Death Guard vs Space Marines
Even through his re-breather, the Brother Sergeant of the Raptors forces could smell Nurgle’s putrid stench. He stalked slowly through the ruined city, his bolter held in a firm grip. Around him, ashes fell, dusting his ceramite armor. All was quiet and still. Peaceful. One of the many sounds of death.
Beneath his heel he crushed something that crumbled like it was made of wet clay. Turning his eyes down, he saw only a mess of blood and puss and tissue that may have once been a skull. The space marine scowled and faced his brothers.
“Burn it,” he said. “Burn it all.”
At once, his men carried out his orders. Flamers ignited, birthing fires of holy flame to burn away the stench of this place in the Emperor’s name. Where the fires poured, the darkness and the snow receded. Until it didn’t.
All at once, a deathly music erupted around the Primaris marines. The fire screamed in a way it shouldn’t, the darkness roared blasphemies cursing the God Emperor and all his children. When the first bolter round rang through the hollowed-out structure and struck the brother sergeant in the shoulder, he raised his weapon in return and fired wildly into the flames for he could not see the enemy.
Bolters sang their songs of pain and death, joined swiftly by the hum of molten plasma and a cacophony of nightmarish howls. The blaze of light disrupted the Primaris’ HUDs, making it almost impossible to acquire targets just long enough that a hulking, monstrous Death Shroud Terminator could close in before being spotted.
He was clad all in white, his body was a pillar of flesh, muscle, and armor infused by the corrupting power of contagion itself. No amount of bolter fire or purifying flames could make the Terminator’s aim falter. With one swift swipe, he cut the brother sergeant in half… and thus the first had fallen in a battle that would be as swift as it was bloody.
Mission: Beachhead
Points: 1750
Deployment: Search & Destroy
++ Battalion Detachment +5CP (Imperium - Space Marines) ++
**Chapter Selection**: Raven Guard
+ HQ +
Captain: Chainsword, Jump Pack, Storm bolter, Teeth of Terra
Captain in Phobos Armour: 5. Target Priority, Camo cloak, Master-crafted instigator bolt carbine, Warlord
+ Troops +
Infiltrator Squad: 8x Infilltrator, Infiltrator Helix Adept, Infiltrator Sergeant
Intercessor Squad: Auxiliary Grenade Launcher, Bolt rifle, 4x Intercessor, Intercessor Sergeant
Intercessor Squad: Auxiliary Grenade Launcher, Bolt rifle, 4x Intercessor, Intercessor Sergeant
Scout Squad: 10x Camo cloak
. Scout Sergeant: Bolt pistol, Sniper rifle
. 9x Scout w/Sniper Rifle: 9x Sniper rifle
+ Fast Attack +
Bike Squad
. Biker Sergeant: Combi-flamer, Twin boltgun
. 2x Space Marine Biker w/Bolt Pistol: 2x Twin boltgun
. Space Marine Biker w/Special Weapon: Flamer, Twin boltgun
. Space Marine Biker w/Special Weapon: Flamer, Twin boltgun
+ Heavy Support +
Devastator Squad
. Space Marine Sergeant: Boltgun
. Space Marine w/Heavy Weapon: Lascannon
. Space Marine w/Heavy Weapon: Lascannon
. Space Marine w/Heavy Weapon: Lascannon
. Space Marine w/Heavy Weapon: Lascannon
Devastator Squad
. Space Marine Sergeant: Boltgun
. Space Marine w/Heavy Weapon: Lascannon
. Space Marine w/Heavy Weapon: Lascannon
. Space Marine w/Heavy Weapon: Lascannon
. Space Marine w/Heavy Weapon: Lascannon
++ Vanguard Detachment +1CP (Imperium - Space Marines) ++
**Chapter Selection**: Raven Guard
+ HQ +
Captain on Bike: Power sword, Storm shield, The Burning Blade, Twin boltgun
+ Elites +
Aggressor Squad: 2x Aggressor, Aggressor Sergeant, Auto Boltstorm Gauntlets/Fragstorm Grenade Launcher
Contemptor Dreadnought: Combi-bolter, Dreadnought combat weapon, Kheres pattern assault cannon
Contemptor Dreadnought: Combi-bolter, Dreadnought combat weapon, Kheres pattern assault cannon
++ Super-Heavy Auxiliary Detachment (Chaos - Death Guard) ++
+ Lord of War +
Mortarion
++ Vanguard Detachment +1CP (Chaos - Death Guard) ++
+ HQ +
Daemon Prince of Nurgle: 5. Putrescent Vitality, Hellforged sword, Plague spewer Warlord
+ Troops +
Plague Marines
. Plague Champion
. . Codex: Boltgun, Plague knife
. 11x Plague Marine w/ boltgun
. Plague Marine w/ Special Weapon: Plasma gun
. Plague Marine w/ Special Weapon: Plasma gun
+ Elites +
Blightlord Terminators
. Blightlord Champion: Bubotic Axe, Combi-bolter
. Blightlord Terminator: Bubotic Axe, Combi-bolter
. Blightlord Terminator: Bubotic Axe, Combi-bolter
. Blightlord Terminator: Bubotic Axe, Combi-bolter
. Blightlord Terminator: Blight launcher, Bubotic Axe
Blightlord Terminators
. Blightlord Champion: Bubotic Axe, Combi-bolter
. Blightlord Terminator: Bubotic Axe, Combi-bolter
. Blightlord Terminator: Balesword, Combi-bolter
. Blightlord Terminator: Balesword, Combi-bolter
. Blightlord Terminator: Balesword, Combi-bolter
Deathshroud Terminators
. Deathshroud Champion: Manreaper, Plaguespurt gauntlets
. 2x Deathshroud Terminator: 2x Manreaper
+ Heavy Support +
Plagueburst Crawler: 2x Plaguespitter, Rothail volley gun
Plagueburst Crawler: 2x Plaguespitter, Heavy slugger
World Eaters vs Imperium
Archive Ref:45/783RHO42.
