Pampanga Feast and Model goodness.

As always dktiger shows up back in Pampanga and off we went for some great barbecue ribs and to ogle at all the warhammer stuff that was up for sale.

There were a lot of stuff that was available that day... and too much stuff that was sure to hurt my wallet. Ended up focusing on getting the rock lobbas, doom divers and squiqs that I needed as well as a bunch of other stuff that I wanted (and not needed). Like a dragon model (still would look good as a Battlewagon) tank and other arms and what not



Well there goes the model fund...

GLADIATOR WH40K - 2011 - Games 4 to 7

Game 4 vs Jessie and his Mech Blood Angels.

Jessie deployed in just one corner and it looked like we were fighting on a 4x4 :P. This was my first attempt at a Video Batrep (you can tell from the video :P )



The game was kill both HQs but only an opposing HQ can kill another HQ in close combat. Anything else and they become invulnerable to anything. See the video for yourself. But I was facing a very mechanized list with a very strong counterattack unit.

He managed to kill off the Warboss with Snikrot but not before they managed to destroy the dakka preds..

The death of the Warboss and Snikrot once again cost me 310 points but without that I probably wouldn't have been able to at least kill his Predator Destructors..

Game 5 vs Obi and 4th Ed Dark Angels

Game 5 was up against OBI and his Dark angels using the 4th edition ruleset (which was legal for Gladiator -- perhaps I should have just used my Lost and the Damned list) .. He had Tank Hunter Dev squads and Vindicator with Land Raider combo and more shoota units.. The scenario had meteors dropping at us each player turn causing massive casualties..

The most important shot was the Vindicator losing its Siege gun at the very start of the turn.. With snikrot and the Warboss appearing behind the vindicator and near the Predator and Dev Squad. I managed to gut them all and Obi proceeded to backpedal away and towards his Land Raider on his far left flank.

I actually had it in the bag with the Warboss and Snikrot managing to survive this mess until the last turn.. and despite me not making any single KFF save again like what happened last game

Game 6 vs Felix and Hestan

Game 6 was against Felix and his Vulcan Hestan list.. We had to deploy from the short table edge and had to walk on towards the middle .. there were 5 objectives in the middle of the field with 2 death rays moving to obliterate any model that it touches.

Felix had 2 dreads in drop pods and a teleporting 8 man thunderhammer squad.. he then had 2 tac squads and 2 multimelta land speeders. He decided to drop his first dreadnought near my lines and then tried to flame wipe out my boy squads.. I manage to hold on and manage to Powerklaw one dread... then his thunderhammer units teleport in. Instead of being more aggressive with it though he starts to back pedal with them.

This gives time for my Grotzooka Kans to hit them with pie plates and I manage to kill 5 of them in one go with a bit of bad luck from Felix.. still those 3 last Terminators manage to wipe out an assaulting Burna mob and to clump up another Boyz mob so they get beamed by the lasers..

I get some good luck and some bad luck as well. I manage to destroy his other dreadnought with nothing but bigshoota fire at the rear but I fail to dislodge the rhino in the middle objective and the Land speeder on the side that cost me the game.. oh well.



Game 7 vs Henri Tecson and his Space Wolves

Game 7 was against Henri and his Wolf-Priest Led Space Wolves army. He had the usual 2 Missile Launcher Long Fang list with 3 Wolf scouts and a GreyHunter with 2 Blood Claw units with rhinos and Razorbacks galore.

I had forgotten that the Deft Koptas have HIT and RUN.. a small chance to pull it off with my initiative.. but still .. that would have kept them alive against the assaulting blood claws. The mission had us randomly be deployed from left center or right of our deployment zone. I had my KFF mec at the very left flank and would not help with providing cover for the rest of the unit.

I experienced first hand how preferred enemy on a wolf priest and blood claws can get in close combat. The squad managed to wipe out my 20 ork boy unit and the gretchin squad. The other Blood claw unit managed to wipe out the other one as well. This was the only game were all of my troops got eliminated in the carnage.

Fortunately though my troops got wiped out, I manage to wipe out most of his other units except for the hiding Blood claw unit in the rhino. Well another phyrric victory for me.

CONCLUSION
So there goes the entire series for me. It had its ups and downs and I manage to actually at least be decent in some of those games.. Here's to the next series of games..

All your base belong to us

It's the start of the Holy week season here and I'm taking the opportunity to at least repair and assemble the night goblins that I still have un-assembled from the prize I got the last time in time for the an actual game of Gladiator Fantasy

And I can't believe it but I am out of fantasy slotta bases.. I have been going about removing square bases from the units that I don't need (particularly the skaven bits that I have) and I'm still short of 13. Hmmmm maybe doug is selling em. The visit to Pampanga should be interesting.

GLADIATOR WH40K - 2011: Intro and Recaps of Game 1 to 3

Introduction

Well the start of 2011 was a blast as I once again participated in the Gladiator Cup, a 7 week series of games with oddball scenarios that would eventually lead up to the top 2 of each area battling it out in a win-all type of gaming.

As was reported before in my last year's Glad up starting here, I managed to do all right in the Southern Sector with my Green skins. With my work throwing me far north of where I lived the best place for me to get some games in was to be at the bunker.

I decided to tweak last year's list and came up with the following. Sadly I screwed up my understanding of some of my army lists as we shall see.

My list was the following:

State of the Spawning Address: 2010 is gone here's to 2011

A bit late in coming (heh) but here is looking back at 2010 and what 2011 happens to bring:

To the year that was:

Well 2010 wasn't a total loss of my hobby time. I had managed to get more gaming in. Bought some new paint and managed to get in a couple of tournaments. With the Feb to March as the Gladiator Cup gamings this should be a good time to get back to finish gaming.

Model fund wise we saw it all evaporate to other commitments that need me to break the penny jar.. Was able to sell off some unwanted stuff though.

Revew: Frequency of posts: C-
Well 2010 was an increase of posting on my part.. From 6 back up to 17 for the whole year.. Not better than 2008 but at least better than 2009. I aim to increase the number of posts for this year as well (target at least 30 again).. will see.

Review: Number of games in: C-
Well managed to get me some 14 games of 40k and was able to even get a game with my old LaTD and some BFG action.




NEWs on the hobby side.

Have done some rework with the stuff upstairs.. basically any filing, assembling and cutting must be done on the 2nd floor balcony to be it aerated.. (at the very least) and to prevent the room from being filled with plastic dust and other toxic stuff.

I have managed to start painting again at the dining table.. I however need to remember that some things like undercoating could have been done sooner and without mess had I just spray bombed them and not having to brush it on myself.. that and I need to remember to clean with soapy water first the models.. oh well.. at least it's a start.







So now what?

The glad cup is now in full swing. I will be posting my army lists and the games I have had so far. I have forced myself to play with the other parts of the army that I have not yet assembled and primed. With me finally finding a way to transport the army without it going to pieces (using lots of double sided tape) I should be able to play then paint with the army that I have.

Speaking of paint. One of the things that have made me procrastinate is all of my GW paints gunking up and being totally unusable and me spending needless time in trying to coax some paint out of them.(oh GW .. great paints but your containers are crap crap crap)  Ah fudge it... I am replacing my paints already with SEMCO and Privateer Paints..


I do plan to get at least TWO Video Batreps in  for the Glad cup.. ala what they do in BOLS. This has been hampered a bit by the lack of motivation on my part AND having to endure 3+ hours of gaming. But I have managed to get one video report in and I hope to get it up and running here on these blog during the next few days.

Here's to it then.