Overthinking?

Recently I come up with new idea for my army at least once a day. Problem is, every idea requires new models, and that means playing with unpainted army for quite a while. My solution is - I wrote down my current idea (quite crazy, with loads of psykers, some Ynnari and Seer Council). I will assemble and paint all models required for that list before I start working on something else. I already have some models ready, like Warlock, Farseer, Autarch and Archon. I began working on the Council, which takes some time as I want every Warlock to look different, and their common style I want to be space painting on their bikes. Like here:

I have two Warlocks done, and 8 to go :) Yesterday I bought Triumvirate, so Yvrianne and Yncarne will join the force as well. Updates will be very soon, stay tuned :)

Going even crazier

It may be just whole covid situation that made my brain work strange ways, but bear with me. I created even stranger and crazier list than before.

Aeldari Army:

Total: 1998/2000

CP: 3+5-1+5+1=13

KP: 16

CC (Children of Prophecy, Expert Crafters) Battalion (Windrider Host)

HQ1: Farseer Skyrunner (Singing Spear) [137]

HQ2: Warlock Skyrunner [62]

HQ3: Warlock Conclave (10 Warlocks, 10 Singing Spears) [550]

TR1: 4 Dire Avengers + Exarch (2 Catapults, Bladestorm) [69]

TR2: 4 Dire Avengers + Exarch (2 Catapults, Bladestorm) [69]

TR3: 4 Dire Avengers + Exarch (2 Catapults, Bladestorm) [69]

EL1: 4 Striking Scorpions + Exarch (Claw, Crushing Blow) [54]

FA1: 8 Shining Spears + Exarch (Star Lance, Withdraw) [272]

Drukhari Ynnari Battalion Detachment

HQ4: Archon [61]

HQ5: Yvraine [115]

TR4: 5 Kabalites [30]

TR5: 5 Kabalites [30]

TR6: 5 Kabalites [30]

Craftworlds Ynnari Supreme Command Detachment

HQ6: Autarch with Swooping Hawk Wings (The Lost Shroud) [93]

HQ7: Yncarne [280]

HQ8: Wraithseer (Warlord: Lord of Rebirth, Wraithcannon) [110]

What do you think? 8 HQ choices, that's freakin' lot, but it gives me 6 psykers (Wraithseer is like a half psyker, but still, one more deny. Seriously, they should at least give him smite...). Conclave,  Spears, Autarch, Yncarne and Wraithseer are serious CC threats, expecially after all the buffs I can give them. Avengers and Kabalites are here for screening, holding the line and being cheap pain in the ass of my oponent. Scorpions work either as linebreaker/objective grabbers if my oponent moves forward fast, or as suicide squad if I want Yncarne behing enemy lines quickly.

Guys, I'm not sure, but it looks like a very difficult to play but very powerfull list. Prove me wrong :) I ordered Triumvriate anyways ;)

Soup vs Daemons

Today my Soup faced Daemons army (Tzeentch battalion + Slaanesh/Khorne battalion).

Last time I got asked on Eldar facebook group about the list, so this time I'll put mine below:

Drukhari Battalion (Kabal of the Flayed Skull):

- Archon (Huskblade)

- Archon (Huskblade)

- 5 Kabalites

- 5 Kabalites

- 5 Kabalites

- Venom

- Venom

- Venom

Craftworlds Battalion (CC: Masterful Shots, Expert Crafters):

- Warlock Skyrunner (Warlord)

- Farseer Skyrunner

- Spiritseer (Faolchu's Wing)

- 5 Dire Avengers + Exarch (Bladestorm, 2 Catapults)

- 5 Dire Avengers + Exarch (Bladestorm, 2 Catapults)

- 5 Dire Avengers + Exarch (Bladestorm, 2 Catapults)

- 8 Shining Spears + Exarch (Star Lance, Swooping Dive)

- Falcon (AML, Crystal Targeting Matrix)

- Falcon (AML, Crystal Targeting Matrix)

- Falcon (AML, Crystal Targeting Matrix)

Harlequins Vanguard (Frozen Stars):

- Shadowseer (Neuro Disruptor)

- Troupe Master (Kiss)

- 5 Harlequins (3x Kiss, 2x Caress)

- Death Jester

- Death Jester

- Solitaire

We used the new ITC format. I lost the roll and became the attacker. With hammer and anvil deployment I pushed forward everything but two Archons who kept two objectives in my deployment zone safe.

