UKGT - List Option 4 - Tyranids

I'm not convinced about Tyranids at low points values, but the advantage of this list is that it's pretty much built so all I'd need is painting time.

1500 Pts - Tyranids Roster - 1500

HQ: Hive Tyrant (1#, 255 pts)

1 Hive Tyrant @ 255 pts (Lash Whip & Bonesword; Old Adversary; Regeneration; Armoured Shell; Leech Essence; Paroxysm)

: Tyrant Guard Brood (2#, 130 pts)

2 Tyrant Guard Brood @ 130 pts (Lash Whip)

Elite: Hive Guard Brood (2#, 100 pts)

2 Hive Guard Brood @ 100 pts

Elite: Hive Guard Brood (2#, 100 pts)

2 Hive Guard Brood @ 100 pts

Elite: Hive Guard Brood (2#, 100 pts)

2 Hive Guard Brood @ 100 pts

Troops: Tervigon (1#, 195 pts)

1 Tervigon @ 195 pts (Cluster Spines; Adrenal Glands; Toxin Sacs; Catalyst)

Troops: Tervigon (1#, 195 pts)

1 Tervigon @ 195 pts (Cluster Spines; Adrenal Glands; Toxin Sacs; Catalyst)

Troops: Termagant Brood (10#, 50 pts)

10 Termagant Brood @ 50 pts

Troops: Termagant Brood (10#, 50 pts)

10 Termagant Brood @ 50 pts

Troops: Termagant Brood (12#, 60 pts)

12 Termagant Brood @ 60 pts

Heavy Support: Tyrannofex (1#, 265 pts)

1 Tyrannofex @ 265 pts (Rupture Cannon; Cluster Spines; Thorax Swarm (larvae))

Total Roster Cost: 1500

Shooty (ish) Skaven

The locals seem to be playing at 3000 so that's what I wrote the list for.

Anything that isn't 'Clan Pestilens' will be converted/painted appropriately to give the army an overall 'plague' theme.

3000 Pts - Skaven Roster - Skaven List - 3000

Grey Seer (1#, 275 pts)

1 Grey Seer @ 275 pts (General; Hand Weapon)

1 Power Scroll

I'm going to convert a spare Plague Priest from the Furnace kit to be a Grey Seer who's speciality is Clan Pestilens and who may have been investigating them a little too thoroughly ;-)

Clanrats (40#, 200 pts)

39 Clanrats @ 200 pts (Musician Mus; Standard Bearer Std; Hand Weapon; Light Armour; Shield)

1 Clawleader (Hand Weapon; Light Armour; Shield)

Clanrats (40#, 200 pts)

39 Clanrats @ 200 pts (Musician Mus; Standard Bearer Std; Hand Weapon; Light Armour; Shield)

1 Clawleader (Hand Weapon; Light Armour; Shield)

Plague Monks must come from somewhere so these Clanrats will be painted in appropriate colours as Plague Monks in training.

Plague Priest (2#, 289 pts)

1 Plague Priest @ 289 pts (Level 2 Upgrade; Hand Weapon; Flail; Frenzy)

1 Plague Furnace (Frenzy; Large Target; Magic Resistance (2))

No need for justification here.

Plague Monks (50#, 375 pts)

49 Plague Monks @ 375 pts (Musician Mus; Standard Bearer Std; Hand Weapon; Extra Hand Weapon; Extra Attack; Frenzy)

1 Bringer-of-the-Word (Hand Weapon; Extra Hand Weapon; Extra Attack; Frenzy)

Or here.

