New Recruits!

This guy.

Making progress on my Big Game 2016 army. I finished the first Contemptor Dreadnought. Really, a cool kit put out by Forgeworld. I magnetized the arms below the shoulder so I could switch out the weapons if I so desire. But I think 2 Kheres pattern assault cannons are going to do the trick nicely. At the very least you can always use bullet magnets right?

Also I finished my third Rhino. This one has Forgeworld Night Lord doors. I am pretty pleased with how it looks.

I'm working on a 10 man squad of Raptors now. Base coat and highlight dry brush completed. Though, I still have lots to do before mid February. We are talking 30 Terror Squad, 2 Land Speeders, 3 Drop pods, Curze, Sevatar, a Sicaran Battle Tank... My games played is on hold right now. Too much work to do!

No clues we would go traitor.

Games played part two

Challenge!

3500 pts. Eldar vs. Necrons.

I have to admit, I was really looking forward to this. Two of the most powerful armies in 7th edition of 40K. My opponent AJ has whooped me two times in a row. But I hadn't played Necrons in their newest codex. And he hadn't played this codex of the Eldar.

3500pts allows plenty of treats for both of us. I had heard of the Decurion formation but I was confident I was bringing a very strong army with the Craftworld Warhost.


We decided on the old purge the alien mission which was straight kill points. AJ didn't want cards involved in the out come of these two armies clashing, I agreed. The game was played on nice board made up of canyon-like pieces and blue water. We decided the water was only ankle deep and ignored it. But the terrian made for some cool cinematic moments of skimmers flying though canyons and such.

Antaries, ready for battle.

I used a Guardian Battle Host, Aspect Host, Dire Avenger Shrine, AJ had smaller formations within his overall army as well. I'm sorry, I'm not well versed enough in Necrons to share them here.

Necrons got the first turn and the dice started rolling. He focused on Wraithlords (heh, they always do, don't they Eldar players?) as well as Karandras and the Scorpion squad who infiltrated. I tried to take out the Necron mobility. Sadly he was much more successful then I was.

I should have known when I unleashed an Appoc Eldrich Storm and only killed 2 Necron warriors that this wasn't going to go well.


The Necrons were too tough. My army is loaded with ap 2 guns yet I think I managed to kill about 4 units. Now, early on (turns 1-3) I rolled terribly for damage vs his vehicles. But his main Necrons seemed to have rolls upon rolls to save him from death. I doomed a squad, and fired at it with a D-Cannon, Fire Prism, and 2 squads of Dire Avengers (BS 5) and a squad of Dark Reapers (BS 5), and I could not remove them from the table!

Necrons imposed their will everywhere on the table.

The Necron army was built around large expensive units lead by characters, my problem is I couldn't kill them with Eldar shooting. It seemed like every roll he made got a re-roll for some reason. And it's not as if I was relying on one unit vs one unit shooting. I was using my speed to do my usual combining of Eldar fire all on the target I wanted eliminated, it just didn't work. I'm not saying the Eldar codex can't beat the Necron codex. But the way I play Eldar, Dire Avengers and Guardians killing infantry with small arms fire... can't beat the Necron formation. This was best illustrated in a sequence were I did 8 ap2 wounds on a unit of Necrons and scored zero kills. They just won't die.

The battle in the sky.

As any Eldar player knows, slowly your forces wither away if you face mass shooting. And the Antaries force did just that. We didn't bother to tally the kill point total. Necrons won the game easily.

I think I made a mistake in the way I deployed and used Karandras and his squad, I could have rolled much better. But in the battle of two of the best codex in 40K, I give it to the Necrons.

The "will be back" roll augmented the way it is within the codex rules is really tough to beat with a shooting army. AJ said close combat armies do much better, and maybe that is true. 

But my shooty Eldar got it handed to them for the first time since I played with the latest version of the Eldar codex. And I am 0-3 vs the Necrons in my last 3 games against them. Cheers to AJ, he crushed me again.

Over all it was a great weekend, as games get more sparse the older I get, they become more to be cherished for the enjoyment I get while playing. 

Games played.

