Blood Covered Halls

Unfortunately, those halls were mostly covered in the blood of my World Eaters, another World Eater force, and an Emperor's Children force.  Overall, I went 0-2 and in both cases found my priciest unit, Butchers up against units it could not hurt - an Ultramarines Dreadnought and Mechanicum Kastalans.

Sergeant & brothers hold a door way against Mechanicum Cult forces

III Legion Astrates prepare for the incoming Ultramarine Dreadnaughts

This past Sunday, I took part in a local Horus Heresy Zone Mortalis (ZM) event.  Each player was told to bring a 750 point Combatant list (after the break).



My army list was somewhat straightforward and WYSIGWIG.

My Force

HQ:
Consul: Delegatus (Kharn wanna-be)
w/ Power Sword, Plasma Pistol and the Chosen Duty Rite of War
Elite:
5 Butchers
w/ 2 Power Axes each
Troops:
5 Veteran Marines
w/ Melta Bombs and Sgt w/ Power Fist
5  Veteran Marines
w/ Melta Bombs and Sgt + Pair of Lightning Claws

Game 1 Deployment

Game 1 Mid-Game

Biggest take-away in this game was the inability for each unit to fight a Dreadnought.  The Butchers, being Fearless and unable to hurt the Dreadnought spent 3 Assault Phases being crushed by it.

Game 2 - Butchers charge the enemy, but in vain. 

Lesson learned form the previous game 

Delaying Action that is all that can be done against these "monsters"

Waiting, defending the panel

The Kastalans were just hard to deal with being T7, Monstrous Creatures, with Power Fists.  They were arguably tougher than a Dreadnought and harder to fight.