Tuesday, 11 January 2022

Bile Be Seeing You: Creations of Bile vs Space Marines

Creations of Bile vs The Thirteenth!

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We return once again to the Deployment Zone!

I paid a visit to Swindon over Christmas, and this time I was bringing the Creations of Bile, my army from Hobbypocalypse 2021 - the Clonelord is loose!

This one is behind the paywall of Deployment Zone TV (although if there was ever a time to use their free trial...)

Chaos Space Marines - The Creations of Bile

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This is everything I have for the army (hence the 1850pt limit), and it's an army crammed with characters and a lot of punch!

Basically, I have seven characters and six of them give out some kind of buff (the exception being the Master of Executions - he cleaves his own path). The rest of the army is for brutal melee, devastating firepower or board control.

It's an army that doesn't require much thought - which makes it great fun to play.

  • Fabius Bile (HQ) (Warlord)
    Xyclos Needler, Rod of Torment, The Chirurgeon, Frag & Krak grenades
    Surgeon Acolyte
    Warlord: Lord of Terror
  • Servilius - Master of Possession (HQ)
    Bolt pistol, Force stave, Frag & Krak grenades, 
    Psychic powers: Cursed Earth, Infernal Power
  • Ventidius - Sorcerer in Terminator Armour (HQ)
    Combi-bolter, Force sword, Frag & Krak grenades, 
    Psychic powers: Prescience, Warptime
  • Lucullus - Exalted Champion (HQ)
    Bolt pistol, Power Sword, Frag & Krak Grenades 
  • Hortensius - Master of Executions (HQ)
    Axe of Dismemberment, Bolt Pistol, Frag & Krak Grenades 
  • 5 x Chaos Space Marines (Troop)
    Power maul, 4 x Boltguns, Missile launcher
  • 5 x Chaos Space Marines (Troop)
    Lightning claw & Plasma pistol, 4 x bolt pistols and chainswords
  • 12 x Chaos Cultists (Troop)
    10 x Autoguns, 1 x Heavy Stubber 1 x Autopistol and Brutal Assault Weapon
  • 10 x Chaos Cultists (Troop)
    8 x Autoguns, 1 x Flamer, 1 x Autopistol and Brutal Assault Weapon
  • Scarificator - Greater Possessed (Elite)
    Daemonic mutations
    Relic: Living Carapace
    Supreme Creation: Prime Test Subject
  • Apemantus - Greater Possessed (Elite)
    Daemonic mutations
  • 8 x Possessed (Elite)
    Horrifying mutations, Icon of Excess
  • 8 x Possessed (Elite)
    Horrifying mutations, Icon of Excess
  • 3 x Mutilators (Heavy)
    Fleshmetal weapons, Mark of Khorne
  • 5 x Warp Talons (Fast)
    5 x Pair of Lightning claws
  • 2 x Obliterators (Heavy)
    Fleshmetal Guns, Crushing fists, Mark of Slaanesh
  • Venomcrawler (Heavy)
    2 x Excruciator cannons, Eviscerating claws, Soulflayer tendrils
  • Venomcrawler (Heavy)
    2 x Excruciator cannons, Eviscerating claws, Soulflayer tendrils

Points: 1,850 | Level: 104 | Battle-forged + Battalion - Patrol - Supreme Creations: 9 CPs

Space Marines - The Thirteenth

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My old nemesis (and very favourite character in the Thirteenth), Chaplain Snow is back. He's leading Reaper Company, which is the Thirteenth's fourth company and the one designed to hunt other astartes (hence the veterans with all the lightning claws).

The Veterans go into the Land Raider, the Terminators and Snow go into the Stormraven, the other three squads go into the Drop Pods - this is a rapid reaction force with very little deployments to worry about!

  • Julius Snow - Chaplain in Terminator Armour (HQ) (Warlord)
    Absolver Bolt pistol, Crozius arcanum, Frag & Krak grenades, Twin Bolt rifle,
    Litanies: Litany of Hate, Canticle of Hate
    Warlord: Iron Resolve
    Relics: Benediction of Fury
  • 10 x Tactical Squad (Troops)
    Astartes chainsword, 10 x Boltguns
  • 10 x Tactical Squad (Troops)
    Astartes chainsword, 10 x Boltguns
  • 5 x Company Veterans (Elites)
    Pair of Lightning Claws, 4 x Lightning Claw & Stormshields
  • 5 x Company Veterans (Elites)
    Pair of Lightning Claws, 4 x Lightning Claw & Stormshields
  • Terminator Squad (Elite)
    4 x Stormbolter and Power Fist, 1 x Stormbolter and Chainfist
  • 5 x Devastator Squad (Heavy)
    4 x Lascannons, Boltgun
  • Land Raider (Heavy)
    Twin heavy bolter, 2 x Twin Lascannon
  • Stormraven Gunship (Flyer)
    Twin Assault Cannon, 2 x Multi-Melta
  • Drop Pod (Transport)
    Storm bolter
  • Drop Pod (Transport)
    Storm bolter
  • Drop Pod (Transport)
    Storm bolter

Points: 1851 | Level: 103 | Battle-forged - Vanguard: 9 CPs


Mission and Deployment

We were drawing from the Open War deck, which is fast becoming my favourite way to play 40k 9th Edition. The mission was Objective Drop (one I've played recently against Kraken) that involved a single, central objective that moves at the start of every turn (players dice-off to see the direction it moves). 

You score a point for controlling it at the start of the third, fourth and fifth turn, with a bonus two points for controlling it at the end of the battle. It makes for great fun to scramble after the roaming objective.

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We were deploying in classic Dawn of War formation, and the Twist was Last Stand, which meant that morale tests weren't going to be a problem.

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As a bonus, because my army was 1pt lower than Winters' one, I got to benefit from the Ruse as well, which as Ambush (three of my units got to deploy out of the deployment zone).

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This was all very narrative, since we'd spun the story that Fabius Bile had released a poor solider from the Thirteenth Militarum as bait to draw the rest of the Thirteenth into a trap.

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But did he escape? Only one way to find out...

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