Going On Campaign ..

Its that time again to run another campaign. I've been reading through the Badab War Imperial Armor books and got inspired to run another campaign with my local group. Like the Badab war campaign I plan on making it based on points where each type of game is worth different points from playing boarding actions to apocalypse games. I might do a unique character mechanic where your HQ will gain experience points for each game played with the added benefit of getting to buy USRS with their experience. Below are the details I'm thinking of including..

- Make this a team campaign with teams of 3-6 a side
- Basic sides would be the forces of the Imperium vs. the forces of Chaos/Xenos
- The back story I was going for is of a Space Marine chapter or Battle company that has turned its back on the imperium who they feel turned their back on them. As the imperium starts closing in around them with superior odds, the captain looks to anybody for aid including Xenos and the forces of chaos. So one of the players will need to play a space marine army who will play the role of the fallen battle company. If nobody will take up this role, I could definitely take it using my Chaos space wolves or even fallen Black templars, but I leave it open to anybody.
- The campaign will have 4 phases with each phase lasting 2-3 weeks. During each phase, players are allowed to play games with other players (as many as they like)and as mentioned above, depending on type of mission/game, they are worth a different amount of campaign points. Each phase will have a special mission though that needs to be played by a chosen champion from each team. This mission will be worth the most and can only be played once per phase.
- winning a phase grants a benefit to the winning team for the next phase. For example if Team A wins phase 1, then in phase 2, Team A gets a minus 1 to all reserve rolls etc.

Thats pretty much it, my goal is to keep it simple in order for the campaign to basically run itself with only needing me to keep track of campaign points and not maps, territories, etc so that I can play. Let me know what you guys think...

The Forces of Chaos...

ADD and wargaming goes hand in hand with me. Every week I get the itch to play a different army just because I might be reading an old battle report or looking through a codex. With the Nightlords Terminator Commander done, to continue with my Nightlords kick, I started on stripping some of my old metal raptor models to redo them as since these were some of my first models that I painted, they dont look as good as the rest of my army. You would think that after I stripped them, I would then re-base them, prime them, and paint them. The answer is nope as I started with updating my Chaos Daemons army first. The Daemon army needed to have some work done on them as right now I really didnt have much painted for them and still had models that I needed to put together. Among these models, Fateweaver himself which I bought about 2 years ago when he first came out in metal and just never got to putting him together and a squad of Pink horrors which again I bought and just forgot about. I took the time and actually worked on both sets of models, getting them together and actually painting them. Since the daemon army as a whole is more "organic", I went with a fast and quick way to paint them which would still give me the results that I wanted. I decided to use a "staining" technique and primed all my horrors white. Once they were primed I just took a red wash and "washed" the models multiple times to get the desired pink color that I wanted for them. After picking out the details with graveyard earth, bleached bone, and boltgun metal, these models were done. With Kairos Fateweaver, as he is meant to be the center point of the army, I took a little longer with him. Instead of staining, I went with a series of blues which I applied in layers at first and then dry brushed to pick out the details. As you can see from the pics, i just need to finish their bases and they will be done. The list I am running is pretty much a Slaaneshi/Tzeentch themed list with some bloodcrushers as my hammer unit. Below is my list at 1750 points -

1750 Pts - Chaos Daemons Roster -

HQ: Fateweaver, Oracle of Tzeentch (1#, 333 pts)
1 Fateweaver, Oracle of Tzeentch, 333 pts ((C:CD, pp.49 & 78); Unit Type: Monstrous Creature; DG: Daemonic Flight; rDG: Boon of Mutation; rDG: Breath of Chaos; rDG: Daemonic Gaze; DGT: Master of Sorcery; DGT: We Are Legion; rDGT: Bolt of Tzeentch; DGT: Soul Devourer; sW: Power Weapon; S: Oracle of Eternity; S: Daemon; S: Fearless; S: Invulnerable!; S: Eternal Warriors)

HQ: Herald of Khorne (1#, 125 pts)
1 Herald of Khorne, 125 pts ((C:CD, pp.32 & 81); Unit Type: Infantry; S: Independent Character; DG: Iron Hide; DGK: Hellblade; sW: Power Weapon; DG: Unholy Might; DGK: Blessings of The Blood God; DS: Juggernaut of Khorne; S: Furious Charge; S: Daemon; S: Fearless; S: Invulnerable!; S: Eternal Warriors)

