always blow up a vehicle directly, and the blast marker has to be left as is within the footprint of now-ex-vehicle. The passengers will then have to deploy within the footprint, but if they cannot 'fit' because the Vortex marker is taking too much room, these models are therefore removed from play.<br />
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Orks in Transports, watch out!<br />
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<b>Step 7: Field of Vortices</b><br />
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The best thing about Vortex of Doom is after you cast it, it will still remain on play and scatter around killing anything it 'lands' on (so it doesn't kill anything it 'moves' over, it merely blinks out of existence and re-appears in a random 2D6" direction even if it 'hits', as you use the small arrow on the dice).<br />
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This has potentially hilarious results, e.g. it scatters back over your dudes that cast it (no servo-skull deduction here!), but also it might rampage across your enemy's tabletop denying him areas to move onto, and/or scaring him from getting too close to the Vortex.<br />
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The vortex only ever disappears on a roll of a double on the dice, so I would say it's a good possibility that any Vortices you cast will hang around for a bit, a 1/6 chance of it winking out.<br />
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At this rate, and if your Libby is still alive after touching down from Deep Strike / Gate of Infinity, you can remain on play casting a Vortex a turn as long as you have valid targets to cast them onto, so you need to get pretty close to the enemy to do this! Alternatively, cast Gate of Infinity to get the frag outta the firing line! (Tau Jump-Shoot-Jump, eat my dust!)<br />
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Before long your enemy will be overwhelmed by all these blast markers scattering about randomly on the table. Hooray! You might find<a href="http://cadian512.blogspot.co.uk/2014/11/vortex-of-doom-template.html"> my multiple Vortex template</a> useful at this stage...<br />
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Give it a go, all you Grey Knights players who's thrown away your armies after the 7th ed. codex release, I dare ya to play the Vortex Gamble!<br />
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<span style="color: red; font-size: xx-small;">Disclaimer: Casting Vortex of Doom does not guarantee you popularity, friends, benefits, nor does it auto-win you games of Warhammer 40K. But at least you'll have fun trying to do so.</span><br />
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This is a quick A4-sized 'template' I had worked up featuring 3" blast 'vortex' templates, for use in games of Warhammer 40k.<br />
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The more eagle-eyed might spot the 'original' but now discontinued vortex image from 2nd edition set.<br />
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The idea is to use print this off at A4 size (international) which is 210mm x 297mm (careful not to hit 'fit page' which includes for printer margins, spray mount onto light card and cut out to suit.<br />
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<u>Disclaimer here</u>: I note that the images above are cobbled together from a search engine image search, and used totally without permission, not intended for sale or profit, purely for personal play aid only, all credit to the original creators of the above images, etc, etc.<br />
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My reason for making these?<br />
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I had recently purchased a limited edition apocalypse vortex grenade template off the bay of ecstacy, and there's been an upcoming tournament at the end of the month. I've also been testing out my new 7th edition Grey Knights codex and while crestfallen that much of 5th edition cheese, lists and tricks have been removed, I have since realised that with careful list-building one is able to reliably cast Vortex of Doom (a blast Destroyer-grade psychic power) in such a manner as to rebalance the scale tipped due to the profileration of D-weapons, Lords of War, Titans, Gargantuan Creatures, etc, in the new meta game of 40k.<br />
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Only recently tested my list out last week, by the end of turn 5 there were 3no. vortex grenade templates scattering randomly across the table causing all sorts of chaos for my opponent. Fun! But I had actually ran out of standard blast template markers and had to use beer mats and dice to represent these whirling vortices.<br />
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So I had me the idea of making my own similarly-sized templates that would look good on the tabletop, and assist me in future games so hey presto the above attachment is born.<br />
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On the first outing of rebooted 7th edition Grey Knights -"Vortex Delivery Special" against an Imperial First army (with no psykers or psychic defense), this is what damage the various Vortices inflicted:<br />
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2nd turn - Deepstrike, vortex cast and hits - I rolled a 6 on D-damage table. Imperial Bastion Fortification removed, and 3no. devastators killed by collapse of building.<br />
3rd turn - Vortex cast and hits - I rolled a 5. Drop pod explodes, 2no. marines killed. Previous vortex scatters and kills remaining 2no. devastators from ruins of building.<br />
4th turn - Vortex cast and hits - Lands direct on Lysander, I rolled a 1 so no effect. The original turn 2 vortex disappates.<br />
5th turn - Vortex cast and hits - I rolled a 2, 2no. Thunderhammer / Stormshield terminators killed.<br />
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So looking forward to testing this list against other types of army in due course.Menzies Tankhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16442136130180768750noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6774997766356173689.post-38686357453500892032014-10-16T02:05:00.000-07:002016-09-07T11:18:15.057-07:00Edinburgh League of Gamers<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Just some photos taken at my gaming haunt, the <a href="http://www.edinburghleagueofgamers.co.uk/">Edinburgh League of Gamers</a>, great terrain and boards to fight future battles over.<br />
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<br />Menzies Tankhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16442136130180768750noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6774997766356173689.post-87727846632647257492014-08-20T03:17:00.003-07:002014-08-20T03:20:42.268-07:00R.I.P. Grandmaster Mordrak<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: cyan;"><br /></span></span>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: cyan;"><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small; line-height: 18.200000762939453px;">Alas</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small; line-height: 18.200000762939453px;">, </span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small; line-height: 18.200000762939453px;">poor <b>Mordrak</b></span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small; line-height: 18.200000762939453px;">! I knew him, Huron; a fellow of infinite ghosts.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: cyan; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small; line-height: 18.200000762939453px;">Of most precise deepstriking;</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: cyan; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small; line-height: 18.200000762939453px;">he hath borne me on his Geller Field a thousand times;</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: cyan; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small; line-height: 18.200000762939453px;">and now how abhorred in my imagination it it!</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: cyan; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small; line-height: 18.200000762939453px;">My army list rims at it.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: cyan; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small; line-height: 18.200000762939453px;">Here hung that daemonhammer that I have kissed</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: cyan; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small; line-height: 18.200000762939453px;">I know not how oft.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: cyan; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small; line-height: 18.200000762939453px;">Your teleportation?</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: cyan; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small; line-height: 18.200000762939453px;">Your prayers?</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: cyan; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small; line-height: 18.200000762939453px;">Your firsts to the fray that were wont to set the table on a roar?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="background-color: black; color: cyan; line-height: 18.200000762939453px;">to mock your own revenge?</span></span></div>
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Good news! New grey Knight codex in a week or so, updated in-line with 7th edition 40K!<br />
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Bad news! My codex has been gutted, from losing Inquisition (not a problem, there's always the e-dex), to losing my favourite units (of which mordrak and thawn are gone, as they have no models). Boo hiss, etc.<br />
