The Tyranid battle....

It was the break of dawn when the first shots were fired on the battle field. Bran Redmaw was rinding in his Land Raider with Askel Asmundson, Ulrich Goldenclaw and his full pack of Grey Hunters. To his east came the bulk of the army with two Rhinos and two Predator tanks. Even further east was the Dreadnought Absalon and a unit of Wolf Scouts.

The Dreadnought and Predator tanks brought about many shots into a large Tyranid. The sounds of the Lascannons, missle launcher and Autocannon were music to Bran's ears. He did not get to hear the next volley onto the large Tyranid, but he heard the whip and crackle of Lightning and knew it was his Rune Priests bringing their powers to bear upon the mighty beast. Two of his guards fell in the onslaught and the beast ran for cover.

A Spore pod dropped from the skies and a group of floating Tyranids flowed forth using a building as partial cover from the guns of the Predator tanks. The priests stopped their use of the warp several times. Our mighty land raider turned upon them with a barrage of weapons fire that would have killed entire packs, but not a single wound was caused. This back and forth of firing kept going for many hours as the rhinos started to move west to gain cover and move to where their own psychic abilities could be used without interruption.

A large tyranid came forth from the ground to attack from the east. The Predator tanks turned and fired many lascannon shots into it along with our priests bringing forth the lightning. It fell like a large tree, lying on the ground with many holes breathing fire from its carcass.

The lightning flowed from the skies again, but the might jaws of the wolves of Fenris did not bite. Many more weapons were shot at the floating Tyranids without a single wound being dealt. Out of the Skies came a winged Tyrant and he immobolized a Predator tank as a group of Tyranids shot and removed weapons from the other. Our brothers were lost not soon after as the winged Tyrant moved into combat with our brothers in the rhinos. The group of Genestealers rolled over the predator tanks demolishing them and destroying those within never losing strides and moving towards the rhinos.

In a desperate effort to turn the tides of the battle, or brothers lead by Halvard Halfwolf and Zeth Longfurr exited their rhinos and destroyed the winged Tyrant. It was quite a battle as the beast shrugged off many wounds before falling to a mighty blow from Longfurr's Powerfist. At the same time, Bran Redmaw lead his unit from his rhino and into an assault upon a pack of small Tyranids, the floating beasts and its pod. Our mighty Jarl struck first ripping through five small beasts. Askel and a few of his brothers killed eight more with their blows. The floating Tyranids were next as two fell into heaps as our brothers slashed at them with their chainswords. The beasts then struck back and three of our brothers took blows to remove them from battle. The pod was then ripped through with chainswords and to finish the battle, Goldenclaw struck down the last floating Tyranid and waited for the next wave of Tyranids to come... but they didnt... the Tyranids fell back and what looked like the end became a victory for our Great Company!

In the end, no one can recall what happened to Absalon or the unit of Wolf Scouts to his east. All that can be told of their story is that many Genestealer Tyranids lead by a vicious Broodlord came charging from the east demolishing everything in their way. The only trace of the Wolf Scouts were guns and armor and Lord Absalon was damaged beyond repair. If any brothers have an account of this, please come tell me the tale.
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Pictures from Thursday's games will be posted here prolly tomorrow. :)

Stories before battle...

The Iron Priest and his thralls were working diligently assembling the missle launcher arm to the Dreadnought of the First Great Company.

The Xenos are large. I should be amongst them as fast as possible.

"You will be among them soon enough with our current plan for deployment."

Your current plan is too slow.

"I know it was the Tyranids that cut your thread, brother, but I am the Jarl now and you will do as I command." Bran Redmaw walked to the front of the great Dreadnought Absalon Angrensen. "Count yourself lucky that our Iron Priest was able to repair you so quickly after our last battle."

Bran Redmaw turned and began to walk out of the large room where Absalon stayed. "We have been through many battles. Over a hundred years worth. The Great Wolf has sent us and two other companies to take this world. So far it has been only us that are proving our worth." Redmaw stopped at the large exit and turned back to Absalon. "You will get your fill of killing the Tyranids, brother. You will get your revenge."

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The clashing in the practice cage was fierce and fast. Tolvar had built a good sweat after being in the cage for many hours. Once done, he opened the door to leave.

"You are looking slow in your old age, brother." Snorted Two-Toes as he grabed his weapon to enter the cage. The fresh scars over the left side of his face were still new to him and his pack.

"Try to keep your balance, you ugly bastard."

"Compared to you, I am a blurr of precision."

Tolvar bared his teeth with a laugh. "Where was your precision on the battlefield, brother?"

