I've wanted to build and maintain a wargaming table for some time now, and with my new condo having plenty of extra room, the dream of having said table is becoming a reality.
At the current moment, it's started as a 4'x6' sheet of plywood with a grassy mat spread upon it, but I aim to reinforce the plywood with a frame and slats, texture the wood with fine sand, and ultimately paint it. I hope to start building a good bit of terrain, too, as my selection is very limited at the given moment.
As soon as we moved the table and wood into the new place, it had to be immediately christened with something special. A game of two versus one, with a total point value of 10,000. Two Eldar armies of 2,500 versus me with two force organization charts of Blood Angels matching them in points.
Unfortunately, we started this game at 8:00 PM on a weeknight, so we had only reached the end of turn 3 by the time the clock struck midnight. Eldar won by a single kill point, but the main majority of my hard-hitting units had just arrived to inflict pain on a large scale.
Highlights:
Am looking forward to updating the board and making it more presentable; modular terrain, scenics, etc! A wonderful opening to a developing hobby.
At the current moment, it's started as a 4'x6' sheet of plywood with a grassy mat spread upon it, but I aim to reinforce the plywood with a frame and slats, texture the wood with fine sand, and ultimately paint it. I hope to start building a good bit of terrain, too, as my selection is very limited at the given moment.
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| The Red Tide advances with a 'Pod full of Death Company arriving in synchrony. |
As soon as we moved the table and wood into the new place, it had to be immediately christened with something special. A game of two versus one, with a total point value of 10,000. Two Eldar armies of 2,500 versus me with two force organization charts of Blood Angels matching them in points.
Unfortunately, we started this game at 8:00 PM on a weeknight, so we had only reached the end of turn 3 by the time the clock struck midnight. Eldar won by a single kill point, but the main majority of my hard-hitting units had just arrived to inflict pain on a large scale.
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| The Drop Pod w/ Homing Beacon allows for a full squad of Assault troops and a Land Raider to deep strike amongst the enemy lines. The Death Company ensured that the Pod would be left alive to allow for this maneuver. Sneaky. |
Highlights:
- David W's Avatar went down in the first round of shooting thanks to a mass of assault cannons targeting him specifically. Thus reinforcing the rule of well-painted, beautiful models often dying first.
- My mass of tanks and transports died quickly as I threw them at the enemy lines with reckless abandon, resulting in many of my troops being unable to disembark in the mayhem and becoming casualties.
- I've since decided I love Homing Beacons on Drop Pods... since the Pods are oft ignored in favor of what is inside them. I can see myself using this quite a bit if I field a larger Descent of Angels - based army in the future, since Deep Striking units do not scatter when in range of said Beacon.
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| Dante leads a full squad of Assault Marines (far left) to their unfortunate deaths... the resulting fire poured down upon them was enough to leave Dante standing alone, to be assaulted by Eldrad and his Seer Council the next phase. Ouch. |
Am looking forward to updating the board and making it more presentable; modular terrain, scenics, etc! A wonderful opening to a developing hobby.
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Do you still have that great piece of terrain from Battle for supremacy that was nothing but rubble and light posts?
Of course I do; I have it in a stasis closet so that it remains in mint condition.
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