Well its been a couple of weeks, two tournies (one in NSW) and a swag of painting since my last update. So let's talk about how I fared at my two most recent tournies.
Smashtastic
22 players
2000 points
Army Beastmen ... Result 1st :)
This was a fun 1 day event hosted by QGG Inc and run by local Brissy gamer Kin. It was his first tourny as a TO and he did a bang up job.
Game 1 v Carwyn LLewlyn (Savage Orks) Result 19 - 1
Game 2 v Glenn Lamprecht (Vampire Counts) Result 13 - 7
Game 3 v Matt Hosking (Bretonnians) Result 12 - 8
GT CHALLENGE ( we played the same list) WINNER ME!!!!!!
LIST
Beastlord (148 Pts) 1 Beastlord Mark of Chaos Undivided;
Hand Weapon; Shield Sword of Might [20] Pts 1 Armor of Damnation [30] Pts
Bray-Shaman of Slaanesh 186 Pts Mark of Slaanesh; Level 2 Braystaff;
1 Dispel Scroll [25] Pts 1 Dispel Scroll @ [25] Pts
Bray-Shaman of Slaanesh 186 Pts Mark of Slaanesh; Level 2 Braystaff
1 Power Familiar [50] Pts
Tuskgor Chariot ( 85 Pts)
Tuskgor Chariot ( 85 Pts)
4 Minotaurs @ 184 Pts Great Weapon
4 Minotaurs @ 184 Pts Great Weapon
15 Bestigor Herd of Slaanesh 212 Pts Standard Bearer
10 Bestigor Herd 120 Pts
Beast Herd ( 55 Pts) 5 Gors 5 Ungor
Beast Herd ( 55 Pts) 5 Gors 5 Ungor
Beast Herd (116 Pts) 6 Gors 1 FC 8 Ungor
1 Fiend of Slaanesh @ 75 Pts
1 Fiend of Slaanesh @ 75 Pts
5 Centigor 117 Pts Musician Throwing Axe
5 Centigor 117 Pts Musician Throwing Axe
Total Roster Cost: 2000
reserved.
Leviathan
46 Players
3 Games 2250 points 2 Games 2500 points
Army Beastmen ... Result 14th
Winner of Best Painted Army
Having won this tourny last year I expected to do a little better than what I did... Top 10 at least; however I played poorly in my first two games and suffered accordingly!!! Had 5 great games though and this really was another great tourny run by another first time TO Skaapie
Highlights.... Game 2 v Bretonnians did 12 wounds on a unit of Grail knights with 2 chariots and the deamon prince... Shane my opponent picked up his dice rolled 4 armour saves then followed that by 8 5+ ward saves!!!!! For the love of GOD heheheheh I lost combat two chariots get run down as the demon prince pops!!!
Great event and the winner Marcelo Rouco was back in fine form with his Bretts and was a deserved winner.
You can see a full list of results at the IF website.
LIST
Daemon Prince of Slaanesh 505 Pts
Mark of Slaanesh Magic Level 2
Blade of the Ether Unliving Idol Soul Hunger Diabolic Splendour
Bray-Shaman of Slaanesh 186 Pts Level 2
Power Familiar
Bray-Shaman of Slaanesh 186 Pts Level 2
Dispel Scroll Dispel Scroll
Beast Herd 5 Gors 5 Ungor
Beast Herd 123 Pts 7 Gors FC 8 Ungor
Beast Herd 119 Pts 7 Gors FC 7 Ungor
Tuskgor Chariot 85 Pts
Tuskgor Chariot 85 Pts
Tuskgor Chariot 85 Pts
6 Furies 90 Pts
4 Minotaurs of Slaanesh 204 Pts Great Weapon
4 Minotaurs 184 Pts Great Weapon
4 Chaos Ogres 198 Pts Musician Great Weapon Heavy Armour Shield
1 Fiend of Slaanesh 75 Pts
1 Fiend of Slaanesh @ 75 Pts
Total Roster Cost: 2249
Wednesday, April 30, 2008
Thursday, April 10, 2008
Sebeki and Basti
I've been working on these fabulous Wargods of Aegyptus Basti and Sebeki figures for the warband of a client in Wesern Australia. They are wonderful figures and have been a pleasure to paint. I'm currently working on another project with Glenn L using Wargods figures and I will talk about it in greater details in coming blogs; it's very exciting and will look incredible!!!
