Ultramarines in 6th- what works and what doesn't?

With all the talk about 6th edition and what the new game-breaking combinations are I offer up my experiences and thoughts.  Here is a list of Whats hot... and whats not....

This afternoon I played Kevin's Space Wolves, check them out at A Downward Spyrle.

He was playing a heavy drop pod list with all of the awesome things that Space Wolves bring. It included Grey Hunters, Blood Claws (Lukas included), and of course Ragnar.

I was playing my Ultramarines.  I had a command squad, sternguard, and 2 Tactical squads.

So... Whats Hot?

Divination Powers.  My Sternguard with a Librarian and 2 divination Powers.  I went for the Primis power as well as the one that forces the opponent to re-roll armour saves.  These. Guys. Rock.  The ability to choose your ammo as well as focus on one unit means that they can really bring the pain when they want to.

Deathwind Launchers-  While neither of us took them,  we discussed the potential threat that a S5 Large Blast could generate.

Wolf Guard with Storm Shields-  One of these guys held up my Captain with Relic Blade for at least 3-4 rounds of combat.

Lukas the Trixter in a challange-  If you kill him you loose your super powerful character.... end of story.  The cloak of the Doppleganger.... re-roll all successful hits...... with the new wound allocation from shooting, if this guy is first to assault I have to roll two 6s in a row. Wow.

Whats Not?

5 man command squad with FNP does not have the same survivability as it once did.

Deep Striking is still a risk without teleport homers.

Combat Squads are extremely fragile

Placement of models is even more critical.

Overwatch is not as good as I thought.  You really need weight of fire to make it worthwhile.


Overall thoughts?

I really enjoyed my game.... I might tweak a few things with the list but I feel like it has potential.

How has 6th been treating you?  Any memorable moments?

Thanks for dropping by.

Dave

Basing Madness!

As a painter I tend to work in batches.  Tonight I was basing a few models..... these are their stories......

First I built some bases for 3 Crisis Suits I had.  I am not a fan of the legs on the suits as I feel that they are not dynamic. I was able to work out how to pose them in such a way to give them some movement.

The bases are composed of layered cork board with ballast covering the cracks.  Then a hold was drilled into the top layer of cork into which a flying rod was inserted.

Here are the results

Dynamic Crisis Suits

 I also built a base for an older broadside. As you can see, the model is lifted slightly off of the base.  I was hoping to give the impression of the "Slow and Purposeful" movement. 

Here are some models that are done with paint and just need their bases done.  I am leaning towards doing all my bases the same so that the allies issue will not be a problem.

Allies?

The tally is 16 Kroot, 12 Fire Warriors, and 5 Assault marines. The AM were left over from my Ultramarines First Company painted up as Lamenters. As of right now, the plan is to paint up around 1500 points as an off the wall project.

How do you guys deal with left over models?  Have the 6th edition allies rules changed the way you paint/ base your models?

Thanks for browsing,

Dave

Courage and Honor!

Here are several pictures of my Ultramarine First Company.

There are several rare/unique models including the GD 05 Captain, 3rd Edition Commander and Apothecary, Several Tyrannic war veterans who are now stern guard.

This army was painted in around one week.  Granted, I was on vacation and got bit by the painting bug, but it still goes to show you what you can accomplish when you put your mind to it!!! 

Thanks for taking a look!

Dave

Yes Ladies and Gents, I am not quite dead yet.  I have however been painting like a fiend this week, and most of last week.  Come to think of it, I have been painting..... as the title indicates..... like a fiend.

Now, in describing this fiendishness lets take a quick recap of what has been painted the past two weeks and what will be competed by this weekend. 

Space Marines

38 Tactical Marines

Devastator Squad

10 Terminators

2 Rhinos

1 Razorback

2 Vindicators

2 Landspeeders

1 Land Raider

1 Dreadnought

1 Drop Pod

1 Predator

This is what is on the table for this week and will be finished in time for Saturday's 2500 pt. tournament 

15 Scouts + Tellion

3 Scout Bikes

10 Assault marines + Chaplain

Chaplain Cassius

Librarian

3 Scout Bikes

5 Sternguard

Captain Sicarius 

My to do list consists of

8 Chaos Terminators

8 Bikes

8 Bloodletters

1 Bloodthirster

1 Daemon Prince

4 Rhinos

1 Landraider

2 Dreadnoughts 

And then various other bits and bobs

On to the pictures!!!!

The Work In Progress Ultramarines

Chaos in various stages

A Bit of Freehand I tried

More Freehand

Chaos Star on a Landraider

For this chaos star I used Dave Taylor's tutorial.

Work in Progress Bloodthirster

Test Bloodletter

Daemon Prince of Khorne

Two Dreadnoughts

Dreadnought Number 1

And number 2

Ad Hoc Multimelta

Well there you have it, my weeks work.  I hope that in the future I will have time to slow down and work on a few different projects with less volume and more time.

Until next time,

Dave

Space Marines: Ultramarine Elites

For all of you regular readers out there I suppose you are about ready for some hobby related content.  I have been super busy the past two weeks, painting like a fiend.  I have progressed quite a bit on the Ultramarines Project and will have it complete by tonight. In an attempt to do one of those neat National Geographic photo stories, I present

My Week In Pictures

Monday and Tuesday were spent painting up some terminators.  While the original project called for 5 I found some spare bodies lying around and the owner gave me some lightning claws.

What's better than an Assault Terminator?

10 Assault Terminators!

Assault Terminator x 10

Here are some individual shots.

Lightning Claw Sergeant 

Side Shot

Several assorted shots.

Thunderhammer Sergeant

*Note* I was able to get ahold of some shoulder pads from The War Store. I have to give those guys 5 stars.  I ordered the pads on Monday and I had them on Wednesday evening.  They made this process possible.

Late Tuesday I was able to tackle the Dreadnought and the Landspeeder

For those of you who like group shots.

For the last three days I have been working on The Blue Tide: Parking Lot Edition

These will be finished by this evening.

Stay Tuned,

Dave