Grimdark Future: Red Corsairs vs a Knight

Just some photos of our latest game- we pulled out all the stops to have a big battle, that lasted several hours. The main drawcard was the intimidating knight! I was torn between trying to bring it down or ignoring it, and pathetically chose a terrible mixture of the two. I did a lot of damage, but couldn't bring it to its armour-plated knees. There are optional rules for accumulating damage, which I may consider in the future- otherwise a warmachine with one wound left operates at full strength, but a platoon with one guy left is pretty useless.

Stompy robot! With hand-painted markings.

Hordes of cultists. The movement bases are a real time-saver.

The lascannons did a lot of damage.

My elite close combat squad flubbed their moment and got taken out.

The wolves ripped the cultists apart.

The spider chased the wolf up the side of the building.

The spider charged the knight but got squished underfoot.

My commanders scaled the building to attack the knight, but couldn't kill it.

This was our biggest battle yet, and it was a bit of a drain in the evening. But we played it to a satisfying conclusion, and got some big toys out.

40K Nemesis Claw Kill Team

I really liked the models for the Nemesis Claw, so hunted them down to recruit them to my Red Corsairs. I've done some kitbashing and used some of their parts in other projects.

Ventrilokar. I love the 'banner'.

He's had better days. I used some purple shades.

Skinthief. I got cold feet/ restrained myself from adding gore.

Screecher.

Fearmonger.

Flamer. I think the laughing head works well here.

Rocket Launcher, with ammo dangling off his backpack.

Marines with bolters.

Skull-o-meter™: 59

40K Red Corsairs Havocs

Havocs are the Chaos Space Marine heavy weapons teams. They've got great sculpts and suitably imposing weapons. They're bulky, on 40mm bases.

Red Corsairs Havocs

Reaper Chaincannon

Autocannon

Lascannons

The Squad Leader is a great model, and I've kitbashed him with a new head and backpack to be the leader of my entire warband.

Mementos of past victories.

Skull-o-meter™: 28

I've been slowly making my way through my Red Corsairs. There comes a tipping point where the progress snowballs, the onerous grind is past, and they race to completion. So, more to come. I'm afraid I've got to touch up a few of my earlier marines to match my current standard and style...

40K Red Corsairs Obliterators

Also making their debut in my last game, Obliterators are weapon-obsessed marines infused with warp energies that give them the ability to spawn weapons and ammunition from their bodies. They are melded with their armour and grown to grotesque size.

After painting the Possessed, I thought I would torture myself more with these complex sculpts.

Skull-o-meter™: 10

40K Chaos Venomcrawler

A star of my recent battle was the Venomcrawler. This is an unholy melding of daemon and machine in spider form. This wasn't too tricky to paint, and I'm pretty happy with the base.

Skull-o-meter™: 10

Grimdark Future: Chaos vs. Marines

They do not know why they are here- all they know is they must fight.

My Red Corsairs face off against the Dextra Manus Marines again. We fought in June but it was a very one-sided affair, with my cultists being swept off the board and I didn't take photos. But I've been selling my soul for dark gifts, and my Legionaries are reinforced with some stronger hitting power... We played a 2000 point game of Grimdark Future, jostling for possession of the objectives marked with corpses.

The foes face off again.

The Dextra Manus have come with strong armoured support in the form of a Redemptor Dreadnought and a Gladiator Lancer hovertank.

The Gladiator attacks my Havoc heavy weapon
specialists, its main threat.

The lascannons return fire, but the tank soaks up the hits.

I, too, have armoured support:

Venomcrawler!

The Venomcrawler daemon engine scuttles forwards on my left...

... but is overtaken by the terrifying Possessed marines.

Behind the loyalists, the warp rips open
and Obliterators teleport into action!

Obliterators!

Their weapons tear the marines apart.

The Possessed rip apart a squad of assault marines
and their captain.

In turn, they fall to the cyberwolf cavalry...

... who are trampled beneath the metal legs of the Venomcrawler.

The Gladiator and the Havocs exchange fire.

The Havocs succumb to the armoured might of the tank.

My Commander uses his psychic might to finally silence the tank.

The sole survivor, the Dreadnought,
impotently fires at the Venomcrawler and withdraws.

A 4-3 victory to the ruinous powers. I had some lucky dice rolls, and it was a characteristically fast and brutal game.

I'll be showing off my latest recruits over the next few weeks.