Malifaux Battle Report: Nicoderm vs. Viktorias
My wife and I played only our second game last night. She was playing her Outcasts (Viktorias, 2 Ronin and Taelor) and I was playing my Resurrectionists (Nicoderm, Mortimer, 2 Punk Zombies). The table was 3′x3′ with three small buildings on the left, a group of trees in the near right corner and hills surrounding the area. The center of the board was relatively clear of obstructions.
The Outcasts deployed in the far left corner behind the buildings, and I deployed in the trees. Outcasts were going for Reconnoiter and I was going for a slaughter.
The first couple turns consisted of everyone moving forward, my zombies raced forward to get into combat, while Nico and Mort hung back and tried to generate some zombies with no luck. The gun-Vik moved straight at me with a Ronin, while the other Vik, Ronin and Taelor made a flanking move around the buildings to my left.
I was unable to get my Zombies into combat before the gun-Vik got to them, so my Punks were dead quickly and then Nico was surrounded. He was able to kill the gun-Vik with Decay, and get some Mindless Zombies, but by then it was too late.
At the end all, of the Resurrectionists were wiped out and the Viks were able to secure three of the four table quarters for the win.
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Combat Patrol Games
Tonight I was able to play two 500 point Combat Patrol games, one against Ryan and the other against JJ. The first game I was played Eldar against Ryan’s Space Marines.
Eldar:
2 squads of 3 Jetbikes with 1 Shuriken Cannon, 1 Warlock on Jetbike with Embolden
2 squads of 2 War Walkers with Scatter Lasers
Space Marines:
3 Land Speeders with Multi-melta and Flamers
2 Heavy Bolter Razorbacks with 5 Marines
The first turn I was able to wreck one Razorback and immobilize a Speeder with Scatter Laser fire, and it basically went downhill for Ryan from there. He was able to take out one squad of Walkers and a squad of Jetbikes, but the other squads caused problems for Ryan all game. At the end of the game all of the speeders and Razorbacks were wrecked and the remaining squad of bikes was tied up in combat with the Marines.
The second game was against JJ’s Space Wolves and I was playing Tau.
Tau:
4 Pathfinders
Devilfish with Disruption Pods
6 Fire Warriors
6 Stealth Suits
2 Crisis Suits with Plasma Rifles and Missile Pods
Space Wolves:
3 Thunderwolves
10 Grey Hunters in Rhino
6 Long Fangs with 5 Missile Launchers
This game did not go well for the Tau. I was able to take out the Thunderwolves with the Crisis Suits after feeding them some Gun Drones and the Fire Warriors. The Stealth Suits failed to do anything more than shake the Rhino and then died to Grey Hunters. And the Crisis Suits died to missile fire.
Overall it was a fun night. I learned quite a bit about how to work with a very limited point level.
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1000pt Tau vs. Blood Angels
I played a short game against JJ’s Blood Angels tonight. Sadly I didn’t get any pictures.
Blood Angels:
Sanguinor
5 Death Company with Jetpacks
7 Assault Marines
Sanguinary Priest
Death Company Dreadnaught
Stormraven
Tau:
10 Kroot
6 Fire Warriors
Devilfish with Disruption Pods
Commander Shas’el with Missile Pod, Plasma Rifle and Multi-tracker
2 squads of 3 Crisis Suits with Missile Pod, Plasma Rifle and Multi-tracker
Broadside with Targeting Array
Hammerhead with Dispuption Pods, SMS and Multi-tracker
Piranha with Targeting Array and Fusion Gun
We played Sieze Ground with 5 objectives and Pitched Battle. JJ won the roll and passed me the first turn. I placed my Kroot in some trees in the middle of my side with my suits and Piranha behind them. The Hammerhead was on a hill to my right, while the Broadside was on the left. My Devilfish with the Fire Warriors were in reserve. JJ deployed the Stormraven behind a hill with the Dreadnaught and Death Company inside. The Assault Squad and Priest were in reserve.
First turn I managed to immobilize the Stormraven, but that was it. JJ moved the Death Company and Dread up towards my center.
On the second turn, I was able to wreck the Dreadnaught with the Piranha and kill off two of the Death Company. They got close enough and took out my Kroot in assault. The Stormraven killed the Piranha.
Turn three saw my Devilfish come onto the table in my right corner. I fired more at the Death Company whittling them down to just 2 plus the Sanguinor, but that didn’t matter.
For the rest of the game, I couldn’t keep away from him and he managed to take out the Crisis Suits and my Devilfish before my Fire Warriors finally killed him. My Broadside shot terribly, either missing completely, or hitting and then failing to wound him. The game ended with JJ’s Assault Squad holding one objective, while my Fire Warriors were stranded too far away from their objective.
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Tau Hammerhead Redo
I wasn’t really enthused about the way my Hammerhead was turning out. It seemed just a little too plain, and I didn’t really know how to spice it up, so I took a look through the codex for some inspiration. In there I found a sample camouflage pattern that I thought would go well. The pattern in the book was the same red and gray scheme that I had been working with. Well, started painting it last night and I think it is coming along quite nicely. The lines could be a little cleaner, and I’m thinking of getting an airbrush to try and make things go a little easier. Anyway, here’s the picture of the progress so far, sorry about the quality of the picture, I am in the Twin Cities for work and the only camera I have is my phone.
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WIP: Tau Hammerhead
I started work on my first Tau Hammerhead tank tonight. The army will be primarily red with light gray on parts. I like how the colors are coming out, but it just seems kind of plain right now. There are plenty of details that still need to be picked out, but on the whole, there just seems to be something lacking. I’ve done the camouflage stippling on my Eldar, and I don’t really want to do the same thing on the Tau. I want something to really make the tanks look distinct, but I’m not sure what.
Anyways, here’s the pics of the progress so far.
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