Stormvermin (12#, 150 pts)

10 Stormvermin @ 150 pts (Hand Weapon; Halberd; Heavy Armour; Shield)

2 Warpfire Thrower Weapon Team (Warpfire Thrower; Hand Weapon; Heavy Armour)

Stormvermin (12#, 150 pts)

10 Stormvermin @ 150 pts (Hand Weapon; Halberd; Heavy Armour; Shield)

2 Warpfire Thrower Weapon Team (Warpfire Thrower; Hand Weapon; Heavy Armour)

Stormvermin (12#, 150 pts)

10 Stormvermin @ 150 pts (Hand Weapon; Halberd; Heavy Armour; Shield)

2 Warpfire Thrower Weapon Team (Warpfire Thrower; Hand Weapon; Heavy Armour)

Stormvermin (12#, 150 pts)

10 Stormvermin @ 150 pts (Hand Weapon; Halberd; Heavy Armour; Shield)

2 Warpfire Thrower Weapon Team (Warpfire Thrower; Hand Weapon; Heavy Armour)

I'll alter these slightly so they're more plague looking and pretend they chuck out a pile of warpstone infused vomit instead of the 'normal' warpfire.

Stormvermin (12#, 145 pts)

10 Stormvermin @ 145 pts (Hand Weapon; Halberd; Heavy Armour; Shield)

2 Poisoned Wind Mortar Weapon Team (Poisoned Wind Mortar; Hand Weapon; Heavy Armour)

Stormvermin (12#, 145 pts)

10 Stormvermin @ 145 pts (Hand Weapon; Halberd; Heavy Armour; Shield)

2 Poisoned Wind Mortar Weapon Team (Poisoned Wind Mortar; Hand Weapon; Heavy Armour)

Stormvermin (12#, 145 pts)

10 Stormvermin @ 145 pts (Hand Weapon; Halberd; Heavy Armour; Shield)

2 Poisoned Wind Mortar Weapon Team (Poisoned Wind Mortar; Hand Weapon; Heavy Armour)

Stormvermin (12#, 145 pts)

10 Stormvermin @ 145 pts (Hand Weapon; Halberd; Heavy Armour; Shield)

2 Poisoned Wind Mortar Weapon Team (Poisoned Wind Mortar; Hand Weapon; Heavy Armour)

Poison gas = Diseased gas. Should be close enough to justify.

Clanrat Slaves (20#, 50 pts)

20 Skavenslaves @ 50 pts (Hand Weapon; Sling)

Clanrat Slaves (20#, 50 pts)

20 Skavenslaves @ 50 pts (Hand Weapon; Sling)

Everyone of note in Skaven society has Slaves right?

Plagueclaw Catapult (1#, 100 pts)

1 Plagueclaw Catapult @ 100 pts

1 Plague Monk Crew

Plagueclaw Catapult (1#, 100 pts)

1 Plagueclaw Catapult @ 100 pts

1 Plague Monk Crew

These are fine as is.

Warp-Lightning Cannon (1#, 90 pts)

1 Warp-Lightning Cannon @ 90 pts

1 Engineer & Crew

Warp-Lightning Cannon (1#, 90 pts)

1 Warp-Lightning Cannon @ 90 pts

1 Engineer & Crew

Not sure how to justify these. I may just give them Plague Monk crew and justify them that way.

Total Roster Cost: 2999

It seemed like a good idea when I was reading the rules for everything but I'm not sure how easy it will be to deploy that much stuff.

I still want to include other stuff but this will do for a start I think.

Any advice will be (as usual) gratefully received.

Incoming Mail - Imperial Guard Help.

E-Mail In :

Hey man, looking through my guard army and how various units have performed in past outings i'm having some difficulty in bringing the list down to the god awful size known as 1500 :( ordinarily i'd leave things till last minute but if i'm going to a tournament where things have to be painted i guess i should get a settled army and then begin the painful process of painting it all.

Anyway Ideas of what to tweek, add or take away from the various ideas i'll post would be appreciated

List 1.

