Tournament results and thoughts moving forward

Alright, so the 2,000 point tournament was last Sunday. There were far fewer opponents than usual as many had gone to Dallas for a 2-day tournament, but the competition with those remaining was still fierce. I won the first 2 games of the tournament quit handily. The introduction of the Heldrakes made a huge difference to how my games played, but the true stars were the Chaos Cultists. When you have 94 Cultists on the board, you are able to tar-pit quit a bit. The downside is, your turns will progress extremely slowly.

The last game of the tournament pitted me against one of the regulars who consistently places in the top 3. We only got to the top of Turn 4 before time ran out, but in that exchange, his Space Wolf warlord and Molitor went head to head. Sadly the loyalist scum was able to wipe Molitor's entire biker gang before ending the warlord in close combat. I got my revenge at Turn 4 as I fired my Hades Autocannon and 2 Predator tanks, but the Space Wolf warlord was able to shrug off everything that came at him, until the 12 Cultists, who were in rapid fire range, fired. I forced 4 armor saves and the Space Wolf failed 2, giving me a warlord killed point. In the end my opponent had more victory points than I, but I think if the game had continued I could have done a bit more damage to him.

So the tasks ahead for me are to paint the 94 Cultists. I'm thinking of painting in a manner similar to Imperial Guardsman, who have gone traitor and wield their weapons for Nurgle. Next I need to green stuff and paint my warlord. I've received a lot of compliments on the look of Molitor, but can't wait to get pustules decorating his form. Then I'll re-visit the Heldrakes, Maulerfiend, and the rest of the Chaos Bikers. I've got to have everything 100% painted for the first major tournament in May. Though we'll see how many of these guys actually make the cut.

Which brings me to a kill point game I played post-tournament. Only in this situation have I seen large blobs of Cultists being more of a hindrance than asset. They die so easily, and even Going to Ground won't save more than a couple. In hind-sight, I should have camped behind cover and let my Eldar opponent come to me. Next time I play Purge the Unclean I'll be sure to do so.

Until then, see you on the battlefield!