Apocalypse Saturday

At the request of various people, I'm going to be running a series of updates of sorts of the Warhammer 40,000 Apocalypse game we're playing on Saturday. We have the teams sorted out:

The loyalist Imperial Space Marines (or team 'good guys'), which consist of:

• Dom with his Crimson Fists led by the nacho-munching Commander Pedro Kantor
• Andrew with the Scythes of the Emperor led by the fanboys' favourite, Commander Iago Thracius
• Myself with the mighty Imperial Fists Space Marines, led by the heroic and dashing Captain Taelos, ably supported by Brother Morlock (and some guy named Lysander - whoooo?)

The Traitor Space Marines (or team 'evil' boo, hiss - they also have game winning American drugs), which consists of:

• Jason with his Tzeentchian Thousand Sons, led by the Daemon Prince Gozer the Traveller (otherwise known as 'Mr. Cadburys Parrot')
• Nicola with a rag-tag assortment of evil, led by Kharn the Betrayer (he of pub quiz fame) and some being known only as 'Nippy the Wonder-Slug'
• Finally, Pat with the Slaaneshi forces of the Emperor's Children, led by the well known pervert, N'Kaa N'Kaa N'Kaa N'Kaa

I'll be putting photos of all the armies online, but to begin with, I'll start with the yellowest army - mine.

I started by pulling out all the yellow models I own.

Then I had to form a cunning army of 2000 points. I've taken a liberal smattering of infantry in troop transports, some Vindicator Siege Tanks, a Dreadnought and some Assault Terminators with Thunder Hammers and Storm Shields. These will be led by Captain Taelos, with a supporting cast of Captain Lysander, Techmarine Dr. Octavius, Lieutenant Crusher Gibson and Morlock. I also have what every aspiring galactic hero needs - a GIANT ROBOT - the Warhound Titan of Legio Aurific! Armed with a Double-Barrelled Turbo-Laser Destructor and a Plasma Blastgun, this should vaporise all in its path! It should be noted that this is in addition to the 2000 points - the traitors will be bringing their own war engines to the party.

Tomorrow should see Jason's army on the blog. Unfortunately, he's been feverishly slaving over creating some kind of magical pyramid of destruction, muttering something about 'Beams of Power'... Sounds like bad news...