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Table of Contents
Hobby U.
Making a Display Base 3
Painting the Guard on the Quick Step 7
How to Make Swamp Bases 8
Tips & Tactics
Evolution: Using Tyranids in 5th Edition 10
Waaaghing in With Total AnOrky 14
How the New Imperial Guard Codex is... 17
Unwritten Rules For New Gamers 20
Thoughts on the New Codex 21
Tweaking the Game:
Killa Beer Kan 24
Mission: Counting Up 25
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Book Review: Gunheads 28
Battle Report:
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Pimp my Army:
Making a Display Base
By Warmaster Primus
When I think about Warhammer 40K, I see a collage of several hobbies that
challenge me in different and unique ways. Each of these components,
from the modeling to the painting and to the battle, offer up a variety of
challenges and different ways to punch in.
Many people think about ‘punching in’ only in terms of the battle. When
I’m ready to throw dice, whether it would be casual or competitive, I’m go-
ing to jump feet first into the game. Many of us punch into battle the same
way, but what about the other aspects of the hobby?
While there are many ways to “punch in” in terms of modeling and paint-
ing, I’d like to present an easy way to improve the appearance of your
army and give you a way to transport your force around during an event.
It could even earn you a few extra style points at your next tournament:
Build a display board.
In this tutorial, I will be outlining the steps I’ve taken to build my own
display board. I will give you a basic outline of how it can be done without
bogging you down with frivolous/extraneous details that don’t matter.

Project Materials
Supplies Tools
Picture frame Ruler (cork-backed pre-
Foam core ferred)
Glue (school glue) X-Acto knives
Super Glue Hole saws (29mm, 44mm,
Bristol board 66mm)
Rocky Basing Grit (GF9) Staple gun
Concrete Rubble Mix (GF9) Pin vise & rods
Plaster of Paris 1/8 inch drill bit & drill
GF9 Econo-Bases
Green Stuff
1/8 inch Rare-Earth Magnets
Washers

Step 1: Determine the size of the force you want to dis-
play This first step is really about what you want to display.
Do you want to make a board for your honed tournament
force? How about a vast display that shows off the might of
your empire! Figuring out what you want to display will guide
the next few steps. For my display base, I’ve chosen the stan-
dard Chaos tournament army I regularly use and factored in
a little extra space for future swaps and additions.
Step 2: Determine the size of your display While you know
what you want to display, have you given thought to how
you want to display it? Do you want a large display board
with lots of room for all the variations of your army, or do you
want to add artistic elements or buildings from the Dawn of
War PC game to make your display stand out? Do you the
want the practicality of a small board that won’t take up
much space and displays your army efficiently? I chose the
latter because I frequent tournaments. My board had to be
easy to handle and couldn’t take up much room at crowded
events. With my requirements defined, I knew that if I regi-
mented my army it would occupy roughly 2 square feet of
space (see Step 1). Keeping that in mind I went to the store.
Step 3: Decide on the materials your display will use
When choosing the materials to build a display base from,
there are plenty of options. A simple piece of plywood or MDF
(Medium-Density Fiberboard) can be used as a solid base
to build terrain, or you could use foam-core & Styrofoam for
greater customization. You can also use a picture frame to
give your army a display feel. If you decide to go the frame
route, beware of expense! I suggest going to a store like TJ
Maxx and finding a nice but inexpensive frame. They have
constantly changing stock, so check back regularly if you
don’t find the size you want.
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Making a Display... (cont.)
Figure 2
Step 4: Assemble your foundation This is where inspira-
tion takes hold, and you start building the scene that you’ve
been picturing in your mind. Are your forces engaged with
the enemy in the heat of battle? Are you marching across
a battlefield filled with the corpses of friend and foe alike?
Perhaps your army is in a fortress waiting to see the whites of
their eyes. I wanted to depict a force advancing through the
ruins of a city. I could picture my army marching down battle-
scarred roads and demolished buildings while my tanks and
walkers advanced over the ruined ground.
I arranged my models approximately where they would sit on
the display board base, (the backing from a picture frame, in
this case) to make sure that I had room for everything I want-
ed plus a little extra. Next, I assembled the base by cutting
and gluing foam-core in layers to accommodate the road
level of my scene. The beige strip of material shown is sized to
fit into the picture frame while the white portions on top of it
will become the sidewalks and ruins that rise above (Figure 2).
Figure 3
The foundation and basic layout is now completed.
Optional step: Recessed cutouts and magnetization I really
like the idea of having a model’s base become one with the
surrounding scenery. I also like the idea that my display will
remain intact even if someone were to bump it. While these
two ideas don’t seem related, they fit together here because
can make recessed areas that your models will fit into. This is
your opportunity to prep your base for magnetization if you
so choose to go the extra mile to blend form and function.
This optional step can be completed after you have construct-
ed the basics of your foundation but before you start to add
the debris or structures on your display.
I started the process by marking the approximate position of
each model on the display board. I then used a hole saw (seen
attached to my drill) to remove the foam core in circles where
each base would go (see Figure 3). I then glued a piece of Bris-
tol board (thick presentation paper resembling cardboard,)
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to the bottom of the foam core. Finally, I glued a washer into
each recess (see Figure 4). It helps to let the glue set overnight
before you continue. To ensure complete adhesion and pre-
vent warping place some heavy books on top of the assembly
of foam core and Bristol board.
If you decide to go this route, make sure you use a hole saw
that is slightly larger than the base of your model. The stan-
dard infantry base is 25mm, so have a few millimeters extra
to work with (see the ‘tools needed’ section for my recom-
mendations). You will be using washers instead of magnets
in the body of the display board. By placing washers into the
recessed portions you provide an anchor for the magnets in
your bases to take hold. This is an inexpensive alternative that
provides enough ‘stick’ to keep your models firmly in place
(we will be placing the magnets in the bases of our models
later).
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Making a Display... (cont.)
Figure 5
Step 5: Start building your battlefield! With the founda-
tion ready, and any optional modifications completed, it’s
time to take the image that was in your mind and put it on
the board. I’ll focus on the two main areas of my board, the
road and the ruins.
I wanted the road to look like it was constructed from large
rectangular stones. To do this, I first marked the foam core
where I wanted stones to lay, and I cut along those lines with
an X-Acto knife. I wanted to make the stones look like they
were each separate, but the X-Acto cut wasn’t wide enough to
do it. To further separate the stones I used the head of a pen
to force the two sides of the material further away from each
other. The result made the stones look separate. Next, I em-
bellished the road to simulate battle damage. This step was
pretty easy as I had sliced up the road with my X-Acto knife,
cutting portions away (see Figure 5).
In terms of the ruins along the side of the road, I wanted to
make it look like the army had decimated the city. I decided
Figure 6
the Vindicator would be pushing rubble out of the way and
my Defiler should be walking over the ruined buildings. To
create this effect only a few things were needed. The large
rubble was made from broken pieces of plaster of Paris, which
is a good choice for scenery because you can make quite a bit
of rubble from a small amount of plaster (see Figure 6). All of
the medium and small pieces of rubble are from Gale Force
9’s Rocky Basing Grit and Concrete Rubble mix, and the small
dirt is the standard dirt made by GW. With these materi-
als and a little bit of school glue, the scenery is in place (see
Figure 7).
Optional Step: Custom bases You should consider going the
extra distance with your display to make a set of matching
bases for your army. While re-basing a completed force may
seem like a daunting task, it’s surprisingly easy. The hardest
part will be to remove those old bases that you glued too
heavily when you were a noob.
My road bases were made by starting with GF9 Econo-Bases.
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I flattened Green Stuff on top of a blank base, and while the
Green Stuff was still pliable, I smoothed the material on top of
the base and pressed a straight edge (using the side of a ruler)
into it to make lines. Once I got the look of the stonework ac-
curate, I removed some of the green stuff to match the battle
damage seen in the adjacent road. The rubble bases were
made using the GF9 Rocky Grit and Concrete Rubble. I used
larger pieces of rubble on the bases that would stand closer to
the demolished building and smaller bits further away from
it.
Previously I wrote about preparing the board for future
magnetization. Now is the time to incorporate the magnets
into the bases of your minis. Using the Econo-Bases, I drilled
holes for the magnets and then glued them into place (see
Figure 8). The strength of the attachment can be modified by
the number of magnets you place in the base of a model. I’ve
only used a few magnets for my models because I only need
them to stay put while in transit at an event. If you want more
strength, add more magnets or use larger magnets.
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Making a Display... (cont.)
Figure 8
Figure 10
Step 6: It’s time to paint Unless you are a skilled speed
painter, own an airbrush, or are making a Necron board, this
will be the most time consuming step of the project. While
I used a variety of painting techniques, the predominant
method I relied on was 1st base coat, 2nd wash and 3rd dry
brush.
Painting a display requires a different approach than you use
to paint a model. You are going to be dealing with a lot of real
estate, and you don’t want to invest too much time painting.
I say keep things simple and concentrate on a few highlights
that make the piece stand out. Looking at my display, the
terrain isn’t that detailed but I’ve done two things that I think
make it look good. I created a high contrast in two areas, the
concrete rubble against the dirt, and the white and yellow
Figure 9 lines against the dark road. Having a few features that stand
out really tie the piece together (see Figure 9).
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Step 7: The finishing touches Depending on the modifica-
tions you’ve done to your board, you may only have a few
things left to do. For me, I had to mount the display board
onto the picture frame, and re-base my minis. Mounting the
base to the picture frame was a simple task. If you measured
correctly it should fit with little trouble. As an extra security
precaution, I secured the board to the frame using a staple
gun. The staples should act as a safety net if the frame’s
hardware fails. Take time to consider this aspect of your own
board. No one wants to carry their army around and have the
bottom fall out of the display.
With the display completed, I started re-basing my models to
match. Using the magnetized bases made earlier, I pinned the
new bases onto the legs of my old models. With that, I was
done (see Figure 10 )!
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Hobby time!
Painting the Guard on the Quick Step
By Wicked E
The new Imperial Guard Codex has arrived! A • Use GW Gryphonne Sepia Wash on the cloth-
quick glance through shows that the Imperium’s ing.
grunt forces will be significantly increased…with • Done!
potentially a hundred models or more to a single
Now, maybe you want to take it one step further,
platoon! That’s a lot of grey to dress up for the
you masochist. If so, here’s a quick, optional third
field. To help the new sergeants and commissars
step.
get the men prettied up for war in a hurry, I’ve
put together a simple, two-step method. It won’t Third Step: (Pictures 4) Picture 2: GW Dheneb Stone added
get you any awards, but it will slap some colors • Thin down some P3 Brown Ink and apply it
on your army. carefully over the flesh parts. The ratio is 1:1,
equal amounts water and ink.
First Step: (Pictures 1 and 2)
• For the armor, use a 1:1 ratio of P3 Green Ink/
• Paint the face and hands with P3 Midlund
water.
Flesh.
• The clothing you can wash with GW Devlan
• Use P3 Pig Iron for the metal parts on the gun
Mud.
and bayonet blade.
• Paint the armor GW Foundation Knarloc Green. Using this method as a base, you can go further
• Paint the clothing with GW Foundation Dhen- with highlighting and layering on your more im-
eb Stone portant models like your sergeants or character
models! Picture 3: GW Ogryn Flesh Wash, GW Thraka
Leave the boots and bayonet handle black (you
did prime your models black before starting, Green Wash, and Gryphonne Sepia Wash added
right?). This process isn’t designed to impress
your opponent with brush strokes, but to intimi-
date them as they see endless waves of khaki
and green guardsmen! The important thing to
keep in mind is to keep it clean. Colors shouldn’t
overlap on the model, so make sure to touch up
the figure if this happens.
Second Step: (Picture 3)
• Use the GW Ogryn Flesh Wash on the face and
hands.
• Carefully apply a wash on the armor with GW
Picture 1: P3 Midlund Flesh, P3 Pig Iron, and GW Picture 4: P3 Brown Ink, P3 Green Ink, and GW
Thraka Green Wash.
Knarloc Green Delvan Mud Wash added
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Pimp my Bases:
How to Make Swamp Bases
By HotPanda

Step 1: Paint the base with 2 thin Step 2: Apply an extremely liberal coat Step 3: Apply an extremely liberal Step 4: Apply a thin layer of Wa-
coats of Tallarn Flesh Foundation. of Devlan Mud Wash, using the brush coat of Thraka Green Wash, using ter Effects.
to create pooling/swirl effects. the brush to create pooling/swirl
effects.

