The 8th Edition is upon us. I have amassed a large High Elf army but there are just nights that I wake up to drum beats and distant war chants. It doesn't take long before I realised my calling to Shrek 4 and the greenskin 'ogres' (they look like orcs to me haha).
Yeah 8th to me calls for a change. A change from the small elite High Elf army to a drastically different army. Seeing that I also have Orcs and goblin, lots of undead and some empire stuff, only two armies appealed to me: Orcs and goblins and Beastmen. The potential to spam lots of worthless useless crap till you choke your opponents to death seems like an interesting style I have never experienced. I don't have any model for Beastmen though this is one army I would definitely want to try. For now, it seems appropriate to swell the unruly ranks of the greenskins.
So the High Elves will remain in the elusive Ulthuan while my Waaagh will gather and prepare for the impending battle...
So far, I have the following:
1 Orc Boss on Wild Boar
1 Orc Chariot
1 Orc Lobber
24 Orc Boyz
24 Orc Archers
40 Night Goblin Archers
40 Goblin Spearmen
3 Fanatics
I need more goblins! Need more worthless goblins. Haha let me know if anyone wants to trade or sell their greenskins (empire lord, cannon, hand gunners, spearmen, lots of VC).
Giants seem like fun too. Oh man, this army seems so fun really, not to win (but I can always hope hee) but for the randomness of it all. Can't wait to roll for animosity man! Lol
Monday, June 21, 2010
Wednesday, June 16, 2010
Great Hunt I Battle Reports
Between intensive gaming/training and what little painting I did. I guess I better list my thoughts about the battle reports (briefly, okay I am lazy, but what can you do? Haha) before they fade from my memory, especially since Jaeroler asked for them. I am glad that they inspired you too =)
Okay, let me make my coffee first....
Krom's Great Hunt I Crusaders
(HQ)Krom (Logan)
(HQ)Runepriest Hortgar
(HQ)Wolf Lord Sigvaldi, TW, WC, SS, Saga of Warrior Born
(T)4 X 5 Wolfguards, 1 Terminator Armour + CML
(F)2 TWC, PF+SS, SS
(F)2 TWC, PF+SS, SS
(F)7 Fenrisian Wolves
(H)5 Long Fangs, 4 LC
First encounter into the warp @ 7pm: Vanilla Space Marines
(HQ)Captain, Relic Blade, Artificer Armour, Digital Weapons, Hellfire rounds
(T)10 Tactical Marines, Missile Launcher
(T)10 Sniper Scouts
(E)Venerable Dread on foot, Missile Launcher, Lascannon
(E)Ironclad Dread on foot
(E)6 Sternguard Veterans in TLLC Razorbacks
(H?)Techmarine with Thunderfire Cannon
(Hope I did not forget anything else)
Thoughts:
1. A very nice chap who's here on summer break from US. Has a wonderfully painted army (much like black templar) and is familiar with the rules but is not used to the gameplay in general. So game was quite relaxed which was cool for a 1st game.
2. TWC charged Ven. Dread because he has not S10 instant death CCW. Lesson learnt is that dreads with S10 CCW is really cool solid rock that even CCW units would think twice about charging (which influences a new list I had, which subsequently underwent incredible revamp [a new list really] by Kenny)
3. Scouts with camo cloaks in fortified ruins (Techmarine) are annoying and extremely difficult to kill (2+ cover saves)
4. Won by KPs. Sigvaldi fulfilled saga by killing around 14 marines that day =)
Second Encounter @ 9pm: Elliot's Necrons (Flying Circus)
(HQ) Lord, Orb, Destroyer Body, Warscythe
(HQ) Lord on foot, Orb, Warscythe
(T) 11 Warriors in reserve so they don't die so fast
(T) 10 Warriors in reserve
(F) 10 Scarab Swarms
(F) 5 Destroyers
(F) 5 Destroyers
(H) 3 Heavy Destroyers
(H) 3 Heavy Destroyers
Thoughts:
1. Another friendly list with another friendly chap. Can't help chatting with him when I was playing my first game so he challenged me lol. List wasn't competitive so I have no grounds to criticise much.
2. Against such a shooty list (large volume of fire). I reserved everything since I can always move and fire (e.g., relentless terminators and Long Fangs with Krom). My list does well even when going second it seems.
3.Made mistake of turboboosting Scarabs into midfield. My Lord charged into it and after wiping that unit bunny hopped into the Lord+Warriors that arrived from reserve on the left (moving a total of 48" into Enemy deployment zone). Saga kill tally=14
4. CML gives me a 48" range of fire, coupled with 2 TWC units kept his flying circus away (Basically cornered in his right deployment zone. Remember my lord is in his left deployment zone, my TWC units coming from Southwest and my shooty elements taking cover and shooting from my right).
5. Won 2-0 objectives. Failing a lot of WWBB rolls (necron ability) didn't help him really. Game ended with delicious chicken rice and prata lol. Ahwoooo.
Third Encounter: Tank's Ultramarines @ 1am (I want my Assault Termies too sob)
(HQ) Librarian in terminator armour
(T) 10 sniper scouts, camo cloaks
(T) 10 Tactical Marines in Rhino (reserve to come in for objective grabbing. Lol they only came in the 5th turn though, hence accomplishing nothing
(E) 5 Assault Terminators in LRR
(E) 5 Assault Terminators in LR
(E) 4 Shooting Terminators with 1 CML, Deepstriking but mishhaped and was promptly destroyed. Phew.
(F) 1 Landspeeder, MM+HF
Thoughts:
T1a. 15 Terminators and 2 LR. Ouch! Spearhead deployment and I made my first mistake of deploying all the way forward. Having 48" range, I should have deployed back and waited for him to come. Dumb...
T1b. Second mistake was not shooting the scouts (3+ cover) in cover and guarding objective in Seize and Control mission. I shot everything at the LRR and got Shaken result throughout the game. Sigh. Termies remained in their LRs while LRR melted one wolfguard unit into jelly. Scouts will continue to harass Krom and his Long Fangs to no avail.
