My Cygnar Army

Huh, it seems like I collected a pretty significant Cygnar force over the last year. And I almost painted every model I own, which is pretty unusual for me. I currently have a Hunter, Sentinel and Kraye on the painting table along with my newly started Minion force. But this is what I currently have in Cygnar that is painted.

Caster

pStryker
eStryker
pHaley
eHaley
eNemo
eCaine
Kara Sloan
Siege

Warjacks
Stormwall
Ironclad
Stormclad
Ol' Rowdy
Defender/Cyclone/Ironclad
Hammersmith/Avenger/Centurion
Charger (2 of them)

Hunter
Lancer

Units
Arcane Tempest Gun Mages + UA
Stormblade Infantry + UA + 3 Stormgunners
Swordknights
The Black 13th
Rangers
Tempest Blazers

SolosAlan Strangeweys
Journeyman Warcaster
Squire
Trencher Master Gunner
Stormsmith Stormcaller (5 of them)
Runewood

MercsGreygore Boomhowler & Co
Gorman di Wolfe
Rhupert Carlvaro
Reinholdt
eEiryss

Theory Crafting with Horse Power

For my next tournament I will most likely pick up Kraye and try out his tier list. I'm a huge fan of running jacks, so both Kraye and Darius seems to be my kind of casters. Another thing I like about Kraye is that he can run a solid tier list without Stormwall. Don't get me wrong, I love our big guy and I rarely leave home without him, but sometimes you just wanna play with something else. The list I want to try out is this one.

Tier 4 - Mobile Strike Force
Captain Jeremiah Kraye (*6pts)
* Hunter (6pts)
* Hunter (6pts)
* Sentinel (4pts)
* Centurion (9pts)
* Cyclone (9pts)
* Stormclad (10pts)
Black 13th Gun Mage Strike Team (4pts)
Rangers (4pts)
Rangers (4pts)
I still need to buy another pack of Rangers, but the rest I already got. Hunters always work best in pairs, and with Krayes Guided Fire you only need to drop 1 focus for boosting damage. A single Hunter can do decent damage to a Heavy, but two are more likely to cripple a system before it can enter combat. The Sentinel is just there to give Kraye the much neede Shield Guard, and perhaps block a charge lane and in some rare cases it might even get a chance to clear some low armor infantry.

Stromclad is the beast heavy Cygnar got, and with Full Tilt and Krayes feat he can go on a really long assassination run. Centurion is there for much of the same reasons, or as a second heavy warjack for my opponent to deal with. Cyclone is my choice for clearing infantry, placing covering fire, and the odd chance of doing a double-handed throw. There is never a wrong choice to bring the Black 13th to handle flanks, using Mage Storm and just being one of the best units in the game. The only drawback of using them is that I can't use them in any other list I might bring to a tournament.

I'll try to get some games next week and see how well this list will work.

FUSK Steamroller tournamnet battle reports

Emanuel is tries to find a way to kill pDenny

Me and two friends went to a Steamroller tournament this weekend. It was just a small one with 10 guys, all good friends. I didn't take that many pictures so this will just be another short recap of what happened in the games that I played in. 

Game 1 vs Circle

Morvahna the Autumnblade (*6pts)

* Gorax (4pts)
* Feral Warpwolf (9pts)
* Warpwolf Stalker (10pts)
* Woldwarden (9pts)
Shifting Stones (2pts)
Shifting Stones (2pts)
Tharn Bloodweavers (Leader and 5 Grunts) (5pts)
Warpborn Skinwalkers (Leader and 4 Grunts) (8pts)
* Warpborn Alpha (3pts)
Druid Wilder (2pts)
Gallows Grove (1pts)

I'm pretty sure this is the list he played with, I could be wrong with a point or two. His other list was basically the same one but with Moshar instead. The scenario was Close Quarter and I played with eNemo Tier 1 list. I feated on turn 2 but didn't get much out of it. I couldn't reach his heavies even though I used Energizer I was a few inches short on my charges. Instead I fell upon a wall of Skinwalkers and started bashing. On his turn he sent his Stalker on the Stormwall and got some insane dice rolls and did 54 boxes of damage, then the Feral did the killing blow and killed the Stormblade with even more insane rolls. Not much I could do at that point. He won by scenario since I couldn't send in any units to contest with him.

