Gameforge 40k combat patrol tournament

This was the first time i went to Gameforge and I must say that i'm very impressed with their establishment. Nice, clean environment, good stocks, reasonable prices. Was so so tempted to get stuffs for the new army but sensibility and logic prevailed plus the fact that i'd just dished out on a new battlefleet list the previous week. That's me in the green shirt thinking that i should buy the whole range of citadel paints.

I did buy 2 copies of the White Dwarf and a citadel fine brush before i left though.

The Gameforge guys were just amazing. Friendly and helpful, they made us feel comfortable from the moment we arrived. That's what customer service is all about. Esp after a four hours drive from Shah Alam and driving around Penang looking for the place. Well done guys!!!

I played 3 games. Lost the first to a space wolf patrol. Won the next against the tyranids then won my final game against the chaos mon-keigh. All my opponents were from Penang and each was a delight to play against. Its nice to know that Penang has a nice ready group of players. I'm told they used the 4th ed style of scoring so in the end i didn't know where i stood in standings. Not important since it definitely was not top 3.For my efforts i got a cool certificate from Gameforge.

Arzmi though was in the running for top honors until his Orcs met Peter's chaos mon-keighs. He lost and ended up in 3rd placing. With his prize winnings he bought the new Battle Mission book and much to my surprise gave it to me :) What can i can, brotherly love. I got your back, Bro!!!

A very big thank you to all the guys at Gameforge for organizing this tournament. It was fun and i'll try to come again with my 1750 saim-hann list soon. - excuse to buy models-

All in, it was a very nice road trip and i thoroughly enjoyed the company of Iqbal(my co-driver), Jeff(official humor guy) and Arzmi(who slept most of the time). Laughter was aplenty esp when you had a mat salleh along who knew the local lay. Didn't know we had cannibals in Malaysia till Jeff pointed it out. You learn something new everyday.

It was super FUN!!!

Saim-Hann Vyper finally done.

Together with the Spiders this was another model that was doomed to the 'Warp Box'. Don't you just love a tournament to get those painting juices pumping. And in all honesty, i wouldn't have completed this Vyper if i didn't need to use it in the combat patrol event. So thank you again guys. I hope you have lots of GW stuff because i intend to repay your indirect assistance in getting me to paint my models. Repay by buying more models to put in the warp box hehehe.

The Vyper is a nice model to build and paint. In Saim-Hann colors, i believe it looks all the more menacing. Unfortunately, their stats aren't that good. That's why i didn't use them in my Altansar list in favor of better performing war walkers. This will the first time i'm using the vyper. Let's see how it fperforms in a combat patrol environment. Armed with a scatter laser it will provide long range firepower for the guardians. At S6 Heavy 4 it should be able to deal with rhino's and similar armored units.

A Vyper is a must build and must field option if you're into the fluff of Saim-Hann. Did not the Wild Host artisans pioneered the light skimmer. I'll need another one to include in my new Saim-Hann list. Speed is always the key.

The Wild Host is now ready to wreck havoc n Penang.

Heads will fall!!!

Warp Spiders are done - Thank you Gameforge Penang

Finally, my spiders are all fully painted!! Got these as a gift from my brother way back in December 2008 and the best they got were a white prime in preparation for this year's Legio Iron Painter. Unfortunately, things didn't go as planned and they went straight into the box of 'To-Do' Projects = Warpbox = probably never get done.

That is until Gameforge announced the combat patrol tournament to be held this Saturday, 20th. So thank you Gameforge for indirectly forcing me to paint the spiders.

Not the best of paintjob i admit but they're not too shabby either. I hope they'll do better during the tourney. Luckily, the standard spiders colors are similar to the Saim-Hann scheme so there wasn't much for me to change as compared to my avengers and dragons.

I'm really looking forward to this road trip. Arzmi, Iqbal, Jeff and me to a 40k tourney. A hobby shop which will definitely have GW merchandise. Play combat patrol scenarios. Meet other hobbyist.

Nice.

The Wild Host warps to Penang

The Wild Host will make it's first appearance outside of Klang Valley at the 40K combat patrol tourney organized by Gameforge in Penang. At 400 points its a challenge to design a competitive list since all Eldar units are expensive so i decided to go with theme instead. My list will be based around what the Saim-Hann is famous for ..... Speed. With that, the force that will be wrecking havoc in Penang on the 20th March will be :

1 Warlock on jetbike with embolden
6 Guardian jetbikes (3 with shuriken cannons)
1 Vyper with scatter lasers
5 Warp spiders including an Exarch.

Initially i wanted to go for an all guardian jetbike force but decided to put in a Vyper and some Warp Spiders to act as support.
The guardian will be led by a Warlock with Embolden for much needed Leadership re-roll. I'm sure they will be shot at a lot and without fortune to help them survive, I foresee making leadership check quite often. I hope I'm proven wrong.

Tactics is quite obvious, shoot from afar and proceed to strategically reposition themselves. Warlock is there if i ever need a S9 weapon. Spiders will be fun as harassment unit and i'm still trying to find points to give them deep strike ability.

And yes, the spiders aren't fully painted yet but i have 5 days to go so no worries there.

Kindred 2010 : Done

I know now that it's not an easy task having a blog and having it updated regularly. You really need to have the drive and personal commitment to keep it going. And i must admit i'm failing miserably lately.

But i do want to inform everyone that together with my brother Arzmi, we ran Kindred last Saturday at Legio. You can read all about it at Legio's site.

I am planning of opening a document on Legio's site containing all the photos taken during the event.

