Battleshots!: Black Templars vs. Tau Empire

Had a nice game with Matt this weekend so that he could get a grip on Tau rules. I also had a good chance to brush up on all the intricacies of the Tau book. Markerlights and Support Systems-galore.

It turned out to be quite the bloody affair. The game was roughly 800 points per side playing The Relic mission. The Black Templars had some crazy-good armour save rolling in turn 7, allowing them to hold on to the relic and grab the win.

Matt is currently busting his ass to get stuff painted and finished so that he can join the Sumnal campaign. The speed that he's finishing things is pretty insane, especially when you consider that these are some of the first miniatures that he has ever painted. Impressive stuff. I'll make sure to grab more/better photos next game - especially his Kroot.

Photos after the break.

Keep in mind, some of the Tau is unfinished.

Sumnal: The Coming Storm

A few weeks ago, while selling some models locally, I ran into a gamer who shared a very similar mentality about 40k and how the game is played. It just so happens that he also runs the very excellent Studio Hobby Thumbs (click here). Through our communications back and forth, we decided that we were going to start up a small gaming group and run an escalation-style, narratively-focused campaign.

The Sumnal battle report posted previously was just the first step in a long line of forthcoming games.

Once again, our goals are to re-learn the sixth edition of Warhammer 40,000 and slowly build/renovate/expand our respective armies.

After an awesome first game with Matt, the tone of this campaign has been set. Soulless machines have begun their endless march across Sumnal's wastelands and pious Space Marines are quickly rushing to the planet's defence.

Sumnal's second front was now about to open against a very eager Mr. Hobby Thumbs. It was an epic showdown between my Necrons and his very nice Red Scorpions force.