First Game of 6th - IG Help...

Atreides tried to quit 40k...but he just can't!

So yeah, its been a while.  You know how it is, life takes over, hobby seems like a chore, your opponents get boring, all the usual crap.  I decided not to fight it, and just stopped being interested in 40k for a while. 

Hopefully though, all that is in the past.  I have booked my first game of 6th edition for tomorrow (Thursday) night and want to take my guard for an outing.  Only issue is, I have no idea what to take.  I don't want to go into my first game with a crap army and no chance of winning, so I am asking for the cumulative experience of you guys so far.  What works for guard these days, and what doesn't? 

Having read numerous blogs and articles since the start of 6th (I haven't been able to let go entirely it seems), it would appear that the days of Chimeltas and Hydras are over, Vendettas are awesome as ever, blob squads are having some kind of renaissance, and everyone is convinced that allies are the new black. 

I have enough men and tanks to field virtually anything, so I am thinking of trying some sort of hybrid army with a large blob, and possibly some allied Marines or Blood Angels to help attack into midfield.  Honestly though, I have minimal idea what truly works, or what is truly needed in this edition.

All help appreciated!

More Ebay Stuff Going - Mainly Eldar

Got a few days left for some nice deals before christmas:

Jetbikes
Aspect Warriors
Eldrad and an Avatar

Plus the usual assortment of other random stuff


://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/9006gary/m.html?_ipg=50&_sop=12&_rdc=1

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TAC Marines 1850: Ven's Views

Tactical Marines. Quintessentially Warhammer 40k right? The base line model for everything. The yardstick.. yadda yadda.
The Voice came 2nd at Blog Wars with his TAC Marine army, perhaps modelled around principals laid out/discussed over at Frontline Gaming by Reecius.
Gary's cracking performance - down to the player and the founding principals of list building for a particular environment, has inspired me to get cracking with my Marines.
Originally, I was planning 2 marine armies:
1) My current Blood Hunters - Red marines with White features..
2) My Dark Angels; made up of all my bits and pieces of marines plus a dedicated Deathwing army, Ravenwing bike force and about 20 DA Marines..

However, the recent FW Betrayal Heresy book has thrown a spanner in the works.. I want a Heresy Marine  force too now. So I could keep the DA theme and do a Heresy DA army as well.. this keeps me doing relatively simple work ,, or I could do anything else.. thinking bout White Scars for Heresy.

Back to business though.. the Dark Angels can be used as either Space Marines, Dark Angels or even Chaos to accurately represent the Fallen. So these are the first priority..

Now, I have about 3000 points of marines to put into this project, but they still need a list to play to.. until the DA book comes out, it's going to be Marines..

NOTE: this does not mean the Nids are out the window, simply being finished to a higher standard in the meantime.

So, the Marine list? First, let's consider the pro's and con's of running TAC Marines..

Ven's Blog Wars 4 Bat Reps

*PICS TO BE UPDATED LATER*

This last weekend was Blog Wars 4. The 4th (unsurprisingly, its a bit Ronseal) such event ran by Alex from From the Fang. For those not in the know it is a one day, 1850, 3 game, standard mission tournament with a single stipulation - you must include a Special Character in your force, ideally from your Primary Detachment.

I have won the previous 3 and was gunning for a 4th title.
The mission packs, entrants and details can be found here.

I ran the following after I couldn't finish my Nids in time.. which I think would have fared equally well in my match ups. If not better.. But anyway, I ran my Necrons - tweaked for the scenario:

Obyron

10 Immortals - Gauss

10 Immortals - Gauss

5 Warriors - Night Scythe

5 Warriors - Night Scythe

5 Warriors - Night Scythe

5 Warriors - Night Scythe

6 Wraiths

6 Wraiths

Annihilation Barge

Annihilation Barge

Annihilation Barge

Lots of shooting, lots of highly mobile troops, Aircraft, wraiths for distraction/tie ups.. should be good...what did I face?

Game 1 - Necrons/Blood Angels by Andy BG from Iron Legion
Game 2 - Grey Knights by Matt Greenwood from From the Fang
Game 3 - Eldar/Dark Eldar by Frank Marsh from Generation 40k
"Unofficial" Game 4 - Eldar/Dark Eldar by Frank Marsh from Generation 40k

You can guess, I am sure, that due to the speed of Game 3, we were able to get in another game.. but who took a 50 min destruction-style spanking? Read on, reader, read on..

THIS IS WORDY! 10 MINS READING TIME PROBS! Worth it though o' course..

Blog Wars 4 . Bat Reps...

So it was full of Gusto I breezed in to my second Blog Wars with my tourney untested new marine creation, I was hopeful as in play testing the "tool kit" army seemed to be working well and had yet to be trounced (which is not the same as "not lost" :P )

Anyway this was the list I took. The inclusion of Chronus was due to the mission pack making special characters score or give away extra vps but you HAD to take one. Either way a scoring predator that could then cheekily throw the character from the wreckage to go and hide in a squad seemed a good bet. The fact he then gave me immune to stunned and shaken and bs5 was just icing on the cake:

Libby - Gate and Null Zone
10 Sternguard in a pod
Iron Clad with 2 hunter killers in pod

10 tacs with the holy trinity of melta in pod
10 tac with missile, plasma and assault cannon razorback
10 sniper scouts with Telion
Aegis with Las

Storm talon with cyclone
Vindicator
Thunder Fire
Dakka Pred with Chronus

Let's see how I got on then..

Off to Blog Wars 4 - Tournament time!

Morning all,
It's kick off. Blog Wars 4 the twice yearly 1850 one dayer is today and 3 Sons lads are heading up to the Eye of the Storm to risk the lives of their toy soldiers in an effort to bring home the gold.

I'm off with my Necrons (as we could see from my last post, the Nids didn't quite get finished), my SC? Obyron. Let's go boys!

The Voice is bringing Spesh Mahreens in a cheeky "anti'meta" counter, plenty of anti infantry firepower and the jack of all trades Sternguard come out to play, Null Zone is on fire at the minute, even the Thunderfire finds a place. It's niche, but it could work.. he is looking for table 1, final game revenge against ME! lol..good luck son!
Special character (compulsory) - Telion & the Tank guy..oh yeah, Chronus forget his name for a sec..

Bringer of Death (Steve) is rocking his Chaos Demons - not too cheesy, only 5 flying MCs and 3 units of Flamers, 1 unit of Screamers and min troops.
It's a damn good job Steve forgets half of his Demons 6th ed rules.. after having the dust collect on them for over 18 months (while he played GK) in 5th, he's rocking them now again in 6th and whilst I think he is enjoying it.. His special characte? why its the never before seen flying chicken - Fateweaver.
BTW, Steve is not the only one with demons..

These are the armies present today ... as long as they all show up!

Right, well... plenty of Nids, Necrons and Demons..as well teh newly popular DE/E combos, loads of IG allied in (which doesn't show)...should be tough.
1st place it is then! 4 times in a row?

Big shout out to Dimitris from Badab War in Cambridge blog who is travelling with us today with his gorgeous Epidemius themed Nurgle army of CSM w allied Demons.