Legion Of Caliban

In the early dawn, Sammael and Librarian Hephestion, over look the canyon edge in view of the bridge into the Tunguska glacier. Both are eager to continue their pusuit of the mercurial villian Bolivox, who, with every passing hour, gets closer to the polar fortress of Gastongen held by the forces of Chaos...

This tale follows the armies of the Dark Angels as they endure the evil of the galaxy while trying to right the wrongs of ancient treason. Follow the whole tale of the Cogitators of Gordium:, Part 1 , Part 2 , Part 3 . S omewhere in the polar regions of the planet Ix, a meeting of nefarious leaders, Koros the Ironclaw, Bolivox a Nurgle Lord, and a shadowy figure plot the down fall of our heroes... "Lord it is I Bolivox, we offer you this progress. The gene-seed has been obtained by the chirurgeons and we are administering its modifications as we speak. The vessel is hardy and will make a good host. The sorcerer Enkynius works the warp on it as we speak." "Bolivox I trust this task to you but be warned my gift is that of life, should i choose to withdraw yours it would be all too easy. Warpsmith, I turn now to you, have the preparations been made to welcome our guests?" "Yes Lord we have prepared the defenses. The iron warriors will offer a test and exac...

The Back Order Batrep is something that helps met get more pretty pictures on the web. Its not always possible to do comic writeups for all the batreps.The written variety serve to give a bit more showcase to models or battles that don't have the complete aesthetic picture, but were fun games non-the-less. The Apocalypse on Ithacus After losing several battles in attempting to get acess to the hidden cache of archeotech and weapons on the planets Industrial zone, the Dark Angels Attempted to muster a last push to gain enough time for the tech preists to complete the data transfer of Inventory manifests. This activity would prove to the inner circle that activity on Ithacus would be well worth it, should the logs show items that had long forgotten STC blueprints. As this activity took place, a massive push forced a majority of synapse creatures out of the industrial zone. The Dark Angels were instructed to hold the city at the collapsed southern city wall and transport corridor, ...

In orbit around the planet Ix we rejoin our hero's fresh off their victory at Orlansk, where they were able to capture the site, but the Sorceror Ekynius vanished while plaguemarine Captain Bolivox, has been tracked by the Ravenwing, and was last seen heading for the mountains... 

This was my first experiment with Escalation or 40k with super heavies. A word on escalation/ stronghold assault rules in case you dont know by now there are several unique rules that change the game. but the most important of these are Void shields, and str D weapons. Void shields act as a 12" av 12 bubble which can be taken for every fortification and an option of 3 for a void shield generator. the generator itself is an av 13 building. One shield  bubble disappears with a pen or a glance, and a disabled shield can be regen'd on a 5+. It also may absorb a single str D shot. Str D weapon can be found on some models and doesn't allow saves of any kind including invul saves. it has special interactions with super heavy models depending on the result of the vehicle damage table roll meaning that it may take away as many as D6 + 6 HP with a single shot with rolling a 6.

With the imperial order to stop the Waagh! rampaging through the Umbral system, the imperial guard have been instructed to prepare for an assault on the city of Mellaj. In advance of the imperial guard attack, the Dark angels have sent an advance strike force to soften the Bad Moon orks that have overrun the city. Clever strategy by Commisar Toledo and Dark Agels 4th Company Master Indomiel has led to the orks bands being distracted by rapid ravenwing strikes to the north and west of the city causing disorder in the ork ranks, with ork cheifs being drawn off to exact revernge. The true goal these raids is to give cover for the Guard to reclaim the foundaries of  Mellaj  . The city itself still contains close 1million ork boyz. In a  precient view brought on by warp trace Ezekiel has come to Umbral to aid the 4th Co. With only a handful of troops at his command, Ezekiel patrols the western edge of the ruined city. In a sudden turn of events Ravenwing scouts have sent an...

Having decoded the first cogitator the Dark Angels battle barge, Sword of Caliban, has warped into the system of Purgatory in the gothic sector of the segementum obscurus. Immediately following bombardment of the target hive city of Yamada, the strike team is assembled and thunderhawks are launched.... references below* +++Dataslate recording over purgatory+++ +Archival subscript+ ++Belial's address to the assembled deathwing strike force++ My brothers, over the past three months we the deathwing have followed the trail of the heretic and traitor known as Terrigrax. He was known one time as our brother Pannus Lovitus, a company champion of the third company. Now he has joined in the cult of khorne worship and has aided those who have brought demons to this fetid planet. BROTHERS THIS CRIME WILL NOT GO UNPUNISHED! Incapacitate him if possible, but we will not show this foe mercy. More sinister than this, it seems that Ravenwing scouts have reported a sighting of a two he...

