5 posts from January 2009

Since I forgot to post my 2 newest editions to my Tau army that I received as Xmas presents, here they are in all their glory.  Unfortunately they did better last week against the Tyranids than what they did against the Necrons yesterday.  Enjoy.  I know I had fun painting them.

This was a 2800 point game but I couldn't manage to make that so I turned out being 2400 points so my enemy had a 400 something points up on me.  I combined the Alpha and the Gamma rules so we could use the Deepstrike rules.

Turn 1: The Tau go first and nothing to note happens beside movement.
The Necron Destroyers happen to kill 4 Fire Warriors.

Turn 2: Another Tau turn goes uneventful.
Necrons- The Destroyers and the Immortals kill 9 Fire Warriors and the Pariahs kill 6 Kroot

Turn 3: The Gun Drones deepstrike in on the Tau turn.
Necrons- The Monolith deepstrikes in and kills 4 Stealth units, 3 Gun Drones, 5 Auxillary troops, 1 Kroot, the Krootox and a Kroot Hound.  The Pariahs finish off the rest of the Kroot killing the Kroot Hound and the Kroot Shaper.  The Warriors kill 2 Gun drones, the Immortals wipe out a full squad of Auxillary troops, and the Heavy destroyers destroy the Devil Fish.  In Assault the Wraiths kill 3 Gun drones.

Turn 4: The Crisis Suits deepstrike in and take out a Warrior and the Hammerhead kills a Destroyer.
Necrons- The Flayed Ones deepstrike in.  The Heavy Destroyers take out the Hammerhead, the Immortals wipe out the Sniper Drones and the Drone controller.  The Warriors kill a Stealth Unit, the Monolith kills 8 more Auxilliary troops and 2 Stealth members.  In Assault the Flayed Ones kill 5 Fire Warriors and force the rest to break.

Turn 5: Commander Shadowsun deepstrikes in and takes 2 wounds from the Nightbringer.  The Auxilliary troops kill a Flayed One, the Pathfinders kill 2 Destroyers and the Sky Ray kills 2 Heavy Destroyers.
Necrons- The Monolith takes out 1 of Commander Shadowsun's drones.  Then in assault the Wraiths take out the Commanders second drone and the Flayed ones kill 5 Auxilliary troops and force the rest to break.

Turn 6: The Sky Ray takes out an Immortal.
Necrons: Immortals take out the Sky Ray.  Then in assault the Flayed Ones kill 7 Auxilliary troops and the Wraiths take out Commander Shadowsun.

The Final verdict here was that the Necrons occupied 2 quarters at the end and the Tau had 0.  I bought a brand new camera and these photos are excellent.  The first camera was ok and the cell phone worked for a bit but here we go.

I apologize for the lack of pictures here but my digital camera died a few weeks ago.
Tau vs. Tyranids (2500 pts)
The Mission was a Recon with Gamma rules

Turn 1: The Tau go first and the Sniper Drones kill a genestealer and the Sky Ray marks the Gaunts
Tyranids: A frag mine takes out the Krootox

Turn 2: The Tau turn and the Gun Drones deepstrike in.  The Sniper drones kill a genestealer and the Aux squad kills Gaunt.  The Sky Ray kills 7 Gaunts and so does the Stealth Team.  Then the Devil Fish takes out 3 more Gaunts from another squad and the Hammer Head takes out 4 more.  The Gun Drones kill 5 Hormagaunts.
Tyranids: The Lictors deepstrike in.  A Bio acid mine takes out the Devil Fish and 6 Pathfinders survive the blast.  The Hive Tyrant kills a human.  Then in the Assault phase the Hormagaunts kill 5 Gun drones and the Lictors take out 3 Stealth members and force the rest to run away.

