The War for Badab (Black): The Pictures

Hey all!

This weekend saw my first match against 6th edition Tau, and oh my, did I get shot up! Markerlights! Markerlights everwhere! In the end, victory was mine because I had First Blood and held two objectives. But I think this was only because we had to end the game to due my opponent having to leave before he could play his last turn, so I was lucky. In the end, it was a nice battle and it really gave me an idea of the fearsome shooting capabilities of the Tau.

...and it ended up with me getting a full pot of the fabled Badab Black in a fair trade with some old metals and bitz.

Lightning Clawed Belial and his Terminators susprise Shas'O R'alai and his battlesuits.

The Land Speeder Tempest came into play while Zooming, flanked by two Dreadnoughts.

Ouch-time. Not many terminators survived. Belial challenged R'alai, though.

The crater marked my First Blood: a blown up Devilfish.

They proved hard to kill.

Shas'o R'alai in all his splendor.

Cadre fireblades with their squads hiding in the bushes.

All those tanks...

All those guns...

My combat squad with a Laspredator to support them.

A Land Raider Redeemer full of Assault Terminators and a Tac squad with Techmarine heading for an objective.

Always bring the snipers! Techmarine fortified these ruins.

Before the carnage: Dakkapredator still alive, same goes for the Ravenwing bikers.

Tactical Squad supported by a TL-autocannon Venerable Dreadnought.

The Battlefield.

The War for Badab (Black): 2500pts!

This list has a story behind it.
Being the Badab Black junkie that I am, the stuff is ever in high demand, and since I'm through to my last pot, I cried out in despair. A voice answered me. I was chosen to get his last Badab Black. He had but one request. Pillaging my bitzbox and playing an awesome 2.5k match with me in our FLGS upcoming Friday.
Alas, I had to agree and built a list.

The list was built with one thing in mind: tanks and armour. It is a splendid chance for my (not yet finished) Damocles Rhino to first see action. Together with a Land Raider, two Predators, two Dreadnoughts, a Land Speeder Tempest and of course a Techmarine. This will be an imbalanced but awesome list to play with and I will be sure to bring my camera this time for some epic pictures.

Please feel absolutely free to leave a comment on what you would add or remove from this list, I'd really love to hear it!



HQ
Company Master Bastorix - TH/SS/Art. Armour - Power Field Generator – 185pts
Belial - 190pts
Techmarine – Servo Harness – 75pts
Damocles Rhino - 75pts

Elites
Venerable Dreadnought - 2xTwin-linked Autocannons – 145pts
Contemptor Dreadnought – TL-Lascannon - 200pts


Troops
Tactical Squad - 10 Marines/Vet. Sergeant/Power Fist/Flamer/Missile Launcher - 195pts
Tactical Squad - 10 MarinesVet/Vet. Sergeant/Power Sword/Meltagun/Heavy Bolter – 185pts
Scouts - 5 Scouts/Sniper Rifles/Sergeant - 60pts
Deathwing Terminators – 5 Terminators/4xTH+SS/Cyclone Missile Launcher - 265pts
Deathwing Terminators - 5 Terminators/1xLightning Claws/Assault Cannon – 240pts

Fast Attack
Land Speeder Tempest - 110pts
Ravenwing Attack Squadron – Power Maul – 95pts

Heavy Support
Predator – TL-Lascannon/Lascannon Sponsons - 140pts
Predator - Autocannon/Hvy Bolters – 95pts
Land Raider Redeemer - Multi-Melta - 255pts

2495pts