tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34204039587451748622024-03-14T03:35:52.221+00:00Two Times TwoTabletop Wargaming Hobby blog detailing my various hobby activities - Currently focussing on Infinity and 40k Dark EldarAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10354216742704289162noreply@blogger.comBlogger72125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3420403958745174862.post-19392717812302871052016-09-23T16:41:00.001+01:002017-06-22T15:39:20.141+01:00A Change of DirectionHi guys,<br />
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Just a quick post to draw a line under this blog as I've not played 40k since April and can't see myself doing so for a while.<br />
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I've been playing Imperial Assault almost exclusively for a good 6 months now and have been active on my YouTube channel for that if anyone is interested in checking it out on the below link:<br />
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<a href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLdbEZqYVDLHKoIc4fY2CM1y_mPksaI0q6">http://www.youtube.com/c/StarwarsStreaming</a><br />
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And a quick example:<br />
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Thanks for all the support here, I really appreciate all the feedback I've been given previously but at the moment I'm not enjoying 40k and as a result it's just not getting played.<br />
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Thanks all!<br />
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RichAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10354216742704289162noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3420403958745174862.post-87992164256576652372016-04-18T12:25:00.001+01:002016-04-18T12:25:41.230+01:00Tournament Results<div>
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Bit of a strange system the scoring was via 6 objective cards that each person had available all game, plus a VP for each Objective at the end of the game.</div>
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Linebreaker - 1 VP if you have a unit within 12" of the opponents table edge</div>
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Was a bit strange as I'm used to scoring through the game with Maelstrom and I'm not a big fan of leaving the scoring to the last turn, however it is what it is.</div>
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Had one big win, one big loss, and one closer game so fairly balanced I guess, although it was a shame as none of the game's were particularly close.</div>
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First game (18-1 Win against Space Wolves)</div>
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Bad matchup for this guy and I did feel bad for him, He had roughly:</div>
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With him just really having 2 big dangerous units I was able to dance around and shoot them to pieces, he had nothing left on the table by the time the Flyer finally arrived turn 4.</div>
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Wyches did OK I guess, moved out of their transport turn 2 and knocked two HP off the Landraider with a thrown and then placed Haywire Grenade, before being toasted by the flamestorm.</div>
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Game ended turn 5 with 4 units of kabalites chasing after the flyer snap shooting at it and finally bringing it down. Jumped onto the objectives at the end for an extra 6 points. (MISTAKE as it dictated my next matchup)</div>
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Second game (20-0 Loss against Eldar)</div>
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Brutal matchup and I was almost tabled turn 1 (Just de-meched Kabalites and half a unit of Wyches left with him destroying all 6 skimmers before I got a turn)</div>
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Wanted to call it before my First turn but opponent pointed out we needed to carry on for VP purposes. He finished what was left his turn 2 but my reserves came in afterwards. He then tabled what was left T3.</div>
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Funnily enough that list went on to win the tournament having won 19-1 // 20-0 // 20-2</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10354216742704289162noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3420403958745174862.post-26088749331886717672016-04-13T08:42:00.005+01:002016-04-13T08:43:54.770+01:00Shadow Raptors BackgroundGoing to a tournament on Saturday and part of the entry is that I need to write a piece of fluff for my army.<br />
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I always enjoy giving my army a background and doing the "factual bits" (A friend has just politely pointed out they're not real - spoilsport!), similar to what I did with my Craftworld Eldar a few weeks ago, and have done for my Wych Cult in the past. However I hate the process of weaving that into a story! I just can't seem to get it right and it just always seems to read like I'm a little kid again writing "let's pretend" stories.</div>
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I am also terrible at generating names for my characters so just nicked a few Dark Eldar sounding names from the "Path of the Renegade" book.</div>
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The initial task I set was to set the scene for why my kabal was playing these games, and to excuse the fact that I'm bringing a unit of Wyches along (the tournament doesn't "have" to be fully painted but I'd much prefer to play fully painted and there is a slight advantage in VP's if you bring a painted army so I figured what the heck, they've been on the shelf long enough)</div>
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<i>Duke Yllithian strode down the ranks of his arrayed
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<i>The arrangements for the raid had started well, he was
soon to be launching a sustained campaign aimed at raising the stature of the
Shadow Raptors kabal, and had begun pitting his warriors against each other to
ensure only the very best were given the honour of joining the coming slave
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<i>All had been going well until the insolent Succubus
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<i>The wych cult of the Dancing Death was known to
Yllithian, a once powerful gladiatorial cult that prided itself on the
acrobatic skill of it's Wyches but that had fallen from grace recently as the
powerful kabals it used to sell it's services to, found that they would rather
fill their ranks with more of their own kabalites. (An arrangement also
significantly less likely to end with a knife in the back)<o:p></o:p></i></div>
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wych cult now clung on to and asked what Xelion thought of his assembled
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<i>The lithe Succubus had hesitated, stroking the blade of
one of her knives down a thigh just enough to draw blood, before responding
with a shrug and launching into wildly exaggerated tales of the feats her
Wyches were capable of. Yllithian had cut her off at the point she began to
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<i>Xelion somersaulted out of reach and landed with one foot
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had come down, "one group of my Wyches, to outperform your entire raiding
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lose face at that point and was raging at the fact that her been manipulated
into taking along a group from the wych cult. A webway portal could only be
held open for so long and the presence of the Wyches meant he would likely have
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10354216742704289162noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3420403958745174862.post-64384925687006721542016-03-23T14:35:00.003+00:002016-03-23T14:48:29.191+00:00Dark Eldar ProgressJust a few work in progress pictures of the Dark Eldar so far, I'd just finished the razorwing and my wife had the camera out so took a few pictures.<br />
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Unfortunately it turns out I had it on the wrong setting so apologies for the poor quality pics but a friend has offered to help me take some better ones once the 1500 is finished.<br />
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Getting there now, I have another 2 venoms in progress right now which should be done by the end of the week, and a couple more units of kabalites, then it's just the ravagers to do for the campaign list.<br />
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Just a quick recap from my trip with a few details. I did take some pictures but appear to have lost all but one from my phone 😑<br />
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Ended up being the biggest bolt action tournament yet with 60 players in attendance and generally had a great time, despite the 5 hour drive each way!<br />
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First game was a draw against British 8th army, 8-7 to me but needed to win by two for a minor win<br />
Second game minor win against Russians<br />
Third game heavy loss against Russians<br />
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Still need to do the bases but have to wait for those to arrive from the U.S. - Didn't think to order any 40mm ones when I first got them as I didn't have the Sslyth at the time.<br />
