Slaughter in Space 2011

Here is the list I submitted for SIS2011.

Headquarters:
200pts - 1 Lord with Resurrection Orb and Veil of Darkness
185pts - 1 Lord with Resurrection Orb, Gaze of Flame, and Nightmare Shroud

Troops:
270pts - 15 Warriors
270pts - 15 Warriors

Fast Attack:
200pts - 4 Destroyers
200pts - 4 Destroyers
200pts - 4 Destroyers

Heavy Support:
235pts - Monolith
235pts - Monolith

1995pts Total

Just wish I could have squeezed out five more points to give the Nightmare Shroud Lord a Warscythe.

What can over come lack of focus?

Money, as in the fee I just paid to enter the Slaughter in Space 3 (SIS3) at Gamex 2011, and my competitive nature.  While SIS3 does not require a player's army to be painted and based to compete (this is apparently a friendly tournament, not Hard Boyz), I would feel cheese not having a less a minimum Hard Boyz level paint job and basing done.

The SIS3 format is 2000pts, five games over two days.  I have read over the scenarios, and realized I needed some changes to my Hard Boyz list to make it work besides the drop in 500pts.  SIS3 kill points are one point for every full one hundred points for troop choices, and one point for every faction of a hundred points for all other unit types.  So my Lord with ResOrb, VOD, and warscythe is losing his warscythe.  Because without the scythe he is 200pts and only two kill points, but with the scythe he is 210pts and three kill points.  Using the SIS3 kill point system, I will be have a total of twenty kill points in my army.

 This is the list I am planning on running for the tournament;

1 Lord with ResOrb and VOD (200pts) attached to
15 Warriors (270pts)
1 Lord with ResOrb, Chorno, Gaze, Lightning (190pts) attached to
15 Warriors (270pts)
2 Monoliths (470pts)
12 Destroyers (in three squads of four) (600pts)

2000pts spot on.  Phase out at ten.

Only problem, only the destroyers are off the sprues and nothing is painted.  Tomorrow I start my assembly line.  Two weeks for 2000pts, why not.  But how am I going to get a Lord with a Staff of Light?  I have one of the old ones, but can't find one other than the Destroyer Lord from the newer line that has a Staff of Light.  Guess I may have to make something myself, oh boy.  Wish me luck.

Lookie Here...

Here is the Legions of Nekheny first tournament army still in their packaging.  That is a Necron Phalanx box set, two Monoliths, Deceiver, Necron Lord, and ten Destroyers on sprues.  With the twenty warriors, five scarabs, and one Destroyer already assembled, I now have a total force of:

1 Deceiver (actually two, but can't use more than one, so its future is uncertain at this moment)
1 Necron Lord with Staff of Light
1 Necron Lord with War Scythe
68 Warriors (I plan to take twenty of them and convert them into 10 Immortals and 10 Flayed Ones)
18 Scarabs
17 Destroyers (I plan to convert two of these to Heavy Destroyers, if I can, much cheaper than actual Heavy Destroyers, and I will fill out the rest of the maximum nine the same way)
3 Monoliths

Not a bad little Legion of immortal, soulless, killing machines, to begin my adventure into the tournament scene at the 2500 point level.

On another note that may seem every unrelated at first, I purchased a new home at a hell of a deal in this depressed economy, a reward from my military service to our country, that is ridiculously bigger than my family truely needs.  It was too good to pass up, really an investment that we will actually enjoy more than a CD, Bond, or other financial instrument.  Now how it relates to 40k, (and don't tell my wife, she doesn't know this yet) once the house is presentable to guests, I will start a 40k Meet Up group in Redlands, CA to meet at my house at least once a month.  Fritz 40K is my favorite 40K blogger and I envy his gaming club.  There are not any 40K gaming clubs near me anywhere near the caliber of Battle for Salvation, so I guess I will just have to organize one myself.

Opportunity favors those seeking it, prepared for it, and in reality, creating it for themselves.

A Day at the Adventure's Guild of Riverside

Today was a nice battle between the Legions of Nekheny and the Iron Skull chapter of Space Marines.  I was lucky enough to destroy my friend's 750 point list.  Deadmeat will load up battle report pictures on his page as he had the camera, but a little of what went on until his report.  Set up was pitched battle, seize ground, four objectives.  The battlefield was four feet by four feet as we were only playing 750 point lists.  Deadmeat's wife set up a nice city terrain, with only a few areas for his long range weapons to come into play, score one for the Necrons.  I set up as if I was going for the objectives, but truely decided to run everything up the middle and try to kill every last marine on the board.  This worked extremely well, and in the end of turn seven, he had only three marines of one combat squad standing on  a contested objective.  Technically it was a draw as no one claimed an objective and I could not kill every last man on this team, but it was close and a good time.  Hopefully next meet up we will have 1000 point armies to play with and I can see what that Monolith I got in the mail can do.

Monolith in the mail.

I finally saved up enough allowance (yes I have an allowance) and ordered a Monolith from MacPac51 on Ebay (so far the best place I have found to buy GW models).  This will give me what I need to assemble my first 2500 point army that I posted on earlier.

As far as an update on my challenge to have my 750 point army painted for September 12th, I have not done a single thing on it thanks to the RL.  I have been slowly cleaning up my Destroyer though, a few minutes here and there, almost ready for assembly.  At least I have a three day weekend coming up this weekend so I should be able to finish painting the 750 then.  But wish me luck, the RL has gotten every busy as I have started escrow on a new home.

I Have Been Challenged!

My 40K BFF Zack, aka Deadmeat of the Chapter of the Iron Skull has challenged me to complete my 750pts army, and he his, before our met up at the Adventure's Guild of Riverside (California that is).  Ten warriors and three Scarabs to paint in about three or so weeks, no problem, if life doesn't get in the way.

Destroyers on the Way

Tonight I finally opened up a Destroyer and got as far as taking all the pieces off the spures before life ended my with 40K.  I can't what to see the first one in Legion colors.  However, I do not like the multi-lens targeting head on the Destroyers and I am considering using a regular Warrior head in its place.  Going to have to play with it and see.

To expand my 750pts list to 1000pts I will need six Destroyers in total.  I am planning on running the Deceiver, two ten man Warrior squads, two three man Destroyer squads, and a squad of three Scarabs.