Beyond the Gates of Antares Starter Box Video Review

Beyond the Gates of Antares review by Steven Kenniff
http://www.warlordgames.com/gates-of-antares/

Leaked Images: Details for Skeleton Horde and Skaven Pestilens

Two new Start Collecting boxes are out this week for the Age of Sigmar, and while we had some prices for them earlier today, now we have them in English. Also confirmations on pricing and contents. Check out the latest pics!!!

Next Week's Hints: Knights in Shining Armour

While personally I would be hoping that this meant that Brettonians would be making a return, however, I think it's safe to say that we are instead looking at a Stormcast Eternal release that has been hinted at in the rumors.

Leaked Images show How to Ally Your Genestealer Cult

Genestealer Cults are literally their own faction. This we knew from early rumored bits, but now we know they exactly the same way as Tryanids do. So I presume they are able to ally with not only themselves, but Tyranids as well as battlebrothers.

March and April Releases Updated

Additional details and updates let us know that there is a Stormcast Eternal release and something Khorne coming in March for the Age of Sigmar. It seems Orcs are more of a end of the month/ April release.

2 New Start Collecting Sets and a New Battletome are Up This Week for Pre-Orders

It appears that Skaven and Skeleton Hordes are coming this week, with their own Start Collecting box set and the Skaven will also get a new Battletome. Check out the latest releases that we should be hearing much more about over the next couple days.

What's On Your Table: Custom LED Terrain

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Sorry for the out of chronological order photos. Some sludge factory made with soda cans, balsa wood and the rafters are some cut up microchip trays I found at the office. I wired a series of 3 LED's with a 200ohm of resistors in the can that is on its side with a 9V battery. Still need to base it but I thought it was worth sharing

Community News: Chaos Daemons vs White Scars Batrep

Full Length Battle Report #46 Chaos Daemons vs. White Scars by Frontline Gaming
https://www.frontlinegaming.org/2016/02/23/full-length-battle-report-46-chaos-daemons-vs-white-scars/

What's On Your Table: Eldar Corsairs

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Putting my corsair progress out there for the readers. Just got the mymeara book delivered yesterday, so I'm excited to read through the rules on these guys. 

Genestealer Cult 40k Rules!

Rules for playing the Genestealer Cults have been leaked and are going everywhere at the moment. So here is a few links to where you can find them.

The Battle for Vedros Starter Sets and Pricing: 40k for Kids

The Battle for Vedros Full Starter set is all push click fit models that include a dreadnought, deffkopta etc. There are several additional packs that you can pick up as well. These are all going into Toy Stores and hobby retails around the US and Canada. There are a few other interesting things that have been altered for North American market, including the words "shoot to kill" being removed from the product.

Chaos Repacks, Orruks/ Destruction and More.

More information on when and what the new Grand Alliance Destruction will be. Accordingly the release will start in late March and go into April. No worries though for Age of Sigmar fans, there is something coming in the meantime..... some Chaos repacks.

Dark Age.....February Releases- Saint Luke Mounted and more.

Dark Age's February releases are here, and while it is only a couple models, they are some fantastic ones. Check out the latest for releases for Dark Age!

March Age of Sigmar- More Destruction

Next week is expected more Deathwatch Overkill in the next White Dwarf, as we have already seen the leaked 40k rules for the Genestealer Cults. However, the week after, its all up for grabs, as we don't know if 40k will be up next, of if the Age of Sigmar will take over.

What's On Your Table: Horus Heresy Imperial Fists

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First I would like to say I really enjoy the "What's on Your Table" Segments. I can't speak for others but they're one of my favorite parts of the site. Always a great way to help derive ideas and techniques for things to put into ones own bag of tricks.

What's On Your Table: Scratchbuit/Converted Ork Warboss

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Ork Warboss conversion/scratchbuilt

Genestealer Cult Flashback... 1989

These are always fun to see, and neilasaurus had linked these up in the comment section. I am sure there are lots of people interested in seeing these that don't venture into the comment sections. Very cool. I know a lot of people are interested to see where these guys came from.

