Legion Of Caliban

Well my last campaign was a so so event, a major learning experience, and this time around I've made it so that I won't being directly participating. But with the new gaming club a little understocked I've decided to contribute in a major way. Terrain! So one thing we really need is a jungle terrain theme. So here's my efforts at that. All of these peices have a steel washer affixed to the underside. I am considering that this could then be affixed magnetically to the base using magnetic strips, which will help to keep them together. I also needed something like an evil shrine to be the site of some cultist worship. That is all carved from pink foam except for the skull which is a cardboard skull from a halloween sale a michaels hobby and craft store. I need to paint it up but it should have some nice jungle features added to it. Lastly I've been getting a kind of generatorum complex together using humus containers and hot glue and sequins

In the beleagered city of Rivengrad the Dark Angels have been tasked with the defense of the city and its manfactorum production capabilities. Meanwhile the efforts of kaldor draigo will be directed at the removal of the 1st legion. First game on the new table with fully painted urban terrain. Pretty stoked. Lists Mine 1847 Librarius conclave (zeke, ML1 biker, ML1 termie) demi co (tact combplas/plas/rhino, tact combmelt/melta/rhino, tact combplas/plas/pod, devs w/ lasx4, assault squad with MB Biker squad 3 bikes (melta x2) DW remption force, IntChap with mace of redemption, Termie 1 cml, termie 2 cml  His ~1850 Wraithkinght x2 Draigo, large paladin squad with apothecary 3 GK termie squads with psy canons DA1 hiding out of sight the grey knights look for an opening and bide their time, leaving them effectively no targets.  GK 1 suddenly shunting wraithknights? unleash their torrents of flame on the defenders.

I dont have the back story to this game but I went to the hobby bunker in malden a few weeks ago and saw this. Dont have the whole story, but think there was an epic battle for an STC that two factions were fighting over.

Some new tidings to report on. Unfortunately fate has conspired against me for the past month meaning I haven't been able to get to play using my Dark Angles much but that doesn't mean I haven't been busy. I've mainly been working some terrain projects. Creating a jungle forest, river system and a temple of desecration. Here is some of the photos of the jungle. I wanted to make some jungle terrain which meant trees and some shrubbery. I really like the look that they have on the Tau Wahammer world board. These are nice for a couple reasons: all the trees are about the same height and they are all shorter than the tallest building giving a sence of scale. I would have loved to recreate these but I couldn't find those leaves anywhere. They are big broad and leafy. but I found something close, and then I found stuff at michaels that was more palm tree like so I went with it. giving me this.

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The conclusion of campaign comes down this game. If one of the two teams can achieve more points than the Ork and Necron alliance then they can achieve planetary domination. 6000 points a side. Apoc rules and scoring. Finest hours allowed. Turn 1 45 minutes max. Turns 2-5 30 minutes max. On the outskirts of Hive Phobos... in the wasteland of the outside of the Orin River... the Eldar and their brothers of destruction rode forth to meet the Imperial space marines one final time...

So in the immortal words of Adam Sandler... What the hell happened to me? Well there haven't been many developments in 40k lately since playing against and losing  to eldar really sapped my playing mojo. but just because I haven't been playing doesn't mean i haven't been busy... The majority of my time has been spent building terrain. So will start with the WIP.

Under the shield generator in the Castellum Stronghold, Azreal calls a meeting of the inner circle... 

For those that follow this space, ive been working on my own home gaming space due to the fact that my old, much beloved gaming club is now pretty far away. So I have now aquired the sector imperialis and there shall be many city battles that take place. Here is the progress so far. The Fortress monastery - there have been some new developments on this huge  building but it remains unfinished so far. the battlements have been added and the external towers have been built to support the anti-air guns. The orbital laser shall be placed where the vengence batteries currently sit.

As the special rules for the Dark Angels have been leaked at this point we still don't know for sure what rules are linked with what models and we don't know point costs. There is alot that we can infer safely at this point however. There are alot of rules in the the book and i wont go through all of them but will go through some stuff that has caught my eye. Greenwing grim resolve lions blade formation supreme fire support - formation compliant units overwatch at full BS vehicle squadrons  - tanks taken in groups of 3 gain special rules Deathwing 1 Deathwing special rules - hatred ChSM Deathwing assault may come in on T2-4 Smite now counts as a smash attack Sx2 AP 1 only 1 attack at initiative. Ravenwing 1 Ravenwing special rule - reroll cover saves attack squad - landspeeder hitting boosts +1BS of other models in formation Ravenshield - charged ravenwing units may draw supporting fire from ravenwing units up to 24" antigrav upwash - if three speeders

In a recent battle readiness skirmish Sammael and his assault group faced off  against the battle company led by logan grimnar.  The Wolves held half their force with the the thunderwolves and logan held on the right flank and two rhinos hold the middle and far left flank by themselves. The dark angels deplopyed everything centrally with the need to protect the banner of devastation and maintain the combat effectiveness of the raven wing close by. the darkshroud and the melta attack bikes were held in reserve.  after some early and ineffective firing the end of turn two notice my stuff all bunched together, notice his stuff surrounding me? yeah rough day at the office. routed by the ol space wolves.

