Ørnulv´s 2017 in review – looking forwards…

A little late, but still.

I only completed a handful of my goals set for 2017. A heavy workload, and hobby fatigue caused by that I took on to much work when the team prepared for the Adepticon Event, being the main reasons.

So what did, or did I not, accomplish?

Gaming; I did manage to host 4 gaming events; two at home and two at my summerhouse. Great fun. I also attended the Adepticon Friendly Tournament, and the Adepticon Team Tournament. As always, good fun with good friends. I really enjoyed the Friendly Tournament witch I attended for the first time. Trond also attended. I was about to pack my army when Trond scouted my name out loud, I did not get it first, but I won the tournament. Double the fun! Getting closer to the end of the year, I got a couple of games in, struggling with adapting to 8^th edition. I hope I will be getting there during 2018…

I did not manage to do any work on my Ultramarines 1. Company. Sad. During 2016 I almost built and primed all the models I need to finish my quest. I have to do better in 2018. However, I did manage to finish:

- One unit of 5 Devastators with 4 Graviton Cannons
- One unit of 5 Sternguard Veterans
- One Drop Pod kited out to carry a Dreadnought
- A Captain in Cataphractii Terminator Armour
- Two marines packing Graviton weapons

...all of them fielded at Adepticon.

Well, not very impressive, when looking at my normal output per year. However, I did have the pleasure of helping two of my teammates finish and adjusting their own armies in preparation for Adepticon, and to lend a hand to our newest team member with his brand new Necron Army.

So what about 2018? First and foremost I would like to play more games, and play at least 4 games a month. So far in 2018 I have played 5 games, so I am on the right track. I really need to get a grip on 8^th addition, with all three of my army’s… I have also scheduled 3 team events so fare.  And I would like to attend gaming events in Nottingham during this autumn.

I will continue to work on my Ultramarines and Tyranids, trying to make my take on them work. I will also adjust my dark Eldar army when the Codex finally comes...


Cheers,

Ørnulv

Tau goes to Nottigham

we are only days away from the "Alpharius" event in Nottigham, and my Tau army is almost done.
This a army I started on slowly this winter, and I got very inspiered to get it done for the doubles weekend. The Army wil be a suits army, a small Farsight group that have all the Tau high tec.
For the weekend my main go to suite wil be the XV109

As we will be playing Malestrom missions the troops wil be very importent to take the objectives so there will be some units of Fire Warriors, these guys will bring some back up shooting to the table

And what Tau army would be complete with out Battle suits and Broadsides. There will be 3 Battle suits and 1 Broadside in the 1010 point army.


The playtesting have shown me that I need more markerlights, and some small units of Pathfinders, so finnishing these is the last thing to do before Team Stormbolter takes on Nottingham.

Jørn's Invasion 2013 writeup

Once again, TSB braved the four-and-a-bit hour drive down to Kristiansand, to attend the yearly 40K tournament put on by the local gaming club. A record five of us had managed to clear our calendars, leaving just two team-members at home. Ørnulv brought his Dark Eldar down again. Trond took his Eldar along for yet another ride. Linus dug his Death Guard CSM-army out of the cupboard. Inger-Helene made the trip for the first time with her Ork army. I took my Word Bearers CSM army, again.

My army, then... I suppose I better start with that:

Leading the Word Bearers was Coryphaus Kratos Drak'ftae (aka Kharn the Betrayer), escorted by a squad of nine Chaos Space Marines Veterans with Mark of Khorne in his Land Raider. Sentry and guarding duties was undertaken by three squads of ten/fifteen/fifteen men Cultist squads, mostly behind an Aegis Defence Line manning a Comm. Uplink (represented by the altar above). They were overseen by two squads of Obliterators with the Mark of Nurgle. Air support was conducted by a pair of Sentinel pattern Heldrakes and their escorting Hell Blade.

Round One - Crusade/Dawn of War
Daniel Sverre Hagen (Tyranid)

Two flying Hive Tyrants with two twin-linked Devourers each, two Tervigons with the attendant Termagant broods to make them Troops, two broods of Hive Guard, a Trygon. Not too dissimilar to Ørn's take on 'Nids from earlier that week. The Doom of Malantai and a brood of Ymgarl Genesteralers was a bit of an unknown quantity for me, though.

I wasn't completely in the dark as to what the threats was, but would have to keep on my toes to be ready for the two unknowns when they arrived. One Tervigon was reduced to one wound in my first turn, and earned me First Blood in the second. The other one lasted until turn four, IIRC, when Kratos chopped it to bits while the assault squad could only watch. The Hive Tyrants very nearly ruined it for me, though. After having taken down both Heldrakes (12 twin-linked S6 shots against rear armour does the job just fine.) they were Swooping around behind my lines and gunning down the remaining cultists. A bit of concentrated autopistol fire, and a failed Grounded test or two (finally!) allowed the Obliterators to execute the beasts just before the game ended.

4 of 4 points.

Round Two - The Scouring/Vanguard Strike
Christian P (Death Corps of Krieg army list from Imperial Armour 5/6)

This was a very cool-looking army, with several units I didn't really know. Company command squad, Infantry Platoon with attached Heavy Weapons squad (Autocannons), Death Riders squadron, two squadrons of Sentinels, Leman Russ , Basilisk and .

I quickly noticed that there was no answer to my Heldrakes in his army, and decided to play aggressively to take out his artillery early on and engage his units on his side of the table to keep them away from my Cultists. Kratos and the CSM squad sped 18" across no-man's land turn one, and spent the next three or four turns slaughtering guardsmen. One of my Obliterator squads teleported down close to his Basilisk and and shot one each turn before being deleted by a Leman Russ . By the end, there was nothing left but a Heavy Weapons squad and a couple of tanks in his corner.

8 of 8 points.