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However I'm thinking of buying yet another awesome new model to proxy as a count-as centrepiece Dreadknight, see above! It's a mock-up of Scibor's Roman SF 28mm mech,<a href="http://sciborminiatures.com/en_,shop.php?art=1408"> link here</a>. If the rumours about the severe points reduction in cost of Dreadknight are true, I'd be the first in line to buy this Scibor mech which admittedly looks a lot better than the Games workshop sculpt!<br />
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I've photoshopped it against my existing Dknight (painted white) for scale purposes, a bit taller as it's standing on some rocks, but all in all not bad!<br />
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I really like it, and with a Grey Knight apothecary head (that looks suitably techmarine-y with gubbinz by the side of the head) really adds to it.<br />
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I call it the Dreadknight Mark 8th (Henry). The bloated-looking armour makes me think of this:<br />
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Towards the end days of <a href="http://cadian512.blogspot.co.uk/2014/04/tournament-report-edinburgh.html">6th edition</a> I had been experimenting with elements of the now-aging Grey Knight Codex that attracts ridicule and respect alike, the <a href="http://cadian512.blogspot.co.uk/2014/03/monkey-mayhem.html">Jokaero Weaponsmiths</a>!<br />
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I'm a big fan of these little guys and normally run them in squads of 2 to plug a gap in my Grey Knights forces to bring a bit more long range / anti-tank / AP1-2 into the mix, and they are a lot of fun to use and play.<br />
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They have performed better than expected, especially combo-ed with Plasma Cannon Servitors and Inquisitors/Cortez with Psychic Buffs that allow them to re-roll shooting, ignore cover, force re-rolls on enemy saves, and the Monkey Inconceivable Customisation traits.<br />
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However, with the greater unreliability of psychic powers in 7th edition, coupled by the rise in faster moving armies (for Maelstrom and other objective grabbing purposes) and my local meta which is built around exploiting the buffs to artillery (barrage) and the emphasis on mass shooting (dakka dakka armies), it might mean these monkey boys might see less action as I re-tool my GK army list to increase the competitiveness of my toy soldiers.<br />
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The fact that they are extraordinarily squishy of late has meant they've been relegated from starring role to more of a supporting position which is a shame, as my models tend to attract a lot of attention at my gaming club due to me being the only Grey Knight player that bring these little furballs to games. <br />
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Jokaero and other 'Count-As' models from left to right:<br />
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1. Dinky Delight's Banana's <a href="http://cadian512.blogspot.co.uk/2014/02/going-bananas.html">objective counter</a>.<br />
2. GW Jokaero Weaponsmith model (at front) - finecast, finished, had to mount on larger (Terminator) base for stability, likely to be used as an objective counter.<br />
3. <a href="http://www.reapermini.com/OnlineStore/Orangutango,%20Cyber-Ape/sku-down/50214#detail/50214_w_1">Reaper Miniatures</a> Orangutango Cyber-Ape, (white metal) - still being painted<br />
4. <a href="http://blackcatbases.com/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=437_438&zenid=6fb062e1c8259c726fa1ae1687327cd3">Black Cat Bases</a>* animal figurines - seated male orangutan, baby (at front), male & female (at back) - white metal, finished.<br />
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All lovely models that inject a bit of humour into the game, great to paint and the comments they always attract have been very positive<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: red;"><b>NOTE*</b>: Black Cat Bases do remarkable models suitable for all sorts of gaming systems and I cannot advocate their miniatures highly enough. However, at time of this post I would STRONGLY advise that please do your research regarding company communication and anticipated postage for ordered miniatures (a quick google check will suffice) as their current track record is a subject of much discussion on forums of late. </span></span>
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The new missions I've found to be fun to play, but it wasn't long before I thought to myself: How can I make new counters/markers easily, and still in keeping with the 40K setting?<br />
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GW has it's own 'brushed metal' numbered coins it uses (see above), sold as part of the Munitorum Edition, very snazzy. Perhaps just painting numbers in Imperial Gothic script onto spare 25mm bases or spare coins was the way to go. Simple, basic, and quick. But I felt something was missing...<br />
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Then an idea hit me, and now I have these new themed numbered objectives, specially for the Maelstrom of War missions:<br />
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While I had indicated in white paint against a black background the numbers suitably in a 40K flavour, I have also done the following:<br />
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2. Added colour-coded items to each base relating to the number indicated on the objective, so we have a single blue-energy skull for 1, double-promethium orange-symbol tanks for 2, triple hot-glowing cursed red daggers for 3, quadruple radioactive green grenades for 4, an alien plant with 5 purple leaves, and a set of 6 gold bullet casings for the final objective.<br />
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I'm pretty pleased with the result, and I think it will look great in my future games of 40K.<br />
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Give it a try!Menzies Tankhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16442136130180768750noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6774997766356173689.post-83875786469617055282014-06-02T01:53:00.000-07:002014-06-03T02:31:15.298-07:00Easy To Make Objective Counters - Xenos Neon-Green Markers!Since I've started playing 40K at the <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Edinburgh-League-Of-Gamers/264202361741?hc_location=timeline">Edinburgh League of Gamers</a>, I noticed I was short of a few objective markers and templates, so apart from buying a new sprue set of neon green assault on black reach templates like so:<br />
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And now, tadaa! Killing 2 kroothawks with one bolt, I present to you easy to make neon-green objective markers. Very Xenos-Necron I might say.<br />
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All you need a good pair of sprue clippers, superglue, spare bases, leftover glowing plastic sprue bits and just 10 minutes to make these 3 bad boys. It was great fun chopping up the excess bitz and gluing them together, so you get the idea!<br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">“EDINBURGH EXTERMINATUS – APRIL 2014”</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">c/o EDINBURGH LEAGUE OF GAMERS</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Greeting
wall-of-text readers! After a few weeks attending the <a href="http://elgamers.org/">Edinburgh League of Gamers</a> (ELG) on a weekly Wednesday-night basis to get my 40K fix, I found out
that the ELG were holding a 2-day tournament consisting of the following:</span></span></div>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">1750 points, 6<sup>th</sup> edition
“singles” tournament, allies + Forgeworld-allowed, no Super heavies /
Lords of War.</span></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">5 games of standardized 40K games
consisting of 5 scenarios from the BRB rulebook with very minor variations
per mission, with tournament scores attributable to differences in
achieving primary, secondary, and bonus secret mission tertiary
objectives.</span></span></li>
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to keep to the schedule. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swiss-system_tournament">Swiss system</a> tournament setup. 10 tables
(20 players) in total, with random allocation to start out with but a
designated ‘top table’ (1) and ‘bottom table’ (10) which would give an
indication of overall player rankings.</span></span></li>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">While
having never entered a 40K tournament before and reading of all sorts of
power-cheese lists galore in such circumstances, I thought it would be an ideal
way to spend my weekend meeting up with fellow enthusiasts I might not ever see
at the weekly games night, plus to expand and interact with my ever-growing 40K
social circle, so why not? 5 games of 40K in 2 days, woohoo!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">And
indeed it was. I met loads of people I wouldn’t normally have met, played with
loads of people I knew from the club but hadn’t played with, and had an utmost
blast. It was a friendly, jovial, at times tensely competitive gaming
environment, but what fun we all had. All credit to the tournament organiser, <a href="https://twitter.com/thesnailmaster">Dale Bennion</a>,
for hosting an excellent and smoothly-run tournament where I believe everyone,
or hopefully most people, had a good and memorable weekend. I certainly did!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Initially
I was very hesitant to enter my Grey Knight force into the tournament what with
having no anti-air elements to counter the proliferation of 6<sup>th</sup>
edition Flyers (I’m still awaiting for the arrival of a brand new Stormraven
& Aegis Defence Line for me to build up, paint, etc) but then I thought:
Aww heck, just because other opponents might bring some aerial muscle doesn’t
mean it would stop me having fun, I should just bring whatever I liked, right?
