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Wednesday, June 4, 2014

7th edition, Gorkanaouts and Rogue Trader Roleplay..these are a few of my favourite thibgs.....

Heya all and it has been ages since I blogged. Life has really messed up my blogging time but that does notnmean I am not with the 40k community.

7th edition came and I had played my first game of 7th woth my Dark Eldar against a Necron with a transcendent C'tan and suffice to say I am surprised by a few thibgs.

1) The c'tan is tough. My poisoned feels crappy against it.

2) my skimmer's survival are almost godlike. Surviving like that is previously impossible.

3) Everything is scoring! Good o' 4th ed, and with objective secured special rules, my idea of always putting the max amount of troops pays off.

On that note, the new Ork models are absolutely stunning and seeing it makes me a very happy Ork player! Time to have an army of Gorkanaut/Morkanaut along with the other ork goodies....of course being an ork I will do my best to make scrathcbuild gorkanauts/morkanauts once I get the idea of the scale of the model.

Thirdly due to me slowing down on the wargaming aspect of 40k, I decided to start a Rogue Trader Roleplay and suffice to say my group and I are really enjoying this RP. It is interesting to see macroeconomics, ship combat and the normal swashbuckling aspects in an RP.

I will do my best to post more of my nonsense once the orks arrive. See ya all on the bounce!

Tuesday, February 11, 2014

The Greenskins March - Stompas and Dakkajets completed!

Heya welcome back to the webway!


Right now I am quite happy to say that my Waargh!!! for the Apocalypse battle is complete (at least for the big things), and all this within a span of a month! I am always rather surprised on how Orks are the most stress-free when it comes to painting and also converting them and they are a stark contrast to my Dark Eldar.

As you can see in the pic, the cat brought in another Stompa! This one was made out of cardboard and other stupid gubbins in my kit (which amazingly gave me yet another stompa). I will call this Long John as he is rather skinny. 

I also managed to get my hands on an airbrush and within a few short moments with it I went ahead
with some rather impressive effects for a dude who handled his airbrush for the first time.



 I also managed to finish all my jets, and man they are fun to build and paint! The two scratchbuild ones are build out of even more random garbage and also leftovers from the stompas. Also since I failed to sell away my Devilfishes, I decided that as a true ork, I will need to loot them.


Sadly enough the pic of the other Dakkajet is corrupted, so this pic will have to make do. This pic was taken when I am arranging them for the next few pictures.



And now here is a group pic of some of the orks I have painted, along with some of the boyz.



I can't wait to use them all in the upcoming battle and beat face with them! Now I will proceed with painting the other nonsensical ork things. Until next time, see ya!

Friday, January 31, 2014

Happy Chinese New Year And Also Some Pics Of Another DakkaJet

Heya all and welcome back to the webway!

As a Chinese Malaysian, I wish all the readers a happy and prosperous Chinese New Year and may you guys have a good year in both business, health and wealth,  and not to mention for our dear hobby!



On that remark, I have been a little busy a while with my orks during the lull in the relative visiting and festivities, and somehow while I was making my second Stompa, I somehow build this dude instead. He is a rather monstrous aircraft and indeed due to its size I will make him my primary Dakkajet of awesomeness.


The main issue I have with this dude as well as the other Dakkajet is the matter of making his flight stand and also the flyer base, which will be a project in itself.

Anyhow, time to get back to getting the red packets that can become the funds for my 40k armies!

Sunday, January 19, 2014

Completed Stompa and PIP Dakkajet.

Heya welcome back to the webway!

I have finally completed the Stompa and man I will say that this is the largest model that I have ever build (scratchbuild at that!) and painting this beast is a whole new challenge in itself.

Here are the unpainted pics of the Stompa. I could not help using the idea of Miley Cyrus' 'Wrecking Ball' on my stompa and thus I modeled its Titan CC weapon with a wrecking ball.




The basecoat really helps to make things fit in perspective, and reaffirmed that this monster is real.

 I was bored, so I decided to put the Stompa on my head and it fits like a hat.



And now I proudly present the completed Stompa.



The joke works, and I like how Orks can do all of this nonsense and making it rather fluffy.






 I would like to thank Darren of Wira Games and Hobbies for helping me with the airbrushed skull logo on my Stompa. Without it the Stompa will look very different.

And now I am going to my next project with the Orks; Dakkajet. Made it out of even more plasticard and garbage and I somehow managed to get a MiG-23 Flogger-like aircraft somehow.





I will be updating even more soon enough! See ya all soon!

Thursday, January 16, 2014

Fuuuuuuuuuuuuuu....and Here's a Stompa

Heya all and welcome back to the webway!

