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Author: | caregadras [ Fri Nov 12, 2010 12:46 am ] |
Post subject: | Tyranid swarm on Hive Cassius. |
The Battle for Hive Cassius During the Tyranid invasion on Hive Cassius, at the east gate of the sector XIII, a regiment of imperial guard is sent to gain the control of the gate, taking safe the space bay. 1.500 points Tyranid V/S 1.500 points Steel Legion. Battle Report. ![]() Turn1 Initiative: Steel Legion The Tyranid is forced to meve, and the 1st harridan march and hide over the wall, the regiment of infrantry supported by hellhounds take position on the spacebay, followed by Leviathan, and the shadowsword at the back. The Tyranid force take position in the powersupply factory, and to the main house before the gate. The second Harridan move and hide in the industrial plant. The genestealer take position on the power plant, and the valkyrie arrive and open fire withous success to them. The Mechanised company meet the main of the imperial forces on the street near the spacebay. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Turn2 Initiative: Steel Legion The Valkyrie engage the geenestealer, moving near the main imperial forces, and hold to them again after their win. The Tyranid move all is forces inside the power plant, preparing a mass engage for the turn 3. The mechanised company go in overwatch, and all the rest of the force open fire against the tyranid force in cover. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Turn3 Initiative: Tyranid The tyranid order a mass engage with the two brood company and one Harridan, against only the Valkyrie and his infantry. The mechanised compay break the overwatch against the aggressor. Tyranid destroy them totally but suffer a massive support fire from the Leviathan, the mechanised infantry company and the infrantry company on the trench. A victory but with an hard price. The shadowsword and the Leviathan open fire againt one harridan, killing it and the infantry move over the half of the table. One Harridan move and fire to the mechanised infantry company, crashing some chimera. During this turn, a lot of synaptic creature was killed, more than half. Steel Legion: 2 (break the spirit, flag defense) Tyranid: 1 (flag defense) ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The imperial forces win, but come back and hold the position, because a great swarm of tyranid are coming to this sector. Next match: 3.000 pt Steel Legion VS 3.000 pt Tyranid. |
Author: | Onyx [ Fri Nov 12, 2010 12:55 am ] |
Post subject: | Re: Tyranid swarm on Hive Cassius. |
Great report. Fantastic terrain (love all the little details) and armies. Well done! Looking forward to the 3000pt game. |
Author: | caregadras [ Sun Nov 14, 2010 9:06 pm ] |
Post subject: | Re: Tyranid swarm on Hive Cassius. |
The battle for the gate. The force that won the first approach meat the rest of the Imperial Forces, and advance for meet the big wave of Tyranid that are approaching. Turn 1 Initiative: Tyranid The manticore open the dance with an indirect fire (2 of 3) againt the wave. The Imperial guard advance and occupy the house line of his side of the main street, near the bridge. The Sentinel, on march, go over the imperial line in patrol, defending the core formation from the first engage. The Valkyrie, hided behind the house, with a pop up attack, open fire against one brood. The Tyranid advance lineary in all the battlefield, occuping the space bay and his line of the house of the main street. The infantry company out of the gate march near the bridge. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Turn 2 Initiative: Steel Legion Appear the Tyranid teleporter near the basilisk, and the tunneler appear behind the gate. The Valkyrie assault the brood trenched on the space bay having a little win (1 point), and regroup preparing for receive an assault, but the geenstealer assault the sentinels, and regroup out of the control zone of the mechanised company. The infantry engage the geenestealer, and the genestealer with his countercharge take in the engage the mechanised company. The imperial win the engage, the genestealer are annhilated but have do some casualties. The Leviathan engage the brood that occupy the gate, with a mass win, and take position near the gate. The tunneller engage the company of the leviathan and the infantry, the imperial win but the company of the infantry is decimate and fall back. The dominatrix and his retinue engage the mechanised company, with a little win (1 point). The mechanised company, loosing all his chimera, fall back. The teleport destroy the manticore and another brood engage with a litte win the valkyrie. The infantry company outside the wall march on the gate. The shadowsword and the leviathan oper fire and hit the dominatrix. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Turn 3 Initiative: Steel Legion The infantry company at the gate engage the dominatrix and his retinue, but fail and go fall back; in the opposite site, the teleporter engage the surivor of the mechanised compay and fail them too, loosing the engage. The leviathan engage a broken brood annihilating them, and the warhound titan advance inside the space bay, open fire and go to fall back another brood. The dominatrix engage a fallback unit annihilating it. and another brood engage and win the warhound titan, that with one DC point fall back. One shadowsword open fire against the Dominatrix and hit it. Objective: 0 - 0 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Panorama. ![]() ![]() ![]() Turn 4 (extra) Initiative: Steel Legion One of the 2 shadowsword open fire, and hit the domnitraix again, and the dominatrix engage and destroy the second. The leviathan come back to his steps and opening fire against the dominatrix kill it. The warhound advance and open fire against the brood and the vakyrie return back for kill the last teleporter. The main brood procede to the two imperial objective. The last fire, the last victim, but the battle go to finish. The imperial line was broked, and the tyranid, with a massive casualties, is be able to gain their objective and occupy the sector. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Tyranid: 2 - defend the flag, the will not pass Steel Legion: 1 - break the spirit (synaptic killed over the half) Tyranid win. ...but, when the loose appear to be definitive, a message arrive from the sky. The steel legion are retreating, but the adeptus astartes are moving with great speed! ![]() ...next match: 3.000 pt Space Marine V/S 3.000 pt Tyranid. |
Author: | Man of kent [ Sun Nov 14, 2010 9:52 pm ] |
Post subject: | Re: Tyranid swarm on Hive Cassius. |
Cool stuff! Makes me want to make some better scenery! |
Author: | Apocolocyntosis [ Sun Nov 14, 2010 9:53 pm ] |
Post subject: | Re: Tyranid swarm on Hive Cassius. |
Great pictures and set-up, really enjoyed thanks ![]() |
Author: | caregadras [ Sun Nov 14, 2010 10:00 pm ] |
Post subject: | Re: Tyranid swarm on Hive Cassius. |
The Tyranid start to corrupt the land, one part of the semi-underground river is drained, and from the land two piece of terrain erupt with biological digest pool... ![]() ...from the Space Wolf battlebarge start a initial massive barrage at the middle of the sector, that crash a main building and damage the tyranid erupted terrain. ![]() ![]() <<Battlebarge in position. Now I see my father there, that's there I see my mother and my sisters and my brothers, First Orbital barrage completed. here I see all my deceased parents, from beginning to the end. Enemy are regrouping. 30 seconds to launch. Objective detected. There, now they call me, invite me to sit among them in the hall of Valhalla In the name of Russ, we will preveail. Launch started! where the brave may live... forever! Wolves!! For the Emperor!!>> - Lord Buliwyf, the slayer. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WrkMWM0Hy5Q |
Author: | Ares [ Mon Nov 15, 2010 5:03 pm ] |
Post subject: | Re: Tyranid swarm on Hive Cassius. |
Wonderful scenery! Cool minis, I love the old style IG infantry. Also a very cool narrative at the end. |
Author: | mattthemuppet [ Tue Nov 16, 2010 4:45 pm ] |
Post subject: | Re: Tyranid swarm on Hive Cassius. |
I just can't get over how amazing that scenery is, simply awesome! |
Author: | BlackLegion [ Wed Nov 17, 2010 2:05 pm ] |
Post subject: | Re: Tyranid swarm on Hive Cassius. |
I agree. Very impressive an atmospheric gaming table ![]() |
Author: | Athmospheric [ Wed Nov 17, 2010 3:54 pm ] |
Post subject: | Re: Tyranid swarm on Hive Cassius. |
Wot ? Someone called me ? As I might be the cause of that confusion, I feel compelled to state that "atmospheric" actually only take an "h" after the "t" if it's my pseudo. The actual word doesn't have it ![]() Very nice board, By the way ! |
Author: | Borka [ Wed Nov 17, 2010 9:56 pm ] |
Post subject: | Re: Tyranid swarm on Hive Cassius. |