Remember you can click on the above images to see bigger shots! :)
Gav :)
Monday, April 7, 2008
Battle Pilgrims... Repaint
Been a busy week since last post with a number of events coming up including a trip to NSW for the WHFB Leviathan Tourney on April 19 and 20 ... this will be a lot of fun and as the defending champ I'd like to do well :) I'll post my list closer to the event and a bit of a run down on how I think it will play and general tactics associated with the list.
Anyway I'm currently knee deep in a range of painting work at present ranging from Wargods , Flames Of War, 40k and fantasy.
I've just finished repainting these battle pilgrims for good mate John. You can see a before shot of what they looked like pre stripping and an after shot of some of the completed figures... vastly better I hope :)
Click on the pictures above for larger shots of the pilgrims.
Anyway more latter this week including an exciting preview of the Inaugural SLARDY v GT challenge... its going to be HUGE!!!! :)
Thursday, April 3, 2008
BIG March Wrapup
Well the fantasy tourney has come and gone... well done to Alex , Guns and Doombull for their placings and to Carwyn and the rest of the B.I.G. crew for a great weekend. I finished 7th overall and was very happy with this result in light of my limited game experience with HE's and the match ups at the event.
My results were:
v Tomb Kings (Terry Mo) WIN 20 - 0
v Bretonnians (Evan Ferris) LOSS 20- 0
v Bretonnians Errantry List (Jeremy Arato) WIN 18 2
v Chaos Dwarfs (Emmanuel Beckman) WIN 20 - 0
v Skaven (Nathan Goodchild) LOSS 12 - 8
v Dwarfs (Luke van Kyck) WIN 11 - 9
The fragile nature of the HE list (IE limited troops T3 etc) means that certain armies will cause you a lot of grief. Brets with their 2+ armour , 5/6 ward saves and speed are a tough nut to crack. The errant list has some flaws and I was able to exploit this by drawing errant units into charges , fleeing then counter charging. Jeremy did have some poor dice rolls but was , and always is, a true gentleman to play.
Evans army has 4 big units of realm knights, a unit of pegs, 2 trebs and a number of MAA units. A well balanced list with a lot of units. I was lucky in turn 2 to get a combined charge with a lion chariot and Dragon Princes against a unit of knights that Evan had pushed too far forward in his first turn. Combat went in my favour but he made a leadership test on 4's and it then became a protracted combat with both of us adding extra units in an attempt to break the stalemate. Obviously from the score this didn't work for me :)
The games against the two dwarf lists were tough; the ancient enmity between the two races was certainly added too and I was happy to add two dwarven scalps to my trophy cabinet. It was also a pleasure to play against the army I just finished painting for Luke... nice to see your hard work lined up across the table from you.
Nathan aka Chopper is an excellent player (3rd at last years Australasian WHFB Masters) and his Grey Seer led skaven list was a challenge. I was in control of the game till turn 5 when Nathan unleashed a devastating magic phase of plague and warp lighting that decimated my spearmen and white lions. Tough game but a lot of fun; the smaller size of my army told in the end.
So what did I learn what would I change...
The white lion units were excellent. The fear causing chariots were helpful with a number of units failing their fear tests and subsequently hitting on 6's... an extremely important characteristic when you are only T3 with a 4+ AS. Two are definitely need to get off double charges and hopefully break units in a single turn. The white lions were excellent in combat but every man with a range weapon attempts to shoot at them.. I'm leaning to Phoenix Guard as a choice instead of them as their 4+ ward save is needed against war machines; which incidentally in 3 of my 6 games decimated the combat effectiveness of this unit. The ability to move through wooded terrain makes them a difficult unit to not have in one's list.
Dragon princes, eagles and bolt throwers performed as expected and are necessary units to a successful list IMO.
Characters... I received a bit of criticism for my character setup by various people. The mage setup was perfect. The ability to choose my spells on one mage meant that I could taylor my magical attacks to the force I faced. This was crucial in my game against Luke where the Lore of Metal allowed me to choose Gold and Brass and nullify his important runic items and stop his machines from shooting. The extra spell on the other mage couple with the Banner of Sorcery also greatly improved the magical capability of this army. There is no doubt in my mind that a strong magic phase is necessary to augment your combat capabilities or in turn protect the flowers of your army from being "picked".
No Lord choice was , in retrospect a mixed bag at the tourney. The cheaper hero allowed be to have more troops on the table; something that I think is important to any fantasy army. The reaver bow was fantastic as was the Gem of Courage which gave me a 1 turn BSB for my white lion unit with the hero in it. What I did miss was the extra 50 points of magical items that would have made this character choice more effective in critical combat situations. The leadership was not an issue as my Empire army only has leadership 9 so I was not unduly perturbed or affected by the lesser leadership offered by the hero.