It has been a stupid while since I have updated anything in this blog, but that is what I get for being a Human Resources Executive (It is a challenging job and I like it, but it does burn my time I used to have for the hobby). Nonetheless I have not stopped in the hobby side of things as I am now really appreciating my hobby time a lot.

What does it all mean? That means I am seriously allowed to go crazy for assembling some stuff without a care. I have already procured three Taloi and around 20+ Harlequins for my own Dark Eldar madness pursuits and decided to assemble all the remaining Wyches and Kabalites in sprues for future nonsense such as an Apocalypse game. 

Speaking about Apocalypse, I was asked by my gaming group to become one part of the Ork Waargh!!! that will be themed around the 3rd War of Armageddon  with the other part of this Waargh!!! being Mr.Chaos of Internetz fame (Man I love being able to be buddies with such a talented madman. In order to get this Waargh!!! all proppa, I have decided that I will complement Mr.Chaos' orks with my own scrap-build madness and allow our side to field a Stompa mob!

Here's the progress for my first stompa, and with the exception of the close combat arm and the necessary chips and grazes I believe he is as complete as it comes. I affectionately call it 'Big Bertha', and I had forgotten the joys of assembling models until I made this stompa using all the nonsensical bitz I have stored in my botz box and also using unwanted things to make this Stompa.

In a way, thanks to this Apocalypse battle, I have found my passion for my Orks once more!





Will be updating with some Orks, as I find my Dark Eldar has reached a certain threshold of evil that players tend to look at my Dark Eldar with a 'Oh god, that army again....." and in many ways I have also burned out on my Dark Eldar a little.

I hope to see ya the next time round!

Sunday, December 1, 2013

Prototype Tournament Format - Need input

Heya all and welcome back to the webway!


These past few days I have been trying to see the feasibility of making a particularly interesting tournament format that is a merging between the NOVA Open format (Which I am fond of their tiers of victory conditions) and also the Bay Area Open Format (The simultaneous Primary Objectives is something I am also fond of) along with some interesting things of my own devising. Comments and criticisms is much appreciated, and if anyone would like to playtest this ruleset for me and give me further information I would also appreciate it.

Without further ado here are the missions;

Mission 1 : Breaching The Stalemate
The killing fields of the battlefront are no place for the foolish to venture into for attacks often sustain severe casualties as a matter of course and it is a fool’s errand to enter into no man’s land.  However, a breach must be made to break the deadlock……
Primary Objective And Victory Conditions:
1)     Purge the Alien – At the end of the battle, each player receives 1 Victory Point for every enemy unit that has been completely destroyed. You MUST score at least Three (3) more Mission Victory Points than your Opponent to win via Mission Points. Units that are falling back at the end of the game, and units that are not on the board at the end of the game, count as destroyed for the purpose of this mission. Remember that Independent Characters and Dedicated Trasports are individual units and award Victory Points if they are destroyed.

2)     Big Guns Never Tire – Players take turns to place a total of 6 Primary Objectives. At the end of the game, Each primary objective is worth 3Victory Points to the player that captures it. In addition, at the end of the game, each player receives 1 Victory Point for each enemy heavy support unit that has been completely destroyed. You MUST score at least Three (3) more Mission Victory Points than your Opponent to win via Mission Points.Units that are falling back at the end of the game, and units that are not on the board at the end of the game, count as destroyed for the purpose of this mission


Mission Special Rules
Night Fighting, Objectives, Reserves
Heavy Metal: Unlike other missions, in Big Guns Never Tire, your heavy support units are scoring units, not just your troop units. In fact, in Big Guns Never Tire, even your vehicles are scoring units, providing that they are also heavy support units and are not Immobilized!

Tiebreaking Objective:
Enemy Lines: The player with the most scoring units entirely in the enemy deployment zone achieves the objectives.

Bonus Points:
Linebreaker
Slay the Warlord
First blood

Deployment
Vanguard Strike


Mission 2: The Arms Race
The battlefield is strewn with items of great importance and strategic locations, and both sides have tasked recon units to scour and identify items and sites of great strategic importance, with some items and sites being more important than others and the most important of these items must be brought back no matter the cost…….
Primary Objective:
3)     The Relic – Please refer to ‘The Relic’ (Main Rulebook pg.131) mission for further details. The Relic is worth 3Victory Points to the player that captures it.

4)     The Scouring: Players take turns to place a total of 6 Primary Objectives face down on the table. There should be one marked with 4, two marked with 3’s, two with 2’s and a single 1. Immediately before deciding whether or not to attempt to seize the initiative, flip the six markers over to reveal how many victory points they are worth.


