the future...

I've thought about this post for a very time.

I'm not going to lie, but I have a feeling that I may rant a tiny little bit.

The subject of ranting is Tyranids... odd but hear me out. I'm fed up of listing to podcasts and looking/searching the internet to see if anybody is doing something cool with Nids. I have found a few like this guy http://www.flickr.com/photos/64078429@N06/8203221405/in/photostream/

I absolutely love what he has done with the Tyranid kits and I am slowly starting some twin/linked devourers to match the same.

List Evolution

List Evolution - it seems to be a term that is thrown about far to much at the moment in 40k.

The world of 40k and list building has gone mad. I don't think there is even a meta anymore. There is to much choice. Do you max out on taking out as many flyers as possible - leaving yourself incredible short when the 200+ imperial guard blobs come out to play, or do you make sure you have enough templates to cover the entire table twice over only to realise that you have nothing to crack open those transports which hold all the squishy goodness.

Now I may be abit extreme above with going down specific list builds and counter builds that come into play more often than not in regular 40k games. My own personal thoughts are that a balanced list almost impossible to get right atm.

I am finding that I am coming up with knee-jerk reactions to every possible situation that I encounter either by playing games or by 'theory-hammer', reading blogs and tournament reports and listening to pod-casts. 

I am finding that I am at work scribbling notes down on how to counter certain lists but this leaves me build a list which has no correlation to the last list I scribbled.

This has lead me to rethink on my own thoughts and get fellow bloggers opinions on possible flaws or if i picked up and hit a 'gold mine'.

My current list 1850 points

Hive Tyrant #1

Armoured Shell, 2 x T/L Devourers, Preferred Enemy Bubble

Hive Tyrant #2

Armoured Shell, 2 x T/L Devourers, Preferred Enemy Bubble

Running two Hive Tyrants exactly the same sounds abit daft seeing that neither are flying. AP 2 is a god send in 6th edition and having a T6 MC walking towards the enemy pretty much has to be delt with but two of them up either flank helps with 'denying of flank' and the spreading of PE bubble. I cant decide if 2 x T/L devourers are a good idea, the only issue is psychic abilities are all generally shooting so its the balance between buffing or 'dak'ering. This may need play testing.

Doom in a Pod

Pretty awesome deals with massive squads all by himself.

Warriors x 5 in a Pod

Devourers, Boneswords, Toxin Sacs

This unit is more to do with getting to the back edge of the board and contest or just to be a nussiance and distract. Boneswords are the dogs balls but cost so much... cant decided if to take rendering claws instead in-case I run into damn dreadnaughts

Hormagaunts x 10

Adrenal Glads and Toxin Sacs

Termagants x 10

Devourers

Termagants x 20

Fleshborers

Sit on a objective and hope that the don't get blown away

Carnifex #1

2 x T/L Devourers

Carnifex #2

2 x T/L Devourers 

These two walk along with my Hive Tyrants gaining from PE bubble and taking out APC's. So far in games alot more fire power is directed at Hive Tyrants so these guys often are still on 4wounds by top of turn 4 which is good!

Trygon Prime

Deep Striking in to the back of enemy deploment trying to cause as much havoc as possible before he is killed.

All i need know is to test it in a competitive environment.... maybe i should go to blog wars 4?....

Angron the Red

Well if you havent seen Angron on Forge World here he is in all of his 50quid worth of goodness. ( forge world images). I can't wait to see the other Primarches.

I might see myself starting a Pre-Heresy Space Marine force very soon

well its been a long time...

It’s been far too long since I blogged anything on this little portion of the internet.

I’m sure all of you who read this blog aren’t that fussed about where I have been or what I have been up to, but I will tell you anyway. I have currently gone through a phase of disliking this hobby for no fault of its own but sometimes it can get a little bit repetitive and samey. Then 6th landed and in honesty I got the rulebook 4 days before I should have done and I wasn’t that excited about it. Yes its new rules, and yes it offers new aspect to list building that have never been open before, but at the end of the day all I could think about was the fact I need to start a brand new army just to deal with what people are coming up with. This in a time where my enthusiasm for the hobby was dwindling sort of killed me off for a bit.

