Month 2 results

Vic
Draw against Gareth - 3pts
Win against Foxy - 5pts
Models painted on time - 5pts
Month 1 total = 13pts

Gareth
Draw against Vic - 3pt
Draw against Foxy - 3 pts
Models painted on time - 5pts
Month 1 total = 11pts

Foxy
Loss against Vic - 1pts
Draw against Gareth - 3pts
Models painted on time - 0pts
Month 1 total = 4pts

Overall standings
1st = Vic - 13pts -> 26pts
2nd = Gareth - 9pts -> 20pts
3rd = Foxy - 6pts -> 10pts

Month 2 battle (800pts): Foxy vs Vic

With time running short as Warhammer world were due to close we agreed to play four turns only. The dice gods ruled again that we should fight a kill points game.

With the two sides deployed Locknut ordered his lootas to fire on the fireprism. Within moments of coming into view the graceful hovercraft was turned into a flaming wreck! Killas kanz opened fire on the guardian jetbikes and destroyed one. This round of fortunate Ork shooting was shortlived as the lootas and kans fired ineffectively as both Avatar and Wraithlords fired marched upon them.

In the centre of the battlefield the Guardians and Striking scorpians stealthed forward making excellent use of cover and the farseers protection from shooting. Seeing the wreck of a falcon initially sent in to scout the area, the Avatar roared in anger before thowing his shining spear at the shoota boyz unit impailing one in the chest.

At the height of turn three battle was engaged as the orks called a waaaaghh to smash into the eldar vanguard. The Farseer, weakened to one wound by rokkit fire was dispatched along with the striking scorpians. Oddly it was the guardians who managed to flee, but they were shot down by the persuing shoota boyz in the next turn.

Elsewear Elegant wraithbone and adhoc machine clashed as the Wraithlords and killakanz clashed. The battle was one sided as crude robot suits were cleaved in two. The Avatar and Big Mek did the ol' HQ show down with the Avatar finally cleaving the ugly green Ork in two.

Turn four ended and the Orks were the winners by 3 (Farseer, Striking scorpians, Guardians) kill points to 2 (Big Mek, Killa kanz squad).

Foxy post game comments:
What else can i say other than, he got lucky? Like he said, he took out the single biggest threat in the first turn. What could i do? Revert to plan b? What bloody plan b? At least i learnt something in defeat (more than can be said for Gareth and his big red pansies)i learnt that Wraithlords kick ass! oh and Guardians don't do well in close combat with big mobs of orks, really, they don't!

Vic post game comments:
All I can say is thank goodness the Lootas destroyed the fireprism in turn one! The blast templates could seriously have affected the way the battle in the middle of the board had gone by thining down the green tide.

The Wraithlord were scary and I could see what Foxy was trying to do by completing a pincer movement with the Avatar on one prong and Wraithlords on the other. Somehow I managed to come out on top but only just.

My Webway gate wip

Here is the latest picture of my Webway gate. It has been made using 2 sides of Plasticard on a Polystyrene base and has been filled in with polyfiller. I still have to smooth out and fill out the rounded edges but its well on its way. Its also very big! More than big enough for pretty much anything in an eldar army to come though. I have used Daemonscape rubble and Gale force Nine on the base along with Games Workshop water effects for the stream of blood. I am sure plenty of Orks and Marines will find theirselves dead at its base.

The Eldar are here. Actually painted!

Here is my first completed squad. A guardian Squad from the Craftworld Alaitoc. Its been ready for a while now but with my wedding an all it has sort of took a back seat. I have lots of half painted models that wont take much to finish. I hae very nearly finished a squad of Striking Scorions, a Fire Prism and a farseer to lead them along with the Avatar, Wraitlord and Jetbikes from month 1. I have also started my HQ which will be a webway gate. (Nice and easy then!)

Casnus the arrival of unwanted parties.

Casnus an Imperial agriculture world in the zetor sector. Half the planet orbits the local sun in close ellipse resulting in half the world recieving too much sun and was burnt into a desert wasteland. The other half is cold and cruel many, few people wander there as it is eerie silent and many stories tell of creatures that feed off your very breath. Straddling the hot and cold divide of the planet exists a band of temperate climate good for sustaining the vast crops that this agri world exports.

Eldar - The Eldar farseer has had evil visions that disturb him and the sensitive wraithbone that surrounds him in his slumber. Sensing great menace the farseer summons an elite scouting force to investigate, leaving the craftworld towards Casnus.

