Deathwatch - Hammertime!

I am happy to present you my Watch Captain of the Deathwatch. I always wanted to build a model in this kind of exaggerated attack pose. As you can easily see, the bad boy originates from the Raven Guard. Unfortunately, he is still nameless yet. Any proposals?

Deathwatch Venerable Dreadnought

Last Week, I got hold on a really cheap Grey Knights Dreadnought, although I don't play Grey Knights. 😅 

Instead, I converted the model slightly and painted it the last evenings, to eventually look like a Deathwatch Venerable Dreadnought. Why? Well, I plan to play with a small Deathwatch team at our next internal tournament. Hurray!

The original model:

40k in 40 Minutes - More Pictures & Results

Finally, I want to show you some more uncommented photos of the other games of our little tournament.

Clyde Frosch vs. Captain Valerius

Funky Biber vs. Captain Valerius

Final Score:

 1. Clyde Frosch - 3 Victories

2. Captain_Valerius - 2 Victories, 1 Defeat
3. =Talarion=  - 1 Victory, 2 Defeats

4. Funky Biber - 3 Defeats

Congratulations to Clyde Frosch and his 1st place. This honor was earned well.  I am looking forward to our next little tournament. Then maybe again with complete new armies...?

40k in 40 Minutes - My Battles

In my first game, I played against “Funky Biber” and his Tyranids. In fact, this was the game I had the most jitters in advance. Should the Nids be able to engage me in close combat early, I would have a really hard stand.

In the selected mission, we both have had to conquer three markers in the middle of the battlefield to conquer and hold as long as possible. So we both went into the game quite offensively. I was a little bit faster than the Tyranids and was able to collect some early victory points.

By using the psychic power "Endurance" I made the Librarian and his squad incredibly resistant and the Tyranids lost some teeth chewing on them. :D

Meanwhile, my two squads of scouts held the markers. As soon as a surprise attack of a Lictor went terribly wrong, the victory was mine. 

In the second game, I faced “Clyde Froschs” Skitarii. We played the same mission, as in the last game. This time sadly, regarding the psychic forces was not so lucky, as I only received "Life Leech". Mhmmm.

I tried to simply overrun the Skitarii. But since this was my very first time I met those metal boys, I underestimated them greatly. I saw their strength more in ranged combat and therefore thought they would suck in close combat. But how wrong I was. Those damn flexible protocols!

Until the end of the fourth round the game was decided, as I was beaten up too heavily .

Finally, in the third game I faced the Daemonkin of Captain_Valerius.

Our Mission was to protect our own markers and to destroy the opposite marker at the same time. I assumed that I would get problems with the Hounds and I could neglect the cultists in the Rhinos.

So I barricaded myself and waited for the onslaught. The Hounds went down pretty easily, but I had major problems with the Rhinos. I wasn’t able to crack them and on the same time, Captain_Valerius played them pretty aggressively. I didn’t see that coming.

One Rhino rammed my Land Speeder and destroyed it. The other one managed to break my defense, unloaded its cargo and shit hit the fan. Finally, my marker was destroyed and I had no chance to get to his. Uppps...

40k in 40 Minutes - The Armies

 

Last weekend we finally held our little "40k in 40 minutes" tournament. Before I go into detail about the matches, I want to show you the armies of my gaming friends. First come the Tyranids of "Funky Biber":

***************  3 Elites ***************  
1 Lictor - - - > 50 points

1 Venomthrope - - - > 45 points

1 Zoanthrope - - - > 50 points

***************  2 Troops ***************  
10 Termagants, 10 x Flesh Borers - - - > 40points

3 Tyranid Warriors, 2 x Deathsplitter, 3 x Scything Talons, 1 x Barbed Strangler - - - > 110 points

***************  1 Assault ***************  
3 Raveners, 3 x Rending Claws - - - > 105points

Overall: 400 points

The next ones are the Skitarii from "Clyde Frosch":

***************  3 Troops ***************  
 10 Skitarii Rangers - Omnispex + Ranger Alpha - Galvanic Rifle- - - > 130 points
9 Skitarii Vanguard - 2 x Plasma-Caliver + Vanguard Alpha - Radium-Carabine - - - > 151 points
8 Skitarii Vanguard - 2 x Arc Rifle + Vanguard Alpha - Radium-Carabine - - - > 112 points

Overall: 393 points

And last but not least "Captain_Valerius" Khorne Daemonkin:  

***************  2 Troops ***************  
10 Chaos Cultists, 8 x Autogun, 1 x Heavy Stubber + Champion, Autopistol, CCW, Shotgun - - - > 85 points
10 Chaos Cultists, 1 x Flamer + Champion, Autopistol, CCW - - - > 75 points
***************  4 Assault ***************
Rhino + Dozer Blade - - - > 40 points
Rhino + Dozer Blade - - - > 40 points
5 Flesh Hounds of Khorne - - - > 80 points
5 Flesh Hounds of Khorne - - - > 80 points 

Overall: 400 points

Iron Hands: More Scouts

Our small tournament moves closer and there is still much to paint. On the last weekend, I could finish at least there more scouts. With them, the whole unit is ready for battle.

