The long and short of it is that Sam is one canny player and totally owned me from turn 2 although it got close in turn 4 but for a failed invulnerable save.
I had a rather basic list consisting of 2 Tactical Squads, a shooty Terminator Squad and a Librarian (taken on a whim as I don't recall using one in game since I was a kid first starting in the hobby). Sam had an amalgamated platoon with command, 2 Vet squads, lots of plasma, Straken and some Rough Riders (I laughed a little when I saw the ponies as I have never seen them used before and thought the game would be a doddle - flash lights on horses). The Riders are really cool conversions using Bretonnian, Cadian and Pistollier bits - Sam has done a really good job with them.
I had turn one so advanced towards his line in combat squads figuring I would use terrain and my armour to weather whatever shooting he managed to throw my way. I wasn't counting on how quick the Riders would be, or how effective they are on the charge with Strakens bonuses. He massacred one Combat Squad with the Riders, and made another flee from Plasma after inflicting a ton of wounds (I only wish my Guard were half as effective at shooting as his were). Vets are a really cool unit (if expensive) for a Guard army and one I will definately be looking at.
I dodlled around in the middle of the game. I forgot we were playing for kill points and didn't finish units off when I should have done and then Straken walked over and ate my remaining squads. Brutal.
It was a really quick and dirty game where I learned a lot about how a Guard army can be played differently to my gun line theory. Sam's a cool kid to play with and we have another game scheduled for next week (1,500 points of Fantasy).
How is this anything related to Orks. Well after playing the game I was talking to Luke (one of the staff) and looking over his Tech Skaven conversions he has been working on for a while now. I pointed out some cool bits which he identified as from the Ork Nobs box. Now the box itself isn't trying its best to sell the kit as it pictures some basic Orks, not a whole lot better than the Black Reach Nobs. What you get inside is another story. This is one of the coolest GW kits around with a plethora (now theres a fancy word) of cool and Orky gubbins to customise your Nobs with. Not being an Ork player, but a fan of the cool models they have, I decided to pick one up.
I have slowly built the models up this last week whenever I had a spare half an hour and this is what I have ended up with. The first two pictured are my favourite.
I also used some of the spare bits to pimp some of my existing Black Reach Nobs (hence the bare plastic on some of the painted models).
When I was finished, and put them up with my other models, I realised that between the Black Reach set, these Nobs, a set of Gretchin I had picked up on a whim months back, and the odd random blister I had collcted, I had unintentionally built a nice little Ork Waagh. A couple of Kans/Dreads, maybe some bikes or a Truck and I will be done - a nice smallish raiding force. Paint wise, only my Black Reach Warboss, Nobs (mostly), Engineer and some Grotz are painted, but it gives me something to pratt about with in my off time between other projects.
On other news I have just pre-ordered my Dark Eldar Codex for the collection, as well as the Deathwatch RPG core rulebook (c/- Maelstrom). I got my hands on the frames for the new Warriors, Raider and Reavers today, as well as a good gander through the Codex. Wow Jes Goodwin - WOW. The new stuff is brilliant. From the colour pictures in the Codex its clear to see what is missing model wise from the miniature collection and what is likely to feature as second or future wave releases. Basically everything shown to date on the GW website looks to be what will be available at launch or shortly there after - no sign of a new Talos or some of the other flyers.
And on that bombshell I am off. Happy hobby all.
Cheers,
Pom
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