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bzarcherPlayed some 40k yesterday. Got beat, but I gave a good accounting. It was 700 point take and hold, and I tried a strategy that didn't quite pay off.
(I took my assault squad, my tacticals, devastators, and HQ squad against a guy with 2 tactical squads, and an Epistolary HQ mounted in a land raider crusader. I tried to use the assaults and devastators to crack the raider, but I couldn't make the rolls to penetrate, and assault marines don't really hold up well to Hurricane bolters, even with cover. But, at the end of the battle, he'd lost everything except his HQ Librarian and 2 marines from the command squad and that LRC, and I'd technically denied him the objective since he didn't get INTO the bunker he needed to hold.)
Also found a set of the 2-pack DA veteran sargeants, which I thought were mail-order only, so I snapped them up and did the priming and base-spraycoats at lunch today.
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dklegman, I ran into a girl who looked eerily like Chrissa Cooey from Wooster. Anyone know if she's in the Columbus area? I was going to ask her, but she drove off from the gas pump before I worked up the nerve to walk up. (Random guys walking up to you in the gas station and asking if you're someone isn't creepy...not creepy at all...)
Should be getting my Razorbacks in the mail this weekend or early next week - it'll let me turn 2 of the tactical squads into Mounted troops, and split off the extra marines from each squad (3 from one, 2 from another) plus one of the Veteran Sargeans (the other goes into my HQ) to make the core of a 3rd tactical squad. I'm thinking about grabbing a Meltagun marine and a Plasma Cannon as their heavy weapon trooper to build them up. That'll give me 2 mounted squads of 6 and a foot squad of 8.
I also had a ton of "Wow!" because I got complimented on my paintjobs by 4 or 5 of the people at Hobbyland for the 40k games. (I found out that if I'd gone last week, I could have also gotten into their tournament bracket, but people didn't mind playing a couple pickup games with me, so I don't feel too left out.) I like the painting I've been doing, but getting a bunch of compliments from people who've been doing this far longer than I have was really awesome. I'm getting better!
(I took my assault squad, my tacticals, devastators, and HQ squad against a guy with 2 tactical squads, and an Epistolary HQ mounted in a land raider crusader. I tried to use the assaults and devastators to crack the raider, but I couldn't make the rolls to penetrate, and assault marines don't really hold up well to Hurricane bolters, even with cover. But, at the end of the battle, he'd lost everything except his HQ Librarian and 2 marines from the command squad and that LRC, and I'd technically denied him the objective since he didn't get INTO the bunker he needed to hold.)
Also found a set of the 2-pack DA veteran sargeants, which I thought were mail-order only, so I snapped them up and did the priming and base-spraycoats at lunch today.
While out with
dklegman, I ran into a girl who looked eerily like Chrissa Cooey from Wooster. Anyone know if she's in the Columbus area? I was going to ask her, but she drove off from the gas pump before I worked up the nerve to walk up. (Random guys walking up to you in the gas station and asking if you're someone isn't creepy...not creepy at all...)Should be getting my Razorbacks in the mail this weekend or early next week - it'll let me turn 2 of the tactical squads into Mounted troops, and split off the extra marines from each squad (3 from one, 2 from another) plus one of the Veteran Sargeans (the other goes into my HQ) to make the core of a 3rd tactical squad. I'm thinking about grabbing a Meltagun marine and a Plasma Cannon as their heavy weapon trooper to build them up. That'll give me 2 mounted squads of 6 and a foot squad of 8.
I also had a ton of "Wow!" because I got complimented on my paintjobs by 4 or 5 of the people at Hobbyland for the 40k games. (I found out that if I'd gone last week, I could have also gotten into their tournament bracket, but people didn't mind playing a couple pickup games with me, so I don't feel too left out.) I like the painting I've been doing, but getting a bunch of compliments from people who've been doing this far longer than I have was really awesome. I'm getting better!
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Date: 2005-06-24 10:43 pm (UTC)But me, I'm working on my Vampire Counts army for fantasy. My Grave Guards and Banshee look excellent.
Oh, and I've started the CoH 14 day trial. I'm around as Shadowwatch and Meteo Kid on Virtue. Drop me a line. Haven't talked to you in -ages-.
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Date: 2005-06-25 12:07 am (UTC)As to the Vampire Counts - badass. Did you get the June White Dwarf with the rules for a Vampire Count and his zombie pirate army?
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Date: 2005-06-25 07:06 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-06-27 04:32 pm (UTC)