Deathwatch: Overkill Reports are Coming In. A Look at the Game

The board game costs $165 USD, and with it comes over 50 models of Deathwatch and Genestealer Cults. This alone seems like a good deal, but really..... how is the game? After all I am a board gamer as well... and I want to know if I am going to actually want to play it.

Rumors: New Releases in March

Orcs and Goblins are next up in the Destruction Alliance book for the Age of Sigmar. There is a lot of concern about Ogres, but until we hear something, Im not considering them going anywhere. For now though, we are being told that we will get new kits in March. I am going to assume that means not just repacks.

What's On Your Table: Betrayal at Calth Contemptor Dreadnought

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Long time reader, first time contributor.

Just recently completed the Betrayal at Calth contemptor dreadnought as an Emperor’s Children. Everything's hand painted with non-metallic metals using standard GW paints including the freehanded Aquila on the chest. I cut up the model and rotated the torso to make it look less static. I also removed the standard bolter in the fist and replaced it with an IG flamer.

What's On Your Table: Bretonnia Damsel and Variant Questing Knight‏

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Just in time for Bretonnia to meet the same fate as the Tomb Kings…???
6th edition mounted Damsel on a i) 5th edition Fay Enchantress unicorn and ii) a 5th edition grail knight hero horse (lion holding grail).

Deathwatch Overkill Playthrough and Release Video

Deathwatch Overkill is now available for pre-orders in Australia and New Zealand allowing us to get a first glimpse of the game and the new videos Games Workshop is putting up!. A release video along with a full playthrough.

Ork Painmob: Orks Start Collecting Formation

The Ork Painmob sounds fantastic, unless of course you are fighting against it!. Check out the Ork formation that comes with the Start Collecting Orks new box set.. that goes live tomorrow.

First Impressions of the Ork "Decurion" Style Detachment

Hey everyone, Reecius here from Frontline Gaming to discuss the new Ork Great WAAAGH!-Band detachment after having played it. Be sure to check out our Tactics Corner for more great articles!

The Orks got some love from GW in the updated WAAGH! Ghazghkull supplement. In addition to some new formations, they got a brand spankin new "Decurion" style detachment. These are all the rage in 7th ed, and I must admit, I am a big fan of them as in general, they provide an effective and characterful way to play a factoin. So, when I saw that the Orks got one I was pretty pumped as my Greenskins are certainly one of my favorite armies to play and they definitely need all the help they can get! And caveat, this was our first play through so please forgive any rules gaffs.

Some Decurion style detachments are amazingly good, good to the point where you rarely see their corresponding army played any other way such as with the namesake Necron Decurion. Others though, are not so hot such as the unfortunately bloated Astra Militarum Cadian Battle Group, and are rarely ever seen.

Where does the Ork version fall in that spectrum? At first glance I got really excited for this. Their command benefit is the ability to call a WAAGH every turn, including the first! Wow, that is great! It makes Orks incredibly fast which is awesome, and with transports, if your opponent deploys poorly, you can snag a first turn charge or two. While that will only happen rarely and almost never twice with the same opponent, it is quite good. Better though, is how reliable it makes Orks at getting into the thick of things when they want to. For an assault army of largely very fragile models, that is really useful.

However, morale is the real Achilles' Heel of the Ork army. Mob Rule hurts as much as it helps and what keeps the poor Orks from being truly competitive is their proclivity for failing morale checks at the wrong time.

The solution to this presented itself in the Great WAAGH!-Band with the possibility of getting Ghaz in there and making him the Warlord which grants the army Fearless when he calls his WAAGH! Amazing, right?! You bet...but there's a catch. To get Ghaz, you have to the the Council of WAAGH! formation (unless I have missed a way to get him, otherwise which if so, please correct my mistake in the comments section!) as a command section, which is a REALLY expensive formation. 600pts with no upgrades at all, and it dictates how you play Ghaz as he must be in that unit and cannot leave. So, you're stuck with a psuedo Deathstar, even if you don't like playing that way, and an expensive one, too. With just some basic upgrades and a mandatory transport vehicle, you're looking at an 800pt investment. Ouch. Luckily though, you can take a Battlewagon as the mandatory Auxiliary section to complete the detachment, which helps a bit.

