(above) This was the set up on a 2x4 ft board the amazing firebase as the centre piece with the Blood ravens deployed on the left and Orks on the right. The base objectives were the green crystals.
(above) Turns 1 and 2 saw the Blood ravens advance as the Orks held within cover. 
(above) As Pedro Kantor counts as model (Gareth hasn't named him yet) surged forwards the Orks broke from cover. Successful shooting by the killa kans took a wound of Kantor.
(above) Mig Mek Lock nut urged his boyz to mob the wounded space marine hero who falls under repeated hammerings from the back of an axe handle. Meanwhile in the North of the battlefield the other two killa kans add suppressive fire to allow the second Ork boys to advance round to the objective.
(above) Now was the time for a new hero to be born, the blood ravens sergeant stood firm as the consolidating Orks (after slaughtering Kantor) crashed into his combat squad. All the marines fell, but he hit back over-running eight ork boyz single handedly. Locknut managed to away (a tactic employed to ensure he could fight again of course!). The Ork momentum carried on the Northside as the second objective was wiped clear of marines.
Battle conclusion:
Gareth's flag - captured
Vic's flag - uncontested
= Win to Vic
Vic's thoughts:
It was my very first outing with the Orks and boy was I surprised at seeing how outnumbered the marines were. Fielding the three killa kans seperately allowed for them to switch around the firebase to provide covering fire.
I thought the battle was actually quite close if it had been a standard combat mission because of the late slaughter at the end by the Blood Raven's sergeant. This showed how vulnerable the Orks were in a prolonged battle against marines withouth their furious charge.
Overall a thoroughly enjoyable battle and refreshing to play at such a low points level. (Our regular gaming group has been playing 2000pts+ per player appocalypse for the last five games so this was quite a downscale!)
Gareth's thoughts:
What can i say? I once again fell into the trap of painting up models that look pretty but make no sense on the field of battle. In hindsight i could of fielded a standard Force Commander the 2 Combat squads and a Dreadnought or a couple of Land Speeders for my points. But what do i do? Spend all my time painting a 170 point Pedro Kantor (or bob as he will be known as until i can figure a better sounding name). Lets face it i was up against it. However thats not to take anything away from Vic and his green horde as they fight as good as they look. I don't think i could of done anything different given the troops (or lack of) under my command. Simply, Vic did what Vic does best and played to his armies strengths (in this case numbers) which is something i am trying to learn but then lovely new models come into stock and tactics go out of the window! Anyway, i have a few more things in the pipeline for month 2 so watch this space! Their will be xenos blood spilt!