So this is an account of my plunge into the tournament scene.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">So
here’s what I brought to my local tournament (nb: no individual points here, or
in my opponents’ individual lists I can recall, you’ll have to look it up
yourselves reader-chaps and chapattis!):</span></span></div>
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Knights – “Monkey Magic” @ 1750 points </span></u></span></div>
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Torquemada Coteaz</span></span></div>
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Malleus Inquisitor – power armour, Psyker lvl 1, Force Sword, 3 servo-skulls.</span></span></div>
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Squad – 5-men, Psycannon, 2 Halberds, 1 Sword, 2 Hammers + Justicar Thawn</span></span></div>
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Squad – 2 Plasmagun Acolytes + 4 Psykers</span></span></div>
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Knight Interceptors – 2 Psycannons, Psybolt upgrade</span></span></div>
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intention behind this particular army composition as follows:</span></span></div>
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all know GK’s excel at 24” range due to stormbolters, psycannons and psybolt,
but is considered weak at long ranges apart from a couple of select units, so I
wanted to turn this concept on it’s head and develop an army that had domination
on long-range firepower a la Tau, so keeping the enemy at arm’s length, but
also with enough punch to alpha strike on the 1<sup>st</sup> turn a la Drop Pod
armies.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">So
the punch-shunt elements of Interceptors and Dreadknights were my 1<sup>st</sup>
turn ‘drop pod’ functionaries of this list, aiming to take out the big bad of
the enemy and/or crippling them at weak spots, also doubling up as massive
distraction units that had to be dealt with.</span></span></div>
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Terminator squad will seize objectives and score where needed, preferably
backing up the shunting vanguard with stormbolter firepower. I’ve included
Thawn to pose a ‘thorn’ (haw haw) to my enemy’s plans, what with him being
re-spawnable and all with the exception of “Remove from Play” attacks.</span></span></div>
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the meantime my long range psyfleman, vindicare, and jokaero-monkey
obliterators will deal death from afar preferably on 1<sup>st</sup> turn,
thanks to Coteaz and his Spy Network. If the enemy got close the plasma cannons
would deal with 3+ armour Marine Equivalents (MEQ) / 2+ armour Terminator
Equivalents (TEQ), Coteaz and Inquisitor have access to Divination so I would
cast Prescience and Twin-Link the firepower of the squads. So essentially
Divination Monkies for the win, with the plethora of AP1 / AP2 Blast and long
range firepower, with opportunities to buff on Monkey Buff Traits (a.k.a. “Inconceivable
Customisation” with +1 bonus per Monkey) e.g. rending, increased 12” range,
etc, and maybe a spare Divination power that could be useful e.g. Perfect
Timing (ignores Cover).</span></span></div>
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would preferably sit within their Chimera taxis and snipe from their static
caravans, only moving/disembarking to grab objectives. Coteaz *might* set up in
terrain, this would be situational e.g. if the enemy is relying on outflanking
/ deepstriking / reserves his “I’ll Be Expecting You” rule would devastate
them.</span></span></div>
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the final henchmen squad (psykers + plasma dudes) would arrive from reserve for
late objective grabbing, keeping them out of harm’s way.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Vindicare,
while being a Glass Cannon, is my anti-fortification / anti-land-raider /
anti-vehicle component, intending to pop a tank a turn, and lastly I’m reliant
on any Psycannons I can spare and the Psyfleman to take out any Flyers (fingers
crossed here), which I had hoped wouldn’t have been too many.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">So
with that in mind, I jumped into the breach, and entered my intrepid Grey
Knights to see how such a list would fare in a “competitive” environment. Sadly
these are just quick summaries to give you a flavour of what occurred this
weekend but no photos, charts, full blown batreps etc, for all you avid readers.
Boooo! Hisss, gerroff, etc.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">If
you do want further information on what went down on the day, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Edinburgh-League-Of-Gamers/264202361741">check out this link.</a><b><span style="color: red;"> </span></b>Other than that, apologies
to my opponents if I get the finer details of their army lists wrong, but I’ll
do my best to recall what I went up against. All scores shown below are NOT as
per BRB victory points but rather based on the tournament scoring system
itself.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">NOTE: I
was quite aware that Grey Knights were an army that not many people had ever
faced in my local meta, so all the players I encountered were very unfamiliar
with my force’s Codex, playstyle, and abilities. With that in mind, I always
sought to chat my list through with my opponents pre-game and explain where
required many of the Grey Knights abilities (e.g. servo skulls, Coteaz Spy
Network, I’ll be Expecting You, Jokaero traits, Thawn’s I’ll Be Back, etc etc),
so as to not suddenly foist “extra hidden” rules and abilities they were
previously unaware and make the game fairer and more fun for both parties. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Mission:
Crusade (4no. objectives) - Setup: Dawn of War</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Grey
Knights 1<sup>st</sup> Turn: Yes (won roll-off, no initiative stolen)</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><u><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">White
Scars “Bike Spam” @ 1750 point</span></u><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"></span></span></div>
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Master - on Bike, Shield Eternal, Relic Blade</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">GAME 1 SUMMARY:</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> Servo skulls put the White Scars at arm’s length with 50% of
bikes in reserve, so the Interceptors and Dreadknight shunted forth while my
long range shooting tore massive chunks out of the bikers (killing one squad
and decimating the command) in the first 2 turns. However, the Dreadknight
eventually flubbed his dice rolls in combat and fell to a series of power fist
attacks. With this momentum lost, the quick arrival of drop pod, stern guard,
storm raven and the rest of bikes on turns 3 quickly turned the tide.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">With
so much biker pressure, my forces withdrew to one side of the board and dealt
with the Stern Guard and Drop Pod but with the majority of scoring units still
embarked in their Chimeras failing to secure their own objectives, at the end
of turn 4 all Bikes rushed to camp on all objectives within their reach with
their turbo-boosting abilities, and time was called.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><u><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Turbo-boosting
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">GAME 1 REACTION:</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> It was in this first and vital game I learnt that tournaments
like this one had to be played fast to the extent that players’ would be
considered lucky if they even got to finish Turn 5, let alone any further turns.
