Bloodthirst sated.

A bloodthirsty JaeRoler starved of blood is not a happy JaeRoler.

Thus said, after work got in the way for the past 3 weeks, I finally had another game with YC on Saturday.

I used the modified Psyker list and it worked to a certain extent. However, I'm still not sure how it would stand up to a shooty/twc-heavy Space Wolves list. Nor how it would sustain its fight against Daniel's Deep-striking Dante list. But it's the flavour of the month so I'll keep using it until I have fully explored its weakness.

I hear YC's call for a more balanced BA list though. Putting his faith in 3 assault-heavy squads that tries to get in close isn't working as well as intended. There's not enough bodies to survive a large template AP2 strikes. There's not enough firepower to force out my melta-vets earlier than intended so that they get chewed up in assault, rather than let them survive long enough to drop their demo charge.

Landspeeders seem to be the ideal counter. Especially when armed with both heavy flamer and multi-meltas. That means dropping the inefficient LandRaider and its cargo for more Rhino-backed troops and LandSpeeders. Playtesting is needed...so that means more battles? XD

Some of you probably know that I'm preparing to spurge on more Elves for the upcoming 8th ed. I just ordered through YC some 100 elven models from Mantic games for a cool 71 pounds. This includes 4 Bolt-thrower models which normally costs 15 pounds from GW. Each.

Their skeleton models look damn nice too. So I'm really tempted to buy a few as proxies just for the sake of their looks. But I'm not a painter so those skeletons might end up like my goblins, getting painted by someone else. (hehehehe)
(note to Daniel : I'm fine with pink hearts on skeletons so knock yourself out.)

YC drew my attention to Perry Miniature's 28mm Napoleonic war figures, since he knows I'm into napoleonic war miniatures too. What I didn't read properly before was the number of models per box. I thought it was the usual 20 for 15 pounds. A closer look revealed that it's actually 42 for the 15 pounds. Now that I'm in the splurge mood for the month, I should be picking up a few boxes. I have an aversion to metal miniatures so the hard plastic models fit me just fine. On the same note, Victrix also provides hard plastic 28mm napoleonic miniatures. Especially of interest to me is the 60-figure Old Guard set.

2 box of Infantry (1 each) and 1 box of Cavalry sounds just about right.

Modified 1.75k Psyker Battle Squad list.

So I've taken a relook at the list I created at YC's house.


The new list adds more firepower by dropping 1 LR Punisher (which I took just to dish out volume of fire) and the Primaris Psyker (which I still couldn't figure out how to throw at Space Marines) to add a Infantry Platoon with its requisite HWTs. I also dropped the Master of Ordnance as this list prizes mobility in my eyes rather than have the CCS sit in a corner and throw template.


So the new list looks like this :


Company Command Squad
Meltagun x4
Chimera


Veteran Squad
Meltagun x3
Demolitions Doctrine
Chimera


Veteran Squad
Meltagun x3
Demolitions Doctrine
Chimera


Platoon Command Squad
Meltagun x3
Chimera


Infantry Squad with Lascannon Heavy Weapon


Infantry Squad with Lascannon Heavy Weapon


Heavy Weapon Team with 2 Lascannon and 1 Autocannon


Heavy Weapon Team with 2 Lascannon and 1 Autocannon


Psyker Battle Squad with 5 more Psykers (total 9)
Chimera


Psyker Battle Squad with 5 more Psykers (total 9)
Chimera


Ratlings x10


Leman Russ Demolisher with Lascannon


Leman Russ Demolisher with Lascannon


So the idea of the list is to have the Melta-vets support the LR Demolisher in charging the front lines of the enemy. Right behind the Demolishers are the Psykers who are there to do Weaken Resolve on any enemy units affected by the Ratlings' Pinning or taken casualties by the Melta/Lascannons.

Fresh from Japan

Nisaus went to Japan recently for holidays and didn't forget to bring something he knew I would definitely love back.

That's right, those 2 Gundam gashaphons you see. Apparently they are new gundam suits from the newest series in the franchise, Gundam Unicorn.

Don't they look lovely?

They are also perfect as proxies for either Dreadnoughts or Sentinels hehe.