Black Reach Deffkopta to Rokkit Warbuggy Conversion

I wanted some rocket buggies for my Orks but the current "old" buggy model looks terrible so i converted some out of Deffkoptas of which i now have many.


The rear axle is straight off the Trukk model, all my Trukks now only have 2 axles although i think they look better for it.
The front section is from the top of the deffkopta and the old Ork bike model.

I have played 4 games with my Orks now, 1 at 1000pts, 2 at 1250pts and finally 1 at 1500pts of which i have won 3 and lost 1.
I am finding my Orks do very well in the mid game but don't have the staying power to survive a long game, two of my wins would have been draws or losses had the game lasted an extra turn and my one loss would have been a win had it ended sooner.

Waaagh!

So i painted up a Deffkopta and one thing led to another and now i have started Orks.
The space elves are on hiatus untill they get a new codex or i get bored again, same for the Bonecrons.

Ork Deffkopta

I really enjoyed painting the DeffKopta, i also used this model to experiment with some weathering powders for the first time, i think they came out real nice.

Color scheme for the Boyz

The list i am aiming for with my Orks is something like:
1 Biker Warboss
1 Big mech with Kustom Force Field
5 Nob Bikers
3 Shoota Boyz mobs in Trukks
1 Ard'Boyz mob with Choppas in Battlewagon
6 DeffKoptas

It nicely fit the all mechanized theme i am going for and should be fun to play.

Bonecrons complete, Incoming Eldar and the Cobra Kai?

The Bonecrons are complete for now at 1000pts, i think the simple color scheme with the blue barrels looks really good on an army which is supposed to have very little individual personality.

Bonecrons!

Next up is repainting my old 2nd edition Eldar army, i want to keep this army as original as possible so i will not be buying any new models or tanks outside of what was made during 2nd edition.

2nd Ed Eldar

The Eldar meet a bucket of Dettol

And finally for the upcoming Necromunda campaign at the Solihull cub i have started repainting my gang "The Cobra Kai"

Two Juve's and a Ratskin Scout

Bonecrons!

After being out of the hobby since last summer i have started up once again with a new army!
I call them... Bonecrons!

Battle Report 5 (Mc Guffin's World: Mini Campaign)

This battle was fought at the Solihull club on the 24th of June, it was Seize ground mission objective with dawn of war deployment armies being Marine vs Marine.

It was also the fourth battle in a mini campaign we are running "McGuffin's World"

My opponents list was Master of the forge, 6 basic dreadnought's, 2 tack squads, 2 scout squads, 8 drop pods. I was running a master of the forge with conversion beam, 2 tack squads in razorbacks, 2 terminators squads, a sternguard squad in razorback and a dreadnought.

I lost the roll and was forced to deploy first, this was a major tactical advantage for my opponent as the majority of his army was deepstriking in drop pods it effectively made my game one turn shorter than my opponents.

In retrospect my deployment was poor, with three units too close together on my closest objective i was force to have the master of the forge to join on of them, in future i will keep the master of the forge away from other units it maximize his conversion beamer and also give him a servitor to remove the independent character rule.

I ran the Sternguard up the left flank to grab the far objective expecting my opponent to drop a tack squad there to claim it however that never happened and their special ammunition was once again wasted.

I greatly underestimated the effectiveness of the mass drop pod list, the initial alpha strike of 4 dreadnoughts was very difficult to deal with.
Some very poor assaulting by my terminators took out a few of them but in the end i lost most of my terminations by attrition from extended assaults with dreadnoughts.

In the end i managed to contest two objectives but my opponent had captured one so it was a pretty firm loss on my part.
This battle highlighted perhaps a lack ranged of anti vehicular ability in my army, least successfully unit in my army was the dreadnought not even getting a single shot off.

First turn

Dreadnought alpha strike

One down

Terminators run away

Second wave

Endgame

1500pts 100% Painted

I finally finished of the final Razorback so this week at club i should be playing 100% painted!
Next task is to go over and redo bits on the early stuff, add some more detail and maybe even some transfers.

Razorbacks and my Elites/HQ

Belated battle reports

Just thought i would add a post to summirieze the battles i fought with the brazen fists prior to writing this blog.
Also it is worth mentioning that the Brazen Fists is pretty much the first 40K army i have played with since 1997 (a had a little game of 4th ed in a GW store circa 2008).

Battle 1: Marine vs Marine 650pts Capture and Control pitched battle. DRAW

Still learning the game i drawed, Shrike tore up much of my army and several squads started the great Brazen fist tradition of running away.

Battle 2: Marine vs Marine 850pts Annihilation and Spearhead. WIN

A very close fought battle won by a single kill point, i belive it would have been a draw if not for some rules confusion.

Battle 3: Marine vs Chaos Space Marine 850pts Annihilation and Pitched battle. LOSS

I had no chance to win from the start due massive imbalance of avaliable kill points, many of my units ran of the table again but i did manage to break a unit of Chaos marines with deamon weapon guy?

Battle 4: Marine vs Marine 1250pts Sieze Ground and Spearhead. WIN

My first battle with the barzen fists signiture assault cannon razorbacks, it was quite close fought but i managed to win by tankshocking a razorback onto the objective on the last turn.

Battle 5: Marine vs Marine 1500pts Annihilation and Spearhead. WIN

First 1500pts battle, i was lucky to win this as i had many units down to low numbers at the end of the game.

Battle 6: Ork vs Marine 1500pts Annihilation and pitched battle. LOSS

My first game against Ork was a bloodbath, bikers tore me up badly, in the end only a razorback survived.

Battle 7: Marine vs Blood Angels 1500pts Sieze Ground and Dawn of War. LOSS

Dawn of war deployment really hurts my army! I lost quite badly in this game.