HQ : Company Command w/ Strachan, 1 bodyguard, medic 190pts Chimera w/ extra armour 70pts

Troops : Veterans, 2 melta guns 90pts Chimera w/ extra armour 70pts

Troops : Veterans, 2 melta guns 90pts Chimera w/ extra armour 70pts

Troops : Veterans, Harker, Autocannon/H Bolter 135pts

Fast : Vendetta Gunship 130pts

Fast : Vendetta Gunship 130pts

Heavy : Leman Russ Battle Tank w/lascannon 165pts

Heavy : Leman Russ Demolisher w/lascannon 180pts

Heavy : 2 Hydra's w/ extra armour 180pts

Total = 1500pts

the flip side would be a more infantry based force which is then backed up by tanks and thus able to go and do a bit of everything. I tried to write a list as such but failed in that respect so i thought i'd ask your opinion and help on just such a list and which one would be more likely to work as i can see problems inherent in both but is the part infantry part tank list more reliable/versatile than the mech list.

thanks in advance

Reply :

Lets have a look at the list a unit at a time then,

HQ: Company Command Squad (7#, 260 pts)

4 Company Command Squad @ 260 pts (Medi-pack; Colonel 'Iron Hand' Straken; Bodyguard)

1 Colonel 'Iron Hand' Straken

1 Bodyguard

1 Chimera (Extra Armor)

I'm not a massive fan of Straken but he does provide a useful counter-assault unit. So this seems fine apart from the Extra Armour which I think you can do without. Also if this unit is moving about you'll probably never use the 'default' Heavy Bolter on the Chimera so I'd swap it for a Heavy Flamer. If we have enough points spare we'll maybe 'beef' this unit up a bit with an extra bodyguard at the end.

Troops: Veteran Squad (11#, 160 pts)

9 Veteran Squad @ 160 pts (Meltagun x2)

1 Veteran Sergeant

1 Chimera (Extra Armor)

If your going to make your Veteran Squad a 'Melta' unit you might as well give them the maximum 3. A Heavy Flamer is also a nice option as it gives the unit a dual role, however as we can give the Chimera a Heavy Flamer instead of It's Heavy Bolter I'd do that instead.

Troops: Veteran Squad (10#, 135 pts)

7 Veteran Squad @ 135 pts (Gunnery Sergeant Harker)

1 Veteran Heavy Weapon Team (Autocannon or Heavy Bolter)

1 Gunnery Sergeant Harker

Not sure what your thinking behind this unit is, If it's going in a Vendetta then the Upgrades are wasted, if it's infiltrating to get close to something then why has it got a Heavy Weapon Team which is obviously long range. With the points we've saved so far we can probably make this into a 3rd Veteran Squad in a Chimera, which is what I would do.

Fast Attack: Vendetta Gunship Squadron (1#, 130 pts)

1 Vendetta Gunship Squadron @ 130 pts

1 Vendetta

Nothing wrong with this choice at all.

Heavy Support: Leman Russ Squadron (1#, 165 pts)

1 Leman Russ Squadron @ 165 pts

1 Leman Russ Battle Tank (Lascannon)

Not sure about the Lascannon, other than that It's okay if you like the Leman Russ. I'd rather have a Medusa for it's high strength, low AP, fairly long range, large Blast or a pair of Hydras myself. Admittedly they're less survivable but 3 guesses where all your opponents Melta weapons will be heading...

Heavy Support: Leman Russ Squadron (1#, 180 pts)

1 Leman Russ Squadron @ 180 pts

1 Leman Russ Demolisher (Lascannon)

Same comment as above really with the addition that it's to short range if your going for shooty or too dangerous for your own units if your getting 'stuck-in'.

Heavy Support: Hydra Flak Tank Battery (2#, 180 pts)

1 Hydra Flak Tank Battery @ 180 pts

1 Hydra Flak Tank (Extra Armor)

1 Hydra Flak Tank (Extra Armor)

Nothing wrong with this choice either (other than the Extra Armour which we can do without). 8 twin-linked Strength 7 shots for 150 points is fucking awesome. You can leave the Heavy Bolters on these if you prefer as they'll hopefully be safe in a corner somewhere.

So lets keep the good stuff, tweak the okay stuff and see what points we have left...

