Telhdrat Posted September 22, 2014 Share Posted September 22, 2014 Sorry this won't be as detailed as my previous battle reports. We played the game months ago and while I took plenty of pictures I didn't take any notes as it was my intention to write up the report quickly after the game. Unfortunately, other things came up and I didn't so this is mainly based on the pictures and what details I can remember. This was the last game in the first phase of our Isstvan III campaign and as such would determine who would win the phase and earn some bonuses for the next phases. The traitors had a small edge, a draw was enough for them to win, the loyalists needed a win. We played another Blood Feud game, but this time with the Ambush deployment (one side is defender and deploys in a circle in the centre of the board, the attacker deploys on both sides of the board). We quickly decided that it was natural for the loyalists to be the ambushers, as the traitors pushed further into the Choral city. The survivors of Angron's assault on his own legion would spring a close quarter ambush on a force of traitorous Sons of Horus and Death Guard. The Loyalist Forces: Praetor with a paragon blade 5 man Command Squad with a variety of power weapons 13 man Tactical Squad with chainaxes & bolt pistols, sergeant with power axe 10 man Assault Squad, sergeant with power sword Contemptor Dreadnough, dual power fists & one graviton gun Apothecary 5 man Cataprachti squad with a plasma blaster 3 man Skyhunter squadron 2x 5 man Rampager squads with caedere weapons 5 man Heavy Support Squad with lascannons Loyalist Forces The Traitor Forces: Sons of Horus: Praetor with a thunder hammer 3 man Command Squad Primus Medicae 10 man Tactical Squad with bolters, sergeant with a combi plasma 15 man Tactical Squad with bolters, ccw & boltpistols, sergeant with a plasma pistol 5 man Recon Squad with sniper rifles & cameoline Contemptor Dreadnought with heavy bolter & DCCW with plasma blaster 5 man Cataprachti Squad with 2x Combiplasma & Reaper Autocannon 5 man Heavy Support Squad with missile launchers Allied Death Guard: Centurion with Power Fist 18 man Tactical Squad bolters, ccw & boltpistols, sergeant with a combiflamer 5 man Tactical Suppor Squad with flamers, sergeant with bolter Traitor Forces Deployment The Command Squad and the Contemptor took up positions at the centre of the traitor forces, with the Death Guard on one side and the Son of Horus on the other. The snipers and the missile launcher squad took up firing positions on the upper level of the ruins. Traitor Deployment The loyalist decided to go with a full on assault from both sides, deploying the assault squad, terminators and one rampager squad to the left with the Skyhunters as fire support. The tactical squad, the Contemptor and the other rampager squad were led by the Praetor and the command squad on the right, with the lascannon squad taking positions in the ruins near them. Loyalist Left Loyalist Right The Game The World Eaters quickly began closing in on the surrounded traitors firing a few shots on the way but to little effect. The traitors, realizing that they are under attack, decide not to hunker down in the ruins and instead move out to meet the advancing World Eaters. Their return fire is more accurate, felling several members of the Rampagers and the Assault Squad. All Forces Advance Even ass the loyalist continue to close in, it is the Terminators of the Sons of Horus who lead the first charge of the battle, crashing into the World Eater Tactical Squad. The Sons of Horus Terminators charge Turn Two begins On the other side of the battle, the Sons of Horus, backed up by the Death Guard flamer squad, move to point blank range and open fire. Boint Blank Action Though many of them fall, the World Eater care little and charge in. The Death Guard fall to the Assault Squad, whilst the Terminators remain locked in combat with the Sons of Horus. Death Guard fall to the World Eater Assault Marines And the Terminator push on as well On the other side, the surviving Rampagers also close in to do what they are best at and the World Eater Contemptor moves to help his brothers against the Sons of Horus terminators. Brave charge! Overall situation Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Telhdrat Posted September 22, 2014 Author Share Posted September 22, 2014 In response, the Sons of Horus Contemptor and the Death Guard move in to join the fight. Traitors reinforce their terminators Bellowing a challenge, the Contemptor rushes to meet its counter part, with the Death Guard charging in alongside. The Dreadnoughts face off against each other This proves costly to the nearby Sons of Horus as though one of them falls the remaining Rampager butchers the entire Tactical Squad. Rampage! The battle is at its peak As the Skyhunters exchange fire with the Sons of Horus missile launcher squad The World Eater Command Squad join the massive close combat before them. They inflict heavy casualties on the Death Guard and the other World Eaters slay the Sons of Horus Terminators. However the Sons of Horus Dreadnought ends up as the victor in the duel of the dreadnoughts, smashing its opponent against the ground. Despite