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Nothing spectacular but I'm happy with the overall effect for a couple of evenings work, Quite chuffed with the colouring on the Sslyth. Not really happy with the green rags on the Medusae but I wanted to try and tie the unit together and think it needed the green to do that.<br />
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It's worth noting that my Eldar project lasted all of one game as my opponent just didn't have a good time against my Eldar/Harlequins list (I had tried to tone it down by adding 750pts of Harlequins but obviously not enough) therefore I just decided to finish my Dark Eldar and run those for the campaign instead.<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10354216742704289162noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3420403958745174862.post-53204846687066659722016-02-17T14:27:00.000+00:002016-02-17T14:27:29.018+00:00Idrathanil BackgroundHi all, I know it's been a while - believe it or not I've gotten a fair bit done despite the latest addition to the household.<br />
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Been playing a good amount, primarily bolt action (British Paras) and imperial assault but recently been convinced to join a 40k campaign starting in May and likely to use this blog to document my progress.<br />
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I'll pop some pictures of my bolt action up at some point soon as I'm quite chuffed I've gotten a full 1000pt army built for a tournament I'm attending in Cambridge next month.<br />
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For now though I wanted to share some of the background I've built up for my latest project, the Eldar of Idrathanil. Some of this was edited from existing background, some written myself, and I used a couple of random Craftworld background generators to direct me in places.<br />
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Mostly here for my own reference but posting up in case anyone else finds it interesting :)<br />
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Might need to play with formatting later as currently posting this from my tablet.<br />
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Craft world name - Idrathanil<br />
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Craftworld Environment - Split between Temperate Rainforests and Mountainous areas.<br />
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First Encountered by the Imperium - Limited contact from afar before The Fall<br />
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Before the Fall - Explorers. The Craftworld was used to explore and keep tabs on the galaxy surrounding the Eldar Empire.<br />
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During the Fall - Escaped. As a result of its explorations, this Craftworld was far away from the core of the Eldar Empire and managed to survive safely.<br />
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Demeanour - Diplomatic. Because of its role on the edge of the Eldar empire this Craftworld learned always to establish peaceful contact as a preference, although there was always an unseen eye on negotiations should help be needed.<br />
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Goal - The Craftworld's ultimate goal is to rebuild the Empire. This Craftworld seeks to re-establish the Eldar Empire and the direct power of the Eldar race.<br />
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Craftworld Strength - Prosperous. This Craftworld has thrived from its strong bond with the Harlequins of the soaring spite and consequently the Dark Eldar.<br />
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Combat Tactics - Stealth. Rangers and war walkers scout ahead whilst striking scorpions lie in wait. When the time is right, from nowhere swooping hawks drop from the skies and crimson hunters tear in on attack runs to obliterate the unsuspecting enemy. When the situation calls for a greater infantry presence, the craftworld has been reported to use speedy Dark Eldar attack craft to jet into position from nowhere.<br />
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Military Composition - Aspects and Rangers, striking scorpions and swooping hawks match the tactics of the Craftworld whilst as normal for Eldar there is also a strong presence of dire avengers.<br />
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Fabled Hero - The enigmatic Harlequin Troupe Master who came to the rescue of the Craftworld and provided assurances that there was a future for the Eldar Empire to plan for. The Harlequins were instrumental in helping to destroy a Necron tomb complex that would have meant destruction for the Craftworld, although some of the younger Eldar of Idrathanil whisper that it was also them who awoke the threat...<br />
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Autarch - Iselyth - A respected commander having mastered all of the paths of war with particular affinity for the swooping hawk and striking scorpion aspects. Showing respect for both those aspects Iselyth is normally seen armed with a scorpion chainsword and mandiblasters, with a las blaster and swooping hawk wings, and has a knack for arriving at the perfect moment at the head of a trio of swooping hawk shrines.<br />
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Farseer - Oreshae - Little is known about the spiritual leader of the Craftworld and he rarely takes to the field unless the Eldar of Idrathanil are forced to fight a pitched battle rather than their favoured hit and run tactics. When he has been seen he has shown himself to be a powerful psyker and the Inquisition are said to be very interested in knowing more about this individual.<br />
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Head of Rangers - Arlon StarStrider (counts as Illic Nightspear) With a burning hated of the Necrons, Arlon has devoted himself to bringing about their destruction whenever a new tomb world is discovered. Little is known about the origins of Arlon but it is known he was one of the first to discover the Necron Tomb World that so nearly destroyed Idrathanil and he has a stronger bond than most with the Harlequins of the Soaring Spite that intervened.<br />
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Common Aspects - swooping hawks // striking scorpions<br />
Rare Aspects - fire dragons // dark reapers // shining spears<br />
Common Path - Outcast<br />
Common Allies - Harlequins and Dark Eldar<br />
Bitter Enemies - Necrons<br />
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Themes:<br />
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Peaceful but dedicated to their path.<br />
Stealthy, striking from an unseen angle<br />
High amount of Exarchs/Rangers, Eldar often get stuck upon a certain path or become outcasts<br />
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Background:<br />
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While all Craftworlds make use of highly efficient sniper Rangers, none utilise them more than, or as well as, Idrathanil. By their nature Idrathanil Rangers, known as The Wanderers, do not reside upon the Craftworld, but travel the galaxy. These Rangers retain their loyalty to Idrathanil, returning to their craftworld regularly to report on any threats to the Craftworld or the Exodite Worlds it protects. The Wanderers are all highly trained snipers and can cause havoc to the enemy from afar with their long rifles.<br />
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In times of need the Craftworld sometimes recalls their Rangers to contribute to Idrathanil's military force. Idrathanil can also call upon an unusually high number of Exarchs, as its Eldar are more disposed to become utterly consumed by their chosen Path. This has caused some ripples amongst other Eldar, with rumours that the aspect shrines of Idrathanil are becoming more and more secretive, and sightings suggesting that warriors of the hawk aspect are slowly becoming twisted by their over zealous dedication.<br />
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The history of the craftworld details a time in M36 when a Necron Tomb World awoke on one of the Exodite worlds that Idrathanil was sworn to protect, with the craftworld fighting with unsustainable losses before an intervention by a Dark Eldar force guided to the battlefield through the webway by a Troupe of Harlequins. Since that time there has been a strong respect from the Idrathanil Eldar for the Dark Eldar cult and Harlequin Masque involved, and they can often be seen fighting alongside each other.<br />
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It is said that by capturing large numbers of Outcasts, the Imperial Inquisition has gleaned much knowledge of the Eldar through torture. This has increased tensions between the Imperium and Idrathanil, and the two currently share very tense relations, with the Imperium eager to find out everything they can about the Eldar whilst knowing that any ally in the battle against Chaos is priceless and at times they will need to work together.<br />
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For the Eldar of Idrathanil there is a similar struggle, as whilst they detest the methods of the Inquisition and feel the need to protect their own, they also realise that there are important allies within some factions.<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10354216742704289162noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3420403958745174862.post-46667859000831483372015-07-10T06:49:00.001+01:002015-07-10T06:49:17.120+01:00Explanation for Lack of UpdateHi guys,<br />