Well , I enjoyed the tourney and the brief foray into High Elfs. Of the armies I have played at tourneys in recent years I would rate this army below, Wood Elfs (best army I have ever played),Bretts, Empire and Chaos Demons. The HE's are fragile at 2250 points but I believe they will come into their own at 2500 points and beyond.
Gav :)
My results were:
v Tomb Kings (Terry Mo) WIN 20 - 0
v Bretonnians (Evan Ferris) LOSS 20- 0
v Bretonnians Errantry List (Jeremy Arato) WIN 18 2
v Chaos Dwarfs (Emmanuel Beckman) WIN 20 - 0
v Skaven (Nathan Goodchild) LOSS 12 - 8
v Dwarfs (Luke van Kyck) WIN 11 - 9
The fragile nature of the HE list (IE limited troops T3 etc) means that certain armies will cause you a lot of grief. Brets with their 2+ armour , 5/6 ward saves and speed are a tough nut to crack. The errant list has some flaws and I was able to exploit this by drawing errant units into charges , fleeing then counter charging. Jeremy did have some poor dice rolls but was , and always is, a true gentleman to play.
Evans army has 4 big units of realm knights, a unit of pegs, 2 trebs and a number of MAA units. A well balanced list with a lot of units. I was lucky in turn 2 to get a combined charge with a lion chariot and Dragon Princes against a unit of knights that Evan had pushed too far forward in his first turn. Combat went in my favour but he made a leadership test on 4's and it then became a protracted combat with both of us adding extra units in an attempt to break the stalemate. Obviously from the score this didn't work for me :)
The games against the two dwarf lists were tough; the ancient enmity between the two races was certainly added too and I was happy to add two dwarven scalps to my trophy cabinet. It was also a pleasure to play against the army I just finished painting for Luke... nice to see your hard work lined up across the table from you.
Nathan aka Chopper is an excellent player (3rd at last years Australasian WHFB Masters) and his Grey Seer led skaven list was a challenge. I was in control of the game till turn 5 when Nathan unleashed a devastating magic phase of plague and warp lighting that decimated my spearmen and white lions. Tough game but a lot of fun; the smaller size of my army told in the end.
So what did I learn what would I change...
The white lion units were excellent. The fear causing chariots were helpful with a number of units failing their fear tests and subsequently hitting on 6's... an extremely important characteristic when you are only T3 with a 4+ AS. Two are definitely need to get off double charges and hopefully break units in a single turn. The white lions were excellent in combat but every man with a range weapon attempts to shoot at them.. I'm leaning to Phoenix Guard as a choice instead of them as their 4+ ward save is needed against war machines; which incidentally in 3 of my 6 games decimated the combat effectiveness of this unit. The ability to move through wooded terrain makes them a difficult unit to not have in one's list.
Dragon princes, eagles and bolt throwers performed as expected and are necessary units to a successful list IMO.
Characters... I received a bit of criticism for my character setup by various people. The mage setup was perfect. The ability to choose my spells on one mage meant that I could taylor my magical attacks to the force I faced. This was crucial in my game against Luke where the Lore of Metal allowed me to choose Gold and Brass and nullify his important runic items and stop his machines from shooting. The extra spell on the other mage couple with the Banner of Sorcery also greatly improved the magical capability of this army. There is no doubt in my mind that a strong magic phase is necessary to augment your combat capabilities or in turn protect the flowers of your army from being "picked".
No Lord choice was , in retrospect a mixed bag at the tourney. The cheaper hero allowed be to have more troops on the table; something that I think is important to any fantasy army. The reaver bow was fantastic as was the Gem of Courage which gave me a 1 turn BSB for my white lion unit with the hero in it. What I did miss was the extra 50 points of magical items that would have made this character choice more effective in critical combat situations. The leadership was not an issue as my Empire army only has leadership 9 so I was not unduly perturbed or affected by the lesser leadership offered by the hero.
Well , I enjoyed the tourney and the brief foray into High Elfs. Of the armies I have played at tourneys in recent years I would rate this army below, Wood Elfs (best army I have ever played),Bretts, Empire and Chaos Demons. The HE's are fragile at 2250 points but I believe they will come into their own at 2500 points and beyond.
Gav :)
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