I guess next up will be the Land Speeder Storm. The speeder itself will be fun to paint, but painting the crew is a different story. It means even more scouts... （>﹏<）

Iron Hands: Preparations for the next 40k in 40 minutes

In about a month I am going to attend to a small 40k in 40 minutes tournament. Since I played with my Tallarn Rough Riders the last time, I want to lead my Iron Hands into battle on the next occasion. This is the list I have in mind:

***************  1 HQ ***************
Librarian  - - - > 65 points
 
***************  3 Troops  ***************
Scout Squad, 5 Scouts  (2x Shotgun, 3x CCW)
+ Landspeeder Storm, Heavy Bolter   - - - > 95 points
 
Scout Squad, 5 Scouts (4x Bolter, Heavy Bolter) - - - > 63 points
 
Tactical Squad, 5 Space Marines + 1x Flamethrower - - - > 75 points
 
***************  1 Support ***************
Devastator Squad, 5 Space Marines (3x Heavy Bolter) - - - > 100 points

Overall : 398 points

This small strike team should do well against my opponents armies (Adeptus Mechanicus, Tyranids, Chaos Daemons). But there is a hitch. Not all of the miniatures are painted and we have the agreement to only use those. That's why I painted some new Marines:

Tactical Marine with Flamethrower

Scout Sergeant and Scout with Heavy Bolter

Now there are three more Scouts, a Land Speeder Storm and the full Devastator Squad to go. The Land Speeder Storm kit contains so many cool bits that made me thinking. So I jumped at the opportunity and built my own version of the famous Sergeant Telion (not for the tournament!). He is still missing an Iron Hands name and paint, but I hope you like him nevertheless. At least his pose is a little bit more dynamic than the original...

40k in 40 Min: Ergebnisse und mehr Bilder

Zunächst die abschließende Platzierung für unsere Mini-Turnier:

1. Captain_Valerius (Necrons) - 2 Siege, 1 Unentschieden
2. =Talarion= (Tallarner) - 2 Siege, 1 Niederlage
3. Clyde_Frosch (CSM) - 1 Sieg, 2 Niederlagen
4. Funky_Biber (Salamanders) - 1 Unentschieden, 2 Niederlagen

Für mich insgesamt eine echte Überraschung (bis auf den ersten Platz).

Das letzte gemeinsame Spiel war kurz und schmerzvoll, als Clyde_Frosch und ich trafen auf ein ebenso unheiliges Bündnis aus Necrons und Salamanders. Zwar gelang es uns in der zweiten Runde die Phantome aus dem Spiel zu nehmen, doch der Preis dafür war sehr hoch. Wir hatten uns zu weit vorgewagt und unsere Nahkämpfer fielen schließlich im Bolter- bzw. Teslahagel. 

Leider habe ich doch weniger Bilder von den anderen Spielen als gedacht.

 ...und noch zwei Bilder von Funky_Biber:

40k in 40 Min: Meine drei Spiele

1. Spiel gegen Funky Biber

 

Wir erwürfelten die erste Mission (Killpoints) und Funky Biber fing an. Glücklicherweise verlief seine Schussphase recht unspektakulär und seine Sturmmarines mussten erst einmal auf mich zukommen, um später zuschlagen zu können.

Diese Chance nutze ich und mein Schussoutput war ordentlich. Als es seine Marines schließlich nicht in den Nahkampf mit meinem Veteranentrupp schafften, kümmerten sich meine Mukaali um die bis dahin recht stark dezimierten Marines.

Am Ende von Runde 5 war noch ein kleiner Rest des taktischen Trupps übrig, während ich grob gesagt eigentlich nur meine Echsenreiter und meinen Salamander verloren hatte(?). Insgesamt war es ein sehr glücklicher und unverhoffter Sieg für mich. 

2. Spiel gegen Captain_Valerius

 

Bei dieser Partie rechnete ich mit dem Schlimmsten, da ich bereits einige leidvolle Erfahrungen mit den Necrons gemacht hatte. 

Wir spielten die vierte Mission "Erobere die Flagge" und obwohl ich Captain_Valerius die Initiative stehlen konnte und punktemäßig nach der ersten Runde vorne lag, ging es danach steil bergab. Insbesondere den den Phantomen hatte ich nichts entgegenzusetzen. Teslawaffen und deckungsignorierende Tomb-Blades rundeten den Schrecken ab. Am Ende meiner dritten Runde musste ich bereits das Handtuch werfen und trat den taktischen Rückzug an.

Positiv üebrraschte mich allerdings der Priester, der die Veteranen wunderbar buffte und selbst allein eine ganze Nahkampfrunde gegen vier Phantome standhaft blieb!

3. Spiel gegen Clyde_Frosch

 

Im dritten Spiel gegen Clyde_Frosch's Chaoten galt es abermals die vierte Mission ("Erobere die Flagge") zu bestreiten.

Wärend ich Probleme mit den Maschinenkanonen sowie den Chaosbruten meine Probleme hatte, so tat sich Clyde_Frosch mit meinen Fahrzeugen etwas schwerer. Dies resultierte in einem bis zu fünften Runde sehr ausgeglichenem und offenen Spiel, welches ich dann zuletzt mit einem Punkt Vorsprung knapp für mich entscheiden konnte. Das gelang mir aber auch nur durch ein offensives Manöver mit meiner Chimäre, als ich einen Trupp Kultisten von einem Missionsziel per Panzerschockangriff vertrieb.

Zuletzt noch ein Schnappschuss unserer großen Spielfläche, welche wir für die paralell statt findenden Spiele in der Mitte teilten.  

Mehr Bilder und ein paar Zeilen zu den Spielen an denen ich nicht beteiligt war sowie vom gemeinsamen Abschlussmatch folgen bald.