Tale of Many Gamers - Day 1

Saturday saw the first match-up for our Tale of Many Gamers campaign.
We showed up at Fan Quest (our FLGS) with the intent of running a few demos/answering questions for new players that may be hanging around.  The turn out was pretty great, and I think we may have coaxed a few new players into the hobby. Never a bad thing if you ask me!

When it came time to put our new armies on the table, I was impressed all-around.
My Wolves came out better than I expected them to (pics coming soon!).
JD's Eldar are GORGEOUS. He converted them over from WHFB High Elves and Archers.
And Ron's Dark Eldar are nothing to be scoffed at. Beautiful paint jobs across the board.
I'll see if I cant get a couple of pictures of their armies.

My match-up against the DE was short and sweet.
I took a 10-man Grey Hunter pack (2 Plasma, MotW, and Power Weapon), a 7-man Pack (Meltagun, MotW, Power Fist, Drop Pod) and a Rune Priest (Chooser) with Living Lightning and JotWW.

I don't know much about DE units, but He brought a boat full of Wytches, and a 10-man (woman?) squad of rifles. There was a Succubus tucked in with the Wytches. I may be leaving something out, but again, I don't know anything about DE units ( only that wytches scare me, lol)
I rolled up first turn, and dropped my pod in right in front of his rifle squad, only 2 inches off target.
My rune priest (thanks to Chooser) was able to pop the Wytchboat with a little Living Lightning right away. They are a bit less intimidating when you force them to walk...but only a bit.
The drop pod squad shot with pistols and charged in to the rifle squad, killing a few, losing no one, and driving them off the table.  Not a bad 1st turn I'd say.
The game ended fairly quickly thereafter. The DE ended up just off of their objective by the end and it was called as a victory for the Sons of Russ.

All in all I have no complaints with my list.  I'm dying to throw in some Sniper scouts for that added ranged Anti-infantry power.

Traitors

The war seems endless. After millenia of fighting, the carnage in insurmountable. Who's side am I on? What am I fighting for? Common questions in a war that has waged for so long. It might be time to switch sides...

Tonight I am starting the process of converting my IG (yes all 6500 pts of them) to traitors. After being a loyalist for so long, (and admitedly, after reading so many stories about Traitors in the Space Wolf novels) my guardsmen have decided to defect.

Granted most of the work will simply be new paintjobs for the humans, but veterans and sergeants will be getting the full mutie' makeover. I have a handful of Zombie heads from the fantasy range that should work nicely for a squad a warp-time veterans (or nurgle loyal vets, we'll see).

Planning on doing the ol' Beastman heads for some Khornate loyalist vets as well.

The biggest hurdle to cross is going to be colour scheme. While the veterans will be doing their own things, the platoon(s) will be sticking to a colour scheme.

So far I'm thinking a dirty yellow for the cloth, and a dark grey for armor. In my head this sounds cool...but who knows until the test model is done right?

I will post some pictures this weekend as the work begins.

Leafblower Cirtique - YTTH Article

As an IG player, I have really been wondering about all this "leafblower" business.
Anytime I have actually taken a look at the list, or the reports from people using it, I'm baffled by it. It doesnt make any sense to me. It feels like you are wasting a TON of points just to get a mediocre army. THere's none of the usual IG armor spam, and a fairly limited amount of scoring units on the board. Not to mention what seems to a be a really hit-or-miss, inflexible play style.
But don't just take my word for it. Stelek over at Yesthetruthhurts.com wrote up a full critique that, love it or hate it, makes for a great read.
Check it out HERE

Space Wolves vs Orks, 500pts "Coming in Hot"

So this past week has seen a TON of test games for my new Space Wolves.
After playing IG for so long, it has taken some serious getting used to. I was given many a sound thrashing from my brother's Orks over the week (6 or 7 losses in a row, yikes!).
I have been meaning to do a batrep so I'll give it a shot now, from memory. No pictures unfortunately this time as the camera is out of commission.
So I have tweaked the original list, and gave it a run last night. The results? Well see for yourself!

Space Wolves Painting - Part 2

After my last painting update, I had just gotten the armor color to a place I was happy with. So I had 22 wolves with no details. Well the past couple days have had me working out the specifics on some colors, and I'm ready to show off those same models, finished. (Still not based, don't get too excited)

So, without further ado:

Space Wolves 500pts - ToMG list

In the interest of starting a new Space Wolf army, I am joining my local gaming group in playing through a "Tale of Many Gamers"-style campaign. The idea is that we start out with 500 pts and in each round increase that volume with the goal of eventually collecting 2500 pts of our chosen army.

So for round one, I had to come up with a 500 pt Space Wolves roster with an FOC consisting of only 2 Troop choices and one HQ choice.  I will admit, not a difficult task.

HQ -
Rune Priest

TROOPS -
10x Grey Hunters
     - 2x Plasma Gun
     - Mark of the Wulfen
     - Power Weapon
     - Wolf Standard

10x Grey Hunters

     - 2x Plasma Gun

     - Mark of the Wulfen

     - Power Weapon

     - Wolf Standard

That's it!

After a couple test-plays (against Eldar, Orks, and Chaos Marines) they've gone 4-1.

At this points level, that Rune Priest is practically cheating! With his 24" nullify range (4+) he completely pulls the rug out from under the Eldar's Doom and Guide, etc. And Jaws in a 500pt game can leave just about anyone flat on their back.  All in all I'm quite satisfied!  

What's next on the list? Let's find out!

Painting the Wolves

As promised, here are some in-progress shots of my new Grey Hunters.
There is still a lot missing, as I am waiting to get a couple of pots for the detailing. (Dwarf Bronze in particular)
Anyhow... Check them out, and stay tuned!