Round 3 - Purge the Alien/Hammer and Anvil
Opponent: Magnus Liene
Army: Chaos Daemons (Tzeentch & Slaanesh) with Chaos Space Marines allies

Max score so far... There was only four of us with two 4-0 wins thus far, so I was sure I'd come up against something I couldn't handle pretty soon. Kairos Fateweaver, two heralds of Tzeentch on Disks joining eight Screamers of Tzeentch, eleven Horrors of Tzeentch, sixteen Daemonettes of Slaanesh, two Soul Grinders, a Chaos Sorcerer on Bike joining five Chaos Spawn and finally a squad of Cultists.

Even though I got first turn, by the end of the second one a sea of Screamers had blitzed my firebase and locked pretty much everything except my fliers in combat for the entire game. No matter how well I rolled to hit or to wound, the Screamers would save on twos - rerolling ones. My fliers went after his Troops, to stop them from capturing objectives, but with good dispersal, invulnerable saves and Fearless (for all practical purposes) they were still there when the game ended. I did get Kairos towards the very end, though. Autopistol-fire from a band of Cultists finally caused him to fail a Grounded test and loose a wound. The Obliterators on that flank took another three wounds with their Assault Cannons, before the immobile Land Raider swivelled one twin-linked Lascannon out and (in my mind's eye) put a bolt of energy through each of Kairo's heads.

8 of 12 points.

While the kids went out for pizza, we stopped by the hotel to freshen up before making our way over to our favourite local restaurant; Mother India. Much Kingfisher, and excellent food was consumed. After a drink back at the hotel, we turned in and caught a few hours of 'shut-eye' before day two...

Round 4 - The Emperor's Will/Dawn of War
Opponent: Kjetil Liknes
Army: Chaos Space Marines with Necron Allies

Ah! My nemesis... For the last two or three years, I've found Kjetil across the table from me at the start of the first game of Invasion. When that didn't happen this year, we were both a little perplexed. Now, balance was restored to the universe. ;)

Kjetil had a Chaos Sorcerer, three squads of Chaos Space Marines, a squad of cultists, a squad of Autocannon Havocs. The allied Necron Lord brought his Command Barge, two small squads of Warriors, each with a Cryptex(?) in a Night Scythe and an Annihilation Barge.

With each of our objectives secreted away behind terrain near the corners of the same short table edge, and with me having the initiative, I decided to put pressure on Kjetil's army from the very beginning. The Obliterators prioritized the Necron Barges while the Land Raider drove full speed towards the infantry horde around Kjetil's objective. When my flyers came in, the Heldrakes went to work on the Marines but the Hell Blade lined up on the Sorcerer. Since he was the only visible model from the unit he'd joined, and failed two of the required four armour-saves he had to take, I earned both First Blood and Slay the Warlord early on. On the ground, things went a little less according to plan. Kratos rolled snake-eyes and failing to reach the Cultists turn two and, a few turns later, failing three out of five armour saving throws after being wounded by the same cultists. At the end of turn five, one of the Necron Warriors squads dropped in off their Night Scythe, but when the game went on the remaining Obliterators as well as all three Cultist squads did have enough fire power to take the tin-men down. Luckily, the Cryptex failed his Reanimation Protocols roll too. The game ended with each of us still clinging on to our own objectives, but with me up one point (First Blood, remember?) I barely managed a win

12 of 16 points.

Round 5 - Big Guns Never Tire/Vanguard Strike
Opponent: Frans Svaasand
Army: Craftworld Iyanden Eldar with Tau Empire allies

Just the final game of the week-end to go, then... When the pairings were read, I knew I'd be facing one of the armies I'd hoped I'd steer clear of...

The Eldar army consisted of a Spirit Seer joining the allied Riptide Suit and Shas'O, three squadrons of three Jetbikes, two squads of ten Kroot, a squad of three Broadside battle-suits with missiles deploying inside an Bastion and finally three Wraith Knights with two Wraithcannons each.

I set up my fire-base as normal, pointing the Land Raider at the corner I expected the Eldar army to deploy in and the Obliterators in a three-storey ruin just behind it. One squad of cultists hid on the ground floor. This time I felt that discretion was the better part of valour, and held off for a turn. The "Tau-dar" army had deployed back in their corner, so with Night Fight in effect I only had range to the Bastion. To my surprise, the Wraith Knights held off at range and started taking pot-shots at my Land Raider. It didn't help my opponent that his dice were completely cold where his Wraith Knights was concerned. During the game, they fired close to a score of shots without causing more than a single glancing hit. The Land Raider and Obliterators shot down one of the Knights and brought another down to two wounds by turn four, when one of them finally advanced to contest one of my objectives. Kratos and the Marines met the Wraith Knight and took another wound off it, but were unable to finish it off.

So there I was, thinking I might have this under control after all. A squad of Kroot had made an attempt at the objective on my far right, only to be seen off by the Heldrakes and the Cultists camping out there. As I finished my fifth turn, however, we were close to the end of regulated time, so the Eldar army performed one of their usual endgame tricks finally captured the objective assaulted earlier.

As we were out of time, my opponent was disinclined to roll for a sixth turn. While I was pretty sure I could have removed the Jetbike unit holding my third objective, it was largely academic. My closest unit of Cultist would need both the sixth and the seventh turn to reclaim it, and I had reminded my opponent that his Riptide was not a Heavy Support unit, and thus not a scoring unit. I conceded.

12 of 20 points.

Those twelve points was enough for a fifth place, split four ways. The winner scored 17 points, and there was just a single point separating each of the next four positions. Pretty close-fought, I'd say...

That concluded another great weekend in Kristiansand. Almost! Ørnulv mentioned it towards the end of his own writeup, but I think that it bears restating that his Dark Eldar took home the Best Painted award again. If I'm not mistaken, that makes him the first one to take it two years in a row. Congratulations, old chap!

Invasion 2013 – Ørnulv´s Bat Rap

Home again, after yet another great tournament in Kristiansand – the “Invasion tournament” held during the weekend 14.09-15.09.2013.