Game 2 vs Cygnar

Captain Allister Caine (*5pts)
* Ol' Rowdy (9pts)
* Sylys Wyshnalyrr, the Seeker (2pts)
Arcane Tempest Gun Mages (Leader and 5 Grunts) (6pts)
* Arcane Tempest Gun Mage Officer (2pts)
Greygore Boomhowler & Co. (Boomhowler and 9 Grunts) (9pts)
Horgenhold Forge Guard (Leader and 9 Grunts) (8pts)
Lady Aiyana & Master Holt (4pts)
Rangers (5pts)
Eiryss, Angel of Retribution (3pts)
Journeyman Warcaster (3pts)
Reinholdt, Gobber Speculator (1pts)
Stormsmith Stormcaller (1pts)
Taryn di la Rovissi (2pts)

My first game ever against my own faction. His other list was eStryker with Stormlances and some other stuff that I don't remember. I choose Siege since I wanted foxhole as protection from eCaine. The scenario was Incursion. We both deployed so that our Boomhowlers would have a slug fest at one control point. The middle flag was the one to go away so we had to split up our forces. I got an early point from the uncontested flag from the left where he didn't have any units except for his "super solos" and eCaine. For some reason I forgot about Taryn and her Shadow Fire, and I thought that Siege would be safe behind the Stormwall. He shot the Stormwall with Taryn and then went for the assassination with Siege. On his last shot with eCaine he got just enough damage to kill Siege.

Game 3 vs Cryx

Warwitch Deneghra (*5pts)
* Deathripper (4pts)
* Deathripper (4pts)
* Nightmare (10pts)
* Skarlock Thrall (2pts)
Bane Knights (Leader and 9 Grunts) (10pts)
Bane Thralls (Leader and 9 Grunts) (8pts)
* Bane Thrall Officer & Standard (3pts)
Bile Thralls (Leader and 5 Grunts) (5pts)
Bane Lord Tartarus (4pts)
Bloat Thrall (2pts)
Pistol Wraith (3pts)
Pistol Wraith (3pts)

He played with something like this. The list above is 53pts, and I could be wrong on something. The Scenario was Process of Elimination and I played with eNemo and my wall of warjacks. He ran forward with his units and cast Crippling Grasp on my Stormwall to prevent it from reaching his army. Instead I cast Polarity Shield on it and placed him in the zone to my left. On the other side I had the rest of my army, and my Chargers and Stormcallers killed a bunch of Bane Knights before they could wreck my jacks. I also got the Alpha Strike on the Nightmare and killed it. It turned out to a really long attrition game and he spent a lot of time bashing both my Stormwall and Centurion without doing any real damage even though he gave them -7 ARM during his feat turn. In the end he lost by death clock (I still had 16 minutes left on my clock).

Game 4 vs Legion

Rhyas, Sigil of Everblight (*6pts)
* Nephilim Soldier (5pts)
* Angelius (9pts)
* Scythean (9pts)
Blighted Nyss Grotesques (Leader and 9 Grunts) (6pts)
Blighted Nyss Swordsmen (Leader and 9 Grunts) (8pts)
* Blighted Nyss Swordsmen Abbot & Champion (3pts)
Blighted Ogrun Warspears (Leader and 4 Grunts) (8pts)
* Warspear Chieftan (2pts)
Blighted Nyss Shepherd (1pts)
Succubus (2pts)
Warmonger War Chief (3pts)

First time I faced Rhyas, Nephilim Soldier, Swordsmen, Grotesques and Ogruns... a lot of first time things here. Scenario was Destruction and I played Siege again. He ran his army very far due to Dash from Rhyas. I moved into the zone with the Boomhowlers and waited to get charged, and charge he did... with Rhyas feat. He got some swings on Stormwall which let him get to Siege and do some damage to him. I managed to clear away the threat from Siege and gave him Arcane Shield and played very defensively with him. On the next turn he got into combat with Siege with his flying units and got Siege down to 2 boxes of health. I used my feat and cleared away most of his army in one turn but Siege was still not safe. The next turn Rhyas saw her chance and charged (stupid acrobatics) straight trough Stormwall and into Siege. With 26 ARM he turned out to be a hard nut to crack as he only did 1 damage to Siege, leaving him with a single wound. Stormwall turned around and without a single focus he smashed a damaged Angelius with one fist and then hit Rhyas with the other and killed her with a single blow since she had no beasts left to transfer to.

