Work in progress

Hey guys, I wanted to talk about my latest project that I am currently knee deep in.  As your average 40k hobbiest, I have ADD when it comes to projects.  I might get inspired to do a certain build and then a week later have something else inspire me and go off on another tangent.  Many things inspire me to "go off" on from listening to the latest podcast, to reading an article, to bouncing off ideas to my poor wife as she is trying to catch up on her shows, inspiration can come from anywhere.  My latest scheme involves adding a dark mechanicus wing to my Dark Wolves army with a warpsmith, a couple of heldrakes, and either a forge fiend or maulerfiend.

  This past christmas was good to me and I ended up with a good start for the army so I needed to just add a Mauler fiend.  My list involves running a warpsmith as my HQ, running 3 CSM squads, 2 Heldrakes, a ForgeFiend, Mauler Fiend, and squad of Oblits.  I know that on face value the list doesnt appear competitive which is not the point, I just love the models and the theme of running just a lot of daemon engines.  The Heldrake on its own is just too good, arguably one of the best models in the game (rules wise).  Having 2 in the list makes it so at least I have a shot at winning games.  And then we come to the forgefiend.  I dont know about you but a model with 8 strength 8 shots just screams awesome to me.  I know that the model is is over costed but the number of shots the model puts out makes it worth to me.  Joining the forgefiend in the heavy support is a squad of 3 oblits.  Oblits might have taken a hit with the loss of fearless but the fact that they can now take marks makes them a lot more survival able then ever.

Over the course of the last couple of months, I have been able to put together the models and actually put paint to brush.  I have completed painting the Warpsmith, the forgefiend, and both Heldrakes.  I also painted up an ageis defense line with a quad gun in order to give me some anti air.  As it stands, the list contains the following at 1500 points-

HQ- Warpsmith
Aura of Dark Glory
Gift of Mutation

(2 units of )Troops- CSM Squad (10)
1x Melta gun
1x Plasma gun
Aspa Champ with Power Sword
Unit has extra CCW

Troops- CSM Squad (10)
1x Plasma gun
1x Autocannon
Aspa Champ with Power Axe
Unit has extra CCW

(2 units) Fast- Heldrake with Baleflamer

Heavy Support- Obliterator squad (2)
Mark of Nurgle

Heavy Support- Forgefiend
Twin Hades Autocannons

Fortification - Ageis defense line with Quad gun

The concept of the list is simple.  The Warpsmith joins the CSM squad with the autocannon behind the aegis manning the quad gun.  This unit effectively becomes a havoc squad armed with 3 autocannons and with the ability to skyfire and interceptor, makes them a threat to all light armor, aircraft and troops.   I keep the forgefiend next to him to add his firepower to the unit.  The other 2 units i use to capture objectives or take a defensive posture in kill points as mark of khorne makes them great in defense (which is very ironic...).  The dragons clear the field after the oblits or the autocannons pop the transports.  I might want to add a big squad of cultists and a Dark Apostle as well to get me up to 1750.  With the new Daemon codex coming out, I might want to add in some daemonic allies to give my opponents a threat in their back field.  Next week I plan on taking the list to our local GW's last 40K tournament before they close.  I am hoping the list does pretty good but we shall see..