PAGE CC got its Apocalypse on again yesterday—12,000 points and two titans per side of Imperials and Chaos slugging it out in a 9 hour grudge match!
Rules, scenario, and notes for the match are available here. Everything wound up running incredibly smoothly. The various restrictions, declarations, and negotiations made things very balanced and clear. A good talk about terrain at the start, as well as adhering to some very simple rules for it, made table movement also very straightforward and non-controversial. We also did a great job adhering to schedule. Rapid deployments put us back on schedule after a sluggish start, and everything ran like clockwork after that, with the night ending exactly 15 minutes early since the last turns went pretty quick—few units were left standing!
A battle report and more thoughts will come later, but I wanted to post photos highlighting some of the awesome models found out on the table. Jon, Lorenzo, Steve, and Tom in particular had some amazing painting, conversion, and scratchbuilding on display, and most of the other armies were well painted as well. Many many many more photos are available in the Flickr gallery, but the following are some of the highlights.
The table in the early going.
One of Tom's Chaos Reavers.
One of Steve's Nurgle Greater Demons.
Lorenzo's Inquisitor Corteaz.
Jon's Guardsmen in the rear area.
Steve's clean, elegantly done Chaos Landraider.
One of Steve's minions.
Joe's Long Patrol Landspeeder (w/ the assist from Matt L!).
Some of Colin's Iron Warriors.
One of Steve's angrier minions.
Lorenzo's GK Dreadnought. Check out the details on the base.
Buford's legion of doom---these guys were unstoppable.
Brett's Hounds---just some of the many fed to the wrath of Ragnar!
Another of Steve's minions.
Kiril's Guardsmen look for any shelter they can get!
Some of Lorenzo's many Grey Knight Terminators
I'm not sure "scratchbuilding" means the same thing when you worked for a toy manufacturer, but Steve's Warhound is no less the awesome for it! Yes, those are little dudes inside the cockpit...
One of Steve's Demon Princes tries to ruin the paintjob on Jon's awesome Command Rhino!
One of Brett's many Greater Demons.
One of Buford's Dreadnoughts.
One of Tom's Rhinos, filled with Plague Marines in this case!
Steve's Traitor Guard.
Some of Jon's Terminators.
Colin's Cauldron of Blood---its first and so far only table appearance after a 15 year wait!
Again, many more photos are available in theFlickr gallery. Look for more writeups over the next couple days!