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Promotions Copy Week of 2007 06 02

Warhammer 40K

Desert Hellstorm: Orks vs. Tyranids Battle Report

Two guys from Blue Table Painting’s assembly department take it to the mat with their personal armies. They played Breakout (40K Rulebook p213), which is a furious showdown. Even at full bore, it takes four turns for the attacker to get off the board edge. The only way to get more speed is to charge and sweep, but that carries the danger of getting bogged down.

Making of the Terrain http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h2A3y-ouB5U

Finished Terrain http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OnAxn2LbGx8

Some things start small, with a spark, but ignite into something much bigger. I was cutting hills out of hard styro in the terrain room a few weeks back when I decided to try cutting with a long razor rather than a hand saw. I cut only part way through and tried to snap the odd piece off, but it didn’t come off all the way. It left an unusual shelf-like formation. That led to making a small sandstone hill:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h2A3y-ouB5U

A few days later I went back to the terrain room just to see what I could accomplish in an hour. I ended up spending ten hours working on terrain. I ended up with two full sets of sandstone terrain.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OnAxn2LbGx8

Still pics of the terrain: http://www.bluetablepainting.com/view_gallery.php?galleryID=1604

Still pics of Bill’s Ork army:

http://www.bluetablepainting.com/view_gallery.php?galleryID=1056

Still pics of Bill’s Ork army stomping my Tau:

http://www.bluetablepainting.com/view_gallery.php?galleryID=1453

Still pics of Jordan’s Tyranids:

http://www.bluetablepainting.com/view_gallery.php?galleryID=1513

Download Jordan’s Army List—the Rending Army of Doom

http://www.bluetablepainting.com/view_files.php?download_categoryID=10

I found the table covering in Wal Mart’s bedding department. I’ve found that twin-sized sheets are ideal for a 6x4 foot table.

It was a pity not to actually play a game on that table. I got Bill and Jordan from the Assembly department to do a battle report. This is my second attempt to do this with video and it turned out a lot smoother than the first one I did (Orks vs. Germans 40K). So without further ado, here you are:

Part 01- Preamble http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DMatRkuOdSo

Part 02- The Terrain http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tLErtMm228s

Part 03- The Scenario (Breakout) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wWbg1vfTyfA

Part 04- Deployment http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tr8xnAbfYVQ

Part 05- End of Turn 1 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G4Z2JL-DV6M

Part 06- Middle of Turn 2 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6UpeYVMvmKM

Part 07- End of Turn 2 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rhvYAJKr_G8

Part 08- Summary Turns 3-5 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YrwpeXVuq90

Part 09- Wrapup http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7gWmOcsG5ko

I hope you enjoyed this. I would very much like to hear suggestion for improvement or things you’d like to see more of.

Shawn Gately

Blue Table Painting