This past weekend was a small Con in Illinois called What-Con. It's always well attended by D-Company members. The Con is nothing like Gen-Con but it has it perks like the Bits Guy comes to it. I was able to score 2 Landspeeders for my 30K army for $40, all I have to do is repaint them. And get rid of the Imperial eagles... I also purchased 2 Drop pods on E-bay for $60, also already assembled. I have my eye on the Horus Heresy box coming out in November. With that, I'll have a good amount of my 30K Night Lords.

Orks protect their tires.

The main reason I go though is games. I played two games, 3000pts Night Lords vs Orks and in a battle of cheese.. 3500pts Eldar vs Necrons. My friday game was against my friend Joe and his Orks lead by Orkamungus. We played a generic Maelstrom game where each player could have a max of 5 cards per turn. Mungus likes tires for some reason, so in the narrative the Night Lords plus their Emperors Children allies were there to defile tires.


The Orks spread out across their deployment, largely Shootaboys, a Zapgun squad, Lootas, and Nobs. I chose to deploy away from the Zapguns, this made them largely ineffective all game long. I deployed my 3 Rhinos with the 3 Claws in them plus 2 squads of Noise Marines concentrated on the right of the Ork deployment. I can tell you Noise weapons were very effective against Orks in cover. Blastmasters did major damage. So do Grot Bombs unfortunately.

Night Lords advance on the Ork position. 

Random tidbit.. Since my Forgefiend was painted, it has not lived past two turns. This game did not change that trend. The overall game was very close. I don't think either player lead by more then 3.
Easily the Chaos hero of the day was Voltan, commander of the former 5th company of the Emperors Children.

I don't usually show unpainted models but these guys rocked!

Voltan is a Chaos lord with wings (hence his name, think Flash Gordon) a power weapon and a Plasma pistol. I had him lead a squad of Raptors. Fear tests were effective as Joe failed two. Voltan was rewarded twice by the Dark Powers, the best of those being toughness 5.

 The Bleeding Eyes and Voltan killed 3 full squads of Orks. Probably responsible for the deaths of about 60 some Orks. They started at the bottom of Mungus' condo and worked their way up.

The Bleeding Eyes (Raptors) have the mark of Khorne so they get +2 attacks on a charge instead of the usual +1. Add the fact that Voltan is a Chaos Lord with the mark of Slaanesh or int. 6, for rundowns, and you get a pretty nasty unit.

As I had said, this game was well contested and thanks to random game length it went the full 7 turns. Final score Chaos-18 Orks-17 this game was fought as part of D-Company's map campaign at B 20 vs 28 on False Hope.

Next post.... two of the strongest codex in 7th edition. Eldar vs. Necrons

The 4th Claw

The 4th Claw finished.

Hobby update... I recently finished my 3rd,10 man troop squad. The 4th Claw features 2 Plasma guns and the Champion has 2 Lightning Claws. Next in my cue is their Rhino, which will be my first with Night Lord doors and front from Forgeworld. It's primed and ready to paint. It looks very cool with the legion markings.

Why the 4th Claw? Well the 1st Claw are the Chosen. 2nd Claw is First Sergeant Klytus squad. 3rd Claw is run by Barin "The Undying".

The 4th Claw will have to get some game time before any possible name for the Champion can be earned. But I think it's a very cool model that I'm very happy with. His Lightning Claws are from the Raptor plastic kit, and his legs are actually from a Space Marine Devastator squad. I really like the pose.

No games played since Gen con. But I've ordered the bits for 30 Terror Squad members and a Lightning Strike Fighter. So the 30K end of the army is taking form. The Isstvan Campaign Legions book I bought at Gen con came in the mail. So I've been poring over that, as well as trying to finish Vengeful Spirit by Graham McNeil.

Well, that's my immersion into the world of Warhammer 30/40K for now. Hopefully I can get some games in soon. Now that I have the books needed to play 30K, I'm going to work on a 2000pt. list that I'll post once I fine tune it. It will give you an idea of where my 30K Night Lords are headed. List building is another fun aspect of this multifaceted hobby that we love!

P.S. what do you think of the new layout? While I'll always be an Eldar player, this is my hobby blog and the VIII are on my mind these days.

Ave Dominus Nox.

