15 Brand New Products from Curious Constructs

It's taken a long time to get there, but at last I've released the latest batch of new bits from Curious Constructs, with Pistols, Rifles and more weapons alongside the brand new Renegade Torso and Head sets!

 

FREE Wood Elves Battle Magic Cards!

The Wood Elves have returned from the depths of the forests!

Pre-order the brand new army book, Warhammer: Wood Elves (RRP £30.00) from Kirton Games for just £27.00 and we'll give you a set of the fantastic new Wood Elves Battle Magic Cards (RRP £4.50) absolutely FREE!

Of course thats not the only Pre-Release this week! In addition to the Army Book and Magic Cards, we also have the massive new Treeman which also builds the Treeman Ancient and Durthu, a named character, and Araloth a new plastic character model!

New Codex - Same Old List?

Hah, finally I have the new codex, why so late? Well I was away on release day, and though I had a nose previously that was about it. The first thing I'm doing is taking a fairly typical list I was fielding under the old codex and re-price it with the new one, so here is the old....

HQ

Company Command Squad inc. Company Standard, Autocannon, Flamer @80pts

Lord Commissar inc. Powerfist @85pts

ELITES

Guardsman Marbo @65pts

TROOPS

Platoon Command Squad inc. Autocannon, Flamer @45pts
Infantry Squad inc. Lascannon, Plasma Gun @85pts
Infantry Squad inc. Lascannon, Plasma Gun @85pts
Infantry Squad inc. Lascannon, Plasma Gun @85pts
Infantry Squad inc. Grenade Launcher @55pts
Infantry Squad inc. Grenade Launcher @55pts
Heavy Weapons Squad inc. 3 Lascannon @105pts
Heavy Weapons Squad inc. 3 Heavy Bolters @75pts

Veteran Squad inc. 2 Meltaguns, Plasma Gun, @105pts
Chimera inc. Multilaser, Heavy Flamer @55pts

FAST ATTACK

Vendetta inc. 3 Twin-linked Lascannon@130pts

HEAVY SUPPORT

Leman Russ Eradicator inc. Hull and Sponson Heavy Bolters @180pts

Manticore @160pts

 FORTIFICATIONS

Aegis Defence Line @50pts

1500pts

and now the new... with old units repriced and ones which are no longer available, otherwise known as Marbo, removed.

HQ

Company Command Squad inc. Company Standard, Autocannon, Flamer @90pts 

Lord Commissar inc. Powerfist @90pts

ELITES

Guardsman Marbo @65pts

TROOPS

Platoon Command Squad inc. Autocannon, Flamer @45pts
Infantry Squad inc. Lascannon, Plasma Gun @85pts
Infantry Squad inc. Lascannon, Plasma Gun @85pts
Infantry Squad inc. Lascannon, Plasma Gun @85pts
Infantry Squad inc. Grenade Launcher @55pts
Infantry Squad inc. Grenade Launcher @55pts
Heavy Weapons Squad inc. 3 Lascannon @105pts
Heavy Weapons Squad inc. 3 Heavy Bolters @75pts

Veteran Squad inc. 2 Meltaguns, Plasma Gun, @95pts
Chimera inc. Multilaser, Heavy Flamer @65pts

FAST ATTACK

Vendetta inc. 3 Twin-linked Lascannon@170pts

HEAVY SUPPORT

Leman Russ Eradicator inc. Hull and Sponson Heavy Bolters @140pts

Manticore @170pts

 FORTIFICATIONS

Aegis Defence Line @50pts

1460pts

So the base change is I've got the same list, but with Marbo gone that list is now 25pt more expensive. The Infantry have remained the same, with a ten point swap between the Veterans and their transport. The HQ's have gone up by 15pts, the Manticore by 10pts and the Vendetta by 40pts, but the Eradicator has dropped a tasty 40pts as well.

So what changes to make?

Well the first port of call is the Lord Commissar, his roll previously was to make sure orders were followed using the Aura of Discipline. Under the old dex it specifically stated that his leadership could be so used for orders, but the way I'm reading it that is no longer the case as the Aura is used only for Fear, Pinning and Morale - which I would take to be break tests, not leadership tests. Any thoughts on that, am I wrong?

If that is indeed the case I'll be waving bye bye to the Commissar, the Flamer can also go from the Command HQ and Platoon HQ for the moment, giving me 140pts to play with.

Now this leaves me more then a little torn. I could add another Tank, or Scions (which I really do want to play with, I love the models and they are a tastier option now). I could add more Infantry, or of course bring back my beloved Roughriders, which given they now have a Pistol & Close Combat Weapon in addition to their Lances (AT LONG LAST!!) are that little bit more useful.

