Moocon, Battle 5

Game 5
Grey Knights, Spearhead, Annihilation (kill points)

Having learnt from my other games with the blobs I decided that now was the time to blob up and not give away points there, so I deployed up in the corner blob shield and all and sat and waited for the shiny metal marines.

Deployment

Blob shielding everything.

The only thread to me was a Psyrifleman dread, thankfully I nailed that early on with the Hydra and my 1 Lascannon and the Sniper rifle actually managed to Shake it!

The Knights have to move if they want to win.

I would have won were it not for my stupidity, I tried to suicided in my vets moving flat out and missing out on shooting, they got nailed and gave away 2 kill points.

Marbo rocked up and checked his charge, scattered 12 and went down, this was my 3rd point.

Having Killed his dread and Razor back I was on for a win if I hadn't been so stupid, I'm kicking myself now.

1 Assault marine, or whatever they are for Grey Knights managed to live after my sustained mortar fire, and he managed to knock off the Hydra turret, the only thing that might have been able to hit it in the rear corner.

It should have been a draw or even a win for me I should have just brought the vets on and hidden, maybe popped something with the Vendetta, but I did out range him, oh well.

Moocon, Battle 1

Was at Moocon Yesterday and played 5 games with my 1k list.

The restrictions were harsh on the list, no duplication of pretty much anything and this of course meant you couldn't really fit in much fire-power.

I'll stick in some photos and explain the battles, where I failed and where  I felt I was just being awful.

The whole thing taught me a lot about what my army was capable of and I can only improve, so here goes!


Game 1
Grey Knights - Spearhead, Seize Ground


I started off going first, Grey Knights opted to reserve, everything. I blobbed up 3 squads and left one on my Objective. One headed to the other one on my side of table.

Inital Deployment, The blob had to go round the terrain.

The blob moved up to the Central Objectives and were preparing to defend them at all costs, but then the Stormraven showed up, they got shot a lot.

Blob Vs Grey Knights, with Coteaz and an Inquisitor.

Holding the Home Objective

Holding the Other Home Objective.

After Breaking the Blob the Grey Knights got back in and hid, the Veterans arrived and prepared to Ice an inquisitor, they failed, getting executed for their troubles.

Vets go in for a Suicide attack. They succeed, with the Suicide.

The Dread Knight Rocked up and battered theVendetta then Proceeded to run down and clear the squad off my Objective.


 The Vindicare Turned up and wiped out the main guys holding the objective.

The Vindicare appears and kills everything.

 I managed to immobilise the storm Raven but was overrun but the guys on foot in the end and got wiped off the table, an Awful start for me.

Marbo eventually turned up but failed to have much of an impact.

Game 1, total loss.

I used my blob badly, I should have just sat still and let him come to me, dashed out at the last minute and gone for the captures, he only had 2 troop choices and I reckon I could have done better if I hadn't strolled out and let my self be close assaulted with no cover, it was a fun game but a disappointing start.

Another night at WAC, another game

Tonight, Grey Knights, took a few shots with my Phone of some stuff.

Troops ready for deployment

My Objective holding Force

Melta Vets outflank and bring the hurt

1 Chimera down, 1 Weapon Destroyed.

Vets get what was coming to them.

The site of some (Ex) Terminators, Bane Wolf takes 3 and the Demolisher scores one.

The highlight of the game was certainly the Bane Wolf Chem Cannoning 3 Terminators to death and then the Risky demolisher shot on the last, 1 inch of scatter would have hit the Lord Commissar.

The Company Command Squad did manage to kill one in Hand to hand as well.

My ever awesome Ratlings broke and ran in turn 1, useless.

I also signed up for Moocon 4, it looks popular and I'll likely be on a waiting list but it's 1k points and I'll probably head down anyway to have a look in, even if I don't play.

Was thinking maybe a 55 Man Guard blob with 6 lascannons... and 7 special weapons.