40K Apocalyptic Game

40K Apocalyptic Game

Just to carry on from the last post re 40K, my son arranged a small 40K Apocalyptic Game between his associates and mine. As it turned out it was 5 V's 4, mind you the 4 would be well fortified with beer and whiskey. (I know, looking at that shirt you can really tell this would be a serious game.) 

The good guys (us) were Imperial Guard, armoured and infantry companies,  Marine Raven Wing and Necrons. Yeah I realise Necrons are usually bad guys........But!!!

The board was set out using two 6 x 4 boards connected by a 2 x 4 "bridge". Actually it was a good excuse to get a huge amount of figures on the board. I was going to give a turn by turn account of what occurred, (lots of arrows and inserts)(see picture 1) but this is 40k after all and not real war-gaming!! 

Anyway, the good guys deployed and moved.

Then all hell broke loose, as we thought we had run out of beer!!!. .....err I mean the evil Grey Knights conducted a 'deep strike' behind out forces. I think they lasted two turns.

Don't ask me about the head wear, obviously an English and South African thing!

 Back to the game, Eldar, not to be outdone by the Knights also landed troops in our rear zone and quickly spotted a brave Imperial Guard commander hidden in the shadows. (It was in shadow before the flash of my camera revealed him)

 Lucky for him an Imperial tank drove onto the board and dispersed the evil blue feathered creatures.

 The Tyranids tried the same trick but were also vanquished.

 The Orks couldn't help themselves and stormed the crossing presenting a perfect target for the Imperial artillery. Meanwhile in the skies overhead raged multiple dogfights between the fliers.

 All I could say was "I glad someone knew all these rules!!)

Imperial aircraft lining up for strafing runs. The goodies were having fun.

 Yep, I even got to use the Imperial Baneblade to smash a few more Orks.

A great night had by all with a heap of laughs..............I think we finished about 1.30 in the morning with a win for the good guys.. Not bad for a 4 o'clock arvo start. After going over all the photos this lot were the least offensive.

Probably a good thing that this ran dry.

Cheers.

I'm back!!

Well, believe it or not I'm still around, haven't blogged since Dec 2014 so Merry Christmas and Happy New Year for 2014 and 2015.

I had been keeping an eye on the multitude of blog entry's over the year but didn't manage a single entry myself. (age, lazyness, family, life, etc take your pick).  This didn't mean that I wasn't purchasing, gaming, purchasing, painting and a wee bit purchasing throughout this period.  I'll touch on this a little later.  

I managed to apply some paint to these two figures belonging to my young bloke. Not being a huge 40K gaming, they were a small change from what I have been working on.

Played a few games of 40K recently and the best thing is I don't have to consult the rules as my recently turned 18 year old can rattle them off at the drop of a hat. I'll post a few pictures of a recent game we had a crack at.

This year my main concentration has been trying to complete my Carthaginians, again I'll post what I have completed in the near future.

Cheers, Guido.

Aventine Pike

Well, havent posted for  about six or so months so I though I'd drop in a small one. No excuses really, summer was here and so wargaming was pretty much forgotten as I was just being a lazy B.

Although I havent been totally idle.

Finally finished a unit of Tarentine pikemen from Aventine, and bloodied them in a game. But thats another story.

I've also tried my hand at of bit of terrain making for either 40K or WW2.

A compound and bunker. Made a large purchase from AMERA plastic mouldings as well, so I'll post my ongoing attempts to complete these in the near future, I hope.
Cheers.

What have I done!!

Oops, seemed to have gone a bit overboard..................and made a small purchase from a nice chap on E-bay.  I havent really been into warhammer 40k and to tell the truth I probably never would have gotten around to painting any figures I purchased.

 This is all the result of a gaming friend of mine, I wont mention any names but, thanks Scullmiester http://scullmeister.blogspot.com.au/ 

 Anyway, I believe my young bloke is slightly interested, so there are a few other 40k figures in the post, Eldar, I hope. Sometimes its hard enough explaining historical figures to none wargames, let alone space monsters.

 By the way Sculls, I think I've overshot the 500 point mark a wee bit.

 Back in the real world I'm still trying to finish some Aventine pike, but as mentioned in a previous blog, summer is here at present so all painting is in slow motion. (and just returned from a 4 day trip to Rottnest Island, annual boys trip, so didnt see much of the island except the pub and the bays where we anchored the boat) Still recovering, this age thing is a killer! 

 I'm mixing and matching a couple of painting methods with this lot, (dipping and straight 3 layer method) depending on the colour of the tunics.

So hopefully I'll complete them soon................................................that could mean in a month or so.
Cheers.