Well its been about 3 weeks since starting up with my Thousand Sons army again. So far its been pretty good.. I have played about 5 games with me winning 3 games and losing 2. One of the games that I lost was very close which could have gone either way. It was a kill points game and losing Artimus (count as Kharn) in the early parts of the game due to splitting him off from a squad and having him overkill a squad of Grey Hunters leaving him open for a melta gun shot to the face I think cost me the game. If I would have kept him in his squad, I could have killed the grey hunter squad, and then the other one. The game ended 7-6; was a terrific game and not once did I feel that I was getting slaughtered by a newer codex. Of course the player I played is top notch, and loves running lists with his space wolves differently then everybody else, I'm sure if he was running a missile spam list I would have been tabled.
In the next weeks or so, I am hoping to face off against the newer power builds to see how my list really stacks up. This might force me to go to bigger Tournaments to face them which I do plan on doing more of this year.
Our local GW will be running a campaign starting at 1250 where non-named characters will actually accrue experience and be able to "buy" abilities; again I might go with the Thousand Sons but due to the 1250pt limit, I would be seriously limited. I read the rules that the organizer put out and it looks to be top notch. With every game comes points that players can spend to "unlock" other Force Orgs; you begin with the required 1 HQ, 2 troops and just 1 of everything else but can unlock more choices by spending points.
You can also spend points on getting more points for you army up to 1500pts. Its 5 bucks to get in and all of the money goes toward prize support. I'm about 70% done on painting my third squad of Thousand Sons to add to my army in order to replace the Nightlords squad I have been using; these guys I might start running as Chosen and have them outflank in their rhino for some melta gun love which always helps. Pics are of the 3rd squad about 70% done.
