Monday - September 22, 2008
The aftermath
So, the Fight Club thing was pretty cool, actually.
People-wise, the event was a 10. The Fight Club is just full of great people, with great looking models and, as Arica phrases it, "good hobby." Apparently, in Games Workshop parlance, hobby is a noun for "all-around sportsmanship, modeling, painting, knowledge of the rules, and overall enthusiasm." I've begun to pick it up as well, for better or worse.
Game-wise, I have to rate it about a 7... and ONLY because my side lost on turn 1 due to a little hiccup in the rules. The goal was for the Eldar side to obliterate the Necron's pylon. Well, apparently the Eldar titans can deep strike, so on turn 1, it wasn't on the board yet. The Eldar played a "Hammer Blow" strategem that randomly targeted a single super-heavy on the board... and since our pylon was the only one... it took a pounding before a single shot was fired, and was wiped off the board. The rest of the game was a formality at that point.
It was fun, and I hate to be a spoilsport about it, but it just felt... cheap.
I got to display my models, though. After a marathon paint session, my new tally looks like this :
| Painted | Unpainted |
| HQ - 1 Nightbringer - 3 Necron Lords ELITES - 10 Immortals (mostly) - 10 Flayed Ones (mostly) TROOPS - 30 Warriors FAST ATTACK - 3 Wraiths - 8 Scarab Swarms - 1 Destroyer HEAVY SUPPORT - 1 Tomb Spyder - 1 Heavy Destroyer - 1 Monolith (mostly) OTHER - 1 Large Crater (for when my Monolith gets blown to hell) |
HQ - 1 Deciever ELITES - 5 Pariahs FAST ATTACK - 4 Destroyers HEAVY SUPPORT - 2 Heavy Destroyers - 2 Monoliths |
That's something I can live with. My army is so close to done, I can taste it... then, I'll be able to buy MORE models! But, at least if I buy more models, I'll only be one unit away from having my entire army painted again.
I also have some pictures from the Fight Club. The first rule may be not to talk about it, but nobody said not to pull pictures off my camera phone.