Conclusion

It's really hard to play against a bunch of stuff you've never seen before. I did some really dumb mistakes in my two first games that cost me both games. I got to aggressive in the first game which cost me my Stormwall and Stormclad. And in the game against eCaine I could have just cast Foxhole and camped since the only way for him to kill Stormwall was with eCaines feat. Against Cryx I played pretty good and didn't do anything stupid and didn't give away anything for free and in my last game I just got lucky.

In my next tournament with Cygnar I'm planning on bringing Kraye with his tier list.

Siege vs Butcher3 (quick bat-reps)

My buddy Viktor got his hands on the limited Butcher model a few weeks ago. I haven't had the "pleasure" to play against him yet, but today I got my chance. I know he can remove tough and pull models towards him and use flashing blades to clear away a huge amount ofinfantry. Still I went with Siege in this match up, cus I need the practice.

I removed Jonas Murdoch and two Stormcallers to get enough points for the Black 13th unit. He played a somewhat different list. I know he will add eAlexia to his list, but until he gets her he plays with a Drakhun instead. The rest of his list is pretty standard Khador. Winter Guards, Black Dragon Pikemen, Widowmakers, Greylords, Greatbears, Bokus, Corbeau and some other solos.

In the first game we played Incursion. I started by running up my force and he did the same. The next turn I got a bit greedy with Siege and moved him a bit to far ut the table. I screened him pretty good with the Boomhowlers but it didn't help much. Corbeau and Energizer got Butcher really far up the board, and then he charged a troll and used his spell to pull models closer to him. He got into range of Siege and only needed three flashing blades to finish the job.

Second game we played Into the Breach, same lists. I went first once again and we both ran with our armies. I spent way to much time and unit to try and kill his Drakhun who was almost in combat with my Gun Mages. Trolls buildt a wall of tough in the control zone. As I played with Siege further back he went for scenario score instead. Butcher charged into the trolls and used his feat to make them flee, then proceeded by killing a bunch of them before using his feat and camping his focus. He had placed his Devastator next to Butcher, so I saw a small chance of getting the kill. Siege activated and cast Force Hammer to slam the Devastator into Butcher. Stormwall got a clear charge path and could finish the job.

Cygnar vs Khador (Siege vs pButcher tier 4) 50pts - Battle Report

Haven't been playing that much Warmachine this summer (due to my relapse into Magic) but a Steamroller tournament is coming up this weekend that I will participate in.

I don't think I've played with Siege at 50pts before but I saw in the Cygnar forums that ChainAttackJay has been playing a pretty good Siege list, so I wanted to give it a try. My friend Viktor (Mindless on PP's forums) wanted to play a game with "Claws of the Dragon" tier list, and I couldn't pass up the opportunity to blow up some pikemens... but I wasn't quite prepared to face 30 of them...

These are the lists we're playing with today.

Major Markus 'Siege' Brisbane (*5pts)
* Stormwall (19pts)
* Squire (2pts)
Arcane Tempest Gun Mages (Leader and 5 Grunts) (6pts)
* Arcane Tempest Gun Mage Officer (2pts)
Greygore Boomhowler & Co. (Boomhowler and 9 Grunts) (9pts)
* Captain Jonas Murdoch (2pts)
Rangers (5pts)
Eiryss, Angel of Retribution (3pts)
Journeyman Warcaster (3pts)
Reinholdt, Gobber Speculator (1pts)
Stormsmith Stormcaller (1pts)
Stormsmith Stormcaller (1pts)
Stormsmith Stormcaller (1pts)

