Battle Report: 500 Point Angry Marines vs. Imperial Guard

Hey folks! 

My first foray back into battle reports in 8th edition starts with a friendly game against a friendly local.  I'm learning 8th edition and am not ready for tournaments with my super fluffy pure Space Marine (Angry Marines Counts as Ultramarines).  

Hulksmash braved the wrath of the internet to help me put together a low model count, pure space marine army list, which you can find here!  

I haven't come up with a fun name for my army yet; from Ghazgkhull's Harem to my Darklight Storm to the Garden of Silence and their horrifically effective close combat with their 3rd edition codex in 5th edition, so I'll take any suggestions.  The lore for these guys,  Techpriest-Captain Tempernius Irascus and the 3rd Company "FURY OF THE EMPRAH" Angry Marines is here.  I should hold a contest to who can come up with the best name.

Anyway, PREPARE FOR GLORY!  Bring your savage comments, I'm new to 8th, still learning the rules, and this is for you all to point out all the stuff I did wrong so I can git gud.

Two Recent RTT's - Super Brief Batreps

Well hello there everybody. I realize I’ve been gone for quite a bit but I should be mostly back now. A big part of it was that I hadn’t had time to play almost any 6^th edition and to talk about it without some hands on experiences seemed silly to me. Since I’ve recently played in two tournaments in the last two weeks and have another scheduled for this weekend as well as Nova the week after that I think I’m finally starting to get a feeling for 40k in 6^th edition. Not that I have it figured out by any means but I definitely feel better talking about now than I did 3 weeks ago J

Dark Star - Game 2

Dark Star: Game 2

General Info:

This is a 5-game GT that took place in Minneapolis, MN. It sold out at its target of 60 people. The codex breakdown can be found in this thread: http://hulksmash-homeplace.blogspot.com/2012/02/dark-stars-comin.html . Every missions is 3 Objectives with whoever wins the most objectives winning the game. It’s straight win/loss with tiebreakers. The tournament as a whole is closer to a gaming event than a tournament in that only 75/185 (or 40%) points are battlepoints.

Dark Star - Game 1

General Info:

This is a 5-game GT that took place in Minneapolis, MN. It sold out at its target of 60 people. The codex breakdown can be found in this thread: http://hulksmash-homeplace.blogspot.com/2012/02/dark-stars-comin.html . Every missions is 3 Objectives with whoever wins the most objectives winning the game. It’s straight win/loss with tiebreakers. The tournament as a whole is closer to a gaming event than a tournament in that only 75/185 (or 40%) points are battlepoints.

Necron RTT Batrep: Game One

My mighty legions of grey plastic marched upon the scene Saturday after I got an email letting me know that the new Necrons would be allowed for the tournament. I managed to have everything built but only the scarabs have a lick of paint on them at this point. Anywho onto the batrep.

1st Company Goes to War! - Bugeater Game 5

So this weekend I headed down to the Bugeater GT in Omaha, Nebraska. It was a great event and here are two quick links: 

My Review of the GT: http://hulksmash-homeplace.blogspot.com/2011/06/tournament-review-bugeater-2011.html

Rules Packet for the GT: http://gt.bugeatergames.com/40kMissions_FinalPacket.pdf

So I ran my newest painted army. My Deathwing which had:

Belial

Upgraded DW Squad w/Apoth, Banner, 4xTH&SS, 1 LC, Cyclone

3xDW Squad w/Cyclone, 5xTH&SS

1xDW Squad w/Cyclone, 4xTH&SS, 1 LC

2xDW Squad w/Cyclone, 2xChainfist, 2xPowerfist, 1xPower Sword

1st Company Goes to War! - Bugeater Game 4

So this weekend I headed down to the Bugeater GT in Omaha, Nebraska. It was a great event and here are two quick links: 

My Review of the GT: http://hulksmash-homeplace.blogspot.com/2011/06/tournament-review-bugeater-2011.html

Rules Packet for the GT: http://gt.bugeatergames.com/40kMissions_FinalPacket.pdf

So I ran my newest painted army. My Deathwing which had:

Belial

Upgraded DW Squad w/Apoth, Banner, 4xTH&SS, 1 LC, Cyclone

3xDW Squad w/Cyclone, 5xTH&SS

1xDW Squad w/Cyclone, 4xTH&SS, 1 LC

2xDW Squad w/Cyclone, 2xChainfist, 2xPowerfist, 1xPower Sword

1st Company Goes to War! - Bugeater Game 3

So this weekend I headed down to the Bugeater GT in Omaha, Nebraska. It was a great event and here are two quick links: 

My Review of the GT: http://hulksmash-homeplace.blogspot.com/2011/06/tournament-review-bugeater-2011.html

Rules Packet for the GT: http://gt.bugeatergames.com/40kMissions_FinalPacket.pdf

So I ran my newest painted army. My Deathwing which had:

Belial

Upgraded DW Squad w/Apoth, Banner, 4xTH&SS, 1 LC, Cyclone

3xDW Squad w/Cyclone, 5xTH&SS

1xDW Squad w/Cyclone, 4xTH&SS, 1 LC

2xDW Squad w/Cyclone, 2xChainfist, 2xPowerfist, 1xPower Sword

 

1st Company Goes to War! - Bugeater Game 2

So this weekend I headed down to the Bugeater GT in Omaha, Nebraska. It was a great event and here are two quick links: 

My Review of the GT: http://hulksmash-homeplace.blogspot.com/2011/06/tournament-review-bugeater-2011.html

Rules Packet for the GT: http://gt.bugeatergames.com/40kMissions_FinalPacket.pdf

So I ran my newest painted army. My Deathwing which had:

Belial

Upgraded DW Squad w/Apoth, Banner, 4xTH&SS, 1 LC, Cyclone

3xDW Squad w/Cyclone, 5xTH&SS

1xDW Squad w/Cyclone, 4xTH&SS, 1 LC

2xDW Squad w/Cyclone, 2xChainfist, 2xPowerfist, 1xPower Sword

1st Company Goes to War! - Bugeater Game 1

So this weekend I headed down to the Bugeater GT in Omaha, Nebraska. It was a great event and here are two quick links: 

My Review of the GT: http://hulksmash-homeplace.blogspot.com/2011/06/tournament-review-bugeater-2011.html

Rules Packet for the GT: http://gt.bugeatergames.com/40kMissions_FinalPacket.pdf

So I ran my newest painted army. My Deathwing which had:

Belial

Upgraded DW Squad w/Apoth, Banner, 4xTH&SS, 1 LC, Cyclone

3xDW Squad w/Cyclone, 5xTH&SS

1xDW Squad w/Cyclone, 4xTH&SS, 1 LC

2xDW Squad w/Cyclone, 2xChainfist, 2xPowerfist, 1xPower Sword

Dashofpepper at the Railhead Rumble GT: Game Seven

June 10, 2011: Dashofpepper makes the drive the Dallas, TX for the Railhead Rumble GT. I arrived in Dallas, checked into the hotel, picked Hulksmash up from the airport, and headed to the Sheraton to scope out the GT area of A-Kon.

19,200 mostly 16-25 year olds swarming an anime convention…an hour after arriving and pushing our way through dressed up (or undressed) anime fans, we finally discovered that the GT was in the attached Marriott and made our way there to check it out. I’m glad that we did an advance recon, or we would have been extremely late the following morning, which is probably why the GT was an hour late kicking off – others weren’t so fortunate!

I brought my Dark Eldar to the Railhead Rumble. The list is as follows:

Dashofpepper’s Darklight Storm:

HQ: Baron Sathonyx

HQ: Haemonculi with Shattershard and Crucible of Malediction

Dashofpepper at the Railhead Rumble GT: Game Six

June 10, 2011: Dashofpepper makes the drive the Dallas, TX for the Railhead Rumble GT. I arrived in Dallas, checked into the hotel, picked Hulksmash up from the airport, and headed to the Sheraton to scope out the GT area of A-Kon.


19,200 mostly 16-25 year olds swarming an anime convention…an hour after arriving and pushing our way through dressed up (or undressed) anime fans, we finally discovered that the GT was in the attached Marriott and made our way there to check it out. I’m glad that we did an advance recon, or we would have been extremely late the following morning, which is probably why the GT was an hour late kicking off – others weren’t so fortunate!


I brought my Dark Eldar to the Railhead Rumble. The list is as follows:


Dashofpepper’s Darklight Storm:
HQ: Baron Sathonyx
HQ: Haemonculi with Shattershard and Crucible of Malediction

Dashofpepper at the Railhead Rumble GT: Game Five

June 10, 2011: Dashofpepper makes the drive the Dallas, TX for the Railhead Rumble GT. I arrived in Dallas, checked into the hotel, picked Hulksmash up from the airport, and headed to the Sheraton to scope out the GT area of A-Kon.

19,200 mostly 16-25 year olds swarming an anime convention…an hour after arriving and pushing our way through dressed up (or undressed) anime fans, we finally discovered that the GT was in the attached Marriott and made our way there to check it out. I’m glad that we did an advance recon, or we would have been extremely late the following morning, which is probably why the GT was an hour late kicking off – others weren’t so fortunate!

I brought my Dark Eldar to the Railhead Rumble. The list is as follows:

Dashofpepper’s Darklight Storm:

HQ: Baron Sathonyx

HQ: Haemonculi with Shattershard and Crucible of Malediction

Dashofpepper at the Railhead Rumble GT: Game Four (with a side rant)

June 10, 2011: Dashofpepper makes the drive the Dallas, TX for the Railhead Rumble GT. I arrived in Dallas, checked into the hotel, picked Hulksmash up from the airport, and headed to the Sheraton to scope out the GT area of A-Kon.

19,200 mostly 16-25 year olds swarming an anime convention…an hour after arriving and pushing our way through dressed up (or undressed) anime fans, we finally discovered that the GT was in the attached Marriott and made our way there to check it out. I’m glad that we did an advance recon, or we would have been extremely late the following morning, which is probably why the GT was an hour late kicking off – others weren’t so fortunate!