If he was hurt by the comment, no one could tell. Two-Toes went into the practice cage and remained there for four hours working on his combat skills so that he may never be the only wolf to fall in his pack again. When he was finally finished, he exited the cage to a waiting Tolvar.

"Four hours, brother?"

"Yes. I recognize my failings and I am working to correct it."

Tolvar Tolvarsen stood and walked to his brother, claping him on the shoulder. "The traitors wounds upon you was a lucky strike. One that no one in the pack could have stopped. Well, no one other than me." Tolvar bared his teeth, smiled and began walking with his wolf brother. "Today we are going into battle with the Rune Priest Magnus Murkvinter. Feeling the cold winds he will bring will refresh us all on this world."

"Who is he replacing?"

"Jannek."

"He will not be happy."

"He is the newest and will learn his place in the pack. Perhaps you could tell him some tales to take his mind off of it?"

"Perhaps." Two-Toes turned to go down a seperate hallway. He was a few feet down the hall when he yelled over his shoulder. "Perhaps not."

Tolvar smiled as he kept walking.

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After being the only pack to be defeated in their last battle, Halvard Halfwolf was hard on his pack after the recovery from their wounds. There was no rest for them. Their training was rigorous and their thirst for prey had grown.

"Godvin." Godvin Gammelhall walked up to the Wolf Guard. "Let your brothers know that we will be going into battle today with Brynjolf Blasjo. He will be replacing Preben. Let them know the winds of Fenris will have followed us here this day. Our Rune Priest brother will bring the lightning and the mighty jaws of the Fenris wolves to our enemy."

"Yes, brother."

The Second Pack is done...

All except for the transfers and the dull coat. Decent table top quality in my opinion. :)

Here are some pics and then a combined pick of the first two packs...

More updates tomorrow. I'm tired. lol

Battle of the Fang

What a great book. This was a book I couldnt put down. The battles in it were awesome and I fell in love with the characters. The wrapping up of the book was prolly my favorite part. It brought about ideas I could use for my own army and expanded my knowledge of the Wolves.

As for my army... I think I am going to steal the entirety of my sons army and make one large army of Space Wolves. I'll keep yas up to date on that when/if it happens and I will have pics soon of my second pack all done up. They are close. Touch ups and basing pretty much. Laters.

Saturday has come and gone!

And the First Great Company of the Spaces Wolves lead by Jarl Bran Redmaw did not see the field of battle. Our opponents were selected though... and the Wolves will be battling the Tyranids this Thursday. Should be good times. Will be battling Digger who is a pretty good player.

As it were, my son Chase and his Corsairs battled my Wolf Brother Kip and my Wolf Brother Steve battled Matt and his Grey Knights. Both second week games. To start the night, Kyle's Night Lords took on Matt's Grey Knights and the traitors won.

Some pics from the night's games...

Kyle vs. Matt...

(Left to Right) Matt, Steve and Kyle...

Kyle's Night Lords...

Rik and Kyle...

All of Kyle's dead....

Various Pic's of Kip and Chase's fight...

Various Pics of Steve and Matt's game...

Update on the second pack of claws either tomorrow of Wednesday... and I should be done with Battle of the Fang which is an awesome book.

The First Heretic...

So I finished The First Heretic of the Horus Heresy series. I thought the book was really well written. The plot points were really good from the start and the interjection of the Ultramarines to little things like the mentioning of the two lost legions kept me interested. It was a good read. There was also a special appearance by my favorite Primarch, Corax and the butchering he could do.

In the end my dislike for Lorgar became clear. He and his legion come across as weak... especially Lorgar. He comes across as a weakling among his brothers. The Night Haunter really gave him a tongue lashing which was cool.

If not for the appearance of the Raven Guard, this book even though written by Dembski-Bowden, wouldnt be near the top of my list of Heresy novels. Mainly because of how weak Lorgar is. The little things like names from previous books and things like that keep it above my bottom dwellers; Fulgrim and Nemesis.

Pictures of the game Saturday...

For our campaign, my first game was against my son Chase and his Red Corsairs. I am going to have to say this is was a tale of two games. His Vindicators and meltaguns were ruling the day early and then my squad of Redmaw (Blackmane), Wolf Priest, Wolf Guard and Grey Hunters wrecked his face... all because of a good Wolf Tail roll to stop a Lash that would have done them in.

It was our first games with these armies and we had some fun. Onto some pics of our game... they will be in turn order, but I missed a couple... and these were taken with my phone so a bit blurry. :(

The next game was between my wolf brother, Kip and my bud Rik and his Blood Angels. They played to a draw and I only got a couple pics...

Fun was had by all I believe. :)

Also I painted up one of my Wolf Guard... Wolf Guard Zeth Longfurr.