1500 Pts - James 1500 IG list - tweaked (no russ's for now)

HQ: Company Command Squad (8#, 260 pts)

4 Company Command Squad @ 260 pts (Medi-pack; Colonel 'Iron Hand' Straken; Bodyguard; Bodyguard)

1 Colonel 'Iron Hand' Straken

1 Bodyguard

1 Bodyguard

1 Chimera (Heavy Flamer)

Just added a bodyguard for now but you might want to give them some weapons upgrades as well (Melta's, Heavy Flamer, etc.) as there will be spare points at the end ;-)

Troops: Veteran Squad (11#, 155 pts)

9 Veteran Squad @ 155 pts (Meltagun x3)

1 Veteran Sergeant

1 Chimera (Heavy Flamer)

Troops: Veteran Squad (11#, 155 pts)

9 Veteran Squad @ 155 pts (Meltagun x3)

1 Veteran Sergeant

1 Chimera (Heavy Flamer)

Troops: Veteran Squad (11#, 155 pts)

9 Veteran Squad @ 155 pts (Meltagun x3)

1 Veteran Sergeant

1 Chimera (Heavy Flamer)

Fast Attack: Vendetta Gunship Squadron (1#, 130 pts)

1 Vendetta Gunship Squadron @ 130 pts

1 Vendetta

Fast Attack: Vendetta Gunship Squadron (1#, 130 pts)

1 Vendetta Gunship Squadron @ 130 pts

1 Vendetta

Heavy Support: Hydra Flak Tank Battery (2#, 150 pts)

1 Hydra Flak Tank Battery @ 150 pts

1 Hydra Flak Tank

1 Hydra Flak Tank

Total Roster Cost: 1135

So we have 355 points left to fill out those heavy support slots amongst other things.

Personally I like the idea of,

Heavy Support: Hydra Flak Tank Battery (2#, 150 pts)

1 Hydra Flak Tank Battery @ 150 pts

1 Hydra Flak Tank

1 Hydra Flak Tank

Yes I know you already have a unit of these but another 2 units would be even better. With 3 of these your as close as possible to guaranteeing the crippling of 3 light vehicles a turn or putting a serious dent in most infantry units. Even tyranid MC's will be worried ;-)

I'm also a fan of,

Heavy Support: Ordnance Battery (1#, 135 pts)

1 Ordnance Battery @ 135 pts

1 Medusa

36" Range, S10, AP2, Large Blast. Pops vehicles and kills infantry with equal efficiency . Not the most survivable of weapon platforms but it's dead easy to hide behind a Chimera which (as long as you position it correctly) will give you a cover save anyway.

As I'm not sure how your finances are i'll leave you to decide on what you wan't to take/can afford (6 Hydras aren't cheap by any stretch of the imagination but you can make passable Medusa's from the Basilisk kit).

Both of those options leave you with enough points left over to upgrade your command squad a bit more.

Of course if you've got your heart set on them you can have those Leman Russ's you put in originally though I'm not convinced that they're anywhere near the optimum choice.

There are so many viable IG lists it makes the Chaos player in me a little bit sad. Taking the units you like and the ones I do, stir in a little flavour and I'd probably give the following a go,

1500 Pts - 5th Edition Roster - James 1500 IG list - tweaked

HQ: Company Command Squad (7#, 220 pts)

4 Company Command Squad @ 220 pts (Flamer x1; Colonel 'Iron Hand' Straken; Bodyguard)

1 Colonel 'Iron Hand' Straken

1 Bodyguard

1 Chimera (Heavy Flamer)

Elite: Psyker Battle Squad (8#, 135 pts)

6 Psyker Battle Squad @ 135 pts

1 Overseer

1 Chimera (Heavy Flamer)

Troops: Veteran Squad (11#, 155 pts)

9 Veteran Squad @ 155 pts (Meltagun x3)

1 Veteran Sergeant

1 Chimera (Heavy Flamer)

Troops: Veteran Squad (11#, 155 pts)

9 Veteran Squad @ 155 pts (Meltagun x3)

1 Veteran Sergeant

1 Chimera (Heavy Flamer)

Troops: Veteran Squad (11#, 155 pts)

9 Veteran Squad @ 155 pts (Meltagun x3)

1 Veteran Sergeant

1 Chimera (Heavy Flamer)

Fast Attack: Vendetta Gunship Squadron (1#, 130 pts)

