Ok, I have been quietly building up conversion ideas for a pre heresy style Emperor's Children army. I wanted old-school rhinos and Landraiders, I wanted the models to use the beak helmets,and the heads from the FW red scorpions marines. I wanted a veteran squad who used pole-arms....
See Here...http://davetaylorminiatures.blogspot.com/2010/02/bitten-off-more-than-i-can-chew.html
Dave's customer has used literally every idea I had in HIS army...so much for that one...*crumples army list and throws away*.....sigh
Well all is NOT lost. I have been reading A Thousand Sons by Graham McNeil and it has me seriously inspired. Point totals aside here is what I have in my head:
Ahriman
8 termies,
8 T-sons with Sorceror
18 chaos marines, plasma, rocket launcher, icon
9 chaos marines, 2 plasma, icon in rhino
9 chaos marines, 2 plasma, icon in rhino
8 raptors, mark, melta and flamer, champ with fist
3 oblits
FW pre heresy land raider
This should be close to 2000 points, so we'll see. This is really a modeling project with the game stamped onto it, not the other way around.
Landraider
Tuesday, February 23, 2010
Tuesday, February 16, 2010
I hate snow
I hated it before when I actually had to drive to work in it, but I hate it even more now...with more than a foot and a half on the ground and more coming....wow, I hate snow!!
Wednesday, February 10, 2010
Return to Badass
Hi everyone. I am holding a return to apoc on February 27th at noon. I am keeping it much smaller this time to retain a bit of my sanity.
5000 points per player
no more than 1 super heavy/gargantuan/titan per player. ((max of 3 structure points and 10 wounds)Drew we will need house rules for the hierophant its TOO sick now)
please have a minimum 40k force organization (1HQ and 2 troops) at the core of your force
Allies allowed if you need to play more than one force to make 5k points
Allies done by the chart in the Apocalypse book, but the final teams may need to be juggled to balance things out
Please bring your list with a point total and details on the day of the game.
Please PM me here if plan on attending, along with what army/armies you are playing. I don't need army lists, just which one you are playing.
5000 points per player
no more than 1 super heavy/gargantuan/titan per player. ((max of 3 structure points and 10 wounds)Drew we will need house rules for the hierophant its TOO sick now)
please have a minimum 40k force organization (1HQ and 2 troops) at the core of your force
Allies allowed if you need to play more than one force to make 5k points
Allies done by the chart in the Apocalypse book, but the final teams may need to be juggled to balance things out
Please bring your list with a point total and details on the day of the game.
Please PM me here if plan on attending, along with what army/armies you are playing. I don't need army lists, just which one you are playing.
Friday, February 5, 2010
Wednesday, January 27, 2010
GW nights at the Armoury
Well, I have decided to take a page from A good friend and do a bi-weekly night at the shop to try and re-build the gaming community at the Armoury. Now we had a decent group before, but with recent events changing the landscape we need something to bring in fresh players again. I honestly hope that working with lists, smaller games and a more friendly atmosphere designed to improve all of our games will help rebuild and repair the community around my favorite gaming store.
On a side note, I am now 1-0-1 with the thousand sons list I posted here a while back. Interestingly enough, I won big against the new tyranids and lost to the old ones....more games on the way!
On a side note, I am now 1-0-1 with the thousand sons list I posted here a while back. Interestingly enough, I won big against the new tyranids and lost to the old ones....more games on the way!
Thursday, December 31, 2009
Happy New Year 2010
I have decided to at least attempt to keep not one, but 2 resolutions this year.
1. The thousand sons. I WILL tweak this list into working for me. If I only keep one of my resolutions, this is likely it.
2. I want to lose weight. Everyone says this, I know it is a cliche, but I mean it. I am now heavier than I have ever been and my health has begun to suffer. Add in the family "biggest Loser" challenge going until March (250 purse) and I'm gonna make a real effort. Plus, I can't keep up with my girls, and that SUXX!
Happy new year everyone, best wishes to all!
1. The thousand sons. I WILL tweak this list into working for me. If I only keep one of my resolutions, this is likely it.
2. I want to lose weight. Everyone says this, I know it is a cliche, but I mean it. I am now heavier than I have ever been and my health has begun to suffer. Add in the family "biggest Loser" challenge going until March (250 purse) and I'm gonna make a real effort. Plus, I can't keep up with my girls, and that SUXX!