I had a good game playing against Adam’s bike army and did not begrudge him his
well-deserved, hard fought victory as we both did not fully realise how long we
were taking to play. 2.5 hours goes quickly!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">We
both had the option of playing on into our lunch break and even onto the next
game but decided against it on the grounds that it would be unfair in a fashion
to our subsequent opponent(s) by holding everybody up, so we got to enjoy our
sandwich buffet lunch instead and talked about the game and discussed with
others how theirs went. We were then relaxed, regrouped, and prepared for the next
game.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Mission:
Big Guns Never Tire (4no. objectives) – Setup: Hammer and Anvil</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Grey
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<span style="font-size: small;"><u><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Chaos
Space Marines “Typhus Triple Helldrakes” @ 1750 points</span></u></span></div>
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Zombies – 28no.</span></span></div>
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Zombies – 27no.</span></span></div>
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Zombies – 21 no.</span></span></div>
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passed = <i>4 – 18</i>)</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">GAME 2 SUMMARY:</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> Dreadknight got tarpitted by zombies and stayed in combat
throughout the game, while Typhus’ Manreaper made quick work of my
deep-striking Terminators. Everything else apart from my Psyfleman was
eliminated by the fearsome Triple Helldrakes with their powerful Vector Strikes
to crack open transports and 360 degree torrent S6 AP3 Flamer to kill
everything it touches. On a positive note, twin-linked lascannon monkies did
blow up the fortification, but the best I could do against the Flyers was
glance one a turn despite the amount of twin-linked snap-shooting I was putting
out. With no dedicated anti-air and poor positioning of my 2+ armour save units
the game was an uphill struggle.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><u><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Dragons
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">GAME 2 REACTION:</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> I had never faced this fearsome meta-busting list before but on
some small level I was quite pleased I didn’t get tabled despite playing until
the end of Turn 5 where it ended naturally on a dice roll (with only
Dreadknight and Psyfleman left on board). Chris’ freely admitted that he
normally wouldn’t play such a competitive list in ‘normal’ games but opted to
do so as he had heard rumours that all other entries were meta-busting
ballbreaking power-lists were normal in this particular tournament. Whether
this was actually the case I couldn’t verify as I had not the chance to
scrutinise the top tables’ players individual lists.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">I’ll
hold my hands up and state that it wasn’t the most enjoyable game I’ve ever
played by a mile, but it was certainly an eye-opening game at least on an
academic level as Chris was very canny with his list choices, deployment, and
the way he played them (particularly manoeuvring the mighty Helldrakes to deny
me shots at their rear armour) and I’d be fooling myself if I hadn’t expected
to meet at least that one “guy” who brought that “list” that everyone talks
about in hushed tones in a competition setting. Mind you, some of my opponents
might well tar me with the same brush with the laser monkey gunline setup I
have, so there you go.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Mission:
Emperor’s Will + The Relic (2no. objectives + Relic) – Setup: Dawn of War</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Grey
Knights 1<sup>st</sup> Turn: Yes (1<sup>st</sup> turn given to me, no
initiative stolen)</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Table:
Desert-theme with Adobe flat-roof building terrain.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Opponent:
Grant</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><u><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Blood
Angels “Assault Marine Strikeforce” @ 1750 points</span></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">HQ:</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Mephiston</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Assault
Marines – 10no. + 1 Sanguinary priest, Jump Packs</span></span></div>
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Marines – 10no. + 1 Sanguinary priest, Jump Packs</span></span></div>
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Marines – 10no. + 1 Sanguinary priest, Jump Packs</span></span></div>
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– Drop Pod</span></span></div>
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Annihilator – TL Lascannons, Lascannons</span></span></div>
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Annihilator – TL Lascannons, Lascannons</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">GAME 3 RESULT:</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> Grey Knights Victory! (Primary passed, Secondary & Tertiary
drew = 13 – 4)</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">GAME 3 SUMMARY:</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> Both Jokaero squads rolled to increase their shooting range by
12” (and one squad gained Ignores Cover from Coteaz Psychic power BRB roll)
which gave the Grey Knights an overwhelming edge over Grant’s Blood Angels on a
board with very little LOS-denying cover. Both the Dreadknight and Interceptors
were eventually charged by Assault Squads but Force Swords & Doomfists made
short work of the lot, while the Vindicare popped a vehicle a turn with its
Turbo-Penetrator ammunition.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Mephiston
and his ride (Stormraven) came too late on the board on Turn 5 to recover the
battle for the Blood Angels, by then the Monkey + Servitor shooting had wiped
out the rest of the Sons of Sanguinius, and Thawn made off with the Relic
(which was a <a href="http://cadian512.blogspot.co.uk/2014/03/monkey-mayhem.html">bananacounter</a>)</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><u><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Victory,
and Payday for my Monkey auxillaries!</span></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">GAME 3 REACTION:</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> As both Grant and I at this point had been allocated to the
bottom table it seemed we were both battling for the “<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wooden_spoon_%28award%29">wooden spoon</a>”. Sadly this
time the deck was stacked against Grant as this particular table’s themed-cover
(or lack of it) did his army no favours as they were out in the open, along
with the nerfing of his Scouting tactics caused by my servo-skull. Lastly the
Monkey-buffs and Ignores Cover from my shooting was truly a devastating
combination that really put the hurt on all the MEQs he had.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">However
Grant was a very affable chap who didn’t get to play 40K much so was quite
happy just to be involved in the tournament, and his enthusiasm for the game
and cheerful inquisitiveness e.g. asking me questions such as “Wow what does
this unit do?”, “I like your monkeys, they can do what? That’s horrible”, etc,
meant this was the friendliest, easygoing game I played all day which made it
more enjoyable. The fact that this was the last battle for the day meant at
this stage it was played pretty casually at a leisurely pace, with plenty of
opportunities to just chat without staring at our little army toys intently
rolling dice like the world depended on it.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> Mission:
The Scouring (6no. objectives) – Setup: Vanguard Strike</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Grey
Knights 1<sup>st</sup> Turn: Yes (1<sup>st</sup> turn given to me, no
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Urban-theme with Gothic ruin terrain.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Opponent:
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“Take All Comers” @ 1750 points</span></u></span></div>
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Master, Shield Eternal, Burning Blade</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Tactical
Marines – 10no. plasma + Rhino</span></span></div>
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Marines – 10no. plasma + Rhino</span></span></div>
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Squad – 5no. marines + banner + axes, etc.</span></span></div>
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Raider Redeemer</span></span></div>
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Squad – Lascannons + Missile Launchers</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">GAME 4 RESULT: </span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Grey Knights Defeated (Primary & Tertiary failed, Secondary
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">GAME 4 SUMMARY:</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> I made a fatal error in the deployment of my Dreadknight which
resulted in sudden lunge by my opponent’s Chapter Master (riding in a Landraider,
disembarked, and assaulted) who successfully slew it on the 1<sup>st</sup> turn
which caught the Grey Knight’s completely off-guard! However, my forces held
their nerve and battered the Ultramarines with immense firepower destroying the
enemy warlord, their transports and exploding the fortification.</span></span></div>
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the dust settled the Grey Knights had the advantage having seized objectives of
greater value, so Thawn took the risk of attempting a greedy grab running