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Apologies for the lack of update over the last week or so, I've been a little busy as my wife gave birth to our third daughter in the early hours of the 2nd July,<br />
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It's likely for the next week or so I'll have minimal time for hobby, and even less time to post here.<br />
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I should resume posting normally in a couple of weeks :)<br />
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I'll leave you with a picture of our newest addition, Heidi Elizabeth:<br />
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Had my first full game of Blood Bowl on Friday night and loved it.<br />
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Previously had only been able to get in half matches and I've played a few half matches now against Humans, Orks, then Amazons.<br />
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Went round to a friends house Friday though hoping to get a full game in and although it took us a while (4 hours - but some chatting in between) it was great fun and we got it finished.<br />
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Random dice rolls were had all round, at one point I failed a re-rollable 2+ twice in two turns! but at the end of it, I had failed dice rolls that weren't critical (although one did lead to my Thrower getting whacked and dropping the ball), while my opponents failures included a 4+ re-rollable catch 3 squares from the end zone with a free run in, then a couple of turns later, a GFI into the end zone.<br />
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A few pics of the game:<br />
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<br /><br /><br /><br />The game ended with a 3-0 victory to the Pointy Eared Potters although one of the Linemen died, and my thrower got a smashed hip so will miss a match and has -1 MA. Nerves of Steel really came into it's own on a couple of occasions, picking up the ball in 3 tackle zones and running in for the score at one point, and later in the game got my catcher surrounded by no less than 5 players with no way out in sight... only to lob it over to another catcher who waltzed in for the score.<div>
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Also I spent an hour yesterday evening making some re-roll counters for my Pro Elves and Norse teams, these are really easy to do but a few people have complimented them so I thought it'd be worth sharing how.<br />
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I found a logo on-line and then pasted them into a bottlecap .psd template (Did a quick Google search and it's something like <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Dqwg8iKXxk">this</a>), printed them off onto light card and cut them out (<a href="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Woodware-Circle-Punches-Various-Sizes-2-11-2-1-5-8-/201149529116?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_3&var=&hash=item2ed5723c1c">With a 1" Stamp</a>) then stuck an <a href="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1-Inch-Round-Clear-STANDARD-Epoxy-Resin-Self-Adhesive-Domes-Dots-Bottle-Caps-/261520579986?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_3&var=&hash=item3ce3d75d92">epoxy bubble</a> on top. Really easy and cheap way to make tokens for anything.<br />
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Here's the end results, nothing amazing, but for a cheap and easy option I'm pretty happy with them.<br />
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Finally, I managed to get my first team member painted to a basic level, it's not great but it'll do for now and once I've got the whole team painted I'll go back and touch them all up.<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10354216742704289162noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3420403958745174862.post-50780995211345374812015-06-18T08:59:00.002+01:002015-06-18T08:59:55.814+01:00Pointy Eared Potters get their first Home Games in (Blood Bowl)Well had two half games on the new pitch last night and I was really happy.<br />
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The new pitch had loads of people commenting on it and went down very well, I'm really happy with it and although it wasn't cheap (although Alex gave me a great deal) I feel I'm going to get great value out of it.<br />
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For those that are interested I got the pitch from here: <a href="http://www.ff-fields.com/">http://www.ff-fields.com/</a><br />
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I played two half games with my Pro Elves, first against Orcs and then against Amazons, winning the first game 1-0 and drawing the second 1-1.<br />
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Overall I'm really enjoying Blood Bowl and it seems very tactical now I'm starting to learn some of the intricacies. I think it'll take me a while to be able to challenge any of the more seasoned players at the club but there are 5-6 of us just picking up the game so will be good to climb the learning curve together.<br />
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New Pitch:<br />
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I'm really happy with how it came out in the end, all the players have magnets in the bases and there are magnets under the display case so they are held really securely and I am sure I could throw it around if I wanted and they'd still be in place.<br />
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Also, I played an Infinity tournament a while back with a chap who'd drilled and painted holes to mark Line of Sight and I thought it looked really effective so I thought I'd steal the idea but use it with various colours to differentiate between the positions on my team.<br />
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One of the things I noticed last week playing against the Black Scorpion Orc team was that they were all easily identifiable by silhouette and although my Elves are different enough to be able to tell them apart, it's not particularly easy and I felt that it'd be easier on my opponent if I could say - Yellow Base is a thrower, Red is Blitzers, Blue Catchers and Green for Linemen.<br />
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Within that I've further differentiated the positionals with Red 1 and 2, and Blue 1 and 2, so that I can easily tell which is which. It didn's seem viable for me to do this for the Linemen as I'd have up to 7 holes in a base for each one, so I may need to wait until I've painted them and done numbers for those unless anyone has any ideas... ?<br />
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Overall for 2 evenings work priming/basing the models and then sorting out the display I'm really happy with how they look.<br />
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So you may have seen my previous posts in which I raged about the lack of honesty from Games and Gears during the Kickstarter regarding shipping (Not going to touch on that at all here, but if you're interested then please read <a href="http://twotimestwohobbytime.blogspot.co.uk/2015/05/more-lies-from-games-and-gears.html">HERE</a></div>
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I will try and be as unbiased as possibly and try not to let the bad experience during the kickstarter affect my judgement.</div>
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To set the scene, this is the info we received during the Kickstarter campaign, and what I thought I was pledging for:</div>
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Spraying took me about an hour I guess, including masking them off and then using a rattle can primer (Rustoleum Grey Surface Primer from Homebase in the UK) to spray over the tiles, I was a bit sparing with the Primer as I was worried I'd run out halfway through and this came back to bite me a little later as in areas I had obviously missed spots where the wash later wouldn't settle. If you're doing this with a colour that's less similar to the plastic's natural colour this would be much easier to spot..</div>
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I probably could have been more careful and got a better result, but I just wanted to get it to a point I was happy playing on as soon as possible given that I had hoped to receive it painted. The wash has pooled in places, and at times I was reduced to using a wet wipe to try and wipe off where the black wash had started to pool and dried.</div>
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My plan initially was to paint the various bits of brickwork a reddy/brown as in the tutorial from Games and Gears but I'm not sure now, I might just leave it as is. I don't want the board to be the focal point rather than the figures we're going to be putting on it.</div>
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At the moment I'm thinking of flocking the blank piece (middle right) to make it look like a park so I can get some Woods scenery or something similar on the board, other options would be a lake, or car park of some sort?</div>
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<li>A 6 by 4 board for £62 that doesn't require additional support once it's up (I don't feel worried by the slight overhang you can see above) </li>
<li>Roads are painted, although not to a great quality</li>