1 Vendetta Gunship Squadron @ 130 pts

1 Vendetta

Fast Attack: Vendetta Gunship Squadron (1#, 130 pts)

1 Vendetta Gunship Squadron @ 130 pts

1 Vendetta

Heavy Support: Ordnance Battery (1#, 135 pts)

1 Ordnance Battery @ 135 pts

1 Medusa (Heavy Flamer)

Heavy Support: Ordnance Battery (1#, 135 pts)

1 Ordnance Battery @ 135 pts

1 Medusa (Heavy Flamer)

Heavy Support: Hydra Flak Tank Battery (2#, 150 pts)

1 Hydra Flak Tank Battery @ 150 pts

1 Hydra Flak Tank

1 Hydra Flak Tank

Total Roster Cost: 1500

Comments, advice or other helpful input will (as usual) be gratefully received.

UKGT - List options 2+3

Sorry about the lack of content lately and my complete inability to actually post things I say I'm going to :-(

Hopefully I can redeem myself a little over the coming week ;-)

Just for the record I fucking Hate 1500 as a points value and therefore resent writing lists for it. Unfortunately till Jervis is assassinated it looks like we're stuck with it for the 'Throne of Skulls' and it seems like a good possibility we'll be stuck with a load of bollocks 'comp' scores thrown in just to fuck me off even more...

Oh, well never mind,

So, a couple more lists that are possible options for the Tournament in January.

Both are pretty obvious tactically, but if anybody requires further explanations feel free to ask in the 'comments' section.

1500 Pts - Jump Blood Angels for UKGT

HQ: Librarian (1#, 125 pts)

1 Librarian @ 125 pts (...in Power Armour; Blood Lance; Fear of the Darkness)

1 ...in Power Armour (Jump Pack)

: Honour Guard (5#, 220 pts)

1 Honour Guard @ 220 pts (Equip with Jump Packs; Honour Guard; Honour Guard)

1 Sanguinary Novitiate (Jump Pack)

3 Honour Guard (Jump Pack; Meltagun x1)

1 Honour Guard (Jump Pack; Power Fist x1)

Elite: Sanguinary Priest (2#, 180 pts)

1 Sanguinary Priest @ 180 pts (Sanguinary Priest in Power Armour)

2 Sanguinary Priest in Power Armour (Jump Pack; Lightning Claw)

Troops: Assault Squad (10#, 245 pts)

7 Assault Squad @ 245 pts (Meltagun; Meltagun)

1 Assault Marine with Meltagun

1 Assault Marine with Meltagun

1 Sergeant (Hand Flamer x1; Power Fist x1)

Troops: Assault Squad (10#, 245 pts)

7 Assault Squad @ 245 pts (Meltagun; Meltagun)

1 Assault Marine with Meltagun

1 Assault Marine with Meltagun

1 Sergeant (Hand Flamer x1; Power Fist x1)

Troops: Assault Squad (10#, 245 pts)

7 Assault Squad @ 245 pts (Meltagun; Meltagun)

1 Assault Marine with Meltagun

1 Assault Marine with Meltagun

1 Sergeant (Hand Flamer x1; Power Fist x1)

Fast Attack: Vanguard Veteran Squad (5#, 240 pts)

1 Vanguard Veteran Squad @ 240 pts (Equip with Jump Packs; Vanguard Veteran; Vanguard Veteran)

1 Sergeant (Jump Pack; Power Fist)

3 Vanguard Veteran (Jump Pack; Bolt Pistol; Lightning Claw x1)

1 Vanguard Veteran (Jump Pack; Melta Bombs; Bolt Pistol; Lightning Claw x1)

Total Roster Cost: 1500

1500 Pts - Space Marine Bikers for UKGT

HQ: Space Marine Captain (1#, 170 pts)

1 Space Marine Captain @ 170 pts (...in Power Armour)

1 ...in Power Armour (Melta Bombs; Space Marine Bike; Relic Blade x1)

1 Space Marine Bike

: Command Squad (5#, 380 pts)