Here are some prime examples of how HotPanda’s basing techniques can be applied. Givee it a whirl, and let us know how it turned out!
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Step 5: Immediately apply some
Scorched Grass after you apply the
Water Effects.
Step 6: Let the base stand
for 12 to 24 hours to let the
base dry.
Step 7: Apply another thin
layer of Water Effects to the
base.
Step 8: Immediately touch-
up the Scorched Grass after
layering the Water Effects.
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Project Materials
Citadel Scorched Grass and Games Workshop
Water Effects, Citadel Tallarn Flesh Foundation,
Devlan Mud Wash and Thraka Green Wash.
Step 9: Let model stand
again for 12 to 24 hours to
let the base dry.
Step 10: On any area of
the base where the Water
Effects might have stayed
white, apply another wash
of Devlan Mud and/or
Thraka Green, then allow to
fully dry.
An example of a completed swamp base.
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Tips & Tactics
Tyranid Tactica:
Evolution: Using Tyranids in 5th Edition - Part 1: HQ and Elites
By Megad00mer
Overall, I feel that the transition from 4th Edition
to 5th Edition has been relatively kind to our be-
loved bugs compared to some other armies, but
things have definitely changed. To be a success-
ful Hive Mind, you must adapt. You must survive.
It’s evolution.
In this series of articles I’m going to go over
each Tyranid unit, discuss how the new edition
changed it for good or ill. We will also take a
look at some of the best weapon symbiotes, bio-
morphs and tactics in 5th edition, based upon
my experience. In Part 1, we’ll be taking a look at
Tyranid HQ and Elite choices. Before we dive in,
I want make a couple of broad points about the
bugs in 5th Edition.
Specialize: Don’t mix Close Combat
and Shooting Bio-Morphs/Weapons on
a single unit. In my experience, it’s best
to give a creature or brood one role and
make them damn good at it. If given the
choice I’d normally go towards shooting
because…
Kill from Afar: Shooty Bugs are best
(for now at least). Aside side from Flying
Hive Tyrants kitted out for Close Combat,
Broodlords, and Genestealers, stick with
shooting. It’s sad, I know, but the changes
to blast weapons and the sheer amount
of high strength templates a Tyranid
army can kick out during a turn has made
Shooty Bugs incredibly effective, whilst
Flyrant: The Imperiums’ worst nightmare by Nomad77...
our close combat isn’t nearly as effective as it
should be. Hopefully our eventual 5th edition
redux will once again make Tyranids the uber
close combat army we’re supposed to be.
So let’s get started.
Hive Tyrant
Not much has changed for the Tyrant in 5th
edition. He’s still one of the best creatures in the
army list and the builds that worked so well in
4th edition still apply. In broad terms you have
two types of Tyrants: winged and walking.
For Winged Tyrants (Flyrants) the two variants
that seem to work the best are the Dakka Flyrant
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with two sets of Twin Linked Devourers and the
Scythed Flyrant with two sets of Scything Talons,
kitted out for Close Combat.
Dakka Flyrants can pump out an obscene twelve
(yeah I said TWELVE) Str 5 AP- shots at 18” and
since the two sets of Devourers are Twin-Linked
and have the “Living Ammunition” rule that
means the Dakka Flyrant is rolling failed hits and
wounds. Ouch. The wings give him the maneu-
verability to get those Devourers in range turn
1. In terms of extras, all you need are Toxin Sacs
(+1 Str), Enhanced Senses (+1 BS) and Warp Field
(2+/6+ Inv save). Warp Field is the only way to
give a Flyrant a 2+ armor save since the wings
prevent you from taking Extended Carapace or
Tyrant Guard. That 2+ save is a must and
will give him the survivability he’ll need.
Trust me. A giant, winged death machine
with biological chain guns attached to
their arms might as well have a glowing
neon sign over their head that reads “For
the love of god, SHOOT ME NOW!”
Scythed Flyrants are close combat mon-
sters. Two sets of Scything Talons give
an impressive six Str 6 attacks on the
charge. I give mine Toxin Sacs, both Ad-
renal Glands for an +1 WS and Initiative,
Warp Field for that 2+ save, Flesh Hooks
(Frag Grenades) and if I have the points,
Implant Attack. The wings, plus the new
Run rule and good use of cover on the
way in, will assure this guy will get to tear
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Evolution: Using Tyranids... (cont.)

On a Tyrant, the Barbed Strangler will give you that means re-rolling missed to-hit rolls in each
enemy units a new one. Coordinate his charge a Str 5, Ap 5 Assault 1 Large Blast template that assault phase. Feeder Tendrils also confer this
with Genestealers that have the Feeder Tendrils causes Pinning. Another very effective anti infan-ability on any friendly Tyranid units within 2”
bio-morph and he gets even deadlier. (More on try weapon. so that means the Genestealer Retinue is also
that later). re-rolling and you only needed to upgrade the
Broodlord Broodlord. Can you say “cost effective?” I also like
For Hive Tyrants that prefer to walk rather than If any unit in the Tyranid Codex has gotten a to give him Toxin Sacs so he’s wounding most
fly, I highly recommend giving them at least boost from 5th edition it’s the Broodlord and his things in the game on a 2+.
two Tyrant Guard. With two Guards, that’s an Genestealer posse. Unless the table was packed As for the Genestealer Retinue, the only bio-
impressive 8, T6 wounds in a single unit. With with terrain, 4th edition morph I would deem
three Guards that’s 10 wounds. Did I mention often saw these guys vital would be Extended
those wounds also have a 3+ armor save and are gunned down like dogs “Nothing scares the crap Carapace for a 4+ save.
immune to Instant Death due to Synapse? Now before they ever got a outta your opponent Outflanking/Infiltrating
that’s what I call staying power. I also recom- chance to charge due to means you don’t have
mend that all Walking Tyrants be outfitted for their low armor and the
quite like a unit of Gen- the luxury of a Gaunt
shooting making them super resilient, mobile Broodlord’s lack of Fleet estealers coming in from screen so you’ll need
gun platforms. Even with the run rule, an assault which slowed their march the added survivability.
based walking Tyrant will be lucky to see Close across the table to a
one of their short table Scything Talons, Acid
Combat by turn 3, losing two turns that could crawl. The Broodlord still edges...” Maw, etc. are nice but un-
have been spent harassing the enemy at range. isn’t Fleet (boo) but he’s less you’ve got the points
got Infiltrate, and in 5th to burn, don’t bother.
Two sets of Twin Linked Devourers can work well, edition that means Outflanking. Nothing scares This unit is quite deadly as is. I like to take six to
but without wings you’re normally loosing a the crap outta your opponent quite like a unit of eight Stealers in the Retinue.
turn of shooting just to get within the 18” range. Genestealers coming in from one of their short
I prefer a Venom Cannon, Barbed Strangler, table edges, especially if those Genestealers are Tyranid Warriors
Toxin Sacs and Enhanced Senses. That gives a led by a Broodlord. Now, Outflanking isn’t a silver Like the Broodlord, 5th edition has reinvigo-
“reach out and touch you” range of 36” and great bullet. A savvy opponent can prepare for it and rated the Tyranid Warrior but in this case it’s
anti-infantry firepower. On a Hive Tyrant (with you may have games where your Outflanking mostly due to the prevalence of 4+ cover saves.
Toxin Sacs) a Venom Cannon is Str 8, Ap 4 As- unit comes in on the completely wrong board Warriors are the cheapest way to get Synapse
sault 3. You wanna kill Nobz? Instant Death them edge, but with a 66% chance to come in where into the army and a vital piece of the Synapse
at range. The Venom Cannon is also good at you want them, it’s a great option overall. Basic web in most balanced lists. In 4th edition, War-
Shaking and Stunning lightly armored vehicles. Infiltrate has also gotten better due to the Run riors would often get gunned down early in the
Remember, Venom Cannons can only glance rule. game, making them a waste of points in most
non Open-Topped vehicles. A lot of Tyranid Play- cases. Now, Warriors are back and quite danger-
ers are bummed out because glancing hits can In terms of bio-morphs, I always give my Brood- ous, especially at range.
no longer destroy a vehicle, BUT they can make lord Feeder Tendrils. Feeder Tendrils grant the
damn sure they aren’t shooting next turn. Preferred Enemy special rule and in 5th edition For Shooty Warriors there’s nothing better than