<li>With a little work, I'm sure that someone could get this looking great</li>
<li>The Anima board for the same price actually looks really nice, when people will receive that though I have no idea</li>
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<li>It wasn't base painted, that simply isn't true, I needed to prime it before painting.</li>
<li>Needs two people to clip together and flip the board, so I can't prepare my table for an evenings gaming with the lads until they get here.</li>
<li>There is no carrying/storage solution, this was mentioned during the kickstarter but they said it wasn't feasible in the end because the boards were too heavy, this still leaves the problem of how to store or transport the boards though</li>
<li>I wouldn't ever pay £140 for this at retail</li>
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In conclusion I'm still disappointed with the service and what I perceive to be outright lies from G&G during the kickstarter, however given it's only taken an evening (about 3 hours work) to get the board to this stage I'm fairly happy with the end result. If I had paid £140 I would be livid, but I'm just about satisfied with the product at £62. (Albeit with an 18 month wait for delivery)</div>
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Got my Dire Avenger assembly finished last night and then didn't have long left so didn't fancy carrying on with the last batch of Kabalites/Archon.<br />
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Heads are cleaned up but I'm keeping them off for now to spray separately before attaching once painted.<br />
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Models are all just pinned to the bases for now so I can remove them to paint the bases easier.<br />
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Instead of the Kabalites I grabbed the new Autarch and quickly popped a basecoat on him to see what the colour looks like on the model (Falcon Turquoise)<br />
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I was surprised to see the Autarch comes with a 32mm base which threw me as I don't have any scenic bases for that size, for the time being I've pinned him onto on a 25mm one and then magnetised that one onto a larger 32mm base.<br />
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I'm not sure whether to rebase him entirely, just run him on a 25mm, or keep the 32mm underneath it as it is and play with him like that?<br />
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The turquoise is a bit darker than I expected but hopefully after a wash and then bringing it back up with highlights it'll start to become brighter.<br />
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Don't think I'll get a game in this Wed (might play some X-Wing) but I'll pick the Kabalites and Archon back up on Thursday night I expect and try to get them finished so they're out of the way.<br />
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Does anyone else find it really difficult to go back to a project after you take a pause partway through?Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10354216742704289162noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3420403958745174862.post-90618989052378009782015-05-15T09:19:00.002+01:002015-05-15T09:20:58.855+01:00More Lies from Games and Gears<div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;">
So you might recall my post a while back detailing my frustration with Games and Gears Kickstarter.<br />
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At the time it was the 16th April and we'd been promised delivery at the latest by 15th April, after which those few of us who hadn't received the boards should pm the co-ordinator. (Clue: Nobody in the world had received them by that date.)<br />
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I still haven't received the boards and the story just keeps changing from Games and Gears so this is another warning to those out there to stay away from the company.<br />
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Here is an updated timeline, purely from the time the boards apparently entered the UK, if you want to view the timeline in full then please view my previous post here<br />
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05/12/2014 - Boards should be in the UK this week, then will need sorting and should dispatch January after Christmas holidays. "Even with possible port delays or customs delays it's still on it's way for us to get the gears rolling for Jan 2015 dispatch to your door"<br />
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19/12/2014 - Boards are at the UK Warehouse<br />
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17/01/2015 - Boards have ALL?!? been unpacked, quality checked, then packed back in their boxes. Should be completed early next week.<br />
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28/01/2015 - Dispatch estimate now of February 2015, hoping to make delivery 2-4 days instead of 5-25<br />
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09/02/2015 - Boards will be dispatched wc 20th February, new delivery date of Mid-Late March<br />
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09/03/2015 - Boards all dispatched, delivery is 5-25 days and everyone should have theirs by 15th April 2015<br />
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13/03/2015 - Exciting times, "all boards will be with you by or before April the 15th" Battleboard clips sent separately from China and should be here within 10-20 days.<br />
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01/04/2015 - Quote: "As per previous update please allow your Urban Wars to get to you by the 15th of April 2015. We understand there is a lot of excitement and frustration in getting your boards now but they are coming to you, all shipping is prepaid so they have to get to you :P by the deadline date at least. "<br />
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16/04/2015 - If you haven't got your Hawk Urban War battle board, Don't Panic, they are in transit and will be with you. They are on their way and we have a tracked record of fullfilling gears 100% once they have been dispatched.<br />
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21/04/2015 – PM to me to advise of my personal delivery time 12-18 days, final day of 14th May, there is still nobody in Europe that has received their boards.<br />
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12/05/2015 – “Tracking numbers to be issued out to all EU Hawk Urban Wars backers who did not get their battle board by this Friday (15th of May).” We’re also kindly informed that they are no longer reading or replying to the comments on the kickstarter project page as they don’t have time<br />
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15/05/2015 – As a reminder, so far we’ve gone way past the “FINAL delivery date of the 15th April, and no-one in Europe has received them yet a MONTH later. I now receive a message this morning as below:<br />
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<i><span style="color: red;">Hello Rich! </span></i><br />
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<i><span style="color: red;">How are you??</span></i><br />
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<i><span style="color: red;">Tracking number to be with you Friday from anywhere between 6am to 7pm UK time.</span></i><br />
<i><span style="color: red;">It is coming from Germany as you will see via your tracking number. If you do not get it on Friday it is probably due to the National holiday the Germans had yesterday (14.05.2015). Which means you will get it Monday or Tuesday as you will see via tracking number</span></i><br />
<i><span style="color: red;">We are going to dispatch all the grid sheets with the next huge shipment we are planning to do. I am working on that right now and making sure I only deliver confirmed info.... so I don't get things wrong.</span></i><br />
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<i><span style="color: red;">Trays, as soon as we ship them. looking to ship them separately... waiting for some confirmations. Because one length is 24" long some couriers of iffy as they say they will post it then class it as abnormal and return it back to me. So I just making sure we don't go through that and make sure when it is sent out it all happens smoothly and quickly. working on it.</span></i><br />
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So basically, they’ve been in the UK since the 19th December, have been shipped twice FROM THE UK, but are now, somehow?!?! In Germany and have been shipped out from there.<br />
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If ANYBODY can give me ANY plausible explanation of how and why this has happened that does not involve them consistently lying to us about shipping, then please feel free to enlighten me.<br />
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I text Sam again, who I believe owns the company this morning to ask for an explanation of how the boards are now being shipped out from Germany but was asked not to text him again, and to feel free to raise my perceived mistreatment to Kickstarter.<br />
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For me, I’m absolutely livid with the treatment received and will be reporting the company for breaching kickstarter terms and conditions which detail that as below:<br />
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<i><span style="color: red;">Don’t lie to people. Don’t post information you know is false, misleading, or inaccurate.</span></i><br />