Clearence: Omega Mortis
Author: Redacted
Archive: Damnatio Memoriae
Addendum: Sealed by The Most Holy Ordos of His Inquisition. Cited for deletion.
The following is an abstract of a report collated by Inquisitor [REDACTED] ref. suspected Heretic Astartes activity in the Luminar Sector at the coreward extreme of Segmentum Solar. The Luminar Sector plays host to the Kronus Rapids, a series of warp storms that have remained astrocartographically constant throughout the history of the Imperium but which also exhibit extreme temporal displacement in adjacent space. It is not uncommon for ships to crash out of warp space centuries after they were declared missing or even centuries in advance of the voyage being embarked (cross ref: [REDACTED]) in this region. Such was the notoriety of the Rapids effects that some more foolhardy ship masters tried to harness the time displacement to cut years off their journey times with often tragic results.
At the dawn of M42, as the opening of the Great Rift heralded an unprecedented increase in warp activity, the Kronus Rapids would become the stage for a highly curious and worrying action. Astropathic communication bearing archaic authentication hymnals and unequivicably false time stamps started being recieved throughout the Luminar Sector. Those few with the authorisation to recognise these coded identification rituals gasped in horror and sent urgent calls for aid and it was only due to the unnaturally high number of Inquisitors belonging to the Ordo Chronus stationed throughout the sector to combat the ill effects of the Rapids that the Astropathic messages were recognised at all. The Ordo Chronus specialises in mitigating the ill effects of warp related time travel and were therefore blessed with some of the most complete records outside of the data stacks of Holy Terra itself. In this treasure trove of ancient data lay a precise match for the unique identifiers presented by the obsolete astropathic communiques and that match prompted the pleas for aid. The signals belonged to the 346th expeditionary fleet of the Emperors Great Crusade! A force amounting to no less than 1 battalion of the XII Legion (World Eaters), 2 regiments of Artemezian Voltgiers, 3 grand cruisers and 12 escorts. A formidable assemblage of martial might capable of wreaking terrible slaughter uncomfortably close to the throneworld. That the 346th Expeditionary Fleet had been declared lost almost a decade before the events of Istvaan III or that the content of the Astropathic messages seemed to indicate that this force 10 millennia removed from their own time were still loyal and merely requesting aid from an Imperium that they still served mattered little it seems. Their sires and kins betrayal so long ago marked them for death by those they called on as friends.
Barely 2 weeks after the first astropathic messages had been recieved the Imperiums response arrived in the Luminar Sector. A trio of golden prowed War Galeasses bearing the aquilla and lightning bolt sigil of the Emeperor Himself and heralded by astropathic identification signals bearing the seal of no less personage than the Captain General of the Adeptus Custodes himself. How such a force had managed to make the voyage from Terra at such speed (Luminar lays three months warp travel from Terra) was highly speculated though many pointed to the ancient and highly advanced technologies evident in their magisterial vessels designs and in the Custodes pool of peerless Navigators, the best scions of the Navis Nobilite drafted to serve the throne. The golden trio of War Galeasses made best speed to the planetoid where the astropathic signals originated, the picket of navy frigates that had isolated and observed the 346th expeditionary fleet since its arrival gave way before the new arrivals undeniable authority. The 346th's once formidable void fleet lay scattered and in ruins in a path leading from the systems manderville point to the 2nd planetoid orbiting the local star. It was clear that beyond the extreme temporal displacement the warp had wreaked terrible damage on the fleets ships and killed most of its human compliment. The World Eaters themselves had descended to the planetoids surface to await the aid of their Imperium though what the Custodes brought was fire and death.
