So week 3 has come and gone.....

So week 3 has come and gone. The objective game was a blast and the Cadian army comes home victorious after completely wiping out the Heretical Blood Angels! The sledgehammer of the emperor had defeated the dull traitorous blade.

Anyways, it was pretty fun. I got to see how dangerous the Furioso Dreadnaught is. That magno-grapple is pretty cool. The ability to do a strength 8 + D6 hit and then pull it closer is pretty awesome especially on rear armor.

I also got to use some tactics I had never used before such as the flat out scout move that the Valkyries are capable of which let me take out a squad of devastators (by running them off the board). By the end of my turn I was able to completely wipe my opponents figures off the board by turn 1 (not including the units in reserve).

On his turn, my oppenent was able to drop pod his Furioso down who was able to take out my Vendetta, but that was not really a loss as it left only infantry to come in later. On my next turn, the drop pod and the Furioso were taken out clearing the table of the enemy yet again (but not for long).

The next turn, the Librarian with his honor guard along with two 5 man teams of scouts came in. This is where the stuff hit the fan and several squads of infantry along with a heavy weapons squad got taken out, but this took place over several turns.

In the end, the Blood Angels were soundly defeated and all the objectives secured from the traitors to the emperor.

New Valkyrie

So here is the new Valkyrie that I bought. I assembled and painted (tabletop - basecoat + 2 other colors) and this is the finished project. I decided to try something new and painted wings on the wings of the plane. It was interesting to say the least :)

Week 2... Start!

Lol, so week 2's game is today. Gonna play it at 3pm. Not much different about this army other than I am still playing the same base army (Infantry Platoon w/1 command squad w/chimera, 5 infantry squads, and one heavy weapons squad) but I am also adding 1 squad of veterans and the Valkyrie :) Its gonna be fun :)

Week 1 EITMC

So week 1 of the Escalation in the Man Cave is over and I'm happy to say that I won both games. For the first round I played a company command squad with a chimera, and an infantry platoon with the platoon command squad, 5 squads of GMen, and a Lascannon Heavy Weapons Squad.

The first game was just a win (due to some shrewed generalmanship from a crafty Chaos Space Marine player as I was able to kill all of his figures except one thus denying me a massacre.

The second match I played a BA player. Remembering that the player could outflank and deepstrike, I decided to take up my whole deployment zone spreading out my troops to avoid the outflank behind my figures. This proved to be the key to my victory here. This strategy forced the BA General to outflank in front of my GMen and the deepstrikers dropped within range as well. Due to some fortunate rolls I was able to score a massacre.

Anyway, the games were great and everyone is having a great time.

2 days and counting....

Until EITMC. I'm looking forward to it. I think we have the rules locked down and all of my figures are painted (all figures put together that is. I still have about 13 figures left to put together but I am painting them as I go). I think the remaining figures are going to be primarily replacement figures (such as melta, plasma, and flamer weaponry so that I can start fielding some special weapons squads.

Almost ready for EITMC

So I am almost ready for the Escalation in the Man Cave. I have one little secret that I haven't told anyone yet, but beyond that, I think I now have a balanced list of anti-vehicle and anti-infantry. I just have to fine tune it one last time before I actually play.

Trying a new painting scheme for weapons.

So I am trying a new painting technique for the weapons on my IG. I am going to paint them in Boltmetal (right now it is chainmail) and then paint it in Babad Black to give it a black hammered metal look. I will post some pics eventually (prob after the first game of the Escalation), but I think it looks good.