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effectiveness. TL Deathspitters could be cool, quite dangerous and if used well can rip units to
Deathspitters. With Toxin Sacs, each Warrior in but the cost of each Warrior jumps up by 20pts. shreds, but since the Shooty Warriors are cheap-
the brood is firing a Str 6, Ap 5, Assault 1 Blast If you feel re-rolling the scatter dice is worth an- er, have guns that wound MEQ’s on a 2+, and can
at up to 24”. I’ve had broods of four Deathspitter other 20pts per Warrior, then more power to you. start blowing holes in enemy units in the first
armed Warriors take out a unit of Terminators in I think those 20pts are much better spent else- turn, I rarely ever take Combat Warriors anymore.
one round of shooting. Yes, Terminators. Since where in the swarm. Another option for a unit of
I starting using them in 5th edition, these guys Deathspitter Warriors is to give one in the brood One last note on Warriors, whether shooty or
have never failed to make back their points and a Barbed Strangler for a 36” Str 4, Ap5 Assault 1 choppy, I never run them in broods of less than
in most cases, double or triple their worth in Large Blast template with Pinning. four. Any less and they disappear a bit too fast
dead enemy models. and always screen them with another unit, like
Close Combat Warriors can work too, but when Gaunts.
In terms of bio-morphs, Toxin Sacs are a must, compared to what Deathspitter guys can do, the
Enhanced Senses aren’t needed since 1” less on choppy ones seem a bit lackluster. First of all, Lictor
a scatter will rarely make much difference, and they’re more expensive than the shooty guys. If the Predator and a giant Praying Mantis ever
Extended Carapace isn’t vital either with good Bare minimum, Combat Warriors should have got trashed, had a one night stand and forgot to
use of cheap Gaunt screens. You have to take Scything Talons, Rending Claws, Extended Cara- use protection, the Lictor is what would come of
two weapon sym- pace, Toxin Sacs, it. It’s one of the coolest, most iconic creatures
biotes though, so and Leaping for in the Tyranid army…and a waste of 80pts in my
give them Scyth- that 12” charge. opinion. (Sadness…)
ing Talons to fill Keep in mind that
the slot. Now I Leaping does It’s not that Lictors are totally useless. It’s that for
know what you’re not make them 80pts you’re getting one of the least dependable
thinking. “Megad- Beasts so no Fleet. units in the game, and that’s 80pts that could be
00mer, you giant Some people like used on something you can always rely on: 16
putz! Scything to take Wings Gaunts for example. (More on those next issue)
Talons are for instead of Leap- First off, a Lictor must be deployed into a piece
close combat and ing but it’s almost of Area Terrain via the Deep Strike rules. In 5th
you said not to double the cost edition that means a Dangerous Terrain test just
mix shooty and and makes them a for coming into play. That’s a 1/6th chance it will
choppy upgrades. Fast Attack choice have its wounds cut in half before it does any-
Wouldn’t another so it’s up to you. thing. It can charge after it Deep Strikes which is
Deathspitter be Flesh Hooks are a good, but with only 2 (maybe 1) wounds, T4 and
a much better good buy as well. a pitiful 5+ Save it doesn’t have the resilience to
option, mak- Warrior: Smurfs make a very nutritious breakfast... created by Nomad77 If you’re going to survive the counter attacks from most enemy
ing them Twin- use Combat War- units. Heaven forbid it looses combat and needs
Linked?” Yes and no. The only reason I take Scyth- riors always use them in concert with another to take additional wounds due to No Retreat.
ing Talons in the second weapon slot is because assault unit. Hormagaunts are a good, if ex- I’ve seen Lictors charge units of Tau Fire Warriors,
it’s the cheapest option and I’m going for cost pensive escort/screen. Combat Warriors can be
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one of the worst close combat units in the game
mind you, and get its’ ass beaten down by tiny
blue fists of anger and the butts of Pulse Rifles.
Talk about embarrassing.
If you must use a Lictor, the best tactic I’ve found
is to Deep Strike into your enemy’s deployment
zone and have it sit there. Just sit there, using
Stealth to give it a 2+ cover save. In many cases
this will annoy and/or scare the bejeezus out
of your opponent and distracting a portion of
his army to deal with the perceived threat. If it
survives long enough it can move out to support
any close combat broods that charge into enemy
lines and grant them Preferred Enemy with its
Feeder Tendrils.
Carnifex (Elite)
Elite Carnifexes have a couple of conditions that
must be met before you can use one. First, they
can only be taken in games of 1500pts or more.
Second, an Elite Fex must be 115pts or less. That
point cap immediately rules out certain weapon
symbiotes and bio-morphs, so based upon our
limited options we have the following Elite Fexes
to choose from. All the following clock in at
113pts.
For Close Combat you have the classic “Screamer
Killer” and the “Ninjafex”. Both types have two
sets of Scything Talons which gives them four Str
9 attacks base and Adrenal Glands for a +1 WS.
A Screamer Killer has Bio-Plasma which gives it
an extra Str 10 attack that strikes at Initiative 2 ,
hits on a 4+ and allows for armor saves. Not too
impressive. I much prefer the Ninjafex which
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takes Toxic Miasma in place of
the Bio-Plasma. Toxic Miasma
reduces the WS of any model
directing its attacks towards
the creature by 1. Add Adrenal
Glands and a Ninjafex is hitting
most things in the game on
3+ rather than 4+. Tactics are
simple. Run forward and charge
something. Even if the Fex
never sees combat, it’s scared
the hell out of your opponent
and diverted a good deal of
enemy fire away from the rest
of your swarm for only 113pts.
Win-Win I’d say.
If Shooty Elite Fexes are more
your speed, you have the
“Dakkafex” or the “Boomfex”. A
Dakkafex has Enhanced Senses
and two sets of Twin Linked De-
vourers giving it eight, Str6, AP
– shots at 18” that re-roll failed
hits and wounds. A Dakkafex
can devastate lightly armored
units, kill a MEQ or two and
shake the crap out of a light ve-
hicle but will loose at least one
turn of shooting to get in range.
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A Boomfex has a Barbed Stran-
gler and Scything Talons. (Like the Warriors, clever use of some Tyranid psychic powers, but
just to fill the weapon slot in the cheapest way more on that next time.
possible) On a Carnifex, a Barbed Strangler fires
a Str 8, AP 5, Assault 1 Large Blast with Pinning. Next issue, I’ll go over our Troop, Fast Attack and
Enhanced Senses not required.. Those Pinning Heavy Support choices. Until then, happy de-
tests can be made even more effective with the vouring.
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Ork Tactica:
Waaaghing in With Total AnOrky
By Total AnOrky
Well each of us in the 40k family ends up find-
ing the race that just suits them, god help those
sicko Dark Eldar players, and for me that was
the Orks. I originally started 40k as vanilla as
you could get grabbing onto the Ultra Marines.
Though I love them and was very successful
with them I began to realize that for a game, I
wasn’t laughing very much. Then one day I read
a batrep in White Dwarf that changed the game
for me. The Orks were stomped by an Ultra
Marine army but in the post game report a very
funny story about an Ork nob’s attempt to off
the defeated warboss had me in stitches. At that
moment I knew that this was the army for me
and I haven’t looked back.
Now it is important for all you warbosses out
there to know that there really is no wrong way
to play the Orks. Just like the old Ork Klanz fluff,
certain boyz just gravitate to certain play styles.
I used to play Blood Axe in 4th edition, but in
the new codex I am a very balanced player and
would probably be a Freeboota all the way. The
Ork codex is blessed with an abundance of good
units, with very few being what I would call use-
less. It all just comes down to how you decide to
use them, heck I imagine it would even be pos-
sible to play Nob bikerz poorly, but you would
have to be a real window licker to do it.
The biggest thing that I find myself advising
people on with their Ork lists is not to get too
carried away with all the goodies. I mean after
reading the dex who wouldn’t want to field
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nobz, burna boyz, flash gitz, tankbustas, Snik- ing for ways to develop a competitive, cohesive
rot, Deff Koptaz, Battle Wagonz and painboyz army list. That doesn’t mean run out and buy all
out the wazzou? All the time I see new players the toys yet, it means that you think about the
showing up with all these goodies. They look weakness of just 60 boyz and a Mek and what
at the stats and think oh my god this is going to they will need to help them become a game
be so fun and so brutal….hur, hur, hur! But the winner. The obvious problem for them is that
truth is most of these lists are easy to beat. They they can’t shoot because of their poor range,
have no synergy and are ballistic skill and the fact
doomed to failure unless “Really focus on the that mine will always be
you somehow play the guy running. Running usually
that brings a whole army unit that emphasizes right out in the open into
of grotz or conscripts and your play style the the massed firepower of
even that wouldn’t be a the enemy. Well thank
given. most, and stick to that, Mork for the abundance
no matter what point of cover in 5th edition, but
I advise building your core truly these boyz could use
first. Really focus on the size game you play.” some support and some
unit that emphasizes your way to stop the heavy rain
play style the most and stick to that no matter of bullets raining down on them. So, what do I
what point size game you play. For this argu- look for next? Speed and fire support. I go with
ment I will be talking about a standard 1750 2 or 3 squads of trukk boyz as my first choice in
pt list. Currently, I believe fully in at least three a solution. Usually this works out to 3 squads of
large squads of footslogging boyz, that is my 11 boyz with Nob, pk and boss pole all loaded
core. I will always have 3 squads of 20 slugga in a basic trukk with a minimum of a reinforced
boyz with Nob, Power Klaw and bosspole in my ram on it. I love these things, especially when
list. My HQ minimum will always be a Big Mek the KFF can give them all a 4+ obscured save
with Kustom Force Field. Now often these units and since they have the new ramshackle rules.
will pick up little extras, I love eavy armor on the The trukk boyz are a real threat to the enemy
Nobz and the Mek, plus the burna on the Mek re- because they give the Orks much needed speed
ally adds to his effectiveness in my opinion. But plus if they are not dealt with they will tie up the
what you see in my list is a belief that the more enemy firing long enough for the 60 boyz to hit
boyz you have the better off you will be. the lines. Now we are beginning to make the en-
emy sweat, he is now being forced to weigh his
Now that you have a core, you can start look- options and the Orks best strategy is beginning
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to show itself; Target Overload!
In 4th edition and the old Ork dex the oppo-
nents choice was easy, hit the trukks as quickly
as you could and keep the choppa-wielding
maniacs as far back as possible. The footsloggers
were way too slow to ever reach you and the
trucks were really easy to stop. But now with the
footsloggers running every turn and waaagh-
ing on the 2nd or 3rd they are making
combat nearly as fast as the trukk boyz
can. Damned if you do, damned if you
don’t….good luck. But a smart mecha-
nized player can still out maneuver my
list so I need to go back and look at the
firepower options with Orks. For me this
is a job for the lootas. I like two squads
of 10 but 8 seems to work really well too.
The lootas are outrageous in my opin-
ion. They can outrange almost anything
and when in cover they’re actually pretty
hard to root out. Any vehicle 13 armor
or lower and even monstrous creatures
had better watch out for these guys,
they could be devastating. Most oppo-
nents that face them a time or two start
trying to figure out ways to either avoid
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them or neutralize them. Either way, it
causes your enemy to change his plans and that mobilize and kill a weapon on a LR. So, I wanted
is a win for the Orks. If they choose to shoot at
them they are falling into target overload, if they Warboss and the Killa Kanz. These two units are
send a unit back to deal with them they will in-
evitably end up sacrificing that unit to whichever nuts that you are bound to run into in at least
back up I may have left to protect the lootas.
The next weakness that we run into is how to
deal with the real big nasty things? Monoliths
and especially Land Raiders have become even
stronger in 5th edition, and the Orks have really
no ranged way of dealing with these behemoths.
The Deffrolla debate is still raging in some parts
of the country but it is my opinion that they
were not intended to be a tool for ramming,
so basically all the Orks have for the 14 armor
machines is the Power Klaw. Well, I personally
have had an incident where 69 standard power
klaw attacks (STR 8 & 9) only managed to im-
to look for more of the STR 10 variety. Enter the
absolutely perfect for opening up the 14 armor
one of your 3 tourney or game night opponents.
Delivery of this punch is a little tougher but with
patience and enough options you will eventually
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mob with a boarding plank is an exceptional
tool at getting a quick hit on big nasty vehicles,
but of course you have to get your trukk there
and savvy opponents will have tried very hard
to stop you from doing this. So, once again
target overload is the key. If he goes after the
boss make sure that you at least keep the kanz in
position to back him up. Currently I am running
either 3 squads of two or 3 squads of 3 killa kanz
for just this reason. They can soak up massive
amounts of fire, especially with a KFF
protecting them, and they are extremely
good at opening up vehicles or tying
up masses of troops for long periods
of time. Plus they look cool as hell, and
nine walkers heading towards your line
is a little bit frightening.
Well many of you are probably wonder-
ing when do I get to bring in my fun
units?? I’m of course referring to the
list of all the cool things we mentioned
above. In my honest opinion you can
now pick the items from the Ork list
that made you salivate the first time you
read the codex. As I said before there
are really no bad units in our codex but
there are definitely units that need loads
of help. If you have been adding things
up you should have a fair chunk of points left,
somewhere around 200 to 250 pts to “play with.”
Now pick that funky unit.
If you don’t like the Warboss drop him for a
Warpead or a SAG. You still have your fast attack
slots open so throw in some bikerz or the Deff
Koptaz. Depending on which list of mine I run I
have at least one elite slot left. Nobz, komman-
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dos, burnas, tankbustas or whichever are now
available to me. Grab Snikrot or the Vulchas you
have points to toss them in! I personally choose
Snikrot every time. I love his ability and he is
amazingly good at taking out those basilisks or
thunderfires that can shoot the crap out of me.
He is great at tying up units or just challenging
objectives, he adds so much to my competi-
tive lists that he rarely misses the games I play.
Maybe it is that old Blood Axe Klan blood in me,
but he is me on the battlefield.
In summary there are two main points that I
would like you to take away. First find your core
Orks. Whether that be footslogging hoards,
mounted up trucks and battlewagons, bikerz
or template heavy lists, find that list and keep
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it. Then look for your own weaknesses and beef
those up. Finally leave room for the touch of Total Anorky’s Waaagh!
you that is the fun part. Don’t try to make a list HQ
of all the funky stuff, unless you really don’t care Warboss: pk, eavy armor, cybork, attack
about winning. Leave enough room in points so squig, combi flamer
that one day you can play a warpead, or a nobz Big Mek: KFF, burna, eavy armor
squad, or some stormboyz. Something different
that will change your feel for the day without Elite
hurting your chances at victory. But again this 12 Lootaz
is just the way I run my boyz into battle. It isn’t 14 kommandos: Snikrot, 2 burnas
the most brutal way and it isn’t the fluffiest way. Troop
But if you do something similar at least in your 2 x 11 trukk boyz: Nob, pk, bosspole, eavy
thought process for building an Ork list, I bet you armor w/ trukk reinforced ram
will win more than you lose. 3 x 20 slugga boyz: Nob, pk, bp, eavy
At my last tournament this is the list I played…. Heavy
and did very well with. 3 x 3 Killa Kanz: with Big Shootas
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Imperial Guard Tactica:
How the New Imperial Guard Codex is Going to Change My Game
By EvisRaptor
With the new Codex as you will expect the way
the Imperial Guard fights its battles will have
changed significantly and this article is my
warped and twisted attempt to figure out PRE
my first battle some ideas as to how to change
the way I build lists and fight my opponents.
Now having explained that, you will have to for-
give me for keeping the ‘how I am going to fight
my opponents’ short as there are limited armies
in use in my area.
To make it easy for you to find info that you may
want, when referring back to this article, I will be
grouping the different types of unit into there
appropriate groups ( HQ with HQ, Troops with
Troops and so on).
the HQ options:
While with the new Codex you no longer HAVE
to take a Company Command Squad, I almost
always WILL take one as the orders available only
to the Company Commander I think make him
a worthwhile choice. Now as for the upgrade
options available for you to pick, I personally
will not be bothering with a large number of
them and so will not be covering those choices.
The options that I see as being worthwhile in a
Company Command Squad start with providing
the Company Commander with a Power weap-
on, or even if the points are available, a Power
fist. From there, I will almost always upgrade
one Veteran (the Commander comes with 4) to
carry the Regimental Standard to provide the 12’
range of moral/pinning test rerolls. Indeed if the
points are available I will swap this Veteran out
for ‘Colour Sergeant Kell’, as then not only do you
get the benefit of the Regimental standard, but
units receiving orders from the Company Com-
mander can use HIS leadership for the orders
test. Now as I am planning to make use of the
orders system one of the Veterans will need a
vox-caster as this is needed on both ends to get
the orders test rerolls. The remaining two Veter-
ans I will equip with special weapons to provide
the Command Squad with a bit more punch.
“[W]ith the new codex
you no longer have to
take a company command,
I almost always will...”
As for the regimental advisors, I will take will be
a Bodyguard to get the ‘Look out ARGGHH’ rule,
I will then take the Officer of the Fleet, just to
mess with my opponent, with his take 1 from the
reserves roll for your opponent and reroll the out
flank roll. If I still have points to spend I will go
with the Astropath +1 to your reserve rolls first
then the second Bodyguard you can get. To cap
it all off, I will probably be providing the Com-
pany Command Squad with a Chimera transport
for heavy weapon support and armoured mobil-
ity.
For my second HQ option, I will almost always be
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Power fist and a Chimera, as this get me a 6’
range leadership 10 bubble for use with moral,
pinning and orders tests. Remember, with the
Chimeras ‘Mobile Command Vehicle’ rule you
measure that 6’ bubble from the edge of the hull
of the Chimera.
The Elites Category:
The most common option I field and will con-
tinue to field are the Stormtroopers. I will con-
tinue to use them with two plasma guns for
‘deep strike’ hunting my opponents HQ option,
or with two melta-guns for hunting tanks and
monstrous creatures (with them usually riding a
Chimera to there target).
The option that is new that I am likely to field
quite often is the Psyker Battle Squad with a min-
imum a total of 6 Sanctioned Psykers, as I feel
that this unit will be a LOT more use than the old
Sanctioned Psyker advisors and its another place
you can put the heavy weapons of a Chimera.
The final option I will field from time to time are
Ratling Snipers as these little guys can be a real
PAIN in your opponent’s neck to get rid of.
The Troops Category:
With the changes made to the Infantry Platoon
structure and the fact you don’t need to take one
to take any of the other Troops choices, there are
a huge number of ways you can build your force
now from a traditional multi-Infantry Platoon
force to a force made entirely of Veterans in
Chimeras to fielding a Penal Legion force full of
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remember that ANY and ALL compo nents of a ing how best to use them. Take the Devil Dog
gunslingers, psychopaths and knife fighters. platoon led by Al’Rahem MUST outflank so you for instance, the idea of a cheap anti-armour
First I will deal with Infantry Platoons, as they (by my reading of the rules) get as a result an tank that can also make a bit of a dent in horde
are the true basic Troops choice of the Imperial almost endless tide of outflanking Conscripts to armies is intriguing to say the least and the Bane
Guard. In a single platoon you first have to have make your opponents life painfull. Wolf equipped with a hull mounted Heavy Bolter
a Platoon Command Squad and two Infantry is something I just HAVE to try against a Space
Platoons (one thing to Now on the subject of the Marine army in a Squadron two or three strong.
make note of is that these Heavy Weapon Squads.
two squads are the ONLY “... with a BS3 stat , I don ’t They start with three The one new unit in the Fast Attack category I
place you can buy a stan- know why you would want to mortars and you then up- have no idea AT ALL how to employ, other than
dard Commissar, and that grade the weapons from just using it as a faster Chimera, is the Valkyrie. I
is as a squad upgrade, so have a mix of weapons ... ” there. You do NOT have to just KNOW that it would be good as a distracting
you can not split them off buy three weapons all the unit, as the model looks SOOOOOO good! People
to put where you want). To bulk up the platoon same, but they are a squad and have to shoot are so used to the Guard being a slow lumber-
you can add up to three more standard Infantry at the same thing and with there being Guards- ing army that they are going to try and take it
Squads, up to five Heavy Weapon Squads (who men with a BS3 stat, I don’t know why you would down just as soon as they can, and if they have
come with three mortars to begin with), up to want to have a mix of weapons in the squad. any heavy armour, the Vendetta will be targeted
two Special Weapon Squads, and you can attach even faster (what with its three twin-liked Les-
a Conscript Squad to the platoon. I generally run The Fast Attack Options: cannons and all). Other than that I just don’t
two platoons. Platoon one will be equipped with I use Sentinels as a flanking force with Autocan- know how to get best use out of them.
