Reality Check: Tau Edition.

Errrggghhh! Tau!

After being lulled into a false sense of security at Blog Wars earlier this year, I think I have finally experienced the full power of the new Tau Codex and I have definitely been underestimating it.

Alex of the fantastic From the Fang blog and organiser of the above-mentioned Blog Wars tournaments (and my opponent in the game I was referring to), came down to Warhammer World this past Thursday for some list practice. In our first game we played his 1850 Tau list for Blog Wars against my 2055pt “I-really-should-check-my-list-before-I-deploy-my minis” Space Marine list. I won’t go into details but the extra Tactical Squad I had in my list made little difference and he beat me handily.

Shadowsun is about to make my day even worse.

UK GT Heat 3 – Prep and List Building

With the UK 40K Indie GT on the horizon I really need to get off my butt and put in some practice. I’ve been doing a lot of thinking about lists recently and am still undecided as to whether to go with Space Marines or Tyranids. Here are the two lists I’m stuck between:

Tyranids – 1650pts

Hive Tyrant – 2x Devourers w. Brainleech Worms, Hive Commander, Wings

Hive Tyrant – 2x Devourers w. Brainleech Worms, Wings

Doom of Malan’tai – Mycetic Spore

15 Termagants

15 Termagants – Devourers

Tervigon – 2 Powers, Toxin Sacs

Tervigon – 2 Powers, Toxin Sacs

2 Carnifexes – 2x Devourers with Brainleech Worms each

Space Marines – 1650pts

Tigurius

10 Tactical Marines – Meltagun, Multi-Melta, Rhino

10 Tactical Marines – Flamer, Lascannon, Rhino

5 Tactical Marines – Lascannon

Stormtalon Gunship – Skyhammer Missiles

Stormtalon Gunship – Skyhammer Missiles

Thunderfire Cannon

3 Devastator Centurions – 3x Grav-cannons and Grav-amps, 3 Missile Launchers, Land Raider Redeemer

5 Devastator Marines – 4x Missile Launchers

io9 Pick up £7000 Ultramarine 1-click deal

I'm a keen follower of the io9 website and today there was a brief article on the Ultramarines' Chapter "1-Click Deal".

http://observationdeck.io9.com/games-workshop-has-lost-its-mind-1375888113

I'm glad I'm not the only one who thought this was bananas! Though I do wonder if anyone bought it. Answers on a postcard below please.

GW Includes Roster Creation in Codex: Space Marines iBook?

As I was pre-ordering the new Codex: Space Marines iBook for my iPad I was scrolling along the preview images and the last image certainly seems to imply there will be some sort of Army List creation "app" built in.

Take a look here and tell me what you think.

If this is what I think it is then I just got even more excited about this release than I was 5 minutes ago!

On-Commission Painting Service

I am planning to start up a model-making & painting service. To start with, this would be a single project to test the viability and then, if this proves successful, I would begin ramping the service up. 

For folks who do not know me, I have been collecting miniatures for various wargames systems since the late 80's, so I have a fair bit of experience! Since my return to 40k about five years ago, I have built up a Chaos Space Marines army, an Eldar army, a heavily-converted Tyranid force and a semi-scratchbuilt Squat army (based on the Imperial Guard codex). 

You can find pictures of some if my work here: 

TYRANID TRYGON: 

https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgD0yScI5nGOXQvTF7Kse7ZLKgiXbvpB4EzRkHGesnu0NsVteg62_WU3u8lzlXcDVoOwgXZlJrUPWp6rLRfZytgrYmPcx6nn66TVKH-vIB2tIg9CozEg9DSrCH0k4BVC9GziP32Gz8RAFA/s1600/IMG_0275.JPG

http://40kroguetrader.blogspot.co.uk/2012/04/building-two-trygons-from-one-box.html?m=1

TYRANID ARMY: 

https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQ2iAPD9pPgb8K3yvuPtWiooqiL9m1s4o-78Dj0qIxv9ofgXb6enK2ZG72tDs8uvoIuTRz-d-3IpDxXP9fhqIfq2ylUZHiFhz_6WsuphnXkPO01kkIZJs1lNzqigGWM4NgBrpeyzBkebE/s1600/Drop-Spore+%2528Blog+Wars%2529+Army

SQUAT INFANTRY: 

https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5KgGS6aujfOyBnWmLHFLU6F6Cy1YcsIAqA-4WN20xKjErvIawEKSPzrV7sToj8KNuxRzSjnAXAL7-DRowzS1rSGVa2VMwjxTPxZJywug6rRIfUOrWXMgFMXcqYhV5O64JyIglc3z2DYly/s1600/DSC00132.JPG

What I'm looking for to start with is a single willing individual to be my guinea pig! I'm happy to do any or all of the following tasks: 

- Buying the models

- Assembly

- Under-coating

- Painting

- Basing

- Display board

Of course I am looking to do this to make a small additional income to my regular job (I'm an engineer) but as it'll be my first foray into commission work, I'm happy to discuss price and come to an amicable and mutually-acceptable agreement regarding costs. 

If it sounds like the sort of thing you would be interested in, please post a comment below and we can begin proceedings! 

Thanks for reading, 

Graham.   

Call for Players - Ruinstorm Tournament, Saturday 24th August

On Saturday 24th August I'm off to Leicester to play in the Ruinstorm Tournament. It's only £10 for three games, which I reckon is excellent value! The tournament is making a final call for players - tickets are available until 10th August.



The details are below:


Ruinstorm - 24th August


[ Location ] Leicester Phat Katz game club - Ukranian Church, Livingstone Street, Leicester, LE3 0QY - http://www.leicesterphatcats.co.uk/findus/
[ Price ] £10
[ Games ] 3
[ Points ] 1500
[ Contact ] Christian c.moore91@hotmail.co.uk
[ Info ] Ticket sales and other info- http://tiebreak.co.uk/ruinstorm/#!feed
Event and mission package - https://docs.google.com/document/d/1igM ... Fd01M/edit

A Reprise for Hive Fleet: Nemesis

A Return to Hive Fleet Nemesis

On Thursday I will be playing a regular (non-campaign) game of 40k so I have decided to rest the Squat Guard and give a first 6th-edition run-out to my Tyranids. I stuck with Nids throughout most of the last year or so of 5th edition, back when they were considered an also-ran codex. I'm therefore looking forward to trialling the same army in 6th edition!

 

The list I will be using is the exact-same list I ran in 5th edition - largely because that's all the models I have! Here is my 1750pt list:

 

Hive Tyrant: twin-linked devourers with brainleech worms; bonded exoskeleton; wings. 245

2 Zoanthropes 160

• Mycetic Spore

 

2 Zoanthropes 120

 

The Doom of Malan'tai 130

• Mycetic Spore

10 Termagants 50

 

The Scuttling Swarm Tervigon: Catalyst; Onslaught; cluster spines; toxin sacs. 200

 

10 Termagants 50

 

The Scuttling Swarm Tervigon: Catalyst; Onslaught; scything talons; cluster spines; toxin sacs. 205

Trygon 200

 

Trygon 200

 

1 Carnifex: twin-linked devourers with brainleech worms; twin-linked devourers with brainleech worms. 190

1,750 points

 

The army has six monstrous creatures, eight psykers and the ability to spawn multiple troops units - three things that define 6th edition. I'm looking forward to giving the army a dust-off (literally) and a run-out against a new Tau army. Watch this space for a battle-report over the weekend!