At the end of the game, each primary objective is worth a number of Victory Points to the player that captures it equal to the number on the Marker. In addition, at the end of the game, each player receives 1 Victory Point for each enemy fast attack unit that has been completely destroyed. Units that are falling back at the end of the game, and units that are not on the board at the end of the game, count as destroyed for the purpose of this mission

Mission Special Rules
Night Fighting, Objectives, Reserves
The Relic: Please refer to Main Rulebook ‘The Relic’ (pg.131) for more description.

Tiebreaking Objective:
Table Quarters: The Table will be divided into four areas formed by drawing horizontal and vertical lines through the center point. A 6’x4’ table would have four 3’x2’ quarters.
To control a table quarter there must be no scoring enemy unit and at least one scoring unit of your own in the quarter. A unit can only occupy one table quarter – if it is spread over more than one quarter, roll randomly to determine which it is in.
The player that controls the most table quarters at the end of the game achieve this objective.

Bonus points:
Linebreaker
Slay the Warlord
First Blood

Deployment:
Hammer And Anvil

Mission 3: Holding The Hope
After several years of warfare, military intelligence have gotten news that reinforcements are coming. Securing the battlefield prior to the arrival of much greater numbers of friendly troops for a decisive battle will be vital for overall strategic victory. However the enemy is aware of this and it is imperative that the enemy be denied also to allow friendly troops to see that the battlefield is theirs for the taking……

Primary Objective:
1)     Crusade: Players take turns to place a total of 6 Primary Objectives. At the end of the game, each Primary Objective is worth 3 Victory Points to the player that controls it. You MUST score at least Three (3) more Mission Victory Points than your Opponent to win via Mission Points.

2)     Erecting The Banner: At the end of the game, the Center Objective is worth 9 Victory Points to the player that captures it. In addition, at the end of the game, each player receive 1 Victory point for each HQ that has been destroyed within vicinity of this objective. You MUST score at least Three (3) more Mission Victory Points than your Opponent to win via Mission Points. Units that are falling back at the end of the game, and units that are not on the board at the end of the game, count as destroyed for the purpose of this mission

Mission Special Rules
Night Fighting, Objectives, Reserves
Who Wants to Live Forever?!?!?!: Unlike other missions, in Erecting The Banner, your HQ units and units that they are attached to are the only units that could capture the center objective. In fact, in Erecting the Banner, even your vehicles are scoring units, providing that they are also HQ units and are not Immobilized!

Tiebreaking Objective:
HOLD OR DIE TRYING!!!!!!:  For every turn that the center objective that HQ units and attached units hold the objective uncontested, the player that holds this objective will receive 1 VP for every turn that they hold the objective.

Deployment:
Dawn of War
Mission 4: Targets of Opportunity
Military intelligence had found that an envoy of extreme importance is currently present at the front lines observing their own forces at the same time as our own envoy is checking our frontlines. It is imperative that this envoy be assassinated, and during the confusion capture the base of operations while defending our own envoy and base of operations…..

Primary Objective:
1)     Emperor’s Will: At the end of the game, the player that have scored the most Victory Points win. You MUST score at least Three (3) more Mission Victory Points than your Opponent to win via Mission Points.
2)     Neutralizing the Envoy: At the end of the battle, each player receives 4 Victory Point for neutralizing the Envoy.
Mission Special Rules
Night Fighting, Objectives, Reserves
The Envoy: The envoy has the following rules;
WS
BS
S
T
W
I
A
Ld
Sv
2
3
3
3
1
2
1
7
4
Special Rules:
Slow and Purposeful, Independent Character.



Put Their Name To The Test: Unlike other missions, in Immortals, your Elite units are scoring units, not just your troop units., if they are also elite units and are not immobilized. However their dedicated transports are not scoring units.

Tiebreaking Objective:
Killing the Pride of the Army: At the end of the game, each player receive 1 Victory point for destroying the most expensive unit of the opposing player/

Deployment:

Dawn of War

Sunday, November 24, 2013

Spartan Games Ascension Tournament 1500 pts overall review

 Heya all and welcome back to the webway!

Today I have participate in a local tournament in a store named Spartan Games Arena, as a result of several factors, but primarily due to the prospect that I may meet some people I know and also due to the beckoning of my current gaming group. Here's the pic of my army;


My army list is quite simple;

Duke Sliscus
1 squad of 9 Kabalites in a Raider with Splinter Racks, Grisly Trophies and Flickerfield
1 squad of 10 Kabalites in a Raider with Splinter Racks, Grisly Trophies and Flickerfield
3 squads of 5  Wyches with Haywire Grenades in Venoms with two  Splinter Cannons
1  squad  of 9 Reavers with 3 Heat  Lances and an Arena Champion with Venom Blade
2 Ravagers with Flickerfield
1 Razorwing with Flickerfield

The list that I am using is done as a result of me being unable to secure my Eldar allied detachment models in time for a true WYSIWYG, thus forcing me to use a less powerful list for the tournament.