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<i><span style="color: red;">Don’t do anything deceptive or fraudulent.</span></i><br />
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<i><span style="color: red;">Throughout the process, creators owe their backers a high standard of effort, honest communication, and a dedication to bringing the project to life</span></i><br />
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Obviously this will have very little effect on us as backers for this project, but hopefully it will stop the company doing any further projects and duping further customers.<br />
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2 Games last Wednesday to tell you about, my list was as per last week's update:<br />
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First game was Cloak and Shadows against a mechanised Imperial Guard army with a HQ Tank, 3 Troops Tanks and a Tank Destroyer thing with a massive gun, plus a Vendetta<br />
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Took out one of the tanks early on and the scourges dropped in turn 2 and over 2 turns took out another tank each, Lost one of the Ravagers and the Scourge units both died once they'd done their job but generally I flew around and claimed objectives whilst firing off lances and haywire at tanks.<br />
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I felt a bit bad for Chris as he's a nice chap but my army is pretty good at taking out armoured targets, and even with the Venom and Medusa being useless in this matchup I had plenty of tools for taking out the tanks. The Vendetta did cause a bit of a problem but my Ravager with DC's got behind him the turn after he showed up (Turn 3) and then followed it around firing shots into it's back armour and forcing him to jink, making it pretty ineffective.<br />
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Ended up winning the game 13-2, the mobility of the army really helps for Maelstrom missions!<br />
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Second game was Cleanse and Control against a friend's Scout army (Sentinels of Terra)<br />
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ML2 Librarian<br />
5 Bolter Scouts<br />
5 Scout Snipers<br />
5 BP + CC Scouts with a Heavy Bolter<br />
3 Scout Bikers with Grenade Launchers<br />
Mortis Dread with 2 x twin Auto Cannon<br />
Dread with Assault Cannon and Heavy Flamer Power Fist<br />
Vindicator<br />
Landspeeder with Heavy Flamer and Multi Melta<br />
Landspeeder with Heavy Flamer and Multi Melta<br />
Aegis Defence Line<br />
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Good fun game and really close until turn 5 as I had to jink less and less as threats were taken out I was able to take the game away a little and ended at the end of t5 with a librarian and a couple of scouts left. Ended up winning 7-4.<br />
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Overall I was fairly happy with my list, I think the Ravager with Disintegrator Cannons definitely has a place and came in useful both games. There was plenty of anti tank whilst still retaining some decent infantry killing between the kabalites / venom (28 poison shots and 2 blasters in close range) plus the Disintegrator Ravager and the Ap3 Flamer from the Medusa. I'm not sure how I'd cope against a horde army like Nids or Orks but I think I'd still give it a good game.<br />
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Scourges I don't think I'd deep strike again, both games they came in and did something but they were pretty much suicide squads which is potentially fine, but if I can take out their targets without getting them killed then even better. Nice to have the option though I suppose.<br />
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I think two games in a night is starting to be a stretch now though so I'm likely to only get one game in a week from now on.<br />
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Just to keep a track of progress here, I managed to get 6 Striking Scorpions and a Support Platform done over the weekend, the Striking Scorpions took ages as the finecast was pretty bad and had to be very careful cutting bits away, will need to go back over these with green stuff at some point.<br />
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The Support Weapon Battery I enjoyed making and I really like the figure, nice to have the options without having to magnetise as well as they just slot on top.<br />
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Had another game of this on Friday and we're now on about the 7th mission I think? We played the "Sorry about the Mess" side mission and it just felt impossible for the Imperial Player, I think the Story missions are balanced fantastically well but the Side missions just don't seem to have had that same thought go into them, much less detailed and they don't scale.<br />
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If we'd have played this Side mission as the first mission, the Rebels may have had a challenge, but as the 5th? Side Mission they just blew through it.<br />
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We'll need to think of a way to balance out the Side Missions I think, or I'll have to play more of a GM type role and add in things randomly to provide that challenge.<br />
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Oh well, I'm just a bit disappointed after my initial enjoyment of the game, I still hold high hopes for the Skirmish version though as that seems to be balanced well with a good variety of missions and the deck building element of it looks great too.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10354216742704289162noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3420403958745174862.post-32227673935343211012015-05-05T11:34:00.000+01:002015-05-06T11:11:35.985+01:00Assembly Progress // 1000pt Dark Eldar listHi guys,<br />
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Apologies I haven't posted for a while, been busy trying to get everything finished for my 1000pt list in the Escalation League and reading through the new Eldar Codex.<br />
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Some quick assembly pictures below for my Scourge and final Ravager<br />
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The plan is to do 4 with Haywire and 4 with Blasters then make the other 12 with Carbines and I will use them as two units of 6 Swooping Hawks in my Eldar armies for now as I prefer the Scourge figures.<br />
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Trying to therefore do all the Swooping Hawks with the Hawk Wings and the Special Weapons with the bat like wings but sadly I'd already made one of them up with Bat Wings so that one will look a little out of place for now.<br />
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I probably should do this with Lances but I do like the Disintegrator Cannon version (9 S5 AP2 shots) and I hopefully will have anti tank covered at 1000pts with 2 other Ravagers, plus the Raiders lances, plus two units of Haywire Scourges. This one is therefore my MEQ and TEQ hunter, going after elite infantry and wreaking havoc hopefully.<br />
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For those of you interested, this is my current thoughts for a 1000pt list.<br />
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Court of the Archon (85pts) [Medusae]<br />
··Raider [Dark Lance]<br />
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Kabalite Warriors (120pts)<br />
··Kabalite Warrior with Blaster<br />
··Raider [Dark Lance, Enhanced Aethersails]<br />
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Kabalite Warriors (120pts)<br />
··Kabalite Warrior with Blaster<br />
··Raider [Dark Lance, Enhanced Aethersails]<br />
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Scourges (120pts)<br />
··4 Scourge with Haywire blaster<br />
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Scourges (120pts)<br />
··4 Scourge with Haywire blaster<br />
··Solarite [Shardcarbine]<br />
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Venom (65pts) [2 Splinter Cannon]<br />
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Ravager (125pts) [3 Dark Lance]<br />
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Ravager (125pts) [3 Dark Lance]<br />
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Ravager (110pts) [3 Disintegrator cannon]<br />
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Finally a small update with a start on assembly for my Eldar:<br />
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So on the back of the tailoring article on Wednesday I did play two games in the evening vs an Imperial Guard player and then Blood Angels.<br />
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I won't report much on the first game as it was pretty one sided in the most part.<br />
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He ran:<br />
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Leman Russ Vanquisher with Camo Netting<br />
Leman Russ Destroyer? with Camo Netting (The thing with a Demolisher Cannon)<br />
Leman Russ Destroyer? with Camo Netting<br />
Vendetta with lots of Las Cannons and Heavy Bolters<br />
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Basically my Ravagers blew up one of the Troops first turn while my Blasters and Haywire Blasters from Scourges took out another, my Venom ran and hid on an objective.<br />