Heavy Weapon Teams in the Command Squad non, which my opponent cant really afford to
and in each of the Infantry Squads. Platoon two ignore. I use them to trap units like Jetbikes, Dire The Heavy Support Options:
will be my advancing platoon that goes forth Avengers and the like in close combat, as they Starting with the LeMan Russ Battle Tank and its
to seize the objectives. All in all, I don’t think cant be hurt by them. With the points drop that variants. I know everyone is all heated up about
this will change, because, while Heavy Weapon Scout Sentinels have had and the armour bump the Executioner, but to be honest, I can’t see
Squads do provide a concentration of firepower, that the Armoured Sentinels have had, I will be myself using it all that often over the basic tank
I think that now my Heavy Weapon equipped making more use of them. I or the Exterminator. This
platoon will be acting as a screen to protect
the Heavy Weapon Squads (I will now be using
will also be using them with
ether the missile launcher or “... the model looks
is simply due to the fact I
would rather have two tanks
more of ) while my advancing Infantry Platoon, plasma cannon as backup
equipped with Commissars and therefore being for my main combat units. soooooo good !” than one, and if I am going
to go for an expensive tank,
Stubborn, will move forward to meet the enemy. I would rather go with ether
Anyway that is the traditional way of fighting Now I have ALWAYS been a fan of the Hellhound a Vanquisher or a Punisher with ‘Knight Com-
the Guard but an idea I have had is based round and now I can, in theory, take NINE of them into mander Pask’ for the anti-armour or ANTI-horde
Commander Chenkov’s ‘Send in the next wave’ battle. I am still a fan even though they are more firepower. In a city fight type game, the variant I
special rule CAN be used with ANY conscripts in expensive and shorter ranged than they used to would probably use is the Eradicator because it
the army. So, add it to the conscript squad that is be. I am also looking at the variants and wonder- removes cover saves.
part of the platoon led by Captain Al’Rahem and
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As for the Artillery of the Guard, I currently have
three Basilisk, but I don’t think that outside of
games above 2K and Apocalypse that they will
be seeing all that much use. Even when firing
direct they still have the minimum range of
36’. I can see myself using the Medusa with its
bastion-breacher shells and the Griffon with its
ability to reroll the scatter die more commonly
along with the Colossus in city fight style games.
In addition, I do see myself using the enclosed
crew compartment and camo netting upgrades
to help them last longer.
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The Hydra will, in my opinion, be a common
sight in my army. I fight opponents with a lot of
fast skimmers and bikes quite often, but I don’t
envisage buying Hydras in more than two to a
squadron, which I think will prove to be the opti-
mal size for the Heavy Support options that can
be fielded in squadrons.
The Manticore I will not be using often, if at all,
as for the cost I would prefer to field a Death-
strike Missile Launcher, with its ‘hits EVERYTHING
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weapon. I am at some point just to see the ex-
pression on my opponents face going to deploy
THREE of them on the table.
That’s my take on how the new Imperial Guard
Codex will change the way I fight the game of
40K. Warped and twisted as it may be, I hope you
have enjoyed reading my musings and that they
have sparked some ideas. And remember, if it’s a
choice between killing the Xenos or the Heratic,
KILL EM ALL and let the Emperor sort em out.
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General Tips & Tactics:
Unwritten Rules For New Gamers... ‘till now!
By Todeswind
One of the most frustrating things for a new
gamer, besides learning the 40K rules, is under-
standing the proper etiquette of wargaming.
There are a lot of little habits and unwritten rules
that may take a long time to pick up on. Instead
of waiting that long or learning the hard way,
I’ve put together the following list to help new
gamers out. I hope that you take the following to
heart.
Rules For Dice
• Only use your own dice.
• A lot of people have odd dice rituals before
during and after rolling. While it is reasonable
to humor such things, it is also reasonable that
you request they occur in plain site and that
the actual dice rolls be made in front of you
• Try to roll on a flat uncluttered spot of the
table that is in clear view of your opponent.
Sometimes the playing surface is too hilly or
textured for this. In these cases I suggest using
a box lid or something in lieu of the table.
• Always roll the scatter dice near where the
scatter template is being placed.
• Do not snatch up dice before your opponent
has a chance to see what was rolled.
Rules For New Gamers
Rule 1: Bring enough legible, structured army
lists for yourself and however many opponents
that you will be facing during your gaming ses-
sion.
• It’s rude on your part and frankly annoying to
make folks wait 30 minutes while you finish up
your list. Especially if this means that you’ve
had a chance to eyeball the army that he
brought with him and he has no idea what you
are going to bring to the table.
• Make sure your lists are clear, especially with
regard to optional wargear. Players who are
fast and loose with their lists may forget ex-
actly what they spent those 10 points on.
Rather than arguing about whether it was for
the combi-melta or the combi-flamer, just be
sure the list clearly notes the choice before you
start. You don’t want to be accused of being a
hustler who adjusts his list mid-game.
• Keep an eye out for “hustler” lists. Illegible
and unspecific lists that contain the number
of models and a point value for them without
clearly listing wargear are unacceptable. Have
your opponent write out his wargear and add
up the points. And make sure your list doesn’t
need a similar clean up.
Rule 2: Know the rules for the miniatures and
wargear that you are going to be using. If you
can’t memorize everything, make yourself a
cheat sheet. If you use a cheat sheet, make sure
to note the page in the rules that has the info
you need, so you don’t lose gaming time flipping
pages.
Rule 3: Don’t eat at the gaming table. Cheeto
dust doesn’t improve the game.
Rule 4: Do not touch your opponent’s models.
Unless you are given clearly expressed permis-
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sion this is rude at best and disastrous at worst. It
isn’t really appealing to play against that grabby
guy who breaks your models by accident while
helping you remove casualties. So try not to be
“helpful” unless asked.
Rule 5: Try to mind the personal space of your
opponents. You never know if somebody will
take an unintentional brush up personally.
Rule 6: Try to limit the number of proxy models
you use. Unless you are playing with your close
friends at home, it is tacky to proxy or substitute
too many models for other models. If you have
to do it because a model was broken or lost (all
of us forget to bring that darn heavy weapon
every once and a while) make the proxy model
as clear to your opponent as is possible. Even so,
“counts as” only goes so far before it interferes
with the game. Everybody is bugged by the guy
who comes to the local store with an army of
square-based skaven and some soda-bottles
that “count as” Tyranids.
Rule 7: Clearly explain your converted models
before play. Scratch building models and conver-
sions are always encouraged in 40k. Nothing is
more impressive than a well themed, converted,
and painted army. That being said, exactly what
your conversions are is not always clear to your
opponent. So take some time to make sure both
of you understand what your conversions repre-
sent.
Rule 8: Walk your opponent through your army
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squad by squad before you play. He should
have a copy of your army list to follow along as
you point to each unit you have on the table.
You don’t want to be accused of trying to hide
anything. Ask your opponent to do the same for
you once you are done. It isn’t considered rude
to ask your opponent what is in his army, that is
the entire point of the list.
Rule 9: If you have limited time to play, make
sure your opponent knows. He may not wish to
start the game. He may wish to play a smaller
size game. He may also agree to start but will
play faster to meet the deadline. If by chance,
you are forced to leave a game early, politely sur-
render and explain that you need to leave. Even
if your opponent is mad that the game is ending,
being polite and handing him the win will go a
long way to making things better.
Rule 10: If you can’t resolve an argument be-
tween yourself and your opponent, ask a (prefer-
ably neutral) third party to arbitrate. Don’t get
worked up and ruin your game arguing with
each other.
Rule 11: The most important rule, one that even
veteran gamers often forget, is to remember to
stay calm and not get angry when things are
not going your way. It seems like a big deal at
the time but we are playing a silly little game
with plastic men. Losing (or winning) the game
means very little in the big scheme of things. So
do your best to have fun and laugh, even as you
are being tabled.
General Tips & Tactics:
Thoughts on Codex: Imperial Guard
By Spacecruves
Hello everyone, Spacecurves here. Unless you’ve
been living under a rock, you’ve heard a great
deal about the new Imperial Guard codex that
came out on May 2nd. It started making big
waves in the 40k community from the moment
rumors about its contents started to appear on
the internet. Now that it has been released, the
rumors have been all been confirmed or denied
and it is possible to make fully informed state-
ments about what it means for the Imperial
Guard and tournament play in general. There
are a whole spectrum of opinions being offered
on various websites and forums, ranging from
doomsday statements about game balance to
cries of angst about changes made to units.
This codex is so vast, that rather than go into a
breakdown of unit capabilities, I’ll discuss the
main points I take away from the codex.
Lots of Choices
The imperial guard codex offers more choices in
army selection than any codex before. There are
many, many different units to choose from, and
dizzying array of upgrade and wargear options
for most every tank squad, or character. What’s
more, these choices do not consist of silly, fluffy
units you will never actually see on the battle-
field (case in point, sisters repentia), the dozens
and dozens of units are all viable choices for a
tournament force. Every unit has a role to play
and plays it well.
This translates into dozens of different ways
to build your imperial guard army, all without
resorting a doctrines or chapter traits system.
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You are not even required to select a certain
special character for each army type (although
there are many character to choose from, and
some CAN have an army built around them) like
you are in the Space Marine codex. You can play
Mechanized Infantry, Full Infantry Company, a
Last Chancer Penal Legionary army, a Tank Bat-
talion with minimal troops, an Air Cav army with
9 Valkyries carrying guardsmen into the LZ, a
warp infused (traitor guard perhaps?) 31 Psyker
army blasting your foes with bolts of lightning,
an all outflanking crafty horde of Tallarn Raiders,
the list goes on and on. Let me stress again that
each of the previously listed armies are going
to be tournament viable. You can build a force
out of whatever models and units capture your
imagination, and win games with it. This is the
essence of all that is best about Warhammer 40k,
and Codex Imperial Guard makes it a reality like
never before.
The Orders System
The order system is a truly inspired piece of
game design. It fits the backstory and feel of the
imperial guard perfectly and invokes the feeling
of really being an Imperial Guard commander,
yelling at your men to bring down the enemy
carnifex and screaming INCOOOMMIINGG! as the
enemy battle tank moves into position to blast
your lines. I am not worried about orders slow-
ing the game down appreciably, once people are
familiar with them they will flow right along. Or-
ders are an important reason why infantry is just
as important as battle tanks. The humble infan-
try squad can adapt to whatever situation they
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range, so you can help protect them by hiding For a long time, the only horde army common at
find themselves in, assuming their commander them behind any available terrain, and other tournaments was Orks. This was because the pre-
is close by to tell them what to do! A side point tanks. The biggest reasons artillery squadrons vious Imperial Guard codex was very weak, and
of the orders system is that it makes the fragile will be viable though is their reduced cost. They the best Tyranid armies consisted mainly of small
command squads all the more important. This is are so much cheaper than Leman Russes, and numbers of monstrous creatures, not hordes of
a great balancing factor, because if the officers their damage output so much greater, that get- gaunts. This gave Orks a substantial metagame
are killed the entire army is greatly reduced in ting a few good shots off before the squadron is advantage. It made sense for most people to
effectiveness. Overall, the orders system is going destroyed can still be well worth it. build their armies with their hypothetical op-
to be fun, balanced, and an integral part of impe- ponents being MEQs, but, if they happened to
rial guard tactics. A word on my favorite artillery tank; the Medusa. play the ork player who brought 180 boys, they
I expect that this will be the tank of choice for would have little chance of doing enough dam-
Tanks, Tanks, and more Tanks! tournament IG armies. For 140 pts, you get what age to stop the oncoming green tide.
The sheer number of different tanks to choose is probably the best anti-tank gun in the game.
from will bring tears to the eyes of any veteran With cheap Chimeras providing ample cover, The imperial guard codex will change this; all
treadhead. List building is a form of self expres- you can always get your points worth out of this of a sudden there are two great horde armies
sion, and just like the rest of the codex Imperial deadly artillery piece. out there. Those consisting of tons of guards-
Guard players have an overwhelming number of men, and those consisting of tons of Orks. Now
choices when it comes to battle tanks. You can What does this Mean for Tournaments? you have a much better chance to face a horde
have an artillery regiment, packed with Basal- First of all, the sky is not falling, the Imperial army, so it makes sense to switch a few of your
isks or Manticores. You can have a Leman Russ guard codex is not unbalanced, it will not ruin plasma guns for flamers. This in turn means that
company with a few infantry squads in Chimeras tournament play. What it will do, is re-balance all horde armies (at the moment Orks and Impe-
tacked on for support; you can have squadrons the metagame. For many years the default op- rial Guard) will be slightly reduced in tourna-
of hydras shredding the enemy in a hail of bul- ponent in mind when building a tournament list ment effectiveness because the chances of their
lets. You can have... well, you get the idea. was a “MEQ” army, or marine equivalent army. opponent bringing appropriate weapons just
This means an army composed of a small num- increased. By the same token, the chances of the
One of the most discussed aspects of the new ber of elite troops, mostly possessing toughness noble space marines will increase slightly, since
codex was the rumor that: “you can take nine 4 or better, and a 3+ armor save. This was the there will be a few less plasma guns out there to
Leman Russes!” Well, you can indeed take nine, usual concept with good reason, these armies ruin their day.
but you’ll need to take out a points mortgage to were very common at most tournaments. The
do it, and your precious tank company will get opposite type of force is called a “horde” army, This trend will come to fruition once the third
ruined by one squad with krak grenades. a force composed of large numbers of individu- classically horde army, the Tyranids, receive a
ally weak troops. Historically, Space Marines, new codex. I predict that when that codex ar-
The fact is that the hefty points cost and ex- Chaos Marines, Necrons have been considered rives “nidzilla” will be no more, and the bugs will
treme vulnerability of squadrons will mean it MEQ armies, while the Imperial Guard, Orks, and appropriately be returned to their horde roots.
is almost always a bad idea to take more than Tyranids have been considered “Horde Armies.”
one Leman Russ per heavy support slot. Artillery These are oCviously very rough categories, but To put it succinctly, in my opinion the imperial
tanks on the other hand, can function well in guard codex is very well balanced, and will result
in general they provide a good way of thinking
squadrons. Most are barrage weapons with great about things. in a slight nerf to Orks, and a slight buff to MEQ
armies. (something I feel will put the finishing
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polish on an outstanding edition of the game)
This Codex Will Sell a Lot of Models
The sales department of Games Workshop
definitely had a hand in the production of this
codex. Most veteran players saw their usual list
decrease by a few hundred points, leaving room
for lots of new models. At the same time, GW has
reduced the number of guardsmen in each box.
They are already releasing a whole array of great
new models that will tempt both the bright eyed
new whiteshield and the hardened warmaster
to buy one, or three. Furthermore, even players
who have no interest in the Imperial Guard will
be encouraged to buy new anti-horde models to
counter the oncoming ranks of guardsmen.
In Summary
This codex allows you to make any army you are
inspired by, and do well with it. It will be fun to
play, and play against. It is very exciting and has
lots of “oh wow!” type units, but it is overall very
balanced. It will have some subtle but important
effects on tournament play beyond the stats on
its pages. Last and not least, its a triumph by
Games Workshop because it will sell them a lot
of models. This isn’t a bad thing! One of the best
aspects of the hobby is getting excited about
building, painting, and playing with new units
so the game stays fresh and engaging. Games
workshop is a business, not our personnel jest-
ers, so a codex like this that encourages the pur-
chase of new, high quality models is a win-win.
This is the best Codex ever released by Games
Workshop.
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Tweaking the Game
New Unit:
Killa Beer Kan
By OldOneEye
“And so the legend speaks of the great Duffork Gro-
grot’s Waaaaagh!!!. One terrible and stormy night,
after drinking many, many grogs, the Mekboy Duffork
Grogrot fell asleep at his workbench. During the
storm that passed that night, Duffork had a vision of
Gork, one half of the Orkish theology. In this vision,
Gork spoke unto Duffork and saith he: ‘Lissen’ up ya
drunken git! You’ze gotta gather da boyz tagedda,
and stompz on all da humies and Eldar and dem
Chaos boyz. But first ya gotta build a way to keep da
grog good so dat da boyz will stop killin’ each udder
and stomp on the rest of da ooniverse, cuz dat is wot
we Orks do. Look and see wot I made for you to keep
da grog good. Ya gotta build more uv dem and get on
da hulk I’z sendin’ to ya.’
“In the morning, after the terrible storm and a great
hangover, Duffork told the other Mekboyz of his vision,
and they sat enraptured by the words of Gork. Duffork
then showed the Mekboyz the plans that Gork had
given him of the Killa Beer Kan. Not surprisingly, the
Mekboyz enthusiastically embraced this new design
and began building more of the foul machines.
“As the weeks went by, more and more orks joined in
Duffork’s Waaaagh!!!, and a Space Hulk was detected
entering the star system they were in. Two days before
the hulk was within range of transport, another ter-
rible storm arose, and Duffork had another vision, this
time, of the Orkish god Mork.
“And Mork saith unto Duffork: ‘Nanoo nanoo!!’,
wherein Duffork immediately awoke screaming and
promptly cut off his own head. The hulk sailed by the
planet and into the sun while the orks were trying
to figure out who would succeed as Warboss. Thus
the great Grogrot Waaaagh!!! was defeated before it
began, but the foul engines of destructive alcoholism
were still built for the next leader to bring them visions
of Gork and Mork.”
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killa beer kan 45 POINTS Options:
• Each Killa Beer Kan must take one of the following:
WS BS S I A FA SA RA -
salt shoota +5 points
-
pretzel launcha +15 points
Killa Beer Kan 2 3 5 2 2 11 11 10
-
kustom mega-tappa +20 points
Unit Type: Wargear:
-
foama +5 points
•
Walker •
Dreadnought Close
-
drunkzooka +10 points
Combat Bottle
• Each Killa Beer Kan may take any of the following:
Unit Composition: -
grot beer maids +5 points
•
3 Kans or a 6-Pack
Opener
-
armored koozy +10 points
(if taking 6 this unit
Special Rules: (Salt Shoota, Pretzel Launcha, Kustom Mega-tappa,
counts as 2 heavy
support choices)
•
Beersplosion! Foama, and Drunkzooka are equivalent to the Big Shoota,
Rokkit Launcha, Kustom Mega-Blasta, Skorcha, and Grot-
zooka respectively. Grot Beer Maids and Armored Koozy
are equivalent to Grot Riggers and Armour Plates)
Special Rules 5-6 Drinks are on da House!: The Killa Beer Kan
is eliminated and replaced by an area of difficult
Beersplosion! terrain. The Ork player calls “Drinks are on da
If the Killa Beerk Kan suffers a Wrecked or Explosion house!! All units on the table take a Leadership
result, roll a D6 and consult the following chart: test during their next movement phase. Units
that pass are not affected.
1-2 Resolve Wrecked/Explodes as Normal Failing units must head towards the nearest
3-4 Pop Goes the Beer Top: The top of the Killa terrain feature. If they reach the nearest terrain
Beer Kan explodes off. The Kan is replaced by an feature that turn (just one model needs to touch
area of difficult terrain. All models within 6” take the feature, not enter it), they stop and look
a S5 AP- hit and their unit must pass a leadership around to try and find the drinks (“I thought they
test to avoid going to ground. All other units said the drinks were on the house?”), and go to
within 12” (on the Kan-side first, and then enemy ground. Units will run if possible to reach the
units) must take a leadership test. Each unit that terrain feature. Units will assault any enemy units
fails moves d6” towards the Kan (“Gotta save the that lie between them and the terrain feature.
beer!!!!”). Units that would come into base con-
For the rest of the game the affected units get
tact with an enemy unit must initiate an assault
the Furious Charge and And They Shall Know No
(“Don’t get between me and my beer!”). Difficult
Fear as they are so pissed about not getting free
terrain tests are not required, but dangerous ter-
drinks that they have to take it out on someone.
rain tests are.
If the unit does not reach a terrain feature in one
turn, the assume they missed the offer of free
drinks and return to normal.
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Killa Beer Kan... (cont.) Mission:

