Well my time spent fighting with the Adeptus Astartes of the Imperial Fists chapter is coming to an end, next saturday will see them taking part in a mini-tournament at my local Games Workshop. Usually I take part in these events for a bit of fun, a good laugh and the prospect of fighting out a good story. Not this time! Nothing less than a total win will do me. Over the last week I've been tweaking the list in various ways, first a unit of Scout Bikers were pushed in instead of the 4th Tactical Squad, I felt however that having another 2 units capable of capturing objectives would perform better. The other potential change was replacing my Captain with a Librarian allowing me to potentially capture an objective in the final turns using the Gate of Infinity power. In the end though I decided to keep with the original list as a Captain is more fitting for the Imperial Fists than a Librarian and the fact that I will be fielding 46 bodies in a 1000pt game should give my opponents a problem. I also bought myself a Commander kit as I find the AoBR Captain to be an absolutely horrible model and wanted to model a Captain with the equipment I want and in a better pose. The final list I've settled on is:
Captain 140pts
with powersword, plasma pistol and digital weapons.
Tactical Squad 1 175pts
with a meltagun and a multimelta.
Tactical Squad 2 175pts
with a meltagun and a multimelta.
Tactical Squad 3 180pts
with a flamer and a lascannon.
Tactical Squad 4 180pts
with a flamer and a lascannon.
Devastator Squad 150pts
with 4 heavy bolters.
Total: 1,000pts
With my time with the Fists coming to an end I'm finally going to be returning to the Essexian 23rd. This time however there will be a difference. I've decided (probabily like a thousand other people) that I want to collect an aircav army. Yes, the Valkyrie Rush has sunk it's fangs into me. Managed to get my hands on one of the lovely new kits yesterday and I happily spent a couple of hours (whilst trying to finish Dead Sky, Black Sun) putting that beast together. In order to assist painting it I've assembled it in specific assemblies: Cockpit, Troop Compartment, Wings and the Base. I'm hoping (provided the wind dies down a bit) to start spraying it later on day. Pics will follow (how many times have I promissed this and not delivered now)?
Until next time,
~Pettsy~
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Essexia
Essexia is a little known planet situated in the Ultima Segmentum. The planet itself is divided into two halves. Both halves of the planet provide the armies of Essexia with the materials they need to wage war.
The northern hemisphere contains vast hive cities and manufacturing facilities to prove the weapons and vehicles that are used by the Essexian regiments to kill in the name of the Emperor. The southern hemisphere is dotted with agricultural domes that feed the vast armies. The division of between North and South in the past threatened to engulf the planet in civil war, only the timely intervention of Eldar seers stopped the civil war. Once they had agreed to work in harmony for the glory of thier world the armies of the North turned on the Eldar and destroyed everyone of them.
Discipline amongst the Essexian regiments is very low, with fights breaking out between various units commonplace. Therefore a Commissar is usually attached to every Essexian regiment, for those regiments with particularly bad discipline issues more than one Commissar will be attached.
It is well known that Essexian Officers are more likely to survive contact with the enemy than their own Commissars.
Despite the discipline problems they fight with every ounce of their souls to destroy those that don't fight for the Emperor's cause. They will continue to do so until the end of their lives.
The northern hemisphere contains vast hive cities and manufacturing facilities to prove the weapons and vehicles that are used by the Essexian regiments to kill in the name of the Emperor. The southern hemisphere is dotted with agricultural domes that feed the vast armies. The division of between North and South in the past threatened to engulf the planet in civil war, only the timely intervention of Eldar seers stopped the civil war. Once they had agreed to work in harmony for the glory of thier world the armies of the North turned on the Eldar and destroyed everyone of them.
Discipline amongst the Essexian regiments is very low, with fights breaking out between various units commonplace. Therefore a Commissar is usually attached to every Essexian regiment, for those regiments with particularly bad discipline issues more than one Commissar will be attached.
It is well known that Essexian Officers are more likely to survive contact with the enemy than their own Commissars.
Despite the discipline problems they fight with every ounce of their souls to destroy those that don't fight for the Emperor's cause. They will continue to do so until the end of their lives.
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