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Rest of the game was firing absolutely everything at his HQ Tank and him passing 13-14 cover saves on a 3+ and when I finally gave up and flew over him to get no cover shots... he passed the cover saves on a 6.<br />
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Regardless though his Vendetta and Vanquisher just couldn't kill enough to stop me grabbing 3 of the objective to his 1 (Went into hover with the vendetta turn 5) and won 11-4 (He had one objective and one for destroying a Heavy, I had 3, line breaker and first blood)<br />
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Second game against Blood Angels was much more interesting, as per my article Wednesday I did run a more balanced list (not just kabalites in transports) that I felt would give me more of a chance.<br />
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This is the two lists:<br />
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Blood Angels:<br />
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Sanguinary Priest with Combi Melta and Auspex<br />
7 Sternguard with Heavy Flamer, Flamer, 2 Combi Meltas<br />
Drop Pod<br />
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10 Tactical Marines with Heavy Flamer/Flamer<br />
Drop Pod<br />
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Furioso Dread with Frag Cannon and Heavy Flamer Power Fist<br />
Drop Pod<br />
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5 Tactical Marines with Heavy Bolter<br />
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Dark Eldar:<br />
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Medusa<br />
Raider with Enhanced Aethersails<br />
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5 Kabalites with Blaster<br />
Raider<br />
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5 Kabalites with Blaster<br />
Raider<br />
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5 Scourges with 4 Haywire Blasters<br />
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Venom with 2x Splinter Cannon<br />
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Ravager with 3 Dark Lances<br />
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Ravager with 3 Dark Lances<br />
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So looking at his list I was still very worried about the flamers (2 S6 // 3 S5 // 2 S 4), but hoping that by deploying my kabalites in reserve I'd be able to limit the damage done.<br />
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Mission was Relic and Night Fighting was in effect, I won the roll and asked Fred to deploy his Blood Angels first and I would go second, reasoning if I went first I'd only be able to hurt the 5 tac marines, and I wanted to be able to go last come the end of the game.<br />
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I deployed my Scourges and Medusa (Not joined) in the bottom right corner and spaced all my vehicles to block access to them and try and limit how many vehicles he could catch with one template.<br />
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He landed the Dread and Sternguard first turn, pretty much central and as close to my deployment zone as he could get. Frag Cannon explodes a Ravager and stuns a Raider while the Sternguard blow up the venom. Painful but not as bad as it could have been had my kabalites been sat in their vehicles.<br />
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I managed to put 2 HP and immobilise the dread but couldn't finish it off, Medusa got 8 marines under the template and wounded 4... which they all save with FNP due to the Sanguinary Priest. Disappointing!<br />
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Most of the rest of the game involved me trying to run away whilst firing what I could into the Sternguard to whittle them down. The Dread went down T2 with a Disintegrator Cannon in the back, but by T4 I had 1 Raider on 2 Hull Points hiding on the far left, 1 Ravager on 2 Hull Points and 1 Kabalite with Blaster on the right near his deployment zone, and my other unit of kabalites at full strength about halfway up the field in the centre. He had 2 Sternguard, 10 Tac Marines, and the 5 man Combat Squad. Not looking good!<br />
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Turn 5 he started moving his Combat Squad towards the objective but they were still a good 5-6 inches short after running. The Sternguard moved and charged the Ravager, putting a Hull Point on it, while the 10 Marines ran towards the Relic, ending about 1/2 " from it.<br />
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I moved the Raider within 1" of the objective and everything moved and fired at the marines by the Relic, between them killing I think 5-6 marines but leaving a few still within 3" of the Relic.<br />
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We rolled for end of game and hit a 2 so tallied up the scores. I had Slay the Warlord to his First Blood and Slay the Warlord. I checked with my opponent what detachment he was running and it was the Blood Angels specific one so no Objective Secured. My Raider therefore could steal the Relic from under the nose of the Tactical Marines and claim the win for me at 4-2.<br />
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Overall I was pretty happy with the game. I think I played reasonably well and did what I could to minimise the alpha strike, I was unfortunate with the Ravager exploding and my opponent passing 4 FNP on the Sternguard but that's dice for you. By t2 it was clear that the only way I was going to win was through the objective, so I did what I could to pull the marines after my Ravager and Kabalites etc. to try and ensure they wouldn't go and sit on the objective, which would have made it almost impossible for me to shift them (If they pick it up I'm pretty sure I can't claim it by being in 3")<br />
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My main learning points from the 2 games were:<br />
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<li>As long as I've got a plan for my opponent bringing drop pods, I "can" limit the destruction they cause and not automatically lose the game. I think my deployment worked well to limit the damage and although it hurt me (1 Ravager, the Venom and stunning the Raider meant it was pretty much confined to dying t2) I was happy enough after his first turn that I would still be able to strike back. I think if we hadn't been doing the relic mission it would have been easier for me to leave the marines there and fly off, but sadly they were within 10-12" of the Relic the whole game so I couldn't just leave them to themselves.</li>
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<li>Objective Secured is huge, I think the way Dark Eldar play you need to have this and it's fantastic that you can take an absolute pounding, be almost completely tabled, but that one Raider can still win you the game from almost anywhere on the board (12" move, 24" boost with aethersails)</li>
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<li>Scourges with Haywire Blasters are fantastic reliable anti tank, I've not really used them before, preferring to spam Raiders with Kabalites in, but there is a massive difference between glancing on a 4 and glancing on a 2. These have definitely won a bump up my painting queue and I'll likely be using two units with 4 Haywire in most of my games in future. 240pts for 8 haywire shots from 36" away (12" move, 24" range) seems great value, and with a 4+ save and 5+ FNP from T3, they're a fairly survivable unit by Dark Eldar standards.</li>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10354216742704289162noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3420403958745174862.post-2801187445426311952015-04-22T12:06:00.001+01:002015-04-22T12:08:49.916+01:00List Tailoring at 750pts - Thoughts?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Not much painting progress sorry as I've been doing more assembly than painting, getting my 3rd Venom and 3rd Ravager assembled ready for the jump to 1k points.<br />
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Also had some problems with my airbrush which have delayed me somewhat so haven't managed to get the basecoats on my other Ravagers yet.</div>
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<b>Tailoring</b></div>
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List tailoring has become a bit of a hot topic in our group of friends the last few days, some say this is how GW wants us to play the game nowadays, and ensures that you bring the right tools for the job, others will say "all comers" lists are much more interesting.</div>
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I'm definitely in the all comers camp but have had issues in my last few games with people seeming to have "figured out" my Dark Eldar, meaning that every game I play against, everything is full of flamers.</div>
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As you can expect, when my tactic is built around troops in open topped transports, this is NOT FUN.</div>
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My last game involved me taking 8D6 hits on my units on the first turn from units of assault marines with 2 flamers in dropping in and toasting my Kabalites/Wyches. When I tried to counter charge with the remaining Wyches, the whole unit died to overwatch fire from flamers.</div>
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As I'm sure you'll realise, this leads to games that are... NOT FUN. Wyches, taken for fluff reasons, are rendered absolutely useless as the last thing I want to do is charge into a wall of fire.</div>