Of course the event started earlier for the members of Team Storm Bolter (TSB) attending, since it takes over 4 hours to drive from Oslo to Kristiansand. Inger Helene, Jørn, Trond, Linus and myself drove down on Friday, enjoying a meal and a few drinks the night before the “big bang”.

Ego; Drinks in the harbour after a 4,5 hour drive

WHAT TO PLAY?

This summer I started a massive project, rebasing the whole of my Ultramarines army (more on that in a separate post), and I had a plan to field them during the tournament using the new Codex: Space marines. Even though I tried, I just could not finish the new models in time, and where left with the choice between Tyranids (NIDS) and Dark Eldar (DE).

I play tested my DE army against Jørn two times, and Trond one time. Disaster! With those damn Hell Drakes (and Jørn is fielding two of them), and my own army without cost effective AA, I was nearly wiped out. During the preparation for the tournament Trond fielded a test army who pretty much did the same (as a side note, I think I had fare better facing the army he ended up with, but I am sure Trond will comment why so I am not going into that). Then I test played my NIDS against Jørn, and that was a much better match up. I went back and forth between the armies driving some of my fellow team members to the brink of despair, but in the end, after letting “my inner feel-god” decide, I went with my DE:

HQ:

Arcon

TROOPS:

5 X Wyches in Raider

5 X Wyches in Raider

5 X Kabalite Warriors in Raider

5 X Kabalite Warriors in Raider

5 X Kabalite Warriors in Venom

5 X Kabalite Warriors in Venom

ELITE:

4 X Kabalite Trueborn in Venom

4 X Kabalite Trueborn in Venom

4 X Kabalite Trueborn in Venom

FAST:

5 X Scourges

HEAVY:

Ravager

Ravager

Ravager    

This is obviously a 5^th edition MSU list. Yes I ended second last year (2012), but 6^th edition was relative new at that time, so I was scared I would be completely overrun, mostly due to my lack of ability to handle flyers and flying monsters. I did not feel very confident, and to be hones, I talked “down” my army. 

An old photo - The entire "Kabal of Eternal Hatred"

 

DAY ONE

Game One – NIDS – Crusade – Dawn of War

In 2012 I played a Tyranid Genestealer spam army, with lots of Gaunts, Tervigons and Hive Guard. Invasion 2012 had a different point system, I lost with one point against this list, due to first blood, but besides that the game was a draw. I have fought that battle over and over again in my mind during the last year; “Why did I not go slightly forward unleashing a hail of splinter fire instead of redeploying going for a safe draw”? And now, I actually got to play the game once more, what an opening to tournament!

This time I got it right! First turn I managed to gun down two units of Genestealers, reducing yet another two units, taking down a squad of Hive Guard, and wounding the Tervigons. As the NIDS advanced I managed to gun down almost all the Genestealers, hordes of Gaunts, but most importantly, a Tervigon (Warlord) and a flying Hive Tyrant. After having managed to save my Venoms by using Flickerfield 5 times in a row, my opponent ended the game.

I held 4 out of 5 objectives; I had First Blood, Slay the warlord and most Kill points.

DE 4 – NIDS 0

Game Two – Imperial Guard – The Scouring – Vanguard Strike

Damn. Mechanised Imperial Guard (IG) with Chimera spam, two artillery tanks, Russ with Demolisher cannon, two Vendettas and Eldar allies! I went second. Holding half of my army in reserve I hoped for an effective “punch” in turn two. It was not meant to be. My units entered from reserve one by one, and where shot to pieces, one by one. Adding injury to insult, my new dice failed me, and my Lance fire was ineffective.

I lost big time, but it was a good game against a pleasant opponent.

DE 0 – IG 4

Game Three  - Necrons - Purge the Alien – Hammer and Anvil

Once again I faced an opponent I played in 2012. One of the most polite and easygoing opponent I have ever played. I was pleased to spend yet another couple of hours of my life playing this guy.

He played Necrons last time I met him, this time he fielded two “tanks with Warriors”, units of Wraiths with Destroyer lord, Immortals with a Warlord, Death marks with Crypteck, another unit of Warriors and Battle Barges! That was a lot of models with reanimation protocols and a lot of fast moving armour with AV 13!

He got turn one. Night fight, so he went slightly forward hugging cover. I moved the whole of my army forward, opening fire with everything that had weapons that would have effect from long range. I managed to blow up one of the transports, killing most of the Warriors inside, blowing up a Battle Barge and killing of half of those damn Wraiths. He closed in on my line but had little success; my Filcher fields and Jink saves, in combination with ordinary cower, left my DE pretty unharmed. This again gave me the possibilities to bring the full weight of DE firepower to bear turn two. Another Battle Barge was downed, the Wraiths and their Destroyer lord killed. Warrior units on the ground where hurt, but not totally whipped out. The Necron army kept pushing forward, downing some Venom’s, and the Deep striking Death Marks finished of my unit of Scourges in one go! But after that, the DE army mixed Lance and Splinter fire picking of armour and infantry unit by unit. Although, the Necron army kept going, and by the end of the game the Immortals (with the Warlord) and two small warrior units was still making their presence felt.

I had first blood, Line breaker, more Kill points and held 2 table quarters.

DE 4 – Necrons 0    

Taxi, a quick cleanup, new clothes, a bear in the lobby, yet another fantastic dinner at “Mother India” restaurant, some more drinks back at the hotel, and – RIIIIING – Day two!

DAY TWO

Why do I always have to ask for extra spicy food? Well, I was all right by the start of game four.

Game Four – NIDS - The Emperor’s Will – Dawn of War

I played a well known gamer in the 40K environment that I really hit it of with. Straight away I felt that this was going to be one of those “pleasant feel god games”. None the less, my opponent had way more gaming experience than me, so I expected a nail biter!

Three Tervigons(!), tons of Gaunts, two Trygons, The Doom of Malatigh and two Winged Hive Tyrants…. I really hate those bugs….