Tier 4 - Claws of the Dragon
The Butcher of Khardov (*6pts)
* Devastator (9pts)
* Devastator (9pts)
* War dog (1pts)
Great Bears of Gallowswood (5pts)
Iron Fang Pikemen (Leader and 9 Grunts) (8pts)
* Black Dragon Officer & Standard (0pts)
Iron Fang Pikemen (Leader and 9 Grunts) (8pts)
* Black Dragon Officer & Standard (2pts)
Iron Fang Pikemen (Leader and 9 Grunts) (8pts)
* Black Dragon Officer & Standard (2pts)
Iron Fang Kovnik (2pts)
Iron Fang Kovnik (2pts)

Setup

We played the scenario - Process of Elimination. Khador won the roll and choose to setup first, I got to choose which side I wanted. He placed Butcher in the center with his two Warjacks (note that he is playing two Devastators, but forgot one model at home, so the Destroys is a proxy in this game). Two units of Pikemen took the front and the third got put behind as a second wave.

I placed Storwall a bit behind the front line so I could place some Boomhowlers in front of him. ATGM got the right flank. Rangers got placed near the Boomies to help them with their RAT and Eiryss got placed behind the wall in the center.

Khador - Turn 1

All the Pikemen got advance move before the game started. Butcher allocated one focus each to the jacks and ran them across the table. Pikemens also ran as far as possible, the unit to my left got their mini feat "Iron Zeal". Butcher moved up and cast "Iron Flesh" on the unit to my right. The rest of his army moved up behind the main force. Two thumbs up for the extreme speed of Khador!

Cygnar - Turn 1

Boomhowlers ran forward and "Called of Defiance" for extra tough. Rangers moved slightly forward on the flank. Eiryss shot a pikeman with Iron Flesh to remove it and then the Gun Mages moved up and took some shots and killed 5 more. Stormwall didn't get any focus, so it moved forward and killed 2 Pikemen to the left with "Iron Zeal", then placed covering fire and a pod in front. Siege moved up and placed a "Foxhole" to give himself, Eyriss and some Gun Mages cover (didn't place a template for the picture). Journeyman cast "Arcane Shield" on the Stormwall.

Khador - Turn 2

Devastators got one focus each this time as well and ran forward. Butcher didn't upkeep any spells, and the Pikemen to the right got in Shield Wall formation and used "Iron Zeal" for extra armor. Pikemen to the left advanced in Shield Wall and killed two trolls who failed their tough rolls, they later got Iron Flesh cast on them. The last unit of Pikemen advanced and got Fury cast on them. Butcher moved up behind the wall. Great Bears and Kovinks slowly advanced forward, I think they also used "Shield March" on one unit of Pikemens.

Cygnar - Turn 2

A mistake was made here and on my next turn. We both forgot Eyriss "Arcane Interference", so I shouldn't be able to allocate focus to the Stormwall, but I did so anyway...

Eyriss activated and removed Iron Flesh once again from the Pikemen. Boomies got Assault order and charged forward killing some pikemen to my left. Stormwall got 2 focus and shot the objective, but poor damage roll only did 7 damage in total. Stormcallers disrupted both Devastators and Gun Mages tried to Thunderbolt (and knockdown) one Devastator but didn't get any crits. Journeyman swapped Arcane Shield to Siege instead. Siege moved up and cast another Foxhole on himself and the Gun Mages (not in the picture this time either). Rangers just moved around a bit, one still locked into combat with two pikemens.

Khador - Turn 3

Butcher didn't upkeep any spells, but cast "Full Throttle" on his jacks, "Fury" on the Pikemen and I think "Iron Flesh" on himself. Devastators charged forward and used their Rain of Death thingy. The first one did some damage to Stormwall but left Eiryss with one wound. The other one killed a few trolls and one or two pikemens. The Pikemen on the right flank ran into combat with the Gun Mages and so did two of the Great Bears. The Pikemens in the far back advanced in Shield Wall and destroyed the objective, scoring a point for Khador.

Cygnar - Turn 3

Stormwall got 2 focus (as I said before we forgot about Eiryss). Reinholdt activated first and reloaded Siege who then activated and popped his feat before placing two Ground Pounder attacks killing some pikemen, wardog, kovnik and wounded two Great Bears (who both made their tough rolls). Stormwall killed the Devastator in melee. Boomhowlers killed a pikeman and did some damage to the other Devastator.

