Back On Track

Ok guys, thanks for bearing with me, Finals are over, College is in the books, and I am now just another unemployed graduate lookin for work! over the course of Finals week, I was able to get in a couple games of 40k with Pariah.Stevo of Tainted By Xenos fame. He brought his Grey Knights and Dark Eldar and I brought the Nids. The first game was Capt. And Control, vs GK. 

What Stevo Opened up on me with his GK's

I basically watched a Grand Master w/ rad grenades and a purifier squad walk through 2 Trygons and storm bolter fire annihilate all my gaunts, with my Tyrant/guard/Prime never getting into assault. Sad day for Hive Fleet Cerberus. So I changed up my list a lil bit for the next game, Kill points vs. Dark Eldar. I ran;


2 Tervigons
3x 16 strong Hormagants
2x 3 strong Hive Guard
2x Trygon Primes
3x Venomthropes


Game was a close one, coming down to 12-10 kps, Stevo pullin it out. Hormagants w/ Feel No Pain via the  tervigons are nigh unkillable, and Trygons pumpin out 12 St. 5 shots a piece were downin skimmers left and right. I think that i am hangin up the Tyrant Deathstar unit for a while, a crap ton of points for very little gain thus far. 2 Tervigons = awesomesauce. I fell in love with this list, as there are more hooves on the ground and it is overall more effective. 3 units of Toxin Sac/Adrenal Gland Hormagants are a bear to take out, especially when they have FnP. 

Playing against two extremely shooty armies made me realize something. None of my armies are balanced. All of them are killer assaulty, with minimal firepower. It would be nice to have an army that can shoot as well as it assaults. I then started gettin the new army itch (again) and started lookin for my balanced answer. As I was cleaning up my hobby room, I began to find all of my Space Marine stuff that I don't use that I have had since before my BA, all the stuff that was gonna be Salamanders. Well, no offense to anyone, but I hate the SM codex. It is a very viable dex, i just don't care for any of the builds out of it. Then my eyes fell on the Space Wolves.

Codex: Space Wolves is like the perfect blend of what I was looking for. Great Troop Choices, like my Chaos, without the heavy price tag points wise, yet good in assault, like my BA. And they cant shoot the lights out. Then I realized that with all the SM crap I have, i am only about 40 Grey Hunters away from a new army. So, I get a new army, more balanced, for next to nothing comparatively? Yes Please! 


So that brings the army total to 4
---Chaos
---Blood Angels
---Tyranids
---Space Wolves


All very different armies, and all very flavorful. I have thrown a list together, an idea of kinda where I want to head.


Wolf Lord in Terminator Armor
---Storm Shield, Frost Weapon, Wolf tail Talisman, Saga of the Bear
2x Wolf Guard in Terminator Armor
---Storm Shield, Frost Weapon
2x Wolf Guard in Terminator Armor
---Storm shield, Thunder Hammer
Drop Pod

4x Wolf Guard in Power Armor
---Combi Meltas, PF's

4x Grey Hunters Packs
---9x Strong, 1x Flamer, Rhino

2x Long Fang Packs
---6x Strong, 2x LCs, 3x ML's
2x Rune Priests
---JotWW& Living Lightning
---Murderous Hurricane & Tempests Wrath

Vindicator

1999pts



Well, thats all I got for now, feels good to be back!


So, what do we think of The Grizz's new army decisions? Will he be able to juggle all four armies? How will he fare with his new Wolves?

Cleanin House

Well, the Grizz has made it back from the beautiful Caribbean Islands safe and sound. While he was gone, the new Grey Knights stuff was posted. As the Grizz began to browse through all the new models and think of new tactics he would use, he began to think about his poor Blood Angels that would be sittin on the shelf, as well as his barely started Salamanders army that would never see the light of day. This, as well as a chat with ol' Pariah.Stevo, got him to thinkin - is starting a new army really what I want to do right now?


I am really just now hittin my stride with my beloved Sons of Sanguinius, and am not quite ready to put them up just yet. There are also new models that I still need to get in order to get them where I want them. So I made the tough but logical decision - The Grey Knights are gettin sold. I will miss them, but I don't look at this as a farewell, but merely a "until next time". I still have plenty to keep me occupied with my Salamanders army being completely custom, so I think I will manage. 


After I posted my GK's on good ol' eBay, i started lookin around at all the stuff I have and never use. That led to more and more on eBay. So, I thought I'd share with y'all all the stuff I am gettin rid of, maybe y'all can get some use out of what I don't need.


My eBay Auctions


Man, does it feel good to get back in the swing of things, and to be back in the Beautiful U.S. of A.! Hope y'all didn't miss me too much, and keep posted!

Product Review - Chapterhouse Studios

Well, as you may know, I am working on building up my Salamanders army, and i wanted them to have a custom look to them. So, I began to look around the Web to try and find cost effective methods of dressing up my Marines. I came across Chapterhouse Studios and made an order. As I have said, I am pretty pleased with them, and would not hesitate to order from them again. They have quite a variety of stuff for many different armies (with a lot of marine stuff) available. If you are looking for a low cost option to spiffy up that marine army of yours, you may wanna check them out at Chapterhouse Studios. Here are some pictures from the Chapterhouse Studio Website of the items just covered.

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Game Day Saturday!

Well, it just turned out that I will be able to make it to the local gaming spot, The Cookeville Battle Barn, this Saturday to get a few games in. I am really itchin' to throw down with my Salamanders lists, just to see how they do and get back into the swing of C:SM after almost a 2 year hiatus. I know for a fact, however, I will be bringin my bread and butter, the Mighty Sons of Sanguinius, led by none other than the Sanguinor Himself!!! Around here, we play 2000pts, so i have my BA down, but still pondering what all to put into that C:SM list
List One


2000pts Blood Angels


Sanguinor


Chappie
10 Death Co.
---1x Powerfist, 3x Power Weapons, 6x BP/CCW's
Death Co. Dreadnought
---Blood Talons
Stormraven
---Multi Melta, AssCan, Extra Armor


Sanguinary Priest
---Power Weapon


2x 10 man Ass. Squads
---Flamer, Melta, Fisty Sarge


Furioso Dread
---Frag Cannon, Heavy Flamer, Drop Pod


2x Dreadnoughts
---Melta, Missile Launcher, Drop Pod


Comes right in at 2000pts. Have had real good luck with this setup, as you can be very aggressive and do well with it. For pics of the army, Click Here.


Still not sure as what to take when it comes to the Salamander list. It will be centered around a Land Raider Redeemer filled with THSS termies and Vulkan, 2-3 tac squads/rhinos, and prolly 2 vindicators, but the rest is kinda free floatin. Still got a day to flesh it out. Anyways, I will try to post pics of the games saturday, and run through some tactica/game analysis. Until then, Stay Classy San Diego.