Orks - Big Mek Locknut was bored, he and his whaaaaahh had come to an abrubt end after stripping the previous planet and building the vast kroozer that they were now on. The other orks were in fighting and several challenges had been attempted on his position of grand wahhhh master. Now in space there was only darkness, his latest crudely built device had an increased range but could not detect another planet nearby. 'Boss you got ta see dis!' yelled one of his Nob chiefs. Lugnut jumped up to the scanner panel that the Nob was pointing at and a wicked grin appeared. The scanners had picked up a faint trail of an Eldar ship, Lugnut knew that where ever the tricksy Eldar were going, there would be fighting or a pretty toy that use to turn into a nice big blasty weapon. The big mek picked up the shouta com and bellowed into it 'Boyz sharpen your choppas, we iz found a fight!'

Blood Ravens - The Blood Ravens space marines had stopped at Casnus for refuelgin and supplies. After stemming a Traitor Imperial guard rebellion in the Grason sector they were trapped in a warp storm for 11 months and needed to get a new astropath for their ship since the previous one's head exploded from the strain of guiding the ship through deamon temptation infested warp space. Sergeant Noris looked at the landed ships navigation devices that he was monitoring and noticed a distant bleep, closer scans picked up an Eldar ship pursued by an Ork hulk heading straight for Casnus. The Blood Ravens commander was notified, he swiftly ordered the planetary defences and brother marines into the 3 bravo defence pattern. With bolt shells loaded the space marines watched the incoming forces.



This is our first try at creating a narrative for the tale of three gamers as so far they have been a series of random battles.

Month 1 Scores

Vic
Win against Gareth - 5pts
Draw against Foxy - 3pts
Models painted on time - 5pts
Month 1 total = 13pts

Gareth
Loss against Vic - 1pt
Draw against Foxy - 3 pts
Models painted on time - 5pts
Month 1 total = 9pts

Foxy
Draw against Vic - 3pts
Draw against Gareth - 3pts
Models painted on time - 0pts
Month 1 total = 6pts

Overall standings
1st = Vic - 13pts
2nd = Gareth - 9pts
3rd = Foxy - 6pts

Month 1 battle reports Vs Foxy

Both Vic and Gareth played their individual battles against Foxy's Eldar on a 2x2 ft board. Both the Orks and Blood ravens were wiped off the board by turn 4 which was all a bit embarrasing.

After the dust had settled closer inspection of the Foxy's list revealed that he had fielded 155 points over the 400 points per side limit for this months battles. Quite a sigificant advantage at this points level. Because of this both battles were declared a draw earning all generals 3 points each.

(above) Three killkans struggling to inflict any damage at all on the Wraithlord and Avatar (despite both being armless!)

However this did not cover up the fact that the two units responsible for the Ork and Blood Raven's defeat were the Eldar Wraithlord and Avatar, which could have been fielded legitimately. These high strength high toughness monsters proved very difficult to destroy! (In fact we didn't managed to kill them in either game)

Foxy month 1 painting quota

Well i started this month with the best intentions and got right on with painting up a Guardian Squad, a Wraithlord and an Avatar! Slightly abitious i know. As it stands, its all started but none finished! In my defence i have 2 young kids so painting time is at a premium. That said, I and my Eldar will come back stronger than ever (and painted) for month 2. Now i just have to decide which Aspect to go for next.............

Webway gates galore!!!!

Hi, its Foxy here (the better half of http://www.wargamesempire.com/). And my chosen army is Eldar. Bit scared as i am a Chaos player at heart. And unlike Gareth (who only knows how to play and paint a Space Marine army) i wanted to try something different.

Anyway, need to sort out an army list and design and build a Webway gate from scratch. Looking forward to that lots and lots!! have no idea on how to build an eldar army but i am sure i will find out when i get battered by orks!

Will keep this page updated with pictures and explanations on my (questionable) decissions.
Enjoy the game and may the best army/man (so me obviously) win!!

Tale of three gamers have begun!

Above is the monthly objective tables, successful completion of each task will earn them points, simple asa that. The person (Vic, Gareth, Foxy) with the most points at the end of the four month campaign will be the Winner.

The first deadline is on the 5th so the battles will be played soon after and posted here on Taleofgamers.

On the left is the points table which we will be trying to earn.

Each month the public will be able to vote for the bes HQ, objective marker, HQ building and then at the end, the best army. The winner will get the points.

We will each post to introduce ourselves shortly.