Grots Galore!

On Twitter, @hungryclone of the newly re-opened Team Shiv gave me a theme list, grots, grots, and more grots. I gave him a max scouts theme, HERE.

The battle force of Grotheart the Mad Oilerly. Being the helper to both a pain boy and a mek boy gave the newly named Grotheart the chance to learn more than any gretchin has business knowing. Using his grotty know wotz to implant control chips in a horde of boyz he staged a coodaytah, as he called it, and slew both the pain and mek boys. Now his rebel grots are on the march, with gatling cannons they assembled from scrap, some kanz, a few looted buggies and kopters. One steers, one does the peddles, works as well as you would imagine. They also cracked open a deff dread and have infested the now vacant control space. Grotheart has found as much use for snotlings as his former master did, rigging up his shock attack gun on squig drawn chariot, urging his brainwired thralls and followers on in battle with the cry of "THEY CAN TAKE YOUR LIVES, BUT THEY WILL NEVER TAKE MY SHINYS!

1998

HQ

95 Big Mek shock attack gun

Elites

165 11 lootas

165 11 lootas

Troops

120 30 Grots, 3 runt herds

120 30 Grots, 3 runt herds

215 30 shoota boyz, nob w powerklaw

215 30 shoota boyz, nob w powerklaw

90 Deff dread, 2 skorchas 10, grot riggers 5

Fast Attack

105 3 Warbuggies with rokkits

105 3 Warbuggies with rokkits

225 5 deffkoptas,  rokkits

Heavy Support

108 3 Big Gunz, zap guns, 6 extra grots

135 3 kans , 3 grotzookas

135 3 kans , 3 grotzookas

Cosmetic Badassery

We have a new header thanks to my friend Brian in Austin, he can be found at his webcomic Level Up and on Twitter as @levelupcomic.

Mordheim!

Due to conversations on twitter with @hungryclone, and his post here on Team Shiv, as well as cheap old Mordheim blisters at Challenge Games I've painted up a couple Marineburger youngbloods. 

I easily thought of a nice story for the warband, two young brothers, sons of a merchant prince seeking fame, fortune, and adventure in the City of the Damned. 

So once I get a box of Empire free company, there's the group. No idea if I'll get to play but these are cool models and I would like to give it a try. 

Twitter armylist challenge!

My good buddy, and former doubles partner, Jyo aka @hungryclone, put up an idea of a challege list. Take some semi arbitrary parameter and make a list with it.
I gave him an old school ulthwe list. Guardians, psykers, no bikes.
He gave me this in return http://stabhard.blogspot.com/2011/02/armylist-exercise-ulthwe.html on his blog Team Shiv.

Here is my challenge list. All drop/flying tyranid list, max troops. Outflank etc. doesn't count.

Mycetic spore list 1997

HQ

265 Tyrant , hive commander, lash whip/bonesword, scything talons, toxin sacks , wings 

160 Parasite of Morthrex

Elites

160 2 zoanthropes , spore 

160 2 zoanthropes , spore

160 2 zoanthropes, spore 

Troops

160 20 hormagaunts, spore 

160 20 hormagaunts, spore

160 20 hormagaunts, spore

160 20 hormagaunts, spore 

160 20 hormagaunts, spore

160 20 hormagaunts, spore

Fast attack

132 22 gargoyles

 So yes, 6 anti tank models, that can only hit 3 targets when they come down, and they have to make a psychic test and hit. Risky. But there are 120 hormagaunts to leap on whatever comes out of the cracked metal boxes next turn.  

Parasite and gargoyles since I couldn't get more than one carnifex with the points I had left, so yeah this is a dumb list, but it would look impressive. 

So basically this is a hide the hive tyrant and get ready to see what happens turn 2..... it may not be effect

With that +1 to reserve rolls, and well,  the move at speed and assault whatever is closest anyway with or with out synapse.

The need for spores takes out most of the standard tyranid stuff. 

So basically this is a hide the hive tyrant and get ready to see what happens turn 2..... it may not be effective, but it will be entertaining. Get him into a position to direct the gaunts, and with the zoans, and the parasite being around, many will be in synapse range. But if not, they go as fast as they can into assault. 

So grab the dice, say fuck it and roll. This is all about luck. 

Deathwatch army for @gwensdad

More 40k twitter interaction, prompted by discussion between @hungryclone and @gwensdad on Ordo Xenos forces. You can make a deathwatch army now, and I'm sure a much better one that this.

You have 4 scoring units, a hammer, and 4 mobile multi meltas running around, with some drop melta scattered around with hope.

The librarian has those powers as they would be the best for taking out xenos forces. Make a seer council reroll all saves, you only get one reroll total, and roast everything from necrons up with the flame template, also bringing a 3rd stormshield to the party.

The random drop assault squad is because I had 125 points and no idea what to use them on, so it's more attacks(especially with the Watch Captain nearby) a powefist, and a 5th drop pod so I can put three down on turn 1.

1850 Deathwatch Taskforce

HQ

175 Watch Captain Hannibal (Pedro Kantor)

140 Deathwatch Librarian, terminator armor with storm shield, Avenger and Null Zone

Elites

260 7 Deathwatch Killteam 175, 3 combi meltas, 2 combi plasma 2 combi flamer, lightning claw , drop pod

260 7 Deathwatch Killteam 175, 3 combi meltas, 2 combi plasma 2 combi flamer, lightning claw , drop pod

200 5 Deathwatch Assault Terminators, 3 lightning claws, 2 Th/Ss

Troops

210 10 Seconded Tactical Marines, meltagun, missile launcher, drop pod

210 10 Seconded Tactical Marines, meltagun, missile launcher, drop pod

Fast Attack

140 Seconded Land Speeder squadron 2x MM/HF

140 Seconded Land Speeder squadron 2x MM/HF

125 5 Deathwatch assault marines, powerfist, no jump packs, free drop pod

Twitter request. Incubi before bed.

Assembled some Incubi last night. Good suggestion @hungryclone and @dndprincessaria They are both some pretty good 40k people to follow. I played the doubles tournament at BoLScon last year with Jyo (hungryclone)