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So I'm going to give "tailoring" a go tonight and run a list that can hopefully survive against flamers and then give a decent counter punch. I'm still trying to keep it able to deal with a variety of lists but keeping in mind that there is likely to be a flamer around every corner.</div>
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This is my 750 list then:</div>
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Court of the Archon - Medusae 25pts</div>
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Raider with Disintegrator Cannon and Enhanced Aethersails 60pts</div>
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5 Kabalite Warriors with Blaster 55pts</div>
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Raider with Disintegrator Cannon 55pts</div>
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5 Kabalite Warriors with Blaster 55pts</div>
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Raider with Disintegrator Cannon 55pts</div>
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5 Scourges with Solarite (Warlord) and 4 Haywire Blasters 130pts</div>
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Venom 65pts</div>
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Ravager with 3 Dark Lances 125pts</div>
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Ravager with 3 Dark Lances 125pts</div>
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The plan would be to deploy empty transports and the Ravagers to ensure not being wiped Turn 1 by drop podding troops/dreadnoughts, T1 there will be 3 Raiders, 2 Ravagers, and the Venom on the table. </div>
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The Scourges will reserve and likely walk on T2-3 hopefully to add some additional anti armour to the Ravagers.</div>
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Kabalites and Medusae reserve and walk on when they come in, embarking into their transports which then get them to where they need to be, hopefully after all pods etc. have landed.</div>
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Medusae is there as a cheap HQ option and to try and punish any marines who land too close to my Deployment Zone (Should get into a transport 8" onto the table, then it moves 6" and she can fire out of the far end, with a raider I wouldn't be surprised if this can hit anything in my table half with an AP3 template.</div>
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The List doesn't have a massive amount of anti tank, but there is still 8 lances and 4 Haywire Blasters which hopefully at 750pts will be enough.</div>
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What do you think of the List?</div>
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What thoughts do you have on List Tailoring?</div>
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Is the list balanced enough to run as an "all comers" List?</div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10354216742704289162noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3420403958745174862.post-5144848707537541482015-04-16T15:13:00.001+01:002015-04-16T15:13:49.205+01:00Games and Gears Battle Board Kickstarter - An endless saga of frustration<div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">So, I've been trying to avoid
doing this while I'm so emotional about it but I'm coming to the end of my
tether and need to vent.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">I pledged
£62 a while back (November 2013) for a 6 by 4 plastic modular board for my
gaming table, this was initially estimated to arrive by May 2014 which I felt
was acceptable, and worth waiting for to get a decent product at a good price.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Initially
all went well and I'll track the project updates here to try and warn those of
you who may be interested in kickstarters in the future, and potentially just
to avoid the company in general as some would say there updates have been at
best, unclear, and at worst, downright lies.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Nov 2014
- Kickstarter funds within 12 hours, promising to deliver the next generation
of tabletop boards<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">24/12/2014
- Kickstarter successfully funded<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">22/01/2014
- Backers Kit locked down, no more addons can be selected<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">20/02/2014
- Battle Boards in molding process, on schedule to deliver May 2014<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">01/03/2014
- Still in mold making process, we are told that this is the longest process
of the production and that the mass production process thereafter is
quite fast. Told that some may even deliver earlier than the May 2014 deadline!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">14/03/2014
- We are told that we will be given a battle board carrying box for free as a
packaging solution. This will be a sturdy box with a plastic handle.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">01/04/2014
- We are told that we are on target for May 2014 dispatch, Molds are nearly
done and then mass production will be a few days. Painting will take place
during April and all will be completed during this time.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">01/05/2014
- Everything still on track for dispatch during May<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">16/05/2014
- Some severe flooding in the area of China the boards are being painted,
according to news reports caused by poor drainage systems during monsoon
season. Production is untouched, but 30% of the cardboard boxes are ruined and
approx 20% of the boards themselves. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Estimated
a 25 day delay as will need to be repainted.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">26/05/2014
- Battle Boards getting back on track, We are told they are a week behind
schedule on Urban War Battle Boards but that they will be dispatched in July<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">07/07/2014
- Battle Boards should be with you August / September<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">23/08/2014
- Battle Boards estimated shipping late September. Delivery time quoted as 4-12
days to the EU<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">08/10/2014
- Boards not dispatched yet. We are told they are trying to ensure they can
ship them at a price which will ensure the kickstarter is kept in the black.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">18/10/2014
- Boars almost ready for dispatch<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">04/11/2014
- Boards sent to Port in China. We're told once they're in the UK warehouse
it'll take a week to repack and re-check, following which we will get a 1 day
delivery from TNT.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">05/12/2014
- Boards should be in the UK this week, then will need sorting and should
dispatch January after Christmas holidays. "Even with possible port delays
or customs delays it's still on it's way for us to get the gears rolling for
Jan 2015 dispatch to your door"<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">19/12/2014
- Boards are at the UK Warehouse<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">17/01/2015
- Boards have ALL?!? been unpacked, quality checked, then packed back in their
boxes. Should be completed early next week.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">28/01/2015
- Dispatch estimate now of February 2015, hoping to make delivery 2-4 days
instead of 5-25<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">09/02/2015
- Boards will be dispatched wc 20th February, new delivery date of Mid-Late
March<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">09/03/2015
- Boards all dispatched, delivery is 5-25 days and everyone should have theirs
by 15th April 2015<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">13/03/2015
- Exciting times, "all boards will be with you by or before April the
15th" Battleboard clips sent separately from China and should be here
within 10-20 days.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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- Quote: "</span><span style="background: white; color: #0f2105; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">As per previous update please allow your Urban
Wars to get to you by the 15th of April 2015. We understand there is a lot of
excitement and frustration in getting your boards now but they are coming to
you, all shipping is prepaid so they have to get to you :P by the deadline date
at least. "</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">So it's now the 16th April, I've not received anything, neither has anyone who's posting on the Kickstarter comments, I have not had the clips either that apparently were sent separately from China.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 13.3333330154419px;">I'll allow everyone to draw their own conclusions from the above, which is the information we've been given through the kickstarter updates.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 13.3333330154419px;">Personally, I will never be having any dealings with the company again. I will be strongly urging anyone I know/have contact with to boycott the company, and avoid sending any business their way.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 13.3333330154419px;">I feel we've been misled and lied to continuously throughout the process and if there was any action other that I could take other than to just urge others not to make the same mistake I did in trusting the company, I would take it.</span></span></div>