Counting Up
By Trichloro
Setup: Battle points:
Roll for first deployment/first turn as normal. In addition, each player can score bonus Battle
Points...
Before deploying one objective is placed at the
exact middle of the board. +1 battle point for killing your opponent’s HQ
+1 battle point for each table quarter held at the
Then, starting with the player deploying first,
end of the game. Must be occupied by a valid
each player places one objective anywhere on
scoring unit and there cannot be an enemy scor-
the line that is 12” from their long board edge
ing unit in the same quarter. Non-scoring units
(i.e. the edge of their deployment zone).
may not contest.
Finally, each player, again starting with the
The player with the most Battle Points at the end
player deploying first, places one objective any-
of the game wins.
where else on the board not in their deployment
zone and at least 12 inches away from another
objective.

Deployment:
Players deploy armies as normal within 12 inches
of their long board edge.

Game Length:
6 turns. Do not roll to see if the game ends after
the fifth turn.
Objectives:
At the end of each complete game turn (after
both players have completed their turn) count
how many objectives you control with a valid
scoring unit. Each objective is worth 1 Battle
Point, but at the end of the 6th turn the center
objective is worth 3 Battle Points. Battle Points
for objectives are accumulated from turn to turn.

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Alternative Model Review:

Pig Iron Productions Review
By Krug_666
One of the major aspects of the hobby is without It takes a serious amount of time to try and help you in that dream too- if you don’t mind us-
a doubt converting. Who among us doesn’t feel sculpt gas masks and rebreathers out of green ing models that are not GW ( oh no!) The Kolony
that special need to modify and change a model stuff. Time is something I don’t have a whole lot Militia packs and head sprues all look great and
to make it your own? off, with being a father and husband and work- can be made to convert or just use as is, a de-
We may vary in levels of creativity and skill but ing full time. I finally gave in and began order- cent alternative to the Forge World line. In times
we always hold our minis that we converted with ing Pig Iron’s Rebel & Militia head sprues to use like these where money is tight and you have
pride. in my Necromunda to build your army the way you want, I think
gangs and also as Pig Iron minis are the way to go. Without their
The Games Workshop cheap and easy way to products I would have never finished my many
plastics are amazing do a full blown Impe- Ash Waste gangs or even considered building a
and are perfect for con- rial Guard army of the Savlar Imperial Guard army.
versions. Savlar Chem Dogs.
When I was a kid, cut- Check out Pig Iron’s stuff at the Warstore.
ting up a lead or pew- Pig Iron is one of the
ter model was a big companies out there
deal and took a lot of that has affordable
effort to get it just right. parts and has the
Working with plastic right look and size for
is so much easier and modifying your Games
Pig Iron Productions: heavy infantry open helmet sprues...
requires only clip- Workshop minis. For $
pers, a knife, glue and maybe some green stuff. 6.49 USD you get 20 heads to choose from and
I myself have ripped through tons of boxes of they fit perfect on Cadian and Catachan bodies.
Cadians, Space Marines, and Marauders to make Their head sprues offer a variety of choices so
my armies and war bands look how I envisioned your army does not all the same, after all anyone
them. Sometimes you just can’t get it exactly can build a Cadian army right? I have ordered
right. many a pack from Neal at the Warstore and have
always been satisfied with the product. The
I am a huge fan of Necromunda and converting metal heads require very little cleaning with mi-
is almost a necessity in that game. I strive for nor mold lines that a quick shave of your hobby
playability in the “What you see is what you get” knife can take care of.
area, but my passion lies in what many call the
“cool factor” when it comes to making my mod- Not interested in a Savlar army like me huh? No
els table top worthy. problem. What about a Death Korps army that
won’t send you to the poor house? Pig Iron can

