Howdy all, I just posted this below on 40k Online and they deleted it instantly, saying it was not allowed with external links in the posting... Which is a very anti-community anti-40k-coziness boring attitude if you ask me Well well.
So I'm hoping Druchii will let this one stay up and running...
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Hello, this weekend (22nd-24th) is GothCon 40k weekend in Gothenburg on the Swedish west coast.
The very depressing 8th ed of Warhammer made me switch over to beer and chips 40k. I tried and tried 8th but it just lost too much of the good old Warhammer for me... And it did for a lot of friends of mine, a whole bunch of us decided to go to a 40k tournament and be noobs for a change!
And there was one tournament coming up that I really wanted to go to and it was GothCon 2011. The first 100 tickets were realeased a weeknight at 6pm and sold out in 2 minutes... They managed to find room for some more so I think there are 125 players at the moment.
I used to play a lot of WFB tournaments so this is going to be a lot of fun. It's quite a different crowd so it will be mostly new faces and some armies I have never played against for a change.
My biggest 40k army is my Dark Eldar kabal. I've got around 8000p painted and took this opportunity to update some unit choices to the new books standards. So yes, I had to paint a little bit. Tuned up my displayboard. Made craters and smoke for all vehicles. So I had a little bit to fiddle with, I actually made a new Talos too... You can see it here:
http://stefan13.typepad.com/blog/2011/0 ... ished.html
I will iPhone-blog during the tournament and try to take a lot of pictures...
The list is a Dark Eldar force with a little bit of everything. I got 14 Lances in it, no Archon, only 2 Agonizers, decent amount of Troops, worthless Hellions, a BIG Talos and lots of speed. Topped wit a single Webway Portal.
It's built to get a pretty good comp score, they use a subjective comp scoring which has a few restrictions but it held secret until the tournament starts. I seem to get an average comp score... But we'll see tomorrow.
Here's the list:
Baron Sathonyx
Haemonculus
Venom Blade, Liquifier Gun & Webway Portal
8 Wyches, Hekatrix w Agonizer
Raider w Flickerfield
7 Wyches, Hekatrix w Agonizer
Raider w Flickerfield
6 Warriors
Blaster
Raider w Flickerfield
5 Warriors
Blaster
Venom w extra Splinter cannon
6 Hellions
Helliarch w Venom Blade
4 Kabalite Trueborn
4 Blasters
Venom w extra Splinter cannon
2 Beastmasters
5 Khymerae
1 Razorwing Flock
2 Beastmasters
5 Khymerae
1 Razorwing Flock
2 Beastmasters
5 Khymerae
1 Razorwing Flock
Ravager w Flickerfield
Ravager w Flickerfield
Talos w Chainflails & Twinlinked Heatlance
Army total: 1750
The list has been doing well. I am not that great at 40k but I know the Dark Eldar pretty well, I got a 9 win & 1 loss result during practice games. Which will be hard to repeat during the tournament, I still feel like I don't know the rules good enough... But the plan is to, in competition with 125 participants, be in the top 25.
Anyway, check in here during the Easter weekend, I will update it as often as possible:
http://stefan13.typepad.com/blog/
Benmannens GothCon 2011 Dark Eldar adventures
Moderators: Drainial, The Dread Knights
Benmannens GothCon 2011 Dark Eldar adventures
Fantasy: Dark Elves, Dogs of War and Bretonnians 40k: Dark Eldar and Chaos Renegades, BFG: Dark Eldar, Epic: Dark Eldar, Man O'War: Slaanesh Chaos
My Dark Eldarblog:
http://stefan13.typepad.com/blog
My Dark Eldarblog:
http://stefan13.typepad.com/blog
I just posted a couple of quick updates. More to follow soon.
Fantasy: Dark Elves, Dogs of War and Bretonnians 40k: Dark Eldar and Chaos Renegades, BFG: Dark Eldar, Epic: Dark Eldar, Man O'War: Slaanesh Chaos
My Dark Eldarblog:
http://stefan13.typepad.com/blog
My Dark Eldarblog:
http://stefan13.typepad.com/blog