Danish ETC qualifier

Seems im going to the danish European Team Championship (ETC) qualifier afterall.

Half a year when the teams were consolidating and I was getting probed(?!??!!) by different teams I decided that I did not want to go for the 2013 qualifier.

Why not?

To be honest there were a bit of realism, a sprinkle of lazyness and quite alot of ego involved.

If I were to go it should be as a member of one of the top 2 seeded teams. Either that or a team with no intentions of going for the victory, but just for kicks and giggles.
Well the top two teams were full and keepin with the honesty theme,  with better players than me. The kicks and giggles thing didnt work out either. The teams that invited me to join them, all had aspirations to place somewhere in the top.

That is in no way a bad thing. I really appreciated the offers and respect the players on those teams. But it is either or. Not maybe baby. In for a penny, in for a pound(ing).

So I declined.

But yesterday, eight days before the qualifier goes down I recieved a phonecall from last years winner team. One of their players dropped out for personal reasons and they wanted me on their team. I did ask how many others they called before me and got a very diplomatic answer :)

I actually had to think about it for a bit, but decided to go. If nothing else then at least to hang with the crowd I usually play with and go to tournaments with.

So which army are you gonna play Jens, you might be asking?

Thats where it gets interesting. We are slightly out of my comfort zone which would be Chaos marines, Grey Knights or Dark Eldar.

I will be playing Imperial Guard with Grey Knight allies.

A beating stick I have been on the recieving end of alot of times. In the next eight days I plan on getting in at least three and hopefully a few more test games with the army.

Its pretty straight forward but deployment and movement with 6 flyers on the table is gonna take some practise and thought to not screw myself.

The army list

Company command squad: astropath, 4 flamers
Platoon command squad: 4 flamers
Infantry squad: flamer
Infantry squad: flamer
Veteran squad: 3 flamers

3x 2 Vendettas: 2 heavy bolter sponsons

3x 1 Manticore: heavy flamer

Coteaz
Inquisitorial Henchman Squad: 1 Banisher, 2 Warrior Acolytes
Inquisitorial Henchman Squad: 3 Warrior Acolytes

Razorback: Psybolt Ammunition
 

Welcome back to the Noise Marines

And what a return they make.

Page 99 – Noise Marines, Options.
Change the third bullet point to “One Noise Marine may
replace his boltgun with a blastmaster at 30 pts/model. If the
squad numbers ten or more models, an additional Noise
Marine may replace his boltgun with a blastmaster at 30
pts/model..”

I bet you we will see alot more 10 man Noise marine squads with 2 blastmasters and Icon of excess.
Or maybe the oldschool 5 man squads with a blastmaster hugging an objective.

Also:

Q: How do I determine the Arc of Sight for a Heldrake’s ranged
weapon? (p52)
A: Treat the Heldrake’s ranged weapon as a Turret Mounted
Weapon, measuring all ranges from the edge of the Heldrake’s
base nearest to the target unit.

There goes the argument of it being hull mounted straight down the drain. Not that it mattered that much but everything counts. Especially if it makes sense.

Emperors chosen list

Going to Emperors chosen by the end of February.

One of the biggest recurring annual events in Denmark is the Emperors chosen held by my local club Emperors Pride.

The tournament brings out alot of the hobby players who we dont usually see at the more competitive tournaments. This is partly because Emperors chosen is comped, got softscores like painting, fluff and fairplay but also because its a good well organized tournament.

The comp system is pretty extensive and im not gonna go over it. It changes up the balance internally and externally quite alot. I dont agree with alot of the comped stuff but I dont really care. I just wanna game ........

So on to my army. Its 1650 points.

Angry Marines and Daemons

Im gonna make a theme list this time round. Last year I made an allround chaos marine army and did fairly well, This year im gonna bring chaos marines again but with daemon allies.

The red right hand of Angron will bring ruin to the empire!

Chaos Lord
- Mark of Khorne, terminator armor, dual ligning claws

8 Khorne Berserkers
- 5 chainaxes, powerfist
8 Khorne Berserkers
- powerfist
- rhino

Landraider
Maulerfiend

Blood Thirster

4 Bloodcrushers

2x 5 Bloodletters

Soul Grinder
- Phlegm

The general idea of the list is to be in the face of the opponent for a turn two charge with 4 Bloodcrushers, Maulerfiend, Soulgrinder, Landraider with Khorne Berserkers + Chaos lord, rhino with Khorne Berserkers and ofcourse the Bloodthirster.

And that is probably gonna work pretty fine in 2/3 of the games, where I should get my preferred wave. If I dont im screwed :)