Batrep: Week 6 Wrath of Shelse

Just got back in from Japan yesterday and managed to book in a game with You Cai. He brought his Iron Hands from our previous game and I tweaked my 1,850 list to the following:

Hivefleet Leviathan Detachment

HQ

Flyrant with TL Brain Leech Devourers
Flyrant with TL Brain Leech Devourers
Flyrant with TL Brain Leech Devourers

Elites

Malanthrope

Hive Guard x3

Troops

Mucolid Spore
Mucolid Spore
Mucolid Spore

Heavy
Carnifex with TL Brain Leech Devourers in Tyrannocyte
Carnifex with TL Brain Leech Devourers in Tyrannocyte

Carnifex with TL Brain Leech Devourers in Tyrannocyte

YC brought the following list:

Iron Hands - Clan Raukaan List

Captain with artificer, Axe of Medusa, Gorgon Chain

Tac sqd in Rhino (Captain rides with them)
Tac sqd in Razorback
Tac squad in Drop Pod
Sternguard x5 in drop pod
Mortis pattern contemptor with Kheres assault cannon
Storm talon with Skyhammer
Storm talon with missile launcher
Rapier laser destroyer x2
Culexus assassin
Sicaran Battle Tank
Hunter Tank

The mission is unique. There is a wall of water that is washing everything out. Anything it touches immediately dies. And the objectives are unique because the Tyranids have to consume them (at the start of their turn) while the Imperial player is trying to shepard them to their table end. There are 3 of such units of "villagers" on the table. The Imperials are basically cutting their losses and are trying to pull out. The heroic Space Marines of the Iron Hands are doing their best to stem the Hivemind.

Deployment

Shield of Baal - Campaign Week 2 Battle for Lysios (Iron Hands - Clan Raukaan 1850)

2nd game for the Shield of Baal week 2 campaign. I brought my Iron hands (Clan Raukaan) again. My opponent would be Titan Games store manager - Rico again as gaming buddy Jaeroler was coming back to 40K with his IG Astra Militarum and Ray was playing against him.

Pardon the unpainted Iron hands for the 2nd straight week, working on it... The amazing painted nids are painted by Rico (Golden Daemon winner).

Iron Hands - Clan Raukaan List

Captain with artificer, axe of medusa, gorgon chain

Tac sqd in rhino

Tac sqd in Razorback

Tac sqd in drop pod

Mortis pattern contemptor with kheres assault cannon

Dreadnought with TL autocannon

Storm talon with skyhammer

Storm talon with missile launcher

Rapier laser destroyer *2

Culexus assassin

Stalker Tank

Centurions

Tyranids - Hive Fleet Medusa list

Tyrant with TL devourers *2

Carnifex with TL devourers *2

Exocerin *2

Tyrannocyte *3

Malathrope

Zoanthrope *2

Hive guards *3

Spore mines *3 in unit of 5 or 6

big spore mines *3

Iron hands Deployment

Tyranids Deployment

Shield of Baal - Campaign Week 1 Vitria Strike (Iron Hands - Clan Raukaan 1850)

The gaming group is currently playing the Shield of Baal campaign with sponsor from Titan Games LGS. Ray the planner for the campaign came up with the idea to expand the campaign armies involved to all Imperium armies to incorporate more gamers as not all 40K gamers have Imperial guard Astra Militarum/Sisters of battle Adepta Sororitas/Blood Angels.

My first game of the campaign is against Titan Games LGS store manager Rico who restarted his Tyranids army after a hiatus. Had been awhile since I last wrote a slightly detailed battle report.  

Contributing to the Imperium war effort on planet Vitria, Clan Raukaan sent a small detachment together with attached Imperial knight house Ærthegn to eliminate the Tyranids menace infesting the same city ruins that saw the defeat of Astra Militarum vostroyans in an early battle.  

Iron hands - Clan Raukaan list

Captain with artificer, gorgon chain and axe of medusa

Tac sqd in Rhino

Tac sqd in razorback with las-plasma

Tac sqd in drop pod

Death storm drop pod x2

Mortis pattern contemptor with kheres assault cannon

Rapier laser destroyer x2

storm talon with sky hammer

storm talon with typhoon missile launcher

Castigator knight titan

Tyranids - Hive fleet Medusa list

Hive tyrant with devourers x 2

Carnifex with devourers x 3

Tyrannocyte x 3

zoanthrope x 2

Malathrope 

Hive guard x 3

harpy x 2

ripper swarms x 2