Warhammer 40,000: 2nd Edition Campaign Battle Report BLOOD ANGELS VS ORKS 

Oh me too! I think the Orks will be back. With reinforcements...

Haha same here. Just the icing on the cake really!!

Awesome! Mission accomplished! Thanks so much for the feedback! 😊

Same this is probably the first battle report I ever made it the whole way through, really well done and compelling

Love me some vivid 90s comic colours!

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Amazing to hear. Give those mono posed dudes a lick of paint! 😎🖌️

Thanks Bingo Bongo! Spot on - the standard is basically 'how would 10yr old me feel about this?!' He's very happy btw 😊

Thanks Richard! That's great to hear it had that level of impact! I'll keep making 'em if you keep watchin' 😊

Thanks so much aglumm! Awesome feedback and I will endeavor to keep the content coming for you!

Raphael and Tycho did the chapter proud.

That's amazing to hear! And I'm right with you - I'm trying to capture the spirit of these games in narrative and presentation. Definitely not taken the wrong way! My painting would make '95 me very happy indeed. There's always more I could do, but getting these minis into the action is the priority! Thanks so much for the lovely comment!

Awesome! Will do! 😎

Thanks bud - that was the plan all along! Glad you enjoyed the ride!

Yes! What a great tale. I reread that recently and it is superb. Bill King's world building is just outstanding. :)

Yes! Such a dynamic set of minis. Way superior to RTB01. I feel like it's been kind of forgotten about.

@@edpaintsminis I purchased that boxed set in 1992 while in college, and I'm embarrassed to say that I bit off way more than I could chew (I wasn't a good painter back then). I eventually traded the miniatures away to someone, and never saw them again. I regret it, and wish I had those models in my possession again, because I can now do them justice. 😭

From what I hear, it's gonna be great!

When I was growing up I didn't get why there was no bridge in this mission. Obvs it's probably a few hundred metres behind the marines! That's a cool idea.

Thanks so much! There's something wonderful about early 2nd with just basic forces arrayed against each other. I'm thinking about a custom campaign series this year...

What an incredible find!

Guard were so call in 2nd! Yeah I'm not that much of a fan of pre game stuff, even with the Tyranids. There's a lot of love for 4th Edition. Maybe I should give it a look.

@Minisodes 4th was my favourite, it was a straight update of 3rd integrating a lot of the OG City fight rules from into the base game. It was arguably the most balanced, but it had its issues, the reserve rules change from 3 wasn't great (basically rendered my drop troop army untenable) there was some tweaking needed with vehicles rules, such as the defence weapon strength being set to low, psykic powers like 3rd before it were relegated to a fancy type of shooting but for the most part it worked and flowed really well. I think though were 4th stands out was its codex's they all followed from the Guard codex's idea of customisation and really created varied diverse armies that rewarded conversion work (since to use most customisation they had to be depicted) and encouraged indivisldualised unique armies. Honestly for that reason alone every version since has felt really regressive to me as there wasn't really a meta to 4th, no 2 armies were totally alike and there was such wide level of customisation in the codexs fighting a specific race didn't mean you knew what you were getting into with Guard for eg you could face anything from a Mechanised Infantry to hordes of conscripts to highly elite carapace specialists clad drop troops with 4WS. It's why I still use the 4th Ed codex as a base for making an army. Sorry gone on a bit, I really miss 4th's freedom and tend to go on a bit 😀

Very true. I think there are at least 100pts more blood angels on the field than those poor foot slogging Orks. If the dreadnought goes they're in real trouble!

Ah good! I imagined a scenario where maybe we had gone to the shop, grabbed a blister pack, and spent the evening feverishly painting our commanders for the next game! I suppose the idea of every starter set is that it is the core of your army, a starting point for you to add more expensive and specialist minis. Enter Tycho and Thundergit!

@@edpaintsminis Totally agree! Essentially what my brother and I did once we got the box home (we had bought it while on vacation). For my brother it was trading up to the metal Ork Dreadnought just like you did, Ghazghkull Thraka himself, and a Warbuggy with the Multi-melta. I actually gave my Space Marines to my friend who wanted to start Space Wolves, while I went full Eldar. My friend and I were barely teenagers but had jobs so we had the income to start new armies (at least in early 1990s prices). My younger brother didn't have that luxury, so between his allowance and a very loving big brother (lol) was how he kept up with the arms race so to speak.

Yes! I have about six or seven of those sneaky ladz assembled, based and ready for priming. The Orks could do with some shenanigans!

Thank you!

Thank you Kym Gork. Glad you're enjoying it!

A connoisseur. 😊

Thanks Tiny Fish!

Cheers David!

That's so great to hear! Thank you so much for your comment and glad you enjoyed it 😎

Thanks for the comment - this mission was pre Ork Codex, so we just used the rules from the scenario briefing in the pamphlet :)

Amazing! Thank you so much! 😎

Thanks Thom! Yep worry not. Another batrep is on the way!

Uh oh! Okay Steve - I'll keep 'em coming. That does sound like a very cool idea. For now though, 2nd edition all the way! Lovely feedback and welcome aboard 😎👍🎉🙏

Heck yeah!

Thank you Uncle! Welcome aboard! 😊

Thanks so much! I do have some space wolves that I need to paint up - so one day perhaps!

Hahah! Yes... I think maybe Ghaz sent Thundergit out first to put any ambitions this Badmoon had to rest. Permanently.

Storm of Vengeance 😊

Thanks for the sub 21! Great to have you and I promise there is more in the way of 2nd batreps in the pipeline! 😀

Thanks Stay Puft!

As I was editing I thought, "I need to print a Chaos Gate poster for that wall too..."

@@edpaintsminis chaos gate is main reason I'm in 40k and i still have soft spot for 2nd edition.