RSGA Apocalypse Game 19-12-2010

I headed into the club the other day to help Wonna run the end of year Apocalypse battle.  It was much smoother run in the past thanks to a few handy changes that had been implemented since the last time (such as making people pay in advance for the day to ensure that they actually turned up and didn't screw up the balance).  I stayed unitl just after lunch to do the pizza run and took a few photos of the first and second turns.  It seems a lot of fun was had by all though and the smoothness of the event is promising for future events.

The teams were spilt into four chaos armies versus three space marine forces, an Eldar force and a smaller contingent of Imperial Guard.  In the end the forces of evil won holding three objectives to none, probably due to their aggressive playstyle and their more co ordinated attack.

Enjoy the pictures:

Turn 1

From the other end of the table

Wes failed to call down an Orbital Bombardment but the weather did instead

fester's Hellblade screams over the forces of good strafing them

Another shot of the Hellblade

The two sides shape up to each other

A very large Greater Daemon of Nurgle (mostly made from expanding foam)

The Alliance of Good consults with one another

The forces of Chaos push into the enemy's lines

Sons of Horus Terminators bring up the rear of one flank

Dark Angels try to hold off a Daemon invasion

Wes' Orbital Bombardment arrives

Nurgle Terminators hunt the damaged Baneblade...

...and take it out in a storm of melta shots

 

 A general overview of the battle

Eltnot.

Slackness

So I've been a little slack updating the blog lately.  And painting.  That being said, I have been doing a little painting and helping my girlfriend assemble her Chaos Daemons army hopefully in time for Orktoberfest.  We're still waiting on the stuff to come from Maelstrom so I'll be emailing them again...

I recently played in a combat patrol tournament put on at the club by Wonna.  Despite missing out on the first game (due to a player being absent and being the odds and evens player for the event), I still managed to score third place with my Eldar, so fairly happy with that.  I had to paint up a Shrieker Jetbike to fill out my force, so I'll take some photos of it tomorrow along with the rest of the army that I used.

As to why I've been slack, well there are a few reason/excuses.  I was a bit sick earlier in the month, and since then, I've come across a game called World of Tanks.  It's currently in beta testing, but is shaping up to be a fun game.  You can find out more about it HERE.  If you want to chat to me in game, I'm signed in as Eltnot.

So more content coming soon... well as soon as I stop playing with tanks.

Eltnot.

COWCON 2010 Player Packs

Below are the Player Packs for Warhammer 40,000 and Warhammer Fantasy respectively:

Warhammer 40,000 Player Pack

Warhammer Fantasy Player Pack

Eltnot

RSGA Apocalypse Game

Over the last few months I have been organising an Apocalypse game for the club. Here's a couple of photos that I took of the event. The forces were roughly divided into the forces of Goodish and the forces of Evilish.

The table before the forces arrived.

Forces of Goodish deployment (Including a scratch built Manta!).

Wonna's Imperial Guard deployed in force (How many lascannons?).

The forces of Evilish's weapon of mass destruction (Warlord Titan goodness).

The armies line up against each other.

The best use of "A word in your Ear" that I have ever seen (Apparently James looked threatening).

End of turn 1.

James finds a new friend.

Carnage is wrought in amongst the ruins.

An overall view of the battlefield.

It looked amusing to me at the time.

The Warlord's view of the fighting in front of it.

The Warlord from a Chaos Marine's viewpoint.

Rob removing his Manta after the Warlord decides that it didn't like it.

Following this event, the game went downhill for the forces of Goodish ending in a solid victory for the forces of Evilish.

Eltnot.