Khador - Turn 4

Now we remembered Eyriss rules, but we didn't really have time to redo the game since we were a bit short on time. Any how... Butcher cast Fury on the Great Bears and popped his feat, he also tried to kill a Stormcaller with his blunderbuss but missed. His pikemen activated first and charged both Siege and Stormwall. He destroyed the left side of the Stormwall but missed his attacks on Siege. Great Bears activated and went for the kill on Siege. His first attack was 1+1, miss. Backswing 1+1, miss. Second Great Bear first attack 1+1, miss. Backswing hit and did 13 wounds on Siege. The rest of the pikemens and Devastator killed the Boomhowlers and controlled the zone for another point for Khador.

Cygnar - Turn 4

This turn Stormwall didn't get any focus because of Eiryss. Gun Mages and Stormcallers managed to kill the Great Bears in combat with Siege. Stormwall moved so he could place his big toe in the control zone to contest but didn't manage to do anything else. Eiryss followed Stormwall and tried to shoot Butcher with "Iron Flesh" but missed. Ranges ran up the left flank and Siege got reloaded by Reinholdt before using his Ground Pounder to kill some more pikemens and the other Konvik. He also camped all his focus and kept Arcane Shield, leaving him with 26 ARM for the turn.

Khador - Turn 5

Pikemen killed Eiryss, a Gun Mage and did some more damage to the Stormwall. Butcher moved into the left control zone, gave himself Iron Flesh once again and camped the rest. Devastator did some more damage to the Stormwall. We had like 5 minutes of time left before he had to be at work, so we were rushing our game at this point.

Cygnar - Turn 5

Stormwall got 1 focus and used sweep with his right arm to clear away some pikemens. Then I just tried to shoot Butcher with Siege and the Gun Mages but only did about 7 wound on him. Due to the extreme lack of time I didn't screen Siege.

Khador - Turn 6

Short turn. Butcher charged and killed Siege with one swing.

Conclusion

I think I maybe played with Siege at 50pts once. He is a good solid caster as proven by other players and I think ChainAttackJay's list is really solid. As I don't intend to use Black 13th in any other list I will swap out Jonas Murdock and two Stormcallers for them, just as he did. I got caught off guard when he cast "Full Throttle" and charged with his Devastators, I thought my Disrupt would prevent them from getting into combat. Also my (miss)placement of Eiryss was really stupid, in the future I will keep her far away from the Stormwall. I also need to screen Siege better from threats such as the Great Bears, I only got lucky when he rolled 3 snake eyes. Hopefully we'll have more time when I do the next battle report for you guys.

Angry Fish Man

 



Borrowed some green paint from my friend Viktor and tried it out on Rask. Before I started with minions I was thinking of either painting them in dark "swampy/muddy" colors or really, really bright colors. So far my Barnabas battle group have been in dark color, but I thought it would be fun to try out something different for the fish man.

Gartors in Journeyman League

Done with my Battlegroup for the Journeyman League. Had the chance to play three games this week against some other players. Barnabas battlegroup is really, really strong with so low points. The fact that he brings two heavies and can himself dish out some pain is usefull. I'll give you guys a quick rundown of my three games.

First game was against Cygnar with pCaine, Hammersmith and Defender.

As this player was new to the game we didn't play with any scenario, a big perk for him as he could leave both Caine and his Defender far back and shoot me down. I started with protecting myself with Swamp Pits all over the place, but then he started to throw Thunderstrike on my heavies doing some damage to Barnabas. Finally I caught up with him and used Barnabas feat to knock him down and kill him.

Second game was against Menoth with pKreoss, Crusader, Repenter and Revenger

Got the alpha strike with my Wrastler on his Revenger when he moved him forward to arc a spell onto Barnabas. He then charged the Wrastler with his Crusader but didn't manage to kill it. Then I managed to grind and kill all of his Warjacks without loosing any beasts. Barnabas charged and killed Kreoss.

