Pure Michigan Player Feature: Harley Mace's Dread Knight

Here is a quick Michigan Player feature oh Harley Mace's Dreadknight conversion.  Between the conversion and paint this model really stood out over the last weekend at Gamer's Gauntlet.

MiGT Best General: Jesse Zischke's Grey Knights

So I showed up to the inaugural Michigan GT with my Grey Knights and a dream and ended up coming away with the best general award.  In a sea of Tau and Eldar builds the Knights needed to represent for the imperium.  Here's the list:

Jokaero Weaponsmith Conversion

This crazy little ape is, in my opinion, one of the best units in the Grey Knights codex.  Between the utility his weapons offer and the possible upgrades they grant to their unit, Jokaero Weaponsmith's are a hidden gem.  The biggest downside to them is the terribly unimpressive model GW has to offer.  So, with a suggestion from Chris Vinton, I upgraded my Jokaero into a formidable looking techno-gorilla.

Jesse's Gk list breakdown

I have been fielding this 1850 Grey Knights list for the past several months to much success.  The list began in preparation for the TSHIFT open tournament out in Seattle.  

Initially I ran IG allies for some cheap firepower, Vendettas, and my favorite IC ever Guardsmen F'ing Marbo.  After some a few games of testing I didn't enjoy how ineffective lasguns are and the how the army just didn't seem to mesh right.  I felt I wasn't getting enough from my guardsmen to equate their point cost.  Coming from a competitive MtG background where a card didn't make the cut if it didn't either give card advantage or absolutely murder for the mana cost, i try to bring the same thought process to my list building.  Enough talk, here's the list.

Feast of Blades Coverage - Sunday and Wrap Up

Final day of the event.  Lets see, how best to describe how it started...oh yeah!

The ear-piercing sound of the ?!$& fire alarm waking me up at 6:15 in the ?!$& morning!!  I swear, if I ever find out who tripped the alarm, I will find them and commit unspeakable acts of torture to...to...  Okay, no I won't, but I will think very mean thoughts.

After that false alarm was over, I made the mistake of falling back asleep and just barely made it to the first round of the day.

Iron Warriors Primarch/ Chaos Lord Alternative Unboxing: Hi-Tech's Pro Turbo!

Old School here with another unboxing article. This time we are looking at another Hi-Tech model named "Pro-Turbo." This model, in my opinion would work well for the obvious task of being the Iron Warriors Primarch, but could also fill in as a Chaos Lord, Abbadon ... or with little modification, a loyalist HQ as well. Let's take a look ....

It Came From the Forums: Bad Buddha's Walkers to Remember!

Old School here with another edition of It Came From the Forums. This edition brings us three armies from the inspiring Bad Buddha of Bolter and Chainsword. I am featuring three of his projects in this post. The first is a Space Marine Diesel Punk army called the Emperor's Bloodied Axes (Lysander conversion in the pics above and below). After that, I will show you his henchmen project and his Admech Nurgle from yore. Here we go, enjoy:

6th Edition: What It Means For Eldar And Grey Knights

SeerK here to have a sit down with all of you about 6^th edition and how its affecting the Eldar and the Grey Knights. After reading the rulebook for the few hours that I have had it, I have some thoughts and observations to share about my favorite army and my new army. Wolfson will be bringing you coverage of the Dark Eldar and Eldar as well. I will be going more in depth on the Eldar and Dark Eldar back over on Craftworld Lansing also.

Let's take a look at my thoughts so far ...

Orks, Inquisitors and Guardsmen -oh my; Painting Challenge Week 8 Update!

Old School here with a big update for the Painting Challenge! This is week 8 and let's take a look at the round up from our contributors, featuring a special guest from our own ranks: SeerK!

"Rise of the Lascannon" Round 2..... FIGHT!: Battle Report

As you all know I recently started a new list that is really different. The reasons why and what the list is can be found here. Now I have played my second game with this list, and against Grey Knights at that against DFG's very own... The Judge.

It Came From the Forums Update: Kolonel Grotsnik's Pre-Heresy Thousand Sons!

Old School Terminator here, checking in on the subject of a previous It Came From the Forums, Kolonel Grotsnik, previously featured for his Cybernetica and Grot Rebellion armies, the artist hinted at the potential for a Thousand Son army with a single model. Since then, the Forces of Prospero have come together in a VERY big way!

More possible alternate Grey Knights from Hi-Tech Miniatures

 Hi Tech Studios has gone from nearly non-existant on the radar to a beacon in a matter of a few week and their Demon Slayers line is really the drive behind the sudden interest. Let's face it, there are a lot of companies out the who "don't" make models for GW systems and these are certainly "not" Grey Knight alternatives, but looking at the Iron Chancellor above, I think it is safe to say that this guy is begging to be in your Grey Knights army anywhere you would have him. This model would make a great Grand Master or even a really awesome Paladin - at least if cutting off giant daemon heads is any measure of might. If this model strikes you, then take a look at a few of their other models that might fit the bill for some unique Grey Knight models ...

Grey Knights Dreadknight Alternative Model Possibilities from Hi Tech Miniatures!