I got turn one. Night fight. The DE adjusted position and opened fire. I managed to take one Tervigon down to one wound, killed a Trygon and one Winged Hive Tyrant! Spawning from hell – 30+ new Gaunts turn one, and they kept spawning….. The whole of the NIDS army moving forwards, the remaining Hive Tyrant (Warlord) swooped forward gunning down a Venom, with Trueborn failing their Pinning test. They where closing in, fast! Ok - keep your head cool, they are only bugs… I managed to kill a Tervigon on one flank, and sent some units up to secure the object in the NIDS deployment zone. By that time it was pretty clear my opponent used that as a decoy, going for my own object. The rest of the army focused on the majority of the NIDS army, and of course, the Flying Hive Tyrant. I opened fire, with most of my army aiming at the Hive Tyrant. You have got to be kidding me - NOTHING! Sure, I plucked some wounds of a Tervigon and killed some Gaunts, but the main target was very much alive and kicking (eh - flying….)! The NIDS kept pushing, and the damn Doom of Malatigh deep strikes straight into my line, causing havoc with those damn LD tests its presence demands. Again a Venom was downed, and two units with Warriors destroyed. Damn. I knew that if I failed during turn three, the NIDS would overrun my lines, possibly the game ending with a draw. Splinter drill; I started to kill of the Gaunts holding the objective in the NIDS deployment zone, but could not commit enough recourses there this turn in order to bolster my line in centre. This time the DE came through for me, ore should I say the dice rolled decent, I finished of the Doom of Malatigh, the Hive Tyrant and more Gaunts. Puh. Get me a beer! The NIDS kept coming, but I managed to secure the NIDS objective and contesting my own. A real nail biter, so much magic, so many models to kill. The Spawning never ended, fortunately, the game did.

I had First Blood, Slay The Warlord, one objective and more units in my enemy’s deployment zone. 

DE 4 – NIDS 0

Game Five – Daemons of Chaos – Big Guns never tire– Vanguard Strike

But I tire… I was really tired and already dreading the 4,5 hour drive back to Oslo. And to top it of I was facing an army I did not know anything about, an army that also had 3 victories behind it, including one of my fellow TSB.

After 15 minutes of rolling dice (powers and abilities I partly understood), the game started. Turn one I managed to get first blood when I blew up an armoured monstrosity. But when a large unit of screamers with 2+ Inv with re-roll failed saves on one! hit my line in combination with powerful spells turn two, I started loosing units fast. Fortunately I managed to kill of the other armoured monster, and inflicted pain on he’s infantry units. The battle became very intense, but in good spirit. I almost used my “I am old and have a hart condition so I must not get to exited, please let me know if I am sweating” trick. The battle wavered back and forth, but I felt early on that I probably would loose this game. As the game progressed it became clear to me that my opponent really hated my army and had the same feeling! I hoped for a draw. At the end, it came down to two dice rolls! I held an objective where he placed a “web portal”. I hit it with a Blaster shot. If he failed a 5+ cover save, the portal would collapse. It did not! In his last turn he spawned daemons on a 4+ from it. He rolled a 4. A daemon came and flamed the unit holding my objective, also claiming it! He held one objective. All others where contested by both armies. A nail biter, and great game!

DE 0 – Daemons 3

The last game had taken a long time, and I was desperately trying to pack my gear when the results where called. Between applauding the winners and packing my army, my name was suddenly shouted, and I realized I had won the award for best-painted army for the second year in a row! Very happy about thatJ

Gaming vice I ended #6 out of 28 (ore 26), not to bad for a 5^th edition MSU list. And as my fellow team members stated afterwards – never talk your DE army down again Ørnulv! I assure you, I will not.

 *****

 Looking forward to next year. Now, what to bring? Well, I will call Trond and Jørn, at home, ore at work, but I think I will wait at least 10 months. In the mean time, I will revert to more friendly “fluff gaming”, trying to keep in contact with new gamers I have met and had the pleasure to play against.

Looking forward to next year!

Arcon Ørnulv,

signing of    

Invasion 2012 - Pictures

I've just downloaded the pictures off the camera, and done a quick sweep to delete the ones that didn't turn out well enough for general consumption. Without further ado, then: Here's a glimpse of the 40k tournament from where I was standing:

The tables

A few deployment and in-game pictures

I didn't have the presence of mind to take any pictures at all on day two, I'm afraid, so I'll have to round this off with...

...the nominees for Best Painted

 

Invasion 2012 - Day two

Just a quick update now, as we're already in the car and on our way home.

Trond and I booth got 11,5 points in round four. Trond managed to hold an Ork horde army at bay, and I didn't quite manage to overrun a CSM army with Daemons allies. Ørnulv lost by one point against a Tyranid army.

In the final round, Trond and I had to face off. He got to hide away three objectives while I hid two behind my Aegis line. I knew I had to push hard, so I did. In the end, Trond managed to clear my spearhead away while I cleared a unit of Pathfinders off the one he hid on the other flank. After five turns I won by two points thanks to the tertiary mission, and we ended the tournament with the same number of points.

Ørnulv met Grey Knights, took all five objectives as well as both secondary and tertiary mission for a massive 20 points finish. It was enough for second place overall.

...and to sugar coat it, he also won Best Painted. Congratulations!!!

Invasion 2012 - Day One

After a long day, with three intense games each, I'm just gonna pos a quick update with our points so far. Short battle reports may appear in the comments below, or more throughout ones in articles of their own later on.

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I started off against what I suppose is my traditional first round opponent; Kjetil L. For this weekend he's brought an army of what claims to be Codex Space Marines. When the dust settled He won it 13 - 8.
For my second opponent, I drew Jonas L. and his CSM with Necron Allies. After panicing a little about me tabling hin in turn three (That would have taken some luck!), he won it 13 - 7.
For my final battle, I was paired with Tau player Henrik L. (Kjetil's brother). things went a little slow on this one so we only managed four turns before we were out of time. I got pelted badly in the first three turns, but managed to get enough kill points in my last two turns to end at 9 - 9.

