new years resolution! + apologies + chaos updates

ok so it been a while i guess since i posted  but their is a reason for this i cant upload pictures for some reason. no idea why  butits quite annoying as all i have 2 post is reems of writing which is boring!

with my chaos  i have now magnetized  the forgefeind and hell drakes for ease of transport. i have also started spraying  my army and basing the cultists i havehalf done 3 so far lol  but ran out o paint  so im waiting for some more which should arrive tommorrow. then its a mad dash to get them based and suitably painted for a tournament in 17 days lol.

now each year i make some gaming resolutions and this year  is no exception!

1 finish my chaos marines  to a 3 colour standard as they will be my main tournament army for this year
2 finish the deamons and update them for 6th ed 
3 buy build and finish my dark elves to play fantasy!

so this year ill have  1 more new army an 2 updated armies   on a side note ill try and figure out why i cant post pics as i wana show wat im doing!!

so thats it the first post of the new year

changing my choas

at the moment its winning roughly 50% but their are some tweaks i think i could make to improve on it.

lets re cap, here is the list so far:

HQ
Chaos lord
Murder sword
MoK
Sigil of orruption
Veteran of the long war

Daemon prince
Mok
Wings
Armour
Black mace
 

Troop’s

cultist x30 130

Berzerkers x8

Chain axe
Power fist
Veterans of the long war
Rhino
X2

FA

Hell drake
Bale flamer

Helldrake

Bale flamer
 

HS

Forge feind

Predator

TL Las

Predator
TL Las

Fortification - Aegis defence line with quad gun

wats working:
the bale flamers are worth their weight in gold  they are amazing and they have deffinately won me games :)

the cultists their fearless  and have 90 attacks on the charge plus the lord who now has a deamon weapon to increase damage they really do surprise me every game

wats not working
the deamon prince  in the last game he killed a large unit of warriors and a necron lord then died  to shooting he really isnt worth the pooints

forge feind tends to be better at infantry harrasment then anything else
preds  could do with  sponsons to make them a little better 1 las shot isnt gd enough

so wat can i change ?
 those marked in red  can be taken out this would save me 377 points reducing the list to 1470

for 80pts i can get sponsons on the predators thats somthing ill try
another helldrake is something ill deffinately consider 170

i can add another 6 zerkers  making 2 units of 11 this would increase the list to 53 models 


well see how it goes next week  although  i may be playing fantasy lol

for the necron players + more fantasy shenanigans

so i dont have to talk about necrons  check out kosmick9 its in the links on the right hand side of the page hell be blogging about his endeavors with his necrons. now the plugging is done and dusted

the main article  FANTASY!!!

so iv really tried to get into fantasy and it hasnt worked untill now i played my second game  last nite and i am enjoying  it.

the dark elves  have nice models
great  synergy with magic
and their not boring to play

i sill need a few more models to make the army look better ie  the list  n then after a few games ill buy wat i need 2 actually play

wat iv learnt from the games iv played is i need more shooting!! and harder units  to fight with as well as deploying

playing new games

its gd to have other games to play. playing the same game eash week can become stale so a change is in order.  now 40k isnt boring far from it im really enjoying 6th ed and my chaos. iv got plenty of new toys but i have been trying out other games and systems to keep me from stagnating.

so their are numerous things change the aspect of the hobby your in  increase playing painting or reading.

or try a completely different game which iv tried and my warning is dont buy into unless a its cheap or b their are plenty of otehr players

for example i tried a board game by mantic using veer-myn and corparation and its great a simple tactical game that can be used to at the end of a club nite after a main game is played or u cud play a few quick games instead its really addictive

card games  are allways great  fillers  and their  are plenty of games you can play

serious TCG games where u can pay a fortune for new cards to make ur decks better or jus buy starter sets  their fairly cheap  usually 10-12 pounds

or pay and play these contain all the cards u need to play such as braggert or any munchkin games these games are another fairly cheap game that is well worth investing in :)

finally i borrowed my mates dark elves and actually played fantasy and i shuld have done this along time ago, a gd tip borrow stuff before buying stuff saves loads of money!!!! lol  which i actually enjoyed  so ill be borrowing them for abit longer   get used to the game before i make a decision  

how goes the chaos findings bugs etc etc

so its been  3 weeks roughly since i posted my list and ideas for how the list will play. and i want to go over  what iv changed and the problems iv been having. firstly  gd points generally winning and holding my ground with the fluff list!! having problems with necrons more on that later.

so what changes have i made i have dropped the hell brutes i love the models but their not that gd so they were replaced with predators with twin linked las canons

the deamon prince now has the black mace which is amazing for taking down multi wounded characters and big ish units of troops

im still undecided on the forgefiend  i like the model but in game its 50/50

the cultists are really impressing me  fearless with a lord and counter attack with overwatch they distract then grind down the toughest of opponents

the bugs in this list are more getting my timings right to disembark my zerkers to charge although i have been using the rhino wall more effectively to block units adn isolate others. the other thing is to much choice i really cant decide what id like in the list i can see a use for everything

gaming problems  necrons are still really tough to beat  their is so much fire power mixed in with tough CC units their a hard nut 2 crack

deamons rumours n stuff

firstly guys its been  a few days since iv posted  but heres  what iv been doing.  iv bought  2 predators for my chaos marine army and dropped the hell brutes in favour of them both have TL las canons.  this increases  my back field at 36" range i have

2str9
4str7
8str8

from  4 different units  these purely slow down vehicles the deamon prince hasnt done much and i really want some raptors lol over the next 5 games  ill keep the prince then for the next set try some raptors.

the airbrush so i can start my chaos marines will be here  next fri then its a mad dash to get them all sprayed white  after that im goin to test  painting the shaded areas black for better controll rather than sprayin them.

 dragon pattern predators!!!!

so now the borring stuff is out the way lets talk about deamons.  now before the august update and or allies  they were an army for mad and mental people but the few mad or mental people did really well with them.  skip  foreward to the WD update the tzeentchy units that maybe didnt see as much table time as others such as feinds are now every where  boosted stats and an over watch that puts off even terminators from charging them means their now doing amazingly well and the addition of allies means more stable troops can be purchased to leave points for more offensive units.

now the codex is getting a complete overhaul around december january time.  the greater  deamons will all be having new sculpts.  from  what iv heard the great unclean one will now be around the same size and shape as a dreadnought and the bloodthirster will rival the dreadknight the ord of change and keeper of secrets will be somewhere inbetween.

ill be writing up more as i get more

writing a list + chaos faq +general stuff

firstly the chaos  faq is out adn its the shortest 1 iv read  4 bullet points and thats it. which shows how gd its written.

iv not played any more games as of yet but iv seen a new way of writing a lists  so i giving that a go.  basically the list is split into 3 sections

back field

mid field

foreward

so iv split my army into the above sections   too see where my strengths are for shooting

backfield
forge feind
quad gun

midfield
multi melta
multi melta

front
hell drakes
hell drakes

the hell drakes have a long range weapo so they can fire from the turn they arrive thats why their are up front also  d3+1 vector strike hits is great!!  i need to work at opponening up transports faster

im definately dropping the hell brutes they dont do as much as i expected

the forgefeind  is still 50/50  i love the model  its jus not doing as much as i expected it has 6 more games 2 impress me lol :D