Blood Angels Death Company take on the T’au in a head to head narrative clash in this 8th Edition Long War Battle Report.
Today, Austin and Josh, the Wobbly Modeler, go head to head with T’au and Blood Angels Death Company in a narrative battle to clash over an old Blood Angels Base. The special Narrative deployment is Search and Destroy, with T’au starting on the table and the Relic being the desired goal for both armies.
Josh is debuing his narrative Blood Angels Death Company with 15 Death Company jump packs, including some power fists. The army also includes a custom Mephiston, 10 Terminators with Thunder Hammers and Storm Shields, a Dreadnought and a Storm Raven.
The T’au army is brought to you by Top Miniatures Studios and includes custom crew with custom Kroot Shaper, Kroot Hounds, Crisis Battlesuits with plasma, Commander Shadowsun, a Coldstar Battlesuit commander, a Riptide Battlesuit, a Ghostkeel Battlesuit, and four Pathfinder Teams.
The T’au do not know where the Blood Angels will go and are deployed blindly within their zone. The Blood Angels will be mostly deep striking in from orbit except the lone Storm Raven. Turn 1, Josh gets first blood with the Storm Raven in the shooting phase and is able to charge in with his Terminators to wipe out a unit of crisis suits and Kroot.
The T’au decide to focus fire on the Storm Raven in their Turn 1, taking full advantage of their ability to reroll ones to take down the Storm Raven, forcing the Mephiston and the Dreadnought to disembark and taking full advantage to apply wounds to both the Dreadnought and other Terminators.
Turn 2, since Mephiston is out of the Storm Raven, the psychic phase comes into play. Will he be successful and cast Smite and apply mortal wounds? Will the Shield of Sanguinius convey protections to the army surrounding Mephiston?
Will the T’au maintain firing range and keep control of the base? Find out how the narrative plays out and who wins by pressing play on the video below!
About the Author: Rob Baer
Rob Baer
Job Title: Managing Editor
Founded Spikey Bits in 2009
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About Rob Baer: Founder, Publisher, & Managing Editor of Spikey Bits, the leading tabletop gaming news website focused on the hobby side of wargaming and miniatures.
Rob also co-founded and currently hosts the Long War Podcast, which has over 350 episodes and focuses on tabletop miniatures gaming, specializing in Warhammer 40k. and spent six years writing for Bell of Lost Souls.
Every year, along with his co-hosts, he helps host the Long War 40k Doubles Tournament at Adepticon and the Long War 40k Doubles at Las Vegas Open, which attracts over 350 players from around the world.
Rob has won many Warhammer 40k Tournaments over the years, including multiple first-place finishes in Warhammer 40k Grand Tournaments over the years and even winning 1st place at the Adepticon 40k Team Tournament.
With over 30 years of experience in retail and distribution, Rob knows all the products and exactly which ones are the best. As a member of GAMA (Game Manufacturers Association), he advocates for gaming stores and manufacturers in these difficult times, always looking for the next big thing to feature for the miniatures hobby, helping everyone to provide the value consumers want.
While he’s played every edition of Warhammer 40k and Warhammer Fantasy (since 5th Edition) and has been hobbying on miniatures since the 1980s, Titans of all sizes will always be his favorite! It’s even rumored that his hobby vault rivals the Solemnance Galleries, containing rulebooks filled with lore from editions long past, ancient packs of black-bordered Magic Cards, and models made of both pewter and resin.