Here follows a detailed account of the action that followed:
Mission: Scorched Earth
Points: 2000
Deployment: Search & Destroy
++ Battalion Detachment +5CP (Imperium - Adeptus Custodes) ++
+ HQ +
Shield-Captain: Sentinel Blade, Storm Shield
Shield-Captain on Dawneagle Jetbike: Hurricane Bolter
+ Troops +
Custodian Guard Squad
. Custodian: Guardian Spear
. Custodian: Sentinel Blade, Storm Shield
. Custodian: Guardian Spear
Custodian Guard Squad
. Custodian: Guardian Spear
. Custodian: Guardian Spear
. Custodian: Guardian Spear
. Custodian: Guardian Spear
Custodian Guard Squad
. Custodian: Guardian Spear
. Custodian: Sentinel Blade, Storm Shield
. Custodian: Guardian Spear
+ Elites +
Allarus Custodians
. Allarus Custodian: Castellan Axe
. Allarus Custodian: Castellan Axe
. Allarus Custodian: Castellan Axe
. Allarus Custodian: Castellan Axe
+ Fast Attack +
Pallas Grav-Attack (Beta): Twin Arachnus Blaze Cannon
Pallas Grav-Attack (Beta): Twin Arachnus Blaze Cannon
Vertus Praetors
. Vertus Praetor: Hurricane Bolter
. Vertus Praetor: Salvo Launcher
. Vertus Praetor: Hurricane Bolter
++ Super-Heavy Auxiliary Detachment (Imperium - Space Marines) ++
+ Lord of War +
Roboute Guilliman: Warlord
++ Battalion Detachment +5CP (Chaos - Chaos Space Marines) ++
Legion: World Eaters
+ HQ +
Chaos Lord: Bolt pistol, Combi-plasma, Mark of Khorne
Chaos Lord in Terminator Armour: 3. Unholy Fortitude, Combi-bolter, Mark of Khorne, Power sword, The Murder Sword, Warlord
+ Troops +
Khorne Berzerkers
. Berzerker Champion: Plasma pistol, Power sword
. 3x Chainaxe and bolt pistol: 3x Chainaxe
. Chainaxe and plasma pistol: Chainaxe, Plasma pistol
Khorne Berzerkers: Icon of Wrath
. Berzerker Champion: Chainsword, Power fist
. 4x Chainsword and Chainaxe: 4x Chainaxe
Khorne Berzerkers
. Berzerker Champion: Plasma pistol, Power fist
. 3x Chainaxe and bolt pistol: 3x Chainaxe
. Chainaxe and plasma pistol: Chainaxe, Plasma pistol
+ Heavy Support +
Chaos Predator: Mark of Khorne, Predator autocannon
. Two lascannons: 2x Lascannon
+ Dedicated Transport +
Chaos Rhino: Combi-bolter, Combi-bolter, Mark of Khorne
Chaos Rhino: Combi-bolter, Combi-bolter, Mark of Khorne
Chaos Rhino: Combi-bolter, Combi-bolter, Mark of Khorne
Chaos Vindicator Laser Destroyer: Storm bolter
Hellforged Rapier Battery
. Hellforged Rapier and crew: 2x Chaos Space Marine Crew, Quad heavy bolter
. Hellforged Rapier and crew: 2x Chaos Space Marine Crew, Quad heavy bolter
. Hellforged Rapier and crew: 2x Chaos Space Marine Crew, Quad heavy bolter
++ Vanguard Detachment +1CP (Chaos - Chaos Space Marines) ++
Legion: World Eaters
+ HQ +
Chaos Lord in Terminator Armour: Combi-bolter, Mark of Khorne, Power sword
+ Elites +
Chaos Terminators: Mark of Khorne
. Chaos Terminator Champion: Combi-bolter, Power sword
. Terminator: Combi-bolter, Power fist
. Terminator: Combi-bolter, Power fist
. Terminator: Combi-bolter, Power fist
. Terminator: Combi-bolter, Power fist
Chaos Terminators: Mark of Khorne
. Chaos Terminator Champion: Combi-bolter, Power sword
. Terminator: Combi-bolter, Power fist
. Terminator: Combi-bolter, Power fist
. Terminator: Combi-bolter, Power fist
. Terminator: Combi-bolter, Power fist
Hellforged Sicaran: Heavy bolter, Khorne
. Lascannons: 2x Lascannon
Ynnari vs Grey Knights
The Hammers of Titan descended swiftly and in force. Teleportariums blazed to life, sending silver-armoured Terminators to the planet surface from their Battle Barge hovering in high orbit above the battlezone. Already the Grey Knights were in the depths of the battle, Storm Bolters ripping through the jungle, taking bites out of the wildlife.