towards a further unclaimed objective to seal the deal (pushing a minor win up
to a victory) but just couldn’t make it. This was subsequently punished by the
Ultramarines who launched a last-ditch firepower push at all my scoring units
and succeeded in breaking the morale of my key Psyker unit.</span></span></div>
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Ultramarines had snatched victory from the jaws of defeat!</span></u></span></div>
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the tournament, and I found it really enjoyable, a pretty awesome game. While
my Vindicare missed all his shots and re-rolls throughout the entire game, Liam
opened with a bold gambit by throwing his Chapter Master forward and
adventurously slaying my Monstrous Creature for First Blood. After this the
game was played pretty conservatively on both sides with the superior firepower
of the magic monkeys catching Liam off guard with the sudden and catastrophic
loss of his bastion which left his static firebase in disarray.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Liam
was definitely on the backfoot at this point, but by the end of the game we had
all correctly de-canted our transports and camped our objectives (an experience
learnt from Game 1) to avoid past mistakes and in the end the game hinged on a
single Morale test dice roll which my henchmen unit failed where it counted. Liam
was quite relieved to have won this game as he felt his forces came under a lot
of pressure from my gunline but his own marines finally delivered at the last
minute, which did not surprise me as I had anticipated this scenario earlier
but consciously did nothing about it so Liam deserved his victory here.</span></span></div>
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The Scouring (+ 3no. objectives) – Setup: Dawn of War</span></span></div>
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Knights 1<sup>st</sup> Turn: Yes (1<sup>st</sup> turn given to me, no
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Slaughter “Cult Air” @ 1750 points</span></u></span></div>
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Space Marine Lord (Mark of Slaanesh I think?), power sword</span></span></div>
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Cultists – 20no.</span></span></div>
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Cultists – 10no.</span></span></div>
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Cultists – 10no.</span></span></div>
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Marines – 10no.</span></span></div>
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Marines – 10no.</span></span></div>
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Spawn – 5no.</span></span></div>
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Raptor Gunship - Forgeworld Flyer</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">GAME 5 RESULT: </span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Grey Knights Victory (Opponent Tabled = <i>20 – 0</i>)</span></span></div>
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deployment edge (almost like Napoleonic infantry) with the bikes hidden away as
if to mitigate blast template firing, although the Warpsmith & Plague
Marine retinue were in a rhino deployed in the open, a tactical mistake as this
was immediately popped by the Vindicare. Twin-linked plasma cannon blast
templates soon vaporised its’ contents neatly clumped together for convenience.</span></span></div>
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tele-shunting Grey Knights sought out, shot at and eventually engaged the Chaos
Lord, Bikes and cultists in a risky gambit but managed to eliminating them with
minimal casualties suffered over the 3 turns, while Henchmen long range
shooting destroyed whatever was in their line of sight.</span></span></div>
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add further insult to injury, the Chaotic Forgeworld Flyers eventually flew in
separately on turns 3 & 4 doing minimal damage (e.g. eventually stripping
the Psyfleman Dread of all it’s hull points) but were immediately both
destroyed in dramatic conflagrations by uncannily precise shooting! The
Psyfleman took down the first Fire Raptor with 2 penetrative shots and blew it
up, and Psycannons from the Interceptors did the same to the Storm Eagle,
killing it’s contents consisting of a entire Plague Marine unit.</span></span></div>
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both Flyers destroyed the forces of Chaos lost heart and were completely wiped out, and the tournament ended
with the Vindicare shooting his final Hellfire round through the back of a lone
cultist fleeing through the battlefield wreckage.</span></span></div>
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his favourite sons, the Grey Knights!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">While
my long range shooting went according to plan, my Grey Knight skirmishing
elements (tele-shunters) in combat took me by surprise as they had previously
been pretty pants during Game 1 when I faced a similar Biker faction
strategically deployed in the same, exact fashion. Despite being bogged in
combat, they crushed their foes but for a brief moment it looked like Chaos was
ready to pounce on my vulnerable gunline upon arrival of affiliated aircraft…</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">However,
poor rounds of shooting by the Flyers couple by sh!t-hot shooting by myself (I
had never rolled so many 6’s on my dice in a game, ever!) meant that even
without Skyfire I was immensely lucky to destroy the points-heavy planes one
after the other.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">This
game took me by surprise as I realised that above-average rolling on my part,
faced against below-average rolling on my opponent’s part (and some fatal
deployment errors) meant this was an extremely one-sided game for Chris which
he took it very sportingly and in good nature, which was very admirable.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">It
was one of those games where everything I did went right and everything my
opponent did went wrong which I did feel Chris’ pain despite me being the one
dishing it out.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">With
a total score of 42 (I think) out of a possible 100, <u>I ranked <b>13<sup>th</sup></b> Place out of <b>20</b> entries.</u></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">I
would definitely consider this not bad at all for the lazer monkies, even
without dedicated anti-flyers / flyer support! As I’m in the process of
investing in a Stormraven and/or Aegis Defence Line + Quad gun and
experimenting with them, these elements I might be adding to my forces in
future games.</span></span></div>
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Monkey-Grey Knights did good, in fact so good that I won this trophy (picture
as proof!):</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Of course, <u>it helped that I won it by
default </u>irrespective of my score and/or ranking as I was the only Grey Knight
player there, but I still won a trophy at my first tournament, wooohoooo!</span></span></div>
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was hotly contested between him and myself! The Player Choice scores were for
best painted, themed, etc, essentially a free vote by all in attendance, and we
tied, thanks to those who took a fancy
to my monkies and their banana objective counters. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">We had to roll off and David won, which he
deserved to as he brought one of the most beautifully painted and modelled Tau
armies I’ve had the pleasure of seeing, while my monkies are still wip so
would’ve felt bad if I had won this award. Well, maybe just a little bit. </span><span style="font-family: Wingdings;">;-)</span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">I
had a great 2 days, had plenty of laughs, enjoyed myself thoroughly, and I hope
this sentiment was shared by all in attendance.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Met
some great guys, good players the lot of them with interesting and varied armies
I can’t wait to play against soon one day. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Thanks
again to the Edinburgh League of Gamers, and especially Dale Bennion for
organising a wonderful and fun tournament. Can’t wait for the next one!</span></span></div>
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With my regular opponents (Laurence & Dougie) winding down 40K, I had struggled to figure out what to do with this hobby-disease called Warhammer 40,000 as the painting, modelling, and collecting aspects without gaming, to me seemed a hollow pursuit. I personally believe it is at it's best when shared, and despite the shared, rich complex backdrop of the 40K universe and the plethora of toys one can buy, sometimes in the Grim Darkness of the Far Future it can seem like a pretty lonely place...<br />
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Following my fiancee's recommendation, I started looking around to see if there were any close-by gaming groups within my area (Edinburgh, Scotland/UK) that would take in newcomers and veterans alike and the solution hit me:<br />
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The Edinburgh League of Gamers - on a Wednesday to boot! Ideal for me as I having something to look forward to mid-week to get my spirits up.<br />
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Links, details and information here: <a href="http://www.edinburghleagueofgamers.co.uk/">elg website</a> and on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Edinburgh-League-Of-Gamers/264202361741">facebook</a>.<br />
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With my "Wednesday Night Gaming" arisen from the ashes like a Phoenix on fire, I've now been a few times and met some pretty cool fellow gamers, sharing war stories and getting a couple of games in, battles tend to be fought around 1750 pts.<br />
