Word Bearers Bike Squadron (Architecture of Aggression XXX)

It's been quite a while since the last time I added a unit to my CSM army...

It took the release of WH40K 6th edition and the rumoured Codex in the near(-ish) future to spur me into action once again. After all: If I already have everything painted up when the new models become available, there's no reason why I can't go out anf buy some. Right?!? ;)

Anyway... On with the show. I started building the Bike Squadron not long after finishing my unit of Heavy Bolter Havocs, but abandoned the project for a number of reasons. (I won't bore you with those. Don't Worry!)

Presented below is a unit of five, including an Aspiring Champion with Power Sword, two Bikers with a Meltagun, an Icon Bearer with an Icon of Slaanesh and a regular biker.

*COUGHredshirtCOUGH*

TSB Annual Kjerringvik event 2012

This weekend (16.09 – 19.08) all the members of TSB travel to Kjerringvik for the annual summer gaming group event.

“We have seen the end of 5^th edition, we will soon master 6^th edition”. I look forward to seeing all the “new armies”, and find out what works / does not work. Personally this is the first time I field “grey models”, due to lack of time to paint after my summer holiday. However, they will be finished for the next tournament.

Most of the TSB members will start the weekend today, some arrive tomorrow. Even the weather seems to be on our side this weekend! The Rinker (day cruiser) is fuelled, and I am ready to “burn” 400liters….. Looking forward to seeing you all!

 

Cheers,

Ørnulv

Chaos coming...

The gamer is waking up with the new rulebook and a new codex a few weeks away. Here is a little taste of chaos from the rumor mill. I think this roundup on the forthcoming codex looks really interesting :p Have a look: Blood of kittens nettwork: Rumor Has It: CSM Codex Rumor Drop

First game with the new edition

This thursday all of the TSB-menbers that were able to do so came together at my place to kick off the 6th edition of the rules. Drinks in hand, we agreed to start off with at quick 1000-points game on a 4x4 table.

Ørnulv went with a cheap Haemonculi, a 'Blasterborn' unit in a Venom, a couple Wych squads in Raiders and two Ravagers. I used my Coryphaus, two Terminator units and my two mainstay CSM units in Rhinos.

Since the aim of the game was to give the new rules a spin, so I started by moving my Rhinos up to close the distance. I even moved Flat Out in the Shooting Phase. (Scratch one!) Ørnulv and André went with the pew-pew. A few dice roll later one Rhino had Exploded, and the other was Immobilized.

Turn two both my Terminator squads came in, Deep Striking far closer to the Dark Eldar battle-line than Ørnulv was comfortable with. After not shooting down a couple of the paper planes, they got shot up some too. By this time Trond had showed up too, so I left the CSM squads with him.

Over the next few turns we got to do a couple of Assaults and play around with the Dark Eldar Flyer. I'm sure we didn't do everything by the book, but I'm also sure we'll have plenty of time to correct the mistakes that we did make.

Can't wait to play another game!!!

6th Edition Primer Weekend

We're coming up on three weeks now since the new edition was released, so it's about time we got the team together and started playing some games with the new ruleset.

Staring on thursday afternoon, we'll browse through the rules and over dinner, before hitting the tables and getting into a few smaller games. I'm thinking around 500 to 1000 points to start off with. We'll try to bring along some of the units that didn't seem worth it i 5th, to see if they might be able to contribute now...

Stay tuned for rants, reports, pictures and our thoughts towards the end of the week!