Happy new year everyone, best wishes to all!
Saturday, December 26, 2009
Thousand sons
I have been toying with the idea of changing the specific gear of the Chosen squad in my Thousand Sons army. Would 4 plasma rifles and a power fist do better? Maybe change them from an assault unit to more like the chaos version of the sternguard?
What say you??
What say you??
Thursday, December 17, 2009
Chaos Ascendant
I have been thinking about re-making my chaos marine list a lot recently. I have been doing a lot of reading and put quite a bit of thought into how to make it more competitive, yet stay away from lash builds or all plague builds. I want to make the army into something unique, with my own flair and still compete. I have something close now given the following units:
Chaos Sorcerer, Tzeentch mark, warptime and breath
9 thousand sons, sorcerer with bolt in rhino with havoc launcher
9 thousand sons, sorcerer with bolt in rhino with havoc launcher
9 thousand sons, sorcerer with bolt
8 chosen, icon of tzeentch, 3 pairs of lightening claws and a fist
Landraider
2 pair of obliterators.
This list is an approximate at point totals, shooting for 1850 points. The concept is rather simple. I have three groups within the army, assault, support and defense.
The assault unit (chosen and Sorcerer)advance quickly to tie up key elements of my opponents army. They are supported by the transported thousand sons shooting. These two support units can also contest/hold the mid-field objectives late game. The obliterators fall in here as well. Those I can deep-strike into the backfield or start on the board if I am facing a lot of armor.
The last element is the defense. That is the Thousand sons without a transport. Tough as nails and takes a dedicated effort to shift them off the objective. I like the idea behind this army. I am thinking this might be the ideal mix of my favorite tactics, so I'm going to make myself a promise:
Stay with this build out for one year. Don't change it from it's finalized form until you know that it is solid, and your play-style is set in with it. I have a year until the necrons arrive if the rumored release schedule holds. Lets give it until then.
Chaos Sorcerer, Tzeentch mark, warptime and breath
9 thousand sons, sorcerer with bolt in rhino with havoc launcher
9 thousand sons, sorcerer with bolt in rhino with havoc launcher
9 thousand sons, sorcerer with bolt
8 chosen, icon of tzeentch, 3 pairs of lightening claws and a fist
Landraider
2 pair of obliterators.
This list is an approximate at point totals, shooting for 1850 points. The concept is rather simple. I have three groups within the army, assault, support and defense.
The assault unit (chosen and Sorcerer)advance quickly to tie up key elements of my opponents army. They are supported by the transported thousand sons shooting. These two support units can also contest/hold the mid-field objectives late game. The obliterators fall in here as well. Those I can deep-strike into the backfield or start on the board if I am facing a lot of armor.
The last element is the defense. That is the Thousand sons without a transport. Tough as nails and takes a dedicated effort to shift them off the objective. I like the idea behind this army. I am thinking this might be the ideal mix of my favorite tactics, so I'm going to make myself a promise:
Stay with this build out for one year. Don't change it from it's finalized form until you know that it is solid, and your play-style is set in with it. I have a year until the necrons arrive if the rumored release schedule holds. Lets give it until then.
What a week!!
Wow, it seems the world has been turned on it's head again in more ways than one this week.
Armoury games in Pickerington Ohio was robbed over the weekend. While this is sad news, this small store is not the only victim here. There is a family suffering because of it. The owner and his family rely on the income from the store to survive, and when there is no stock to sell, at the time of year it is needed most, a family suffers. I think about those kids and just cry that they will have a poor holiday because some jerk-off wants to have more toys for themselves....
Please watch the interwebs and your local groups for someone who suddenly has a large amount of new product to sell or play with.
Illness has also ripped through the family we all spent the weekend upside down praying to the porcelain gods this weekend. At least we all got it out of the way before the holiday proper.
Armoury games in Pickerington Ohio was robbed over the weekend. While this is sad news, this small store is not the only victim here. There is a family suffering because of it. The owner and his family rely on the income from the store to survive, and when there is no stock to sell, at the time of year it is needed most, a family suffers. I think about those kids and just cry that they will have a poor holiday because some jerk-off wants to have more toys for themselves....
Please watch the interwebs and your local groups for someone who suddenly has a large amount of new product to sell or play with.
Illness has also ripped through the family we all spent the weekend upside down praying to the porcelain gods this weekend. At least we all got it out of the way before the holiday proper.
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