Also on a side note I have been playing so much team golf for my local club I haven’t had the time to get in a game of 40k that and spending lots of money on new shiny clubs and any spare time at the range.

But I’m back (sort of) and re-energised about the 40k universe.

My 1st feeling is looking back over the Nid codex and seeing what can work in this new episode of the 40k Universe. I believe like so many other bloggers that Troops is a massive part of the game and almost even more important now in 6th than they were in 5th.

So what can Nids offer in the case of troops that can stick around long enough to contest objectives… Warriors are ok is the initiative hit for FC has really hit them bad and 4+ save can really drop the 3 wounds extremely quickly. Back in 5th I ran a squad of 5 with boneswords and both TS and FC. I feel this option is still available but the nerf that Power Weapons got has considerably hurt them. They are still useful to drop the greatly annoying 10man squads of grotesques that are appearing at my local gaming club.

I thinking that Tervigons will be alot more useful in 6th. I am seriously thinking about at least running two as a troop option and try and flood the board with little critters. I don't know weather outflanking these baby makers would be a good idea. I still think these ladies should continue with the normal psychic powers as feel no pain is still a very good power for cheap.

I will continue my thoughts on nids in 6th and what else I could see as a possible alternative...

UK 40K Doubles

So this weekend is the 40K doubles at WHW. It feels a little weird that I am not excited about it. I think this has a small thing to do with 6th Edition being released on Sat.

This pretty much means I will be playing in the last ever tournament of 5th which is something to tell the grand kids... Well maybe not. Which means that we'll have to try and go out with a bang.

Sam and myself will be taking Nids again which is nothing new there but going a bit O.T.T with our list (note I have no idea what Sam is taking atm apart from one model). We will try and make a competivitive showing with Nids. That's right both the Swarmlord himself and the Doom will be making an appearance in our lists.nwell we might as well make it fun and see who will dare take on the Swarmlord in CC. Might make a bit of a thing with it to add some more drama. I'm thinking a leaderboard or maybe a tombstone for aspiring champions!

So for my list which has to be 875 points with 1HQ and 1 Troops.

1x Swarmlord

3x 10 Termagaunts

1x Trygon with Adrenal Glands

1x Carnifex with 2x T/L Devourers in a Pod

That comes to 870. Think it could make a rather interesting and hopefully competivitive showing for the unloved codex of 5th.

If not I'll have a bloody good time challenging people with Swarmy!

Teaser No.1...

As you might have seen this is quite possibly the biggest hint that 6th Edition is coming and its coming soon!

My only question is i'm going to the 40k doubles the weekend after and i dont think i can learn a new rule set in a week?!

Blog Wars 3 round up

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After an extremely enjoyable Saturday I will have to say thank you to Alex (from the fang) for a great tournament and a great day.

Hive Fleet Awesome finished as the worst Tyranid force representing which was abit annoyingly. I how ever didn’t finish bottom which was nice and managed to finish 20^th from 26 players so not all that bad. I had one narrow victory a tight draw and a tabling.

Deathleaper worked a treat and even though much of the game he sits in reserve his special rules really helped soften up some of the bigger harder characters. Making Meph Ld 7 was a high light

I enjoyed meeting fellow bloggers at the event and will post my results and brief reviews of the games I had.

Enjoy some of the pictures I managed to take and I will post later this week.

Blog Wars 3... tomorrow...

So Blog Wars 3 is tomorrow! 1st question am I ready? erm... no! Deathleaper is currently undercoated on my work top and ready to be washed so he is ready. Apart from that the wave of Hive Fleet (must think of a name) will be ready for tomorrow.

In other news Deathleaper is alot better than I thought. Yes he dies quickly but he can pick off little squads very easily with his impressive WS 9. oh yeah!

Also i have managed to beat a Kabalite DE army. They really do ride around in wet paper boxes after all.