But it was not the forces of Chaos they were fighting today.
They had been dispatched following distress hymnals sent out by an Imperial ship travelling through the sector. They had been plagued with malfunctions for weeks, ever since they entered its extremities. The Tech-Priests had done their best to keep the ship from flying itself apart, but every time they found one problem and dealt with it, a new one would spring to life to replace it.
Finally, following an almost complete shut down of the drive system, the commanding officer gave the order that the ship was to make orbit of the nearest planet available to them. There, he hoped, they would be able to mine the materials necessary to make repairs before moving on. Fearing Daemonic forces had fallen upon his ship, he sent for aid, and the Adeptus Astartes responded like lightning.
Only when they arrived, the ship was dead. Its crew was gone. Its engines had fallen silent, this time forever. The ship would remain in orbit for a thousand years, and then fall to its final death.
The Grand Master gave the order for the ship to be retrieved, that was when the scanners detected Xenos activity on the planet surface. There were Harlequins present, and they had stolen the ship’s AI core. The force was small, but they had made quick work of the unarmed Imperial ship and its crew. The Hammers of Titan, however, would not be so easily dispatched.
They fell from the sky like iron, striking hard and fast at the Harlequin raiding party. With Bolters and Flamers they pushed deeper into the heart of the jungle to deliver the Emperor’s Justice upon those who would despoil His property and His people.
They did not know they were merely fighting shadows, and that the true Harlequins were lying in wait, setting the perfect trap. It wasn’t the Imperial ship they were after; their prize was going to be much, much bigger. Perhaps they would have the last laugh, or perhaps they had underestimated their enemy this day.
Mission: No Mercy
Points: 1750
Deployment: Hammer & Anvil
++ Battalion Detachment +5CP (Imperium - Grey Knights) ++
+ HQ +
Grand Master in Nemesis Dreadknight: 4: First to the Fray, Dreadfist, Dreadknight teleporter, Gatling Psilencer, Heavy Psycannon, Nemesis Greatsword, Sanctuary, Warlord
Grand Master in Nemesis Dreadknight: Dreadfist, Dreadknight teleporter, Gatling Psilencer, Heavy Psycannon, Nemesis Greatsword, Sanctuary
Lord Kaldor Draigo: Gate of Infinity
+ Troops +
Strike Squad
. 4x Grey Knight (Sword): 4x Storm Bolter
. Grey Knight Justicar: Nemesis Force Sword, Storm bolter
Strike Squad: Gate of Infinity
. 4x Grey Knight (Halberd): 4x Storm Bolter
. Grey Knight Justicar: Nemesis Force Halberd, Storm bolter
Strike Squad
. 4x Grey Knight (Falchions): 4x Storm Bolter
. Grey Knight Justicar: Storm bolter, Two Nemesis Falchions
Terminator Squad: Gate of Infinity
. Grey Knight Terminator Justicar: Nemesis Daemon Hammer, Storm bolter
. 2x Terminator (Falchions): 2x Storm Bolter
. 3x Terminator (Halberd): 3x Storm Bolter
. Terminator (Psilencer): Nemesis Force Halberd, Psilencer (Terminator)
+ Elites +
Brotherhood Ancient: Astral Aim, Banner of Refining Flame, Storm bolter
+ Dedicated Transport +
Razorback: Twin Assault Cannon
Razorback: Twin Assault Cannon
Razorback: Twin Assault Cannon
++ Battalion Detachment +5CP (Aeldari - Ynnari) ++
+ HQ +
Yvraine: 3. Tenacious Survivor, Ancestors' Grace, Word of the Phoenix, Ynnari Warlord
Masque Form: Ynnari
+ HQ +
Shadowseer: Fog of Dreams, Shuriken Pistol, Twilight Pathways
Troupe Master: Fusion Pistol, Harlequin's Blade
+ Troops +
Troupe
. Player: Fusion Pistol, Harlequin's Caress
. Player: Fusion Pistol, Harlequin's Caress
. Player: Fusion Pistol, Harlequin's Caress
. Player: Harlequin's Caress, Shuriken Pistol
. Player: Harlequin's Caress, Shuriken Pistol
Troupe
. Player: Fusion Pistol, Harlequin's Caress
. Player: Fusion Pistol, Harlequin's Caress
. Player: Harlequin's Caress, Shuriken Pistol
. Player: Harlequin's Caress, Shuriken Pistol
. Player: Harlequin's Caress, Shuriken Pistol
Troupe
. Player: Fusion Pistol, Harlequin's Caress
. Player: Fusion Pistol, Harlequin's Caress
. Player: Harlequin's Caress, Shuriken Pistol
. Player: Harlequin's Caress, Shuriken Pistol
. Player: Harlequin's Caress, Shuriken Pistol
+ Elites +
Death Jester
+ Heavy Support +
Voidweaver: Prismatic Cannon, 2x Shuriken Cannon
+ Dedicated Transport +
Starweaver: 2x Shuriken Cannon
Starweaver: 2x Shuriken Cannon
Starweaver: 2x Shuriken Cannon
+ Fast Attack +
Skyweavers
. Skyweaver: Haywire Cannon, Zephyrglaive
. Skyweaver: Haywire Cannon, Zephyrglaive
. Skyweaver: Haywire Cannon, Zephyrglaive
