Daemon Knight of Tzeentch - Complete

I managed to get this guy painted up pretty quickly (for me at least), now I just have to get a chance to actually use him in a game at some point. He's big, bronze, and blue standing over rivers of lava as any good daemon engine is wont to do.

 

Daemon Knight of Tzeentch - WIP

Ever since FW came out with the new Chaos Knight Titan rules I have been wanting to convert one. A little while ago I managed to snag a Dreamforge Leviathan Mortis kit off Ebay that turned out to be mostly complete. A fistfull of bits, greenstuff, and plasticard later and I have a pretty decent looking Tzeentch aligned Knight.

Zuleyka and Zamira Nazarova

I finished painting these two a little while back, but just realized I never posted them up here. Both sisters got some sky/earth nmm for their chrome, and I tried a toned down version of the official paint job on Zuleyka's see through shirt.

The Skies Burn Over Stigmata [Hyperion T5 BFG Report]

After a brief hiatus of either unspectacular or unphotographed BFG games I'm back with a big 'un. This round as the Imperial Navy and the Chaos fleet battle it out for domination of the space around the Imperial shrine world of Stigmata, the Imperials receive some (not so) unexpected help from the Eldar, and the Chaos fleet is bolstered by the Eldar's ancient enemy: a Necron Tomb Fleet!

The battle was set a a Fleet Engagement, and with both fleet attempting to encircle the other it began as a good, old fashioned broadside to broadside shooting match. All of the fleets are mostly wysiwyg and yes that includes the Planet Killer! (even though they are paper the Necrons are still wysiwyg). The points break down to about:
Chaos - 3100
Imperial - 2300
Eldar - 2700
Necron - 1150

The big advantage that the Chaos fleet has is that only the Chaos and Imperial Fleets (plus a small contingent of the Eldar fleet) start on the table putting the points about equal or slightly in favor of the forces of darkness at the outset. The rest of the Eldar and Necron fleets will be trickling in throughout the  first 4-5 turns.

wip Infinity Zuleyka Nazarova (Sky/Earth NMM)

In addition to BFG & 40k I also try to play Infinity whenever I get the chance. Though lately that is less and less as the group around here seems to have disintegrated unfortunately. I'm still working on getting my Haqqislam force painted up, and may be taking it to the ITS tournament at Celesticon. Figured I would post this wip of Zuleyka Nazarova's bike up on here even though it needs a little touching up still.

This is my first attempt at painting up chrome surfaces as Sky/Earth non-metallic metal, and I am rather pleased with it so far.

I need to touch up or redo the blending on the exhaust pipes, but otherwise the motorcycle is done. Now I just have to decide if I want to try to paint Zuleyka's semi see through shirt like the official model.

Cruiser Clash at Charon's Harbor - Hyperion T3

The few Eldar ships that managed to escape destruction during the last battle at Charon's Harbor were still lurking around the system as the main Chaos fleet moved on towards the center of the sector. To clean up the lurking Eldar forces a small newly built Chaos fleet was sent in to destroy the slippery xenos. In the end the battle doesn't last long and comes to a rather sudden finale.

Fleet Engagement at Charon's Harbor - Hyperion T2

The dastardly Eldar have been trying to thwart the Chaos forces at every turn. Now they were going after our supply route into the Hyperion System. A medium sized Eldar fleet had previously taken a small Chaos fleet in the Charon's Harbor system by surprise, but now as both factions brought more forces to bear in the fight the advantage swung back towards followers of the dark gods.

Hyperion Conflagration BFG Report - Hit and Run Raid in the Machina Tertius System - T2

Fresh from their skirmish with the Imperial fleet at Stigmata that Chaos Marauder fleet made entry into the Machina Tertius system. Upon arrival the Fearmongers squadron of Iconoclast escorts was sent out to scout for the Eldar and Space Marine fleets known to be in the system.

It didn't take long for the scouting party of escorts to find the enemy fleets lining up for battle in the outer reaches of the system. Alerting the rest of the fleet the escorts powered down and decided to lay an ambush for any ship unwary enough to come too close to their hiding place within an asteroid field at the edge of the battle.

