My foray back into 40K 8th Edition

[scavvyjay]

Hi there as my Inquisimunda games have abated for a while (mainly due to 40K arriving and my gaming group jumping in) I've been writing some batreps for them. As I've received some great feedback from my Inquisimunda thread I've decided to inflict my slightly larger scale battle on here as well. So for those who may enjoy my highs and lows here are my first battles in 40K;

Two Xenos Invasions In One Evening

The Battle Of Lernin Kerv

Clerical Errors In The 41st Millenium

 

[Narwhal King]

I've found that using Primaris Space Marines as normal marines in Inuisimunda work really well miniature wise. I'm currently building a Death Guard army, and using some stuff from Dark Vengeance to add to it.

 

[scavvyjay]

Those dark vengeance cultists are great models, I think I have enough necromunda gangs to field 3 or 4 decent sized chaos cultists units. Of course mine would mainly be before all the mutations took hold.

 

[Blood Donor]

The Battle of Lernin Kerv. Genius.

 

[djmothra]

I picked up Know No Fear today....first 40k set since 2nd ed....

Gonna scratch build my Repulsor Tank and im going SUPER OLD SKOOL with my converted Librarian...

 

[Narwhal King]

I picked up Know No Fear today....first 40k set since 2nd ed....

Gonna scratch build my Repulsor Tank and im going SUPER OLD SKOOL with my converted Librarian...

I'm thinking of getting it. Is it a good way to start? Or should I just get the main starter set?

 

[dabbk]

I'm thinking of getting it. Is it a good way to start? Or should I just get the main starter set?

I shall resist the temptation, I shall resist the temptation, I shall resist... O

It was a really good surprise to see that GW seems to think about newcomers, making (more) affordable sets to get people playing. Smart. Amazing, even! What else to ask for as a beginner?

 

[Blood Donor]

...What else to ask for as a beginner?

...that the rerelease of Necromunda be some absolutely spectacular form of awesomeness.

 

[scavvyjay]

Here's another game I recently played The Krablokistan 47th Strikes Again! The Astra Militarum take on the hideous Tau do gooders.

 

[CaptainDangerous]

Space Jehovahs
Don't worry about the guardsman, Iv met him, he now spends most his days sitting on the porch of a cabin he built, sipping home made lemonade and cradling his meltagun!
Great write up scavvyjay!

 

[scavvyjay]

Space Jehovahs
Don't worry about the guardsman, Iv met him, he now spends most his days sitting on the porch of a cabin he built, sipping home made lemonade and cradling his meltagun!
Great write up scavvyjay!

I was hoping something like that had happened.

 

[spafe]

great write up dude. Really great to see another useful insight into how I need to learn to use my guard. Glad to see the russ is good, would you ocntinure taking the hell hound? (I've not used tanks yet, pure inf so want to think carefully before dumping my armour back into the list (as I think 4 russes, 4 chrimeras, a hell hound, 2 griffons and a bassie might be unfun for me enemy to face).

Didnt see much mention of orders... do you think its worth having the stormie officer with a unit or better use of points/power levels eselwhere?

 

[scavvyjay]

great write up dude. Really great to see another useful insight into how I need to learn to use my guard. Glad to see the russ is good, would you ocntinure taking the hell hound? (I've not used tanks yet, pure inf so want to think carefully before dumping my armour back into the list (as I think 4 russes, 4 chrimeras, a hell hound, 2 griffons and a bassie might be unfun for me enemy to face).

Didnt see much mention of orders... do you think its worth having the stormie officer with a unit or better use of points/power levels eselwhere?

Thanks. The new 40K makes tanks very durable, and thus worth taking. I've had 7 games of the new version and i've yet to lose a Leman Russ. Admittedly they've been smallish battles but they have staying power. The Hellhound suffers more than most as I tend to drive it flat out to get the enemy in range of it's horrible flamer weapons. It also has the added bonus of blowing up on a 4+ by which time it's usually in my opponents face! I think if you fielded those tanks you wouldn't win any popularity awards. Also, I didn't use a Scion/Stormtrooper officer yet. Saving points by giving a vox to a unit near my commander might help, but it's still only an 18" range. I may use one next game as FRFSRF is awesome! Also the rerolling 1's to hit would save my plasma guns as well. The orders are very useful, but in the grim darkness of the gaming tables of 2017 I forget a few things when I'm excited.

 

[scavvyjay]

Another Battle report, this time The Ultramarines pick on the Astra Militarum.

 

[spafe]

awesome report dude! I think the ratlings doing their mortal wounds might have been a better way to down the primarch. I'm in the middle of painting my squad of them up now to see how they fair.

Advancing is fun, but tends to lead to a high body count sadly...

 

[scavvyjay]

Yea i still play like it the first world war! Great fun but the casualties are high. Maybe i keep hoping the marines will fail their ammo rolls.

 

[scavvyjay]

Chaos Vs Ultrakrablokistanmarines is the rather uncatchy title of my latest batrep.

 

[scavvyjay]

A Tale Of Two Bombardments is my latest thing.

 

[spafe]

A great write up dude! Shame about the lack of voxs though.

Do you prefer veterans to stormies or are they jsut the mdoels you have?

Also why melta guns i nthe missile units, would it not be better to swap them with hte plasma guns or is this model dependant too?

 

[scavvyjay]

Thanks mate.

Yea the voxs were a mistake. A lot of the time i use a scion squad to drop on the backline and assasinate. They often have plasmas. I do like the vets as they get the catachan doctrine and you can have a heavy flamer in them. The melta missile launcher squad is merely because theyre painted. Im currently painting up a 3 melta plus heavy flamer squad of vets to wreak havoc. Also a flamer special weapon squad. Eventually i hope to get more plasmas for an extremely hard hitting vet squad. Needs to have an officer with them though to reroll 1s.