I brought my Dark Eldar to the Railhead Rumble. The list is as follows:

Dashofpepper at the Railhead Rumble GT: Game Three

June 10, 2011: Dashofpepper makes the drive the Dallas, TX for the Railhead Rumble GT. I arrived in Dallas, checked into the hotel, picked Hulksmash up from the airport, and headed to the Sheraton to scope out the GT area of A-Kon.

19,200 mostly 16-25 year olds swarming an anime convention…an hour after arriving and pushing our way through dressed up (or undressed) anime fans, we finally discovered that the GT was in the attached Marriott and made our way there to check it out. I’m glad that we did an advance recon, or we would have been extremely late the following morning, which is probably why the GT was an hour late kicking off – others weren’t so fortunate!

I brought my Dark Eldar to the Railhead Rumble. The list is as follows:

Railhead Rumble - The Wolves come out of Retirement Games 1 & 2

So I brought my Space Wolves to the Railhead Rumble. I did make a slight tweak to my “super” list, dropping the dread and upgrading my Lone Wolves which turned out to be an excellent decision over the course of the weekend.

Here is my list:

Logan

2xLone Wolves in TA w/Chainfist & Storm Shield

3x5 Grey Hunters w/Meltagun in a HB Razorback

1x5 Grey Hunters w/Flamer in a HB Razorback

10 Wolfguard:

2xTA w/WC & SS

1xTA w/2 WC

1xTA w/Combi-Plasma

1xTA w/Cyclone

1xTA w/Cyclone & Chainfist

3xPA w/Combi-Melta

1xPA w/Combi-Flamer

3x6 Long Fangs w/5 Missile Launchers in Assault Cannon Razorbacks

Dashofpepper at the Railhead Rumble GT: Game Two

June 10, 2011: Dashofpepper makes the drive the Dallas, TX for the Railhead Rumble GT. I arrived in Dallas, checked into the hotel, picked Hulksmash up from the airport, and headed to the Sheraton to scope out the GT area of A-Kon.

19,200 mostly 16-25 year olds swarming an anime convention…an hour after arriving and pushing our way through dressed up (or undressed) anime fans, we finally discovered that the GT was in the attached Marriott and made our way there to check it out. I’m glad that we did an advance recon, or we would have been extremely late the following morning, which is probably why the GT was an hour late kicking off – others weren’t so fortunate!

I brought my Dark Eldar to the Railhead Rumble. The list is as follows:

Dashofpepper at the Railhead Rumble GT: Game One

June 10, 2011: Dashofpepper makes the drive the Dallas, TX for the Railhead Rumble GT. I arrived in Dallas, checked into the hotel, picked Hulksmash up from the airport, and headed to the Sheraton to scope out the GT area of A-Kon.

19,200 mostly 16-25 year olds swarming an anime convention…an hour after arriving and pushing our way through dressed up (or undressed) anime fans, we finally discovered that the GT was in the attached Marriott and made our way there to check it out. I’m glad that we did an advance recon, or we would have been extremely late the following morning, which is probably why the GT was an hour late kicking off – others weren’t so fortunate!

I brought my Dark Eldar to the Railhead Rumble. The list is as follows:

 

JotWW Can Suck It! Local RTT Batrep Round 3

And now we’ve come to the no picture batrep which is sad since this was the table that had the best terrain out of all 3 J. This round is a great example of how sometimes unoptimized lists can just have your number.

Round 1 can be found here: http://hulksmash-homeplace.blogspot.com/2011/06/jotww-can-suck-it-local-rtt-batrep.html

Round 2 can be found here: http://hulksmash-homeplace.blogspot.com/2011/06/jotww-can-suck-it-local-rtt-batrep_03.html

Round 3
Deployment: Spearhead

My List:
Parasite
Prime w/Dual Bone Swords
2 Lictors
3 Hive Guard
3 Hive Guard
15 Genestealers
14 Genestealers
10 Genestealers
19 Hormagants
5 Raveners w/Rending Claws
5 Raveners w/Rending Claws
20 Gargoyles w/Adrenal Glands & Toxin Sacs

Opponents List:

JotWW Can Suck It! Local RTT Batrep Round 2!

So I started to forget to take pictures which is always my curse. I have a few of the second game. I have none of my third game but  I'll be combining it along with my thoughts on the RTT as a whole and my armies performance as well. So:

Round 1 can be found here: http://hulksmash-homeplace.blogspot.com/2011/06/jotww-can-suck-it-local-rtt-batrep.html

Round 2:

Deployment: Dawn of War

My List:

Parasite
Prime w/Dual Bone Swords
2 Lictors
3 Hive Guard
3 Hive Guard
15 Genestealers
14 Genestealers
10 Genestealers
19 Hormagants
5 Raveners w/Rending Claws
5 Raveners w/Rending Claws
20 Gargoyles w/Adrenal Glands & Toxin Sacs