When fighting necrons there are several things to keep in mind. the most important is to understand their rules. They have quite a few that can be troubling, Weapons systems - Necrons have two types of weapons for their infantry. Gauss and Tesla. Gauss is a strength 5 24" rapid fire weapon, but when shooting at vehicles on the roll of a six, the vehicle takes a glancing hit. This means that at short range vehicles can get really beat up. Tesla is strength 6 and on a roll to hit of six, the weapon gets an extra chance to hit. Making it extremely powerful versus infantry, but it too has very short range of 24". Necrons are undead space skeletons so naturally when you shoot them they can get back up. Enter the We'll be back rule. On a 5+ any model killed with this rule can be returned to the unit it was taken from. However often an overlord (an indepent Ch. for necrons) will be equipped with a "Resurrection orb", changing this to a 4+ and increasing the durabi...

Tactics of the Deathwing, part 2 Fresh off a recent touney in which I had some success with the Deathwing I will try to speak for a bit about what works in a Deathwing style list. Given the schizophrenic nature of my other tactica post I will try to be a bit more focused. Terminators especially the dark angel variety are expensive. They cost about 3x the cost of a tactical squad, they are only 2x as durable, and have about equal firepower. They can deep strike, but where they truly excel is assault. you need to be able to use those powerfists. terminators need to be used for assault. Therefore you need to use them aggressively. terminators assaulting gives you 2 advantages. 1 is that you avoid being shot, 2 is that your save of 2+ will be more likely to help since invariably there are far fewer weapons that have AP 2 in assault, especially when you can use your sergent's powersword to kite him in a challenge. In a Deathwing list this is further complicated by ...

 " Report Brother Polybius" "Master of the Watch, after our defeat in the feudal plains, Kaldor Draigo claimed the two cogitators.  It appears that Draigo suspects the cogitators may contain some kind of information but he is wary of moving them since he wants the glory of bringing ruin on our Chapter by himself, and believes us incapacitated after our defeat. He has moved the cogitators to what he believes is a secure facility here on Gordium. Unfortunately for him Lord Inquisitor Torequemada Coteaz has called him away to quell an incident elsewhere, while the inquisitor makes his way to this system to see to this matter personally." "Do we know what they suspect at this point?" "I am unsure sir, but it appears that Draigo has left the cogitators in the hands of the 5th Co. of Dragoon Marines led by Cpt Horatio Pericles. The cogitators have not left the planet and have been kept at a secure facilty under his command. It appears...

Game 1 vs. Grey Knights with Blood Angel Allies Note: Skip italics to avoid fluff. I fear i missed a few pics, but here's the first game in completion.

Imperial Communique ***                   *** **Inner Circle only** From Chief Librarian Ezekiel "Belial, your reassignment has been hasty, but duty calls you to serve your brothers in the continuing quest to track and capture the fallen brother Insidus. As you are well, aware this traitor had been an apothecary in the days of Luther and our beloved primarch but fell under the sway of chaos and strayed from the Emperor's guiding light. Intelligence gathered thus far suggested he may be attempting to use his knowledge, of the apothecarion arts, to extract and experiment on his own geneseed, as well as devising plans to sell dark angel secrets to a xeno battle force. Ravenwing and fleet forces had been following leads on fallen brother Insidus, until the trail had gone cold during the investigations at the Hesper Prison planet which had suffered a massive jailbreak. Intelligence reached the Imperial listening post 572-1b near the pl...

...For well over a year the Dark Angels had spent blood and sweat to recover the hidden relics of the planet Ithacus, a known zone of tyranid infestation. In the ruins outside the dead city of Kymeri the the battle was rejoined to attempt to make inroads before the final push.... Hive Fleet Ithacus HQ Hive tyrant wings, scything talons Trygon Prime Troops Termaguants with devourers Tervigon Hormaguants Gargoyles FA Harpy Elites Shrikes x3 Heavy Hive guard x2 Hive guard x2 Hive guard x2 Deathwing Belial sword of silence librarian - bike, PFG, ML1 Elites Deathwing knights x5 w/ LRC (deathwing vehicle) Troops Deathwingx5 w/ asscan Deathwingx5 w/ asscan Deathwingx5 w/ CML FA Storm Eagle

Final game of this three game tournament. 1848pts: 190- Belial 95- Librarian: Bike, Auspex, Infravisor 355- DWCS: 4 THSS, CML, Champ, standard of fortitude 230- 5 DWT: 4 SB, HF 270- 5 DWT: 5 THSS, CML 104- 6 Tacs: LC 99- 6 Tacs: PC 165- 3 RAS (ravenwing assault squad)+AB: 2 PG, MM 210- 5 BK (Black Knights): RGL 130- 5 Devs: 4 ML My opponents list Vulkan Master of the forge with servo harness, power axe on bike Tact x10 Tact x10 Scout with camo cloaks and sniper rifles. Sternguard with x2MM in rhino with SB Sternguard with x2MM in rhino with SB Sternguard with x2MM in rhino with SB Landspeeder with heavy flamerC and Multi melta Landspeeder with heavy flamer and Multi melta MM attackbike x2 Techmarine with thunderfire cannon Aegis defense line with quad gun. The missions were from adepticon 2013. This mission was hammer and anvil deployment with two book missions played simultaneously, scouring and purge the alien objectives. Mysterious objectives were us...