. Skyweaver: Haywire Cannon, Zephyrglaive
. Skyweaver: Haywire Cannon, Zephyrglaive
. Skyweaver: Haywire Cannon, Zephyrglaive
Skyweavers
. Skyweaver: Haywire Cannon, Zephyrglaive
. Skyweaver: Haywire Cannon, Zephyrglaive
. Skyweaver: Haywire Cannon, Zephyrglaive
Skyweavers
. Skyweaver: Haywire Cannon, Zephyrglaive
. Skyweaver: Haywire Cannon, Zephyrglaive
. Skyweaver: Haywire Cannon, Zephyrglaive
Chaos Daemons vs Craftworlds Alaitoc
The blind man does not know he is in the eye of a storm, for the air around him is calm and still. Safe. Comfortable. So too does a lesser mind not know they are surrounded by the daemonic, for they cannot see it for what it truly is. A liar. A manipulator. A devourer of souls.
The operation to restore the Webway portal had been plagued with delays and ill omens from the beginning, but the warlock had been tasked to ensure it would open when needed at all costs. Night and day his people had worked; first to locate the buried gate, then to pull it out of the dirt and the snow, as only then could repairs on its Wraithbone structure could truly begin.
Though the problems had begun shortly after his ship made planetfall, the Warlock had ignored every event that had taken place, every malfunction, every death… and treated them each as a matter of course. Time was not on their side, and this planet was not a hospitable place. Problems had been foreseen.
On the third day of their work, the sky had erupted into a beautiful aurora. A dazzling mantle of greens, and purples, and golds filled the heavens. Finally, the Warlock thought, we are blessed with good fortunes. That very night, the Webway portal sang to life for the first time in millennia. The work was complete; soon they would all be able to go home.
No one had foreseen how wrong they were.
When the Daemons erupted from within the shimmering heart of the portal, they struck hard and fast. Hundreds of them, maybe thousands of tiny creatures flooded the snow and attacked with gnashing teeth and claws. Behind them, flying monsters dressed up in an array of colors scorched the snow with daemonic fire, incinerating those nearest to the Webway Gate.
This Warlock was blind once, but now he has opened his eyes, and he has seen the truth.
The Daemons were always here. He had not been doing his Farseer’s work; he had been doing theirs.
He could only hope his distress call would reach his brother before he and his people were all butchered.
Points: 1750
Mission: Vital Intelligence
Deployment: Dawn of War
++ Spearhead Detachment +1CP (Aeldari - Craftworlds) ++
Craftworld Attribute: Alaitoc: Fieldcraft
+ HQ +
Farseer Skyrunner: 1. Guide, 2. Doom, Shuriken Pistol, Twin Shuriken Catapult, Witchblade
+ Heavy Support +
Fire Prism: Shuriken Cannon
Fire Prism: Shuriken Cannon
Fire Prism: Shuriken Cannon
War Walkers
. War Walker: Aeldari Missile Launcher, Shuriken Cannon
++ Battalion Detachment +5CP (Aeldari - Craftworlds) ++
Craftworld Attribute: Alaitoc: Fieldcraft
+ HQ +
Autarch Skyrunner: Alaitoc: Puritanical Leader, Craftworlds Warlord, Power sword, Shimmerplume of Achillrial, Shuriken Pistol, Twin Shuriken Catapult
Warlock Skyrunner: 1. Conceal/Reveal, Shuriken Pistol, Twin Shuriken Catapult, Witchblade
+ Troops +
Rangers: 5x Ranger
Rangers: 5x Ranger
Rangers: 5x Ranger
+ Fast Attack +
Windriders
. 6x Windrider - Scatter Laser: 6x Scatter Laser
Windriders
. 6x Windrider - Scatter Laser: 6x Scatter Laser
+ Flyer +
Hemlock Wraithfighter: Spirit Stones
Hemlock Wraithfighter: Spirit Stones
++ Vanguard Detachment +1CP (Chaos - Daemons) ++
Chaos Allegiance: Chaos Undivided
+ HQ +
Changecaster: Daemonspark, Flickering Flames, Gaze of Fate, The Impossible Robe, Warlord
Spoilpox Scrivener
+ Elites +
Exalted Flamer
Exalted Flamer
Exalted Flamer
Flamers: 6x Flamer, Pyrocaster
++ Battalion Detachment +5CP (Chaos - Daemons) ++
Chaos Allegiance: Chaos Undivided
+ HQ +
Be'lakor: Death Hex, Infernal Gaze
Poxbringer: Miasma of Pestilence
Sloppity Bilepiper
+ Troops +
Horrors: 30x Pair of Brimstone Horrors
Horrors: 30x Pair of Brimstone Horrors
Plaguebearers: Daemonic Icon, Instrument of Chaos, 29x Plaguebearer, Plagueridden
440pts Reserved for summoning
Crimson Fists vs Iron Warriors
Lightning ripped through a sky the color of old bruises. The scout marine’s camo cloak billowed in the wind, acidic rainwater making tiny holes in the fabric where it fell. His auspex array started to bleep, and he stuck his hand up, signalling for his squad to hold position. Carefully, he picked his way across black rocks to find a better position, then he readied his sniper rifle and pressed his eye against the scope.