Third game was against Cryx with pAsphyxious, Leviathan and two bone-chickens

My turtle managed to get a pretty good hit on the Leviathan removing his movement so he couldn't charge. He still advanced and tried to kill my Wrastler but missed with two attacks and had to use his chicken to charge and kill it. Barnabas charged and killed the Leviathan and the chicken, the turtle then killed the other chicken. Not much he could to at this point as I could transfer any damage Barnabas took from Gaspy, so I charged and killed him.

Got myself a Bonesnapper and a Feralgeist for 15pts, and I've also placed an order for a Posse and Viktor Pendrake who will be part of my 25pts army.

Listbuilding for Steamroller

I'm attending another Steamroller Tournament the 22nd September. This time it will be a 50pts tournamnet, and I'm guessing 2-lists with Divide and Conquer, the informatin hasn't been posted yet so I can't say for sure. I'm currently building two lists that I can play and I'm trying to choose from eHaley, Siege, eNemo and Kara Sloan. The only caster that I haven't played that much with is Siege. I don't really know why, but I haven't found him that good when I started playing. But he has preformed well in tournaments around the world, so I kind of wanna give him another go. These are the army lists I have so far. Some of them have the same special characters, so I have to minor fixing to do.

Points: 50/50
Major Markus 'Siege' Brisbane (*5pts)
* Stormwall (19pts)
* Squire (2pts)
Arcane Tempest Gun Mages (Leader and 5 Grunts) (6pts)
* Arcane Tempest Gun Mage Officer (2pts)
* * Defender (9pts)
Rangers (5pts)
Captain Arlan Strangewayes (2pts)
Eiryss, Angel of Retribution (3pts)
Gorman di Wulfe, Rogue Alchemist (2pts)
Journeyman Warcaster (3pts)
Reinholdt, Gobber Speculator (1pts)
Stormsmith Stormcaller (1pts)

 Points: 50/50
Major Victoria Haley (*5pts)
* Lancer (6pts)
* Stormwall (19pts)
* Squire (2pts)
Storm Strider (9pts)
Black 13th Gun Mage Strike Team (4pts)
Tempest Blazers (Leader and 4 Grunts) (10pts)
Captain Arlan Strangewayes (2pts)
Journeyman Warcaster (3pts)

Points: 50/50
Tiers: 1
General Adept Nemo (*6pts)
* Charger (4pts)
* Charger (4pts)
* Centurion (9pts)
* Stormclad (10pts)
* Stormwall (19pts)
* Squire (2pts)
Journeyman Warcaster (3pts)
Stormsmith Stormcaller (1pts)
Stormsmith Stormcaller (1pts)
Stormsmith Stormcaller (1pts)
Stormsmith Stormcaller (1pts)
Stormsmith Stormcaller (1pts) 

Points: 50/50
Captain Kara Sloan (*6pts)
* Sentinel (4pts)
* Stormwall (19pts)
Arcane Tempest Gun Mages (Leader and 5 Grunts) (6pts)
* Arcane Tempest Gun Mage Officer (2pts)
Black 13th Gun Mage Strike Team (4pts)
Greygore Boomhowler & Co. (Boomhowler and 9 Grunts) (9pts)
* Captain Jonas Murdoch (2pts)
Rangers (5pts)
Journeyman Warcaster (3pts)
Reinholdt, Gobber Speculator (1pts)
Stormsmith Stormcaller (1pts) 


I'm pretty sure I want to field the Seige army as one of my two lists, which means I can't really go for Kara Sloan since Reinholdt really needs to be played with both casters. eHaley is always good to play with but I don't think she is a fun caster to play. Yes, she wins a lot of games with her feat, and I love to arc spells to screw with my opponent. eNemo on the other hand is really fun to play, and quite a skew list. There are a few lists who can't handle that many heavys on the board, and the feat turn is always a blast (pun intended).

As I'm writing this it feels more clear to me that I should run Siege/eNemo and leave the girls at home. My first plan was to play with a Tier 4 Kraye list, but I haven't got all the models for it yet and I haven't even painted Kraye. There are still at least one or two more tournaments this year that I'm going to with Cygnar, then I might give Gators a go.