this, the Death Guard understand which way the fight is now heading and decide to withdraw. A Dreadnought falls... ...but the Death Guard retreat On the other side of the battlefield the remaining World Eaters terminators are overcome by the Sons of Horus, but not before they take the Primus Medicae down. As the end of the battle looms near, the traitor commanders finally prepare to join the fight and move towards the World Eater Command Squad, who in the meantime finish what they started and wipe out the remaining Death Guard. End looms near As the Command Squads clash, the Sons of Horus reconnaissance squad tries to fade away from the field, but get attacked by the remaining members of the World Eater Tactical Squad just as they reach the ground floor. Never ones to get surprised the Recon Squad manage not only hold them off, but cut all of the World Eaters down as they try to pull back. Recon Squad is attacked... ...which is a fatal mistake The two commanding officers meet in a duel as their chosen warriors face off against each other. Neither of the Praetors manage to completely overcome their opponent but the World Eater gets a blow trough that leaves a deep cut in the Son of Horus. The other World Eater do even better and kill all but one of the Son Horus, but the traitor's morale never falters. The Commanders' duel Meanwhile, the Sky Hunter strafe the traitor missile launcher squad on the walkway with heavy bolter and volkite before charging in cutting them. Run them down! In the duel of the commanders the World Eater presses on hard, raining blows on his opponent but the Son of Horus takes them all in his stride and delivers back a single blow from his Thunderhammer. It proves all he needs, and as the World Eater falls to the ground he puts a bolt round trough him just to make sure. The Loyalist commander gets executed However, his victory is shortlived as, having finished their own opposites, the dead World Eater's chosen turn their weapons on him and avenge their fallen leader in flurry of blows. As the few remaining units of both loyalists and traitors alike manouver around the battlefield preparing to take the fight to its bloody conclusion, the battlefield conditions worsen due to all the dust and smoke thown in the air and vox contact is lost... End of battle situations The Result Another bloody game and a very close one too. As the last turns of the game we were on hand we were uncertain of which side was actually in the lead, and as it turned out the answer was neither! We both fought hard to gain the upper hand but in the end the result remained the same. After a few recalculations to make sure the battle indeed ended in a draw. Certainly it was a bloodpath Angron would be proud off, but unfortunately for the loyalists and luckily for me a draw meant that the Traitors win the first phase of the campaign and become bloodied as the battles move deeper into the city- All traitors will have +1 Ld for the rest of the campaign. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
librisrouge Posted September 23, 2014 Share Posted September 23, 2014 Very awesome and I'm glad to see the jetbikes in use. Those models, and assault squads, really make me want to consider some HH action based on the Blood Angels. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Axagoras Posted September 23, 2014 Share Posted September 23, 2014 I really need to get into playing HH, especially after reading bat reps of huge marine armies fighting each other in a fluid and dynamic battle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Telhdrat Posted September 29, 2014 Author Share Posted September 29, 2014 Thanks for the comments. I knew I couldn't resist the Heresy the moment I first saw FW's teaser pictures. It's really fun to play too, and if you can get to it I really recommend it. For me at least, it is more enjoyable than standard 40K at the moment (I still like 40k, but there are more thing in it I don't like, and since most of my 40K opponent tend to be tournament oriented I see those things more often than I'd like). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiger9gamer Posted October 1, 2014 Share Posted October 1, 2014 Wow that was awesome! =D and just when I was wondered why I was in this hobby! nice job and awesome armies! that ambush mission is something I would love to try out in my 40k games! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Emperors_Champion Posted October 31, 2014 Share Posted October 31, 2014 Damn...now I want a 30k army. =[ On a real note...That battle looked fun! I was rooting for the SoH the whole time haha. Nice to see two well painted armies go at it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Polythemus Posted November 1, 2014 Share Posted November 1, 2014 Both armies are very nicely painted, which sadly is not the case in most battle reports. Don't know much about the differences between 40 and 30k, only that their are more weapon options. NIce job on the report and the posing of models for dramatic effect. looking forward to seeing the next one of these that you throw together. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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