 Old School here really quick to offer up a possible Grey Knight Dreadknight alternative in the form of the Demon Slayers Hell Cruiser from Hi Tech Miniatures, pictured above in paint and pelow in bare resin.

Have Grey Knights Changed Your Game?

Old School here with a question about how Grey Knights are being run in your area and if they have changed the way you build your take all comers lists on a local level.

It Came From The Forums: Amazing Grey Knights by BulldogUK!

Old School here with a really great It Came From The Forums post tonight; BulldogUK of Bolter and Chainsword has set the bar for Grey Knight lovers out there and this amazing Grey Knights Titan is just the tip of the iceberg for one hell of an army.

Battle Report: Vogrin's Grey Knights vs. Seven's Craftworlders!

Seven bringing you a Battle Report of a clash between the Craftworld Eldar and The Grey Knights of Lord Inquistor Vogrin.  Our Battle was an 1850 point match.

We rolled Pitched battle, and 5 Objectives.

My list:

Dire avenger squad <10 man> with a wave serpent armed with bright lances and spirit stones

Exarch, dual catapults, bladestorm

Farseer with doom, runes of witnessing attached.

Dire avenger squad <10 man> with a wave serpent armed with bright lances and spirit stones

Exarch with Diresword and shuriken pistol, bladestorm and defend

10 man Fire Dragon squad with a wave serpent armed starcannons and spirit stones

exarch with tank hunters, crack shot and a dragon’s breath flamer.

Eldrad and Warlock council with embolden, enhance, 2 destructors with a wave serpent with shuriken cannons and spirit stones.

10 man striking scorpian squad

exarch with stalker, shadowstrike, and a scorpian claw.

His list I won’t be as accurate on

Vogrin Brought:

Purgation squad with 4 psycannons

7 man Grey Knight terminator squad

10 man Strike squad in a rhino

Vindicare Temple Assassin

2 Rifleman Dreadnoughts (dual twin-linked autocannons with psycannon bolts)

A stormraven containing a purifier squad with a Librarian and also a Dreadnought.

Also two servo-skulls.

Both us brought  a mere 2 scoring units per side which didn’t hurt either of us excessively.

Deployment.

 I won the roll for first turn and deployed my 4 squads in transport castled up and the Scorpians infiltrated. Vogrin setup kiddie-corner to me and left his Terminators to arrive via deepstrike.

DraigoWing Grey Knights - Whatever he hits, he destroys

Lord Kaldor Draigo.  If you spend any time on the various internet 40K forums, you know this name as the worst fluff GW has ever written, and a stain on the 40K universe.  I really don't think it's as bad as that (people exagerate WILDLY for effect when talking about him), and isn't it really more important how effective he is on the table?  So I decided to try him out this past weekend, first against Papa Nurgle's demons, then against a local ork player.  And since Supreme Grand Master Draigo make squads of Paladins Troops, I ran an all-Paladin list with possibly the finest Death Star unit in the game today.

New Grey Knights - First Battle Report

Well, I obviously did not get any posts in yesterday during the Test of Khaine tournament - with 32 participants and 3 hard hitting games, I really didn't have the time!  I was extremely wrung out after a grueling slugging match with DFG's own Chris Vinton round one, and a heartbreaking draw round three against an Ultramarines player that ended a round before it should have due to us mis-counting the rounds fought.

But I told SeerK I wanted a game with him, and the Grey Knight codex beckoned.  So rather than posting my thoughts on the codex, we have our first local Battle Report using the codex.  Let's face it - we can talk about our impressions of the codex (people have been doing so for a week and a half now), but it doesn't really mean anything until we see how it performs on the table.  So let's see how the Daemonslayers can perform against Eldrad's Eldar.  Warning - this is going to be a LONG post!

New Grey Knights - Innocence Proves Nothing

Well, the black box finally arrived at Evolution Games today, and as per my instructions to Farseer ReRolls, I received a phone call letting me know to come in when it did.  Most of it I had picked up from other internet sources, but it was nice to see confirmation and specific wording.  And it was real fun to freak out the Eldar, Chaos, Tau, and Marine players who happened to be listening to me talk about all the nasty things I was going to be able to do to them.  Nobody took me up on my offer of a game, either.

Unfortunately, the store declined to let me take the codex home with me when I had to leave.  Given that, I don't want to start posting my specific reviews without having the book on hand.  So tomorrow, in between rounds of Craftworld Lansing's Test of Khaine tournament, I will be posting thoughts on the codex, and what I see myself taking as Inquisitor Lord Vogrin leads the Grey Knights into the battle.  Also unfortunately, I will not have battle reports for the new Codex - SeerK has declined to allow me to use it in the tourney.  I suppose it might be considered unfair for me to use a codex that NOBODY has seen for more than a day, and which is not officially released yet.

See you all tomorrow.

Pics of Castellan Crowe and Jokaero Weaponsmith!

Old School here with some pics of Castellan Crowe (the Grey Knight who allows Henchmen (ed: you mean Purifiers) as troops) and the anticipated Jakaero (I could have swore that Rogue Trader said they were Toads ... oh well). Anyway, let's take a look at these photos and see what we think.