T2. Shooting termies mishapped and was destoyed, impaled by the ruins upon deepstriking. LRR tankshocked into my ruin which has my objective on the 3rd level and 1 unit of wolfguard guarding it. LRR inclined 45 degrees upwards so that the hatch was 2" from 2nd level and so assault termies disembarked on 2nd and 1st level. Apparently this could be done! Of course, this maneuver screwed me. Something wrong happened here 'cos the termies then moved an additional 6" on a DT roll (despite the transport having moved) and charged upstairs pulling my wolfguard down to the 2nd level to get mawed and smashed to mashed potato. Having fluffed all my shooting, I had to charge 2 TWC into LR to finally explode it with S10 hits (therefore not being able to charge its passengers).
T3. Assault termies then charged downstairs again to create mashed potato salad with 3rd wolfguard unit. Assault termies from exploded LR assaulted both TWC and 1 fled while the other stayed with the lost of 1 TW and 2 termies. Wolf Lord charged in and together termies became nachos for the Thunderwolf mounts.
T4 -T5. wolfguard destroyed landspeeder. Last Rhino comes in from edge, unable to grab my objective which was so far far away. Assault termies finally die to lascannon shots. Last wolfguard unit too far away to climb 3 levels to claim objective. Lost 0-1.
1. Really gonna change my TWC to make them more killy. You are in for a shock, YC and Jaeroler =)
2.Wolf Lord with Saga of Warrior is not afraid of termies. Really.
3. Mission comes first. Repeat again. Mission comes first. Not 10 terminator armours that looked like nachos. And certainly not S8 Krak missiles against AV14 LR. Frag all the way (8 small blast templates per turn) at the scouts could have at least gotten me a draw if I persisted since Turn 1.
Fourth Encounter: Tank's Ultramarines @ 10am (1000 points scouting parties)
1. Basically, 5 Las/TL Plas Razorbacks spelled melted termies as I firstly melted his Librarian in Terminator Armour, followed by a unit of TEN shooting termies.
2. Nothing much but a fast list (unfriendly on my side)
Fifth Encounter: Kenny's Tyranids @ 12noon (1750 points)
Tried my mech list this time
(HQ) Wolf Lord, TW, WC, SS, SoWarrior
(HQ) Runepriest
(T) 3 units of 5 Grey Hunters. Flamers in 3 Las/TL Plas Razorbacks
(E) 5 Scouts, MG
(E) 3 wolfguards, 3 combi-melta (1 assigned to scouts) in Rhino
(E) 3 wolfguards, 2 combimelta (melta-less guy assigned to Long Fangs)
(F) 7 Fenrisian Wolves
(F) 2 TWC, PF+SS, SS
(H) 3 units of 3 Long Fangs, 2 missile launchers. 2 Las/TL Plas Razorbacks
Nids
(HQ) Tyrant (close combat, forgot what wargear)
(HQ) Tyrant (shooty, 2 Hive Guards, S9 Venom Cannon)
(T) 3 units of 8 Genestealers (1 infiltrate, 2 outflanked at my flanked. Groaned...)
(E) 2 units of 3 Zoanthropes
(H)Trygon (Prime? I forgot haha)
Mission: Killpoints
Deployment: Spearhead
Thoughts:
T1. Close combat Tyrant deployed behind 2 units of Zoanthropes in the middle. One unit of Genestealers infiltrated in ruin near one Long Fang unit. Tygon, Shooty Tyrant and 2 Genestealer units in reserve. All 5 Razorbacks and Long Fangs shot at close combat Tyrant and dealt 3 wounds through cover saves. Every nid moved forward. Zoanthropes blasted 2 units of Long Fangs into their graves.
T2. All nids came from reserve. Trygon into my deployment zone and shot 1 Razorback in the rear, wrecking it. 2 Genestealer units outflanked (my flank) and charged my 2 Rhinos that I used to cordon and wall up the flank (so that they can only come in 12 " above my flank, protecting my TWC and Wolf Lord), doing nothing to it since I move them 1".The other genestealer unit ate up the last Long Fang unit. Scouts came in and everything that is AP2 (Las and TL Plas) and AP1 (combi-melta) shot at Trygon and it felt back to fill up the hole it created. Runepriest failed psychic check to Jaws 3 Zoanthropes. Sigh. Zoanthropes destroyed 2 more Razorbacks btw and close combat Tyrant ate up Grey Hunter squad while Runepriest refused to die. Sigh that means I cannot shoot that Tyrant. Shooty Tyrant wrecked one Rhino disembarking one wolfguard unit to their doom (recall Genestealers nearby)
T3-5. After an exciting T1 and T2, its mop-up for the nids. Killing Runepriest, close combat Tyrant and Zoanthropes wrecked last Razorback I think. All Genestealers have by now been mopped up by Wolf Lord and TWC though all Fenrisian Wolves died. Wolf Lord and TWC charged into shooty Tyrant and after a spectacular melee, only the Wolf Lord and the Tyrant survived as the game ends. With so many easy KPs to offer, I think I lost by 17-4 (Trygon and genestealers; out of 8 possible KPs).
1. My list needs amendments but I believed I still had a chance if I did things differently. Firstly, list changes include special close combat weapons for scouts (so that they can do something to shooty Tyrant unit). Chooser of the slain to prevent infiltrating units like Genestealers. A bigger unit of TWC for REAL killiness. No more fenrisian wolves for KP give away.
2. Razorbacks should have been deployed back since I have 48". I seemed to have mentioned this right? Sigh, need to learn from mistakes. Doing this will also ensure that I do not get shot in the rear by Trygon (12 S5 shots at AV10 rear = wreck).
3. Deploying army back should enable Zoanthropes to come nearer so that TWC can charge them instead of Genestealers (had nothing to charge really and the threat of 3 Genestealer units are very real). I rolled badly on 3 flamers of Grey hunters killed on average 1 despite 5-6 hits per flame templates but that also means that I need better defence. Thinking of MM+HF Dreadnoughts for Elite options now.
Sorry for the long chunk of text. I would appreciate sponsorship for a camera but till then, words will suffice lol.
Okay, let me make my coffee first....
