September Event Game #1: Dark Eldar & Eldar vs Deathwing 1850pts

This month's event at Millennium Games was the first to jump up to 1850pts since the release of 6th edition.  It brought in 17 players who have been itching to play with more points.  I just finished assembling the models for my DaBoyz GT army (also 1850pts), so this would be my first competitive run with the army.  I won't have the luxury of changing the list before the GT, so I'm going to need as much practice as possible.

Tournament Day

Stayed up late last night to paint the windshields on the vehicles, the venom blade for the sybarite, and read through both my codex FAQ's and the rulebook FAQ.  Here's a current shot of the army before I packed it up for today's event.

Dark Eldar: DaBoyz GT 2012 Project Army T-8 Weeks

Not a whole lot to report this week.  The labor day weekend combined with a couple practice games before this weekend's event didn't leave a whole lot of time for painting.  If you read the two batreps for this week, you've already seen a sneak preview of what I've accomplished.

Batrep: Dark Eldar & Eldar vs Grey Knights 1850pts

Tuesdays before our local monthly tournament are my official practice day when I take a break from painting and this week, Courtney accepted my challenge.  He brought some of his GK from the Adepticon team event to put me to the test.

Batrep: Dark Eldar & Eldar vs Eldar & Tau 1850pts

I had the chance to sneak in a game this weekend due to the holiday.  Kevin came out and brought his Tau-dar for my first game with my dark footdar.

Dark Eldar: DaBoyz GT 2012 Project Army T-9 Weeks

I both love and hate the painting grind running up to a big tournament.  I love seeing the progress, trying new things, and watching the collection evolve.  When it comes down to it though, I'd take playing over painting any day.  I was all over the place again this week but got a lot of stuff accomplished.

Dark Eldar: DaBoyz GT 2012 Project Army T-10 Weeks

I haven't been posting much recently because I've fully dedicated myself to the task of finishing my dark eldar for this year's GT.  Here are some shots from the workbench and updates.

Looking Ahead

After many sleepless nights and much soul searching, I've decided to revise and finish the Dark Eldar for DaBoyz GT 2012.  This was mostly influenced by the amount of time I spent building and converting the army prior to 6th, and the fact that it's never seen more than a 3 game RTT.  Another factor is that they're removing comp from the scoring matrix this year for the first time and I feel the special characters add so much depth.

August Tournament Recap

Well, sometimes things just don't work out.  This month's event was a disaster for me mostly due to the dice.  I normally write up full reports but this month will be one quick recap.  There just wasn't much worth reporting tactically.  I will add some final thoughts on 6th ed in general at the end based on what I learned this time out.

Batrep: Grey Knights & Necrons vs Eldar & Tau 1500pts

I was able to get out for my first real game in 3 weeks and practice for this weekend's event.  I've been playtesting the Mordrak list I've mentioned here at home and I wasn't happy with the low model count so I changed the list last night to add more bodies.  Kevin (Grubnards) accepted my challenge with his Eldar/Tau alliance and we had the makings of an epic cinematic showdown.

Kevin's list:
Eldrad
Shas'O + plasma, missile pod, shield generator
Guardians x10 + warlock w/ destructor, scatter laser, wave serpent + lances
Dire Avengers x10 + exarch, bladestorm, wave serpent + scatter lasers
Fire Warriors x5
Dark Reapers x5 + exarch, tempest launcher, crack shot (eldrad here)
Broadsides x2 + shield drones x2, smart missiles
D-Cannon Platform
Aegis Defense Line + quad gun