Under normal conditions, the tactical display measured range, elevation. It even calculated precisely where the barrel should be aimed depending on what the soldier wanted to kill. But these weren’t normal conditions. The targeting display buzzed and flickered, and the numbers stopped making sense. As the space marine attempted to concentrate, he noticed words appearing on the display that shouldn’t have been there.
Blasphemous words he did not want to read.
He flicked a switch on the side of the scope and shut the display off, choosing instead to trust his own enhanced eyes. Ahead was the carcass of the small supply outpost the Adeptus Astartes had been sent to investigate. Already the situation looked grim. Its walls had been breached—not just breached, but torn down as if by some mighty beast. Its running lights were down, the power had gone out, but eerie lights flickered within the structure regardless causing sinister shadows to dance around inside its broken walls.
“Movement,” he said, his voice relaying into the earpieces of his squad and his direct commanders. “Take your positions, brothers.”
Like a well-oiled machine, the scouts moved into position, each finding a spot on which to rest their long-barrelled sniper rifles. Patiently the brother sergeant watched the compound, trying to analyse the shapes being cast in the dark. Tendrils. Fire. Great, hulking shapes. What in the Emperor’s name had befallen this wretched place?
Then it happened. Someone had exited the structure and had started running away from it. Human, panicked, fleeing. The space marine angled his rifle just so, trailing the human so his bullet would strike true should he need to squeeze the trigger. But the human wasn’t running toward the marines; he was running aimlessly, without direction, and into weather he would surely not survive inside.
Muzzle flashes caught his eye. Bullets followed the panicked human; not bullets, but bolter rounds. And the sergeant brought his sniper rifle to bear on the source of the shooting, he saw them. Their armor was thick, and ancient, and adorned with spikes. Their shadows loomed impossibly large, like monsters in themselves. Through a gap in the wall, the Iron Warriors spilled out. Having taken what they needed, they were ready to move on and taking a path that would see them move through the scout’s position.
Without fear, the sergeant trailed his weapon on one of the iron warriors, aimed, and gently squeezed the trigger. And seconds before his rifle spoke, he called in reinforcements.
“Brother captain,” he said, “Chaos sighted at these coordinates. Strike from the sky.”
Points: 1750
Deployment: Vanguard Strike
Mission: No Mercy
++ Battalion Detachment +5CP (Imperium - Space Marines) ++
**Chapter Selection**: Crimson Fists
+ HQ +
Captain in Terminator Armour: Power fist, Storm shield, The Fist of Vengeance
Lieutenants: Lieutenant
+ Troops +
Scout Squad
. Scout Sergeant: Bolt pistol, Boltgun
. 3x Scout w/Boltgun
. Scout w/Heavy Weapon: Heavy bolter
Scout Squad
. Scout Sergeant: Bolt pistol, Boltgun
. 3x Scout w/Boltgun
. Scout w/Heavy Weapon: Heavy bolter
Scout Squad: 5x Camo cloak
. Scout Sergeant: Bolt pistol, Sniper rifle
. 4x Scout w/Sniper Rifle: 4x Sniper rifle
++ Spearhead Detachment +1CP (Imperium - Space Marines) ++
Specialist Detachment: Crimson Fists Liberator Strike Force
+ HQ +
Primaris Lieutenants
. Primaris Lieutenant: Expert Instructor, Master-crafted auto bolt rifle, Warlord
+ Elites +
Aggressor Squad: 2x Aggressor, Aggressor Sergeant, Auto Boltstorm Gauntlets/Fragstorm Grenade Launcher
Primaris Ancient: Standard of the Emperor Ascendant
+ Heavy Support +
Hellblaster Squad: Plasma incinerator
. 7x Hellblaster
. Hellblaster Sergeant: Bolt pistol
Hellblaster Squad: Plasma incinerator
. 6x Hellblaster
. Hellblaster Sergeant: Bolt pistol