Krom's Great Hunt I Crusaders
(HQ)Krom (Logan)
(HQ)Runepriest Hortgar
(HQ)Wolf Lord Sigvaldi, TW, WC, SS, Saga of Warrior Born
(T)4 X 5 Wolfguards, 1 Terminator Armour + CML
(F)2 TWC, PF+SS, SS
(F)2 TWC, PF+SS, SS
(F)7 Fenrisian Wolves
(H)5 Long Fangs, 4 LC
First encounter into the warp @ 7pm: Vanilla Space Marines
(HQ)Captain, Relic Blade, Artificer Armour, Digital Weapons, Hellfire rounds
(T)10 Tactical Marines, Missile Launcher
(T)10 Sniper Scouts
(E)Venerable Dread on foot, Missile Launcher, Lascannon
(E)Ironclad Dread on foot
(E)6 Sternguard Veterans in TLLC Razorbacks
(H?)Techmarine with Thunderfire Cannon
(Hope I did not forget anything else)
Thoughts:
1. A very nice chap who's here on summer break from US. Has a wonderfully painted army (much like black templar) and is familiar with the rules but is not used to the gameplay in general. So game was quite relaxed which was cool for a 1st game.
2. TWC charged Ven. Dread because he has not S10 instant death CCW. Lesson learnt is that dreads with S10 CCW is really cool solid rock that even CCW units would think twice about charging (which influences a new list I had, which subsequently underwent incredible revamp [a new list really] by Kenny)
3. Scouts with camo cloaks in fortified ruins (Techmarine) are annoying and extremely difficult to kill (2+ cover saves)
4. Won by KPs. Sigvaldi fulfilled saga by killing around 14 marines that day =)
Second Encounter @ 9pm: Elliot's Necrons (Flying Circus)
(HQ) Lord, Orb, Destroyer Body, Warscythe
(HQ) Lord on foot, Orb, Warscythe
(T) 11 Warriors in reserve so they don't die so fast
(T) 10 Warriors in reserve
(F) 10 Scarab Swarms
(F) 5 Destroyers
(F) 5 Destroyers
(H) 3 Heavy Destroyers
(H) 3 Heavy Destroyers
Thoughts:
1. Another friendly list with another friendly chap. Can't help chatting with him when I was playing my first game so he challenged me lol. List wasn't competitive so I have no grounds to criticise much.
2. Against such a shooty list (large volume of fire). I reserved everything since I can always move and fire (e.g., relentless terminators and Long Fangs with Krom). My list does well even when going second it seems.
3.Made mistake of turboboosting Scarabs into midfield. My Lord charged into it and after wiping that unit bunny hopped into the Lord+Warriors that arrived from reserve on the left (moving a total of 48" into Enemy deployment zone). Saga kill tally=14
4. CML gives me a 48" range of fire, coupled with 2 TWC units kept his flying circus away (Basically cornered in his right deployment zone. Remember my lord is in his left deployment zone, my TWC units coming from Southwest and my shooty elements taking cover and shooting from my right).
5. Won 2-0 objectives. Failing a lot of WWBB rolls (necron ability) didn't help him really. Game ended with delicious chicken rice and prata lol. Ahwoooo.
Third Encounter: Tank's Ultramarines @ 1am (I want my Assault Termies too sob)
(HQ) Librarian in terminator armour
(T) 10 sniper scouts, camo cloaks
(T) 10 Tactical Marines in Rhino (reserve to come in for objective grabbing. Lol they only came in the 5th turn though, hence accomplishing nothing
(E) 5 Assault Terminators in LRR
(E) 5 Assault Terminators in LR
(E) 4 Shooting Terminators with 1 CML, Deepstriking but mishhaped and was promptly destroyed. Phew.
(F) 1 Landspeeder, MM+HF
Thoughts:
T1a. 15 Terminators and 2 LR. Ouch! Spearhead deployment and I made my first mistake of deploying all the way forward. Having 48" range, I should have deployed back and waited for him to come. Dumb...
T1b. Second mistake was not shooting the scouts (3+ cover) in cover and guarding objective in Seize and Control mission. I shot everything at the LRR and got Shaken result throughout the game. Sigh. Termies remained in their LRs while LRR melted one wolfguard unit into jelly. Scouts will continue to harass Krom and his Long Fangs to no avail.
T2. Shooting termies mishapped and was destoyed, impaled by the ruins upon deepstriking. LRR tankshocked into my ruin which has my objective on the 3rd level and 1 unit of wolfguard guarding it. LRR inclined 45 degrees upwards so that the hatch was 2" from 2nd level and so assault termies disembarked on 2nd and 1st level. Apparently this could be done! Of course, this maneuver screwed me. Something wrong happened here 'cos the termies then moved an additional 6" on a DT roll (despite the transport having moved) and charged upstairs pulling my wolfguard down to the 2nd level to get mawed and smashed to mashed potato. Having fluffed all my shooting, I had to charge 2 TWC into LR to finally explode it with S10 hits (therefore not being able to charge its passengers).
T3. Assault termies then charged downstairs again to create mashed potato salad with 3rd wolfguard unit. Assault termies from exploded LR assaulted both TWC and 1 fled while the other stayed with the lost of 1 TW and 2 termies. Wolf Lord charged in and together termies became nachos for the Thunderwolf mounts.
T4 -T5. wolfguard destroyed landspeeder. Last Rhino comes in from edge, unable to grab my objective which was so far far away. Assault termies finally die to lascannon shots. Last wolfguard unit too far away to climb 3 levels to claim objective. Lost 0-1.
1. Really gonna change my TWC to make them more killy. You are in for a shock, YC and Jaeroler =)
2.Wolf Lord with Saga of Warrior is not afraid of termies. Really.
3. Mission comes first. Repeat again. Mission comes first. Not 10 terminator armours that looked like nachos. And certainly not S8 Krak missiles against AV14 LR. Frag all the way (8 small blast templates per turn) at the scouts could have at least gotten me a draw if I persisted since Turn 1.
Fourth Encounter: Tank's Ultramarines @ 10am (1000 points scouting parties)
1. Basically, 5 Las/TL Plas Razorbacks spelled melted termies as I firstly melted his Librarian in Terminator Armour, followed by a unit of TEN shooting termies.