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Trond startet agains Henrik's Grey Knights. Nice dice and good placements got him 17 -3.
Game two was against Christian. His Tyranids ate the Eldar, and this game ended 3 - 17.

Finally, Trond was paired against Jonas L. Crappy dice helped Trond along to a 6 - 8 loss.

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Ørnulv's fist opponent Ståle's Necron army. Despite lousy dice, he managed 13 - 6.

Andreas Ø. was the second opponent. Andreas' Dark Eldar army, with Eldar allies, won the day, and netted him 10 points to Ørnulv's 4.
Third game was against the danish player Henrik T. and his Grey Knights. Ørnulv tabled the pos guy, and won this game 18 - 7.

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So... That's 26 points for Trond, a promising 35 for Ørnulv and 24 for me.

Invasion from an Eldar point of view

Invasion 2011... What happend??
Well, first of all, what a great trip! Nice hotell, great food and good spirit all the way through from both Jørn and me. Met some old friends and made som new ones, good dice rolls, bad dice rolls. Both ended up with nomination for best painted army!!! So what happend in the games??

Game 1 through 3, Jørn kinda summend that up, two major victories and one loss, puts me in 5 or 6 place after day one.

Day 2:

First of, Imperial Guard... Vendettas, loads of guardsmen with 3+ coversave due to one really big stealth cloak and a lot of flamers... Mission: kill your opponents didicated unit (mine was Harlequins), his was a 33 man strong, guard sqd. If not, most objectives, wins alpha. Beta: Hold the center objective, and Gamma: Least units in own deployment. I decided to keep everything but my Harlies in reserve. The fact that he can`t target them even with his colossus lured his chimeras forward in range of my reserves which promptly destroyd 3 chimeras and one vendetta. As the smoke cleard, I held more objectives, no harlies dead, and only one unit in my deployment zone. Beta sadly became a draw. So 18,5 to me 1,5 to the guard.

This propelled me up the scorebord and with 25 points for painting it took me all the way up to tied second place. Hurray... kinda. Because now I have to face off the leader with no losses so far. Salamander space marines with Vulcan, re-roll flamers and melta wepons, master crafted thunderhammers. But still only pathetic Mon-keigh, with their crude tracked vehicles.

Mission: Kill points, objectives and kill you oppnents most expensive unit. Harlies again.. Me bad not placing everything in reserve. This cost me gamma due to a deep striking drop pod with an ironclad dreadnought and a fast moving scout landspeeder.... But landspeeders, attackbikes and razorbacks aint that though and it came down to terminators, falcons and firedragons... I contested his two obectives, and held one in return. He got me on kill points and killing my harlies, but I got Alpha, so twelve points for me and eight for him. A close fought and really cool game. Hind sight is 20 20, so I should have reserved the whole army and maybe this and maybe that, but in the end, I came out victorius. Sadly though he only neede one point to win.

But I managed second place!!!

So thanks to Christoffer for inviting us, and for holding a great event again. I`m proud to represent Team Stormbolter, and once again a team member ended up top three, and both team members where nominated for best painted army. Job`s a good`n

Winter War VIII

So Trond and I flew over to Bergen for the Titan club's annual 40K tournament last weekend. Much fun was had, both on and off the tabletop. Both of us faced opponents both skilled and pleasant - most of them both.

We didn't manage to place quite as high as we had hoped, both due to our army lists not being quite up to snuff as well as the some of the missions being a little too random. The latter has been communicated to the WWVIII staff, and will no doubt be addressed for next year. The former is something which we will have to look into ourselves.

Strategicon 4

Ja dere, da var vi igang. Dag 1 fullført, 1 tap, 2 seiere.. vel egentlig bare 1, fordi kamp 2 ble en walkover... Spilte en friendly game, og etter 6 runder var necrons på vei ut, så jeg har vel gjort meg fortjent til poengene uansett.

Det begynte vel egentlig i går natt dette her. ut på byen med jobben, siste toget hjem og rett å gjøre ferdig 2 stk warwalkers, 1 wraithlord og 1 waveserpent... var ferdig kl 0330 lørdag morgen.

Litt trøtt noen timer senere og klar til innsats.

1 ut - imperial guard, pithced battle - anhaliation. Friskt i minne sist kamp mot Jørn, med klokketro på egne terninger. Så feil kan man ta!! Fordømt!!! Igjen så ruller jeg lagt under par på penetration rolls og det blir en gjennganger gjennom hele spillet. Det er dog jevnt, og i runde 5 drar jeg i fra med en 8-6 ledelse. Kortvarig, for etter hans runde, er det 9-8. Det blir 6 runder. 1 waveserpent med stormguardians igjen. forsiktig frem rundt hjørnet, og der. Chimera med side armour in the open. Twin linked brightlance - TREFF! og 2 eller mer. 1!!!!!!!! og takk for meg. Knepent tap 9-8. Hyggelig motstander, spennende kamp, men irriterende!

Kamp 2 ble ikke for min del, fikk walk over seier, og som tidligere skrevet, ble det spilt mot necrons.