For this tournament there are 20 players in total participating, with a surprising mix of armies. The main thing I noticed is the fact that there are a total of three Dark Eldar players and this oddly enough made us one of the largest Xenos contingents alongside the Tau. Chaos is ever present, with the Daemon presence being rather strong as compared to the CSM side. As usual Marines of every heraldic colour were present, and some lonesome armies. This brings us to the next surprising element of the tournament; no serpent spam and no Cronair. This actually made me rather happy in a sense.

However, quite a number of top players are in the event and I am honestly a little intimidated by their presence despite the fact that I once played with a majority of them on a regular basis.

The two pics below are when the players are gathering at the store and also the TO's of the tournament. One of the TO is actually my Deepstriking guru, which already made my day that much better. Also to my surprise, I managed to meet a number of my old gaming buddies from my ex-LGS (including in this rank of players is Mr.Chaos of painting fame (yes, I know him in real -life)).


Here are the pics of my gaming group's armies.

Top to bottom: Redeye's Tau, David's Ravenwing, Wong's Flyer spam/Tiggy Combo and Chris'  Farsight/Tau Empire army. 

As you can see, my buddies actually came in with some rather brutal lists for the tournament, while my list is relatively weaker in comparison. Below are the armies of my fellow GC comrades from a long time ago (I see them from time to time, but not on the tabletop).


From top to bottom:  MrChaos' Orks, Kadir's Khornate host, Dann's Haemonculi coven and Joe's Daemons
Personally, I tend to notice that my roots as a balanced player comes from my days as a GC gamer, and it is from these people that I learned my approach to battle. That and having thematic armies. MrChaos went on to win Best Painted Army and also Best Sportsmanship, while Joe went on to becoming 2nd place in the tourney while Kadir won the biggest lucky draw of the day; the starter set for Dropzone Commander.

Of course there are also some other players as well, with a significant presence from Legio Malaysia, the premier gaming club in the nation. Things have changed since my day, and I am personally a ronin these days so fuck being part of a specific club (Lawl). Nonetheless here are pics of some of the other armies;






 My overall performance in the tournament is well beyond my expectations; I managed to earn the maximum amount of points for my first two games and managed to be one of the main contenders for winning the tournament while my buddies have rather mixed results in their games. Quite the irony when one consider that my list is perhaps the weakest among my buddies.


Top to Bottom: 1st Game: DE vs Dark Angels, 2nd Game: De vs Draigowing, 3rd game: De vs DE/Eldar 
 My first game is essentially my army doing a divide and conquer upon all his forces and I totally annihilated his army within the 5 turn bracket.  My second game is a much more annoying prospect as 20 Paladins is a pain in the ass, especially with 8 psycannons and tons of storm bolters shooting at me but I managed to win by the virtue of having a scoring unit within his deployment zone.

However, it was in the third game that I met my match, and the Serpent is arguably the MVP of my opponent as it does as it pleases against my army. I had a chance to kill it off with  haywire grenades and also killing another Ravager in turn, but alas the dice gods decided that this battle will be where I fall hard. Thus I was almost annihilated as a result of the Serpent raping my stuff left and right. Unfortunately for me, this also means that I lost my chance of becoming the tournament champion, as my last battle is the battle between the two highest scoring generals. Due to the crushing defeat, I am pushed down to 7th place out of 20 players. Nonetheless as a result of the number of players, I am still one of the top players in the tournament at the time.

The top three armies for the tournament are;

1)Dark Eldar/Eldar
2)Daemons
3)Tau

Other than the Dark Eldar/Eldar, the other armies' position are consistent with the current meta of the game.

My overall experience in this tournament tells me that as a pure force, Dark Eldar has a lot going for them but to really win the tournament I must ally in some Eldar stuff to become a force to be reckoned with. In addition, I find myself a little too rash in some of my decisions which may work for me or against me. Some form of temperance is needed in my method of war.

Also, I am rather surprised in my performance today as this is one of my better runs in a tournament with my Dark Eldar. This makes me rather glad that I came for this tournament, as I am able to test the waters for the tournament in Malaysia and allow myself a little bit of knowledge of some of the top players in the nation since I have left the country.

Last but not least, I got some goodies for participating. For a fee of 10 USD, I got myself these few things as part of the goody bag. Trophies are overrated in my opinion, but things I can really use in real-life is much better for me.





And now for me to lick my wounds, and enjoy its dull sensation of pain and ecstasy..........see ya all next time!