Weekend At Burnie's 2 - This Time It's War

I'm off to another tournament, grizzled veteran that I am, this will be my second.

This is a follow-on from the very successful Weekend at Burnie's earlier this year. And, like any sequel, the body count is always bigger.

Organised by the legendary Mr AP Burn - this invitational event has doubled in size since February, and will now host 30 players. Held at Bristol Independent Gaming, it is exclusive to Deployment Zone patrons.

As before, this is sold as a narrative event. This means a few restrictions to remove super-optimised lists, no Command Point re-rolls, and a lot of in-game surprises that none of the players will see coming.

As mentioned, the players are divided into two factions: The Alliance and The Cabal. Both of whom are fighting over the deamon-infested Hive World Nayala, but any one army can also choose to undermine the group's efforts and go for the big prize alone (but if they get caught ... examples will be made of them).

Anyway, it's shaping up to be a blast. I'll be posting battle reports, naturally, but if you want to follow in real-time, check out the Instagram feed over the weekend

No Thousand Sons for me this time. I instead undertook the slightly deranged quest of painting up almost an entire army in a month. But I did get to write a new piece of narrative for them: A Quiet Moment

Spread over two days, you start with a 1250pt list on Saturday, then expand to 1500pts on Sunday. I chose the simple expedient of promoting my Greater Possessed to a Daemon Prince ... whichever god he is pledged to will depend on which detachment fought best on the first day.

Which meant my last nights of tournament prep were spent painting up this bad boy:

Armour and skin were painted with totally different recipes.
It's quite some achievement that they both ended up exactly the same green.

So this is the Day 2 list I'm bringing (I went for narrative ... so it may be in for a hard time):

The Unkindest Cut - Black Legion Patrol

• Strato - Chaos Lord with Jump Pack (HQ) (Warlord)
  Chainsword, Combi-Bolter, Frag & Krak Grenades
  Warlord Trait: Black-clad BruteRelic: Ghorisvek’s Teeth
• Daemon Prince with wings (HQ)
  2 x Malefic talons / Helforged Sword
  Diabolic Strength
• 6 x Chaos Space Marines (Troop)
  Power Sword, 5 x Bolt Pistol & Chainswords, Icon of Excess, Mark of Slaanesh
• 7 x Raptors (Fast)
  Power Sword, Plasma Pistol, 2 x Plasma Guns, 4 x Bolt Pistol & Chainswords

The Pestilent Congregation - The Purge Vanguard

• Decius - Sorcerer in Terminator Armour (HQ)
  Combi-melta, Force Sword, Frag & Krak Grenades, Mark of Nurgle
  Miasma of Pestilence, Warptime
• 5 x Chaos Chosen (Elite)
  4 x Combi-bolter, 4 x chainswords, Thunder Hammer, Reaper Chaincannon, Mark of Nurgle
• 5 x Plague Marines (Elite)
  Power fist, 2 x Flail of Contagion, 2 x 2nd Plague Knife, Blight & Krak Grenades
• Helbrute (Elite)
  Helbrute fist (combi-bolter), Power scourge, Mark of Nurgle
• Rhino (Elite)
  Combi-bolter), Mark of Nurgle

The Infinite Jest - The Scourged Vanguard

• Artemidorus - Sorcerer  (HQ)
  Bolt pistol, Force Stave, Frag & Krak Grenades, Mark of Tzeentch
  Prescience, Weaver of Fates
• 5 x Chaos Chosen (Elite)
  3 x Combi-bolter, 5 x chainswords, Combi-plasma, Missile Launcher, Mark of Tzeentch
• Helbrute (Elite)
  Twin Lascannon, Missile Launcher, Mark of Tzeentch
• Helbrute (Elite)
  Twin Lascannon, Missile Launcher, Mark of Tzeentch

Points: 1500 | Battle-forged + Patrol + Vanguard + Vanguard: 5 CPs

The fate of Nayala Prime hangs in the balance...