Blog Wars 5: Army Finished!

So with Blog Wars 5 due in just under 2 weeks time I have finally finished my 1850pts Ultramarines for the event.

HQ:

Captain Sol Invictus (counts as Logan Grimnar) = 275

Librarian Severian (Rune Priest), Terminator Armour, Storm Bolter, Force Staff, Jaws of the World Wolf, Living Lighting = 120

Troops:
10 Wolf Guard in Terminator Armour, 2 Cyclone Missile Launchers = 390

10 Wolf Guard in Terminator Armour, 2 Assault Cannons = 390

10 Wolf Guard in Terminator Armour, 2 Heavy Flamers = 340

5 Wolf Guard in Terminator Armour, 1 Heavy Flamer = 170

5 Wolf guard in Terminator Armour = 165

Total: 1850

*All power fists count as power mauls.

*All Chain Fists count as power axes

*A Sword is a Sword.

Space Marines and Tau - "Shadow Shirke"

Been looking through the Tau book and every time I look at Shadowsun I always think of her, shrike, and 20 Terminators.

No it's not some weird dogging group it's a purely infiltrating list.....

Space Marines & Tau Allies 1850

HQ
Shadow Captain Shrike = 195
Libby, Terminator armour, Storm Shield.  = 140

Commander Shadowsun, Command drone = 155

Elites
10 Terminators, 2 Cyclones = 460
10 Terminators, 2 Cyclones = 460

Troops
5 Scouts, bolters = 75
5 Scouts, bolters = 75

20 Kroot, Sniper rounds = 140
20 Kroot, Sniper rounds = 140

1840

Now it does have a lot of weaknesses, but the idea of 20 Terminators, 3 Characters, and a butt load of Kroot on your door step can be quite daunting. Remembering that Vanilla SM and Tau are Battle Brothers so can benefit from each others rules, war gear and join each others units opens up a lot of crazy combos.

As for the list it self the scoring can be very weak. Using the command drone can give a unit at BS4 almost prescience (don't roll 2's!). I'm not sure if Assault Terminators might be worth it not as they only fight in one part of the turn and with the massive reduction in AP2 weapons in assault shooty terminators might be ok and more flexible.

As for assault all  the Marines do have Fleet because of Shrike so if they wanted to charge they are more likely to make it in (with out Shadowsun).

I would of liked to of fitted in some Stealth Suits but they are really expensive, but he mass of Burst Cannons would of been very welcomed - as well as the infiltrating.

Thoughts?

BOLS & Faeit 212 - GW use Banhammer - it was super effective!

So a few folks would of known by now that Faiet 212 and Bell of Lost Souls are out of action!

Well as this link shows both have been hot by the GW legal team.

In my opinion if Chapterhouse were not so stubborn perhaps GW would of never gotten this aggressive against online content - but who can say for sure?

Of course living in Nottingham does have it perks and I can tell you that at least 2 other big names are in their cross hairs but of course that would be telling and dropping friends in the shit.

 I can tell you that GW's legal team are no way as passive, anal, or inactive as 99% of gamers would believe - most of the average store bods at Warhammer World HQ know of these sites recreationally.

Blog Wars 5 List: Loganwing?

So I am thinking of my list for Blog Wars 5 and I'm leaning towards an all Terminator list so this naturally
leads me down the path of Deathwing or Loganwing.

At the moment I'm leaning towards this list using Space Wolves:

Logan Grimnar 275
Rune Priest in Terminator Armour = 120

10 Wolf Guard in Terminator Armour, 2 Cyclone Missile Launchers = 390

10 Wolf Guard in Terminator Armour, 2 Assault Cannons = 390

10 Wolf Guard in Terminator Armour, 2 Heavy Flamers = 340

10 Wolf Guard in Terminator Armour, 1 heavy Flamer = 335

Bang on 1850

But it requires too MASSIVE proxies:

Power fists count as power mauls (+2st AP4) & Chain fists count as power axes (+1st AP2).

Now I'm looking at this because I really, really want to put 42 Terminators on the table. But the big question is would YOU readers, friends, or fellow blog war players let me do this and/or would it leave a sour taste in your mouth?

I ask this in respect to my fellow gamer.

This Lucky S.O.B!

So as some of you may know I live in Nottingham - mainly known as the home of Robin Hood, but also in geek circles home of Games Workshop and Warhammer World.

But if you expand your shpere of gaming outside GW we also have Warlord Games, Mantic, Foundry, (Who I walk past to the bus station), and now Battlefront Games UK & Europe HQ, and not to mention GW's Warhammer World, what was Maelstorm Games down the road in Mansfield, and 3 local game stores in Vague Connections, Mondo Comics, and Chimera Games.

One must agree with Uncle Sam here >

So why am I posting this well I picked up the softback Flames of War rulebook the other day and looking beyond GW's backyard was not as daunting as first thought.

So expect to see 15mm British Paratroopers and Tanks on here in the future!

Still Here!

I ain't dead, very much the opposite - having a life and earning a crust has been the main reasons why I haven't posted in a long time!

In that time I did ok at Blog Wars 4 with old Deathwing and a blob of IG, did quite poorly at Caledonian Uprising - but you will be able to hear me bore you to death as I challenged a certain Mr Symcox for game 1 and spoke to him about my list and mech IG in 6th ed, which should be on the next episode of 40kUK as of the 28th of this month

As for the here and now, I'm looking at Deathwing for the foreseeable future It's small and easy to play and transport. Also I have been playing a butt load of Blood Bowl of late as it's a fantastic game and easy on the pocket - especially when you have a crappy job, a mortgage, and a lovely Mrs to put through University!

For the future of blogging I would like to go though what I think of the IG codex for 6th and my various Blood Bowl exploits (and mainly losses) with my old Chaos team the "Merciless Marauders" and my new Orc comedy based of rappers - "Da So Solid Krewe" dressed in teams colours of Bling!

Till the next post! (which hopefully won't be so long!)

After the Impromptu Hiatus....

Yes, this is my model

So... yeah 2 months since my last post!

How did that happen?

Well working nights, house keeping, and a bit of Blood Bowl!

Still trying to figure out how to get to grips with 6th Ed 40k, but only used a few "serious" lists of late and mainly used gimmicky/fluffy lists so far. Games that I remember so far are:

Opening Day of 6th:
Deathwing vs Necrons (L)
Deathwing vs Blood Angels (W)

IG/SW vs Dark Eldar (D)
SW vs Orks (W)
BA vs Nids (L)

SW/IG (friends IG) vs Orks/Dark Eldar (W)
Deathwing vs New Chaos Marines (W)

Swear I have played a few more but I really can't remember.

So far I would say only my Wolves have been seriously kicking ass, with the fluffy Ultramarine's 1st company (Deathwing) being second- mainly due to the massive boost terminators have had.

Also been tinkering with 2 lots of the Dark Angels from the starter set. Converted the Terminators to join the Ultramarines and keeping the rest to join the Paladins of Steel (universal Marine) army I'm doing. Also got some reinforcements for my IG but as much I would like to use them for Blog Wars 4 they will take the longest to build and paint.

So for Blog Wars I'm looking at IG or Deathwing (easy cop-out army), though to my credit (I think) I have used a different army and codex for every Blog Wars so far so I might continue down that route.

We shall see.