2. Nothing much but a fast list (unfriendly on my side)
Fifth Encounter: Kenny's Tyranids @ 12noon (1750 points)
Tried my mech list this time
(HQ) Wolf Lord, TW, WC, SS, SoWarrior
(HQ) Runepriest
(T) 3 units of 5 Grey Hunters. Flamers in 3 Las/TL Plas Razorbacks
(E) 5 Scouts, MG
(E) 3 wolfguards, 3 combi-melta (1 assigned to scouts) in Rhino
(E) 3 wolfguards, 2 combimelta (melta-less guy assigned to Long Fangs)
(F) 7 Fenrisian Wolves
(F) 2 TWC, PF+SS, SS
(H) 3 units of 3 Long Fangs, 2 missile launchers. 2 Las/TL Plas Razorbacks
Nids
(HQ) Tyrant (close combat, forgot what wargear)
(HQ) Tyrant (shooty, 2 Hive Guards, S9 Venom Cannon)
(T) 3 units of 8 Genestealers (1 infiltrate, 2 outflanked at my flanked. Groaned...)
(E) 2 units of 3 Zoanthropes
(H)Trygon (Prime? I forgot haha)
Mission: Killpoints
Deployment: Spearhead
Thoughts:
T1. Close combat Tyrant deployed behind 2 units of Zoanthropes in the middle. One unit of Genestealers infiltrated in ruin near one Long Fang unit. Tygon, Shooty Tyrant and 2 Genestealer units in reserve. All 5 Razorbacks and Long Fangs shot at close combat Tyrant and dealt 3 wounds through cover saves. Every nid moved forward. Zoanthropes blasted 2 units of Long Fangs into their graves.
T2. All nids came from reserve. Trygon into my deployment zone and shot 1 Razorback in the rear, wrecking it. 2 Genestealer units outflanked (my flank) and charged my 2 Rhinos that I used to cordon and wall up the flank (so that they can only come in 12 " above my flank, protecting my TWC and Wolf Lord), doing nothing to it since I move them 1".The other genestealer unit ate up the last Long Fang unit. Scouts came in and everything that is AP2 (Las and TL Plas) and AP1 (combi-melta) shot at Trygon and it felt back to fill up the hole it created. Runepriest failed psychic check to Jaws 3 Zoanthropes. Sigh. Zoanthropes destroyed 2 more Razorbacks btw and close combat Tyrant ate up Grey Hunter squad while Runepriest refused to die. Sigh that means I cannot shoot that Tyrant. Shooty Tyrant wrecked one Rhino disembarking one wolfguard unit to their doom (recall Genestealers nearby)
T3-5. After an exciting T1 and T2, its mop-up for the nids. Killing Runepriest, close combat Tyrant and Zoanthropes wrecked last Razorback I think. All Genestealers have by now been mopped up by Wolf Lord and TWC though all Fenrisian Wolves died. Wolf Lord and TWC charged into shooty Tyrant and after a spectacular melee, only the Wolf Lord and the Tyrant survived as the game ends. With so many easy KPs to offer, I think I lost by 17-4 (Trygon and genestealers; out of 8 possible KPs).
1. My list needs amendments but I believed I still had a chance if I did things differently. Firstly, list changes include special close combat weapons for scouts (so that they can do something to shooty Tyrant unit). Chooser of the slain to prevent infiltrating units like Genestealers. A bigger unit of TWC for REAL killiness. No more fenrisian wolves for KP give away.
2. Razorbacks should have been deployed back since I have 48". I seemed to have mentioned this right? Sigh, need to learn from mistakes. Doing this will also ensure that I do not get shot in the rear by Trygon (12 S5 shots at AV10 rear = wreck).
3. Deploying army back should enable Zoanthropes to come nearer so that TWC can charge them instead of Genestealers (had nothing to charge really and the threat of 3 Genestealer units are very real). I rolled badly on 3 flamers of Grey hunters killed on average 1 despite 5-6 hits per flame templates but that also means that I need better defence. Thinking of MM+HF Dreadnoughts for Elite options now.
Sorry for the long chunk of text. I would appreciate sponsorship for a camera but till then, words will suffice lol.
Saturday, June 12, 2010
Krom's Great Hunt I
A lone figure sat cross-legged on the highest of the Fenrisian peaks, forming a dark silhouette amidst the raging snowstorm. His eyes were closed in deep concentration and he remained in the same position despite the constant belting of hailstones and snow on his tattered body, protected only by a thin layer of tunic made of wolf pelts.
It had been 10 days since Runepriest Hrotgar began his meditation on the peak, his superhuman body able to withstand hunger and cold for long periods of time. Without warning, Russ appeared to him in a vision, telling him that it is time.
The time for the Great Hunt I for Russ has come.
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I had a stayover at Kenny's clubhouse where I played four games from 6pm to 4am, only to wake up at 9am to play two more games the next day! It appears that I can only justify this awesome madness of playing six games within 24hours as a quest for the Great Hunt (hence the short fluff haha).
Battle reports are due, but most importantly, I hope to pen down some pointers that I've learned from these games. More to come =)
It had been 10 days since Runepriest Hrotgar began his meditation on the peak, his superhuman body able to withstand hunger and cold for long periods of time. Without warning, Russ appeared to him in a vision, telling him that it is time.
The time for the Great Hunt I for Russ has come.
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I had a stayover at Kenny's clubhouse where I played four games from 6pm to 4am, only to wake up at 9am to play two more games the next day! It appears that I can only justify this awesome madness of playing six games within 24hours as a quest for the Great Hunt (hence the short fluff haha).
Battle reports are due, but most importantly, I hope to pen down some pointers that I've learned from these games. More to come =)
Tuesday, June 8, 2010
Wolf Brothers in Singapore
I hope to get pictures and army-lists of fellow Wolf brothers of our heroic Space Wolf chapter to share with everyone because we really have very talented painters (such as Edward and Tsui) and also to present a concerted army . Imagine feasting upon the wonderful array of viking heroes in power and terminator armour.
I am proud to say that there are five of us, each a Wolflord of a different company, protecting the mankind in Singapore. The followship of five include:
1. Edward (Logan Grimnar, Great Wolf, or Papa Wolf)
I really would love to show you a glimpse of his drop prods and terminator wolfguards. They are a beauty to behold. Truly. Pity I have never played him though.
2. Ralph (Egil Iron Wolf's Mechanized company)
A creative Wolf Lord with a fluffy and stunning mechanized company. You should check out his tanks and Dreadnaughts.