Wow what a table! Very nice reports indeed! |
Author: | BlackLegion [ Thu Nov 18, 2010 12:44 am ] |
Post subject: | Re: Tyranid swarm on Hive Cassius. |
I don't know why but i often misspell "atmos..." with a "th" ![]() |
Author: | Athmospheric [ Thu Nov 18, 2010 12:50 am ] |
Post subject: | Re: Tyranid swarm on Hive Cassius. |
It looks better that way, that's why ![]() ![]() |
Author: | caregadras [ Sat Nov 20, 2010 6:11 pm ] |
Post subject: | Re: Tyranid swarm on Hive Cassius. |
...orbital barrage completed. One line of the city wall is collapsed. ![]() ![]() The battlebarge will arrive on the first turn, cohordinated achieved. The Xeno will fall into our trap! ![]() The landed forces in position. For the Emperor! ![]() ![]() ...30 minutes to the glory. TURN 1 initiative: space marine The space marine deploy near the ruins over the city wall, placing his objective in a triangle in his deploy area. The warlord, the tactical detachment and the land speeder deploy as phalanx near the titan. Over, the tyranid delpoy as a violet line at the horizon. The space marine force the tyranid to move, that with the dominatrix, and one brood march over the main street. The warlord titan with a double move, open fire against the brood, when the geenestealers march near the brood. The Lord Bulfwaif, order the engage of his tactical datachment followed by the land speeder and his chaplain, supported by the warlord. The tyranid loose the engage, and retreat in the trap that the space marine have make for them, retreating exactly under the barrage and the drop pod assault scheduled before, and it happens. The barrage and the deathwind pod arrive on the formation broken, causing a lot of casualies. The the harridan march near the domintrix, and one brood march from the city to the outside ruins for buffer the situation. The landing ship arrive to the ground, and embark the scout formation and his rhino, added them to the devastator detachmente just embarked at the start of the game. The Hyerophant march over the main gate to the bridge. The assault detachment disembarked from the pod, engage and destroy the geenestealer suriveved. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() TURN 2 initiative: space marine The terminator appear near the assault, in the ruins. The Warlord titan move and engage the dominatrix, putting them in fall back, but the dominatrix don't retreat. ONe harridan engage the land speeder, but loose the engage making the first blood to the space wolf, killing one speeder. The support of the warlord titan and the tactical detachment make 3 hit to harridan, and the land speeder open first fire killing it. The terminator oper first fire against the surived harridan, killing it. The second brood march near the pod deployer, and the tactical detachment make a double move and fire on them. The brood deployed on the space bay, make a march to arrive to the theatre of war, but is too late. The landing ship make an engage to the brood hitted by the tacticals, and have a total win, loosing the second stand of the game, 1 devastator. The turn end, the landing ship fly out and the tyranid try to regenerate, outgoing out of the fall back, but the casualties and the strategical situation write the word end to the game. At the end of the second turn, the Tyranid (the dear Bob ![]() Objective Tyranid: 0 Space Wolf: 5 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The lord Bulwaif put his flag on the main gate, taked for Russ! Taked for the Emperor! The space wolf strategy was totally perfect. Tonight, they will cry the loose of the 7 marines, (5 on the devastator stand and 2 on the land speeder) that is died in one of the most famous, glorious and forever singed victory of the space wolf. The sector is holded... but, inside the city, the tyranid are swarming to the center of the imperial hive, but in front of them... appear the Adeptus Titanicus division, to intercept the beachead of the tyranid survived army. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() NEXT MATCH: 3.000 pt Adeptus Titanicus V/S 3.000 pt Tyranid. The wind move the flag.... The day of the wolf. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hDpc-831GPs ![]() |
Author: | frogbear [ Sat Nov 20, 2010 8:41 pm ] |
Post subject: | Re: Tyranid swarm on Hive Cassius. |
Excellent imagery overall. Definitely a thread to be proud of. Awesome effort caregadras ![]() |
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