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Conveniently located for me, the ELG has affordable membership, great terrain, loadsa space and tables, friendly opponents up for 40K (as well as other systems, board & card games too), and even a licensed bar! I'm asking myself now: Why didn't I join sooner?<br />
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As a result, I might start producing battle reports, photos and/or random rants from these mid-week excursions from now on, so expect to see more frequent posts now the 40K-madness has been reinvigorated within me. For any of you reading who happen to be within the vicinity, do come along I might see you there.<br />
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Thanks again to my wonderful darling wife-to-be. ;)Menzies Tankhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16442136130180768750noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6774997766356173689.post-2260239134630067392014-04-17T06:04:00.003-07:002014-04-17T06:09:02.696-07:00MARBO: Last Blood<br />
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Missing your favourite Catachan Jungle-Fightin' Deathworlder from your updated and recently released Codex: Astra Millitarum? Fear you will have to retire all your converted count-as Marbo's as they are now unplayable on a standard game of 6th edition 40K?<br />
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I have the solution! <br />
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For fans of <a href="http://cadian512.blogspot.co.uk/2014/04/bye-bye-marbo-we-hardly-knew-ye.html#more">Marbo</a>, I've now worked up a <span id="bc_0_15b+seedPXzD" kind="d">parody dataslate/supplement of Sly Marbo - Unus Virum Millitarum (The One Man Army)</span> for 'personal' use of your own games, complete with expanded D6 Random Warlord Traits table. All in handy JPEG format so you can view them anywhere in non-traditional media format doofer-i-thingies!<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"> Note 01: Do not use these codex / supplement / dataslate excerpts without prior and vocally expressed agreement of opponent, otherwise you will never play 40K again. You have been warned!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Note 02: This is obviously a parody, all copyrights used without permission, intellectual property belonging to respective owners, although in this instance it is clearly a parody of a parody in itself taking an intellectual property used without permission in an attempt to copyright that which is uncopyrightable... Oh wait. </span>Menzies Tankhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16442136130180768750noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6774997766356173689.post-40923386728178293242014-04-14T07:39:00.001-07:002014-04-17T06:06:59.844-07:00Bye Bye Marbo, We Hardly Knew YeNEWSFLASH!<br />
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New 6th Edition Codex: Imperial Guard... Sorry, I meant Codex: Astra Vauxhall Hatchback (a.k.a. Millitarum) cuts out Le Soldat Marbo, it's been confirmed.<br />
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No doubt in this age of DLC (downloadable content) where GW has figured out brand new 21st century ways of making us pay for the same things we already own (sneaky), there might be a 'Catachan' supplement or codex that will allow us to legally use our old now-redundant miniature toys in these high-stakes games of plastic man-barbies..<br />
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I anticipated this last year with my proof-of-concept mockup for a new supplement/dataslate/codex featuring just a single unit one man army (no, not Imperial Knights), re-posted here for your enjoyment:<br />
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Here's snippet of the new rules for Marbo, downloaded from the future, for your reading pleasure in the here and now (yours for only £30 for a 20 page hardcover book.)<br />
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<span id="bc_0_15b+seedPXzD" kind="d"><b>WS</b>10 <b>BS</b>10 <b>S</b>5 <b>T</b>5 <b>W</b>10 <b>I</b>10 <b>A</b>10 <b>LD</b>10 <b>SV</b>2++(re-rollable) </span></div>
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<span id="bc_0_15b+seedPXzD" kind="d"><b>Unit</b> composition: 1 Sly Marbo</span><br />
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<span id="bc_0_15b+seedPXzD" kind="d"><b>Wargear</b>: Ripper Pistol (Pistol 12" S10 AP2), Compound Bow (Heavy 72" S10 AP2 Blast), Envenomed Blade (Poisoned AP2) Demolition Charge (Assault 12" S10 AP2 Large Blast 1shot), Melta Bombs, Frag grenades, Defensive Grenades</span><br />
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<span id="bc_0_15b+seedPXzD" kind="d"><b>Special Rules</b>: Acute Senses, Adamantium Will, Counter-Attack, Crusader, Eternal Warrior, Fear, Fearless, Feel No Pain, Fleet, Fleshbane, Furious Charge, Hammer of Wrath, Hit & Run, Ignores Cover, Interceptor, It Will Not Die, Missile Lock, Move Through Cover, Night Vision, Outflank, Preferred Enemy, Rage (optional, applicable when Callidus Assassin Co-Bao is wounded/killed), Rampage, Relentless, Scout, Shred, Skilled Rider, Split Fire, Stubborn, Strikedown, Stealth, Shrouded, Skyfire, Tank-hunter, Zealot & his own unique special rules: He's Behind You! (instant deepstrike 1st turn no scatter, optional) & Loner (Marbo takes orders from no-one!).</span><br />
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<span id="bc_0_15b+seedPXzD" kind="d">Battle Brothers: </span>Astra Millitarum, Black Templars, Blood Angels, Dark Angels, Imperial Knights, Sisters of Battle, Space Marines, Space Wolves<br />
<span id="bc_0_15b+seedPXzD" kind="d">Allies of Convenience:Eldar, Grey Knights</span><br />
<span id="bc_0_15b+seedPXzD" kind="d">Desperate Allies: Tau Empire</span><br />
<span id="bc_0_15b+seedPXzD" kind="d">Come the Apocalypse: Chaos Demons, Chaos Space Marines, Dark Eldar, Necrons, Orks, Tyranids</span><br />
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Sly Marbo Primary Detachment:</div>
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1 Sly Marbo</div>
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Sly Marbo is the Warlord</div>
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I'll Give You A War You Won't Believe: All enemy units reduced to BS1 WS1.<br />
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<span id="bc_0_15b+seedPXzD" kind="d"><span style="color: cyan;">N.B</span>. Parody dataslate now <a href="http://cadian512.blogspot.co.uk/2014/04/marbo-last-blood.html">here</a>,</span> complete with expanded D6 Random Warlord Traits table for your gaming pleasure.Menzies Tankhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16442136130180768750noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6774997766356173689.post-1918135273956991862014-03-14T09:58:00.000-07:002014-03-14T09:58:00.436-07:00Cash-strapped 40K...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Sadly, at end of an era for Wednesday Night Gaming, as one of our members is electing to sell up his Chaos Space Marine and Ork collection and getting out of 40K altogether, with another thinking of disposing his Tyranids to refocus on his existing Tau / Ultramarine / Dark angel forces.<br />
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This has got me thinking, as the intention on my part is to purchase a Stormraven (as I quite like the model) but also the new Imperial Knight has caught my eye! I would certainly welcome an addition of a Knight Paladin/Errant to bolster my Grey Knight / Inquisition forces, the new freeblade "White Warden" looks like it would slot in perfectly! But I'm unwilling to part with the cash for a whole new army....<br />
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That been said, a new codex and 1no. single model as a detachment I'd be willing to part £100++ for, but no more! Will look into this perhaps for Xmas..<br />
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But in order to achieve this I have to be realistic. Gone are the days of the giddy 5th edition rush of me splurging monies on bits here and there, a tank here, model bits for conversions there, to sustain mine own interest in the game. One could even say with the introduction of 6th edition and the long play time and commitment required, it has caused Game Fatigue (tm) in my gaming group.<br />
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My own commitment to 40K has always been in the collecting, modellign and painting ide of things. i find it relaxing, and to get the occassional game in here and there is a bonus for me. Other members of Wednesday Night gaming ocus on fluff / black library stuff, and another focuses on the gaming, so we all individually enjoy different aspects of the 40K-verse, but sadly after 5 years of this perhaps our interests have been stretched too thinly and people do move on.<br />
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And 40K is a luxury hobby for people with luxury disposable income. It is just too expensive, even for a commited player like me who's played back in the 2nd edition days (previously dabbling in Ultramarines / Space Wolves/ Blood Angels / Orks / Imperial Guard) , stopped, relapsed back into 5th edition, and now owns 3no. armies (Imperial Guard, Inquisitorial Daemonhunters, Grey Knights).<br />
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As a result I'm looking into offloading elements of my existing guard army to free up storage space, generate cash, and just keep that which I still like/love/use and wish to own, also would keep the missus happy!<br />
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Also: <b>Wedding + Honeymoon to Pay For. </b>Sorry 40K, me cannot afford no more.<br />
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So watch out Ecstasy Bay! Lucky readers might spot my long suffering Ogryn conversions, masses and masses of rush-painted infantry, Orlock Gangers, kitbashed Xeno-rough riders, some tanks and Chimeras, and dozens upon dozens of metal & plastic miniatures I no longer desire to keep in my collection but would be happy to re-house to a different, loving owner in the (very) near future.<br />