3. Tsui (Ragnar Blackmane's company, though he doesn't use Ragnar for obvious reasons lol)
Tsui is truly an experience player and painter. Master of both domains. I had the privilege to play once with him and it was such a wonderful learning experience. Also, his company was just so beautiful I promise you it will make you drool.
4. (I forgot the name but I know he plays at Bishan)
Never played him before but you know how headstrong we wolf brothers are. A battle is imminent, that I assure you =)
5. Me (Krom Dragongaze with my wolfguard heavy company)
I have two vastly different army lists-a foot and a semi-mechanized list, both with lots of wolfguards in my company as fluff describes. I also have to thank Edward for suggesting that I take up the banner of Krom Dragongaze and also giving me the transfer with the Dragongaze company markings.
I hope I can add more to the list of Wolf Lords and especially pictures of their painted armies. Myself, I will try to get more stuff painted and hopefully this post will motivate me to do so.
Painting Schedule (hopefully on a weekly production rate)
1. 4 Missile Launcher Long Fangs
2. 4 Missile Launcher Long Fangs
3. 4 Lascannon Long Fangs
4. 4 Power Armoured Wolfguards
5. 4 Power Armoured Wolfguards
6. 4 Power Armoured Wolfguards
7. Runepriest and 1 Lonewolf
8. 4 Thunderwolf Calvary (Powerfist and Stormshield)
9. Touchup 6 Razorbacks and 2 Rhinos
10. 4 Thunderwolf Calvary (ccw and bp/bolter, and a Canis Wolfborn)
11. 2 Landspeeders
12. 2 Drop Pods
So hopefully I will have a fully painted army after 12 weeks =)
I am proud to say that there are five of us, each a Wolflord of a different company, protecting the mankind in Singapore. The followship of five include:
1. Edward (Logan Grimnar, Great Wolf, or Papa Wolf)
I really would love to show you a glimpse of his drop prods and terminator wolfguards. They are a beauty to behold. Truly. Pity I have never played him though.
2. Ralph (Egil Iron Wolf's Mechanized company)
A creative Wolf Lord with a fluffy and stunning mechanized company. You should check out his tanks and Dreadnaughts.
3. Tsui (Ragnar Blackmane's company, though he doesn't use Ragnar for obvious reasons lol)
Tsui is truly an experience player and painter. Master of both domains. I had the privilege to play once with him and it was such a wonderful learning experience. Also, his company was just so beautiful I promise you it will make you drool.
4. (I forgot the name but I know he plays at Bishan)
Never played him before but you know how headstrong we wolf brothers are. A battle is imminent, that I assure you =)
5. Me (Krom Dragongaze with my wolfguard heavy company)
I have two vastly different army lists-a foot and a semi-mechanized list, both with lots of wolfguards in my company as fluff describes. I also have to thank Edward for suggesting that I take up the banner of Krom Dragongaze and also giving me the transfer with the Dragongaze company markings.
I hope I can add more to the list of Wolf Lords and especially pictures of their painted armies. Myself, I will try to get more stuff painted and hopefully this post will motivate me to do so.
Painting Schedule (hopefully on a weekly production rate)
1. 4 Missile Launcher Long Fangs
2. 4 Missile Launcher Long Fangs
3. 4 Lascannon Long Fangs
4. 4 Power Armoured Wolfguards
5. 4 Power Armoured Wolfguards
6. 4 Power Armoured Wolfguards
7. Runepriest and 1 Lonewolf
8. 4 Thunderwolf Calvary (Powerfist and Stormshield)
9. Touchup 6 Razorbacks and 2 Rhinos
10. 4 Thunderwolf Calvary (ccw and bp/bolter, and a Canis Wolfborn)
11. 2 Landspeeders
12. 2 Drop Pods
So hopefully I will have a fully painted army after 12 weeks =)
A day at Kenny's clubhouse
Ralph (fellow wolfbrother) invited me to Kenny's place for a game this Monday. Was feeling a bit apprehensive due to some misunderstanding that kept me from going back to the clubhouse. Turns out Kenny was gravely misunderstood. I had such a wonderful time there and even had a great game with him (I have never played him before despite all the time there)!
Kenny graciously asked me to pick an army (he has Tyranids, Necrons, Tau, Orks, Marines I believe and IG). Of course I picked IG seeing the array of tanks on the display shelves and I am glad I did.
Mission: Capture and Control with 3 objectives
Deployment: Spearhead
Kenny's fully mchanized IG (briefly 'cos I can't really remember)
10 tanks that included:
3 Hellhounds (noxious fumes and MM),
1 WYSIWYG Colossus that cost him 200 pounds (go do your math),
2 Leman Russes, Demolisher Cannon and 2 or 3 Heavy Bolters (scary)
4 Chimeras which seated 10 troopers with a scary arsenal of 3 meltaguns, 3 grenade launchers I think)
My SW foot list
Logan (Krom Dragongaze)
Runepriest (LL and Jaws)
Wolf Lord on TW, WC, SS, Saga of Warrior Reborn
4 X 5 Wolfguards, 1 Terminator with Cyclone Missile Launcher
2 Lone Wolves, Terminator armour, Chainfist, Stormshield
2 TWC, PF, 2 Storm Shields
10 Fenrisian Wolves
5 Long Fangs, 4 Lascannons
A brief 1750 battlerep:
1. Only 1 Lonewolf perished under the heavy fire (believe me, I really saved a lot of dice rolls) while the other Lonewolf took 1 wound. The next turn, he destroyed one Leman Russ before crumbling to the ground with numerous bullet holes in his armour.
2. First turn saw one Chimera wrecked and 2 Leman Russes stunned. Then Long Fangs with Krom failed pinning test and was pinned. Lol I had to roll an 11 for a leadership 10 test.
3. Both wolf units came in on turn 2 (as usual my battle hungry wolves can't wait. Bad doggie. Sit) and rolled 1 for fleet, for BOTH units and for BOTH consecutive turns. Eventually TWC unit wrecked 2 more Chimera thanks to Stormshields and multiple assualt in turn 3. Wolf Lord used up all wolves to soak up massive fire and ate up one IG trooper unit but it was really scary. imagine taking 3 melta and 3 S6 small pie (grenade launchers) from 2 units and then more shots from the Chimera and Hellhound. I was very lucky to survive all that shots despite the fleet rolls hahah.
