Poll Open: Feb 2012 Army List Challenge

There are three entrants for the Feb 2012 Army List Challenge.

Have a read through the entries (below) and then vote using the poll to the right for the "most effective army list that also best articulates the theme" (whatever you interpret that pretty little sentence to mean!).  Good luck folks!



(1) fester (Orks)
Ghazghkull

Warboss, PK, Attack Squig, Eavy Armor
3 Meganobs, Battlewagon, Deffrolla, Big shoota
3 Meganobs, Battlewagon, Deffrolla, Big shoota
3 Meganobs, Battlewagon, Deffrolla, Big shoota
3 Meganobs, Battlewagon, Deffrolla, Big shoota
Battlewagon, Deffrolla, Big shoota
Battlewagon, Deffrolla, Big shoota

All damage is done either in CC or at close range, all vehicles have re-rolls on their movement, and have their major weakness (shooting at their side armor) removed.

Anything that can be hit in CC will often die to being smashed by Ghaz, a Warboss, and 12 Meganobs. Powerklaws and almost all 2+ saves means that most other MEQ infantry die in waves.



(2) Suneokun (Imperial Guard)
Sword and Shield tactics.

Command HQ, 4 Meltaguns - 90
Plt HQ, 4 Meltaguns - 70
Squad (bulletshield #1) - 50
Squad (bulletshield #2) - 50
HWT (Mortars) x 5 - 300
Veterans (3 Meltaguns) - 100
3x2 Griffons - 450
3 Vendettas - 390

Total 1500

Difficult and dangerous terrain? No line of sight ... sounds like an awesome combination!

The melta-toting HQ's and Vets mount up in the Vendettas. The Vendettas use their speed, scout move and the fact they are a skimmer to completely avoid the dangerous terrain and kill vehicles. The Mortars and Griffons sit at the back and use indirect fire to their hearts delight with no comeback. The bulletshield teams prepare to shield.

That's 15 S4 pinning barrage, blasts a turn in dangerous terrain ... I might not kill you, but I can pin you and force more loverly 1's in that heinous terrain. The 6 S6 large template hits even get a reroll to hit firing indirect and blind. how do you say HIT!



(3) Kraggi (Necrons)
Overlord: Phaeron, Resurrection Orb, Mindshackle Scarabs, Gauntlet of Fire

Royal Court:
Cryptek, Harbinger of Destruction, Solar Pulse.
Necron Lord, Resurrection Orb
Necron Lord, Resurrection Orb
Necron Lord, Resurrection Orb

Necron Warriors x 20
Necron Warriors x 20
Necron Immortals x 10, Tesla Carbines
Necron Immortals x 10, Tesla Carbines

C'tan Shard; Writhing Worldscape, Entorpic Touch.

Total: 1500 Points.

This list benefits from the Reanimation Protocols in a big way, and give how annoying Dangerous terrain tests could be this should do a decent job of surviving.

The Immortals can deal with Infantry, with some assistance from the Overlords Relentless unit of Warriors.

The Bombardments are a bit of a problem, but with good unit spacing and half decent rolls these guys should be able to outlast the enemy.

Lots of Los blocking will limit my effectiveness, but also hamper theirs, and the Solar Pulse can cripple them for one turn of shooting if they get their fire arcs lined up!

Making a Necron Scenery Piece

Inspired by a combination of themed boards that I've played on and Dawn of War flavour scenery, I decided to attempt constructing my own necron-flavoured scenery.  For this project, I have used a block of balsa wood, coupled with a hobby knife and a circular file.  All of these are available through regular hobby outlets or even a broad-based hardware store.

The construction is straight-forward: I marked out several lines on the block of balsa wood.  Since the wood is very easily indented, I wanted to be sure that I had the angles right before I started cutting.  With the lines in place, I simply chopped away a "v"-shaped groove using the hobby knife along the lines, before using the circular file to cut deeper and make a smooth indentation. 

That said, for balsa wood, the grains are easier in some directions compared to others.  This can be seen in the image, where the lines on one face of the block look aesthetically much better than on the other face.  A fully painted image of this block in blacks and greens will be forthcoming...

Bonsai Pebble Dressings as a Basing Material

Meandering around the local gardening hardware store, I came across some ingredients to help with basing that I wanted to share with you.  Most of us are already familiar with some of the alternative basing supplies that can be found in the hardware store (pebbles) or pet store (e.g. aquarium stones) or other things, but I've not come across support for bonsai trees very frequently.  So imagine my surprise to find a pot of bonsai dressing pebbles sitting there on the shelf.  The pebbles themselves are larger than sand grains, but not as expensive as the slate materials that come with the citadel basing kit. I'll be using them on a number of miniatures in the future!

Daemon Prince Sword

A teaser for the completely painted daemon prince I've been working on.  The chaos / power sword has been painted in a series of blues - starting with a dark blue base and working upward through to electric blue and off-white blues.  I decided that I wanted this power sword to be more like the old chaos swords.  Instead of glowing with electrical power, this sword glows with an inner malevolence ready to cause mayhem.

I think this is also the kind of effect that I would be pleased with for painting up some grey knights' ghost knights (see here and here).