So to fellow Blog War 3 attendies I will look forward to seeing you tomorrow and having a great day!

play testing for blog wars 3

well so far my list seems ok. all i can say is that i can certainly draw for objectives but kill points will offer a right headache for me... well it does for all nids list tbh.

i think i might have made a mistake with running deathleaper, so far he has hid in a building whilst doing bugger all... secondly he seems to die stupidly easily... oh matt ward why couldnt you write the nid codex... sorry a moment of weakness there.

warriors are possibly the best thing since sliced bread especially with boneswords... i think they are quite possibly the answer for palladins... ok maybe thats abit rose tinted specs but answer me this... who can stand up to a leadership on 3d6 or suffer instant death?

right best be going nids dont paint themselves annoyingly....

Tyranid List for Blog Wars 3

Here is my list for the up coming Blog Wars 3.

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HQ HIVE TYRANT
EQUIPMENT & SPECIAL RULES
Synapse Creature, Pskyer, Shadow in the Warp, Scything Talons, Lashwhip + Bonesword, Armoured Shell, Leece Essence, Paroxysm, Regeneration
ELITES ZOANTHROPES X2
EQUIPMENT & SPECIAL RULES
Synapse Creature, Pskyer, Shadow in the Warp, Warp Field, Warp Lance, Warp Blast
ELITES 'SC' DEATHLEAPER
EQUIPMENT & SPECIAL RULES
Chameloeonic Skin, Flesh Hooks, Rendering Claws, Scything Talons, IB -Lurk, Fearless, Fleet, Killing Strike, Its After Me!, MTC, Pheromone Trail, Stealth, Hit and Run, What Was That, Where Is It?, Where'd It Go?
TROOPS TERVIGON
EQUIPMENT & SPECIAL RULES
Synapse Creature, Pskyer, Shadow in the Warp, Scything Talons, Cluster Spines, Spawn Termagants, Dominion, Catalyst
TROOPS TERMAGANT BROOD X10
EQUIPMENT & SPECIAL RULES
All have Devourers, Chitin, Claws and Teeth, IB - Lurk, Move Through Cover.
TROOPS HORMAGAUNT BROOD X10
EQUIPMENT & SPECIAL RULES
Scything Talons, IB - Feed, Bounding Leap, Fleet, Move Through Cover, Toxin Sacs, Adrenal Glands
TROOPS TYRNID WARRIOR BROOD X5
EQUIPMENT & SPECIAL RULES
Synapse Creature, Shadow in the Warp, Pair of Boneswords, Deathspitter, Adrenal Glands.
HEAVY SUPPORT CARNIFEX
EQUIPMENT & SPECIAL RULES
Monstrous Creature, IB - Feed, Fearless, Living Battering Ram, Scything Talons, T/L Devourers with BL, Regeneration
HEAVY SUPPORT MAWLOC
EQUIPMENT & SPECIAL RULES
Monstrous Creature, Terror From The Deep, IB - Feed, Fearless, Burrow, Regeneration
HEAVY SUPPORT TRYGON
EQUIPMENT & SPECIAL RULES
Monstrous Creature, Bio-electric pulse, Scything Talons x2, IB - Feed, Deep Strike, Fearless, Fleet, Subterranean Assault, Regeneration, Adrenal Glands
I'll be looking forward to seeing you guys there	.

Blog Wars 3... List Build Part 2 - The Big Stuff

Well if you haven't already read my Part 1 here is the link here.

As a Nid player the big pointy stuff has to come into the list very quickly so it can be easily afforded. Might be the way some people do it but I love my MC's.

So with out further a do on to the Heavy Support slots...

Blog Wars 3... List Build Part 1

Right...its about time I should really start thinking about what I want to be taking to the up and coming blog wars 3. Well seeing that I have just recently sold my guard I will be looking towards my nids.

a sad day...

well commander pointy stick and his merry band of men have left for pastures new...

i have sold my imperial guard army earlier this week mainly for several reason.

1. i dont find them fun to play with... this is my opinion but sitting back and saying pick that unit up after rolling some dice isnt what i call fun at all.

2. they arent fun to play against... i occasionally play other guard armys which is quite rare as alot of them have disappeared only to be replaced by necrons or grey knights! back to topic... when you see 12+ tanks on the other side of table you just feel like you cant get across the table to shut them down before being blown apart.

3. i dont think i ever won a game with them?! this could be my dice but i cant see how guard can do as well as internet says they can do.