4. IG Hellhound/banewolf poisoned and melta-ed one Wolfguard unit into oblivion.
5. Colossus, which was deployed at the corner took pot shots at wolfguard units and actually crushed 2 wolfguard terminators from different units (I rolled 1 for their armour saves). But to be honest, I was still rolling above average considering my Lone Wolves and TWV saves.
6. Turn 6, a Chimera and its occupants wiped out one Wolfguard unit by shooting to secure one objective. The remnants of one IG trooper unit secured the other objective in midfield after wiping out TWC and Wolf Lord. I still have 2 wolfguard units left securing one objective. Lost 2-1. Oh, and Krom died to the barrage of shots.
Learning points
1. Fully mechanized IG list is awesome. Really made me see a lot of flaws in my list and also my strategy (or the lackof haha). Given the durability of tanks, it was really an uphill task taking out all these tanks. Then hell breaks loose once again when the troopers overwhelm you with 3 melta and 3 grenade shots.
2. Because of point 1, I forgot that this was an objective game. I feel that I should have focused on the Chimeras and the troopers, and also the Banewolves. That said, my target priority was horrible.
3. I had excellent armour saves that compensated for the fleet and armour penetration rolls so I do not think luck was a factor. It was more of a target priority issue for me. Hope I will remember this when I get to play IG again =)
4. Being a foot list, I am rather static despite having 2 calvary units. I feel I should focus more on either (1) shooting and/or (2) calvary counterattack. Army list revision is in order. Suggestions are extremely appreciated.
4. The 4th troop was really doing nothing for all the games I had, except for the 2 cyclone missiles. I am thinking of switching it to a 2nd Long Fang unit for more missiles.
5. Multiple assault wins the day when I multi-charged 2 tanks in one turn and wrecked both of them. I am beginning to love my unit of 2 TWC, 1 PF and 2 SS.
6. Having a chunk of text for a battlerep stinks. Pictures are necessary and I truly apologise for straining your eyes haha.
Hope this list/game/post inspires Jaeroler in some way as it had inspired me. I am sure Kenny wouldn't mind us going down to play and learn from each other, and I truly encourage you guys to make a trip down to play also. Always cool to throw dice with more players =)
Kenny graciously asked me to pick an army (he has Tyranids, Necrons, Tau, Orks, Marines I believe and IG). Of course I picked IG seeing the array of tanks on the display shelves and I am glad I did.
Mission: Capture and Control with 3 objectives
Deployment: Spearhead
Kenny's fully mchanized IG (briefly 'cos I can't really remember)
10 tanks that included:
3 Hellhounds (noxious fumes and MM),
1 WYSIWYG Colossus that cost him 200 pounds (go do your math),
2 Leman Russes, Demolisher Cannon and 2 or 3 Heavy Bolters (scary)
4 Chimeras which seated 10 troopers with a scary arsenal of 3 meltaguns, 3 grenade launchers I think)
My SW foot list
Logan (Krom Dragongaze)
Runepriest (LL and Jaws)
Wolf Lord on TW, WC, SS, Saga of Warrior Reborn
4 X 5 Wolfguards, 1 Terminator with Cyclone Missile Launcher
2 Lone Wolves, Terminator armour, Chainfist, Stormshield
2 TWC, PF, 2 Storm Shields
10 Fenrisian Wolves
5 Long Fangs, 4 Lascannons
A brief 1750 battlerep:
1. Only 1 Lonewolf perished under the heavy fire (believe me, I really saved a lot of dice rolls) while the other Lonewolf took 1 wound. The next turn, he destroyed one Leman Russ before crumbling to the ground with numerous bullet holes in his armour.
2. First turn saw one Chimera wrecked and 2 Leman Russes stunned. Then Long Fangs with Krom failed pinning test and was pinned. Lol I had to roll an 11 for a leadership 10 test.
3. Both wolf units came in on turn 2 (as usual my battle hungry wolves can't wait. Bad doggie. Sit) and rolled 1 for fleet, for BOTH units and for BOTH consecutive turns. Eventually TWC unit wrecked 2 more Chimera thanks to Stormshields and multiple assualt in turn 3. Wolf Lord used up all wolves to soak up massive fire and ate up one IG trooper unit but it was really scary. imagine taking 3 melta and 3 S6 small pie (grenade launchers) from 2 units and then more shots from the Chimera and Hellhound. I was very lucky to survive all that shots despite the fleet rolls hahah.
4. IG Hellhound/banewolf poisoned and melta-ed one Wolfguard unit into oblivion.
5. Colossus, which was deployed at the corner took pot shots at wolfguard units and actually crushed 2 wolfguard terminators from different units (I rolled 1 for their armour saves). But to be honest, I was still rolling above average considering my Lone Wolves and TWV saves.
6. Turn 6, a Chimera and its occupants wiped out one Wolfguard unit by shooting to secure one objective. The remnants of one IG trooper unit secured the other objective in midfield after wiping out TWC and Wolf Lord. I still have 2 wolfguard units left securing one objective. Lost 2-1. Oh, and Krom died to the barrage of shots.
Learning points
1. Fully mechanized IG list is awesome. Really made me see a lot of flaws in my list and also my strategy (or the lackof haha). Given the durability of tanks, it was really an uphill task taking out all these tanks. Then hell breaks loose once again when the troopers overwhelm you with 3 melta and 3 grenade shots.
2. Because of point 1, I forgot that this was an objective game. I feel that I should have focused on the Chimeras and the troopers, and also the Banewolves. That said, my target priority was horrible.
3. I had excellent armour saves that compensated for the fleet and armour penetration rolls so I do not think luck was a factor. It was more of a target priority issue for me. Hope I will remember this when I get to play IG again =)
4. Being a foot list, I am rather static despite having 2 calvary units. I feel I should focus more on either (1) shooting and/or (2) calvary counterattack. Army list revision is in order. Suggestions are extremely appreciated.
4. The 4th troop was really doing nothing for all the games I had, except for the 2 cyclone missiles. I am thinking of switching it to a 2nd Long Fang unit for more missiles.