That of course is exactly what I'll do, so 65pts will go on a 6 man squadron of those, a further 75pts will go straight on a second Heavy Bolter equipped Heavy Weapons Squad for now bringing me back upto 1500pts.

HQ

Company Command Squad inc. Company Standard, Autocannon @85pts 

TROOPS

Platoon Command Squad inc. Autocannon @40pts
Infantry Squad inc. Lascannon, Plasma Gun @85pts
Infantry Squad inc. Lascannon, Plasma Gun @85pts
Infantry Squad inc. Lascannon, Plasma Gun @85pts
Infantry Squad inc. Grenade Launcher @55pts
Infantry Squad inc. Grenade Launcher @55pts
Heavy Weapons Squad inc. 3 Lascannon @105pts
Heavy Weapons Squad inc. 3 Heavy Bolters @75pts
Heavy Weapons Squad inc. 3 Heavy Bolters @75pts

Veteran Squad inc. 2 Meltaguns, Plasma Gun, @95pts
Chimera inc. Multilaser, Heavy Flamer @65pts

FAST ATTACK

Vendetta inc. 3 Twin-linked Lascannon@170pts

Roughrider Squadron inc. 6 Roughriders @65pts

HEAVY SUPPORT

Leman Russ Eradicator inc. Hull and Sponson Heavy Bolters @140pts

Manticore @170pts

 FORTIFICATIONS

Aegis Defence Line @50pts

1500pts

 Now that all said, I think the new Heavy Weapons Squad will be replaced by a Wyvern just as soon as I can get one put together, I'm also tempted to drop the Manticore in favour of a second Eradicator leaving me 40pts, enough for some Snipers - either Ratlings of a Special Weapons Squad - or perhaps some of the other new toys, maybe even dropping an Infantry Squad in favour of some Scions. Oh the possibilities!

So what has the new codex done to your old faithful list and what changes are you planning? Or are you just starting from scratch?

40k Throne of Skulls January 2014

Right, well I singularly failed to do battle reports for Throne of Skulls - and in all honesty I dont think I could now! So instead, I'll just do a quick photo dump of the pictures I did manage to take!

Game 1 was verses Orks! I know there were Mega Orks, Ard Boyz a Bomba of some description oh yes, and a Stompa!

Said Stompa got very close... and then died to an overwatching Lascannon IIRC, second Stompa kill of the weekend and a win for the Guard!

Game 2 saw me up against the Space Marine force of Ash Turner in which he had a Wall of Martyrs Firestorm battery with a Devastator Squad inside and a pair of Thunderfires.... it hurt. I did manage to destroy the fortification eventually, but it was far too little too late.

Game 3 and I played Mark Burstal's Necrons. I've played Mark a couple of times before, he builds hard lists, and he uses them well, but he's a great opponent! At the start of the game things looked very positive for the Guard, I took down most of his Destroyers and all the Wraiths, but his Necron Destroyer Lord just would'nt die, and assisted by Immortals his badly depleted army was able to hammer mine to submission - I just ran out of troops in the end!

No pictures of either of these games, not a reflection of my losing them I have to say, they were both pretty intense but enjoyably so!

Game 4! Whats that coming over the hill...?

More Orks, another Stompa! This time it was Toby from Hackney Area Tabletop Enthustiasts, or HATE. Toby is an absolutely awesome opponent, I played him at the previous Throne of Skulls with his Traitor Guard, and we really wanted to play again, so when another Exeter player was drawn against him who was'nt too keen on facing a Stompa we agreed to do the old switchahro! And yes, its a Dreadmob! Mega Dreads to the right of the picture, plus a load of Kanz and Dreadz besides!

It makes a Guardsman feel very small - but were the Praetorians daunted? Hell no!

The red coats could have been mistaken for Deathkorps the way Squad after Squad advanced, buying time for the rest of the line as Imperial Weapons got red hot. Aided by some sneaky flying from the navy stalling the Stompa's advance the Praetorians brought down their third Stompa of the weekend! Aided by one Mega Dred destroying the other with a stray shot! Orky accuracy eh? The Praetorians were able to force a draw despite losing the objective and taking a right hammering, I believe it was the only time Toby's Stompa bought it all weekend, and the only game he did'nt win - he won best Ork!

The final game of the weekend was against Aodhan with his Eldar, Aodhan was just too cautious with his Wraithknight, admittedly I had a fearsome number of guns behind my defence line, but his whole army hit me piece meal and I dealt with these in short order it with very few loses until the monster, almost his last unit, moved in. I'm pretty much convinced if everything had struck at once I'd have had a much less successful time of it, a fun opponent though and another great game!

