Painting Demolishers, Day 1

I managed to fit in some painting last knight. Good solid undercoat in my opinion. Needs a strip on the side, some detail painting, and then a nice, black, wash and it'll be finished...for now. If I get better at painting I might come back for unit markers and the like.

Heavy Breathing Ensues

Its real purdy...

New Painting Goal: 1850 Mechanized Guard

I've been following the few discussions about how Imperial Knights will be handled in nationwide tournaments now that they're Lords of War (sigh) and it isn't looking favorable to them. Just a few things that keep coming up as "balances":

• D table is only d2 wounds
• D weapons have no strength value (so no Instant Death)
• Stomps do not select models but kill from the knight like any other attack
• Removing models (6 results on stomp) can be Look Out, Sir!'d
• +1 Maelstrom points for every 3 hull points removed
• Enemies get +1 to Seize the Initiative if they don't have a LoW of their own
• 0-1 Super-Heavy Walkers (so only one knight anyway)

Some tournaments are even looking to having ALL of those in place...

Overkill much?

With that in mind, I'll be going back to IG for my summer painting goal...and that means TANKS!

Sweet, beautiful tanks

The Summer Goal

Well, a new Imperial Knight codex and an upcoming summer leaves me with a self imposed painting challenge to get an 1850 army up, painted, and ready to go. As of right now, that army will be all knights, using their new faction.

Lead By This Guy

Tournament Summary and New Knights

I came, I went, I stomped. It was fun and I really enjoy playing an army like Knights where I don't have to juggle a million things. Still, you have to be careful when your army is only five models since you can lose a lot fast.

In other interesting news, Imperial Knights are getting an update.

Still Wish They'd Have Gone With This

Upcoming Event: 30k Knights at 2k Points

For those not paying attention, Imperial Knights have kinda become my second love. They're everything, or at least most things, I love about the IG and more. While I have caught a bit of flak for playing them as much as I do (Hey, it could be centstar!) I don't think they're as bad as most people make them out to be, especially given our local meta that is very brutal. Honestly, we don't do casual here.

Of course, that means the FLGS is hosting a 2k 'casual' event. Having gone to one of these before, I can tell you that 'casual', in this case, means that more options are opened up and less restrictions are in place. If anything, it gets more competitive because of that. The big restriction being lifted this time is that players can use 30k, as long as they don't mix it with 40k.

That in mind, I'm running Knight Questoris. House Pelletier will walk!

ASSASSIN!!! Tournament Report

The FLGS had a 1k casual tournament so I decided, especially since I did not know how competitive the casual meta really was during the casual events, to try out something I've always wanted to try, the Assassinorum Execution Force.

Sorry, no pics this time.

Like the dirty dozen, except they blow up when they die.