Burning Ring of Fire

Well, just a quick update on my resent history! In my last posts, I went over how I was going to make a Grey Knights Paladins army list. However, I found out shortly thereafter that a friend had already made one! So, I went with a Grey Knights Purifiers list. So, instead of 3 groups of paladins, draigo, and 3 dreadknights, I have 4 squads of purifiers, crowe, 3 dreadknights, 4 razorbacks, and a vindicare at 2000 points.

In all, I'm pleasantly surprised at how well this army list works for me. It has more mobility than my draigo army list, and more firepower. I think it suits my play style better, coming from the Tau like I did. Crowe has done fairly well for me, mainly holding up key units in CC, rather than killing stuff. Oh, and Purifying Flame is not much help vs marines. Not as helpful as Halberds, by a long shot. I have yet to play anything that Purifiers are supposed to "auto-win" against, but these guys play very well against really any marine variant!

Grey Knights: My List and the Reasons Behind It

Well, now that I've decided, I'm going to be creating a Grey Knights Paladin army. Along with the reasons in my previous post, I really like the looks of the models, and the idea of such a small, elite force just laying waste to a battlefield brings joy to my heart. So, what exactly am I planning to include in my army list?

College and Warhammer 40k

Well, these are two things that one doesn't normally say together, yet, it is the truth. I am going to college, and I will continue with Warhammer 40k, money and time or no. However, the one issue I will have is space, so I've been looking at different armies that fit close to my playstyle, that I like the looks of, are relatively small, and will be relatively easy to paint. So far, I'm looking at Destroyer+Monolith Necrons, Paladin Grey Knights/Lots o' Dreadnaughts Grey Knights, and Dark Angel Deathwing.

Grey Knights: How to Counter?

   
With the Grey Knights coming out soon, we will probably be seeing tons of codex grey miniatures, along with all kinds of counts as armies based off this codex. I know that at least two friend's of mine are going to get into the Grey Knights, one of whom crushed me with his deathwing. The other friend will be jumping from the IG, since Grey Knights were what he originally wanted to start with (the old codex and expensive models crushed his dreams there). As a result, I think we are going to have to make some serious changes to any army lists we make, especially with this new codex seeming so threatening. I know my Tau will probably (ok, definitely) have a hard time facing all that psychic, close combat terror! And it seems that the Grey Knights will be pretty good fire-power wise, too. Uggh. Why do the new codices have to be so well-rounded? The older codices are definitely going to have the worst time of everyone.