Tale of 4 gamers Month ONE

I did it! Finally finished painting that battleforce. Finished the last termagant today in my lunch hour. Over 40 models in a month, made possible thanks to the citadel washes. I highly recommend these for getting nice shading effects for minimal effort. One thing I would say is to make sure you use a wash that is significantly darker than the base coat, eg. baal red works over orange but not over blood red. As I said in my last blog, I really like the cohesive look I’ve achieved so far and was surprised to find I didn’t get at all bored painting all those gaunts. Quite the opposite, I can’t wait to paint more nids.

Managed a few games this Thursday against Adams orkz and the guy whose name I always forget’s necrons. Won the first one (500pts, capture and control vs orkz) with a massacre thank to out flanking stealers coming in, getting a change the turn they arrived and then chomping through most of his army, supported by my tyrant. In the second game (annihilation, dawn of war) the speed of his truck boyz and the fire power of his bikes left my army wiped out before the hormaguants I reserved even got a chance to show up. Finally I beat the necrons in a close seize ground mission (650 points, allowing me to use my warriors). It tuned into a big brawl around one of the objectives between his warriors and necron lord and my tyrant and warriors but when my reserves arrivedthey turned the tide of combat and left him to phase out.
Hive Tyrant

The tactic of giving my tyrant the “Hive commander” upgrade so my reserves get +1 to arrive and my hormaguant brood can out flank is working very nicely, especially when my genestealers support the hormaguants. This is giving me the idea that as my army grows I’m going to build a vanguard themed army with stealers, supported by gaunts, gargoyles and lictors. Weather this is what I will end up doing remains to be seen, but it’s an idea. As for next month, I want to toughen up some of the units I’ve already got, so maybe some tyrant guard and perhaps a broodlord for the ‘stealers.

See you next time and don’t forget to check out the other guys blogs.

My army just one month in