And so came the end of my Throne of Skulls, well almost! I picked up two wins, two loses and a draw over the weekend, and did'nt expect anything off the back of that, while my army was and still is in a state of flux with alot of mixed basing etc so no painting nominations. However, I was left pretty stunned to get called up alongside Dan Fortnum (another HATE player) and Jes Bickham (the current Editor of White Dwarf) to jointly recieve the coveted Emperor's Laurels award for favourite opponents - the three of us each picking up 4 out of 5 favourite opponents from our games over the weekend. I have picked up a few certificates since I've been going to the event, mostly Best Army nominations, but this is without doubt the one I'm proudest of!

I ever sneaked a mention in White Dwarf 10 in Jes' Event Report!

 And yeah, three stompas in three games! Ha! Revenge for the 24th Foot!

After After the Storm

This time last week, (well on Monday anyway) myself and the good Admiral Drax put down 2500pts of old Imperial Guard a side for a send off battle! Admiral Drax penned a scenario, to which we each prepared our forces, you can find those here and here.

Now this is going to be a pretty massive picture dump in fact, in a similar fashion to the Admirals report which you find on his blog in Part 1 and Part 2 I'll try an give you a gist of what was going on with captions - my battle reporting talents are somewhat lacking!

The Battlefield awaits!

A total of 12'x4'

Quite a lot of cover, though the two largest buildings were impassable.

The massed Cadians

The massed Praetorians - albeit spread out to look a bit more imposing! The Mission station is behind them!

The Praetorian Scout contingent deploy

But not unnoticed - Cadian Veterans lead by Harker on the right flank.

Concealed by the darkness the Praetorians advance, taking pot shots as they go.

And are reinforced by the first random infantry contingent while exchanging fire in the darkness with the Veterans.

However the Cadians own reinforcements are not far behind.

As the darkness finally lifts the Praetorians press on, the casualties slowly mounting up on both sides, but then...

'More Cadians Sir! Hundreds of em!'

The infantry battle is on.

The Praetorians press on slowly in the centre, the greater weight of anti-personnel fire is starting to show.

Though on the flanks things look better. The Cadian Veterans are finally driven off, and destroyed in the open.

While the timely arrival of the Armoured Cavalry counters the infantry enfilade on the left flank. Notice Caine, otherwise known as Marbo, behind the ruin filled with Cadian heavy weapons teams. Clearly there was a quick thinking Guardsman amongst them, for Marbo's demo charge was quickly thrown back to him before exploding!

However, the Cadians own reinforcements do not delay. On the left, the Praetorians are stalled by the arrival of a Helhound and the Annilator. Though they prove more then up to the job of dealing with the Cadian armour, precious time is wasted and they are denied the chance to push forward and intervene in the center.

While on the right, the Praetorian reserves fail utterly, the Chimera destroyed, while the Veterans failing to damage the Exterminator are scythed down by its return fire. The Demolisher though unharmed fails to halt the faster armoured arrayed against it and is left isolated.

The Praetorians in the center prepare to make one last push.

However, the Cadians meet their charge in the closing moments cut down the final Infantry Squads. Though also badly bloodied, there is no doubt as to who is left in control of the objectives. I suspect the Lord Commissar will not be impressed by this failure...

Thank you to Admiral Drax who as always was a model opponent! The scenario was an interesting one which did indeed work, though a few tweaks might help make it that little bit more interesting. With the size of the board a greater number of Cavalry reinforcements would lend well, as is there was a good chance that things would turn up somewhere fairy useless, which is fine - but I think we both just wanted a proper slog fest, I think an extra 500pts might have helped there knocking it up to 3000pts per side. I think also the opportunity to sometimes pick would have been interesting, with a 1-5 being random areas as already in the scenario, but 6 being chosen by the player - though equally interesting might be to have a 1 being chosen by the opponent perhaps?!

IMPERIAL GUARD / ASTRA MILITARUM OGRYN AND COMMISSAR DEAL

Further reinforcements for the Astra Militarum have arrived - so how about another fantastic deal?

Take advantage of our latest offer, pre-order two Ogryn / Bullgryn sets, and we'll also include a brand new Commissar for FREE!

We've also got pre-orders up for both these fantastic new sets seperately, and you've still got a couple more days to take advantage of our Codex pre-order deal which will end on Monday. Order a codex from us and you'll get the Order Cards for FREE!

All available Here!

After the Storm - One Last Outing for Codex Imperial Guard

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Opposing forces have been widely scattered after violent atmospheric disturbances in the last twelve hours, with infantry digging-in deep, naval forces grounded and armoured units being secured within impromptu laagers. Now though, as the rad-storms and electron blizzards begin to subside, the ground elements have started to reorganise and get back to the job at hand.

In this sector, both sides are keen to locate an unidentified object which disappeared suddenly from scanners after plummeting from high orbit towards a post-industrial wasteland deep in no-man’s-land.