Add to this the pricey Core choices and your army has no room for anything else in it. So, if you want to go this route, your army pretty much writes itself, as you have no room for much customization in an army at 1850pts or less.

All that said, it does give you a fun army. I love running Speed Freak style Trukk Boyz and you can certainly do that in this army. Here's the list that I took:

Orks	1850 Pts
Unit	Description	Size
WAAGH!-Band
Warboss	Big Choppa, Eavy Armor	1
Mek	-	1
Grots	-	11
Boyz	Nob, Klaw	10
Trukk	Ram	1
Boyz	Nob, Klaw	10
Trukk	Ram	1
Boyz	Nob, Klaw	10
Trukk	Ram	1
Boyz	Nob, Klaw	10
Trukk	Ram	1
Boyz	Nob, Klaw	10
Trukk	Ram	1
Boyz	Nob, Klaw	10
Trukk	Ram	1
Mega Nobz	-	3
Trukk	Ram	1
Mek Stuff
Battlewagon	Ram, Boarding Plank	1
Council of WAAGH!
Ghaz	-	1
Mad Dok	-	1
Big Mek	KFF, Eavy Armor	1
Warboss	Big Choppa, Eavy Armor	1
Warboss	Big Choppa, Eavy Armor	1
Nobs	-	3
Totals		92

My opponent played a very solid White Scars Battle Company (are there any other Chapters out there this edition?! lol). Tons of transports, ObSec (which the Ork list lacks, unfortunately), multiple turns of rerolls to hit, mobility and firepower. Oh yeah, and army wide Hit and Run...brutal! Now those are some serious detachment benefits, haha.

I got first turn and set up on the line, going hell-bent for leather! My opponent also deployed aggressively, looking to possibly seize on me and ensure that his Grav weapons were in range to strike as my potential assault range was actually greater than his shooting range! He wisely deployed his Scouts in a line at midfield to gum up my plans for first turn charges.

The game was brutal, right from the start! I managed to shoot the gaps between some Scouts and get into melee top of turn 1 with some Boyz, popping transports and taking out a number of units. Battle Company struck back though and those twin linked Bolters were MURDER on the poor Orks. I lost more than half my Boyz bottom of turn 1! lol.

The game was just savage thereafter, with both armies creaming each other. I have to say, being Fearless every turn was absolutely game changing for the Orks. Exploding Trukks causing pin checks, avoiding Mob Rule, not getting run down in melee, etc. all helped tremendously to keep my Boyz in the fight. Being able to run and charge every turn also made my Boyz lethal to a huge chunk of the table.

While I would prefer not to take Ghaz in a big unit of characters as you do in the Council of WAAGH, I must say, they hit like a brick shit-house. They walked through unit after MSU Marine unit and collapsed a Space Marine flank almost by themselves. They barely survived the fight, but I must say that that is a powerful unit (as it should be for the points) but, wouldn't cut the mustard against a true deathstar. While Ghaz goes 2++ for pretty much the entire game (only being vulnerable top of turn 1 if you go second as he hasn't called WAAAGH! yet), he doesn't serve as the super tank we'd all love him to be as he must issue and accept any challenges. And I mean he, Ghaz, must do so; no throwing in a Nob to take his place. Le Sigh. What this means is a smart player challenges Ghaz out of the way with a chump character, and then murders the rest of the Boyz in the unit who are sadly invulnerable save lacking.

In this game though, they wrecked face. Even cheapo Warbosses with just a Big Choppa are no joke, and can do a lot of damage. Against opponents who lack an uber melee unit, you will do just fine with these lads and in most games, I would bet they are the MVP.

As the game wound down, the problem of Battle Company having just too many ObSec units reared its ugly head and my opponent got me in the end. However, it was very close and had it gone one more round, all I had to do was take out an Attack Bike to likely win! Orks vs. White Scars Battle Company is a rough game, one I really struggle with and this felt like an uphill battle, but a winnable one. That is cool, and really helps out the Poor Orks who often feel like they only have one or two good builds.

