Games!: 2nd Edition 40K and Battlegroup: Kursk

 Just some pictures from two games over the past few days (and I missed taking pictures of some games over the past few weeks).

 

Soviet deploying to counter a three-pronged German assault.

Soviet armour is caught by Stuka dive bombers and artillery, pinning and sowing chaos.

Soviet armour and infantry being blasted by artillery and bombs.

Though I lost the game, my final moment was a lucky AT rifle team firing a round at a Panzer IV, needing an 11 to pin it, and a 12 to kill it....mission: accomplished!

 

Late in the game...things looking dire for the Dark Angels as they retreat toward the landing platform.

A poor shot of the table.

The Eldar Exarch lands to assist the Dark Angels - protecting the Tarantula turret from the nearby Genestealers.

A Carnifex ignores the dangers of the acid lake and attacks two Shining Spears.

On the other side of the table, a squad of Fire Dragons stands their ground against a Carnifex - buying time for the Dark Angels and other Eldar.

Early in the game, the Swooping Hawk Exarch skirts along the acid lake, firing at the Genestealers.

Early in the game, the Dark Angels withdraw as the Tyranids chase them onto the table.

A second unit of Hormagaunts is hurtling at the Dark Angels as they withdraw toward the platform.

The Tyranids swarming toward the Dark Angels.

Flying from the other side of the board, the Swooping Hawks land, dropping grenades and breaking the Hormagaunt unit - and then opening up with lasguns.

After defeating the Hormagaunts, the Swooping Hawks grenade a unit of Genestealers...making one mistake; leaving one alive.

The Inquisitor Chaplain and Techmarine organize the retreat to the landing platform.
 

Some travel 40K...

Played a few test games of 40K with a buddy in another city this past weekend.  Some pictures from the games.  I play-tested the dungeon crawl again and forgot to take pictures!

 The first table set up - using the new hills, and additional trees recently completed.

The second table set-up.

 My buddy's new custom Chapter uses Tridents as badges of office for Veterans/senior marines.

 The new infiltrating suit gets to grips with some Shining Spears.

 Maugan Ra is turned into a puddle in the first turn.

 The Scorpions engage in a lengthy fight in one of the wooded hills that lasts all game.

 To avenge Maugan Ra, the Shining Spears tackle the Redemptor dreadnought.

 Table one just after deployment.

 The infiltrating suit is fast...like, real fast.

 Marines prepare to charge into the Scorpions on turn one.

 Tough aggressors march up the table, blazing away.

 Knowing they would be charged anyway, the Intercessors take the fight to Karandras.

 Another sneaky squad of Scorpions surrounds the Captain.

 Game 2, spotting enemy snipers the Wave Serpent wastes no time flying into the woods.

 Eldar deploy early in game 2.

 Frail and useless, the Howling Banshees pretend to fight Space Marines and are subsequently murdered.

 The starting units of the Eldar force advance.

 Late in the game, everyone starts getting properly stuck in.

 

Serpenting the Waves, Part Tres.

A third Wave Serpent assembled for my...unreasonably large Eldar grav fleet.

Bonus Wraithlord

Picked up another Wraithlord (i.e. Eldar Dreadnought) on eBay for a good deal recently.  I was planning to make a Wraithseer out of it, but maybe later.

Ugly Bugs.

I've been really struggling with hobby motivation lately.  I ended up forcing myself to paint another squad of Warp Spiders.  End result?  Pretty heinous eye-bleaching colours.  I started with a vague idea in my head and it simply never came through on the miniatures.  I'll keep them and use them, but this kind of result is not helping my hobby-mind set...

I got these guys used and nasty on eBay:

The Race to 100

This year has been slow as far as hobby progress is considered - the past few years I've managed 200+ miniatures.  With my armies getting closer to completion, this year has been about terrain, large vehicles, and random characters.

However, I think my goal of 100 before the end of the year is do-able.  I normally don't count terrain but I'm going to cheat and count the tractors!

The Rogue Trader from Blackstone Fortress (complete with immediately-dropped-and-broken bits...)

Spindle Drones, and Ur Ghouls from the Blackstone Fortress game.  Not much use for these, but easy to paint up.

 

Some of the tractors assembled for use with games and as terrain.

 

Chaos Beastmen from Blackstone Fortress - shown alongside a cultist for scale.

 

Two more Falcon bodies - they don't really fit in the lighting box.  Magnetized for use as Night Spinners or Fire Prisms.