Daemon Prince new models Painting Contest Results

I got 2nd place today and was awarded a GW beverage thermos thingys and a box of FLamers (was able to choose). The first place guy got a box of Seekers. So 1st and 2nd place gave you pretty much the same dollar amount in prizes. My custon Slaaneshi D Prince is on display at the shop; Mike said he's gonna take pics of the top 2 people and send them to the company. Free flamers!

Oh and Mike OB was there playin Fantasy with the Ogres. When last i talked to him he won 2/3 games and was on his 3rd. God damn Knoblars.

(This is Ed) - To update Bill's post above, Mike said he received "Best General" or something along those lines which equated to 2nd place also more or less. He mentioned something about winning the new fantasy mini-rulebook.

Updates

Revising the battle report for the 2s tourney at GW last Saturday. Will post in a day or so.

Games Workshop is having a contest for painting the new Daemon Prince model for the Daemons. Extra points for originality, customization etc. I've already see Mike's (the manager) Prince and if that's the standard than I'm golden. Deadline is the 28th.

In addition, with my kick-ass work at the last 2s tourney I am pleased to say that for the next 2v2 tournament I will officially be paired up with one Rob Mcclintock!We're already fine tuning our lists. That's right, I've broken him; the WOlves shall join me in another campaign of daring, danger and ddrrrrramaaaaa!

On a final note, I'd just like to thank our veteran players who never took it easy on me during our personal games. Starting out as Tau against long time players .. against Chaos Marines, Space Wolves and Orks; playing near impossible matches like this has sharpened me into a better player, i feel. There are so many pro players with WAY more popular armies than mine that were incapable of taking my doubles teams down, even in the worst situations. Between both 2v2 tournaments, the most myself and chris and me and mike lost by was one kill point against 2000 pts of orks and one objective when me and chris played the Nids/Daemon players. So... thanks for whipping me into shape, now if I could just get the god damn math commited to memory : /

I'm playing Rob on Saturday and I'm on vacation the week of Aug 30th. I'm gonna try to play as much 40k as I can. I need to try a bunch of Daemon army lists to fine-tune them

Space Wolves vs. Eldar

2500 points

Battle Mission: Fighting Withdraw

Rob's summary:
Mission had three objectives. Board was divided
in half from long board corner to opposite board corner (think two big
triangles) One objective in the center of the board. Second objective was
in Susmitas board corner and the third was in between the first and second
one. All objectives were in a line. Susmita rolled to represent the Tau so
all here Eldar got Hit and Run special rule. She deployed first and I had
first turn and everything was to move on from my edge.

Turn 1
SW: Moved everything on form board edge. BC and Dread moved up on my
extreme left flank along left board edge. 10 man GH on foot moved in
between the BC and rhinos. My rhions, vindicator, and TWC moved full speed
as the center of my line (the center of my line was still far left on the
board, my right flank was positioned about center table). LFs move onto a
hill in the center of my table. Scouts outflank.

Eldar: Susmita move half her army slightly forward DA in the WS turbo bust
to her left flank behind harlequins. DR kill half of LF unit 1. Falcon
destroys demolisher cannon off the vindicator.

Turn 2
SW: BC and Dread move up left flank. BC flame pathfinders but they live.
Foot GH move up. RP rhino and vindicator move up the center. GH rhino
breaks right. GH disembark and unload on harlequins killing 5 and breaking
them. Dread kills one wraithguard (WG). Rest of my shooting kills off
pathfinders. No scouts.

Eldar: Harlequins regroup. Consolidate 3 inches. Fleet and end up in charge
of the GH. They charge in and kill 5 GH but the GH wiped them out. DR kill
rest of LF unit 1. WG move up and destroy the RP rhino. Other units shoot
at the GH/RP and kill 4. Falcon blocks way of my vehicles and FD disembark
and explode the vindicator. Scorpions arrive on flank with BC and they
charge in. Scorpions kill 7 but are wiped out for there troubles. One GH
from the unit on foot gets killed. Susmita screens WG with Shining Spears
to protect them. Things look good for SW.

Turn 3
SW: BC roll snake eye for Difficult leaving them well behind rest of my
battle line. I run but get a 2. Dread kills 3 Shining Spears. GH on foot
wipeout rest of the Shining Spears. LFs destroy Dire Avengers WS. RP/GH
charge Falcon but do nothing. TWC finally charges. They kill only 3 FD. 5
man GH move up to secure objective harlequins were protecting. NO SCOUTS. I
needed them bad but things look good for SW again.

Eldar: DA bladestorm 5 man GH and kill all with my bad armour saves. Avatar
charge GH/RP and kills the 5 remaining GHs. RP wounds Avatar but fails
force weapon roll for the instant death. WG move up and kill 9 out of 9 GHs
and charge the WG and beat him to death in combat. I lost 3 out of 3 GH
squads. DR, guardians and wraithlord unload on TWC but I take the wounds
well.

Turn 4
SW. Thunderlord detaches and charges guardians and he kills all but 2. TWC
goes back around to charge WG. BC finally get to where the actions is and
charges WG. Dread charges WG as well. WG kill all but WP, WG and 1 BC form
the huge BC squad. All the WG are wiped out. The warlock lives makes test
and then is able to HIt and Run leaving me ass out. Scouts arrive way too
late and they arrive on the board where no one is at. Closest enemy unit is
about 3 feet away.

Eldar: Falcon tries to kill rhino that is contesting objective but fails.
Avatar charges dread and does everthing but destroy it. Surviving warlocks
legs it back to second objective. Wraithlord shoots at TWC. I was not
paying attention. I had one more wound to give on a TWC. i did not realise
this and took it on a guy who had a wound already. I fail my save and fail
my leadership check. TWC fall back 15 inches (cavarly do 3D6). Thunderlord
kills remaining guardians.

Turn 5
SW: Thunderlord charges warlock and kills him. LF kill 3 DA. BCs charge
wraithlord and get wiped out. Avatar cant kill dread again. TWC is about a
quater inch in range next to the Falcon so flee. I roll a massive 16 inches
and they run off the board.

Eldar: DR shoot at Thunderlord and do no damage. Only 3 DA in range to
shoot LF but still kill half the unit. Avatar still cant kill dread. Falcon
cant destroy rhino. I roll a 3 and the game goes on.

Turn 6
LFs and scouts shoot and kill 4 DA. They fail their LD check. No more
troops left on the board so we call the game a tie.