Relic Leviathan Dreadnought: 2x Heavy flamer, 3x Hunter-killer missile, Storm cannon array, Storm cannon array
Relic Leviathan Dreadnought: 2x Heavy flamer, 3x Hunter-killer missile
. Leviathan siege claw: Meltagun, Storm cannon array
++ Battalion Detachment +5CP (Chaos - Chaos Space Marines) ++
Legion: Iron Warriors
+ HQ +
Chaos Lord: Cold and Bitter, Lightning Claw, No Chaos Mark, Power fist, Warlord
Sorcerer in Terminator Armour: Force axe, Lightning Claw, Mark of Tzeentch, Warptime, Weaver of Fates
+ Troops +
Chaos Space Marines: 9x Marine w/ Boltgun, No Chaos Mark
. Aspiring Champion: Bolt pistol, Power fist
Chaos Space Marines: 8x Marine w/ Boltgun, No Chaos Mark
. Aspiring Champion: Bolt pistol, Power fist
Chaos Space Marines: 8x Marine w/ Boltgun, No Chaos Mark
. Aspiring Champion: Bolt pistol, Power fist
+ Fast Attack +
Warp Talons: Mark of Slaanesh
. 4x Warp Talon: 4x Lightning Claw (pair)
. Warp Talon Champion: Lightning Claw (pair)
+ Heavy Support +
Maulerfiend: 2x Magma cutter, No Chaos Mark
Maulerfiend: 2x Magma cutter, No Chaos Mark
++ Spearhead Detachment +1CP (Chaos - Chaos Space Marines) ++
+ HQ +
Daemon Prince with Wings: Fleshmetal Exoskeleton, Malefic talon
. Slaanesh: Death Hex
+ Heavy Support +
Havocs: Mark of Slaanesh
. Aspiring Champion: Bolt pistol, Boltgun
. Havoc w/ heavy weapon: Autocannon
. Havoc w/ heavy weapon: Autocannon
. Havoc w/ heavy weapon: Autocannon
. Havoc w/ heavy weapon: Autocannon
Havocs: Mark of Slaanesh
. Aspiring Champion: Bolt pistol, Boltgun
. Havoc w/ heavy weapon: Autocannon
. Havoc w/ heavy weapon: Autocannon
. Havoc w/ heavy weapon: Autocannon
. Havoc w/ heavy weapon: Autocannon
Hellforged Leviathan Dreadnought: 2x Hellflamer, Soulburner ribaudkin, Tzeentch
. Hellforged siege drill: Meltagun
Astra Militarum vs Tyranids
Warning claxons ripped through the base accompanied by the crazed shuffling of boots. At the end of a corridor, a company commander bellowed orders at his men, most of whom were too terrified to listen. The enemy was at the gates. They had breached the perimeter defenses, and now they were here, upon them. It was up to every single man and woman able to hold a rifle to take up arms and repel borders, or there would be no more sunrises for them.
The ceiling rumbled. Light fixtures flickered, some fell off entirely, smashing to the ground. The Leman Russes had begun their grinding advance, and their turrets were roaring in defiance of the enemy’s numbers. The guardsmen scrambling for their weapons stilled to listen to the pounding of heavy artillery, the ¬thud-thud-thud of heavy bolters. A trickle of hope filled them, hope that they could win; hope that against the odds, they would survive.
Then a scream pierced the corridor, a shriek to chill the blood of anyone listening. The soldiers cleared a path for their company commander, who came striding through the corridor to investigate the source of the sound. There, crumpled and broken, was one of his men. He clutched his ears as if he were hearing an ear-splitting sound no one else could. The commander tried to reach for his man, but the guardsman quickly turned his rifle on himself, and without hesitation, pulled the trigger. The energy pulse went clean through his skull, his brain coated the walls.
The company commander drew himself up after a moment of short breaths. Then he heard it too, a slowly rising scream not registering against his ears but in his own brain. The hope around him was faltering, the Emperor’s light fading. Worse, the tanks had fallen silent. Clenching his jaw, he drew his pistol and sword and marched toward the bulkhead at the end of the corridor. Once he glanced at his men, and only once. Some were scared, others were angry. As he pushed the button to open the door and let the light from outside spill inwards, he could only hope that fear and anger would see them through.