The planet of Urt is underseige and the Dark Angels face a hard choice. Since the Invasion of the Urt began the Dark Angels have continuously lost ground. The shrine of tybal and Volpot dam were lost to the forces of the eldar ensuring that the Defense lasers of the Balantis could not be adequately powered. The outer sector of Nermuj was then quickly taken. Scouting reports from orbiting servelance craft have reported that the eldar had been sending search parties led by rangers and swooping hawk aspect warriors into the wilderness. whatever they were searching for it appears not to have been fruitful. Xenos landing craft have begun landing their troops in earnest as the main force of the craftworld pushes towards the regional capital of Haven's Landing. Having suffered grevious defeat thus far Company master Indomiel and Ezekiel plan for their defense of the city. Deployment -

++Redacted++ as recorded by librarian Bellerophon in the archives of the rock++Redacted++ The system of Calypsis lies within the segementum tempestus. It is a productive system that is home to three planets, the hive plaent of Calypsis Prime, Urt a mine and shrine world, and the often overlooked ice world of shadow run. The Calypsis sector was quitely going about the buisness of life in the imperium when an eldar craftworld, identifying itself as the Yula-Lih, hailed the planetary govenor of  Urt demanding that the planet be evacuated in the next 48 hours and ceeded to the eldar craftworld.

Been working on the terrain for the home table and made some progress on the aquision of a KDK army. The cohort of the ninth gate. Its gonna take a while to work through this. terminators, 20 cultists, chosen (counts as possessed, still thinking about some conversions) and 8 bloodletters. Was thinking of making this building a chapel. or impressive imperial admin building. i tried putting a little battlement on the outer roof but it needs more pizzaz. i did carve the imperial eagle head that is kind of acting as a gargoyle.

The Dark angels continue to their struggle on Urt against the craftworld of Yuula-Lith. With the assets of Company master Indomiel and his Dark Angels falling like dominoes a strike has been ordered against the eldar that have been holed up in the Nermuj Valley. Intelligence reports that the the ruined city lies on the path to manufactorum powered by the Volpot hydronics station, and the eldar are using it as a staging area from which to prepare their assault on the regional capital. Indomiel has determined that the city must be retaken. This mission we used a mission from the Dark Angels book but we tried to adapt it to maelstrom scoring. The results were interesting... The eldar set up first but the DA got first turn. The DA had to start everything in reserve, with deathwing and flyers allow on T1, ravenwing T2, and all else on T3. of Course having made my list before this mission was selected i didn't have any deathwing... the mission is normally played as a t5 objective gr

We rejoin our heros on the planet of  Urt, were the defense is going extremely poorly. The farseer Sekra has led her craftworld brethren deep into the equitorial region. to claim the city of Volpot on the banks of the Manaus river. Blasted from orbit by relentless D-shelling. The defenders of the city are led by Comisar Vansislav and have been augmented by marines from the Dark Angels 4th company and the company master indomiel, along with the Chief Libarian Ezekiel. The dryseason has come and the eldar have decided to press their advantage. The sentry guns of the dam, once purred with life, but but the damaged dam power has been cut down by diversion of a stray D cannon shell  yet the dam's ancient structure remains intact. The craftworld attackers lined up behind the giant edifice, while the defenders took refuge in the city.

I bring a tale of utmost woe. The outer defense of the shrineworld of Urt, has been brazenly assaulted by the eldar. A craftworld describing themselves as the Yula-lih have sent a brought down a battle company led by Sek-ra a farseer of note. The dark angels were charged with the moving the vital supplies from forward operating base Vengeance, Meanwhile terminator libraian Aggripus would assist the tacticals by employing a suprise deepstrike.

So i have some new terrain projects up and running. First up is the one i've made the most progress on the Hydrostation Powerdam, or the latin equivalent of that phrase. I have always been inspired by this project on warseer, and the acid dam from the 6th ed rule book.

Aboard their spacehulk the Oblivion Scream, there is a host of demonkin, bloodsworn brothers, known as the brotherhood of the Ninth Gate. Their grand mission is to carve a bloody swath across the galaxy so great that the demons of khorne may bathe in the blood oceans, and skull moons shall orbit the sites of predations. Herein lie the cronicles of their misdeeds and terrible crimes of depavity and bloodshed. In honor of the esteemed Dr. Hemlock i give you a little mood setting music with an apt title,

While the Dark Angels are always the champions of humanity the threat to humanity is everchanging and ever present. I have decided that I need a badguy army and I am encouraged by the new demonkin rules and picked up a demon army here are some WIP pics.

Hi before you scroll through what is quite possibly the longest and most intense batrep you've ever read, please consider donating, using the link to paypal. Suggested donations are $1.00 for a view, all proceeds will go to the Evil Dice Gaming Club in Malden Mass, which needs some support and is the best place to play 40k in the boston area. Please consider helping a local game store and local club remain viable. Now with that done onto the batrep... Here you will find the lastest installment in the annals of the Gordium campaign. In which the cogitators first found crashed on the planet of Gordium were decoded leading to three names. The names of fallen Dark Angels who have been hunted and what that hunt has wrought... Prelude to Apocalypse Check the  Tactical Assessment of Cypra Mundi

We join our hero's on Umbral Void, were Belial and Capt. Ranuk are deep in conversation on their strategy regarding the war effort... Having concluded his buisness with the Captain of the Deathmarines, Belial invites his strike team to the ready room and briefs his sergents and their teams on the mission...

Hey folks for anyone who reads this blog there has been a pretty long radio silence. I am here to break that silence. I have been starting a new job and moving to a new area and it has taken me some time to get to grips with all the changes, Including finding a new 40k group. There appear to be some folks here in town that play and last night I just played a 6000 point game to try out against the new necron codex. Wow it was a doozy. Hoping to get some pics up of what happened. I've got a laundry list of items that i have been working to get finished.