I'm Back! Masters Intro

I think it's about time I started posting again.  It's been an eternity since my last post, and with the Masters last weekend, what better time to start back up?

I was surprised to get a wildcard invite to the 40k competition, since I've pretty much been playing fantasy exclusively for the last year, but given the choice I think I would have picked 40k anyway.  It was a good motivator for me to get the Dark Eldar that I've been painting over the last year up to tabletop standard and out onto the table.  I figured out before the weekend that I'd played 2 games of 40k in the last 14 months, so I was going in well prepared ;)

With the event being no-comp, I decided to embrace it fully and came up with a list (during an exam no less!) that was simple, hard and in my mind good against Charlie.  It always surprises me when people wanting to be competitive take a list that is not equipped to deal with whatever Charlie brings, seeing as he's been at the top of the NZ scene for the last 2-3 years.  Especially since this was a small event, and you are going to have to beat him to win the tourney.  Of course, we could have just had a tourney to see who comes second, but would we really be competitive tournament players then?

I reckon this pic deserves a second run out

The list I used was:

Baron Sathonyx

3 Trueborn, 3 Blasters in Venom, extra SC
3 Trueborn, 3 Blasters in Venom, extra SC
3 Trueborn, 3 Blasters in Venom, extra SC


5 Warriors, Blaster in Venom, extra SC
5 Warriors, Blaster in Venom, extra SC
5 Warriors, Blaster in Venom, extra SC
5 Warriors, Blaster in Venom, extra SC
5 Warriors, Blaster in Venom, extra SC

5 Beastmasters, 9 Khymerae, 6 Razorwings

Ravager, Shock Prow
Ravager
Ravager

So not much subtlety really.  An excessive amount of poisoned shooting backed up by darklight weapons, and in theory, a heavy hitting combat unit in the Beasts.

Reports to follow