Battle Report, 1500 point Tournament

My Daemons had another tournament outing last weekend at my local game store.  This was a 1500 point, 4 round event with 90 minutes per round.  This was a little short for some people, but I had little trouble finishing my games.  That's always an advantage to playing Daemons, plenty of time to chat with friends between rounds.  No pictures once again, cause I can't seem to remember to take them.  I even had my camera with me.

My list:
2 Great Unclean Ones, cloud of Flies
3 Squads of 6 Fiends of Slaanesh, unholy strength
3 Squads of 5 plaguebearers
2 Daemons Princes, mark of Nurgle, iron hide, cloud of flies, breath of chaos, and noxious touch

Finished Daemon Prince

I finally managed to find something I was satisfied with as a base for the Black Legion Daemon Prince.  I picked up a vinyl floor tile and broke it into pieces.  The sloped piece at the back is there to support the tail as well as add a bit more interest to the base.  The base was then primed white, washed with Asurmen Blue, and sponge painted Skull white.  Overall a very easy process with some excellent results.

Winged Daemon Prince

I've finally gotten around to starting in on a Be'Lakor model that I've had sitting around for quite some time.  It will be an addition to my friend's Black Legion army.  I'm rather pleased with its current state.  The sword turned out exceptionally well.

I haven't started in on the base yet.  It will be some sort of snow base, but I need to find something to put under his feet to raise him up a little.  This older model isn't quite as large as the new one and I'd like to make the size difference a little less noticeable.  I should have the base finished in the next day or two, provided I can find what I'm looking for.


In the next few days I expect to be finishing up a Jain-zar model for another friend as well as another small figure and hopefully finishing pinning together a few war walkers and wraithlords.

On Fighting Daemons, Battle Report

Here's the promised battle report against my Daemons.  I hadn't originally planned this battle as a How-to on beating my daemon army, but that's rather how it worked out.  Not much suspense regarding the end result but hopefully the process will be at least somewhat enlightening.

On Fighting Daemons

I've been playing my daemons a lot lately and doing fairly well with them.  Even during my draws I usually kill more of my opponents army than they do of mine.  My army is reasonably powerful, but I'm really winning more games because of my opponent's inexperience than any other reason.  Daemons are relatively uncommon around here and people just don't know how to defeat them.  So in the interest in having more tactically challenging matches I'd like to share some thoughts on the best ways to defeat my army.  I will be following up on this article with a battle report demonstrating some of the ideas as soon as I get the pictures straightened out.

Daemons Battle Report 2k

I took my 2000 point Daemons army to a tournament last Saturday.  I have a lot less confidence in the 2k version of my list than I do in the 1750 point version.  The extra 250 points really doesn't get me all that much.  I get 3 sets of wings for my daemon princes and 2 plaguebearers with icons.  Not exactly a substantial difference.  Still, the army performed reasonably well, getting me second place overall.  The wings I created for the princes also turned out reasonably well.  I wasn't able to get the join with the body as seamless as I wanted, but the magnets worked out pretty well.  I'd be even happier if I could get them to stay flat, but I've had no luck with that so far.

Plans for the Near Future

I've got a couple major projects I'm working on for the next couple months.  The first of which is expanding my Daemon army to 2000 points for a tournament later this month.  I'm currently planning to add wings to my 3 daemon princes and another group of 5 plaguebearers.  The plaguebearers are an easy addition once I find someone who has them in stock.  The wings are going to be a bit more challenging, but I'm hopeful I'll be able to get them finished in time.  I have even found the perfect wings for the project.

Tournament report

On Saturday the 23rd I brought my completed daemons to a 1750 point tournament at my friendly local gaming store.  I ended up finished towards the bottom of the pack but more because of the missions than anything else.  The tournament was being run by a new guy..... who has a lot to learn still.  I'm still a little pissed about the end results.  Hopefully he either gets his shit together or they replace him.  I know a few of the other players talked with him and the store owner a bit after the event, so I'm hopeful that any future events will be handled better.  Anyway, on to the report.

2-week army build, Part 5

Finished army and Test Games

Finished army:

This photo is actually from the Saturday, the day of the tournament.  I was rather scrambling on Friday after getting home from school to get the last couple things painted and didn't have time to take pictures that day.  I'm rather pleased with the end result though.  I'll get some close-up pictures together when I have a little more time.

2-week army build, Part 4

Made a lot of progress today.  Finished the last group of Plaguebearers, got all the main areas on the Daemon Princes finished, and finished up the second Great Unclean One.  All that's left is the two groups of Fiends, and some detail work on the Daemon Princes.  After that I'll go through and do some touch ups and pick out the details I skipped over on the first time through.  I should probably go ahead and repaint the first Great Unclean One as well, but I don't think I'm going to have enough time ti get to that before the tournament on Saturday.  Oh and I need to go through and add something to the plaguebearers weapons so they don't look so plain.  I'm currently considering using a similar rust effect to what I've been using on my Orks.  Not sure though.

2-week army build, Part 3

The last of the models I need for my army arrived today, and a flurry of filing and gluing ensued.  I managed to get them all assembled and all of the mold lines cleaned off.

Things are progressing nicely, though the to-do list is still pretty crowded for the time I have left.

To-Do list:
Prime the new models
Add magnets to the Daemon Prince's bases for wound counters
Paint the bases that remain
Paint the last unit of Plaguebearers
Paint the Daemon Princes
Finish the Great Unclean One
Paint 2 squads of Fiends
Finish the weapons on the first two groups of Plaguebearers

Definitely a lot to do, but I think I can manage by Saturday if I stay focused.

2-week army build, Part 2

dProgress continues.

I have now painted one squad of Fiends and one squad of plaguebearers.  All the bases for the army have been made, many are still waiting on priming and painting however.  I am still waiting on my 3 daemon princes, 8 remaining spiders, and 5 additional plaguebearers to arrive.  They should be here on Tuesday.  My goal for the next couple days is to prime and paint all of the bases, finish the second squad of plaguebearers, and paint the second Great Unclean One.  Wish me luck.

2-week army build, Part 1

My local store is holding a 1750 point tournament on the 23rd of this month that I've decided to attend.  I've been getting a little tired of playing my Guard and my Orks and wanted to try something different.  Namely a more elite army.  Chaos Daemons is what I've chosen.  The biggest problem is that I've only got one model painted for my chosen force so far and less than two weeks to go.  I'm going to go for it and try to get a force ready in the time I have left.  Here's what I've got so far.