Rafał, Daemon's general deployed strongly into one corner, a bit worried by three Falcons.

On my first turn I fired three Falcons into doomed and jinxed Keeper of Secrets. Well... He lost 3 wounds. Dice are weird :P. My Troupe moved twice (thanx to the Shadowseer). Of course both advances were amazing, 1 inch each (I even re-rolled one with CP, into 1 of course). It didn't matter, as even with such bad luck they moved 18 inches, and only needed 6 inches charge. After consolidation they jumped straight into enemy screen.

They survived all attacks they got in return thanks to -2 to hit and 3+ inv. Then they piled in and fought again, thanks to the strategem.

Even though they didn't kill much (about 10-12 daemons from few units) I absolutely love them. No other unit does such mayhem among enemy lines. Whole turn 1 by Daemons was focussed on killing them.

After psychic phase that killed my clowns Daemons started to press forward.

Daemon Prince killed Troupe Master, Shadowseer died to few smites and several shots from Flamers. Then Prince charged my Warlock, who not only passed all his saves, but gave three wounds to Daemon in return!

I realised I need to clear the midboard fast. All three units of Dire Avengers disembarked and pressed forward, firing their Catapults, and obliterating about 20 daemons. Falcons fired several shots, killing even more, and wounding Kairos.

Then my Shining Spears (Quickened by Spiritseer) and Solitaire charged into combat.

Solitaire had to hit twice, but killed Kairos.

Spears left second Keeper of Secrets on four wounds.

At this moment we had to end our game (after three turns) due to time limit. Next time I hope we'll have some more time. If we played longer, I probably would win, but barely. Daemons are very difficult enemy for Eldar. It's very rare ocasion when all of my spells can be denied by so many psykers, and I run out of psykers to deny their powers. Huge Daemons and hordes of smaller ones are quite difficult to kill as well.

Till next time :) I think I will show you my first Harlequin models painted quite soon :)

Wave Serpent

As I'd mentioned before, next model finished is Wave Serpent.

I've already told you why I like this unit. I would probably use three to five, but the problem is, I hate painting vehicles. That and equal hatered towards mail order only models is the reason I don't have Fire Prisms. Maybe one day, but not anytime soon.

Next in line are a pair of Archons. As I have three units ready for Craftworlds, I need to give my Drukhari some love. Expecially that Archons have a strange habit of becoming man of the match in my games. Withstanding round of shooting and charge from Agressors? No problem. Killing Smash Captain in one round? Archon is your man. I know that in those cases I got quite lucky, but still, for such cheap model I really like them.

Of course, the list I wrote for the tournament will probably get changed. After yesterday's game I give Crimson Hunter Exarchs some serious thoughts. One won't do much good, but two... Or three? That's more like it.

Challlenge for myself and Wave Serpent talk

Idea is simple: to play the tournament on 21.03 with fully painted army. Doesn't sound that difficult, but I don't have that much time for painting every day.

The list I chose for this event is a bit strange, as I don't field any hard hitting units like Crimson Hunter Exarchs, Fire Prisms or Shining Spears.

Exactly like for previous tournament, I chose two detachments, Battalion and Patrol. I thought about two Battalions, as I have a bit more points (1250 to be exact) but I don't think I need that 5CP that much, expecially if I would have get rid of some important units to squeeze in two more troops.

I won't talk much about the list, as I'll have time to do it in my post about the tournament. Instead, I'll tell you what models I will need to paint, and at which stage of completion they currently are:

- Archon (converted, primed)

- Archon (converted, primed)

- 5 Kabalites (basic colours and shading)

- 5 Kabalites (basic colours and shading)

- 5 Kabalites (basic colours and shading)

- Ravager (main hull painted)

- Raider (assembled)

- Venom (main hull painted)

- Venom (primed)

- Venom (primed)

- Autarch Skyrunner (finished)

- Warlock Skyrunner (almost painted)

- 8 Storm Guardians (I'm still converting them as chainswords are hard to come by)

- 3 Dark Reapers (assembled)

- Wave Serpent (mostly painted)

- Wave Serpent (I still need to buy it)

So, there's quite a lot of work ahead of me. Of course I'll post my progress here.