The downside to this army though, is that it struggles with armor. You have pretty much no ranged weapons to crack transports. While Klaws certainly do the trick, you have to get out of your Trukks to use them (I miss you old Boarding Planks and Deff Rollas!). That means that while yes, you do pop the tank in most cases, you then get shot to ribbons right after! Tankbustas are the gem of the Ork dex and if you could sub them in for some of the units of Boyz in the core formation, you'd have yourself a stew, baby!

The other issue is things like Wraithknights and Imperial Knights. A single Nob in a unit of Boyz isn't going to get it done and Ghaz' unit can only be in so many places at once. Again, Tankbusta Boyz are the answer here as they wreck MCs and Vehicles, but, you simply can't fit them in the detachment as the Core and Ghaz eat up all the points. If you had old style Deff Rollas you'd be able to handle a lot of these things, but alas, you do not.

If you had access to Ghaz in a detachment other than the Council of WAAGH!, as an upgrade to the Warboss in the Core formation, or just by himself as a command choice, it would make all the difference in the world (and again, if you can and I missed it, please don't be shy about sharing your knowledge!). You'd then have the points for a few other choices (Tankbustas!) to really round the army out and give it the tools it needs.

The fact that the core choice has pretty much the exact same benefits as the Decurion is pretty disappointing. I think GW missed an opportunity to bump this Decurion just a little further into the realm of really competitive that it needed. WS5 on the Boyz for example, would have been incredible, or free Trukks, to get just that one or two extra units the list needs (Tankbustas!!) to make it well rounded.

As is, it is certainly good and certainly MUCH better than running Trukk Boyz in a CAD. While ObSec is awesome, WAAGH! every turn and Fearless are simply amazing for Orks. And while it may fall shy of top tier, or most efficient Ork build status, it is not at all bad. I feel that you could take that army out against most opponents and have not only a very good chance of victory, but a super fun game, too! This list will absolutely rock some armies, too, as the crazy speed and Fearlessness will simply be more than some lists will be able to handle.

Everyone loves playing Orks, and as stuff is blowing up and going nuts all over the table, it makes for a super fun game. You get the tools you need to be a real threat, but fall just short in a few too many categories to be a real heavyweight contender. For my money, I will certainly continue to experiment with it, but, when taking my Boyz to a tournament, it will still be Bikers and Tankbustas for me!

How are all of you enjoying the Great WAAGH!-Band detachment?

Warhammer 40,000 Assault Dice Now on Andriod!

Warhammer 40,000 Assault Dice has just been released to Andriod, for a cost of $.99. So if you have been waiting for it to reach your Android mobile device, your all set to go.

Horus Heresy 30k, and 40k Intel for April/ May

Soon, many releases will be getting new labels for 30k and 40k. The Horus Heresy becoming much more mainstreamed has been a topic here on Faeit 212 for a real long time. Squiggly has come in with the latest information on what we will be seeing regarding the Horus Heresy and the Betrayal of Calth releases.

New Ghazghkull Leaks, and Digital Updates!

There are a couple new leaks out now for the Waagh Ghazghkull Codex Supplement coming this weekend. There are some that are revealing new flyer formations, and two for Ghazghkull that are not really all that new. 

Also the digital versions of Farsight and Ghazghkull appears to have received updates!

What's On Your Table: Adeptus Mechanicus - Skitarii‏

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I was so pleased with the way these came out that I thought I would share these pictures.(sorry about the varying light quality!)

Horus Heresy Range About to Expand

Horus Heresy range Will be starting up this April and May, with boxes labeled 30k and 40k. Additional information on how the Mechanicum will carry over into the new range as well. 

Community News Batle Report: 1500pts Space Wolves vs Salamanders

The Basement Collective features another batrep with 1500pts of Space Wolves vs Salamanders.

You can see more battle reports and community features on the Faeit 212 Community News site.
https://snt152.mail.live.com/default.aspx

Talisman; The Horus Heresy is Live

Talisman: The Horus Heresy is live now, released Monday on Steam. Ive played the game and it's a lot of fun, especially if you get the chance to sit down with a bunch of friends to play. Check out the latest videos and release information for Talisman: the Horus Heresy

Genestealer Cult and Deathwatch Datasheets Will be On the GW Website

I had read this, but apparently missed that the datasheets will be available for people to get on the GW website! This reveals that the miniatures can be used in a regular Tyranid army, or any Space Marine Chapter. Free datasheets! Im there.

