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Game 4 A calculated slaughter  first blood, death of honour. 2VP to the side that slays the honour guard.  Instant win for slay the warlord.  Thousand sons vs Talons of the emperor.  Zone mortalis; Zhao Arkhad Facility; Prospero.  Outcome: Draw.    had surprising fun against custodes despite their overpowered rules. The funnest part was their captain repeatedly failed to assault a door.    fluff;   Aarthrat hefted his heavy Bolter onto the suspensor web for firing on the move, The rest of the squad were preparing their bolters and checking ammo. He turned to look at the Osiron dreadnought that was having its burnt out plasma cannon replaced with an assault cannon by a Magos. The ammo box was fitted and the barrels of the cannon span in approval. Now finished with the work a series of mechanendrites gently lifted the Magos back into his abeyant. He seemed to freeze for a second, apparently communing with some unseen device, then voxed over the local battle net so the assembled force of thousand sons could hear. “Perimeter breached, sector 564 compromised, we must secure the work and retreat”.  The work was the curious black rocks that the forge world Zhao Arkhad had been fitting to their automata and on some of the legion Orison contemptors and Castellax. Aarthrat was pretty sure that the imperium, after the edict of Nikea, would not tolerate their use, though at this point it wouldn’t have mattered.  The Magos turned and dissappeared down the corridor. Apparently defending this area was an order. It didn’t matter to Aarthrat anymore, the wolves were here and this was his home. It’s defence was paramount, the thousand sons would not become the next Legion to be un remembered.  The assembled warriors continued to  check weapons and armour.  The sekhmet stood tall, backs towards the  far wall, Presumably where elements of “the work” were. the facility was silent apart from the odd rumble of shelling from far above. <I hope the Spire guard are faring well> sent Phasmos telepathically, who was also equipping a heavy Bolter.  <No> answered Nezchad the squad leader. <Magus recalled all Spireguard> <And us> retorted Phasmos.  <yes but we must protect our…..> Nezchad didn’t finish the sentence.  The lead magister interrupted their communion. < teleportation transponders detected 1km north> <terminator assault?> asked Nezchad, <they’re not 6th legion, they hate tele….> the psychic link broke immediately and a sense of dread swept across the assembled thousand sons.  “The sisters of silence are here. And they’ve brought friends.” Said Nezchad out loud. Aarthrat pressed the quick release on the suspensor web of the heavy Bolter, kicked open the weapons locker and took out the two plasma guns within, he threw one to Phasmos and kept the other for himself.  “They’re close” Phasmos stated looking down the corridor.  “Don’t worry about the sisters, worry about the custodians”. Nezchad replied. The magister voxed orders to the squads. The Osiron and the sehkmet set off  towards primary blast door. The magister watched them leave.  Aarthrats brothers began stalking off down the far right corridor. He paused and turned to look at the magister. He was no longer there and the locker containing the black stones was empty.  Aarthrat shook his head and said to himself “if the custodians are here none of us will make it out alive”.  Aarthrat caught up to his brothers. The muffled sounds of bolters and a kheres assault cannon was firing to his left. Presumably at the custodians, hopefully killing the sisters. The floor then lurched with an explosion that must have been the destruction of the Osiron. Suddenly, up ahead, a squad of golden warriors filled the corridor and Aarthrat fired his Plasma gun. He thought he glimpsed one fall as they charged into his squad.  Then He saw a guardian spear tip through his chest. He wasn’t sure how it got there or how he was facing the way he came. The spear then disappeared and sharp pain swept through his body. He collapsed to the floor and fell into darkness.  Aarthrat woke in the same darkened Corridor he fell in.  <got to you just in time> a voice in his head stated. He took off his helmet and surveyed his surroundings. Phasmos and  Nezchad were clearly dead; Torsos split in half completely, definitely the work of a guardian spear.  The apothecary followed Aarthads gaze, <even pavoni can’t fix that kind of damage>, the apothecary was shaking his head, <we need to regroup at the space port south of Old Tizca. we can’t allow the wolves to land unimpeded>.  <Agreed> answered Aarthad, searching for the plasma gun. <Magnus will join us soon>. The Apothecary Stared at him, his aura troubled. <hope that he does>. replied the Apothecary.    Army list Deployment. The volkite guys never fired a shot.      Eventually the shield captain knocked down that door.    end.   

So here's what it comes down to:     Now I just re-jigged my army in a last ditch effort to be more competitive. I ended up playing against Orks and I really tried to be competitive, but I REFUSE to not play the units I feel help to define the army. In other words Azrael + all the Stormravens and Redemptors you can afford in an IronStorm detachment is not Dark Angels (to me.)   I tried to trim the fat. Down to one squad of Deathwing Knights for instance. Playing Hunters, I managed a win finally with this army. However, I confess I believe my opponent stripped down his list too much because he feared  hammering me. (It was the same guy before who's been bringing that LVO top Ork List.)   After this points update came out I reloaded my list on the GW app and I had 40 points to spare. (I think that's largely from the reduction in Hellblasters which I stubbornly keep in every DA list so far.)   To me the Inner Circle dudes need a Dataslate touch, not a point adjustment to Bladeguard who are still a lot better imho.    Also the Vengeance is a bit of a head scratcher.   Is the Lion going to see play at 300? Will you use him?   Does a reduction in Terminators make you want to play them more? Or use them at all?    What do you think?

I'm actually down on Wulfen myself, though I don't do tournaments (just relatively casual Matched Play). But my considerations and priorities are different.

That's not a bad idea. I'd done the blue to match it to the arc weapons and taser goads in the army as "electric" stuff. But I don't need to be that fixed. Might try that on the next lot.

Transfers. The one on the sides are from the Primaris Upgrade sheet and the others from the FW Horus Hersey Decal sheet. 

are thiose transfer or did you freehand them?