I'll be making the journey down to Plymouth after work tomorrow for one last game using the soon to be retired Imperial Guard codex for a big old scenario bash with the good Admiral Drax. Pictures will be taken aplenty I'm sure, but first I had to put together an army. The scenario calls for flyers and artillery to be left at home, and for the army to be broken into two core elements, the main Infantry force of 1500pts, and a more rapidly moving Cavalry group of 1000pts which will arrive from reserve as the game. So here we go!

Main Force

 

Command HQ inc. Standard Bearer, Autocannon, Flamer, Power Weapon, 2 Bodyguards @ 120pts

Lord Commissar inc. Powerfist, Carapace @ 95pts

Marbo @ 65pts

Pysker Battle Squad inc. 9 Pyskers @ 110pts

Platoon Command Section inc. 2 Grenade Launchers, Krak Grenades @ 45pts

Infantry Squad inc. Grenade Launcher, Krak Grenades @ 65pts

Infantry Squad inc. Grenade Launcher, Krak Grenades @ 65pts

Infantry Squad inc. Flamer, Krak Grenades @ 65pts

Infantry Squad inc. Flamer, Krak Grenades @ 65pts

Heavy Weapons Squad inc. 3 Heavy Bolters @ 75pts

Special Weapon Squad inc. 3 Grenade Launchers @ 60pts

Special Weapons Squad inc. 2 Meltaguns, Demo Charge @75pts

Platoon Command Section inc. Autocannon @ 40pts

Infantry Squad inc. Lascannon, Plasma Gun @85pts
Infantry Squad inc. Lascannon, Plasma Gun @85pts
Infantry Squad inc. Lascannon, Plasma Gun @85pts

Heavy Weapons Squad inc. 3 Lascannon @ 105pts

Heavy Weapons Squad inc. 3 Heavy Bolters @ 75pts

Heavy Weapons Squad inc. 3 Mortars @ 60pts

Special Weapons Squad inc. 2 Meltaguns, Flamer @ 60pts

=1500pts

Cavalry Force

 

Lord of War - Malcador 315pts

Leman Russ Demolisher inc. 3 Heavy Bolters @ 185pts

Leman Russ Eradicator inc. 3 Heavy Bolters, Heavy Stubber @ 190pts

5 Roughriders @ 55pts

6 Roughriders inc. Kamir @ 95pts

Veteran Squad inc. Plasma Gun, 2 Meltaguns @ 105pts

Chimera @ 55pts

=1000pts

Astra Militarum Order Cards FREE with Codex Pre-Orders from Kirton Games and more!

Codex Astra Militarum, the Imperial Guard, has arrived and is now on Pre-Order!

When you pre-order the Codex from Kirton Games for just £27.00 (RRP £30.00) including our standard FREE UK delivery, you'll also get the Astra Militarum Order Cards (RRP £3.50) absolutely FREE! Thats a saving of at least £6.50 before you add in the saving you'll make on postage from other online retailers!

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The Codex is a 106-page full colour hard back book, while the Order Cards include ten large format cards each detailing one of the Astra Militarum orders which you can use.

Also now available for pre-order, we have the fantastic Astra Militarum Hydra, the well known Anti-Aircraft vehicle previously only available from Forgeworld. This kit is £30.60 from Kirton Games (RRP £34.00), and can also be assembled as the Wyvern, a brand new anti-infantry tank.

In addition, for a limited time the Astra Militarum Cadian Armoured Fist Squad is available, this box set combines ten Cadian Shock Troopers and a Chimera for just £31.50 (RRP £35.00). These two sets which would normally cost £36.45 (RRP £40.50) combined so thats a massive saving which is not to be missed!

And don't forget all those prices include Kirton Games standard FREE UK delivery!

And finally, don't forget its not too late to take advantage of our existing Deal of the Week, the Imperial Guard Platoon! This offer which ends on Monday includes a Cadian Command Squad, Cadian Heavy Weapons Squad and two Cadian Infantry Squads for just £60.40 (RRP £75.50) thats 20% off!

Discount Cadian Infantry Platoon Deal - Kirton Games Deal of the Week

This weeks Deal of the Week from Kirton Games is sure to appeal to Imperial Guard players! 

An Imperial Guard Infantry Platoon deal which includes a Cadian Command Squad, a Cadian Heavy Weapons Squad and two Cadian Shock Trooper Squads all for £60.40 including UK Delivery. 

Thats a fantastic 20% off the RRP!

Check it out!

Don't miss out, the deal ends on Monday, with another Guard deal you won't want to miss being announced on Friday evening! And don't forget the previous deal from Curious Constructs is still valid as well, with the Platoon Deal you'll earn yourself a further £12.00 in money off Vouchers on top of the 20% already saved from RRP!