It has been a long journey for me personally seeing Kindred from conception to final event running. It has been emotionally and physically taxing. It didn't sink in until Sunday morning when i got up and told myself that i have completed the task of organizing and running a Legio 40K doubles tournament. No further task, no further worrying, no further pressure.

I have done it!!! No one can ever take that away from me.

The journey was eventful. It wasn't easy. It was tough. It was satisfying. I know now, perhaps only about 10% of what Jeff goes through organizing all those Legio events in the past. Sir, i have the utmost respect for you. Having experienced perhaps a small fragment of what you have given and sacrificed to run those events; i know now that you are the unsung hero of our gaming community.
You deserve a Purity Seal for each and every one of those Legio events.

Super special thanks to my brother Arzmi for running this event with me. He must take most of the credit for the awesome visual presentation that is Kindred. I know i haven't been an easy taskmaster but someone has to carry the burden. Thanks bro. We did it!!!

Super special thanks also to Mr. Jeff Brooks. For allowing us the chance to organize the event, assisting and guiding us each and every step of the way, never once refusing a request for help, those many lunches to discuss and hear my updates. Thank you for inducting me into this very elite group of tournament organizers. It is so so so much easier being a participant ain't it :).

We did it Jeff. Thank you so much for all your encouragements and support.

I personally hope we have raised the standards of what a Legio event is all about.

To all the winners of Kindred,Well done you guys!!! Hats off to each and every one of you.

To all those who took part in Kindred, my most sincere appreciation for you participation. I hope we have ran the event up to your expectation and provided you with a memorable gaming experience.
I hope you had FUN!!!

To my fellow Legio members who have in many ways supported us in this endeavor, thank you so much guys. It's now time for some of you to step up to the plate and raise the bar even higher. I promise that the journey will be worth it. I promise that i will assist in any way that i can. I have taken the torch from Jeff, now someone needs to take it from me.

Ave Legio!!!

Iron Painter - 20th Feb

I'm ready for Iron Painter and am really looking forward to it! What's not to like :) ... 10 hours of painting, super nice and comfortable environment, music and most important of all .... Friends who share the same interest.

This is my list.

HQ : 1 Autarch

Troops : 5 Rangers
5 Rangers

Elites : 1 Banshee Exarch
6 banshees

Fast : 1 Spider Exarch
4 Warp Spiders

That's 23 models = 536 points following the FOC. I've only included WYSIWYG points and it does not include power upgrades for the autarch or exarchs.

As you can see, everything has been primed white and based. Now all i have to do is get my painting stuff packed and i'm good to go.

1. Paints
2. Brushes
3. Mixing containers
4. Semi-gloss varnish
5. Decals
6. Humbrol Decalfix
7. Humbrol Gloscote - for those nice shining eldar gems
8. Grass flock
9. Rags
10. Extra music for my handphone + earphone

I'm contemplating whether to bring my airbrush. I only need to use them for final varnish so maybe i can pop over to Alvin's or Iqbal's table for this. I'm sure they're nice enough to accommodate me :). Just have to make sure i don't disturb their usage of it though.

Plan for the day.
1. Banshees - 3 hrs (10am - 1pm)
2. Lunch (1 - 1.30 pm)
3. Autarch - 1 hr (1.30 - 2.30 pm)
4. Rangers - 4 hrs (2.30 - 6.30pm) with short break in between
5. Break (6.30 - 7.30pm) check the others and disturb their painting rhythm by asking lots of Qs
6. Spiders - 2 hrs (7.30 - 9.30pm)

Looks good as long as i keep to the plan and strictly monitor my time.

Let's bring back the People's Choice award for the Wild Host!!!

Wish me luck guys. How goes your preparation??

Sweet dilemma

Wow its been a month since my last post. Work and personal life has been quite hectic. Excuses i know. Which is why now i have more appreciations for all of you who regularly update your blogs. My hats off guys.

Onwards.

My wife wanted to get me something for the new year. The amount is good enough for me to either get :

or ....




First choice is the Aero Imperialis book deal from FW. For around RM270 not including tax and post i could get 2 books. The rulebook and expansion. Each book is around 180 pages of pure goodness in their Imperial Armour books standard. Being a collector of books, my heart is heading in this direction. To complete the order, my purchase would include ;


A pair of Thunderbolts to be completed in the Apostles all white color scheme, and




Three Hellblades for the bad guys.






Both cost around RM40 each so is well within my budget. This should be good enough for me to start a game going.

Second option is Battlefleet Gothic. I've already downloaded all that can be downloaded from the GW site and the reading and rules are very interesting. If i go for this option then i could spend all that dineros on models. And BFG ships don't come cheap. I could get quite a collection of ships for the same cost of the Aero books. As much as I would like to start an Eldar fleet, I'm thinking of Imperial. More choices and better looking vessel.

A few things i'm considering.

1. I will be in bangkok soon so perhaps i should wait and observe the hobby scene there before making a decision to start collecting a new game. That fund could be used to get more 40k stuff or even start a fantasy army!

2. But i do want the Aero books. There's one thing more i like than getting new models. Its reading new rulebooks. Esp when the subject matter combines my love for aircombat and 40k. Plus both books will definitely be gorgeously printed with full color pics, schematics, drawings etc. Good to have on the collection shelf.

3. I've printed all available free materials for BFG and after binding everything up...i ended with 5 binded books which kept me very happy for a few weeks. Am still going through the rules even now. One more excuse for not updating my blog. This is where Azlan comes in with an offer to bring his BFG models for a demo. Making our already hectic hobby schedule more mind boggling.

Kindred, Iron painter, next League (?), Sporecon, Legio birthday........man, what a year this will be!!

What would really help me is if some of you are interested to start either Aero or BFG.

What say you???