4G Update: Tale of One Gamer?

Month None

Tale of Four Gamers has been canceled due to various reasons.  While unfortunate it does provide me time to focus on some side projects so I'm tossing around the idea of "Tale of one Gamer"

That's right, One guy, FOUR Armies, FOUR Months... sorry no games, I'm not hopping from one side of the table to the other, and the BatReps would just be ridulous.. "My opponent was a mindreader, he anticipated my every move!"

I have various models, for various armies.  Some painted, most still on the sprue. 

Off the top of my head, based on what I have... Orks, Chaos, Black Templars, and Space Wolves.

However, I'm interested in Tyranids and Codex Marines.  With my BTs I can convert over to codex marines, and keep the color scheme... but maaaan I gotta ALOT of guys with Bolt Pistols and Chainswords.  Another option is Lars' Blood Angels, I don't imagine that he will paint them.  He's pretty absorbed with Black Ops.  Only negative.. I've never been interested in BA fluff  "Sparkly Vampires".

Cost is obviously an issue, but figure with various sites available for swapping, and the discounts at Anthem I may be ok.

Give me a few days to mull over the possibilities.  I have to see exactly what I have on hand, what I would have to build, cost, possible lists and is it even doable.  I'll be back with an update, until then you'll just have to put up with some random posts.

4G Update: Pre 500 pts

 Month One

4G

4 Gamers, 4 Armies, 4 months, 4 Fun!

 

Who/What:

Ben: Eldar vs. Joe: Tyranids

Lars: Blood Angels vs. Rob: Space Wolves

 

When:

Jan 7th, Friday: 500pts painted and Games

 

Where:

Palace o' Joe (Tampa)

 

The time has arrived for 500pt armies and matches, due to lingering holiday scheduling conflicts, we are shooting for Friday Evening instead of the normal Saturday.

 

Games:

Random Draw,

 

First Matchup:  Eldar v. Tyranids, mission and deployment will be rolled for RAW(Rules as Written).

Second Matchup:  Blood Angles v. Space Wolves, mission and deployment will be rolled for RAW.

 

Terrain will be placed by Nuetral team, AT LEAST 25%. 

 

All terrain will be place in a table quarter, and must reletively fill the table quarter (25% of the table).  This will ensure 25%.

 

It will then be dispersed throughout the entire battlefield, any dangerous/difficult terrain will be expained prior to matchup.

 

 

4G Update: Space Wolves

Painting update, some pics to show the status of the Blood Claws, and Lukas.  Adding Lukas in my 1000pt list (and beyond).

Lukas the Trickster

Blood Claws Pack

(if you look closely you'll notice a couple of 'old' heads in there, from a Blood Claws box set I bought ages ago to swipe the chainsword arms for my Black Templars)

4G Update: Space Wolves

4G Space Wolves Rosters (500/1000)

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While I had all my painting completed, decided on swapping in some Blood Claws, because they are fluffy win (while competitive fail).  They look cool, enjoy the poses and totally fit into the books I'm reading (Space Wolf Ominbus).  So they have base color, but have the next few steps to do.

500 Points
HQ:
Wolf Guard Battle Leader (Terminator), Pair of Wolf Claws

Troops:
Squad 1:
Grey Hunters Pack, 7xGrey Hunters, Power Fist & Meltagun

Squad 2:
Grey Hunters Pack, 7xGrey Hunters, Power Weapon & Meltagun

Squad 3:
Blood Claws Pack, 7xBlood Claws, Meltagun

1000 Points
Adding the following:

Troops:
Squad 1, 3 more Grey Hunters, Flamer

Squad 2, 3 more Grey Hunters, Flamer

Squad 3, 1 more Blood Claw & Lukas the Trickster

Heavy Support:
Long Fangs, 2xLascannon, 2xPlasmacannon, 1xSquad Leader
1xRazorback

On the Razorback, not sure if I'll go with Twinlinked Las or Assault.  Sure the Las is obviously much better, but the Twinlinked Assault Cannon is just fluffy cool!  That and I can just pluck the Twinlinked Assault Cannon off of my Black Templars LRC ;-)

4G Update: Space Wolves

Well I'm done painting my 500pts, and have most of the individual models completed all the way through to my 1500pt list.

Have two Rhinos, and two Razorbacks coming for Christmas to finish my base lists.

Currently facing a dilemma, do I go a lil'fluffy for my 1850 or... Uber Fluffy!  I'm really leaning towards the uber fluffy route.  I've read a ton online, and I know I could run WolfStar or 12+ Missile Launchers, 5man/Melta Rhinos, 2+ Rune Priests... but I have to be honest.  I'm a total noob... I wouldn't even know how to run these lists effectively. 

So might as well make something fluffy and fun, that will get some laughs, and learn the hard way.. then when I understand how things work together, and I decide to be more competitive I'll put a tougher list together that is more competitive.

This doesn't mean I'm going to make the Black Templar mistake of buying models that I will NEVER use, fluff or not... While I paint quickly, I don't like to paint stuff that just sits on a shelf.  I have learned in my illustrious 2-3 months of 40K you should build the list first.. this Game/Hobby is too expensive to invest money in something that NEVER gets used.

So if your new like me..  Figure out what works for you, fluffy or no, and build a list before you buy!

4G: Tale of Four Gamers Reboot

We're rebooting our Tale of Four Gamers(4G), as we are updating to 1850 pts.

4G

4 Gamers, 4 Armies, 4 months, 4 Fun!

Who/What:

Ben: Eldar

Joe: Tyranids

Lars: Blood Angels

Rob: Space Wolves

When:

Jan 8th: 500pts painted

Feb 5th: 500pts painted

Mar 5th: 500pts painted

Apr 2d: 350pts painted and Objective Marker modeled/painted
Where:
Palace o' Joe, Tampa

Scoring:

Painting

3pts Painted on time, 0pts if not.

1pts for Objective Marker

Gaming:

Random Draw on dates

3pts, win

2pts, draw

1pt, loss

Mini-Matches:

3 weekends in between due dates can be used for Mini-Matches to gain points.

1pt per match (win, lose, or draw). Up to 3 max.

Please post any questions below.