5. Multiple assault wins the day when I multi-charged 2 tanks in one turn and wrecked both of them. I am beginning to love my unit of 2 TWC, 1 PF and 2 SS.
6. Having a chunk of text for a battlerep stinks. Pictures are necessary and I truly apologise for straining your eyes haha.
Hope this list/game/post inspires Jaeroler in some way as it had inspired me. I am sure Kenny wouldn't mind us going down to play and learn from each other, and I truly encourage you guys to make a trip down to play also. Always cool to throw dice with more players =)
Monday, May 31, 2010
Twists and turns and good Samaritans
The recent posts down memory lane (c.f. Crazyrat and Jaeroler's blogs) swept me with nostalgia as I recounted my warhammer experience and the many people or good Samaritans who helped shaped the gaming experience for me. I felt that I should share my long long story too.
Warhammer Quest-Paul
First exposure with warhammer was Warhammer quest during P6. I used to go to my friend, Paul’s house to play with him and another friend. He soon lost interest and sold the game to me before we lost touch.
Today, I still play warhammer quest, mostly with my friends and gf’s young cousins (so that I can eventually sneakily entice them to play warhammer-in psychology we term that ‘foot in the door’) I fail most of the time though lol. Halfway through the “wheeling” and marchblocking rules, my friends and cousins would stare at me as if I spoke alien tongue. In fact, one of my friends even fell asleep as I was explaining the movement rules during a stayover. Lol.
Warhammer Fantasy (WHF)-Benjamin, Kenneth, Tusi and gang at Serene Centre
In secondary three though, three years after I bought and stopped playing warhammer quest, my friend, Benjamin heard of my obsession with fantasy genre (forgotten realms and especially Drizzit do Urden, Artemis Entreri, Lord of the Rings, and fantasy related mmorpg) and the Dune chronicles, and showed his collection of ultramarines to me. He proposed to start WHF with me. We went to PI together but never got to starting the game together. Sigh. I even bought the starter box with orcs and empire then and felt rather betrayed and let down.
A few months later, I bought the first edition warhammer starter box of high elves and goblins from a friend’s friend for a really low price-it seems that the elves from forgotten realms and lord of the rings are calling out to me. Again I never got to play with them.
By some odd chance, I heard of serene center and during my first visit, I bought my first Space Wolf fBlood Claw box and the Space Wolf codex. Space Wolf provided fantasy fluff in the futuristic or 40k of the warhammer universe. Sign me up I thought. But once again, I had no one to game with so I kept the models and read the fluff from time to time.
I even started Mageknight with my NS mates because they found warhammer too expensive though they like the idea of tabletop gaming. We soon joined a group who played at Serene Centre. Again Asur’s horns of battle called to me for I always walk over to look at Kenneth and Tsui’s gang playing WHF when taking a break from Mageknight. Deep inside, I somehow knew warhammer is the game for me and Imrik, the Dragonprince’s dragonhorn must have imbued me with insane courage as I passed my morale test to ask Kenneth if I could join them for a game, which they kindly allowed. So began my WHF days as a High Elf general (yes by then I have amassed a decent army for I would buy at wimp from eBay and Maelstorm). They were really a nice bunch of people and games with them were always fun and full of learning pointers. Not to mention the array of truly beautifully-painted miniatures that will melt your eyes and hearts. Always a sight to behold. Always. That, with the wonderful people you meet there, makes me miss Serene Centre and the now defunct Comics Mart. Though I have lost contact with them, I hope they are still gaming regularly.
WH40k- Ralph, Mark, Edward, Alvin, James, Hong, Samuel, YouCai, De Feng, Daniel, Kenny, Striderx and many others (by order of appearance haha)
It appears that beside Asur, Russ has his eyes set on me as I chanced upon Mark (IG and Chaos player) and Ralph (fellow SW)’s WH40k game once day at Serene Centre. The bond between wolf brothers are so strong that I had to chat with him and was soon introduced and invited to Alvin’s (Grimcron) place for a game (I was still a staunch Asur then, insisting that I will only take a look at 40k which I am NOT really like to pick up- how wrong I was lol). It was there I met Edward also and I thoroughly enjoyed the 2v2 WH40k battle as I tried to take in every nuances of the game. I was hooked and there was no turning back.
Eventually I was invited to Kenny’s place where Sam and YC also visited but our paths did not cross, yet. Well, before I stopped attending the gaming club at Kenny’s place, I met Sam and had a really wonderful chat with him (mostly about our day job and the Necron player that we really do not want to play against, though we still both ended up getting picked with and massacred by him lol). Eventually, my paths and that of YC, Sam, De Feng and Daniel intersected when Sam then invited me to play over at YC’s place before he departed for Australia for a well-deserved break. And games at Yc's place has been fun to say the least. The sharing and really bizzare encounters (e.g., rolling 1 for 2+ invuln and instant killing Dante), the beautiful gaming board and terrain are just the tip of the iceburg that contribute to the wonderful gaming experience. What else can make me wake up at 8am on Saturday mornings to travel 1.5hours?
Conclusion
I’ve played at Bishan too by invitation from Grimcron (really touched with the presence of so many gamers- it feels like some guerilla warfare occurring simultaneously at different spots in Singapore and that I am a part of it), and even attend a fellow gamer’s (Grimcron) wedding. Today, I count myself truly blessed to be able to play occasionally in the west at Grimcron’s place and also in the east at YC’s. You know, I suddenly have this idea that we can arrange for a campaign across Singapore where we contribute our battlereports and results, like what GW did. Stuff like this makes excellent fluff and bonds all of us even closer.
Truly, behind every model lies an incredible story. For me, each model tells a different story, usually related to a Samaritan. I hope to be one to my gf’s cousins too. Haha. Well, you know what present a Good Samaritan like me got for my gf’s cousin last year- yup a box of 5 tactical marines. Lol.
Oh, and my answer to the question if I will continue to play WHF, Warhammer Quest or WH40k? I quote WH40k:
"In the grim darkness of the far future, there is only war" =)
Warhammer Quest-Paul
First exposure with warhammer was Warhammer quest during P6. I used to go to my friend, Paul’s house to play with him and another friend. He soon lost interest and sold the game to me before we lost touch.