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Hi guys,<br />
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Quick update with some progress, I'm afraid most of it is pretty boring but just got some progress on assembly / priming.<br />
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Got the airbrush out last night and primed some more of my Dark Eldar bits as well as spraying over some I had bought second hand on ebay. I also managed to get some of the characters primed for my Harlequins so that I can get started on those when I feel the urge.<br />
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Managed to Prime:<br />
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Dark Eldar Scenery Piece<br />
Archon<br />
12 Kabalites (3 Blasters, 1 Sybarite, 1 Splinter Cannon)<br />
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Solitaire<br />
2 Death Jesters<br />
2 Shadowseers<br />
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Drop Pod<br />
Marine w. Heavy Flamer<br />
Dreadnought<br />
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I do find the airbrush a much better way to prime then the spray cans, you're able to direct the spray much better and can put a much lighter coat on them. It is a bit of a pain having to get it all out and then clean and put it away afterwards but I think it's worth it.<br />
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I also managed to have a play around with some stencils and I'm quite happy with the results, the stencils are from a recent kickstarter I backed from Anarchy Models and are the Dragon Scale pattern ones, I really like the effect and think it'll look good once they're painted up. I have some hex ones for the Aether Sails of the Ravagers as well as some Diamond ones for the Harlequin vehicles<br />
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The picture at the top is a better close up and you can see the one on the right I had a bit of splatter from the airbrush with so I'll need to clean that up, they also look much brighter than they are in the flesh, for a better idea of the colours/brightness look at the army shot.<br />
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For anyone interested in how I used the stencils I just held them over the area I wanted to put the pattern and sprayed over with some white paint, then went over the area with a purple shade (Druchi Violet) afterwards to try and tint the white and blend it in a bit more. Might need to put a couple more coats of this on to make the effect more subtle but wanted to consider it rather than just do it on the night then regret it.<br />
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Following that I managed to get another batch of 4 Kabalites started last night and I'm painting my Archon along with them. (Not going to put a lot of time into this model as I plan to convert my own eventually but I'd like to get him on the table painted for now)<br />
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That would put me on the following painted:<br />
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Archon in Venom<br />
5 Kabalites with Blaster in Raider<br />
5 Kabalites with Blaster in Raider<br />
8 Wyches with Hekatrix and Hydrae in Raider<br />
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Feels like I'm slowly getting there with the army and I have a few other bits at various stages of completion like the two jetfighters above, a unit of 3 Reaver Jetbikes and a second Venom that just need to be finished off.<br />
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1000 pt Game this evening<br />
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I also have a friend coming round this evening with Crimson Fists for a game at 1000pts playing a Maelstrom mission. He normally brings quite a competitive list so I'm going to try out the list I wanted to use for the league once it kicks up to 1000pts in May.<br />
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Archon with Blaster and Haywire Grenades in Venom (2x Splinter Cannon)<br />
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5 Kabalites with Blaster in Venom (2x Splinter Cannon)<br />
5 Kabalites with Blaster in Raider (Dark Lance)<br />
5 Kabalites with Blaster in Raider (Dark Lance)<br />
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Razorwing Jetfighter (2 x Dark Lance and 4 x Monoscythe Missiles)<br />
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Ravager (3 x Dark Lance)<br />
Ravager (3 x Dark Lance)<br />
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Hopefully has the tools to deal with a variety of lists, with 9 Lance shots initially and extra as the Blasters come into play and the Razorwing arrives. Not sure the Razorwing is worth it but it's my only anti air if he brings any flyers.<br />
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Will try and take some pictures this evening and post them up some time in the next couple of days, possibly as a battle report if I've time, if not then just a few pictures and a brief overview of the game.<br />
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Sorry for the info dump, I view this blog as somewhere I can dump my own thoughts so I can look back on it as much as anything and I am aware it's content may not be the best format for everyone!<br />
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So still only played one game at 750 I'm afraid as we played our first game of Imperial Assault Skirmish on Wednesday at the club.<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10354216742704289162noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3420403958745174862.post-30044733322050933572015-04-02T10:03:00.001+01:002015-04-02T10:05:36.827+01:00Completed first unit of Kabalites // Escalation League moving to 750<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Just a quick post to update with progress as I completed the first of my 5 man units of Kabalites yesterday evening.<br />
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I'm quite happy with the results and do feel as though I'm progressing as well as starting to understand the need to speed through some things for the sake of painting a full army.<br />
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I'm sure it's by no means impressive to most of you, but for me managing to paint 5 figures in just over a week represents a significant improvement.<br />
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Not quite sure what to start on next, the escalation league has kicked up to 750 now and I'm considering bringing the Wyches back into play a bit more although I'm not sure I can do so before 1k without nerfing my anti tank a bit too much.<br />
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I think I'm going to have to use Ravagers and I currently have 1.5 of those built so I imagine the next project will be to complete assembly on the three Ravagers and then get the hulls of those done using the airbrush.<br />
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I'm thinking of something like the following for 750pts, at 400 I ended on 10 games, 8 wins 2 losses and I'm pretty happy with that. I'd like to aim to keep my win ratio around 75% or above.<br />
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HQ - Archon with Blaster // Venom with 2 Splinter Cannons<span style="color: #d5a6bd;"> (Venom painted)</span><br />
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Troops - 5 Kabalites, Blaster // Raider with Dark Lance <span style="color: #d5a6bd;">(All painted)</span><br />
Troops - 5 Kabalites, Blaster // Raider with Dark Lance <span style="color: #d5a6bd;">(Raider painted)</span><br />
Troops - 5 Kabalites, Blaster // Raider with Dark Lance <span style="color: #d5a6bd;">(Raider painted)</span><br />
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Fast Attack - Razorwing Jetfighter with 2 Dark Lances and 4 Monoscythe Missiles <span style="color: #d5a6bd;">(Airbrushed but not detailed yet)</span><br />
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Heavy Support - Ravager with 3 Dark Lances <span style="color: #d5a6bd;">(Assembled awaiting priming)</span><br />
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If I want to bring the Wyches in instead I could do something like:<br />
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HQ - Succubus with Archite Glaive and Haywire Grenades <span style="color: #d5a6bd;">(Assembled awaiting priming)</span><br />
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Troops - 5 Kabalites, Blaster // Raider with Dark Lance<span style="color: #d5a6bd;"> (All painted)</span><br />
Troops - 5 Kabalites, Blaster // Raider with Dark Lance <span style="color: #d5a6bd;">(Raider painted)</span><br />
Troops - 6 Wyches, Hekatrix with Agoniser // Raider with Dark Lance <span style="color: #d5a6bd;">(All painted)</span><br />
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Fast Attack - Razorwing Jetfighter with 2 Dark Lances and 4 Monoscythe Missiles<span style="color: #d5a6bd;"> (Airbrushed but not detailed yet)</span><br />
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Heavy Support - Ravager with 3 Dark Lances <span style="color: #d5a6bd;">(Assembled awaiting priming)</span><br />
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