Games!: 2nd Edition Warhammer 40K (Angels of Death vs. Tyranids)

Nearly 5-6 years ago, some buddies of mine and I decided we should try some co-op 40K from 2nd edition --- all of us painting up some space marines to face a collective horde of Tyranids (owned by two of the three of us).

 

I slowly painted up some models, and we finally played the first game.  The concept was pretty simple:

 

• Blood Angels and Dark Angels each have 750 points, will fight co-op against Tyranids.
• Each chapter gets two explosive devices, assigned to squads or characters - these must be used to blow up two generators (which in turn will cause the overheating of an orbital defense platforms' reactor).
• Tyranids are generated randomly each Tyranid turn using four separate nodes, and some random tables.  Tokens are generated - and when spotted, we used a D20 table to place random Tyranids.
• Tyranids activated using a simple beahviour table (mostly consisting of "eat their faces").

The end result was that the Blood Angels managed to blow up both generators, though they lost 19/21 marines in the process.

 

The Dark Angels held off many Tyranids including a Carnifex.  They made it out with 9 marines...so not too bad.  Some random pics from the game.

 

 

Breaking my own rules...(Space Marine Bikes)

Deciding to finally maybe actually play some modified 2E 40K that my buddies and I have been planning for...maybe 4-5 years, I broke one of my own rules and bought some (poorly) assembled Space Marine bikes off ebay.  I normally don't mess with pre-built plastics, but these were too cheap to pass up.

 

While I wasn't happy with the state of them (ended up with a ton of cleaning as the minis were - expectedly - poorly built with too much glue, weird components, etc.) I can 'cope' with using these.  Similarly I hate painting stuff assembled, so this was annoying.

 

 

And now for something...completely...different.

I've made a decision to start knockin' out random stuff I've got sitting around.  In one of my many "we're totally going to do this..." plans, my buddy and I want to finally put some of our space marines into the table against Tyranids (likely using non-GW rules).  Thinking a cool co-op, but difficult, bug hunt with Blood Angels and Dark Angels.

 

To that effect I snagged a 'cheap' set of plastic push-fit terminators for my Blood Angels.  I painted them in a single sitting today and then finish the basing and decals shortly thereafter.

 

As someone who generally dislikes almost every modern GW sculpt, product, game, etc...these were nice, and it was nice to fire up the 2E codex and paint them to match the old school style (though not nearly orange enough).  It's nice to go back to when normal space marines and terminators were cool enough without 150 new fancy versions and 'special' units, etc.

 

Just...classic...space marines. You can keep your Indometrixus Procagastrators...just give me some reliable Blood Angel terminators.

 

 

Forgotten Angels

I painted up these five Blood Angel terminators the other week - but forgot to take pictures or post them.  I'm not overly pleased with them - the sculpts are okay, but the prints were...mediocre.  A decent Etsy purchase though at half the cost of normal GW product.

These are an interpretation of the classic 'Saturnine' terminator from Rogue Trader days.  I wanted something different for 2nd edition, so these'll work.

The Forgotten Scout Squad

 I forgot I was waiting for some decals to dry on this Space Marine Scout Squad from 2nd edition when I posted earlier.  Another five models (10 total) for use with Scrapheap and/or a possible 2nd edition 40K game we've been kicking around lately.

All aboard the struggle bus! Wooo woooo!

 Been struggling to be motivated to do anything lately.  However, I had primed these five assault marines a while ago.  My enthusiasm for 40K has all but diminished, but I will try to see through this small 2nd edition force project.

Oldhammer: Blood Angel Space Marine Scouts

Struggled to get a good picture of these guys for some reason, but a squad of nice old metals, recovered from eBay minis.

Slightly...rough when picked up off eBay.

Stripped, cleaned, re-based, repainted.