Another list and a mek!

First off I wanted to say that the last list I posted was over by about 200 points I think I forgot to add the squad of boyz.  With that in mind I reworked the entire list:

HQ

-Warboss 100 pts

    -eavy armour

    -cybork body

    -bosspole

    -power klaw

-Wierdboy 85 pts

    -warphead

Elites

-Lootas 120 pts

    -3x meks w/big shootas

Troops 122 pts

12 shoota boyz

    -nob

        -power klaw

        -bosspole

    -rokkit

Trukk 50 pts

    -armour plates

    -red paint job

Troops 122 pts

12 slugga boyz

    -nob

        -power klaw

        -bosspole

    -rokkit

Trukk 45 pts

    -armour plates

10 grots 40 pts

10 grots 40 pts

Fast Attack

4 Warbikes 140 pts

    -nob 

        -power klaw

        -bosspole

3 Deffkoptas 135 pts

    - 3x twin linked rokkits

                    

                   Total 999

The list did okay, I won one game drew another and lost the last game.  The tournament had a 1 hour limit which was really short.  The first game was a seize ground game against a blood angels army.  I won mainly because my opponent didn't keep a scoring unit next to his objective and he was too slow to get to mine.  The second game was only two turns and was a draw because it was another seize ground and neither player could contest the others objective.  The third game was an annihilation game against tyranids, they ran across the board  and I kill all but the Hive Tyrant it's retinue and two tyranid warriors.  Thanks to Derick for hosting the tournament, next time I will have to do better!

One of my projects that I have been working on is a mek for my Gorkamorka gang.  Here he is!  I armed him with a slugga and knife.  I didn't think he needed a choppa because he will be driving a trukk.  The next project I want to work on is a Warhammer one.  It is going to be a big...er...large...um giant one!   

1000 pt list and Black Templar

So I have a 1000 point 40k game next week and I thought I would post the list I plan to take so I can get some feedback.  This weekend I managed to try it out and it beat a demon list.  I feel like the list may not have enough scoring troops.  I also think that the nob bikers may not be worth the points for so little and it may be better to just to take regular troops.  So here is the list:

HQ

Warboss
     -power klaw
     -eavy armour
     -cybork body
     -attack sqig
     -bosspole

Elite

6 lootas

5 Meganobs
     -3x rokkit launcha
     -1x scorcha
trukk
     -armour plates

Troop

20 slugga boyz
     2x rokkits
     nob, power klaw bosspole

12 shoota boyz
     x1 big shoota
     nob power klaw bosspole
trukk
    -armour plates

3 nob bikers
    -2x power klaw
     bosspole
     eavy armour

Fast Attack

3x Deffkoptas
   -twin linked rokkits

Heavy Support

Battlewagon
    -big shoota
    armour

Also there was a game played between Black Templar and the Dark Angels, and while the Black Templars didn't far so well I took some pics of the assault terminators anyway.

A day of days – Da Grey Knightz return.

Over the past few months I have been attempting to convince myself to try my hand at converting some Black Orcs into Grey Knightz. My resolve has finally hardened and I have pried myself away from my Dark Eldar long enough to start the conversion process.

The first order of business was to decide exactly what I wanted to convert for the fledgling force. A Dreadnought, a Librarian, a Dreadknight? While all of these would be unique and challenging projects, I was drawn toward another option, the Psycannon. If you are at all familiar with the current Grey Knight codex, you know that the Psycannon is critical to the success of the army as a whole, providing both anti-infantry and anti-tank suppression. As such, devising a suitable representation of the Psycannon was essential.

I played around with numerous ideas in my head, everything from using kustom mega blastas to storm bolters. While pondering this, I realized perhaps my largest obstacle was actually how the ork was going to hold the Psycannon, as opposed to what weapon would be a good starting point for the conversion. The Black Orks I planned to use for the Grey Knightz were not positioned in a way to hold a two-handed firearm. This is when my thoughts drifted back towards my first memories of the Psycannon. In Games Workshop’s Inquisitor (combat focused role-playing game), Inquisitor Covenant had an awesome shoulder mounted Psycannon. I decided that mounting the Psycannons to the ork’s shoulder/backpack was the solution I was looking for, and I got to work.

So without further ado, here are some pictures showing my progress on the first of the Psycannon wielding Grey Knightz.

Thus far I am pretty pleased with how the model is turning out. I have made an effort to modify the model’s legs such that he does not look so much like a Black Orc with guns. Further, I am working on converting his left hand such that it is empty, using a Chaos Marine powerfist as the foundation.

I still have a lot to do before the model is finished, but thought I would post some pictures and hopefully get some feedback. Any suggestions of things you would like to see on this model or future Grey Knightz? What do you think I should do about the model’s right hand? Is there a particular type of weapon you think he should be holding?