4. i think i have fallen for nids in abig way?!

so what does this mean for armoured sentinel... well i will still post on this blog as no point in stopping it but it will mainly be about my Tyranid adventure and how i get on at the up coming BLOG WARS 3 and 40K DOUBLES at WHW in June/July.

top 100... FTW... or maybe not

well sometime ago... a long long time ago thinking about it... myself and sam managed to go to the 40k doubles at WHW. We managed to finish an unimpressive 97th out of 114! We managed 1W 1D 3L. not setting the world a flame but not to bad considering we took quite a fluffy list with our Tyranids. In fact we where the highest placed Tyranid players there... oh yeah not so crap now!

well seeing how long ago it was please dont expect a full battle report for each game as ive slept since then.

but what i can remember are the people we played and roughly what they brought along... thanks gw and your crapy card for names and armies.

the hive mind takes over...

well the past week has been rather busy here at armoured sentinel towers. i have been extremely busy with uni and work.. who says we are about to go into a double dip?! myself and sam have managed to play some games testing out our 40k doubles lists. as i have stated on this blog we are going to take nids to hopefully upset the meta game but if not at least we'll have fun attempting to turn the other competitors to sweet sweet biomass.

anyway i will try and talk about the games we/i have been able to play. sorry there is no pics really need to start taking some. i will be taking alot when i go to the 40k doubles next weekend (25th-26th feb)

sooo lets get battle reporting....

Well its been long time since I posted anything on here. i will blame the snow.... well the crappy amount which manages to bring the whole UK to a grinding holt.

I had been planning on a trip up to WHW with Sam last Saturday to try out our new Nid list for the doubles later this month.... (crap still have lots to get done...)

I am hoping that we can head up this sunday (12th) and have a couple of games against space wolves and orks.

In general we will have roughly 8 MC's in our list so hoping it will cause some headaches when we go.  will post up the list at another time its still not quite sorted

In the mean time I have signed up to Blog Wars 3 which will be interesting. I am hoping to take my Nids as at the moment i am really enjoying playing with them and enjoy trying to break the meta with them. I think 3 Mawlocs should do the trick...

ramblings...

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Well seeing that its almost time for the 40k doubles down at whw, I thought it would be good to give a general update with how are preparations are going... so far very bad.
 

Sam and myself haven’t played any warm up games at all of yet.Mainly as still cant decide on what to use and the fact we hardly have anyone to play against.
 

Now I am unaware of any gaming clubs in stoke on trent at all. There are a few horde and warmachine groups... who plays that?!
 

GW stoke is alright but the tables are tiny (4x4) and everyone seems to sod off home on a Thursday gaming night at about 6pm. maybe they are trying to tell me something.

It would be great if we could find a regular group to play with, as it would allow both myself and Sam to play against people who play different armies and also to try out new things instead of continuously building lists to beat each other. This gets rather dull very quickly.

If anyone know of anything regular around the staffs area be greatly appreciated if you can drop a link or comment below.

CADIAN 171st Imperial Guard... pic heavy

Tbh I haven't been much good at keeping the regular post up. As this blog was meant to be my Imperial Guard blog. So far I haven't added anything of the as of yet. Well that changes to day.... ish.

i have included in this post the normal list which i run when playing 1500 point battles. its a take on leaf-blower but with a more aggressive twist.

875 nid lists

So whilst avoiding uni work like the plague I thought I might and try and jot down some ideas for the up coming doubles event at WHW.

I have already posted a list for an Imperial Guard list with Blood Angels as allies but tbh that list I find increadibly boring to play. All you have to do with it is allow the Blood Angels to punch a bloody hole in the middle of our opponents force then just mob up with plasma and melta guns.

To some this may seem like fun but tbh I am not doing much a part from trying to draw some fire

The Nids

Well I thought it was about time that I had updated the blog with a couple of photo's of my armies.

Seeing that I am falling out of love fast with Imperial Guard atm (will need to expand on this in another post) I thought I would show off my 'Nids.

It is a rather small force but there are more units to add. I have a Mawloc, Genestealers with Broodlord and another