Battlefleet Heresy- The Descent of Angels

Over the last couple months I've been working away at a new fleet for Battlefleet Gothic using the Battlefleet Heresy fleet lists (although this fleet is also mostly legal as a Chaos fleet as well). I'm playing them as Dark Angels, my favourite Legion, and they're at a stage now where they're almost entirely completed. 

As for the breakdown of what I own, I'll explain it now. The Desolator is because the Battlefleet Heresy document bases the Invincible Reason flagship off of a Desolator so that's what I built, while the Repulsive Grand Cruisers are because I'm a huge fan of the aesthetic and rules of that ship and having 2 represents the strength of the Dark Angels in their technology. 

Otherwise it's 2 sets of 2 cruisers- 2 Strike Cruisers and 2 Devastation Cruisers. This is where my ideas of the Hexagrammaton blending into the fleet elements comes in as the Devastations are absolutely a part of the Stormwing and thus built around launching boarding actions through their carrier ships and the Strike Cruisers are built for Ravenwing styles of swift engagement. Everything else in the fleet (other than the Invincible Reason as the Legion flagship) then is part of the Dreadwing, as they are my favourite of the Wings. 

My fleet list is as follows, obviously themed around being a Legion fleet with the above choices

Astartes Master of the Fleet
-1 Reroll

Desolator Class Battleship
- Space Marines

Repulsive Class Grand Cruiser
-Space Marines

Repulsive Class Grand Cruiser
-Space Marines

Devastation Class Cruiser
-Space Marines

Devastation Class Cruiser
-Space Marines

Astartes Strike Cruiser
-2 Bombardment Cannons

On the Table- Battlefleet Heresy, Necromunda, Avengers

Hi again all! Thought I'd put up another hobby post with what I've been working on lately and talk about how I've been hobbying. 

A couple weeks ago I finished up my Delaque gang for Necromunda. I haven't played it yet, but I'm hoping to set some things up once I can make it to a local club meet and give these guys a try. I really love the sneaky cloaked aesthetics of the gang and their fluff as information brokers and spies, so I had to pick them up (and add some Forge World weapons to them as well). 

More recently I've been working on a Battlefleet Heresy fleet for the Dark Angels. The Dark Angels have always been my favourite Legion, they're what I have for 40k as well (updates on that soon) and before I sold them off I had them for 30k as well. With the rules online and a few people locally building up fleets, I decided to expand into a 2nd BFG fleet and build up the Dark Angels. I've got my hands on a metal Desolator and have converted it up by removing Chaos stars and adding Dark Angel symbols (thanks 40k bitz!) to act as the Invincible Reason as my flagship, and am now waiting on the rest of the fleet before I start painting. The different playstyle alone is something I'm looking forward to compared to Eldar, and there's going to be a lot of gaming to be had once I get the fleet up and ready. 

My latest paint project has been the old Knight Models set of Avengers, plus the Hulk. While these are a fully playable list for the Marvel/DCU game they're mainly being painted to sit on my shelf and finish off my Marvel collection. 

That's been my last month of hobby, next up is more Bushido!

Game Day! Battlefleet Gothic- Eldar Corsairs vs Ultramarines

Hi all! Got out of the house today for a couple games of Battlefleet Gothic, getting back into my Eldar Corsair fleet. Played 2 games both using the Cruiser Clash scenario but with full rosters, first at 1000 points and then 1500. These won't be full battle reports but I'll try and say as much as possible what happens 

My fleet is fully 3d printed as should be somewhat obvious given the stepping on them (which I am a fan of for Eldar because it looks like Holofield blurring). The scheme is inspired by Craftworld Mymeara's blue/green look. I have a Void Stalker Battleship, 2 Eclipse Cruisers, a Solaris Light Cruiser, 2 Hellebore and 4 Hemlock Escorts. Also not pictured is a Shadow Cruiser as an extra option, but that doesn't go into the 1500 point list with the rest. 

First game I deployed behind the planet and used it to hide for a few turns moving back and forth doing hit and run attacks against the marines. One crippled strike cruiser from the first wave but after that dice got worse and I had to start running. I lost a few ships before disengaging though and ended up losing because I couldn't manage to damage enough. 

The second game was 1500 points, and it went a lot more badly. I made some mistakes with my early movement (the conga line you can see above) so I got trapped by the marines and very quickly disintegrated. I went on some suicidal attack runs to take out as much as I could (turns out crippled and braced ships don't do too much, who would've thought?) and in the end only a Hellebore managed to escape unscathed. 

All in all it was good to play again, it's been about a year since I last played BFG, and I'm remembering a lot of the tricks with Eldar. Also putting together a 30k Dark Angels fleet soon so I'm looking forward to that as well, should be a big difference in both aesthetic and playstyle.