Elite: Fiends of Slaanesh (5#, 150 pts)
5 Fiends of Slaanesh, 150 pts ((C:CD, pp.37 & 82); Unit Type: Beasts; DGS: Rending Claws; DGS: Soporific Musk; sW: Rending; S: Hit & Run; S: Daemon; S: Fearless; S: Invulnerable!; S: Eternal Warriors)

Elite: Bloodcrushers of Khorne (2#, 85 pts)
2 Bloodcrushers of Khorne, 85 pts ((C:CD, pp.40 & 83); Unit Type: Infantry; DG: Iron Hide; DGK: Hellblade; sW: Power Weapon; DG: Instrument of Chaos x1; S: Furious Charge; S: Daemon; S: Fearless; S: Invulnerable!; S: Eternal Warriors)

Troops: Daemonettes of Slaanesh (10#, 145 pts)
10 Daemonettes of Slaanesh, 145 pts ((C:CD, pp.33 & 84); Unit Type: Infantry; DGS: Aura of Acquiescence; DGS: Rending Claws; sW: Rending; DGS: Transfixing Gaze x1; S: Fleet; S: Daemon; S: Fearless; S: Invulnerable!; S: Eternal Warriors)

Troops: Daemonettes of Slaanesh (10#, 140 pts)
10 Daemonettes of Slaanesh, 140 pts ((C:CD, pp.33 & 84); Unit Type: Infantry; DGS: Aura of Acquiescence; DGS: Rending Claws; sW: Rending; S: Fleet; S: Daemon; S: Fearless; S: Invulnerable!; S: Eternal Warriors)

Troops: Pink Horrors of Tzeentch (10#, 170 pts)
10 Pink Horrors of Tzeentch, 170 pts ((C:CD, pp.42 & 85); Unit Type: Infantry; rDGT: Warpfire; S: Daemon; S: Fearless; S: Invulnerable!; S: Eternal Warriors)

Troops: Pink Horrors of Tzeentch (10#, 175 pts)
9 Pink Horrors of Tzeentch, 175 pts ((C:CD, pp.42 & 85); Unit Type: Infantry; rDGT: Warpfire; S: Daemon; S: Fearless; S: Invulnerable!; S: Eternal Warriors)
1 The Changeling ((C:CD, pp.50 & 80); rDGT: Warpfire; S: Glamour of Tzeentch; S: Daemon; S: Fearless; S: Invulnerable!; S: Eternal Warriors)

Heavy Support: Daemon Prince of Chaos (1#, 235 pts)
1 Daemon Prince of Chaos, 235 pts ((C:CD, pp.46 & 87); Unit Type: Monstrous Creature; DG: Daemonic Flight; DG: Iron Hide; MC: Mark of Nurgle; DGN: Cloud of Flies; DGN: Noxious Touch; rDGN: Aura of Decay; S: Daemon; S: Fearless; S: Invulnerable!; S: Eternal Warriors)

Heavy Support: Daemon Prince of Chaos (1#, 190 pts)
1 Daemon Prince of Chaos, 190 pts ((C:CD, pp.46 & 87); Unit Type: Monstrous Creature; DG: Iron Hide; MC: Mark of Tzeentch; rDGT: Bolt of Tzeentch; rDG: Daemonic Gaze; S: Daemon; S: Fearless; S: Invulnerable!; S: Eternal Warriors)

The bloodcrushers were a gift to me by the old store manager at my local FLGS who gave me the unit after I painted them for his store. After playing the army for several weeks now, I can say that the army isnt bad. In my last 4 games, I have won twice, tied once, and lost once to Grey knights.

I am definitely going to get more bloodcrushers and maybe a unit or 2 of bloodletters as these guys certainly can take anybody apart and seeing that I am facing more grey knight armies as well, opting for some flesh hounds as well who with the blessing of the blood god are pretty much unstoppable unless dark excoummincation is cast. I might have to pick up skulltaker as well as his stats are just awesome for his points cost. This weekend GW is also releasing a herald of tzeentch on a disc of tzeentch so I will also be picking him up to add more shooting to my army. Let me know what you guys think of the list and if you have some more pointers on using the army, I would love to hear them.