Game 2 vs. Necrons 1848pts: 190- Belial 95- Librarian: Bike, Auspex, Infravisor 355- DWCS: 4 THSS, CML, Champ, standard of fortitude 230- 5 DWT: 4 SB, HF 270- 5 DWT: 5 THSS, CML 104- 6 Tacs: LC 99- 6 Tacs: PC 165- 3 RAS (ravenwing assault squad)+AB: 2 PG, MM 210- 5 BK (Black Knights): RGL 130- 5 Devs: 4 ML Second game was versus Necon list with Night Scythe with 5 warriors Night Scythe with 5 warriors Night Scythe with 5 warriors Zandrek immortals x 10 wraith x 6, with destroyer lord with MSS, and warscthe (warlord) wraith x 6 Annihilation barge tesla and a Hvy2 str 7 weapon Annihilation barge tesla and a Hvy2 str 7 weapon Annihilation barge tesla and a Hvy2 str 7 weapon The missions were from adepticon 2013. This mission was dawn of war deployment with two book missions played simultaneously, emperors will and purge the alien objectives. Mysterious objectives were used. the games were scored by giving 10 pt for winning each of the objective games. if the ga...

On 4/13/13 I participated in my first ever tournament. The army I used was as follows: 1848pts: 190- Belial 95- Librarian: Bike, Auspex, Infravisor 355- DWCS: 4 THSS, CML, Champ, standard of fortitude 230- 5 DWT: 4 SB, HF 270- 5 DWT: 5 THSS, CML 104- 6 Tacs: LC 99- 6 Tacs: PC 165- 3 RAS (ravenwing assault squad)+AB: 2 PG, MM 210- 5 BK (Black Knights): RGL 130- 5 Devs: 4 ML first game was versus Chaos list with Juggernaut of khorne w/ 4 spawn Chaos lord on Bike with nurgle mark Plague marines x10, plasgun x2 Plague marines x 5, plasgun x2 Plague marines x 5, plasgun x2 Cultists w/ champion bikers x8 w/ champion Helldrake Havocs with ML Aegis w/ quadgun The missions were from adepticon 2013. the first mission was vanguard deployment with two objectives games played simultanneously, relic and table quarters objectives. the games were scored by giving 10 pt for winning each of the objective games. if the game was tied after that score calculation, secondary object...

Communique to the 389th Regent of Terran interstellar anomalies Regent Liberius: The ongoing warpstorm of Galleus system, has recently subsided long enough for us to reestablish contact with the the planet Axos, an agri-world, reclaimed in m32.679. Warp winds have ravaged the planet and while there is no evidence of demon taint, warp tessera was found near at the following coodinates 67*34'21"N,127* 77' 45"W. Preliminary investigation by the local Axos research council has  digitally indexed it and claim it to be greater than 70millenia old. This dating places it firmly in the frame of eldar, necron, or possibly  "Old One" tech. The head of the research of Axos call it, "the Malacant Device." Not much else is known about this, however its power signature spiked on the readout and produced a halyon level of 64 million units. This fact alone is enough to peak my interest. The IPD (inter-planetary defense) forces are minimal and the planetary go...

Dark Angel Codex I just wanted to give some quick thoughts on the new Dark Angels Codex. I actually really think the codex is pretty great. It has quite a few new options. The backstory has gotten updated and fleshed out a bit with the dark angels getting a lot of new "fluff" pertaining to their maintence of hidden archeotech that they employ in battle. Fun stuff. Here is my list of codex winners and losers.

***Urgent Communicatis*** Belial, the Dark City and the Kabal of the Black Hand have struck on the planet Sisilak! Governor Pollus has been abducted and all his family killed. Sisilak has been on the brink of civil war and Pollus has been key to restoring order and normal function to the planet since his appointment by Terra. Yours is the closest battle group with the ability to intercept the raiders before they escape with the governor. He must be safely restored to power. The ravenwing has been dispatched to assist you, it has been recommended that they take the outlying territory to trap the eldar while their ships are held in the gravity well of the planet's interdictor systems. These xenos have gone too far! Save pollus! The emperor protects. ***Terminus*** Dark Eldar vs. Deathwing 6ed. 1500pts Mission: The Scouring (FA are scoring and worth victory points) WL traits DA legendary fighter DE Deployment: Strategy: I knew he was going first so I wanted to try...