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Thanks everyone! I've been, understandably, buried. This event means the world to me, I appreciate you all so much. Really feeling the love.

As I complete the 40K missions, I will be posting them here for review and play testing (some of you may remember some of my dodgy scoring mechanics from last year). 🙂 You are open to comment and provide feedback whether you are attending OFCC or not. With that being said, here is the first mission: 2019 OFCC 40K - Mission 1 Smoke Screen Description: Pyres and fires and smoke…oh my! Between the smoky battlefield and shifting winds, defeating your opponent may be a challenge. Deployment: Vanguard Strike Special Rules: Place 3 Objective Markers on the diagonal centerline, one in the middle and two 24” from each corner Fires and Smoke: Place two Pyre markers 24” from each short table edge in the center of the table. Each marker leaves a 12” path of smoke blowing in a random direction. Roll a d6 at the beginning of each game turn to determine direction. (Note: Direction is relevant to the player who takes first turn) Right - >> Left - << Towards - vv Away - ^^ Away from each other - <> Towards each other - >< Any ranged attack that crosses a single line of smoke is considered Low Visibility and Hit Roles have a -1 penalty. With two lines of smoke, Hit Roles have a -2 penalty. Primary Scoring: At the end of the game, each objective marker is worth 2 victory points to the player who controls it. A player controls an objective marker if they have more models within 3" than their opponent. Bonus Scoring: If you killed a non-vehicle model while shooting in Low Visibility – 1 Point If you destroyed a vehicle while shooting in Low Visibility – 2 Points 2019 OFCC 40K - Mission 2 Fallout Description: It’s time for the annual “gift” exchange on this world. Make sure to leave your “gift” in a place your opponent will be sure to find it. Deployment: Dawn of War Special Rules: Each player will receive a Fallout token to be placed in their opponent’s deployment zone prior to deployment. The token must be placed on the table surface or on the lowest level of a terrain feature. Each token emits radiation for 9” in every direction. For every model that ends its movement phase partially or completely within the radiation bubble, roll a die. On a 4+, that model suffers a mortal wound. Primary Scoring: Every 100 points worth of enemy units destroyed by the end of the game (rounded to the nearest 100) is worth 1 Victory Point. Bonus Scoring: If your Fallout zone killed at least one enemy model – 1 point If your Fallout zone kills at least two of your own models – 2 points

I've been working slowly on a Genestealer Cult army for a while now. Finally have had some time to get to painting. I've based the Genestealer colors on a Tyranid army I'm working on that was a mix of dark green and bone colors, so these aren't going to be in the standard blue and purple... Group shot of the Magus and Neophyte Hybrids: Nearly done Cult Leman Russ tank: Will post additional pix as I get more painted!

I really think that attitude really is the best way to approach 40k unless you're practicing for a high level tournament. You can't know everything that's in "the field" so don't try to. A rough idea of their capabilities, and very good grasp of your own will see you do just fine. I always ask my opponent before games what stratagems I really need to be aware of. Opponents know what their plan is and what stratagems they're likely to use. After they tell me what I need to know, I'll tell them what they should be aware of in my stratagem deck too. If your opponent is honest, it'll avoid those nasty gotcha moments that can happen to the unaware.

Godzilla: King of the Monsters Idon'tknow/10 The plot? Holey. The characters? Absolutely bat[big bad swear word] insane. Terribly written, but so incomprehensible that I wanted to see what random choice they'd make next! The acting? They mostly did their best considering the deliriously unhinged script. The monster fights? Hoooooooo boy! Bring a friend and a bucket of your best high 5s. This is not a good movie. But it is a great movie!

In other news: the event looks to be a full one.

With a long weekend to recharge “the batteries” I was able to dip a brush in some paint and return to the Harlies. I had two players leftover from an old evening (base colors ‘n washes done) and I was able to bring up their highlights. Quite by accident I think I found “it” for the armies scheme. On this evenings pair I went with a bolder, hard white, highlight instead of the more subtle color gradient. It’s a little jarring up close but as with a few of my other armies I think it will “pop” from table ranges. I’ll update the rest of the girls and boys and do some group shots at some point. Hope everyone is well.

I'm no painter, but I do feel that I'm definitely the target audience for GW's Contrast line. Though I'm not a total newb to painting, I don't do it often enough to have consistent and practiced results. So I picked up some paints, some primers, and grabbed a variety of models to mess with. My pictures are not great, and sometimes they look like there is bare metal spots when there aren't, just due to glare issues...but hopefully they give you some ideas how the contrast paints work on different models from a newb's perspective. These are all one coat pretty much, nothing more...