Today, I still play warhammer quest, mostly with my friends and gf’s young cousins (so that I can eventually sneakily entice them to play warhammer-in psychology we term that ‘foot in the door’) I fail most of the time though lol. Halfway through the “wheeling” and marchblocking rules, my friends and cousins would stare at me as if I spoke alien tongue. In fact, one of my friends even fell asleep as I was explaining the movement rules during a stayover. Lol.
Warhammer Fantasy (WHF)-Benjamin, Kenneth, Tusi and gang at Serene Centre
In secondary three though, three years after I bought and stopped playing warhammer quest, my friend, Benjamin heard of my obsession with fantasy genre (forgotten realms and especially Drizzit do Urden, Artemis Entreri, Lord of the Rings, and fantasy related mmorpg) and the Dune chronicles, and showed his collection of ultramarines to me. He proposed to start WHF with me. We went to PI together but never got to starting the game together. Sigh. I even bought the starter box with orcs and empire then and felt rather betrayed and let down.
A few months later, I bought the first edition warhammer starter box of high elves and goblins from a friend’s friend for a really low price-it seems that the elves from forgotten realms and lord of the rings are calling out to me. Again I never got to play with them.
By some odd chance, I heard of serene center and during my first visit, I bought my first Space Wolf fBlood Claw box and the Space Wolf codex. Space Wolf provided fantasy fluff in the futuristic or 40k of the warhammer universe. Sign me up I thought. But once again, I had no one to game with so I kept the models and read the fluff from time to time.
I even started Mageknight with my NS mates because they found warhammer too expensive though they like the idea of tabletop gaming. We soon joined a group who played at Serene Centre. Again Asur’s horns of battle called to me for I always walk over to look at Kenneth and Tsui’s gang playing WHF when taking a break from Mageknight. Deep inside, I somehow knew warhammer is the game for me and Imrik, the Dragonprince’s dragonhorn must have imbued me with insane courage as I passed my morale test to ask Kenneth if I could join them for a game, which they kindly allowed. So began my WHF days as a High Elf general (yes by then I have amassed a decent army for I would buy at wimp from eBay and Maelstorm). They were really a nice bunch of people and games with them were always fun and full of learning pointers. Not to mention the array of truly beautifully-painted miniatures that will melt your eyes and hearts. Always a sight to behold. Always. That, with the wonderful people you meet there, makes me miss Serene Centre and the now defunct Comics Mart. Though I have lost contact with them, I hope they are still gaming regularly.
WH40k- Ralph, Mark, Edward, Alvin, James, Hong, Samuel, YouCai, De Feng, Daniel, Kenny, Striderx and many others (by order of appearance haha)
It appears that beside Asur, Russ has his eyes set on me as I chanced upon Mark (IG and Chaos player) and Ralph (fellow SW)’s WH40k game once day at Serene Centre. The bond between wolf brothers are so strong that I had to chat with him and was soon introduced and invited to Alvin’s (Grimcron) place for a game (I was still a staunch Asur then, insisting that I will only take a look at 40k which I am NOT really like to pick up- how wrong I was lol). It was there I met Edward also and I thoroughly enjoyed the 2v2 WH40k battle as I tried to take in every nuances of the game. I was hooked and there was no turning back.
Eventually I was invited to Kenny’s place where Sam and YC also visited but our paths did not cross, yet. Well, before I stopped attending the gaming club at Kenny’s place, I met Sam and had a really wonderful chat with him (mostly about our day job and the Necron player that we really do not want to play against, though we still both ended up getting picked with and massacred by him lol). Eventually, my paths and that of YC, Sam, De Feng and Daniel intersected when Sam then invited me to play over at YC’s place before he departed for Australia for a well-deserved break. And games at Yc's place has been fun to say the least. The sharing and really bizzare encounters (e.g., rolling 1 for 2+ invuln and instant killing Dante), the beautiful gaming board and terrain are just the tip of the iceburg that contribute to the wonderful gaming experience. What else can make me wake up at 8am on Saturday mornings to travel 1.5hours?
Conclusion
I’ve played at Bishan too by invitation from Grimcron (really touched with the presence of so many gamers- it feels like some guerilla warfare occurring simultaneously at different spots in Singapore and that I am a part of it), and even attend a fellow gamer’s (Grimcron) wedding. Today, I count myself truly blessed to be able to play occasionally in the west at Grimcron’s place and also in the east at YC’s. You know, I suddenly have this idea that we can arrange for a campaign across Singapore where we contribute our battlereports and results, like what GW did. Stuff like this makes excellent fluff and bonds all of us even closer.
Truly, behind every model lies an incredible story. For me, each model tells a different story, usually related to a Samaritan. I hope to be one to my gf’s cousins too. Haha. Well, you know what present a Good Samaritan like me got for my gf’s cousin last year- yup a box of 5 tactical marines. Lol.
Oh, and my answer to the question if I will continue to play WHF, Warhammer Quest or WH40k? I quote WH40k:
"In the grim darkness of the far future, there is only war" =)
Friday, May 28, 2010
Ho Chi Minh, City of motorbikes
I just returned from Vietnam, Ho Chi Minh city or Saigon. It is truly a city of motorbikes. Mind you, they scared me when I crossed the roads. Well they still do. Zebra crossings or pedestrian crossings do not exist or the motorbikers do not care. Either way, cross the roads at your own peril, or resort to my strategy of crossing the road with the locals (you may have to wait 10 minutes for one to cross the road though lol). They seemed to have this 2+ invulnerable save from the biker-rush =)
Oh, and a 1750 list for my girlfriend's cousin, Ebell who I have "convinced" to play 40k with. She likes men in white so she'll be playing the WhiteScars bikers (without Khan who costs too much).
1750 Ebell's WhiteScars
HQ
Ebell, Space Marine Captain, Bike, Relic Blade, Stormshield
Command Squad, Bikes, 1 Thunder Hammer, 3 Lightning Claws, 4 Stormshields, 2 Meltaguns, Apothecary
TROOPS
2 X 7 +1 Space Marine Bike Squad
Powerfist, 2 Meltaguns, MM Attack Bike
4 X 5 Space Marine Bike Squad
2 Meltaguns
Can't wait to get a game soon =)
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