The Wolves went down!

Last night I finally played Bill and his Orks brought about defeat to the mighty Bran Redmaw and the First Great Company of the Space Wolves. I should have taken better care of my body before going to Kyle's for the game, but I didnt. I didnt eat anything and all I had to drink the entire day were three Rockstars. After turn 1, I got a raging headache and it never let up until I got home, drank a full glass of lemonade and 2 full glasses of water while eating an entire tuperware bowl of noodles and chicken. lol

I was surprised to see what Bill brought to the table as he used three baneblades and a land raider as looted wagons. He also used 10 of Kyle's Terminators as Ork termies... I dunno their names so thats what I'll call em. Now I dunno if any of you have seen a baneblade on the table, but a baneblade is pretty GD big. I would say it is double the mass of a land raider. Now imagine three of those things on the table. It doesnt leave much room for many other things.

Now I was told that this was an advantage for me because of no cover saves for him. I'm not complaining as I believe I had fun, but how the hell is a gigantic vehicle that the orks can assault out of a bonus to me? Hell man, even a regular wagon is thinner than a land raider. lol I had no where to drop pod into and first turn one went off the table lost. haha I could handle the troops and my major weakness was using drop pods, but the sheer size of baneblades taking up so much room is crazy.

I would like to thank Bill, for his help. I normally can assess and maneuver very well in 40k. I sorta take pride in being somewhat tactical and I rarely lose. (not being a dick... I mean I rarely lose lol) He actually had to help me with shooting... I was that out of it. He was helping me with tactics and things like that, saying it was from a vet... I havent had any help from anyone since I started... I couldnt keep track of kill points... I couldnt wrap my head around what to assault... I wont be making the mistake of not preparing myself again.

No more troops in drop pods... thats it for me. lol...

Tonight I am going to bring out some differnt things. I want to try out some Sky Claws even though they suck imo... but Jump Packs are kinda cool. lol... and a large pack of scouts... the 5 man pack just isnt cutting it... we will see how it goes.

Oh and before I go, I wanted some of your input on proxies. For instance, I dont play things I dont actually have. One maybe two things, but entire squads? Do you guys do that kinda stuff? I spent all day wednesday and thursday building 30+ blood claws to use on Friday... sure they werent all complete, but they all had arms and were able to be put on the table. What say you? :)