Oh Summer, How I Will Miss You

Klytus, First Sergeant

Gen con just wrapped up and that usually indicates that summer is drawing to a close. It was another great time in Indy. I talked to the Forgeworld guys and bought the two red books required to field and play 30k armies. Purchased 2 Kheres Assault Cannons for my Night Lords Contemptor as well. A good haul!

Hobbywise, I'm putting the final touches on my 3rd, 10 marine troop squad. Some touch up on lightning, a little dry brush highlighting, then darken with a black wash and they are ready to be based. It's always exciting to get to the end of painting a unit. The feeling of accomplishment to see a job well done is one of the many perks of this hobby.

Once the Isstvan Campaign Legions book comes (they ran out at Gen con, so mine is being shipped) I will start to map out what I want for my 30k Legion. I already have the model for Curze and Sevatar. But I'm using restraint, I want to finish basic units I'll field in 30k and 40k first. Which means my 3rd Rhino comes next, followed by the Raptors.

My overall hobby goal is to build a full company of Night Lords, 3 troops based in 40k models and 3 troops based in Night Lords Terror Squad models. Once I have the Isstvan book, I'll be able to lay out the 30k army I want to play. I have the basic idea of what I want, just have to fine tune with the rules.

Continuing my character series, above is First Sergeant Klytus. He sports a Combi-Melta, and a Dark Angels power sword. He also dawns a hood, mocking the Dark Angels. My Night Lords display many influences from the Thramas Crusade, the 3 year diversionary mission designed by Horus to take the Dark Angels out of the fight.

I'm toying with the idea of making 30k versions of my 40k characters. Then I would play my company in both 30k times and 40k. I think it could show a cool evolution of my characters. Well, those are all future plans. Seeing a 30k version of Vigo (not yet the Carpathian) but Captain Vigo would be pretty cool!

Ave Dominus Nox

Forge the Narrative

Champion Barin "the undying"

I have a glorious moment on the battlefield to announce. I was playing a 2 on 2, My Night Lords and the Iron Warriors vs 2 armies of Orks. I had a Champion (Sargeant for you non-Chaos players) win a challenge, get re-roll armor save off the Chaos Boon Table... then I placed him in the front of his squad (why wouldn't you?) and he took fire from two 20+ Ork units firing Shootas and Big Shootas. Saving every wound.

Then he took the majority of shooting from a third Ork mob before falling to the last shot. It was an amazing display. He must be honored with a name.

My trend in my Chaos army is to take names from cheesy sci fi movies. Flash Gordon being well represented. I decided on Barin "the undying". After Prince Barin.

All my champions have trophies, you see his spike on his backpack. You also see a little individual flare as his bolter has a scope on it.  It was the early days of my painting lightning so his isn't so great...

In other narrative news, I'd like to give a plug to these guy's podcast

http://ngc40k.com/

They are doing a podcast focused on narrative gaming and I found their first episode entertaining. Here's your chance to get in on the ground level!

Ave Dominus Nox

A Legion's slow decent.

There's a lot I really like about the Night Lords. The lightning that adorns their armor and vehicles appeals to me. The Dark blue color scheme. Their story line. They were the Emperor's terror legion, from their perspective they never did anything wrong, well Curze destroying their home world was a bit extreme. They didn't flee into the Eye of Terror. It took an attack by every Ultramarines chapter combined at Tsagulalsa (their base of operations) to finally shatter the legion into it's 40k warband status.

I like the idea that they don't worship anyone, holy or unholy. Though in the 40k universe Chaos can be clever, it is not uncommon for Night Lords to be corrupted. I'd like to play that out slowly, my company's members are slowly being twisted by the dark gods. With that, I present my first Daemon Engine. The Forgefiend.

ehhh, we're ok with some daemons..

I like this kit, it's fun to build and paint. Mine has the two 4 shot st8 ap4 guns, 8 shots at bs3 isn't terrible. I've had some success hitting enemy flyers, and it takes out light armor pretty well. Though in my last game it was blown up turn one by Ork shooting. Oh well, I'm enjoying my punch you in the face Night Lords. they pick a point in the enemy and attack. Much different then my Eldar tactics of take out enemy mobility and then shoot them apart. I get into a lot of close combat with the Night Lords when things are going right. Khorne has noticed that they have taken many skulls and spilled plenty of blood.

Ave Dominus Nox. (Hail the lord of night)