Kamp 3 - Eldar Biel Tan mot Eldar greyish. Igjen, hyggelig motstander, litt uerfaren, og jøss.. nå fungerte terningene, ihvertall unntaksvis, og det holdt. Deployment Dawn of war, anhaliation igjen. Jeg deployer først og han holder alt i reserve. Jeg får på resten av mitt ila runde 1 og i runde 2 kommer warwalkerne, litt for tidlig da han ikke har fått mer enn 1 kjøretøy på bordet. Runde 1 og 2 går unna i en fei. Runde 3. Falcon med Eldrad og dire avengers kommer på. Uten mulighet til å kaste guide eller fortune eller noe annet, så kommer falconen inn sakte for å gi ild. Uten effekt. Jeg ser muligheten å legger alt jeg har innen rekkevidde på den, og den ene wraithlorden, treffer med sin brighlance, ooooog, jadda!!! penetrating hit!! få en 5 i allefall, har vært snill gutt nå... 6!!!!! Ka-bam! Dire avengers tåler ikke smellen og 4 av de må takke for seg. Eldrad klare sin save, men... så klarer de pinningtesten, men failer break testen. Når du bare står 4 tomme fra bordet... HA DET BRA! 3 killpoints til meg. Nå må han gjøre utfallet. Jeg legger om min taktikk litt, passiv/aggresiv, og holder meg mobil og sørger for at jeg får 4+ saves stort sett hele tiden. Han får inn noen treff her og der, men klarer ikke å gjøre annet enn å ta ett og annet wound av wraithlorden eller en eller 2 warpspiders. Igjen er han litt uforsiktig med ett kjøretøy som blir stående stille. Har 6 firedragons i seg, og er definitivt en trussel. 2 waveserpents med twin brightlance manøvrer seg i posisjon, og igjen treff, igjen penetrating, og denne gangen en 5. Nok til at dragene nå er til fots, og jeg 4 pts foran. Det blir ikke mer enn 5 runder til slutt, jeg mistet ingenting, og tok 4 av han. Seier.

På quizen, klarte jeg 10 av 17, det var en skikkelig fluff quiz og ganske vanskelig. Så da er det bare å vente på dag 2.

Dag 2.

Starter med kaos... for å komme seg til turneringen, Oslofjord tunnelen var stengt, så jeg måtte kjøre rundt. Kom akkurat tidsnok.

To kamper i dag. Men hva skjer - jo det er noen som har trukket seg, og jeg blir igjen stuck å spille friendly mot necrons... surt. walkover seier igjen.

Kamp 2 -dag 2. Chaos. Denne gangen mot to lash prinser, 6 oblitiratores, 1 sqd berserkere i rhino, 2 sqds plague marines i hver sin rhino, 3 terminatorer, og 9 lesser deamons. Deployment. dawn of war. Jeg deployer først. 1 objekt i min sone og ett i hans....

Når han førts kommer seg på bordet er det bare å sette i gang. Ikke veldig lyst på to lash prinser i nærheten av linja mi, så de må dø. Doom, warpspiders og tiiiimber!!! 1 ned, 1 igjen. Starcannon, brightlance x 2 og bare 1 wound igjen. Pokker. Må i assault med farseer og jetbikes. Prinsen slår ihjel 1 sykkel og klarer 4 3+ saves mot whichblades. pokker pokker pokker. Jeg blir stående, men det var ikke planen. Det blir etter noen runder klart at jeg har overtaket, warpspiderne terroriserer 2 oblitiratorer, og sammen med litt long range høy styrke, lav ap, så ble 4 av oblitiratorene borte. Den siste lashprinsen, ja han som sloss med farseer og sykler, får hjelp av en plague marine sqd, litt etter litt så blir alle syklene borte, men farseeren fortsetter, og til slutt, så klarer ikke prinsen 3+ saven sin og blir borte. Farseeren holder det gående til runde 5 ved hjelp av fortune, men blir til slutt dratt av svevebrettet sitt og drept.. Men plaguemarine sqd står nå i egen deployment sone - uten rhinoe sin, og langt unna eget objekt. berserkerne ser at her må det gjøres noe, så de RYGGER... ja de må hjem til eget objekt i en forøverig veldig kul Rhino. Det vil si at Dire avengers får en grei jobb med å holde eget objekt. Wraithlords som til nå har holdt tilbake og gitt ild støtte, assaluter nå den siste plaguemarine sqd og deepstriking terminatorer..... terminatorer u powerfist/chainfist... borte. Plaguemarine sqd gjør det heller ikke bedre og jeg sikrer at mitt objekt forblir mitt. Problemet mitt er at han har igjen 2 oblitiratorer og 9 lesser deamons. Demonene gjøre ingenting annet enn å ta ut resten av stormguardianene og holde seg unna dire avengers og 2 wraithlords. Men oblitiratorene gjør det de skal... pokker ta dem. De klarer å senke den waveserpenten jeg hadde igjen i nærheten av hans objektiv, og med en rhino som blir skutt i filler av warwalkerne min, så er det til slutt en uavgjort. da jeg ikke klarer å jage berserkene av han sitt objekt. Draw!!

Så Ja det ble syvende plass til slutt. Tie brakers.. fikk like mange poeng spillmessig som nr 3, men grunnet at jeg ikke hadde sendt inn listen tidlig nok, ikke fikk nok best opponent etc så fikk jeg ikke nok tie braker pts til å komme høyere. Skulle gjerne sett en litt bedre måte å rangere listen på. Men alt i alt. Strategicon var en meget hyggelig turnering. Høyt nivå på terreng og bord, mye bra malte hærer og hyggelige motsandere. Det ble spacepuppies som vant

Reserve Roll - Invasion/Strategicon

Nå er det to uker siden Invasion 2010 (Igjen, takk for hyggelig tur!), og like langt frem til Strategikon 4. (Er det bare Trond som skal dit?) Det er vel da på tide vi ruller for Reserve, og kommer oss tilbake på bordet, er det ikke?

Er det her inne TSB sitter og sturer nå for tiden, siden det ikke spilles noe?

Strategikon spilles med 1850 poeng, så jeg antar at i hvertfall Trond er keen på å få inn noen kamper på det poengnivået framover. Andreas og Jonas kommer til å rulle opp tilfeldige scenarier fra regelboken ved starten av hver runde, så det er ikke noe man må lese seg opp på der. Jeg tar med meg laptoppen til Leirskogen i helgen, og satser på å komme hjem med en 1850-liste eller to man kan få bryne seg på. Etter hva jeg kjenner til at dere andre har av modeller, så bør det være mulig å få stresstestet arméen sin mot en håndfull andre vanlige Internett-lister også. (...selv om enkeltmodeller da kanskje må proxyes.)

Jeg er selvfølgelig interessert i å spille en Hyggelig Kamp også, om det er noen som heller ønsker det. Gi lyd!