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Army Transport Review:
Battlefoam 1520 Pack
By Maldus
Battlefoam launched their new line of transport cases at
Adepticon this year. I had pre-ordered one of the large
cases and was very pleased to have it arrive a day after
they were scheduled to ship. Score one for Battlefoam’s
customer service.
The Transport Case
Battlefoam’s case is a military olive drab with black
trim and stitching. It is solidly built with extra rein-
forcement in the walls, tops and bottoms. The 1520
is actually a two-piece transport case since the top
third of the unit can be unzipped and separated from
the bottom third. This allows you to easily pack for a
smaller game and not have to drag along the en-
tire unit. Very convenient. My understanding is that
Battlefoam is at work develop-
ing a new hobby-oriented “top
pack” that you can connect to
the 1520 “base unit”.
The “top pack” has a zippered
top that flips open allowing
the trays to be loaded verti-
cally. There is a pocket on the
inside of the flap for storage
of gaming materials like rules,
codex, army lists, etc. This in-
ternal flap keeps your materi-
als safe but may bulge into the
interior so some care must be
taken with how much you stuff
into the pocket. There are two pockets, one on each
side on the exterior of the “top pack” and a sturdy
handle sewn into the top.
The “main pack” has a zippered front flap that allows
trays to be loaded horizontally. There is a zippered
pocket built into the outside of the flap for storage.
There are also two large pockets built into the sides
of the unit, on the outside. There is also a pair of
backpack straps on the rear of the unit so you can
pretend to be a guardsman with a full kit if you don’t
feel like carrying it by hand. Finally, when you remove
the “top pack”, you gain access to a handle sewn into
the top of the “main pack” in case you don’t want to
use the backpack straps.
The Foam Trays
My 1520 P.A.C.K. included the pre-configured Space
Marine battlefoam trays. Understanding that I could
have loaded my case with custom foam, I decided to
take advantage of the pre-configured basic loadout
for my Ultramarine army to
save a few bucks. The trays are
made of sturdy foam. Even
the thin walls of the troop tray
are more than enough to hold
models in place securely. The
trays are cut foam glued to a
sturdy, more dense, baseplate
of foam.
The loadout for the Space Ma-
rine Army is pretty impressive.
It covers all the basics rather
nicely and still leaves about
6” or so of space in case you
want to get a few custom or
extra trays later as you expand your army. The exist-
ing foam is not loose in the case, however, thanks to
the inclusion of five “lid” sheets of foam. These help
bulk things out nicely to fill in the extra space. Still,
there is a little wiggle room that you may want to
stuff with something until you get the extra trays.
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Another nice touch were the extra foam lids for the
rhino and predator slots on the land raider tray. This
tray is the deepest of the trays. As a result, the rhinos
and predator sit a little low in their slots. Battlefoam
provided lids for the three rhino/predator slots to
help fill up this extra space and keep your models
safer. Nicely done!
After I made the pictures of my case, I realized I had
forgotten to include one of the trays. This led to some
confusion until I realized that Battlefoam had provid-
ed one further example of their excellent attention to
customer service. I had six trays of foam, not the five
advertised. Why? Because the troop tray provided
had a different configuration than what was adver-
tised on the website…it had 40 tac marine, 11 large
model and 2 super-size slots rather than the 60 tac
marine and 5 large model slots.
To make up the difference, Battlefoam included two
such trays giving me 80 tac slots, 22 large model and
4 super-size! I like the fact that they tossed in the
extra tray rather than delay my shipment while they
cut a new tray. And I still have room left for a custom
tray or two. And, with the help of the foam lids, my
pack is snug now, even though it isn’t quite full of
foam trays!
Conclusion
Battlefoam’s new 1520 P.A.C.K. is an excellent prod-
uct. Their customer service is top notch. Pricing on
their products is higher than most of the other op-
tions available in the market. The $200 plus shipping
is a good chunk of money that could be spent on
other things. The cost notwithstanding, I highly rec-
ommend this product and give it a 9 out of 10 rating.
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Book review:
Gunheads
By glenoxo
There are war movies which grab you by the neck,
throw you to the deck, and leave you ducking and
covering, avoiding bullets whipping through the air
and wishing you were safe and sound at home in bed
– Saving Private Ryan, Black Hawk Down and Flags of
our Fathers spring to mind. Then there are war films
which, whilst good, just don’t quite have the same
gripping effect – think Troy or the Thin Red Line.
Whilst I was desperately hoping
for the former, this good but not
compelling effort from Steve
Parker drifts somewhat into the
latter. That’s not to say it is a bad
book, it is however a bit of a
missed opportunity to really get
readers fired up about Guard just
as the new Codex is released.
The story follows three main
groups of humans; tank sergeant
Wulfe, Major-General Bergen and
a tech priest by the name of Sen-
nesdiar, all of whom are together
with 20,000 comrades and a
slightly mad commander on a
holy mission to retrieve Commis-
sar Yarrick’s legendary Baneblade;
the Fortress of Arrogance.
Abandoned decades earlier on
the hellish planet of Golgotha,
it is thought that the recovery
of the tank would spark renewed hope amongst
Imperial forces fighting on Armageddon and bring
a successful end to that war. Battling hordes of orks,
the planet itself and sometimes each other, the story
follows the beleaguered guard forces as they follow
the seemingly mythical trail to the bitter end.
The story itself is relatively straightforward, a quest
to recover a relic by an armed force, facing stiff op-
position on all sides and battling against the clock.
External and internal strife should combine to make
this a riveting read, but somehow it never quite
reached the point of just-one-more-page that other
Black Library books have. It follows all of the formu-
las that any self respecting 40k novel should have but
is somewhat limited at the same time, particularly
when it comes to character development.
Sgt Wulfe is ostensibly the lead character but I never
truly felt as if I identified with him. Other members
of the expedition are sometimes
painted as the bad guys in their
own right, yet I saw them as
neither black and white or any in-
teresting shades of grey, instead
just a little beige.
No good war story is complete
without a good baddie, and in
Gunheads this role is taken up
with glee by the greenskins. Not
just a little old warband either,
there are a planetful of them for
the Guard to fight against. Orks
being orks they do what they do
best, namely look big and threat-
ening, drive insanely fast buggies
around and using their guns
more for the noise they make
than to hit anything. Herein
lies one of my problems – they
just don’t come across as hard
enough. Occasionally tale is told
of ork forces running rampant but they never really
threaten to overwhelm the main players, even when
they are literally breathing and dribbling down their
necks.
Some of the battles described also don’t make much
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sense, and even I who have never played orks in my
life know that any Nob worth a squig would fight
a better battle plan than that. There are so many
little interesting points which are never adequately
explored when it comes to the ork forces and society
on Golgotha that it got a little frustrating at times,
generally they just appear to be willing gun fodder
for massed battle cannon and las-fire of the Guard.
The Guard characters themselves seem to be straight
from ensemble cast 101; the increasingly mad force
commander, the level-headed-but-obedient number
two, the secretive cult, the salt-of-the-earth grunt,
the beloved middle-rank officers, the dodgy dealing
rival, the young and earnest recruit, the over-zealous
commissar, the flawed confessor, the list goes on. I
can’t even tell you about the ork characters as they
aren’t even fleshed out, instead used at most as
an intimidating prop in the final battle scenes and
nothing more. I would have loved to have seen at
least some of the story from an ork perspective; the
annoyance at being left out of the Armageddon war,
rivals from across the planet and finally the chance to
come muzzle to face with some puny ‘umies in steel
coffins is a great opportunity which is never even at-
tempted, a missed opportunity in my book.
Now, don’t get me wrong, it’s not actually a bad read
at the end of the day. It has a distinct beginning,
middle and end, a few sub-plots and various story
arcs which overlap and intertwine whilst the pace is
driven forward. You will enjoy reading it, but don’t
pick it up and expect to remember every element in
two books time. A limited character palette, a limited
story arc and a limited appeal combine to make it of
limited memorability. It hasn’t inspired me to invest
in a Gunheads themed army, but it was a pleasant
way to spend a bit of commuting time.
Overall I would rate Gunheads as 7/10 – good, but
don’t expect to see Tom Hanks in a Leman Russ re-
prising the role of Sgt Wulfe any time soon.
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Battle Report:
Adepticon Gladiator Tournament
By Spacecurves
Adepticon 2009 is over! Hundreds upon hundreds
of gamers descended on Lombard IL for the great-
est Warhammer 40k event in the world. I played in a
tournament each day for a total of 11 games of 40k.
This is a battle report describing my first game in the
Gladiator tournament on Friday. For those of you
living under a rock, the gladiator is a 2250 pt tourna-
ment with no painting score, no sportsmanship, just
battle points! You can take any Forgeworld or apoca-
lypse unit (not formations or assets) you so desire.
Here is my list and some overall strategy. I brought
my trusty Salamanders led by Vulkan.
Vulkan He’Stan 190
Inquisitor Lord: 2 mystics, 3 warriors with flamers, pyschic
hood, emperor’s tarot, sanctuary pyschic power, frag
grenades bolt pistol cc weapon 155
Dreadnought multi-melta storm bolter 105
Dreadnought multi-melta storm bolter 105
Terminator Assault Squad: 5 members, all with SS/TH
200
Scout Squad: 5 scouts, inc sgt with combi-flamer 85
Tactical Squad: 10 members, flamer, multi-melta, sgt with
powerfist combiflamer 205
Rhino 35
Tactical Squad: 10 members, lascannon, flamer 180
Rhino 35
Tactical Squad: 10 members, missile launcher, flamer 170
Rhino 35
Attack Bike Squadron: 3 bikes with multi-meltas 150
Land Speeder Storm: hvy flamer 60
Land Raider Redeemer: extra armor, multimelta 265
Land Raider: extra armor, multi-melta 275
Total: 2250
As you can see, I have a ton of multi-meltas, flamers,
and am fully mechanized. In most games, I combat
squad the missile launcher and lascannon squads
and have Vulcan ride in a rhino with a flamer team.
The inquisitor rides in the normal landraider and
stays there until he can counterattack with his 3 flam-
ers. His main purpose is to scare deepstriking troops,
stop psychic powers, and give me +1 to go first.
The army is basically my normal 1850 list with a land
raider and the inquisitor added. I have never taken
anything but “normal” units to the gladiator tourna-
ment, and it has become sort of a matter of principle.
Superheavies sprouting D weapons from every ori-
fice seem rather simple to play, and make the game
much more about rock-paper-scissors match ups
than battlefield tactics. For a true challenge, bring
only normal codex selections!
Furthermore, in past years the way to win the gladia-
tor tournament was to bring a balanced, mostly “nor-
mal” list that could handle whatever crazy scenario
came your way. When you played against a super-
heavy you just had to play flawlessly and overcome
the disadvantage. The best weapon every super-
heavy carries to the table is the psychological one,
many people freeze up when the D templates start
annihilating entire squads every turn. Up to this year,
superheavies have not dominated, and the winner
was usually someone using a relatively normal list.
I was fully aware that Reavers were legal this year,
and what they could do. I’m not sure why they were
allowed in the tourny, it’s not hard to see how out-
side the normal game balance they are. That being
said, I figured only a few people would have them.
The chances were good I’d never have to fight one,
and against any other army I was confident I could do
well. Well, I was half right...
So on the big day I eagerly get my Salamanders
together and go to the convention hall. The scenery
looks awesome (a big salute to the guys who built it
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all). Everyone starts arriving and something becomes
clear, there are a LOT of reavers this year. They post
the first round assignments and heart racing I go to
my first table. Who do I see across from me? Why, it’s
Big Red from Bell of Lost Souls and his Reaver Titan!
“And so it begins”... I think to myself
First Scenario: Deployment was in a corner triangle
with the ends 18” away from the adjacent quarters.
Night Fight the entire game.
Primary Objective(15pts): For each full player turn
that a scoring unit holds the center of the table that
players gains 1 objective point, the player with the
most objective points at the end of the game wins
this objective.
Secondary Objective(10pts): victory points, must
win by 225 or it’s a draw
Tertiary Objective ( 5pts): kill the enemy command-
er and keep yours alive
Tactical bonuses: +2 have at lease one model in the
enemy deployment zone without your opponent
having any models in your deployment zone.
+1 Hold more terrain features than your opponent
Big Red’s list was as follows: Reaver Titan, 2 inquisitors
with mystics, an arvus lander, thunderbolt fighter,
and a platoon of drop troop IG.
My emperor’s tarot gives me the choice to go first. Al-
though I really wanted to see where the titan would
be deployed, I had no choice but to go first and hope
for some crazy luck against the Reaver.
Big Red deployed his Reaver front and center, and
put his conscripts in front of it. He failed to steal the
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initiative so it was my turn.
Spacecurves Turn 1:
The game was going to revolve around holding the
center. I had two choices; I could hang back and try
to be just close enough to the center to claim it and
stay out of night fight sight range of the titan for a
couple turns, or I could charge forward like crazy and
try to get inside the void shields with multi-meltas.
I decided the second option was the best choice, I
could try to hold the center as I drove past it, al-
though I knew IG would be falling from the sky every
turn. After my first move phase it looked like this.
I drove my rhinos and redeemer forward max speed,
the rhinos would be within 3 inches and hold the
objective, while the terminators would have a third
turn charge even after their land raider died. (not if,
when it died) I marked the titan with a searchlight
from a rhino and fired everything I had at it. My dice
were evidently scared of the titan too, because I only
dropped 2 void shields with all the multi-meltas and
lascannons. Not looking good... but it’s ok, if he rolls
average for nightfight he’ll only be able to see a rhino
or two and then I’ll be up his kilt with meltaguns.
Big Red Turn 1:
Big Red rolls 30” for nightfight and the pain begins.
My redeemer blows up, along with all my attack bikes
and another rhino. His conscripts move up, and roll a
4 for run, just barely getting within 3” of the center to
contest the objective point. All his void shields come
back. Well played Red, well played.
Spacecurves Turn 2:
Dear LORD that Reaver is scary. I can see why people
just panic and give up after one turn, there’s noth-
ing you can do against strength D, you can’t run you
can’t hide! Only one thing to do, charge!
I move everything up and burn the conscripts into
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oblivion. My terminators will be able to charge the
titan next turn and I move them well away from
everyone else so they will only have to deal with one
turbolaser’s fire. If they make it, I can win this. Thun-
derhammers get a shaken result in addition to any
other damage, so I can shake that Titan like a polor-
oid picture and then gut it with point blank melta
shots. My dreadnoughts valiantly charge forward
blasting with multi-meltas. Everything else spreads
out and fires at the titan as well, I drop 3 void shields.
Big Red Turn 2:
Big Red rolls for reserves and everything comes in
except two IG squads. The arvus lander flies to the
center, intending to contest the objective. The thun-
derbolt sets up and strafes my forces.
The IG command squad mishaps and goes back into
reserve. I am dancing inside at this news, but play it
cool because I think Big Red is under the impression
his lander can contest objectives without being in
hover mode.
The titan rolls 24” for nightfight, damn thing must
have infrared sensors! He rains death again, I lose a
tactical squad, another rhino, and then its time for
the shot on the terminators. Two templates hit, 7
wounds..... and I fail five 3+ invulnerable saves, killing
all the terminators. Welllllll so much for that plan!
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The turn ends and sure enough we need to call a
judge over to rule that as I thought the flier cannot
contest when in flying mode. Reading the adepticon
faq ahead of time paid off :). I have a tactical squad
on the center, so one objective point for me!
Objective Points:
Me: 1 Big Red: 0
Victory Points:
Me: No Big Red: Yes
Spacecurves Turn 3:
Ok with the terminators dead I
have to quickly rethink my game
plan. I now have no chance of kill-
ing the titan, so I have to try to get
one damage result on it so I get
half victory points, and then shoot
down the fliers. If he fails even a
single night fight roll I might be
able to pull within 225 vp’s and
draw the secondary objective. If I
can hold the center until it stops
raining guardsmen I can keep my lead on objective
points and win primary.
My land speeder storm arrives, if it comes in on the
left I can destroy the inquisitor there and allow my
tactical squad with a multi-melta to instead shoot at
the titan. I roll, it comes in on the right very far from
the fighting.
So that’s how it’s gonna be dice gods?
I drive the speeder as fast as I can toward the center, I
have another plan on how to use it.
One of my tactical squads has made it close to the
inquisitor on the left, but are right around 6 inches
away. I look long and hard at the distance and decide
it’s over 6 so I fire flamers and rapid fire. I killed every-
thing but one mystic and the inquisitor. In the center
I just spread out and wait for the death to continue.
The only saving grace is that he has to allocate all
shots before resolving them, so my last rhino can buy
me at least one more turn with a scoring objective in
the center. Hold on boys! INCOOOMMIINNNG!
Everything else turns their fire on the fliers. If I can
just bring down the thunderbolt, I know he’s going
to make the arvus go into hover mode to make a play
for the center point, so I can kill it next turn. I get 3
penetrating hits on the thunderbolt from my entire
army’s shooting, including lighting it up air raid style
with a searchlight. He makes three 4+ cover saves.
“The force is strong with this one” I thought
Big Red Turn 3:
On his turn he makes his lander go into hover mode
as I expected to contest the objective. The titan rolls
well again for his nightfight and blasts at the tac ma-
rines in the center. I lose another two units, but then
a break! One template scatters and takes out the
arvus lander! Yes! It goes down right on the objective,
but the squad inside passes their morale check and
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stay there contesting it.
Spacecurves Turn 4:
I am running out of units fast, but not out of tricks. I
fly my storm right onto the objective, and consider
my other options. I expect I’ll be all but wiped out
before the end, and he’ll have at least one turn on the
objective, I need to try to get one more point. But I’m
out of rhinos to suck in shots, just have a single com-
bat squad left standing in the middle among a sea of
burning green tanks. Oh and one dead arvus lander...
Then I think of something... UNDER THE WINGS!
True line of sight this!
The squad fires a gout of flame from under the wings
and cook the last IG standing in the middle.
I fire everything left at the thunderbolt, he again
makes two 4+ saves, damn that pilot can jink! Mean-
while, Vulkan, who has been ignored by the titan
catches the lesser inquisitor and wipes out him and
his squad. On the other side, my tac marine catch
the inquisitor hq. He chooses to run out of combat
(well played Red) and I barely manage to consolidate
within 6 of him.
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One dreadnought, with one arm, and enough shaken
results to give it a concussion has made it to the ti-
tan’s feet. I charge him in, and rip off one of the guns!
Half victory points baby! The dreadnought is then
kicked like a soccer ball and explodes.
Big Red Turn 4:
His turn 4, the last of his IG arrive, he of course puts
them in the center. But wait, whats this stretch limo
looking land speeder nearby? Scatter 4d6 buddy! The
jamming beacon on my land speeder storm earns its
keep, and my plan worked exactly as I hoped. His IG
scatter all of the place and into range of my mystics
who direct nearby flamethrowers to cook them. After
this happens he puts his last unit over by Vulcan,
and rapid fire him to death with lasguns! No doubt
concerned with the giant titan annihilating his army,
Vulkan never sees the firing squad behind him until
its too late! I fail three of seven, 2+ saves and there
goes my chance to win tertiary. Big Red and I have a
good laugh about this, and many pictures are taken
of the Salamander Hero getting blasted by lowly
guardsmen.
He makes another good nightfight roll and erases the
land speeder. The scouts get out unharmed. He has
finally side-stepped enough to see under the arvus
lander, and kills all the marines hiding under the
wings.
Spacecurves Turn 5:
Ok, it’s still 1 to nothing in my favor, if I can kill his
last IG squad, the primary objective is mine! I have
only tatters of my once proud army left, but all he has
is the thunderbolt, the damaged titan, and one IG
squad. My scouts move and fire their flamers, bring-
ing down all but one, scout pistols fire, YES one kill!
No more guardsmen!
On the left flank my tactical marines move far
enough to keep his inquisitor running, and defiantly
fire bolt pistols up at the titan.
Big Red Turn 5:
I’m doing some mental math and realize with half
points for the titan, I’m actually not that far behind in
victory points. If only he is out of range to see my last
land raider I might...nope another 30” sight range. No
more land raider, no more scouts.
I issue a prayer to the emperor, and roll the turn dice,
the game ends! The emperor protects.
The Results:
Primary Objective: I won ! 1 to nothing!
Secondary Objective: Big Red Wins, He scored a
little over 500 vps more than me. If that last land
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raider had lived I would have had a draw here.
Tertiary Objective: Draw, his inquisitor is still run-
ning, being escorted off the board by the survivors of
the left tactical squad, and Vulkan has been turned
into swiss cheese by lasguns.
Bonus Points: I got both tactical bonuses,
It was a really intense game, and one I’m proud of. I
only made a couple mistakes, and if I’d gotten a little
luckier I could have actually killed the titan. When the
smoke cleared I had gotten 20 pts. not to bad!
The rest of the tournament was a blast, with more
great games that came down to the wire. In the end
I came in third place overall, 14 points behind the
winner. As Hank Edly would say, the “second loser.”
The first and second place finishers both had Reaver
titans. I was very pleased to do so well with just co-
dex marines.
So remember fellow Astartes, the emperor provides
all you need in your codex! Look not to the heretical
forgeworld books!
As a final note, I want to highly recommend Adepti-
con to anyone who is reading this. It is the premier
40k event in the world, and whatever part of the hob-
by you enjoy, you can immerse yourself in it. Being
the competative sort, I play in every 40k tournament
I can, (although I dearly with there was a fourth day
for seminars, so I could have my cake and eat it too)
and every game I played this year was against a great
player and sportsman. No where else can you get so
many great games in against great people. Adepti-
con is a truly unique event, if you enjoy Warhammer
40k enough to read this webzine, you should start
planning today for Adepticon 2010!
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Getting to Know...
Maldus
I was the 300th Freeboota. At the time, I wasn’t sure what being a Free-
boota was all about. I’d recently gotten back into 40K, thanks to my in-
quisitive little girl…she wanted to see the neat figures in the window, and
then HAD to have some to paint with Daddy. Not LotR. Not Fantasy. “The
blue ones, Daddy. The space marines.” It had been a while since I’d enjoyed
this hobby. I remembered Titan Legions, Space Hulk, Rogue Trader…Zo-
ats, Squats…you get the idea. I unpacked boxes of old paints and models
that had been stored for 15+ years and I started reading 40K forums. I
happened to find 40K Radio about the time they started discussing 5th
Edition. It seemed like the perfect time to dive back in. So I joined up and
began posting on this cool forum filled with Freebootaz. They helped me
back into the hobby…where to find things, how to do things…and, as
usual, I jumped in with both feet (I’m not big on half-measures). And met
a terrific group of guys who made me laugh and enjoy the hobby even
more. Almost seven months later, my fixation has, if anything, gotten
worse. I post a bit…too much. I helped start this little club called the SoCal
Freebootaz. I dabble in this fine webzine…and I extol the virtues of the fin-
est army anyone could possibly imagine playing…the Ultramarines. (Ah,
the beautiful sound of grown men cursing….)
The Freebootaz know all this already. So let me fill in some other bits about
Maldus, better known as Matt. I grew up in New Jersey and moved to
California after school. I’ve been a modeler, hobbyist, roleplayer and gamer
of one sort or another all my life. I can’t remember a time when I wasn’t a
member of a club, group, guild, faction or other social entity…and if one
wasn’t around, I liked creating them. I’ve always been a history buff. No,
actually, make that a military history buff. I’ve always loved the history of
Rome, World War II, 30 years War, Civil War, Imperium of Man…the fluff of
our times and our games!
My favorite pastime is reading. My other favorite pastime is movies. Yeah,
I’m a “quoter”…one of those annoying people that toss out lines from
movies. Wait…I spend more time doing 40K stuff than both of those com-
bined. Let me try again…I am (once again) addicted to 40K. When I can
break away from the forums, planning Club events, building and painting
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models, playing games and thinking about playing games….I like to read
and watch movies. Yes, much more accurate. Oh, I also love animation,
the piano, my family (had to get that in somewhere), legos, gardening,
Advanced Squad Leader and discovering the truth about things. I write…a
bit. I draw…miserably. I paint…passingly well. When I was dating my wife,
I told her I paint. She loves art…which made the disappointment all the
more crushing when I explained later that I paint…models. Ah, but I can
cook…rather well…and that helped seal the deal!
Memorable life experiences…the things that help make us the people we
are today. Learned to crab with my Dad and my 9-fingered Uncle Willy.
Won more than a few swimming events. Found stolen treasure. Was struck
by a car moving way too fast. Played some incredibly bruising games of
rugby. Survived business school. Proposed to my wife in a Cathedral. Saw
my children born. Built a company. Became a Warmaster. Wow…I thought
that list would be longer…
The inner Maldus is an interesting study in psychoses, aberrant behavior
patterns and unfathomable thought sequences. At least, I’d like to think so.
Pretty much it boils down to this…
1) The glass is half full. If you don’t agree, add some water.
2) It’s black or it’s white. There are no shades of grey, just unwillingness to
commit.
3) Order > Chaos. Take from that whatever you will.
4) Get to know everyone you meet. It’s worth the time.
5) Let nothing stand between you and your goals. On the table or off…
6) Heroism is endurance for one moment more.
Hope to see you across the table some time! Just remember…fear the Red
Marine…
Maldus
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Freetboota Testimonials...
Why to Become a ‘Boota
Well I’m in 40k almost exclusively because of the
show. I had the Maccragge set and my buddy who
was going to get involed in 40k moved away. I was
surfing Itunes one day and found the show. It was the
episode before 5th ed was released so I got intrigued
went out and bought the ultramarines omnibus. I
then started painting the Maccragge models. After
5th was released and the boys started talking about
it I picked up AoBR. Now I have played my first 2
games and I am hooked and will be playing in my
first tourney in January! Thanks to the forums I have a
community that supports my habit and ecourage my
learning of the game.
Thank you.
-HockeyHyper
“40k Radio: Making Base-coating Fun again, one
Termagaunt at a Time!”
Seriously, I find I can’t paint without 40k radio
anymore... Which is why my new, more capacious
iPod has all the episodes!
Actually, I had a 4 hour lay over in Winnipeg 3 days
ago, which, with a nice delay thanks to Air Canada,
turned into 7 hours, and this was only somewhat
bearable due to my iPod having some 40k radio on it.
I just played the Mega-sode and another big, 2.5 plus
hour long one with a dinner break in between.
-Matt Vernish
Why 40K Radio?
Simple - it is a show that proves that there are like
minded folks out there who think the same as I. This
radio show gives me a chance to mingle with my peer
group. Granted it is not a face to face interaction, but
it is a fix that allows me to make till I can find time to
play.
It is my guilt pleasure that allows me to stay
involved in a hobby and let’s me witness the friendly
interaction between the shows hosts,just as if I was
hanging out at my local store.
It is good for the Hobby and the Game.
-Crackbabytoo
Being a Freeboota has deffinately impacted me a as
person a gamer and a hobbist. I love being able to
speak with such a knowledgable group of gamers.
I’ve been palying for about seven years now and I can
truely see a transformationin how I play, paint, build
and interact with new and experienced gamers. The
Freebootaz are really a great group of people.
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Since becoming a freeboota I have been able to
understand the game better, which has allowed me
to start playing better. Along with the games I am
starting to get better with the painting and modeling
part of the game due to the tips that Spencer and
Scott give on the show. Finally, it allows me to
communicate with other people who love the game
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Being a Freeboota is great. It is nice to listen to a
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IG Short Story:
Last Stand Pt. 2
By Ajree210
Be sure to read part one in our first issue! of the wounded man’s chest plate, his body limp in the
men’s arms.
Kreen woke with a start, a loud blast violently shaking him
on his cot. His senses were instantly assailed as he came to “Can you move?” The medic shouted. Kreen nodded and
with a groan. The sound of gunshots and dying screams quickly hopped off the cot, the sudden rush of blood to his
filled his ears, smoke and seared flesh stinging his nostrils. head made him dizzy and he almost tripped and fell onto
The metallic taste of blood dwindled in his dry mouth. He Bren. Kreen regained his balance and sat next to Bren on
rolled over in an attempt to escape these attackers, only an ammo crate, watching with unblinking curiosity and
to stare into the foggy eyes of a dead guardsman, plasma horror as the wounded man was placed on his cot. The
burns covering his face and upper body. Charred flesh and medic shot something into the man’s arm and proceeded
grey fatigues blended together in a red and black blanket to try and stop the bleed-
over his torso. The stench of burned skin seared his nose ing. The other guardsman
and twisted his stomach. Kreen spun around to the other tried to comfort the dying
side of the bed and vomited on the dirt floor. man, tears cutting roads
of water through his dusty
“Hey hey you’re alive! Thought I was gonna lose ya back face. ‘Must’ve been his
there!” A familiar voice called out through the noisy air. friend…’ Kreen thought as
Kreen wiped his lips with the back of his wrist, spitting the he felt Bren shiver and shift
remaining bile from his mouth onto the ground. He sat up next to him. Kreen looked
slowly, looking with dizzy eyes to find Bren. down at his boots to escape
the sight of the dying man.
Kreen saw him sitting on a crate against the opposite wall He noticed the small path
straight across the medic tent from his own cot, a white of blood leading towards
and blood stained cloth over his right shoulder and dark the cot he was once lying
dirt smeared from his boots to his knees. He smiled a on, a dark pool form-
bright grin, his teeth unnaturally white compared to his ing around the wooden
smudged clothes and skin. support legs. After a few
moments, Kreen looked up
“Wakey wakey, time to get up and smell the orks!” Bren and noticed both the medic and the guardsman standing
joked loudly, flinching as he moved his arm tender arm. straight up, unmoving. The medic said something to the
man, and they both slowly exited, leaving the dead man
“What happened to you?” Kreen asked groggily. on the cot.
“Oh this?” motioning to his arm,” ‘s just a minor wound, an Kreen stood up slowly and walked back to where his las-
ork slug grazed my skin, but no worries, I gotcha here in gun was lying on a wooden crate next to the bloody cot.
one piece.” He found a few extra cells in a box nearby and after filling
his pouches with cells, he glanced down at the dead man,
Kreen laughed to himself when suddenly a medic and bloody cloth stuffed into the hole. The man’s face, even
another guardsman burst through the makeshift tent though dirty, was clearly that of a very young man. Kreen
flap door, both supporting another man between them. thought to himself,’ He’s practically a kid! That should’ve
Crimson blood was flowing like a waterfall down the front been me, why was I so lucky?’ An explosion nearby
brought Kreen back to reality with a jolt. Kreen realized
he wasn’t going to be helping himself or anyone else just
sitting in the tent, he needed to get back out and fight for
the Emperor and Mankind. He turned around and hefted
his lasgun, imitating himself at attention and hollered,”
Let’s get back out there and kill some orks for the Emperor
and for this poor boy!”
“Now you’re speakin’ my language! First I need to find me
a laspistol…” Bren said, hinting towards his crippled arm,
“Looks like my ole launch-
er’s gonna get a little dusty.”
As Kreen stepped out of
the tent, it was as if he had
stepped into a completely
different world. The Impe-
rial lines looked as if a giant
shovel had been digging
holes everywhere. Explo-
sions constantly tore into
the earth, throwing dirt and
men alike soaring into the
air. Bren gave Kreen a little
shove.
“You were out for a lot
longer than you thought,
eh? We been getting shelled for a few hours, but it’s really
picked up now. We better find Sarge and see what he
wants to do with us cripples.” Bren laughed and beckoned
for Kreen to follow him. They began jogging over the rug-
ged, smoking terrain, trying to find someplace they could
be useful.
Bren led the way towards one of the last remaining
Basilisks still functional, two wrecks smoking nearby from
lucky ork shots. Kreen slowed as Bren shouted for Sgt.
Broewn. A short, stocky blonde man jumped from the fir-
ing platform, hobbling over to the ragged pair.