Deployment/Turn 1-2

 The Fearmongers hiding in an asteroid field near teh edge of the battle, but also close to the Imperial asteroid base. The Eldar advanced ostensibly towards the Imperial lines, but suspiciously clustered around the Chaos escort squadron.

Ignoring the Eldar forces bearing down on them the Chaos forces dart out of hiding and destroy an imperial escort craft. Disconcertingly the imperial thunderhawk squadrons all change course  to head towards the Chaos ships.

The trap is sprung as the Imperial and Eldar fleets turn on the Chaos. They had been feigning a battle to draw the Chaos fleet out where they could team up on the much smaller enemy and destroy it at will. The Fearmongers manage to shrug off the imperial firepower and Eldar bombers, but 18 thunderhawk squadrons manage to destroy 3 of the Chaos ships. Deciding that they would like to live and fight another day the Iconoclast squadron disengages from the battle.

With the warning sent out by their scouts the Chaos fleet knows it is a trap. The warmaster decides to press on towards the battle anyway, but to do so cautiously.

Turn 5-8

With the knowledge of the devious Eldar/Imperial ploy the Chaos fleet moves in cautiously as contact markers roving around the edge of the board while the imperial fleet drifts out of position, and waiting to take advantage of any mistake by the Eldar.

Seeing an opportunity the Horrific Styx class cruiser enters the battle behind the Eldar forces to lauch a wave of bombers before fleeing from the Imperial fleet bearing down on them. The bombers eventually make contact and cripple the Eldar Eclipse class cruiser.

With the Eclipse crippled and hiding in a dust cloud the Anarchic Vendetta Carnage class cruiser powers her engines to full, and bursts into the battle at ramming speed. Unfortunately tricked by holo-fields the ram misses completely, the shots that follow only do minor damage, and the boarding party that was at a huge advantage manages to somehow not destroy the heavily damaged Eldar ship (literally the only way he could survive the Boarding Action was if I rolled a 1 and he rolled a 6. . . and that's exactly what happened).

The Anarchic Vendetta was then crippled by Eldar firepower, and probably should have fled, but instead decided to attempt to take off the final HP from the damaged Eldar cruiser. Once again the Eldar ship miraculously avoids annihilation, while the other undamaged Eldar ships move in to hulk the Chaos cruiser.

Turn 9+

With part of the Eldar fleet distracted by the Anarchic Vendetta the Eternity of Pain Desolation class battleship decided to make a similar entrance. Ordering engines to All Ahead Full, she burst onto the battlefield managing to just clip the Eldar Aurora light cruiser doing minor damage to both ships. The battleship's ramming path took her straight into an asteroid field. After a close call and a summary execution of the former helmsman the battleship navigated the field safely even at top speed.

The Eldar fleet turned to engage the Chaos battleship, but only a few ships were brave enough to follow her into the asteroid field and their firepower was all absorbed by shields.

Left out of position due to her daring entry into the battle the Eternity of Pain decide to disengage and follow the rest of the Chaos fleet out of system to fight another day.

With the hulking of the Anarchic Vendetta, and the seeming invulnerability of the Eldar ships it was a decisive . . .

[Eldar Victory]

Hyperion Conflagration BFG Report - The Retaking of Luoyang - T2

We are back with another BFG report from the Hyperion Conflagration Campaign. This one will be a shorter overview as it was a touch lopsided (3,000pts vs ~1,000pts).

After taking damage while fighting the invading Ork fleet at the Luoyang system, the Chaos Fractious Fleet decided to regroup. As reinforcements were already on their way to the system from several different quarters, and heavy damage inflicted to the Ork fleet in the last engagement the Chaos Warmaster did not expect much difficulty in destroying the last of the Ork invaders.


Deployment

Hyperion Conflagration BFG Report - Surprise Attack Above Stigmata - T1

The 1st Marauder Fleet sped towards the Machina Tertius System to attempt to thwart the Eldar plans for the forgeworld. Their route took the Chaos fleet perilously close to the Imperial shrine world of Stigmata, which was certain to have a defending fleet due to its strategic and religious import.

As expected upon arriving in the Stigmata system an Imperial fleet was detected consisting of:
Glory Hound - Emperor Class Battleship
The Champion of Cherusci - Mars Class Battlecruiser
Star God - Lunar Class Cruiser
Designation unknown - Lunar Class Cruiser