Strategicon

Invasion ferdig - Strategicon neste. 1850 pts. What to do??
Har allerede luftet noen ideer med Ørnulv, men kommer ikke helt i mål med hva som må til...
Så her goes:
Farseer, Fortune, guide, runes of witnessing, spirit stones, whichblade, shuriken pistol 140 pts
6 Firedragons, Meltaguns, melta bombs 96 pts i waveserpent, twin shuriken cannon, shuriken cannon, star engines, vectored engines 145 pts
10 Dire avengers, exarch, shimmershield, power weapon, defend i waveserpent, twin brightlance 297 pts
10 Dire avengers, exarch, 2 avenger catapults, bladestorm i waveserpent, twin brightlance 287 pts
10 Stormguardians, 2 meltaguns, warlock, destructor, singing spear i waveserpent, twin brighlance 262 pts
10 Warpspiders, exarch, 2 death spinners, hit and run, powerweapon 262 pts
Falcon, puls laser, starcannon, holofield, spirit stone, twin shuriken catapult 185 pts
Wraithlord, wraithsword, brightlance, 2 flamers 140 pts
Wraithlord, starcannon, brightlance, 2 flamers 160 pts
1792 pts
Kanskje en D cannon?? innspill ønskes.

Invasion 2010 - Post Aestivus

Fjerde turen til Kristiansand... Den andre turen med Architecture of Aggression.
Det var en gledelig overraskelse å høre fra Christopher i dag tidlig! Jeg hadde ikke forventet en plassering blandt de tre øverste etter to seiere, en uavgjort og to tap.

Det svarer seg visst likevel å legge litt tid og energi i presentasjon...

Resten av bildene våre fra denne turen finnes her.

Igjen takk til alle som bidro til å gjøre dette til en hyggelig og utfordrende helg i miniatyr-hobbyens tegn. Jeg håper vi sees igjen til neste år.

Invasion 2010 summa sumarum

Da var Invasion 2010 overstått. Noen veldig fornøyd, andre passe fornøyd og jeg kanskje litt irritert. Men på hva egentlig? At jeg ikke bestilte styrke 5 på maten på Mother India?? Nei, ikke det. Egenlig glad for at jeg ikke gjorde det ;) Forresten, er dere i Kristiansand prøv Mother India - anbefales! Var det turkameratene?? Absolutt ikke!! Vil takke Jørn og Ørnulv for en kjempe morsom og knall tur. Ser frem til neste allerede. Hvor skal vi da? :)

Turneringsledelsen... Christopher, vi bøyer oss nok en gang for ett fantastisk arrangement. Ja vi har våre meninger om at feil personer blir kalt opp til podiet, men pytt pytt. Invasion 2010 står igjen som en veldig veldig bra opplevelse... nesten... vel hva er det da?? Tja. jeg vet vel egentlig ikke selv. Ja det er det desidert dårligste turneringsresultatet jeg har gjort på 10 år. Men jeg stilte med den desidert flotteste armeen jeg noen gang har hatt!

Var det konseptet? Hæren sin utforming? Jeg har over de siste 24 timer fundert på å seriøst ta Kongen av Jarlsberg tittelen, men det frister ikke helt.... litt da.. OK? Nei jeg tror ikke armeen var dårlig! Den var kanskje ikke hard nok, men den fortjente kanskje en bedre general? Vel kanskje jeg er gammeldags i måten å tenkte på og ikke tilpasset meg 5 ed, noe som er litt dumt når du skal spille mot de som har tilpasset seg. Jeg kan jo alltids klage på terningene, det funker jo alltid. Ja det skal jeg gjøre. Det var terningene sin skyld. Eller er det kanskje den dårligste unskyldningen som finnes? Kanskje med litt mer flaks på ett par terningkast, så hadde jeg kommet litt høyere på lista . Kanskje tenke seg litt bedre om i kritiske øyeblikk, kanskje det og kanskje noe annet. 

Så da sitter jeg her og kommer på hva som er feil. Jeg har jo ikke fått trent! Dette er faktisk den første armeen jeg ikke har prøvd før en turnering.  Der har vi det! Så neste gang skal jeg stille forberedt igjen. Så til alle som tror at jeg er nede for telling.... Se opp :) No more mr nice guy. Wysivyg Charles berge ;)

Ps: Inger Helene.... Stikkord: Battlewagons... deathrollas. Bare spør Jørn eller Ørnulv.

Jo jeg vet. Jeg manglet Bansheene mine. Det var det! :) 

Invasion 2010 - Hive Fleet Grendel

Omsider er "Hive Fleet Grendel" klar for kamp, og Hive Tyrant Commanderen koser seg i baren på hotellet i Kristansand, og har funnet roen....

Dette er ikke en arme skrudd for å være monodominant, men skal reflektere bredden av en swarm, og så får vi se hva den duger til! Armeen består av:

HQ:
Hive Tyrant
Hive Tyrant

Troops:
Tervigon
Tervigon
Gaunts
Gaunts
Genestealers
Genestealers

Elite:
Hive Guard
Hive Guard

Heavy:
Trygon
Trygon

Og slik ser den ut:

Invasion 2010 - Gladius Ventus

Da var alt klart for Invasion 2010 i Kristiansand!

Stiller i år med nymalt arme. Vel... I alle fall nyoppusset armè!
En stor takk til Ørnulv for gode råd, hjelp og ikke minst insipriasjon - fraværende for min del i lang lang tid.

Da presenteres min Biel-Tan Strike Force:

Invasion 2010 - Architecture of Aggression

Så, da er vi på vei til Kristiandsand for å delta i TSBs tredje Invasion. Jeg regner med at Ørnulv og Trond selv poster (eller har postet) sine egne arméer, så jeg skal nøye meg med å presentere min egen liste. Bilder av samtlige enheter, med ett unntak, er å finne her i bloggen under Word Bearers etiketten. Havoc'ene må nesten få en egen Architecture of Aggression artikkel til uken, når vi er tilbake igjen.

