Forces Preview
An opportunity recently arose to play an amazing 2,400 point game of 2nd edition WH40K and it was fantastic. My opponent and I both wrote up our takes on the battle plus we took plenty of photos so an expansive battle report is inbound. In order to ensure the whole report does not turn out to be TL,DNR I am splittling it up into several parts to make it more managable to read. The glorious attention grabbing photo of my army above is to lure you into today's post about the army lists involved. Our opposing forces were made up of all the models The Wachtmeister and I painted for the first two seasons of the 40K2ndAC. It was awesome to play a game with fully painted models and scenery all with a 2nd edition flair, it felt straight out of the battle reports of old that I encountered when first reading White Dwarf in the early 90s. Click on the name of the unit to find out mopre details about them from their original appearance on this blog.
Army list Dark Angels 4th Company — 2,390 points total with 50% points cost increase for teleporting terminators - Floyd Lawton
Company Master Zakeal Korlael 133 points
Bolt Pistol, Power Sword, Conversion Field, Member of the Deathwing
Techmarine Hephaestus 48 points
Servo Arm, Plasma Pistol
Terminator Librarian Azathor - 207 points
Storm Bolter, Force Axe, Member of the Deathwing
Tactical Squad Zanthor 362 points
Veteran Sergeant Zanthor with Chain sword and Bolt pistol, 7 marines with bolters,
Marine with Meltagun, Marine with Missile Launcher plus Frag and Krak missiles
Tactical Squad Astelan - 362 points
Veteran Sergeant Astelan with Chains word and Bolt pistol, 7 marines with Bolters,
Marine with Plasma gun, Marine with Missile Launcher plus Frag and Krak missiles
Devastator Squad Scalprum - 485 points
Veteran Sergeant with Power Axe and Combi-weapon: Bolter and Meltagun, 5 marines with Bolters,
Multi-Melta, Lascannon, Missile Launcher with Frag and Krak missiles, Heavy Bolter
Deathwing Terminator Squad Cadmus - 387 points
Sergeant Cadmus with Power Sword and Storm Bolter, 3 Terminators with Power Fist and Storm Bolter,
Terminator with Assault Cannon and Chain Fist
Scout Squad Rhellion - 109 points
Veteran Sergeant Rhellion with Chains word, Bolt Pistol, 4 Scouts Bolt Pistol and Combat Knife
Catachans Imperial Guard Army – 2, 376 points – The Wachtmeister
Command HQ w/Colonel w/Power fist, bolter, comm-link operator, Plasma Gun, Grenade Launcher 159 points
Commissar w/ Axe, hand flamer 47 points
Infantry Squad – Sergeant w/chain sword, bolt pistol, Heavy Bolter Team, melta-gun 120 points
Infantry Squad – Sergeant w/chain sword, bolt pistol, Heavy Bolter Team, melta-gun 120 points
Mortar Squad 120 points
Stumper Muskstart 45 points
Basilisk 175 points
Leman Russ w/ Heavy Bolter sponsons 205 points
Command Squad w/ Lieutenant w/bolter, Vortex Grenade, comm-link operator, 2 plasma guns 152 points
Infantry Squad – Sergeant w/ laspistol, power sword, Missile Launcher team, melta-gun 140 points
Lascannon Squad 150 points
Demolisher w/auto-launchers, dozer blade, plasma sponsons, storm bolter 275 points
Hellhound 165 points
Ratling Squad 80 points
Legion of the Damned Squad w/ Sergeant w/bolt pistol, chain sword, Heavy Bolter, Flamer 413 points
Priest 10 points
That wraps up the introduction of both army lists, tnue in this week to get a battle report in a few parts. Be sure to check out the blog that started all this madness, Dr The Viking's C0wabunga