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<span style="font-size: xx-small;">to be continued...</span>Menzies Tankhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16442136130180768750noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6774997766356173689.post-22303687040986639322014-03-12T03:56:00.002-07:002014-03-12T03:58:55.266-07:00Getting Hitched Vs 40K<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Yesiree dear readers, by September of this year I will be married to the love of my life (not 40K), my wonderful and eternally patient fiancee, after having been together for over 5 years.<br />
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As a coincidence, I also started re-immersing myself the collection of, painting of, and playing of 40K miniatures, for over 5 years. Funny that!<br />
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Weddings are not cheap and neither is 40K, so that's why I've had to scale back severely on my compulsion to buy 40K stuff to save up. In the past I would think nothing of spending my own disposable cash in incremental amounts of £20, £50, £100, sometimes £200 a month on 40K, but since we've been engaged my monies are no longer completely mine own, so I have been a good boy (as my tolerant fiancee tells me) and not bought anything to bolster my toy armies in almost a year but had a relapse recently in an attempt to diversify my Grey Knight army list play style and hoard more miniatures.<br />
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As a result, in the past month I had purchased the following:<br />
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2. Interceptor backpack bits to re-convert/kitbash old 2nd edition metal Grey Knights into interceptors.<br />
3. Buying extra bitz from assorted Space marine kits to kitbash my own Brotherhood Champion.<br />
4. Bought extra Grey Knights to round off the number of bodies in my Strike Squads.<br />
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All this is relatively minor and amounted to less than £50 (thanks for the savings, good ol' Bay of Ecstasy!), but now I have been looking to buy myself a brand new Stormraven kit to build and paint, as opposed to refurbishing a 2nd-hand version, but that's a bridge too far. Need to budget for that wedding! I'll probably buy and build one after the honeymoon to treat my 40k addiction-affliction...<br />
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I needs me some MOAR of that plastic crack.<br />
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Trouble is I've also been following the new IG rumours. I have been neglectful of my 1st love of 40K, but all this new stuff might reignite the flame! While I'm not keen on the rebranding 'Astra Militarum', 'Militarum Tempestus', etc, etc, for copyright purposes I can see why GW is going down that route and the new plastic kits look impressive, albeit with a totally divergent aesthetic (more Warmachine medieval Steampunk with detailing and breastplates rather than Gothic Modern carapace if you ask me).<br />
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I can also see myself totally splurging that cash to amass myself a brand new Stormtrooper army (as avid readers will be well aware of my affection for Stormies), sell off my old IG, and refurbish my old Vendettas.<br />
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I can just see it now, the reaction on my fiancee's beautiful visage: <br />
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"<i>Honey, can I get a refund on that honeymoon to buy more plastic pew-pew-pew man barbies?</i>"<br />
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<br />Menzies Tankhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16442136130180768750noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6774997766356173689.post-69144180065971516172014-03-03T11:32:00.002-08:002014-06-19T01:47:46.717-07:00Monkey mayhem!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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- Banana objective counter (Bunch of Banana's), c/o <a href="http://www.dinkydelights.co.uk/ourshop/prod_2739187-Bunch-of-Bananas-DD027.html">Dinky Delights</a></div>
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- Jokaero Weaponsmith alternative model (Orangutango the Cyber-Ape), c/o <a href="http://www.reapermini.com/OnlineStore/Orangutango,%20Cyber-Ape/sku-down/50214#detail/50214_w_1">Reaper Miniatures</a></div>
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Menzies Tankhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16442136130180768750noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6774997766356173689.post-44033244161534799452014-02-27T03:48:00.000-08:002014-06-19T01:48:03.981-07:00Going Bananas?Look wot I found:<br />
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Found this on the interwebs, link <a href="http://www.dinkydelights.co.uk/ourshop/prod_2739187-Bunch-of-Bananas-DD027.html">here</a>. Dinky Delights are a UK-based online shop that does 1:12 scale doll miniature accessories. Have ordered one meself, so give 'em a visit!<br />
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<u><b>Jokaero objective counter</b></u>, anyone? They'd be bigger than 28mm scale, but who cares! This would give the xenos space monkies sufficient motivation to throw their lot in with those Radical Inquisitors... Hmmm...<br />
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Meanwhile, here's an image from good old googlesearch, featuring the legendary 'Barrel of Monkeys' army (e.g. Codex: Jokaero, take Coteaz, spam Weaponsmiths in Chimeras, with converted Stormraven), by turbommx, for you to admire and worship:<br />
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That is all.Menzies Tankhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16442136130180768750noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6774997766356173689.post-91151819020611249012014-02-17T10:28:00.000-08:002014-02-17T10:28:10.754-08:00Mystery Inq.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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My latest piece of artwork on <a href="http://menziestank.deviantart.com/art/Grimdark-Comics-Issue-No-08-434760558">deviantart</a> (click on link for annotations), click to embiggen!<br />
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Hope you lot enjoy it as much as I did making it.Menzies Tankhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16442136130180768750noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6774997766356173689.post-14371663548752606242013-12-19T01:36:00.000-08:002014-01-03T09:33:02.168-08:0040K Primarch As Superheroes<br />
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The Loyalty League Vs. The Apostate Alliance!<br />
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40K Primarches as reimagined through the lens filter of DC, Marvel, Bruce Timm, Paul Dini and Stan Lee!<br />
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Note: There have been many comments on the interwebs regarding the DC/Marvel swaps. Why are the JLA all Avengers, and the Avengers all JLA? I Duuuuuhhh unnerstand.<br />
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For those who have worked it out, well done. For the rest who still don't realise and/or cannot be bothered to read the annotations why, perhaps comics are not for you!<br />
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Annotations for <a href="http://menziestank.deviantart.com/art/What-if-DC-Comics-made-Warhammer-40K-419529429">Part 1</a> (Loyalty League / Loyalist 40K primarches via DC) and <a href="http://menziestank.deviantart.com/art/What-if-Marvel-Comics-made-Warhammer-40K-419529928">Part 2</a> (Apostate Alliance / Traitor 40K primarchs via Marvel) on deviantart.<br />
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Further links to see other people's comments on the various BoLs platforms <a href="http://www.belloflostsouls.net/2013/12/wargames-gallery-12-15-13.html">here</a>, <a href="https://plus.google.com/+belloflostsouls/posts/FdYNeew4EYZ">here</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/40kNEWS/status/411931389315911680/photo/1">here</a> and <a href="https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10152086502270729&set=a.10150731012765729.451967.72366590728&type=1">here</a>. Additional comments on various Lexicanum platforms <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/LEXICANUM/125326137488784?id=125326137488784&sk=photos_stream#!/photo.php?fbid=678861528801906&set=pb.125326137488784.-2207520000.1388770188.&type=3&theater">here</a>, and <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/LEXICANUM/125326137488784?id=125326137488784&sk=photos_stream#!/photo.php?fbid=678863285468397&set=pb.125326137488784.-2207520000.1388770188.&type=3&theater">here</a>. Enjoy!Menzies Tankhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16442136130180768750noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6774997766356173689.post-18724954610884102162013-12-15T08:54:00.004-08:002013-12-15T08:54:57.147-08:00Pimp Your Dreadnought, Grey Knights Style!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I've always been inspired by the high-quality artwork of the 40K universe to convert and kitbash my models, such as the above image (Grey Knight dreadnought unit entry in the Codex: grey Knights). One day I was rooting around my collection and found this hidden gem:<br />
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A spare Black Reach Dreadnought, basecoated but otherwise living a life less ordinary. I had already painted up up to 80% of the GK's I bought off Ecstasy Bay all those years ago, so something had to be done!<br />