Mission: Vital Intelligence
Points: 1650
Deployment: Search & Destroy
++ Brigade Detachment +12CP (Imperium - Astra Militarum) ++
Regimental Doctrine: Regiment: Cadian
Vigilus Defiant: Emperor's Fist Tank Company
+ HQ +
Company Commander: Bolt pistol, Display Astra Militarum Orders, Old Grudges, Power sword, Warlord
Company Commander: Chainsword, Laspistol, Relic (Cadia): Relic of Lost Cadia
Knight Commander Pask: Display Tank Orders, Emperor's Fist, Heavy Bolter, Heavy Bolters
. Command Punisher: Turret-mounted Punisher Gatling Cannon
Tank Commander: Emperor's Fist, Heavy Bolter, Heavy Bolters, Relic (Emperor's Fist): Hammer of Sunderance
. Command Battle Tank: Battle Cannon
+ Troops +
Infantry Squad
. 6x Guardsman
. Guardsman W/ Special Weapon: Grenade Launcher
. Heavy Weapon Team: Lascannon
. Sergeant: Laspistol
Infantry Squad
. 6x Guardsman
. Guardsman W/ Special Weapon: Plasma gun
. Heavy Weapon Team: Lascannon
. Sergeant: Laspistol
Infantry Squad
. 7x Guardsman
. Heavy Weapon Team: Lascannon
. Sergeant: Laspistol
Infantry Squad
. 7x Guardsman
. Heavy Weapon Team: Lascannon
. Sergeant: Laspistol
Infantry Squad
. 7x Guardsman
. Heavy Weapon Team: Autocannon
. Sergeant: Laspistol
Infantry Squad
. 7x Guardsman
. Heavy Weapon Team: Autocannon
. Sergeant: Laspistol
+ Elites +
Astropath: Laspistol, Psychic Barrier
Astropath: Laspistol, Nightshroud
Command Squad
. Veteran w/ Special Weapon: Sniper rifle
. Veteran w/ Special Weapon: Sniper rifle
. Veteran Weapon Team: Lascannon
Tech-Priest Enginseer
+ Fast Attack +
Scout Sentinels
. Scout Sentinel: Autocannon
Scout Sentinels
. Scout Sentinel: Autocannon
Scout Sentinels
. Scout Sentinel: Autocannon
+ Heavy Support +
Basilisks
. Basilisk: Heavy Bolter
Basilisks
. Basilisk: Heavy Bolter
Basilisks
. Basilisk: Heavy Bolter
++ Patrol Detachment (Imperium - Astra Militarum) ++
Regimental Doctrine: Regiment: Millitarum Tempestus
+ HQ +
Tempestor Prime: Hot-shot Laspistol
+ Troops +
Militarum Tempestus Scions
. 5x Scion
. Scion w/ Special Weapon: Plasma gun
. Scion w/ Special Weapon: Plasma gun
. Tempestor: Chainsword, Hot-shot Laspistol
++ Battalion Detachment +5CP (Tyranids) ++
Hive Fleet: Kraken
+ HQ +
Broodlord: Power: The Horror
Broodlord: Power: Catalyst
Malanthropes: Chameleonic Mutation, Malanthrope, Warlord, Warlord Trait: Synaptic Lynchpin
+ Troops +
Genestealers
. 15x Genestealer: 15x Rending Claws
Genestealers
. 15x Genestealer: 15x Rending Claws
Genestealers
. 14x Genestealer: 14x Rending Claws
Genestealers
. 14x Genestealer: 14x Rending Claws
+ Elites +
Hive Guard
. Hive Guard: Impaler Cannon
. Hive Guard: Impaler Cannon
. Hive Guard: Impaler Cannon
. Hive Guard: Impaler Cannon
. Hive Guard: Impaler Cannon
+ Heavy Support +
Exocrine
Exocrine
The cracked earth of this once bustling Imperial city, ruined by the rampage of relentless war, will today play host to another battle, one which promises to leave its mark on the lonely war-beaten buildings which cast their shadow over quiet icy streets. Returning from Heat 4 with his beloved Cadians, painted to an incredible standard by the fantastic team at Siege Studios, Shaggy will take on Julian, wielding another of our Siege Studios forces, in what we expect to be a classic match up between two old enemies. It will also be interesting to see how Shaggy, controlling a relatively stationary army when compared with the Tyranids, copes with the victory conditions of Vital Intelligence. He will have to ensure he keeps Julian off the active objectives to avoid him securing too much of a lead on victory points. So sit back, put your feet up and lets see how this game unfolds...
The sprawling fleshy mass of gnarling and biting monstrosities dominate almost the entirety of their deployment zone. Their instinctive impulses to charge across the open field towards the scent of the encroaching humans are tempered only by the influence of the hovering Malenthrope which rises towards the centre of the mass and satisfies their drives through Synapse.
Adeptus Custodes vs Iron Warriors
Slow, deliberate, relentless, and hungry had been the Iron Warriors’ siege upon the imperial stronghold. Day and night, cannons would fire, pounding the bastion’s outer defenses and turning them to rubble. Through the cracks, heretic cultists shuffled like rats, looting