Good Overview of Deathwatch Overkill

As the official release information is not out yet, here is a overview of Deathwatch Overkill from the comment section here on Faeit 212. There is a little information in here, but at the very least has a good look at what we are seeing for pre-orders this weekend.

Leaked Images: 40k Rules for Patriarch Ghosar and The Favored Disciples

Leaked images are out for the Genestealer Cults, showing two good images of the Patriarch and rules for first and second generation hybrids. As for as 40k is goes, they appear just "meh", with nothing that really seems to stand out or feel unique about this new faction. Of course I will keep my mind open until we see a lot more of the details.

Destruction Grand Alliance: Orcs and Goblins Up Next

The next installment for the Age of Sigmar is looking going to be the Destruction Grand Alliance with Orcs and Goblins taking center stage according to the latest whispers.

Tabletop Tyrant Companion Skirmish Case and Foam

Tabletop Tyrant has a new case and foam coming, being launched by an already successful kickstarter. Tabletop Tyrant makes very affordable cases, and I have several that I have used for several years now. I have other cases as well, ie Battlefoam, KR Multi-Cases, and even a couple GW cases. What I like about the Tabletop Tyrant cases is that they are very functional, and the cost is reasonable.

These skirmish sized cases are running for £10 on their kickstarter and come with a selection of foam options. The best part is that expected delivery of the cases is March.... right around the corner.

Deathwatch Overkill: Gameplay Leaks

Operation Killstorm is the first mission in Deathwatch: Overkill. Here you can see the leaks in English and take a look at the board and how the game plays. Thus far with a good selection of models, it seems this Deathwatch Overkill very much could be a intro step into 40k. The rules should be very familiar to 40k fans, with movement phases, assault phases etc.

In English: Deathwatch 40k Rules Leaked Images + Alien Infiltration Next Week!!!!

This set of images are in English, which makes it much easier for us lacking extra language skills (I am working on changing on that). These images show the latest images out of White Dwarf, revealing the 40k rules for Deathwatch in detail.

What's On Your Table: Horus Heresy Conversions

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Long time reader, first time poster here! A friend (Jakk) and I are super into The Horus Heresy right now and our fledgling armies needed some leading (guess the Legions!), so we both decided to convert up some Praetors/Consul Delegatus from our bitz boxes. We both wanted to represent our Legion Artefacts in some way and just make the best we could. 

Increased Firepower from Forgeworld

Forgeworld yesterday gave us some sneak previews of new some underslung  heavy weapons coming soon.

Updated: Deathwatch 40k Rules Leaked.

The rules for the upcoming Deathwatch Overkill models are coming to 40k, and they have been leaked! So check out the latest pics.

Free Deathwatch- Tyranid Invasion Promotion

It was sent in this morning that there is a promotion going on this week making Warhammer 40,000 Deathwatch- Tyrananid Invasion free. Looks like a good lead in for the Deathwatch Overkill coming on Saturday.

What's On Your Table: Pictures for Inspiration

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I just thought I'd share some inspirational pictures of some of our miniatures and terrain. We've been playing, painting and modelling together for 15 years now and this is some of the stuff we've come up with so far.

Winsor & Newton Series 7 Brush Gift Set

Remember these? Yea, not happening, and it's too bad. Anyhow here is the notice that many of us were hoping we would not see. Personally it was a cheap way out of the deal, instead of just coming out and saying that they made a mistake on the price.

Shieldmaiden Miniatures Funded, with new stretch goals.

Several new updates, and completely funded, the 16 day kickstarter from Shieldwolf miniatures is underway now. There are only 10 days to go and several updates include Icebear  and rider, new heads, and more. check out the latest

Titan Comics takes on Warhammer 40,000

ComicPro here in rainy Portland revealed that Titan Comics will be publishing a new comics based on Warhammer 40,000. The official press release was a couple days ago, and it has been one of those things on my back burner, since comics are not normally something that catches my interest. Although several good friends were attending the event.