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I wanted to convert the plain Dreadnought into something more heroic and awe-inspiring as per the inspirational codex image, as well as to tie in with my existing Venerable and Forgeworld GK dreads, so I set about hunting for the following pieces as follows. All images credit to <a href="http://www.letthedicedecide.co.uk/">Let the Dice Decide</a>!<br />
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With these pieces in mind, I set about creating my kitbashed Grey Knight-flavoured Dreadnought, like so:<br />
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Pretty cool, huh? Comes complete with a torn-off Bloodletter's head, showing off the 'exposed shrine-crypt' element of the Dreadnought with the skull on armour, with gubbins of wires and conduits (3no. flamer parts and 2no. leftover warding staves, have plenty of these for the use of gribbly bits).<br />
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Pretty pleased with the result and can't wait to paint it.Menzies Tankhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16442136130180768750noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6774997766356173689.post-38176522499703722882013-12-09T08:46:00.003-08:002013-12-09T08:46:32.035-08:00CONCEPT ARTWORK - Once You Heresy You Cannot UnHeresy: Chaos Edition!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
Part 2 of the heretical concept art theme that is "Hey Kids, lets Play 40k!", this time with extra-Chaos flavour as a treat for all you enthusiasts of the Ruinuous Powers. As before, click to embiggen!</div>
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Also click on my <a href="http://menziestank.deviantart.com/art/Hey-Kids-Lets-Play-40K-Concept-Art-Part-2-418734638">deviantart</a> profile for the original-sized version of the artwork (re-sized so you can read the enclosed internal memos) and also for more information, if you're curious as to how the idea came about especially on the subconscious thought processes involved.<br />
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<span style="font-size: xx-small;">Disclaimer: All graphic likenesses and copyrights held by original owners, used flagrantly without permission for the sake of satirical parody, no intent to profit from the use/abuse of such copyright, etc, etc.</span>Menzies Tankhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16442136130180768750noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6774997766356173689.post-77505874899536693282013-11-25T01:44:00.001-08:002013-11-25T05:39:36.131-08:00CONCEPT ARTWORK - Once You Heresy You Cannot UnHeresyYou lucky readers, I bring you the original full-sized version of the smuggled concept artwork I snuck out from the GW Design Studio, including handy memos which might've been too small to read...<br />
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Many thanks to the Bell of Lost Souls team for featuring said artwork on the <a href="http://www.belloflostsouls.net/2013/11/wargames-gallery-11-21-13.html">main page</a> ('<em>Collect 'Em ALL! Who's Your Favorite?</em>') as well as their <a href="https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10152032266510729&set=a.10150731012765729.451967.72366590728&type=1&theater">facebook photo timeline </a>amongst other things, a massive honour. I've always wanted to get a shout-out on BoLs, so one of my life goals achieved!<br />
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Also click on my <a href="http://menziestank.deviantart.com/art/Hey-Kids-Lets-Play-40K-Concept-Art-415836103">deviantart profile</a> for the original-sized version of the artwork (re-sized so you can read the enclosed internal memos) and also for more information, if you're curious as to how the idea came about especially on the subconscious thought processes involved.<br />
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<span style="font-size: xx-small;">Disclaimer: All graphic likenesses and copyrights held by original owners, used flagrantly without permission for the sake of satirical parody, no intent to profit from the use of such copyright, etc, etc.</span>Menzies Tankhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16442136130180768750noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6774997766356173689.post-37596655264916498552013-11-20T09:05:00.001-08:002013-11-26T02:03:43.172-08:00Lasgun Conversions - Pimp Your Flashlight! (Image Collection)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Picture heavy-post, read on if you love Imperial Guard lasguns and their many, many conversions!<br />
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The 40k plastic lasgun is possibly one of the most versatile pieces of plastic kit in the modeller's toolbox. I present to you a collection of images scoured from the interwebs of what people are doing to this standard issue weaponry, chopping, changing and converting it to something better than itself. The modelling possibilities are endless I tell you!<br />
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I've also included reference source images, just so you can judge for yourself how far removed, or how closely related, these conversions can be from their original inspirations.<br />
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<b>SHOTGUN WEDDING</b><br />
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While IG shotguns are nowhere near as good stats-wise to SM shotguns, we IG vet players do like 'em! Here's some sample of my favourites:<br />
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Semi-automatics. (plastic tubes)</div>
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Also featuring a kitbash from Empire Fantasy pistol combined with the lasgun barrel-tip.</div>
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Simple pump action las-shotgun conversion.</div>
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Use spare lasgun buttstock end converted to form forestock (pump). </div>
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Done this a few times on some of my models meself back in the day!</div>
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Chunky Astartes-style pump action shotgun (bolter bits & plasticard)</div>
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Over-under double-barrel shotgun</div>
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Sleek & simple: Over-under double-barrel shotgun. In Red!</div>
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These are modern firearms in which the firing action is located behind the trigger and alongside the shooter's face, making best use of the buttstock, improving maneouvrability & weight. Origins of the term are unclear, but bullpup lasguns = special forces. Very nice! </div>
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True Elysian Bullpup folding stock Lasrifle (Accatran Mark IV) with actual Forgeworld version</div>
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False Bullpup - 'Autogun carbine' - Assault rifle.</div>
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Lovely and simple conversion, using bolter ammo clips to replace the power packs.</div>
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This version features the use of plasticard and pins, but I prefer the simpler version below.</div>
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Silver Demon-award winning conversion from IG miniatures! Very inspiring & godlike!</div>
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Congrats to original source whoever you are, you genius you.</div>
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Miniature Tim's vets/stormies conversions.</div>
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Using Kasrkin (Forgeworld Rebreather) heads, & false bullpup conversions. Lovely.</div>
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Fancy that driveby gangsta flavour? Prefer your plastic homies more Necromunda ganger than Cadian Whiteshield? Here's what you do:</div>
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Uzi - by colonel killgore</div>
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Similar conversion to bullpup, but use a straight clip.</div>
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Autoguns are supposed to be the 41st millenium version of 20th century 'battlerifles' (semi-automatics), and for gaming purposes are counts as lasguns. Not sure if it's a very popular conversion but very do-able.</div>
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Catachan lasgun with bolter ammo clip (and green stuff).</div>
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The world's most popular assault rifle today, make it the people's choice in the far future! Wonder why I don't see more of these on the tabletop?</div>
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Has transformed this catachan lasgun. Note: Any curved ammo clip would do.</div>
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Supposedly the most widely-produced firearm of it's calibre, some people fancy that triangular 'grip'. Rippled for your dakka pleasure! Quite long, unbalanced and ungainly-looking in it's appearance in 40K though.</div>
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Step 3: Make Stormtrooper cheaper in <a href="http://cadian512.blogspot.co.uk/2010/02/trouble-with-storm-troopers-7-points.html">points</a>. I have discussed this before, everyone knows it's a problem that Stormtroopers are overpriced. Make them 7 points cheaper than they are now to keep them in-line with Vets. Do it GW DO IT DO IT DO IT</div>
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AJ's gaming world - hotshot lasgun, with bolter extra bits and underslung launcher as a bonus!</div>
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Longlas conversion - Perfect for killing from a distance</div>
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Last but not least are underslung elements. Useless game-wise, but looks cool dunnit?</div>
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Many thanks for reading, all credits go to original sources, many used without permission.</div>
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