If you have seen my previous list you can see that I've decided to take two Wave Serpents instead of one. The reason is: I absolutely love this unit. The best transport in the game, if you ask me. The loadout I use is basic Serpent with Twin Aeldari Missile Launcher. It gives me quite a lot firepower mounted on one and only Eldar unit that can reliably take some punishment. 13 wounds, T7, 3+ save and shield that decreases number of wounds suffered by one, to minimum of one.

Of course, you can destroy Wave Serpent. The thing is, if you do so, then you need to put a lot of firepower into this task, leaving rest of my army safe and sound. On the other hand, you can try to kill the rest, knowing that those missile launchers will pound you every turn.

Of course, transport is primary (but not the most usefull) occupation of this vehicle. 12 passanger slots are quite a lot, allowing me to put all of my infantry into one of those (8 Storm Guardians and 3 Reapers). Expecially the later are very important, as starting the game inside will allow them to survive turn one pounding from, say, thunderfire cannon. Then, Reapers can disembark and still hit on 3+, thanks to their rules.

Anyway, I need at least two of Wave Serpents, and am happy that I have an oportunity to put second one on the list.

Wolftime #3

First tournament after such a long break from 40k. I must admit I wasn't sure if my knowledge of Aeldari is good enough for tournament play, but decided to find out.

It was 1000pts tournament, with limit of two detachments. My army was built of Battalion and Patrol, using Drukhari and Craftworlds units:

Battalion (Kabal of the Flayed Skull):

- Archon (Agoniser, Splinter Pistol)

- Archon (Huskblade, Splinter Pistol)

- 5 Kabalites

- 5 Kabalites

- 5 Kabalites

- Ravager (3 Desintegrator Cannons)

- Venom (Splinter Cannon, Twin Splinter Rifle)

Patrol (Expert Crafters, Masterful Shots)

- Autarch Skyrunner (Lance, Warlord: Fate's Messanger, Shimmerplume of Achillral)

- 8 Storm Guardians

- 3 Dark Reapers (Tempest Launcher, Rain of Death)

- Crimson Hunter Exarch (Two Starcannons, Hawkeye)

- Wave Serpent (Twin Aeldari Missile Launcher, Twin Shuriken Catapult)

First battle was against Mechanicum with tank, two onagers, several units of skitarii, bosses and two units of stalkers.

It wasn't an easy game, mostly due to the fact that onagers hit everything that flies on 2+, and in my army everything but infantry flies.

Despite that I managed to win 30:14. Not bad for the first game after such a long pause ;).

Second was against Space Marines, led by smashcaptain and chaplain. Big unit of grav centurions, two scout units, one primaris unit and one unit of those guys with 3 wounds, fists and loads of shots.

I mean really, those primaris units all look the same :P. After several rounds of killing I managed to kill everything but single marine in the ruins. Sadly, the game costed me a lot of my units, and despite having the same number of points I lost due to killpoints. There simply wasn't enough targets to kill! 26:29 for my opponent.

I didn't play the third game cause my I wanted to go to motorcycle event with my girlfriend. My opponent was kind enough to agree on a split, 10:10.

All in all I ended up on third place. I must say, I love this army. Fast, agile, with loads of surprises for my enemies. Now I need to paint all those gray models and get ready for another tournament.

Great Come Back (and first painted model)

Not one, but three come backs, to be exact. First - I came back to 40k after a few years break. Second - I came back to miniature painting after several months. Third - I'm back here, writing this blog I abandoned for such a long time.

Almost all of my 40k models are gone (sold, given away etc), so I've decided to build the new army, the one that requires completely different type of play and much higher level of skill. After some initial thoughts I chose Eldar Soup.

What is Eldar Soup, you may ask. Well, it's an army built around the "Aeldari" keyword. That allows me to field detachments of Craftworld Eldar, Dark Eldar and Harlequins. Mix them all together, and you get a soup. Eldar Soup.

I bought some models and began painting. The first model I'd made is the leader of my Eldar army, the Autarch Skyrunner:

I field him as my Warlord, with lance, Shimmerplume and Fate's Messanger trait. That gives me fast, hard hitting (for Eldar standards at least) model with 7 wounds, 3+/4++/6+++ saves and bonus of regenerating command points on roll of 6. That statisticly is at least one additional command point per battle. Not bad IMO.

Next will be either Wave Serpent (you can see her behind Autarch, waiting to be finished) or Farseer Skyrunner (also WiP). Stay tuned!