Draft Morning

As I alluded to late last night, I had to submit my army list yesterday for the Caledonian Uprising in January. Now, myself, Andy and Mick will be going bedecked in our C&F finery and hopefully they will post their lists in due time. Meanwhile here's mine;

Rune Priest, Chooser of the Slain, Saga of the Beat Slayer, Wolf Tail Talisman, Living Lightning, Murderous Hurricane

Rune Priest, Chooser of the Slain, Wolf Tooth Necklace, Living Lightning, Jaws of the World Wolf

5 Wolf Scouts, Mark of the Wulfen, Meltagun

5 Wolf Guard, 3 with Combi-Melta, Power Fist, 2 with Combi-Flamer, Power Weapon

8 Grey Hunters, Mark of the Wulfen, Meltagun, Rhino

8 Grey Hunters, Mark of the Wulfen, Meltagun, Rhino

5 Grey Hunters, Mark of the Wulfen, Flamer, Razorback

5 Grey Hunters, Mark of the Wulfen, Flamer, Razorback

Land Speeder, Multi-Melta, Heavy Flamer

Land Speeder, Multi-Melta, Heavey Flamer

6 Long Fangs, 4 Missile Launchers, Lascannon, Razorback, Twin-Linked Lascannon

6 Long Fangs, 4 Missile Launchers, Lascannon, Razorback, Twin-Linked Lascannon

So, it's an evolution of the list I put together here. It's quite a change from the list I took to my first two tournaments, which was more about the 5 man Grey Hunter squads in Razorbacks. I found that my problems were the 5 man squads were easily de-meched and weren't really potent enough to deal with assaults afterwards. Plus I failed a lot of Pinning tests at Leadership 8. Now, the plan is for every squad to get a Wolf Guard which makes their Leadership better and gives them Power Weapon/Fist attacks in combat. I've also gone with MotW in my squads. This is more for the possibility of lots of attacks rather than any Rending ones.

One quick point about the Rune Priests - I decided to give one a Saga and one the Wolf Tooth Necklace as in my previous list they were identical apart from their psychic powers. Since I had a spare 5 points, I also gave one a Wolf Tail Talisman. Now, I could have just given one of them a WTT or Melta Bombs and spent the other 20 points giving my two big Grey Hunter packs Wolf Standards. Now, I'm pretty realistic about my abilities as a 40K player and I'm under no illusion that I'm going to come anywhere near the top 20 at the tournament. However, like a true Son of Russ, I do like to have a good tale to tell around the fireplace. Basically, in my mind, one of my Rune Priests slaying some important enemy model is better than my Grey Hunters winning a round of combat. Plus, I normally roll a lots of 2s rather than 1s. In a similar vein, I would really liked to have squeezed my Lone Wolf in but I couldn't quite manage it.

So, there's my list. I've not been able to playtest it before submission but at least I'll get to playtest it before the tournament. Is it perfect? Of course not but it's good mix of points efficiency and fun. Over the next five weeks, I'll post up how the modelling/painting is going to finish the army and how well if gets on in playtests. Oh, and if you are one of the new readers we welcomed last night, you should know that I like to give my posts song titles. This one is by The Byrds from the album The Notorious Byrd Brothers. From now on, you'll have to guess them yourself...