Triad Cluster Campaign: Orks vs. Sons of Horus, the horde descends

The Blood Axes throw down with the Sons of Horus!

We had a big turnout today, with twelve army-bearing players (and two others stopping by) and seven games - Orks vs. Sons of Horus, Sisters vs. Tyranids and then Eldar, Eldar vs Orks, SW vs. Orks, Necron vs. Tau, Blood Angels vs. Eldar.  On top of that there were some Warmachine demos and card games, making for a pretty packed store.

Vive Voltaire, vive la France, vive Charlie

I personally normally don't go for this sort of stuff, with naked prophets and whatnot, but if there are people who hate it as much as we've just seen it deserves wider dissemination.  

Aside from the most famous quote that inspired this, here's some other appropriate ones from monsieur Voltaire:

To the wicked, everything serves as pretext. 

Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities.

It is difficult to free fools from the chains they revere.

I have never made but one prayer to God, a very short one: 'O Lord make my enemies ridiculous.'  And God granted it. 

To hold a pen is to be at war.

In the grim darkness of the far future, there are only pens.

Hell, while we're at it:

More posts about pretend spaceman death and destruction in a few days.

Wild Bunch part 2

Group shot of the mixed bag of renegades for the Endless Ones.  Assembled in March last year, got around to painting recently. 

Rather than agonize about color schemes, I settled on a simple plan.  I picked out twenty paints I thought were cool and set them in a line.  I put the figures in a bucket.  I set a paint aside, pulled out a figure, and put it next to the paint.  Repeat.  That would be their primary color.  

Still need basing and sealing, but they should be ready the next time I break out the Endless Ones.

Triad Cluster Campaign: Orks vs. Death Cult (and some Adeptus Sororitas)

Celestine phases into battle with a big thumbs up from Doug

My second campaign battle this past Sunday was also against the Imperials, this time Doug's Sisters/Inquisition force.  1500pts, two missions - six evenly spread objectives and Relic, with old "spearhead" (table corner, 12" from center) deployment.

Triad Cluster Campaign: Orks vs. Space Wolves - Comm Center Chaos!

Setting up terrain I found this wonderful old but new to the store terrain piece in the back and resolved that it had to be used, so into the center of the board it went.  At first our benefactor was a mystery, but we later found out it had been left there by Colkillgore via Chuckaroobob, both of My Little World of Dementia.  Thanks fellas!

Scott's Space Wolves and I squared off with the complex in between and prepared to bring the pain!

Triad Cluster Campaign: Initial Clashes

Sons of Anorky ride!

And from the other other Ork player:

Triad Cluster Campaign: Wolftime!

Our Space Wolf player has been busy.  Aside from his Thunderwolves he's got a fancy new entombed hero ready...

...as well as a Sicaran battle tank (JEALOUS) ready to enter the Holy Foam of Transportation.

But will this painting mojo carry over to the battles?  Well, we have our first battle in, with the Space Wolves vs. one of my fellow orks:

Triad Cluster Campaign: Snapshots

Some shots players have posted on our campaign group.  Above, some Ravenwing fanciness.