I have been painting up a storm, and have already painted the Alpha Legion retinue, the 2 Hell Talon Squadrons, the Regimental Command Platoon, a single Infantry Platoon, a Sentinel Squadron, a Valdor and a Minotaur Squadron, and my Blitz objective. There are also 2 Hydras, a Fire Support upgrade unit and a Griffon upgrade unit painted.
I have awaiting the painting process or partly painted, my Malcador Company, another Hydra, 2 more Infantry Platoons, 3 more Fire Support upgrade units, another Minotaur Squadron, a Basilisk Artillery Company, the 2 other objectives.
I have short listed 4 Vraksian armies for CanCon. I have the bulk of the basic formations for each list already painted. I have to play test the lists to decide on which to take. The lists include a low activation artillery heavy list, a high activation Infantry heavy list, and 2 medium activation balanced lists, one with an extra Minotaur squadron, the other with Alpha Legion allies included.
3000 point Vraksian Renegade Army list A (9 Formations) {65 units} Companies – 1350 points 375 Points – Regimental Command Platoon – 1 Supreme Commander, 12 Guard units, Enforcer 275 Points – Infantry Platoon – 1 Commander, 12 Guard Units, Enforcer 700 Points – Tank Company – 10 Malcadors, Hydra, Enforcer [BTS] Support – 1300 points 350 Points – Heavy Artillery Squadron – 3 Minotaurs, Enforcer 350 Points – Heavy Artillery Squadron – 3 Minotaurs, Enforcer 250 Points – Tank Hunter Squadron – 3 Valdors, Enforcer 150 Points - Flak Squadron - 3 Hydras. Enforcer 100 Points – Sentinel Squadron – 4 Armoured Sentinels, Enforcer 100 Points – Sentinel Squadron – 4 Armoured Sentinels, Enforcer Aircraft – 350 points 175 points – Helltalon Squadron – 2 Hell Talon Fighter Bombers 175 points – Helltalon Squadron – 2 Hell Talon Fighter Bombers
2975 point Vraksian Renegade Army list B (11 Formations) {86 units} Companies – 1350 points 525 Points – Regimental Command Platoon – 1 Supreme Commander, 12 Guard units, 4 Fire Support Units, Enforcer, 1 Hydra [BTS] 275 Points – Infantry Platoon – 1 Commander, 12 Guard Units, Enforcer 275 Points – Infantry Platoon – 1 Commander, 12 Guard Units, Enforcer 275 Points – Infantry Platoon – 1 Commander, 12 Guard Units, Enforcer Support – 950 350 Points – Heavy Artillery Squadron – 3 Minotaurs, Enforcer 250 Points – Tank Hunter Squadron – 3 Valdors 250 Points – Tank Hunter Squadron – 3 Valdors 100 Points – Sentinel Squadron – 4 Sentinels Aircraft – 675 325 Points – Alpha Legion Retinue – Alpha Legion Chaos Lord, 8 Alpha Legion Marine Units, 4 Rhinos 175 points – Helltalon Squadron – 2 Hell Talon Fighter Bombers 175 points – Helltalon Squadron – 2 Hell Talon Fighter Bombers 3000 point Vraksian Renegade Army list C {8 Formations – 67 units) Companies – 2050 Points 425 Points – Regimental Command Platoon – 1 Supreme Commander, 12 Guard units, Hydra, Enforcer 275 Points – Infantry Platoon – 1 Commander, 12 Guard Units, Enforcer 650 Points – Tank Company – 10 Malcadors, Enforcer 700 Points – Artillery Company – 9 Basilisks, 1 Hydra Flak, Enforcer [BTS] Support – 450 Points 350 Points – Heavy Artillery Squadron – 3 Minotaurs, Enforcer 100 Points – Sentinel Squadron – 4 Sentinels Allies – 500 Points 325 Points – Alpha Legion Retinue – Alpha Legion Chaos Lord, 8 Alpha Legion Marine Units, 4 Rhinos 175 points – Hell Talon Squadron – 2 Hell Talon Fighter Bombers
3000 point Vraksian Renegade Army list D {9 Formations – 72 units) Companies – 1625 Points 525 Points – Regimental Command Platoon – 1 Supreme Commander, 12 Guard Units, 4 Heavy fire Support Units, Hydra, Enforcer 400 Points – Infantry Platoon – 1 Commander, 12 Guard Units, 3 Griffons, Hydra 700 Points – Tank Company – 10 Malcadors, Hydra, Enforcer [BTS] Support – 700 Points 350 Points – Heavy Artillery Squadron – 3 Minotaurs, Enforcer 250 Points – Tank Hunter Squadron – 3 Valdors, Enforcer 100 Points – Sentinel Squadron – 4 Sentinels, Enforcer Allies – 675 Points 325 Points – Alpha Legion Retinue – Alpha Legion Chaos Lord, 8 Alpha Legion Marine Units, 4 Rhinos 175 points – Hell Talon Squadron – 2 Hell Talon Fighter Bombers 175 points – Hell Talon Squadron – 2 Hell Talon Fighter Bombers
I know I will have problems on some tables if there is not enough area terrain if I take the Infantry heavy list as they have no armour save. The Artillery heavy list has only 8 formations, and the artillery will be targeted first. Against Space Marine teleporting and Thunderhawk Gunship dropped Terminators forces, they are easily picked off. Of the 2 balanced lists I am not sure which to take. One has a decent back up infantry force that actually has an armour save, and transports to get them up to take objectives, while the other has a back up artillery formation in case the first is lost.
I know some armies will give my army a lot of trouble - AMTL, AM Knights, Chaos and Space Marine lists with Terminators and Thunderhawk gunships, Feral Orks, some opposing Guard lists, maybe Dark Eldar, Eldar and Necrons. I should be able to handle Tau, Tyranids, some Ork lists and Sisters of Battle.
Either way I have chosen my army and I have top see how it performs. Hopefully I do not place in the bottom 1/4 or nearly last place again. I also hope my match ups are a lot mare varied. I know why I faced 3 Titan Legions and 2 Imperial Guard lists at Castle Assault - (number of players and combat results from previous rounds and the Swiss chess system used to determine player match ups) but it still irks me that I only played AMTL and Guard over 5 games, when I had Space marines, Chaos marines, Tyranids, Tau, Orks (Standard and Feral), Knights, and Necrons.
With an expected 40 players, there should be a better chance for more variety in the match-ups. I have never played against Necrons, Feral Orks or Knights before.
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