1 Command Squad @ 380 pts (Space Marine Bike; Veteran; Veteran)

1 Apothecary (Unit on SM Bikes)

1 Veteran (Storm Shield; Unit on SM Bikes; Meltagun x1; Thunder Hammer x1)

3 Veteran (Storm Shield; Unit on SM Bikes; Lightning Claw x1; Meltagun x1)

Troops: Space Marine Bike Squad (5#, 185 pts)

3 Space Marine Bike Squad @ 185 pts (Meltagun x2; Attack Bike)

1 Attack Bike (Multi-Melta)

1 Sergeant

Troops: Space Marine Bike Squad (5#, 185 pts)

3 Space Marine Bike Squad @ 185 pts (Meltagun x2; Attack Bike)

1 Attack Bike (Multi-Melta)

1 Sergeant

Troops: Space Marine Bike Squad (5#, 185 pts)

3 Space Marine Bike Squad @ 185 pts (Meltagun x2; Attack Bike)

1 Attack Bike (Multi-Melta)

1 Sergeant

Troops: Space Marine Bike Squad (5#, 185 pts)

3 Space Marine Bike Squad @ 185 pts (Meltagun x2; Attack Bike)

1 Attack Bike (Multi-Melta)

1 Sergeant

Fast Attack: Land Speeder Squadron (1#, 70 pts)

1 Land Speeder Squadron @ 70 pts (Multi-Melta x1; Heavy Flamer x1)

Fast Attack: Land Speeder Squadron (1#, 70 pts)

1 Land Speeder Squadron @ 70 pts (Multi-Melta x1; Heavy Flamer x1)

Fast Attack: Land Speeder Squadron (1#, 70 pts)

1 Land Speeder Squadron @ 70 pts (Multi-Melta x1; Heavy Flamer x1)

Total Roster Cost: 1500

Dark Eldar News

I'll post some content that's actually mine tomorrow...honest ;-)

The Games Workshop Newsletter 26.09.2010 In this issue: Incoming: Dark Eldar

Incoming! Dark Eldar Today at UK Games Day we announced the re-launch of the Dark Eldar and unveiled a wicked host of new Dark Eldar miniatures. Jes Goodwin, lead Dark Eldar designer, was there to answer questions about his latest creations and show off the cover art from the new Codex. As newsletter subscribers we felt that you should be the first to hear the news and catch a glimpse of Jes and his team's stunning work. Make sure you check out the 'What's New Today' section on games-workshop.com every day next week, as we'll be showing more of the Dark Eldar, including some of Jes' concept sketches and early design work. The new Dark Eldar will be available to advance order from Tuesday 5th October. Brace yourself, gaming in the 41st Millennium is about to become a lot more frightening.

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They Don't Make Nostalgia Like They Used To...

I don't really miss God, but I sure miss Santa Claus...From the Song 'Gutless' by Hole.

In the dim and distant past I wandered into a GW store and was promptly ambushed by some guy in a t-shirt who managed to sell me something called a 'Codex' about Chaos and a vastly overpriced book with some rules in it.

First thing I did was look at the pictures.

Some stuff looked cool, other stuff looked shit. I liked the whole 'Renegade' concept so I bought some Space Marines and made them slightly spikier than normal Marines and gave them some Chaos markings.

So I plonked my army of 'Stuff I thought was cool' on the table for my first game and watched in mild interest as it all died.

"Not a problem" I thought. It'll get better the more I play...

However it wasn't quite that simple was it?

Certain units let me down consistently so they got dropped from the list. Other things did well so I bought a 2nd one and then in some cases a 3rd. Unnecessary 'Fluffy' upgrades were dropped in favour of more 'killy' upgrades. I converted models I liked so they could 'Count As' units that performed better. My armies became based around the concept we all know and love as 'Spam' and I started to win games and obviously found that winning was a much better feeling than losing...

As the inherent weaknesses in the Chaos Codex became more and more obvious, compounded quite severely by 5th ed. and comparisons to the new Marine Codex I 'jumped ship' and started using 'Vanilla' Marines and later Space Wolves and then Blood Angels when lists I wrote worked better with those books.

