Implausible Nature
  • Home
    • Links and Contact Page
    • Site Index
    • Site Primer >
      • Casual vs Competitive Players -- Healing the Divide
      • Laeroth's Take On Building Fluffy Armies
  • Laeroth's Blog
  • The Njesta Crusade
    • Black Templars Army Lists
    • Njesta Crusade Fluff >
      • Black Templars Background Literature
  • Black Templars 101
    • BT 101: Where to Start >
      • BT 101: Unit Analysis
      • BT 101: Building Low-Point BT Armies
      • BT 101: Commonly Used Abbreviations
    • BT 101: Building an 9th Edition List >
      • BT 101: Building A Competitive 9th Edition List
      • BT 101: Building Another Competitive 9th Edition List
    • BT 101: Assembling Your Crusade
    • BT 101: Playing With Your New Army >
      • BT 101: Tactics
      • BT 101: Duality
    • BT 101: The Conclusion
  • Painting and Modeling
    • Black Templars Gallery
    • How To Paint Black Templars

Its not much but...

4/12/2010

0 Comments

 
I know that this entry isn't going to contain a whole lot of information, but I have a couple things I'm going to be talking about in the next couple days.  First and foremost, is my Battle report with Brandon from last week.  I want to try and get that up by this Monday night, as I have a game with Jeremy that I'll write about.

In addition, I'll be talking about army burnout, including loss of interest due to poor win/loss records.  I'll talk about some of the causes of this and a few ways to regain interest in your army.   :)
0 Comments

Some sexy new things!

4/6/2010

0 Comments

 
As we all know, the Blood Angels were released on April 3rd (Saturday) of this past week.  Other than providing the 40k community with a fast version of the Black Templars, it really is just another Space Marine army.  So do not despair fellow Black Templars players!  I played a game against the Blood Angels last night, and my opponent barely squeaked out a draw in an objective game.  I just didn't have quite the firepower needed to table him at 1750 points, but I was darn near close to it.  Lets just say that I lost 2 Land Speeders and 2 Neophytes the entire game (and two Predators had some damage).  So again, do not despair.  We still can compete.  At least, until BA players learn their codex and pull out the crazy builds.  The one I've worked out I definitely wouldn't like to face, but I'm not going to voluntarily produce that list to my BA opponents just yet.  I should also have a codex review done by the beginning of May.  :)

Another exciting thing about the Blood Angels release was the Death Company models that came out!  I took several nights to very carefully modify, clean, and kit bash the new DC models with BT bits to fit my crusades fluff.  And, while they are not painted yet, they look darn good and are exactly what I needed to give my army some character.  When they are painted, they'll look damn sexy (hopefully)!

That's it for now, I'll try to get a Battle Report of this weeks game with Brandon up in the next few days.  Tonight if ya'll are lucky.  I'll also try and get pics up of the unpainted, but assembled Death Company Black Templars tomorrow.  :D
0 Comments

Multiply Wealth By Division

4/1/2010

0 Comments

 
Over here at YTTH, Stelek made a Black Templars gunline list for 'Ard Boys.  At first glance, it looks terrible.  But after I took some time thinking about it, I think the list has it's merits.  It definitely only works at the 2500 point format, as the BT Razorback spam is too expensive at anything less than that.  I tried to trim it down to 2000 points, but you really do lose way too much to make it viable.  The list contains 10 TL Lascannons (one tank hunter), 6 normal Lascannons, 6 Heavy Bolters, 6 Heavy Flamers, a tank hunter missile launcher, and 6 Multi-meltas.  Can you say "Yikes!" on the alpha strike capabilities?  That isn't even counting the 6 heavy flamers, 6 regular flamers, and 2 assault cannons!  The two combat dreadnoughts act as close combat support, as well as the Emperor's Champion.  While all this is going on, 'Abhor the Witch' gives a 33% chance at canceling psychic powers cast on your units and will allow your army to move D6" forward if your enemy has a psyker (which is pretty much everyone nowadays); our Land Speeders love this.  The list definitely has its possibilities and I'll be attempting to put it through the ringer over the next few weeks.  Here is the list in it's entirety:

HQ
Emperor's Champion:  Abhor the Witch [110]
ELITE
Ven Dreadnought: TL LC, ML, Tank Hunters, EA, Smoke [173]
Dreadnought: AC, EA, Smoke [113]
Dreadnought: AC, EA, Smoke [113]
TROOPS
Crusader Squad (5 Init): LC, Flamer.  Razorback w/ TL LC [191]
Crusader Squad (5 Init): LC, Flamer.  Razorback w/ TL LC [191]
Crusader Squad (5 Init): LC, Flamer.  Razorback w/ TL LC [191]
Crusader Squad (5 Init): LC, Flamer.  Razorback w/ TL LC [191]
Crusader Squad (5 Init): LC, Flamer.  Razorback w/ TL LC [191]
Crusader Squad (5 Init): LC, Flamer.  Razorback w/ TL LC [191]
FAST ATTACK
Land Speeder Squadron (x2): MM, HF [150]
Land Speeder Squadron (x2): MM, HF [150]
Land Speeder Squadron (x2): MM, HF [150]
HEAVY SUPPORT
Predator Annihilator: TL LC, HB sponsons [130]
Predator Annihilator: TL LC, HB sponsons [130]
Predator Annihilator: TL LC, HB sponsons [130]
TOTAL: [2495]

So what does everyone think?  At the very least, the list deserves to be play-tested.  I think it'll be nice to have something that is a bit different to play with for a bit.  Only real issues that I can see is lack of CC ability and ability to deal with mass mob armies.  Hopefully the 6 HF, 6 Flamers, 2 AC, and 6 HB will be enough to combat that a bit.  We shall see.  :)
0 Comments

    Laeroth's Blog

    This blog is devoted to the Black Templars chapter and the tactics, list building, and general musing associated with them.  Readers will see occasional posts from Marshal Laeroth.

    Check out the Implausible Nature YouTube Channel!

    Follow me on Twitter!

    Like what you see and want to help support Implausible Nature?  Click the link below and donate!

    RSS Feed

    Archives

    December 2020
    August 2020
    July 2020
    May 2020
    March 2020
    February 2020
    January 2020
    December 2019
    November 2019
    October 2019
    September 2019
    August 2019
    July 2019
    June 2019
    May 2019
    April 2019
    January 2019
    December 2018
    October 2018
    September 2018
    August 2018
    April 2018
    March 2018
    February 2018
    January 2018
    December 2017
    November 2017
    October 2017
    August 2017
    July 2017
    June 2017
    May 2017
    March 2017
    January 2017
    December 2016
    November 2016
    July 2016
    June 2016
    March 2016
    November 2015
    July 2015
    June 2015
    May 2015
    April 2015
    March 2015
    February 2015
    January 2015
    September 2014
    May 2014
    December 2013
    October 2013
    September 2013
    August 2013
    June 2013
    May 2013
    February 2013
    January 2013
    December 2012
    October 2012
    September 2012
    August 2012
    July 2012
    June 2012
    May 2012
    April 2012
    March 2012
    February 2012
    January 2012
    December 2011
    November 2011
    October 2011
    September 2011
    August 2011
    July 2011
    June 2011
    May 2011
    April 2011
    March 2011
    February 2011
    January 2011
    December 2010
    November 2010
    October 2010
    September 2010
    August 2010
    July 2010
    June 2010
    May 2010
    April 2010
    March 2010
    February 2010
    January 2010
    December 2009
    November 2009
    October 2009
    September 2009