And photos!

I say convert the distances to metric and play Epic!

Hey all, I know they were made since I used to own one but over 5 years of rocking it in Hawaii it is thoroughly trashed. Wondering if anyone still has some lying around they would sell and ship me?

Will be coming for underworlds and KT.

@pretre to the rescue?

Thanks guys! I cheated a little on the Neophytes. Rather than painting the amber lenses, I pulled out an old trick I use with I build 1/35 scale tanks - I use aftermarket lenses and drop them in the spot. It takes a little drilling and alignment, but looks awesome. Here's a close-up - little blurry - still working on the photography side of the project...

Starting July 1st, the Portland Police will ask if you want them to leave it where they find it, but you have to sign a hold no harm agreement if the car is gone by the time you get to where it was found.

Art by John Smith!!!

Had a great first visit to the club! I'll be back for more Kill Team.

Hey guys! I’ll be there with blood angles and nids in tow! My buddy Joey will be along to learn some 40k and we will play against my Good Friend Jon. Jon will be posting on here shortly.

Please take a minute to consider Nathan Fluger. One of our own struck by an awful disease. @McNathansonstarted a GoFundMe. Please donate anything you can. https://www.gofundme.com/help-the-fluger-family-fight-spinal-cancer @Lord Hanaur is hosting a fundraising tournament and silent auction on June 29, 2019 at the Game Matrix in the Olympia area. All proceeds will be going to Fluger. I would not be posting if this did not mean something to us. If you have never met Fluger, I can assure he is the guy you want at your table when you are gaming. Please take a minute and give support! For the Good of the Fluger, Khan

There's also the sense of self-respect that comes from actually playing the game the right way, rather than all this silly nonsense these kids are doing these days with the multiple detachments and multiple factions and this and that. Consarn it, I remember when it was one codex, one force org chart, and that's all you got. And we were glad for it! Goddamn kids these days... GET OFF MY LAWN!

Swag and Prizes: A few things are missing: A packet of gummi bears (given to my wife, a pencil, a bumper sticker (on a terrain box), tufts of fake grass for bases (I gave mine to Pete @Exile), and a Secret Weapons Base). The OFCC patch is a teaser for this years OFCC. You know you want to attend! The Cascadia and extra Rose City Raid patch are for Joel @PaladinX. I bought him a Drunk Yuan Yuan, but already has that. The Plastruct pieces are going to him since they match his table (Spoiler!) The second Drunk Yuan Yuan is going to @Omx8, leaving the last one for me! The Mat and Battle Systems Terrain were my prize. They are four 2 foot by 2 foot mats - perfect for my risers. The Battle Systems Terrain is dense card board. I am going to break it out at the club and play test it soon. Congrats @thediceabide, @Natetehaggresar, @WiseKensai, and Than for running a great event!

Noted!

Hey! I challenged team imperial krusaders @Lyraeus quite awhile ago in their thread here is a reminder... @evil_bryan

Bringing the chill your way Sunday!

I will be there hoping to get a kill team game in before the Rewind. New Kill Team coming...no more muckin' about

Amusingly, I've seen him running Mordians a high enough percentage of the time that I now associate "Necrontyr" with Mordians rather than Necrons 😉

I'm mostly useless when it comes to craftworld list construction, but I'm on a big Ynnari kick right now so I will subject you to it too. If you take a harley supreme command detachment and a craftworld battalion, both Ynnari, there's some great stuff you can do. Troupe masters give wraithblades re-roll wound, and shadowseers make all infantry -1 to wound. Also, they've got a psychic power to bring them back with 1 wound, or heal D3 wounds off a construct. And another psychic power to give 5++ to every Ynnari thing within 6" so 'blades with swords have invuls too. I just really want to see wraithblades striking first, hitting on re-rollable 2+ with re-rolling wounds. So much murder. So hard to kill.

Update! The Guide now includes the process for Paint Scoring and the rubric for all scoring categories.

@Arizenkin In an effort to not completely rebuild the section, I made the following adjustment: The number of times each datasheet can be included is 4 (6 for Troops and for Dedicated Transports) I hope this helps in your list building 🙂

If you are ever in Seattle, Vons House of 1000 spirits would be a good idea. This is their ” boss Bourbon” intriguing it is. Also delicious food and as you'd expect from their name a very thick bar book ask for it and enjoy pours of things you can't find bottles of!