My first fight with Chaos

That is, my first fight using Chaos, rather than with Chaos. I hope I've confused you!

It was a 1000 point game, using the
My list looked something like this:

HQ
Chaos Lord, Power Fist, Mark of Khorne, Personal Icon, Combi-melta

Troops

10x Chaos Marines, 2x melta gun, Icon of Khorne, Aspiring Champ /w power sword
- Rhino, Extra Armour

7x Khorne Beserkers
- Rhino, Extra Armour

6x Lesser Demons
6x Lesser Demons

Heavy Support
Pred /w sponsons
1x Obliterator
1x Obliterator


Not too sure what my opponent took.
It was something like this:

10x marines - lascannon/flamer - meltabombs, power sword
10x assault marines - meltabombs
10x scouts - Telion, Heavy Bolter, Sniper rifles, stealth cloaks
Whirlwind
Dreadnought with extra armour and plasma cannon

My HQ stuck with the Khorne Beserkers. The matchup was one of the battle mission games, nothing too special. It was objective based, I ended up getting an advantage where one turn I could give my guys furious charge and rage. It helped and hindered me during this game.

Overall, terrific game. Ended in a bloody draw - my opponent had four models left on the table at the end, but I had few more.

The lesser demons performed better than expected. A lot of people seem to knock them, but I found that their ability to deep strike accurately and pin down enemy units valuable. They solve the problem of getting guys into assault after they disembark from a rhino. the suprise factor is terrific as well. The ability to assault the turn they show up is awesome. Sure, you can get a marine for 3 points more, but the added synergy is worth it. It helps that they can hold objectives too! I'll certainly use them again.

Overall, very different experience than playing Tau. I could play much more aggressively and not be scared about getting close. I find the Tau a lot trickier to play that's for sure.

Looking forward to playing some more, I'll be sure to post a report next time.

A taste of my army.

Took some pictures today of my army. Still some elements that need to be finished up - my HQ, some drones, a little detail work on the hammerhead and some basing, but it's basically done.

Pardon the poor quality of pictures.

Crisis!





The Patherfinders leaping into action.



I'm proud of my Kroot, note my alternate hound models. I had to greenstuff the horn holes on these hounds and model some more fur.

1000 pt Tau tourney list

Finally got around to finalizing my list:

HQ
XV8 Shas'el /w missile pod, plasma rifle, multi-tracker, Hard - wired Drone Controller, 2x Shield Drone and
Bonding Knife

Elites
2x XV8 Shas'ui /w missile pod, plasma rifle and multi-tracker
1x XV8 Shas'ui /w twin linked missile pod, flamer

Troops
6x Fire Warrior Shas'la /w pulse rifle
6x Fire Warrior Shas'la /w pulse rifle
- Devilfish /w burst cannon, 2x gun drone, landing gear, disruption pod and multi-tracker

10x Kroot /w kroot rifles
4x Kroot Hound /w fangs

Fast Attack
5 x Pathfinder Shas'la /w pulse carbine and markerlight
- Devilfish /w burst cannon, 2x gun drone, landing gear, disruption pod and multi-tracker

1x Piranha /w fusion blaster, 2x gun drones, disruption pod and targeting array

Heavy Support
1x Hammerhead /w railgun, 2x burst cannon, landing gear, targeting array, disruption pod, multi-tracker and black-sun filter.

Hopefully I'll have better luck than last time. The list plays well though, plenty of long range fire power, the vehicles have much more mobility with multi-trackers and lots of killing power from the added suits.

Showin' off the Chaos

Here's a picture of my first Black Legion marine - a small conversion from a Black Reach marine. Looking forward to getting this army off the ground, but the Tau still come first!

Test played my 1000pt Tau list recently and it played well. I didn't realize just how vicious battlesuits could be until this game. The addition of suits combined with the multi-trackers adding vehicle mobility allowed me to play very aggressively. It helps that the railgun didn't miss all that much this go round.

Not much else to say right now. Spending more time on Hobby! Updates coming soon.