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“So where can we be of service for ya, Sarge?” Bren practi-
cally screamed as an Earthshaker round was sent on his
path to destruction.
“Well, I think ya pair of worthless cripples should go be
sandbags for some real men. Unless you think you can
actually do some work, get into those trenches up ahead
and help with whatever the real men need, or is that too
hard for ya?” Sgt. Broewn hollered over the constant firing
from both sides.
“Alrighty then, mate. Good luck, sir!” Bren lazily saluted the
Sarge and turned to Kreen. “Looks like we get to be the
wounded cavalry! Come on!” Bren began running towards
the trench where a heavy bolter was being manned by
two guardsmen. As they neared the trench, Bren tripped
and fell into the pit, knocking the two men and heavy bolt-
er loose. Kreen knelt down and laughed over the lip of the
trench at the three men grumbling curses at each other.
A slug whizzed close to Kreen, making him flinch and hop
down onto the trench floor.
“Sorry bout that, you know how that dirt can be. Never
know when it’s just gonna reach up and trip ya!” Bren
shouted, a little embarrassment coloring his face.
A large, bald guardsman picked up the heavy bolter, reset-
ting it on the lip of the trench. “You’re lucky I’m in a good
mood. The sight of greenskins falling apart never gets old!”
the man laughed. “ Too bad they’re too stupid to realize
that they’ll never break our lines!”
The other man remained silent, picking up the ammo box
and re-feeding the bolter. Kreen leaned up against the
dirt wall, loading his lasgun. He readjusted his helmet to
give him a better view down his sight. Kreen turned to the
heavy bolter team.
“What’s your names?” Kreen asked as he slid down the
trench a few feet to get a good firing point for his lasgun.
“I’m Hessav,” The bald man said over the roar of a three
round burst from the heavy bolter. “That’s Fring, he don’t
talk much but he’s damn good at loading my baby here!”
he said, lightly slapping the heavy bolters huge form.
The other man simply smiled and nodded towards Kreen
before returning to the ammo box.
“Hey check this out!” Bren shouted to Kreen. Kreen looked
and saw Bren had found a laspistol that had fallen into the
mud, a full cell still loaded inside it. “Looks like we’re both
pretty lucky, eh?”
Kreen laughed and turned, poking his head over the lip
of the trench. The heavy bolter made the loose dirt dance
wildly and made his ears ring, but the death that a single
bolter could wreak in the ork lines was utterly destructive.
A mob of boyz yelled at the top of their lungs and crawled
out of a huge crater about 50 yards away, close enough
to see their beady red eyes. They chose the wrong time
to charge. A few bursts from the heavy bolter and only
a handful of boyz remained, stunned as their comrades
were literally torn limb from limb. The remaining boyz
gave a half-hearted yelp and began running as fast as their
stubby legs would carry them. Suddenly, a large figure
began forming over the lip of the same crater. The boyz
stopped dead, stuck between the guardsman and the
oncoming beast. A burst from the heavy bolter finished off
the boyz, but the Nob was coming their way, charging at
full bore, wildly loosing slugs at them. Kreen ducked as a
bit of dirt fell and pinged off his helmet. He had expected
to hear a burst from the heavy bolter, but when that didn’t
come and the Nob continued its thunderous charge, Kreen
nervously looked over. Fring was reloading the bolter, but
stumbling as he did, slowing down the reload.
“Come on man, this Nob’s gonna be on us in seconds!”
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Hessav yelled.
Kreen turned and saw the Nob, just a few strides away
from the trench and closing the gap fast. He saw the pow-
er klaw hum into like, sparks of electricity shooting from its
crude mechanics. Kreen brought his lasgun to bear, firing
as fast as he could into the oncoming Nob. His cell ran
dry, barely fazing the Nob’s charge, only making it angrier.
Kreen’s ears were suddenly assailed by a loud, reassuring
noise; the heavy bolter. Hessav was laughing loudly as the
heavy bolter riddled the Nob with explosive shells. In a
spray of blood, the power claw and half the Nob’s face and
torso was blown away from his body. The ork stumbled
and fell, crashing into the dirt. Kreen was relieved, but
suddenly he noticed something wrong. The Nob was still
moving and was raising his crude pistol, aiming for one
last-stand shot. Hessav was cheering, standing tall, expos-
ing his shoulders and head above the trench wall.
“Get down!” Kreen screamed and dove to push him out of
the way, but he was too late. The crack of the pistol sound-
ed, and Kreen watched in horror, as if in slow motion, as
the slug smashed into the forehead of Hessav, blowing it
clear of his shoulders in a spray of gore. His helmet and
chunks of meat flew backwards, clattering as it bounced
and rolled on the dirt. His body stood for a moment, hands
still raised in horrible victory. Small shots of blood sprang
from the stump as the body fell limp into the mud.
Kreen was shocked and horrified, looking into the eyes of
both Bren and Fring, both men sharing the same shock.
The body began twitching, and Kreen saw Fring cringe
and vomit. Bren suddenly stood, climbed above the trench
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Last Stand... (cont.)

