Battle of the 69: Part 1

So another Thursday goes by, another grab what I can and run out the door in the hopes of a battle of W40K, as I had re-started painting The Purge they had the pleasure of being the most readily available. It also meant that several vehicles I am working on (rebuilding) as well as more Chaos Bikers were left behind, the first casualties of war.

It was decided that I would play 1.5k battle against World Eaters, which was going to be a struggle for me to achieve those lofty points with what I had available. I took all my special weapons, Chaos Rhinos and HQ models as I know that I will be facing a superior hand-to-hand force and more Chaos Rhinos and Chaos Dreadnoughts than I can cope with.

Chaos Lord (Combi-melta, Powerfist)
125 points

Chaos Sorcerer (Warptime)
125 points

Greater Daemon
100 points

Chaos Dreadnought (Twin-link Lascannon)
125 points

10 Chaos Space Marines (2 Melta Guns, Aspiring Champion, Powerfist)
210 points

7 Chaos Space Marines (Melta Gun)
115 points

5 Chaos Space Marines (Melta Gun)
85 points

Chaos Spawn
40 points

7 Chaos Havocs (3 Plasma Guns, Aspiring Champion, Chaos Rhino)
200 points

7 Chaos Havocs (3 Plasma Guns, Aspiring Champion, Chaos Rhino)
200 points

Chaos Vindicator (Daemonic Possession)
145 points

A brief explanation or list of excuses for my armylist follows: the Greater Daemon was taken with the brief of destroying as many Chaos Dreadnoughts as possible, with four wounds and a 4+ invulnerable save I fancied two, one would be enough to make its points back. The Sorcerer was taken as I thought I may be able to kill the Chaos Lord with the force weapon, he was bound to roll a one for his daemon weapon at some point (to note only once in the past two years).

Chaos Lord, Dreadnought and Vindicator are all regulars in my 1k list my opponent expressed surprise at the Chaos Lord’s combination of Powerfist and Combi-melta, but that is what the model is armed with. The Chaos Havocs were chosen as cheaper versions of my Chosen, with only three plasma guns each as I only had six with me. Their Aspirings are the sacrifice for the Greater Daemon.

The Troops were taken on the basis of I wanted two ten man squads and a naked five man squad only to discover I was short of points. I did initially take two seven men squads to compliment the ten man, but I remembered that I wanted to take Chaos Spawn so one was dropped to five to make up the difference. As it was I spent 1470 points so I could have taken the additional two figures. I was hoping the four meltaguns and the lascannon would be enough to cope with all the armour I was bound to face.

I normally take Chaos Bikers in my own 1k list, however as is a larger game I wanted more than the four I have currently built, on a table this side there is nowhere for them to hide or outflank. I should have added my points up better and taken a second Chaos Spawn, I can see better uses for the much maligned Chaos Spawn than my throwaway antics during the battle.