Thursday, September 26, 2013

It's Here!!!

Khuster's Cav get it's display board!  UPS just pulled up an hour ago, I dropped dinner, did a little dance, and set about opening and arranging my army.  My wife took the pics, since she's better at that than I am!  (One of the 183 reasons I married her)






It's Coming...

I checked the UPS tracking status this morning...it's on the truck and on route to the house...

Friday, September 20, 2013

Escalation League #4

Here is the full 1250 for September!  Now to round it out with another 250 points, and I will make the October deadline and be entered to win one of three giftcards from my FLGS!

Monday, September 16, 2013

Escalation League Update

I'm just about done with the next 250 points, just need to do some basing this week and turn it in.  Then back to a bit of work on Khuster's Cav to get them ready for the Harvester, and finally, my last 250 points for the Shinecrons...more coming soon!

Monday, September 9, 2013

Khuster's Cav Comparision #2

So after the excitement died down, I retried my comparision.  First, I took out all the Dark Angels specific units, and replaced them with the standard units I had put in the White Scars list.  After that, I compared the two lists.  1916 to 1850.  Which tells me that with these particular models, WS have a slight edge, but not enough to switch yet.  Despite the +1 jink save, ignoring dangerous terrain, and +1 S to Hammer of Wrath, the Dark Angels are still a better shooting army.

The next GT will see my Khuster's Cav as Dark Angels. 

Saturday, September 7, 2013

Khuster's Cav Comparision

Thanks to my FLGS, I got my codex at 12:01am this morning, and I was able to mock up the two lists of Dark Angels Cav vs White Scars Cav.  Now, I did everything to keep the models the exact same ones I use right now.  There are a couple big changes though, as the Ravenwing Command Squad, Sammael, and Darkshroud can't be used on the White Scars list. 

Each list is 1850 points, and as you can see, the White Scars list offers more options and more models to bring to the table.  As you'll see, I think the White Scars list is the way to go, especially with the special rules (Scouts, Born in the saddle, and ignoring dangerous terrain tests), which means that Khuster's Cav is going back to the C:SM, and all models will be usable as Dark Angels as well!

Here are the two lists: 
Dark Angels
HQ - Sammael
HQ  - Librarian
HQ - RWCS
plus 2 bikes
Stand of Dev
Apothecary
TR - RW Attack Squad
plus 3 bikes
Meltagun
Flamer
Ab w/ Multimelta
TR - RW Attack Squad
plus 3 bikes
Meltagun
Flamer
Ab w/ Multimelta
TR - RW Attack Squad
plus 3 bikes
Meltagun
Flamer
Ab w/ Multimelta
TR - RW Attack Squad
plus 3 bikes
Meltagun
Flamer
Ab w/ Multimelta
TR - RW Attack Squad
plus 3 bikes
Meltagun
Flamer
Ab w/ Multimelta
FT - Ravenwing Darkshroud

White Scars
HQ - Khan
Moondrakken
TR - Bike Squad
plus 3 bikes
Meltagun
Grav-gun
AB w/Multimelta
TR - Bike Squad
plus 3 bikes
Meltagun
Grav-gun
AB w/Multimelta
TR - Bike Squad
plus 3 bikes
Meltagun
Grav-gun
AB w/Multimelta
TR - Bike Squad
plus 3 bikes
Meltagun
Grav-gun
AB w/Multimelta
TR - Bike Squad
plus 3 bikes
Meltagun
Grav-gun
AB w/Multimelta
TR - Scout Squad
Sgt Tellion
Teleport Homer
plus 5 Scouts
8 camo cloaks
9 Sniper Rifles
Missle Launcher
Flakk 
FT - Land Spdr Squad
plus 2 speeders
3 Multimeltas
3 Typhoon ML
FORT - Aegis Defence Line
Quad Gun
HV - Predator




 
Hvy Bolter Sponson

 

Wednesday, September 4, 2013

Escalation League #3

Well, I just finished my next unit for the Escalation League!  My new Nightscythe was finished last night (except basing) and is resting proudly on top of my computer desk/work area.


Now it's push time for both the final unit of this month's Escalation League, which I will hopefully be picking up before the weekend....(It's not a secret, I'm buying a unit of Tomb Blades)...and the final touches on my Khuster's Cav.  Currently, here's where the army sits:

HQ - Khuster (Sammael) on jetbike
HQ - Ravenwing Command Squad w/+2 bikes, GL, Apothecary, and Standard of Devastation
HQ - Librarian w/Mastery Level 2, SM Bike

TR - Ravenwing Attack Squad w/+3 bikes, Meltagun, Flamer, Attack Bike w/Multimelta
TR - Ravenwing Attack Squad w/+3 bikes, Meltagun, Flamer, Attack Bike w/Multimelta
TR - Ravenwing Attack Squad w/+3 bikes, Meltagun, Flamer, Attack Bike w/Multimelta
TR - Ravenwing Attack Squad w/+3 bikes, Meltagun, Flamer, Attack Bike w/Multimelta
TR - Ravenwing Attack Squad w/+3 bikes, Meltagun, Flamer, Attack Bike w/Multimelta

FT - Ravenwing Darkshroud
FT - Ravenwing Support Squad w/4 LS Typhoons and Multimeltas

HV - Predator w/Heavy Bolter side sponsons
HV - Predator

That's a little over 2300 points of models.

Now, as per the last post, I am waiting for the SM codex to come out before I decide if I should swap out Dark Angels for White Scars.  Clearly, I'm going to lose access to the Command Squad and Darkshroud if I do, but factoring in the (rumored) point decrease of SM bikes, if I switch to a Khan-based army, it would save me about 230 points.  Plus the 295 for the Command Squad, and I'll use the Libby on bike model for Khan, so that's another 125 points gained, and lastly 80 points from the Darkshroud.

That's going to free up 730 points, meaning I can run every model I have for a WS army, and still be under the 1850.  Looks like I'm going to need a few more models.  So bikes?  Flyers?  Dreadnoughts?  I don't know. 

Have to wait for the codex...six words I hate to have to say.

Tuesday, September 3, 2013

Decisions, Decisions...

Well, I am very excited about the new Space Marine codex coming out. Khuster's Cav used to be vanilla SM, until they released the DA codex for 6th. But now with White Scars getting an upgrade, I'm tempted to switch back. "tempted" is the word. While I like some of the rumored upgrades and such, it still is not enough to get me away from Dark Angels just yet...but I have to wait until I get the new codex to make a final judgement...