HQ
Kratos Drak'ftae (aka Kharn the Betrayer)

Elite
Dreadnought (Dreadnought CCW, Heavy Flamer, Plasma Cannon)
Dreadnought (Dreadnought CCW, Heavy Flamer, Plasma Cannon)

Troops
Word Bearers Assault Squad
1 Skull Champion (Power Fist)
8 Khorne Berzerkers

Word Bearers Tactical Squad
1 Aspiring Champion (Power Fist)
9 Chaos Space Marines (Meltagun x2, Icon of Chaos Glory)
1 Rhino (Dozer Blade)

Word Bearers Tactical Squad
1 Aspiring Champion (Power Fist)
9 Chaos Space Marines (Meltagun x2, Icon of Chaos Glory)
1 Rhino (Dozer Blade)

Heavy Support
Land Raider

Obliterators (x2)

Havocs
10 Havocs (Missile Launcher x4)

Jeg skal være den første til å innrømme at ovenstående liste nok ikke er den alle mest optimaliserte listen jeg kunne ha satt opp, men den har verktøy til de fleste jobbene som typisk må gjøres i løpet av en kamp 40K. Det som blir spennende å se, er om jeg klarer å bruke den fornuftig. Deployment blir viktigere i år enn i fjor, da jeg har et par statiske elementer i år.

Jeg planlegger også i år å kommentere artikkelen med resultater etter hver kamp, forutsatt at teknologien er med med naturligvis. Blir det tid, kan det også bli en liten oppsummering på slutten av dagene.

Kjerringvik Round Robin 2010

Det har vært pratet på både to- og tremannshånd - pr sms, telefon og over spillebordene - angående hvilket opplegg vi skal ha nå uti august.

Etter hva jeg skjønner ønsker alle å få spille mot alle...

- Vi trenger da i hvert fall tre bord med tilstrekkelig terreng.
Ørnulv og jeg kan stille (og transportere) både plater og terreng til ett hver, men vi trenger ytterligere ett bord...

- Vi kan ikke gjennomføre med for store arméer.
Det har tidligere vært snakk om 1250 poeng. Dersom det ikke er ytterligere innspill, blir det sannnsynligvis stående. (Én armé for alle fem kampene, naturligvis.)

- Vi må nok være beredt på nogenlunde intensiv spilling i hvert fall én av dagene.
Skal vi ha tid til å gjennomføre - samt en runde i Speedbåten - kan det godt hende vi må klare tre kamper den ene dagen. (Ikke uvanlige takter for oss garvede turneringsfarere, så det går nok greit.)

Det ryktes også at de fleste planlegger å følge vertens oppfordring om å starte helgen litt tidligere. Gjelder det samtlige så betyr det at vi rekker desto mer - både spilling og sosialt.

Det er alt så langt! Håper dere alle er ikke altfor bortreist og såpass online at dere kan gi lyd. Jeg kommer tilbake med fem passelig generiske scenarier i løpet av ikke alt for lang tid (håper jeg). Tar gjerne imot konkrete forslag dersom dere har.

...og om vi får tid til mer enn KRR2010 (se tittel), så er det koselig om noen har idéer til hva annet vi kan gjøre. ;)

+ + + 0231010.M3 + + +

KRR2010 Tournament Pack
(Dette er forenklede versjoner av Invasion 2010 scenariene.)

Invasion 2010

Sommerferie... på jobb. Men sånn er det nå en gang.
I skrivende stund er det 21/07/10 - litt i overkant av 5 mnd til jul dere:) Men før den tid er det Invasion!

Tradisjonelt sett har Team StormBolter ikke gjort seg bort, tvert i mot, vi har hevdet oss resultat messig, quiz messig, male messig, og ikke minst vært med å lage god stemning på Grim Skole i Kristiansand.

Jeg vil derfor benytte anledningen til å oppfordre alle som har lyst og mulighet den helgen i september og sette av til en hyggelig tur til Kristiansand..

Men hva skal man stille med??? Kongen av jarlsberg?? en fluffmessig, men totalt uspillbar men kanskje den aller kuleste hæren man kan tenke seg? Det må bli opptil hver enkelt å avgjøre. Undertegnede har i allefall begynt planleggingen for 1750 pts. Eldar Biel Tan.

Ønsker alle en fortsatt glimrende sommer, undertegnede er klar til dyst dersom noen skulle melde interessen.

Team StormBolter på Invasion 2009

Når dere leser dette er Trond, Linus og jeg på vei nedover E18 til Kristiansand. Malingen er vel bare såvidt tørr på enkelte av modellene, og armélistene ble ferdigstilt først i går.

Den nervøse spenningen har økt gradvis hele uken, i takt med aktivitetsnivået for å få alt ferdig-ferdig. Tror det skal bli greit å komme ned tidlig nok til at vi kan roe ned med en bedre middag og en håndfull leskedrikk fredag kveld - forutsatt at ikke trafikken blir alt for ille.

Apropos listene forresten... Her er hva vi stiller med:

Jørn Chaos Lord "Coryphaus Nemeses" Terminator Squad (6) Berzerker Squad (10) CSM Squad (10) Rhino CSM Squad (10) Rhino Land Raider Land Raider Vindicator

Linus Daemon Prince "Ebolus" Daemon Prince "Vomitus" Terminators (5) Plague Marines (7) Rhino Plague Marines (7) Rhino Plague Marines (7) Rhino Vindicator Vindicator Vindicator

Trond Farseer "Ithirin" Howling Banshees (9) Wave Serpent Fire Dragons (6) Dire Avengers(10) Wave Serpent Pathfinders (5) Pathfinders (5) Warp Spiders(9) Falcon Fire Prism Fire Prism

Jeg planlegger å legge til kommentarer med statusrapporter under denne tråden. Er dette noe som fungerer, så tror jeg det kan være en flott måte for dere som må jobbe og slite å likevel kunne få med dere hvordan det går nede på sørlandet.