Monday, February 23, 2015

Pictures from the Las Vegas Open Heresy tournament!

Made it back from the LVO and one again realized that I really ought to take a monopod with me - I just don't have steady hands and a vast majority of the pics I'd snapped were blurry messes. There were a few worth salvaging though!

The Heresy event was a blast, ended up getting a chance to meet a number of the Heresy 30k forumites that I've gotten to know online over the last few years, as well as a few fellow bloggers. Good times! In between the first and second game, they had people lay out their armies, a selection of which may be found below:


Imperial Fists/Knights


Sons of Horus


Dark Mechanicus


Imperial Fists/Knights


Another Thousand Sons player!


Mechanicum


Night Lords


Word Bearers/Daemons


Knights



My first game was up against one of the Imperial Fists/Knights groups and due to a hysterical bout of poor saving throws and multiple deep strike mishaps, I was essentially tabled by turn two.


Second game was up against a lovely Raven Guard army (sadly the army shot I took was a blurred mess). Massive back and forth, he'd held a lot of his army in reserve and I had deployed almost everything so I'd mauled him pretty bad in the first half, but a pair of Venators and a Fire Raptor got their revenge in the back half of the game.


The center of the table ended up being a swirling melee that lasted for four turns, with units from his side and mine crashing in to reinforce the combat - my assault squad got bogged down in a twenty-man tac squad, who where then backed up by a second twenty man squad.


The Praetor just wouldn't die, buying the terminators enough time to then back him up. Very bloody!

Had an absolute blast, and will definitely be attending again next year!
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5 comments:

  1. Da Masta CheefFebruary 24, 2015 at 5:36 AM

    The huge, multi-turn-meat-grinder of a melee in the middle of the table, which sucks in all units within a 24" range was always one of my favorite aspects of 40k.

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  2. DaiFebruary 24, 2015 at 11:31 AM

    O wow - some really lovely armies on display, and such variance too! Nice to see still-yet-to-be-represented-in-book forces being used. :)

    Almost makes me regret selling off my Raven Guard. Almost.

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  3. ZzzzzzFebruary 24, 2015 at 1:48 PM

    Excellent stuff.

    And Dai sold his Raven Guard ?!??!

    I'm sure I knew that....

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  4. gregglesFebruary 25, 2015 at 3:08 PM

    So sorry i didn't have more time to chat. I always forget how crazy hectic these tournies are. You want to talk to people, but you don't want to interrupt their games!

    Btw your army looked fantastic! Was a treat to see in person!

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  5. Mordian7thFebruary 25, 2015 at 9:19 PM

    @Da Masta Cheef: Absolutely, it was an epic fight!

    @Dai: Indeed! I was blown away by the quality and variety of armies. Really cool stuff to be seen!

    @Zzzzzz: Thanks man!

    @Greg Hess: Totally, the weekend was a whirlwind. Was an absolute blast though - definitely attending next year, we'll have to make sure to meet up for a game or at least raise a pint at the pub crawl (not that I remember much from the pub crawl)!

    Cheers everyone!

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