Legion Of Caliban

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.

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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...

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

The marine/tau army featured Tau fire support with tanks and four Riptides in the back. The guard brought four Leman Russ tanks in the back. The marine contingent was several three man squads of grav armed bikers, melta armed Land Speeders and I think five? Drop podding dual-melta contempt or dreads. Also appearing was a land raider packed with 20 marines led by the dreaded primarch of the Emperors Children. Additionally, their team fielded an immobilized bane blade as a campaign bonus. The Necron/Ork/Mechanicum force was much more eclectic. Each general brought a Superheavy to the table just for the heck of it, so Ghazhkull's personal bane blade (containing of course a mob of Meganobz and the Big Boss Himself) and a Necron Transcendant C'tan. Beyond that it was a mess of transports, tanks, infantry and bikers.

Much action centered around the the battles of the northern continent last week with the Eldar losing out to the necrons of the Nekthyst Dynasty. The Orks battled on two fronts and were able to use a diversion in the southern continent while they battled the Cadian 325th to take land west of the the Killjar range. Meanwhile Coven of the Black Sun attacked the Ghazkull pushing him out of Hive mellaj and staking their claim as masters of Umbral. This week saw a reduction in volume of attacks as the Generals of Umbral Void carefully planned their next move.

They came from far and wide, the myriad races of the galaxy, their invasion was swift and quickly they claimed their territory. Then then after the landing craft departed the generals began their assaults... The first week only empty spaces could be claimed, as we all got to try out the planet strike rules.

So I've been producing a lot of painting recently for a communal painting competition on the Bolter and Chainsword forum. This will be my final vow for the competition 5 man Deathwing command squad, 5 man Deathwing Knights, and I decided I needed a real new Company Master model for Indomiel (essentially the Captain of the 4th company).  So here's the initial models. Here is the terminator portion of the vow, the DWK are still on sprues. Here we have Indomiel, Co. Master of the 4th company. The arms are magnetized, and I was thinking about magnetizing the jump pack. This loadout gives Idomiel 5 attacks on the charge and the chance to swing at initive 5 with strength 4 and shred, or Init 1 and strength 8. I've also modeled him with a displacer field (3++), the cloak of heros (shrouding while solo, and 5+FNP), and an iron halo. May need to edit him a little bit and remove the Icon on his jump pack. I used the legs from the ravenwing biker sergent. Unfortunately they...

So here's something I've been working on over the past few weeks. I finally feel that it has come to completion. First we have a group shot.

While the full batrep isn't ready yet, here is a teaser of what took place. VPs could only be scored after each break.

Relic Game 2 Onward to game 2. Having lost to the Dark Eldar in round 1 there was nothing to do but try to overcome my next opponent. This was an army similar to one that I had faced in the Balance of power batrep, this time the only objective was a central statue which you could score if your troops were within 6" of the statue. what was unclear is if this meant that denial forces could be used to stop scoring. On a personal note this guy was going to re-write his list after disovering that he he only brought two flying stands, so i leant him one, then he plays me... karma can be a b. Ultramarine LRC speeds its payload torward the Relic.

 " 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...

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...