Optimisation became my 'Raison D'etre'. Units that had impressive looking models were overlooked in favour of more effective but...well...'duller' looking units, but it didn't matter because I was winning which was the point...

Or was it?

"Lets find a hobby that indulges my basic manly need to 'destroy','kill' and win" wasn't the point at the start. I'm not sure when that became what was fun, but apparently it did...

Back to the Present.

This weekend I popped into my FLGS and invited a few friends over for some games of Warhammer. Two of them were playing Fantasy so that's what we decided we'd do as I'd assembled quite a lot of Skaven. We agreed upon 2500 points and I needed to quickly write a list and see how much of my newly assembled models I could use.

As it turned out you get quite a lot of Skaven for 2500 points and I'd used up all of mine at about 1800...

So I made the Plague Monk unit a bit bigger, called some Clanrat Spearmen - Stormvermin, stuck a base on a Lord Skrolk model I still had in the 'Blister' and ended up with this list,

2500 Pts - Skaven Roster - What I had built Skaven - 2500

Lord Skrolk (1#, 470 pts)

1 Lord Skrolk @ 470 pts (General; Hand Weapon; Causes Terror; Frenzy)

1 Rod of Corruption

1 The Liber Bubonicus

Plague Priest (1#, 139 pts)

1 Plague Priest @ 139 pts (Level 2 Upgrade; Hand Weapon; Flail; Frenzy)

Plague Priest (2#, 289 pts)

1 Plague Priest @ 289 pts (Level 2 Upgrade; Hand Weapon; Flail; Frenzy)

1 Plague Furnace (Frenzy; Large Target; Magic Resistance (2))

Plague Monks (50#, 375 pts)

49 Plague Monks @ 375 pts (Musician Mus; Standard Bearer Std; Hand Weapon; Extra Hand Weapon; Extra Attack; Frenzy)

1 Bringer-of-the-Word (Hand Weapon; Extra Hand Weapon; Extra Attack; Frenzy)

Rat Ogres (6#, 176 pts)

4 Rat Ogres @ 176 pts (Causes Fear; Frenzy)

2 Packmaster (Hand Weapon; Whip; Light Armour)

Clanrats (40#, 180 pts)

39 Clanrats @ 180 pts (Musician Mus; Standard Bearer Std; Hand Weapon; Light Armour)

1 Clawleader (Hand Weapon; Light Armour)

Clanrats (40#, 180 pts)

39 Clanrats @ 180 pts (Musician Mus; Standard Bearer Std; Hand Weapon; Light Armour)

1 Clawleader (Hand Weapon; Light Armour)

Stormvermin (12#, 150 pts)

10 Stormvermin @ 150 pts (Hand Weapon; Halberd; Heavy Armour; Shield)

2 Warpfire Thrower Weapon Team (Warpfire Thrower; Hand Weapon; Heavy Armour)

Stormvermin (12#, 150 pts)

10 Stormvermin @ 150 pts (Hand Weapon; Halberd; Heavy Armour; Shield)

2 Warpfire Thrower Weapon Team (Warpfire Thrower; Hand Weapon; Heavy Armour)

Stormvermin (12#, 145 pts)

10 Stormvermin @ 145 pts (Hand Weapon; Halberd; Heavy Armour; Shield)

2 Poisoned Wind Mortar Weapon Team (Poisoned Wind Mortar; Hand Weapon; Heavy Armour)

Stormvermin (12#, 145 pts)

10 Stormvermin @ 145 pts (Hand Weapon; Halberd; Heavy Armour; Shield)

2 Poisoned Wind Mortar Weapon Team (Poisoned Wind Mortar; Hand Weapon; Heavy Armour)

Clanrat Slaves (40#, 80 pts)

40 Skavenslaves @ 80 pts (Hand Weapon)

Total Roster Cost: 2479

The best Skaven army ever?

Obviously not, lol.

