Ender's Crafts: Daemons of Chaos vs Skaven, 31.05.2017

Ender's Crafts: Daemons of Chaos vs Skaven, 31.05.2017

Watch my Skaven fight against Chaos Daemons in an epic Fantasy Battle.

World Eaters vs Tyranids

Mission : Maelstorm of War - Cleanse and Capture
Deployment: Front-Line Assault
Points limit: 1500
Lists:
 
Chaos Space Marines:
Battalion Detachment: Legion World Eaters

• HQ
• 2 x Chaos Lord equipped with Bolt Pistol and Chainsword
• Kharn the Betrayer
• Troops
• 15-man Chaos Space Marines equipped with 2 x Flamers and Boltguns
• 10-man Chaos Space Marines equipped with 2 x Flamers and Boltguns
• 10-man Khorne Berserkers equipped with Bolt Pistol and Chainsword
• Elites
• 2 x 5-man Chosen equipped with 4 x Flamers
• Heavy Support
• 2 x 5-man Havocs equipped with 4 x Heavy Bolters 
•  Dedicated Transport
• 3 x Chaos Rhino 

Tyranids:
Battalion Detachment:

• HQ
• 2 x Broodlord
• Tyranid Prime equipped with Adrenal Glands, Deathspitter, Lash Whip and Bonesword and Toxic Sacs
•  Troops
• 20-xenos Genestealers equipped with Rendin Claws
• 30-xenos Hormagaunts
• 2 x 3-xenos Ripper Swarms
• 2 x 25-xenos Termagaunts equipped with Fleshborers
• Elites
• 3-xenos Venomthrope equipped with Toxic Lashes
• Fast Attack
• 7-xenos Tyranid Shrikes equipped with Adrenal Glands, 2 x Barbed Strangler, 5 x Deathspitter, Flesh Hooks, Lash Whip and Boneswords and Toxic Sacs

The Deployment:
Berserkers, Chosen, Kharn and a Chaos Lord start in Rhinos, Havocs occupied the building in the middle near a Chaos Lord and Chaos Space Marines took the objectives on the side.
Tyranid deployment was simple, blobs in front, important stuff in the back and the Shrikes were hiding behind the building on the left.
Although I finished deploying first, my opponent manage to steal the initiative.

Tyranids Turn 1:
Absolutely everybody advanced  in the movement phase. Venomthropes got catalyst cast upon them. Shrikes managed to kill 3 Marines with their assault weapons.

Chaos Space Marines Turn 1:
Berserkers, Kharn, Chaos Lord and one squad of Chosen disembarked and moved closer to the hoard of Hormagaunts. The Marines on the right managed to take down one Genestealer. Havocs and Marins on the right took down 3 Shrikes. My units in the middle they all manage to get in combat and Berserkers leave only 2 Hormagaunt models, getting everybody out of combat and denying first blood (note to self: always change the bolt pistol with a bloody Chainaxe).

Tyranids Turn 2:
At this point the dice gods possessed the body of my adversary and 50% of his rolls were 6's, ALWAYS.
Genestealers get close to the Berserkers and Chosen. Broodlords Smite the Berserkers and take out a couple guys. Termagaunts also kill a couple of the dudes. Hormagaunts assault the bling-bing Rhino but they don't damage it. Genestealers and Broodlord assault the Berserkers and the Chosen, I manages to kill one or 2 models in overwatch, but they took out all my chosen and left but one Berserker. I interrupted the combat and hit with Kharn, he killed the last Berserker and almost killed the Chaos Lord and a couple of Genestealers. My Chaos Lord also manged to kill some bastards.
On the other side of the battlefield, Shrikes shot and assaulted my Marines and left me with only one model.

Chaos Space Marines Turn 2:
I disengage from battle with the lonely Marine and shot the Shrikes with Heavy Bolters and the Bolters from the 2 red Rhinos leaving one model with one wound so I assaulted it with both Rhinos. I didn't manage to kill the bastard but he got a wound off one tank.
Marines on the right of the battlefield shot at the other Broodlord but no damage. Kharn kills all the Genestealers,  Broodlord kills the Chaos Lord. Bling-bling Rhino kills a Hormagaunt.
I realized that I forgot to disembark the Chosen, #doomed.unit.

Tyranids Turn 3:
The Broodlord disengages combat and Kharn is shot to death by Termagaunts (good bye angry little dude 😢) . Termagaunts and the other Broodlord attack and leave the bling-bling Rhino in one wound.
The Shrike takes another wound down the Rhino.

Chaos Space Marines Turn 3:
I finally disembark the Chosen and I forget to move them away from the Rhino. Havocs and Marines on the right kill 2 Venomthropes and the lonely Marine assaults the Shrike and kills it. Bling-bling Rhino explodes kills the Chosen Champion but it also wounds the Broodlord.

Tyranids Turn 4:
Termagaunts advance through the middle of the board with the Broodlord at their side. Chosen are killed with Smite and Toxic Lashes from the Venomthrope. The Broodlord that was in combat, looses 2 wound from Perils of the Warp but now he is free and manages to assault the squad of Chaos Space Marines. Unfortunately, for him, he dies and I get closer to the pesky Termagaunts. My opponent forgot his Ripper Swarm so they were declared dead.

Chaos Space Marines Turn 4:
I advance the Rhinos to the enemy side to steal some objectives. One squad of Havocs kill the last
Venomthrope. The other squad of Havocs and the Chaos Space Marines unload everything in the Termagaunts.

Tyranids Turn 5:
One squad of Termagaunts move back to grab an objective and the other assaults the Marines, but many of them die.

Chaos Space Marines Turn 5: 
I move my Rhinos closer to the objective held by the blob of Termagaunts and killing a few. One squad of Havocs killed more Termagaunts. Chaos Space Marines killed the unit that was in combat with pistols. The other Havocs left the Broodlord in one wound but he was finished by the Marines in combat.

After 5 turns the game ended. Final score was Chaos Space Marines 7 - 6 Tyranids.
Close game, it was fun, many mistakes on both sides but overall we had fun.

 

Renegade Knight shoulder pads

I painted some Imperial Knight shoulder pads for a friend of mine. It was the first time that I tried free hand and I learned that first I should draw the shape on a piece of paper than apply it to the model. I did the nurgle first and it's bad, the second I drew it on paper and it's a little better. I will try this in the future and hopefully I will get better at it.

World Eaters Rhino

A while ago I bought a Crimson Fists Rhino and I exchanged it for a Chaos Rhino. The model was primed with black. I gave it a base coat of Khorne Red and 3 coats of Mephiston Red to get a strong color. I edge highlighted the every corner of the model and I painted the tracks with a combination of silver and dark grey.