wall and sprinted with mad speed towards the bloody Nob
before Kreen could stop him.
“No! Bren! Get back here man, you’re gonna get killed!”
Kreen shouted, fearing that at any moment Bren would
get cut down just like Hessav. Kreen saw Bren reach the
Nob, it still moving as it looked up at Bren, hateful noise
exploding from the beast’s filthy maw. Bren raised his pis-
tol, aiming directly at the Nob’s head and fired three times.
The Nob’s thick skull gave way from the las rounds and the
las rounds singed the puny brain contained inside. Bren
spat and began running back to the trench, a look of both
hate and satisfaction pasted on his face. Time slowed and
seconds seemed like hours as Kreen watched his friend
running back to the line, expecting a spray of blood to
burst from his chest. Kreen sighed heavily and was relieved
as Bren hopped back into the trench unharmed.
air. Kreen yelled to Bren and the pair ducked, the missile
soaring just a few feet above their heads. As it passed,
the two men looked over the trench line, praying that the
missile would miss anything valuable. The missile found
its target. With horror, Kreen watched the projectile slam
into the remaining Basilisk, ripping it apart in an awesome
blast of yellow and white. Metal shards were sent flying as
the shell inside the barrel erupted, causing a second sun
to erupt from the flaming body. Kreen then saw Fring fly-
ing through the air, the explosion tossing him like a child
annoyed with a toy. His body slammed into the hull of an-
other wrecked Basilisk and fell limply to the dirty ground.
Kreen and Bren looked at each other, knowing they had
to get the bolter up and running before anymore orks got
too close to their line. As they crouched to heft the gun to
bear, a sound like no other filled the air. It was as if every
soul on the planet was crying out in pain, the air becoming
a chorus of screams and shouts. Kreen stopped, frozen, as
he realized the cacophony of sound was coming from the
orks.
WAAAAAAAAAGH!!!
To be continued...

“You coulda been killed out there, idiot! What were you
thinking man?” Kreen screamed, getting right up in Bren’s
face, spittle misting his skin.

“Don’t tell me what to do, mate. If I die out here, at least I

can say I did it doing the Emperor’s work.” Bren said back
sternly.

Kreen remained silent and turned around to go back to his

spot when he noticed Fring on the ground, a blank look on
his pale face. The man was shaking violently.

“Come on man, let’s get this bolter up and running, we

need to give some support!” Kreen hollered. Fring looked
at him with wild eyes, fear obviously consuming him.

“No…No! I’m outa here!” He screamed, swiftly standing. He

hopped out of the trench as Bren and Kreen both moved
to grab him, missing. They watched Fring run back into the
Imperial lines.

“Fring! What are you doing?” Bren yelled, trying to get him
to stop.

A screaming noise filled the air and Kreen turned to look

directly at an oncoming missile corkscrewing through the
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Fan Fiction
Short Story:
Tiberius’ Tale
By Captain khrone
Tiberius gazed over the fields of Mourn, his usually
solemn expression softening slightly. His power armour
hissed and whined as he took his gauntlets off, despite his
bulk he walked softly. The smell of the lilacs was sweet to
his tuned senses, the rustle of the buds a cacophony to
his ears. Tiberius’ fingertips brushed the purple flowers of
the field, his mind pondered the day coming, the trials of
Gargra’ Thor, the bloodshed, the horror, the pain and the
glory.
The twin suns were setting over the ridge as Tiberius
drew close to the Halls of the Enlightened, he replaced his
gauntlets and took a key from his waist, it slotted perfectly
into a notch, set into the millennia old gate. It shifted, the
stone cracked and shook, dust and spiders fell like snow
onto the earth around Tiberius’ large feet, and he made his
way inside.
It was dark, so very dark that Tiberius could hardly
see. He walked down endless staircases, passed towering
statues of former warriors, Tiberius crushed bones and rats
under his feet, their filth marring his armour. After several
hours of trudging Tiberius arrived at his destination, the
room of Martyrs. The entrance was daubed in signs of love,
love for the dead, and love for the sacrifice of Saints. He
pushed the door open; it was stiff but still functional. The
grey stone ground and roared its defiance as it slid slowly
open. Tiberius stepped in through the gap.
The room was brilliantly white despite the oppres-
sive darkness in the halls before, there were no direct light
sources yet the walls themselves glowed like skin under
the sun. The walls were completely bare, the floor carved
into spirals from the mountain itself. The ceiling was seam-
less and covered in murals to the Gods and the deeds of
their followers, Tiberius felt that all the ancients had turned
their perfect eyes towards him; their spotless lips open in
age long fury and now surprise.
True to the words of his superiors there was the
tool, set into the middle of the floor, a tall multi-barrelled
device, the one that would activate the trial. Tiberius
stroked its white marble surface; it shifted under his touch,
like a crustacean emerging from its shell the prongs and
levers appeared. Tiberius pulled the main lever and almost
immediately the glow from the walls dimmed, the light
turned red casting a bloody glow onto Tiberius’ handsome
face; he licked his lips tasting chalk. The ceiling began to
crack; it was so silent Tiberius had not noticed this until
the plinth began to rise. Tiberius ascended through the
now open ceiling, he felt the sweet scented air on his
face, smelt the lilacs, their aroma once again flooding his
senses. He emerged out of the temple, rising with speed,
the walls around him circular, white marble. Tiberius gazed
upwards, the wind tearing the air around his head, now he
was rising through marble columns, much like a coliseum,
except through the gaps Tiberius saw open air, the orange
sky empty and oppressive.
The space marine had now reached the top of the
tower; he stepped out, gingerly at first, stance low and
tense. He knew he was being watched but could not place
the observer; he made his way up stone steps until he was
on an open shelf. Tiberius knew that if he fell he would fall
for days before he smashed into the ground, the hairs on
his neck were on end, one push and it was all over.
Suddenly the wind stopped. The fury of the sky
was settled. The space marine walked to the edge of the
plateau, when he gazed down he saw the purple sea of
flowers, they shifted in the wind like cloth, they were so
beautiful he wept. The petals were whipped up by unseen
hands, they danced to and fro casting shapes in the air,
spiralling and pirouetting. The flowers felt no guilt, no
responsibility, they were destined to dance, Tiberius hated
them and loved them, and the space marine sank to his
knees.
The clouds began to gather around Tiberius, he knew
that his journey, his destiny was about to start. Almost
instinctively Tiberius opened his palm and slowly, a purple
flower fell, it settled into the deep furrows on his hand.
He looked at it, wiping his eyes with his free gauntlet;
Tiberius watched as the flower turned a deep red, his head
snapped up, his eyes sharp once again. His stalker, the
soundless predator, it was upon him! And it spoke
“Welcome chosen of Khorne.”
********
T’Ber’Disthor, the Beloved Paladin of Evil,
T’Ber’Disthor destroyer of the Iron Men, T’Ber’Disthor the
titan Daemon Prince of Khorne was dying.
Many of his followers did not see the signs, they saw
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him as a God, the immortal T’Ber’Disthor, now they wept
tears of blood. Foot soldiers of Khorne gathered around
his titanic feet only to fall on their swords; Bloodthirst-
ers soared in the skies, screaming their pain and fury at
the tragedy. Millions upon millions of cultists prayed to
Khorne, their children laying flowers at mantles and altars.
It made no difference, T’Ber’Disthor was fading away. His
life force spent, his power exhausted and his time up.
The Daemon Prince did not notice anything outside
his vast conscience; it would appear from any mortal that
he was sleeping. He was pondering, just how had it come
to this? He cast his supreme intellect back centuries, back
to the 1st black crusade when he was barely 19 summers
of age, a young space marine, recently inducted but al-
ready accomplished. He remembered Tiberius, he remem-
bered the weakness of his former self, he remembered the
Trials of Gargra’ Thor.
********
Tiberius ran, he ducked under las-blasts as the puny
guardsmen fired at his righteous form. Tiberius fired his
bolt pistol blasting 6 of opponents into bloody mist, he
barged through the next dozen breaking ribs at the slight-
est touch, the commander; his target was close.
Tiberius ducked into an indent in the trench as the
Guardsmen fired through their own ranks at him; Tiberius
swung out and sprinted, hacking left and right with his
chainsword.
Commander Renold of the Cadian 786th gazed
down the trench; blood arched down a bloody path,
some monster making swift progress towards him. Renold
turned igniting his patented flame fists, he cried “FOR THE
EMPEROR OF MAN!” and around him men rallied. He was
a hero of a dozen campaigns and he knew this bloody foe
was doomed.
Tiberius drew close, the guardsmen pulling back, his
bolt pistol spent of ammo. The commander was glowing in
the holy fire of the False Emperor, barely 20 metres away,
plenty enough.
Renold watched as the brute paused, he could see
the blood red of his armour, the badge of an world being
devoured, it made him sick.
Why had the brute paused? “COME ON YOU COW-
ARD” Renold spat, “ Face me and d.......” Renold’s taunt was
cut short as the chainsword thrown over 20 metres had
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Tiberius’ Tale... (cont.) job of Kaela Mensha Khaine?” screamed again as she back flipped to safe ground.
lodged itself in his chest, it ripped and tore as he lay on The Eldar shrieked, rounding on him, her shouting “I train for barely 16 years and I kick your ass,” Tiberius
the ground, throw back several metres by the force of the and sobbing amplified to a magnitude that would pop the beamed “so much for the better race, all you have done is
throw, the chainsword tore through his lungs and heart, eardrums of a human, her mane shimmering and radiant, chip the paintwork!”
it crunched past his ribs and it ate his very soul. With the armour white and polished, the mask she wore was “I fight for honour and pride, you killed my brother
Renold’s sudden death the guardsmen ran, it was a full carved into a face of fury, the eyes ruby red glinting in the and I’m going to kill you,” the Eldar spat, she pulled her
retreat and none doubted Khorne’s power that day. glow of the wraithbone walls. helmet off and loose black hair cascaded down, her face
Tiberius turned and strode away. Wait No?! Someone Suddenly the banshee flipped forward, punching was long with plump cheeks and dark deep eyes, she had
was watching him, a sniper? Maybe some ethereal power? her heels though his thighs before clawing him across the a tattoo of a vaulted eye below her left eye and lips were
He stopped and sniffed the air, lilac impossible! chest with her sword, he pushed her off and for a second pulled back into a grimace of loathing and pain.
T’Ber’Disthor withdrew from the field, his conscious the blood flowed openly before Tiberius’ wounds closed “At least tell me your name dollface? Ha ha ha!”
travelling through time and space, he laughed as he drew and healed. “You Eldar bitch,” snarled Tiberius “You spilt my The banshee ran at him again in pure rage, she dived
back, even then he was sharp, he felt sorrow and pride for blood so I will DRINK from yours!” between his legs meaning to snap his neck from behind
Tiberius, the first trial, a killing of a “Turui” a worthy oppo- The Eldar spun and leased off several Shruikens but Tiberius promptly sat on her and leant back pinning
nent was over but the fight of a thousand blades was still which scythed across Tiberius’ colossal pauldrons causing her to the floor, “Ha ha ha I won already?” Tiberius laughed;
to come.... no real damage, the banshee snarled. he slapped the Eldar’s flanks before ripping her legs off
“You arrogant whore, you Eldar are all the same!” and throwing them across the hall. Tiberius caught his
******** She screamed at him and attempted to behead him breath on the Eldar bench before heaving himself up.
Tiberius approached the figure, he was tall even for with a two handed swing of her sword, it caught in the “Such a shame,” Tiberius shrugged and reached down
an Eldar, his body lean, sleek but strong. His armour shim- chains hanging from Tiberius’ gauntlets and with a casual and placed a purple lilac in her hair and walked away,
mered like glass, the setting sun burning on its surface flick Tiberius sent it thudding into the walls, the banshee outside into the dark night. “Two down....................”
like a thousand fires. Around its waist hung several garish
pouches and a sword, its surface blooded and gnarled. The
figure turned round to face him. So impossibly graceful
thought Tiberius, “Tell me, we fight now yes?”
The Eldar smiled exposing two lines of perfect teeth,
framed with ruby lips, he knew the Eldar was a male and
yet felt strangely attracted to it, he was beautiful. So
pretty thought Tiberius as he broke its face with his fists,
so very handsome as he pushed his thumbs through the
Eldar’s eye sockets until the bone cracked into its brains.
He tossed its frail corpse aside, its face a bloody ruin. The
Eldar’s blood formed into unfeasible spirals and impossible
shapes as it spilled out onto the floor.
“Not so pretty anymore are you” giggled Tiberius as
he turned away, “Slaanesh will drink her fill from your soul
and dance on your corpse!”
Another figure entered the hall, paused and cried out
in anguish, “No my Brother NO,” the figure cried “you Chaos
Bastard, you will not Take me!” The banshee drew her
sword cutting a fancy shape into the air and in perfect low
gothic she spoke “I boil your flesh and put out your eyes,
You filth, I will cut you into so many strips that your God
will use you as a toothpick!” Smittyrj78
Tiberius laughed “Im sorry but I though that was the
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