By 40K standards it would probably be classed as a 'Battle-force' army. Certain units did fuck-all others performed better than I could have hoped. The Skavenslaves sucked exactly the amount I expected them to...

But the funny thing was, I didn't win a single game but I still had fun. That original feeling of using stuff that looked cool, or that I just wanted to try out became the part that I enjoyed.

Of course the sad part is that feeling won't last...

Units will get dropped in favour of ones that perform better, I'll start looking for rules loopholes I can exploit and rules combinations of doom that GW's play-testers missed and I'll annoy the fuck out of everyone with them until they're FAQ'd (or not in most cases), I'll start reading a units stats before I see what the models like, etc.

Maybe that will make me happier and maybe it won't...Until that happens though, I'll try and enjoy the feeling of enjoyment without necessarily having to win for as long as it lasts.....

Island of Blood.

As I've mentioned previously, I bought an 'island of Blood' box and traded out the girly elves for some scheming Skaven.

Now I've gotten around to assembling them this has given me,

2 Warlords,

2 Engineers,

34 Clanrats with Spear and Shield,

34 Clanrats with Hand Weapon and Shield,

4 Clanrat Champions,

4 Clanrat Musicians,

4 Clanrat Standard Bearers,

2 Warpfire Thrower Weapon Teams,

2 Poisoned wind Mortar Weapon Teams,

4 Rat Ogres,

and 2 Packmasters.

Once I've done the same with another box later this month that should give me quite a few options to work with.

It's also made me realise that the best way to avoid hobby boredom is to have about 10 projects on the go rather than concentrating on just the one...

UKGT - List Option 1

So I'v narrowed my options down a little for the list I'll take to the UKGT but I thought I'd get some 2nd opinions first ;-)

1500 Pts - Space Marines Roster

HQ: Space Marine Librarian (1#, 140 pts)

1 Space Marine Librarian @ 140 pts (...in Terminator Armour; Null Zone; The Gate of Infinity)

1 ...in Terminator Armour (Storm Shield)

Elite: Terminator Assault Squad (10#, 400 pts)

9 Terminator Assault Squad @ 400 pts (Thunder Hammer & Storm Shield x9)

1 Sergeant (Thunder Hammer & Storm Shield x1)

Troops: Tactical Squad (6#, 165 pts)

4 Tactical Squad @ 165 pts (Razorback)

1 Sergeant (Bolt Pistol; Bolter)

1 Razorback (Searchlight; Smoke Launchers; Lascannon and TL Plasmagun)

Troops: Tactical Squad (6#, 165 pts)

4 Tactical Squad @ 165 pts (Razorback)

1 Sergeant (Bolt Pistol; Bolter)

1 Razorback (Searchlight; Smoke Launchers; Lascannon and TL Plasmagun)

Troops: Tactical Squad (6#, 165 pts)

4 Tactical Squad @ 165 pts (Razorback)

1 Sergeant (Bolt Pistol; Bolter)

1 Razorback (Searchlight; Smoke Launchers; Lascannon and TL Plasmagun)

Fast Attack: Land Speeder Squadron (1#, 70 pts)

1 Land Speeder Squadron @ 70 pts (Multi-Melta x1; Heavy Flamer x1)

Fast Attack: Land Speeder Squadron (1#, 70 pts)

1 Land Speeder Squadron @ 70 pts (Multi-Melta x1; Heavy Flamer x1)

Fast Attack: Land Speeder Squadron (1#, 70 pts)

1 Land Speeder Squadron @ 70 pts (Multi-Melta x1; Heavy Flamer x1)

Heavy Support: Predator (1#, 85 pts)

1 Predator @ 85 pts (Heavy Bolter (each side))

Heavy Support: Predator (1#, 85 pts)

1 Predator @ 85 pts (Heavy Bolter (each side))

Heavy Support: Predator (1#, 85 pts)

1 Predator @ 85 pts (Heavy Bolter (each side))

Total Roster Cost: 1500

A decent spread of anti-tank and anti-infantry with a bastard hard 'rock' unit that can teleport about if it feels like.

Thoughts?