So, first up some pics of where I am for those that care.
Work - temporary office until they get the new space down town.
Prerequisite work bench shot
I came in 2nd out of 19 with this list
HQSammael
- speeder version
ElitesDeathwing Terminators
- 1x pwr swrd + SB, 2x pwr fst + SB, 1x dbl LC, 1x pwr fst + ass cnn
TroopsRavenwing Assault Squadron
- 6 bikes, 2 flamers, 1 pwr fst + attack bike
Ravenwing Assault Squadron
- 6 bikes, 2 flamers, 1 pwr fst + attack bike
Fast Attacklandspeeder tornado
landspeeder tornado
Heavy SupportDevestator Squad
- 10 men, 4x heavy bolters
Devestator Squad
- 10 men, 4x missile launchers
Game 1 vs. OrksVeteran Sergent Balimor looked out from the ruined building him and his squad had occupied. The green skin horde had begun to advance on his position. Both the 9th and 10th devestator squads of the 4th had textbook fire lanes. Balimor had no idea that his time in this life was about to come to an abrupt end. OverviewEver had one of those games where nothing could go any worse for you and nothing could go any better for your opponent? This was one of those games. After setting up the board the mission rolled was cleanse. Perfect! I had a massive open field to rip Orks apart on. NOPE! Think again!
Game began with his lobbas pinning BOTH my devastator squads, a few casualties on his side but nothing much. Snikrot arrived laying into my dev squad... not before his lootas shot at them causing 17 wounds... of which i failed 14 saves! At this point we were just laughing. This was followed by 8 wounds on my bikers, of which i failed 5. He ended up wiping me to a man, managing to kill Sammy in hth. 6 to hit, 6 to glance and a 6 to destory! Got to love Ork nobs blessed by Gork + Mork.
Balimor could see what was left of the noble brothers that had accompanied him. As he rolled around he felt the sun beating on his face, his helmet was cracked. The very moment he thought to reach for it, he was cleaved in two by an Ork wielding two large blades. The last thing he saw was the Ork grinning down at him.Outcome - MassacredSome images of the battle. Fluger says sorry for the unpainted army
Incidentally... I also say sorry for mine
Game 2 vs. UltramarinesThe order had come from up on high, they were to eradicate this group of marines before they could reach the ridge. An objective of great importance had taken refuge in the cliffs. One of the fallen was at hand, no one friend or foe would stand in the wayOverviewThe mission was take and hold, escalation. As soon as the game started it looked bad. My heavy bolter dev squad took 3 casualties and promptly rolled a 10 and fled (no Sammy on the board yet). Woo! I returned fire in small amounts, knocking units below scoring where I could. The tide turned when I crushed my opponents right flank with a strike from the Ravenwing. This allowed me to jump out on the objective turn 6 while whittling down his scoring units.
The inner circle would be pleased, the chapter was one step closer to redeeming itself in the eyes of the Emperor. It was a necessary tragedy that it had to be paid for by blood from their brother chapter.Outcome - Solid VictorySome images of the battle.
Game 3 vs. Orks (different opponent though:))It was time to take land back from the green skins. The company had recently lost many brothers, time for revenge. Sammael gunned his speeder over the rise to confront the enemy.OverviewThe mission was patrol. I pretty much cornered up using my attack bikes to protect my flanks. I favored my left and steadily cleared a path across the board. He never really had a chance as I picked him apart from range. I delivered a final counter assault on a unit of bikers protecting Ghazkull and his mob, wiping them to a man. He had 0 scoring units left giving me a win by over 1900 points (Rocketing me into 2nd place next to Flugers Orks (my first opponent).
Sammael looked over the edge of his speeder as he banked back around. The enemy had been routed with minimal casualties. The day was won.Outcome - Massacre to me In true "I post battle reports of tournaments on the internet" fashion, I forgot to take pictures of the third game
Here are some pics of my current FLGS instead
The painting tables (with free paint for the gamers
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The army cabinets (including some GT armies, a few of which have ranked top 5... or so says the sticker on a few of the cases). You can rent all of these to game with. Or go in on Fridays and play with them for free, last week they stayed open until around 3am. Beer + Warhammer into the night = good time.
All in all a good weekend, won me a Librarian in Terminator armor and a bunch of paint + a brush