Turn 3: The Tau Vespids kill a genestealer and the Sky Ray kills 8 gaunts.  Then 2 squads of Fire Warriors take out all 3 Lictors and the Kroot kill 4 genestealers.  In assault phase the Hormagaunts wipe out the last 3 Gun drones.
Tyranids: A frag mine kills a Kroot and the Hive Tyrant kills a human.  The Zoanthrope kills a Sniper drone.  Then in assault the Hive Tyrant kills 3 humans and so do the Raveners.  The Genestealers kill 5 Kroot.

Turn 4: The Crisis suits deepstrike in and kill 3 gaunts and one Tyranid warrior.  The Fire warriors kill 4 Hormaguants.  Then in assault phase the genestealers kill 2 Vespids and force the last one to run.  The Hive Tyrant kills 3 humans and so do the Raveners then in turn the humans take out a Ravener.  The Genestealers kill 5 Kroot, force them to run and over takes the rest of the squad.
Tyranids: The Warriors take out a Crisis suit then in assault the genestealers take out the last Vespid, the Ravener kills a human and the Hive Tyrant kills 2 more.  The gaunts kill a Pathfinder, the genestealers kill one then the Carnifax kills 3 too.

Turn 5: Commander Shadowsun deepstrikes in and the Auxillary squad kills a Zoanthrope and so does the Sky Ray.  In assault the Raveners kill a human and the Warriors take out a Crisis Suit.  The Hormagaunts take out a Fire warrior and the Genestealers take out a Pathfinder.
Tyranids: A Frag mine kills a Fire Warrior and then in assault the Hive Tyrant kills 2 humans and the warriors kill the Crisis Shasvre.  Commander Shadowsun takes out a genestealer and the Hormagaunts take out 5 Fire warriors, force them to break and over take them.  The Carnifax kills the last Pathfinder.

Turn 6: The Fire Warriors kill 3 Hormagaunts and the Hammer head kills a Biovore.  In assault the genestealers kill Commander Shadowsun and the Ravener kills 2 humans.
Tyranids: Skipping to assault the Hive Tyrant kills 2 humans, the genestealers kill a Stealth unit and the Hormagaunts kill 2 Fire Warriors.  In turn a Fire Warrior kills a Hormagaunt.

The verdict here was that the Tyranids almost wiped every model out of mine besides the Hammer head, the Sky Ray, a squad of Fire Warriors, a half a squad of human auxillarys, and 2 Sniper drones and the controller.

Here was my Army list for the game that I just played yesterday. 

Tau Army (2300 pts)

• Commander Shadowsun (HQ)- 175pts
• Fire Warriors Squad (12 X2) (Troops)- one with a marker drone and they both had a Shasui (270 pts)
• Pathfinders (8) (Fast)- 2 Rail guns, Shasui, Marker drone for 256 pts
• Crisis Battlesuits (3) (Elite)- All with Shield generators and target lock, burst cannon, 2 fusion blasters and 1 flamer.  Plus the Shasvre with advanced stabilization, a cyclonic ion blaster, a fusion blaster and sensor array for 187 pts
• Stealth Team (6) (Elite)- A Shasvre included with target lock, and a shield drone for 200 pts
• Gun Drones (8) (Fast)- 96 pts
• Vespides (6) (Fast)- with a Strain Leader came to 102 pts
• Kroot  (20) (Troops)- Shaper with armor, 2 Kroot hounds, and a Krootox for 216 pts
• Sniper Drone Squad w/Spotter (4) (Heavy)- Field generator, Target lock and networked marker lights for 80 pts
• Ethereal (HQ)- with honor blades and a shield drone for 75 pts
• Tau Auxillary Squad (12x3) (Troops)- 216 pts
• Hammer Head (Heavy)- Railgun, Gun drones, target array, target lock and sensor spines for 180 pts
• Devil Fish (Fast)- Target Array, Sensor spines and Seeker missiles (2) for 135 pts
• Sky Ray Gun Ship (Heavy)- Decoy launchers, Flechette discharge, target lock, and smart missile drones
  

Totaling: 2355

Wish me luck because it's a 2500 pt battle!

Well for those that are interested here are the new miniatures, unfortunately they are all Ork stuff though.