Warpcon XXI

It's that time of year again, Warpcon hijacks the otherwise chilled out city of Cork, Ireland. Time for my Eldar to leave the comfort of the gaming club and hit the tables of the Tourney circuit in UCC...

Tournaments offer greater diversity to the gaming environment than what would normally be offered by LGS / clubs, that's for sure. It's a time to meet new people, have some fun and a great opportunity to learn new tactics and ideas away from your club's environment. Of course, after the games, I'll be chilling in the 'Old Bar' of University College Cork where I used to work; who knows, maybe i'll even bump into TKE and Stormy who are also attending. Game on!

Gaelcon Eldar 1750

Iggy's Mechdar 1750

Remember I was talking about Vypers? Look who joined the party!

Autarch w/ Fusion gun
Autarch w/ Fusion gun

5x Fire Dragons w/ Exarch, DBF, Crack Shot (Autarch here)
5x Fire Dragons (Autarch here)
5x Fire Dragons
3x Wave Serpents w/ Twin-Linked Shuriken Cannon, Shuriken Cannon, Stones

5x Dire Avengers
Wave Serpent w/ Twin-Linked Shuriken Cannon, Shuriken Cannon, Stones
5x Dire Avengers

2x Vypers w/ Scatter laser, Shuriken Cannon
2x Vypers w/ Scatter laser, Shuriken Cannon

2x Fire Prism w/ Shuriken cannon, Stones
Falcon w/ EML, Holo-Fields, Stones


Special thanks to Thud on this one, who's had to put up with a torrent of emails from me over these past few weeks. For those of you who don't know him, he hails over at TKE's stellar blog here, has been known to daringly contribute useful tactica over at Warseer, and usually answers to the name 'god'.

So there it is. It's fast, efficient and totally Eldar, with +2 reserves to boot.

Serve.

Enjoy

=Iggy=

P.S. In preparation for any 'Vyper' slander, I have a kettle of boiling water and a mean pair of forks at hand. Come get some!


PPS. Queue - *cue. You'll know when you see it and go WTF? :p

Iggy's Mechdar 1750

Iggy's 1750 Mech Eldar

HQ:
Yriel
Farseer w/RoWarding, Doom, Singing Spear

Troops:
9 Dire Avengers w/ exarch: Bladestorm, Dual Catapults
5 Dire Avengers
5 Dire Avengers

Elites:
8 Banshees w/ Exarch: Executioner
8 Fire Dragons w/ Exarch: DBF, Crack Shot
7 Fire Dragons w/ Exarch: DBF, Crack Shot

Gaelcon 2010

That's right, coming up in October is Gaelcon 2010 in Dublin (see my fail mistake below - I originally posted Galway of all places)- 4 Days of Wargaming, including 40k, Fantasy, Space Hulk and a whole host of other awesomeness.

WarpCon 2010 highlights

After two days of intensive competitive gaming, I have at last been able to put my feet up, grab a hot cup of tea and reflect on a few things...

I think the first thing that really took me by surprise was the visual standard of the armies. There are some gifted painters at our own club, but it was really great to take a look at some of the other great models out there, especially to get some ideas for my own future projects. Check out the video above for sone highlights.

Then of course, there were the lists themselves... Double lash Princes, Obliterator spam, Demolisher spam - everything, you name it! It really was tough for my space elves to hold their own, I can tell you. I won some games, I lost some games, but I left knowing that I'd be back next year, with better luck, and some more Eldar trickery up my sleeve...
Iggy

WarpCon 1500 list

After various rounds of playtesting over the past few weeks, I've settled on the following list that will hopefully bring me some luck in the upcoming WarpCon Tournament. I've been using various lists, mostly centered around a smaller version of my larger 'Brightlance' list, but with some sage advise from none other than Aldarionn of Warseer fame, my love of Fire Dragons has been rekindled at last, and after almost a year of sitting on the shelf near my horde of gerbils, they're back in the fray!

WarpCon 2010

It's that time of year again! With WARPCON just around the corner, (Fri, 29-31 Jan), I'm begun taking another look at my Eldar force, to come up with a suitable 1,500 points variant that can hopefully hold its own vs anything out there in the warp